Saline Testing Plan Might Move to Walker AFB
Assistant director Dr Sherman W Gillan said the Roswell saline water plant could be greatly enlarged and relocated to Walker Air Force Base facilities. He met with the Base Community Development Committee and federal officials to discuss future Walker plans as the base is to be phased out by July 1.
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Sherman W. Gillan
Office of
Saline Water For Research
Walker Air Force Base
Gillan
Washington, D.C
Roswell
Bill Stamper
Said Gillan
Saline
Stamper
Walker
Washington Saline Water Office
Office of Saline Water
Eastern New Mexico Fair awards crown crafts and quilts
Purple awards announced at the Eastern New Mexico State Fair in ceramics home arts and art. Winners include Linda Joy for handmade work Mrs Herbert Joyce and Florence Openshaw for moulded ware and other craft divisions with many local names and addresses listed. The article also notes Walker AFB site discussions for a saline water research expansion with a 950000 budget and plans to move operations if approved.
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New Mexico
Fair
Linda Joy
S. Adams
Herbert Joyce
N. Atkinson
Florence Openshaw
W. Juniper
Julia Nottingham
Glen Wheeler
Route 2
Hazel King
Fulkerson
Nancy's
W. Second
Rosa Lee Yarbro
Lovington
Two Hour Parade Opens 1966 ENM State Fair in Roswell
The Walker Air Force Base Color Guard leads the 1966 Eastern New Mexico State Fair parade down Roswell Main Street beginning a five day event. More than 100 floats bands antique cars and sheriff s passes travel from Tenth to McGaffey over about two hours. The fairgrounds host Cappell Bros Carnival animal exhibits arts and crafts and judging of calves hogs lambs and poultry. Nightly rodeo events and special days including Frontier Western Day Ranch Day Farm Day and more run Thursday to Sunday with a livestock sale and other activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker Air Force Base
New Mexico
WAFB
Eastern
New Mexico State Fair Board
Roswell Jaycee
Miss Roswell
Main Street
New Mexico Military Institute
Security National Bank
St. Mary’s
Brooklyn Woman Free After Confession Suppressed
Joan Powe 26 pleaded guilty to manslaughter for beating her 4 year old son Anthony to death on November 2 1965 but was freed when a Brooklyn judge ruled police violated her rights by not informing her of her constitutional protections before the confession.
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New York
Joan Powe
Powe
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Anthony
Eastern New Mexico State Fair Schedule
The schedule lists events for Wednesday at the fair: at 9 a.m. weighing and judging fat calves and market swine, 9:30 a.m. baking and canning by Junior Home Economics, 10 a.m. parade, 10:30 a.m. judging booths, 1 p.m. lambs weighing and sifting, 1 p.m. rabbits judging, 2 p.m. flower judging, 2 p.m. poultry judging, 7:30 p.m. championship rodeo, 11 a.m. to midnight carnival, and 8 a.m. start time for events.
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New Mexico
South Korean Tiger Division says 92 Viet Cong killed
South Korean Tiger Division reports 92 enemy dead in five days of mountain fighting near Phu Cat as 4 000 more troops join the White Horse Division bringing total Korean forces to 36 500. U S air raids continue on North Viet Nam with B 52s dropping tons on supply dumps and a missing pilot after an F 105 crash.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Tiger Division
Tiger
Phu Cat
White Horse
Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
Guam
Air Force
Johnson to Attend Seven Nation Manila Conference
President Johnson agreed to join a Manila meeting of seven nations with forces in Vietnam to review military, political, and economic aspects and seek a peaceful settlement. The date is tentatively set for after Oct. 18, with no schedule yet for an onward trip.
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Washington
Johnson
Conference of Chiefs of State
Manila
Ferdinand Marcos
Philippines
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Southeast Asia
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
Marcos
Viet Nam
Thailand
Moyers
South Viet Nam
Johnson speech lights bill lands in Lewiston
Lewiston Finance Board voted to bill the White House 784.77 for a 25 minute Aug 20 speech at City Park. Mayor Couturier said a presidential advance party member requested extra lights. Kerr Electrical Co. of Auburn installed the band stand lights and power hookups.
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Lewiston
Maine
Johnson
White House
Finance Board of
Robert L. Couturier
Presidential Advance Party
Kerr Electrical Co
Auburn
W. S. Ranch Manager Shot Near Cimarron
Joe Gorley the manager of the W. S. Ranch was found shot to death beside a ranch pickup truck about one mile northeast of Cimarron on Ver mejo Ranch property. The fall of another AP item mentions a strike by American Airlines nonoperating employees set for Wednesday challenging the carrier. A San Francisco fuel barge explosion killed two and left three missing, while Katzenbach cleared to be undersecretary of state and Thailand warned against unilateral US bombing halts in Vietnam.
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Associated Press
Cimarron
Big W. S
New Mexico
Joe Gorley
Vermejo Ranch
Debris Cleared At Carlsbad Well Fire Near Midland Firm
A well east of Carlsbad is burning large gas volumes daily and has killed five workers. Jim Lingle and Edward Cochrane are in critical condition with heavy burns. Red Adair crews cleared debris and prepared to snuff the blaze with explosives while maintaining a water reservoir for cooling and firefighting efforts. The Stoletz Oil Co. well near Midland is expected to take several days to extinguish.
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Stoltz & Co
Hudson Federal Cont. Co
Carlsbad
Hobbs Highway
Red Adair
Houston
Tex
UPI Telephoto
Jim Lingle
Odessa
Edward D. Cochrane
Midland
Raymond Henry
Stoletz Oil Co
Henry
Oldest New Mexico lawman dies in Ruidoso
Bert Pop Judia 86 longtime constable at Ruidoso Downs and former Roswell police officer died today in Hondo Valley General Hospital Ruidoso. A resident since 1928 he served in law enforcement most of his life Services are pending at Chapel of Roses Mortuary.
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Ruidoso
Bert ‘Pop
Judia
New Mexico
Ruidoso- Hondo Valley General Hospital
Ruidoso Downs
Roswell
Arizona
Chapel of Roses Mortuary
Roswell Outlines WAFB Closure Plans and Future Use
City, state, and federal officials heard Roswell plans to repurpose Walker Air Force Base after its July 1, 1967 closure. The program includes a two year college, vocational and health training using base facilities, with airport expansion and potential industry development as key outcomes.
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Washington
Roswell
Walker Air Force Base
WAFB
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Bob McNally
H. W. Howard
Laura Langham
Nellie Beebe
Dick Lotz
Victor Glover
Fred Kasting
Walter Neyhard
Hobby
Ralph Burnworth
Marideth Watkins
Mary B. Nelson
Nora Robertson
Flowers
Mickey Lavey
Dorothy Peterson
S. Pecos
Walter Buyers
Spruce St
Alamogordo
Paul Freeman
Hagerman
Jeff Daniels
Walker Afb
ENM
Southeastern New Mexico Ram Growers Association
Lee
Iea le
S. Korea
Lbj ‘Light
Bill Soars
American Airlines
Afl-Cio Transport Workers Union
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
United Nations
N.Y
United States
Adair
WAFEB
Howard Melton
Eastern New Mexico University
Roswell Community College
Howard Smith
Dr. Smith
Bob Hoffman
Roswell Industrial Development Corp
Don Bradford
Department of Defense
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Federal Aeronautics Administration
Department of the Interior
Defense Department
Corps of Engineers
WAFE
Donald F. Bradford
Homer Glover
Bill Bacon
Glover
Bacon
ENMU
Stubbs
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