Invitations Planned as ENM Fair Opens September
The Chaves County Sheriff's Posse will relay ride from the fairgrounds to Dexter Hager man Lake Arthur and Artesia to deliver official ENM State Fair invitations opening September 29. Posse members including Sheriff W E Bill Smith and president Mark Drafer will lead and complete the ride into Artesia for the welcome.
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Dexter
Hagerman
Lake Arthur
Artesia
New Mexico
Roswell High School
New Mexico Military Institute
Pojoaque
Melrose
Fort Sumner
Capitan High School
Ruidoso
Eunice
Portales
Santa Rosa
Sierra
Tatum
Vaughn
Pueblo
Yucca
Mesa
Carrizozo
Gattis
Clovis
Harold van Winkle
Alamogordo
First National Bank
Sears
Miller Criticizes Humphrey on Depletion Allowance in Hobbs
Rep. William E. Miller told about 1,600 in Hobbs that Sen. Humphrey supports cutting the oil and gas depletion allowance from its 27 2 percent base. Miller tied the issue to Lea County’s economy and Goldwater opposition. A separate Las Cruces stop drew about 3,000 supporters.
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Bill Feather
Howard Graves
Associated Press
William E. Miller
Lea County
Hobbs
Hubert H. Humphrey
New Mexico
John F. Kennedy
Sen
Humphrey
Miller
Senate
Sen. Goldwater
Hubert Humphrey
Rep
America
Federal Power Commission
Mechem
Las Cruces
Goldwater
House
Barry Goldwater
Ed Mechem
Knowland Calls For Responsibility At Roswell Inn
Former Senator William Knowland of California urged civil responsibility to accompany civil rights at a Roswell Inn patio gathering. He criticized the Democratic Administration on foreign and domestic policies and pressed lawmakers to discuss accountability alongside rights.
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Record
Roswell Inn
William Knowland
California
Knowland
Boards of Education
Chaves County
Young Republicans
America
Supreme Court
Len Goldwater
Goldwater
Johnson
U. S. Senate
Rio Grande Flood Drives 2 000 Out
The Rio Grande slowed after forcing about 2,000 people from their homes in Laredo Texas and Nuevo Laredo Mexico. The river neared the bridge linking the cities while evacuations continued with shelters opening. No major damage or casualties reported.
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Laredo
Tex
Rio Grande
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Glen Arvilla
Red Cross Disaster Unit
Nicholas Guzman
Deming Teen Crowned 1964 New Mexico State Fair Queen
Betty Greene, 17, a Deming High School senior, was named queen of the 1964 New Mexico State Fair. Gov. Jack Campbell crowned her. First attendant is Barbara Billups, 16, Las Cruces, and second attendant is Betty Purvis, 17, Albuquerque.
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Albuquerque
Betty Greene
Deming
New Mexico
Cotton Crop Hit by Hail Near Roswell
Eugene Hobson reported severe hail damage to cotton crops on several farms southeast of Roswell. He noted hail lasting 20 to 30 minutes, with two to three inches on the highway, affecting Tweedy farms Ed Hobson and R. L. Hargrove, while most crops were nearing picking time. The southwestward storm followed a two mile wide strip.
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Roswell
Eugene Hobson
Hobson
U. S. Highway 285
Tweedy
Ed Hobson
R. L. Hargrove
Hoover Says Riots Were Not Race or Communist Fueled
FBI Director J Ed Hoover said the summer disturbances in the North were not race riots nor the work of Communists or other extremist groups. He called the events a senseless attack on authority without purpose or object.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
North
FBI
Forget-Me-Not Day Observed By DAV Tuesday
Disabled American Veterans will observe Forget-Me-Not Day on Tuesday with about 50 solicitors collecting contributions for the DAV. Funds stay largely in the Roswell area to fund free veteran and family services including claims help and employment assistance. Mayor Gail Harris urges citizen and group support for the drive.
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Dav
Forget-Me-Nots
Roswell
Gail Harris
Rourke Resigns from Roswell Daily Record for Tulsa Position
Norman FE Rourke, longtime Roswell Daily Record staff writer, resigns to become associate editor of the Independent Petroleum Monthly in Tulsa. He will depart Sept 30 and Jean Huff of Roswell succeeds him, a 1964 NMU English graduate.
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Norman FE. Rourke
Roswell
Warren Report Findings To Be Made Public Sunday
The seven member Warren Commission led by Chief Justice Earl Warren prepared a digest of its investigation into Kennedy's assassination. The report, due to be released Sunday at 5 30 p m EST, will address if Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone or in a conspiracy and cover Oswald's death at the hands of Jack Ruby. The bipartisan panel includes Sen Richard Russell and Rep Hale Boggs for the Democrats and Sen John Sherman Cooper Rep Gerald Ford Allen Dulles and John J McCloy for the Republicans.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Earl Warren
Johnson
Dallas
White House
FBI
Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Ers
Special Commission
Warren
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Rep
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
John J. McCloy
New York
Germany
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Rocket Mail Honors Dr Goddard SeventH Flight At Roswell Site
The Reaction Research Society marks Robert H. Goddard's birthday with seven rocket mail flights on October 5, 1964 at Goddard's New Mexico launch site north of Roswell. Five rockets carry 4,000 covers to Roswell for first day issue stamps.
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Robert H. Goddard
Reaction Research Society
Dr. Goddard
New Mexico
Roswell
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