Alco Plans 50,000 Sq Ft Roswell Store for 1971 Opening
Mayor Brainerd and Roswell IDC chief announce A L Duckwall Stores plan for its 11th Alco Discount Store at Plains Park Center Roswell. The 50,000 square foot facility near Union Avenue is valued over 1 million dollars and will employ about 70 people when opened mid 1971.
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Roswell
Plains Park Center
Union Avenue
Alco
Duckwall
Alco Discount
Plains Park
Bill Brainerd
Roswell Industrial Development Corp
J. Penrod Toles
RIDC
Bob Hoffman
Stanley Mathis
Roswell Welcomes New Discount Store and Growth Outlook
The opening signals Roswell’s recovery with a planned Plains Park Center expansion. Western Development Corp leases space. S. E. Henslee handles construction. A L Duckwall Stores Co oversees operations. The project aims to create construction and retail jobs, expand payroll, and attract further development.
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Roswell
Hoffman
Brainerd
Western Development Corporation
Stanley H. Mathis
S. E. Henslee
A. L. Duckwall
Abilene
Kan
A. L. Ducknall
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
West Texas
Henslee and
Mathis
Alco
Plains Park Center
Platt Plains Park Drug
Knadle’s
Wyly’s
Duckwall’s
Plains Park
Karl Kottage
Piggly Wiggly
Conoco
Journalists at New Mexico State U. Arts seminar
About 790 high school journalists and a Roswell delegation attended a Communications Arts seminar at New Mexico State University. They chose classes on writing, editing, and photography with a six hour Sunday session. NMSU staff supported the event and many students plan journalism careers.
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Roswell
New Mexico State U
New Mexico
Nmsu Communications Arts Department
Dos Passos Dies At 74 In Baltimore Home
Noted American author John Dos Passos died this morning at his apartment in Baltimore at age 74 after a heart condition. He had been released Saturday from Good Samaritan Hospital.
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Baltimore
John Dos Passos
U.S.A
Good Samaritan Hospital
Nixon Seeks Peace as Skyjack Victims Return to U S
President Nixon toured Rome and met Pope Paul VI after greeting 28 freed American skyjack victims in Italy. He pressed Mediterranean presence, warned against major war, and described the incident as a landmark case guiding future policy.
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Rome
Nixon
United States
Mediterranean
Jordan
Paul VI
Vatican City
Vatican
Tiber
Communist Party
Italy
Paul
Fiumicino
Trans World Airlines
Nicosia
Amman
New York
Giuseppe Saragat
Emilio Colombo
Eastern New Mexico State Fair Parade Opens 48th Year
More than 100 units prepare for the ENM fair parade in Roswell with 17 marching bands and 80+ entries of floats and cars. The procession starts near 10th and Main at 10 am and ends at McGaffey Street as weather improves.
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New Mexico
Roswell High
Mesa-Mt. View
Carlsbad High School
Capitan High School
Sierra Mid
Ruidoso High
Pojoaque
Goddard High School
Yucca
Carlsbad
Corona
Carrizozo High
Carlsbad Alta Vista
Ft. Sumner High School
Clovis Gattis
Roswell
Saturay
Three Nationals Die In Sunday 285 Wreck
Three Mexican nationals died when their stalled pickup on U S 285 was rear ended in darkness near N M 558. The crash also left three others hospitalized with multiple injuries, while two Artesia drivers escaped injury as police continued their investigation. Funeral plans are pending for the two Mexican victims.
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Here
Artesia
Alvardo Acosta
Manual Corralles
Florencio Corralles
Mexico
Wiliam Nelson
N. Elm
Geneva Nelson
Andresies Ramirez
Bob Pendergrass
N. Atkinson
Manual Mesa
Jose Corralies
Mexico State
U.S. 285
N.M
Nelson
Willie Nary Jr
Wallace Mathews
Pendergrass
Ray Magness
Manual
Florencio Corvalles
LaGrone
Acosta
Ballard Funeral
Suspect Gilday Arrested After 100 Mile Chase
William A. Gilday 41 was captured near Worcester after a pursuit that stretched about 100 miles. He held two Haverhill hostages at gunpoint in a station wagon and police fired at least 30 rounds during the chase. The arrest followed the slaying of Boston Patrolman Walter A. Schroeder and linked to a radical campus group. Hostages were unharmed.
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Worcester
Mass
William A. Gilday
Boston
Gilday
Lowell
Walter A. Schroeder
Stanley R. Bond
Grand Junction
Colo
Denver
FBI
Bond
Haverhill
Thomas Haberdeau
Hostage case unfolds near Boston as gunman arrested
Police identify Gilday as father of hostages held Sunday in Haverhill. The girl called her parents saying she was near Boston before a captor whispered for her to remain silent. Bond was seized at Grand Junction airport with a loaded revolver and several other weapons. He faces federal charges as investigators tag the group as collegiate revolutionaries.
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Gilday
Haverhill
Boston
Bond
Grand Junction Airport
Sheriff's Office
FBI
Vincent Jones
U.S
Early Snow Foreshadows 1970-71 Sierra Blanca Ski Season
Snow blankets Sierra Blanca Ski Area with about an inch marking an early start. Manager Roy Parker notes it is the first September snow in seven years, with opening projected around the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The area attracts over half of New Mexico skiers and sits 16 miles northwest of the resort village on a paved road.
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Sierra Blanca
Roy Parker
Parker
New Mexico
Fair events outline for Tuesday schedule
The notice lists a Tuesday timetable for the fair with 7 am lamb weighings 8 am rabbit entries 9 am county FFA and 4-H booths and rabbit judging 10 am parade 11 am fairgrounds open 1 pm steer classification and sheep judging 6 pm market swine judging 7 pm Mayor's Cookie Jar and Fair President's Candy Box 7 30 pm rodeo 11 pm gates close and carnival hours 7 am to 9 pm entry windows for flower show with a second show Thursday and Friday entries noted.
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FFA
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