Wildlife refuge leader defends rattlesnakes and opposes hunts
INMAN of Bitter Lakes Wildlife Refuge argues rattlesnakes protect ecosystems and warns against organized killing safaris. He notes past lethal removals occur only in heavily used areas and highlights that most bites are blamed on the victim. A separate bus trip to Las Cruces will take residents to hear Thailand’s Thanat Khoman, with Chamber details.
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Gaylord Inman
Bitter Lakes Wildlife Refuge
Pine Lodge
Lillian Coll
James
Inman
Roswell
Las Cruces
Thailand
Thanat Khoman
Corbett Center
Chamber of Commerce
US relaxes alert status for 17 000 troops worldwide
Washington announces reduced readiness posture for the 82nd Airborne at Ft Bragg and two battalions of the 509th at Mainz in West Germany. Debris search continues for the missing balloon The Free Life as the cutter Dallas drills 300 to 400 miles south of Newfoundland. Mrs W Averell Harriman dies at 67 after heart attack. Raul Roa offers immediate reciprocal surrender talks on hijackers if no exceptions. Senator Dodd says Nixon must get unanimous Congress backing over Cuba base warning.
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Washington
United
Defense Department
82Nd
Ft. Bragg
N.C
509Th Airborne Infantry
Mainz
West Germany
New York
Dallas
North Atlantic
Newfoundland
Ingham
Coast Guard
Miami
Cuba
Raul Roa
United States
Koa
Preparations Under Way For Exhibits
Local community gears up for the Eastern New Mexico State Fair in Roswell. Mrs. Oscar Linman leads the women’s department with the show’s “nuts and bolts” displays and plans for exhibits. Parade entries total near 100 with a Carnival theme, followed by five days of livestock, crafts, and aros rodeo by NIRA competitors from several states.
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Oscar Linman
New Mexico
Roswell
Fair Board
Fairgrounds
National Intercollegiate Rodeo Assn
NIRA
Texas
Oklahoma
Arizona
Colorado
Nuts and Bolts Sculpture in ENM State Fair Display
Charlie Parker of Ruidoso presents a nuts and bolts sculpture in the Eastern New Mexico State Fair art competition. The scrap metal piece, a strumming cowboy, is finely detailed and measures about a dozen inches tall.
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Charlie Parker
Ruidoso
New Mexico
Nixon orders $5 million relief for Jordan civilians
President Nixon announced an initial five million dollar relief package for Jordan civilian casualties amid civil strife. He named John N. Irwin to head the U S relief effort and signaled future arms assistance while stressing urgent humanitarian action in Amman and other Jordanian areas.
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Washington
Nixon
Jordan
United States
John N. Irwin
U.S
Amman
Ronald L. Ziegler
Cairo
Hussein
Gamal Abdel Nasser
International Red Cross
Geneva
Red Cross
Panel Reports President Bears Campus Unrest Burden
The Nixon administration faces calls for stronger leadership as William Scranton presents a nine member panel report on campus unrest. The panel blames government actions and inactions for campus disruptions and urges reconciliation to prevent further violence. Nixon plans to read the report after his Europe trip and discuss it with Scranton.
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William Scranton
Commission
Nixon
Kent State
Ohio
Jackson State
Mississippi
Scranton
Spiro T. Agnew
Robert Finch
Finch
Agnew
Gov. Scranton
Europe
California brush fires rage north of Los Angeles
A 30 mile wide blaze roared through canyons north of Los Angeles with 150000 acres burned. Two deaths were confirmed as hundreds of homes were destroyed and thousands fled to evacuation centers in five counties. Governor Reagan oversaw firefighting from his Malibu ranch.
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Los Angeles
California
Santa Monica
San Diego County
Malibu
Chatsworth
San Gabriel Mountains
San Fernando Valley
Simi Valley
Malibu- Chatsworth
Fred Raymond Bedford Jr
Saugus
John Murasaki
Bel-Air
Brentwood
Ronald Reagan
Jordan names new government as hostages freed amid Jordanian turmoil
Jordan's King Hussein appointed Ahmed Toukan to form a new government while guerrillas released 32 of 54 hijack hostages, all believed American, and Cairo accused Hussein of plotting against the Palestinian guerrillas amid escalating civil war tensions.
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Jordan
Hussein
Radio Amman
Cairo
Radio
Amman
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
London
Ahmed Toukan
Royal Court
Toukan
Jaafar el Numairi
Sudan
Palestine Liberation Organization
Numairi
Yasir Arafat
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Roswell Records Merges Editions For Daily Area Page
The Roswell Record will merge its area and home editions into one daily press run starting Monday. Area news moves to a daily area page. subscribers in surrounding towns receive later state national and international news in Roswell Daily Records. Press time will be 1 p.m. weekdays.
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Roswell
Nixon Visit Triggers Large Communist Led Protests in Italy
Thousands of Communist led demonstrators protested President Nixon’s Italy visit in Rome and Milan, with 15 000 in Rome and 10 000 in Milan, carrying portraits of Yasir Arafat and Mao Zedong and denouncing the United States and Israel. Police mobilized 12 000 officers but marches started without incident and spread to 29 cities.
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Enrico Jacomini
Rome
Yasir Arafat
Milan
Nixon
Italy
Communist Party
St. John Lateran
Arafat
Mao Tse-Tung
United States
Israel
Soviet Union
Rome University
Piazza Escdra
Paul VI
U.S
Mediterranean
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Conn
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D-Conn
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Mary Ellen Payne
Carrizozo
Joyce Chapman
War Victims Relief
President's Commission On
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