Three Month Shipwreck Ordeal Ends For Couple
Henri Bourdens and his wife endured three months adrift on a submerged raft after their yacht wrecked by a cyclone near Bathurst Island. Rescued by the ketch Betty Jane, they survived on sea snails and a wallaby tail, amid mangrove swamps and dangerous wildlife, before finally reaching Darwin.
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Darwin
Australia
Henri Bourgens
Bathast Island
Bourdens
Betty Jane
Henri
France
Singapore
Timor
Bathurst Island
Men Arraigned In Jail Escape Case
AH Ellison serving a term in Grant County jail for liquor license violation was arraigned on felony escape from a county road gang. He left the work party with brothers Darrell and Otis Ellison, was captured Friday night, and the trio were bound over on bond and appointed counsel.
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A.H. Ellison
Grant County
Ellison
Darrell
Otis Ellison
Oris Ellison
Sister Of Hurley Resident Dies In Detroit
Jean Mead 63 sister of Jeff Rouse of Hurley died today at her Detroit home after a long illness. A former president of the New Mexico Federation of Business and Professional Women while in Raton, she is survived by husband Earl Mead of Detroit and brother RM Rouse of Raton. Funeral services are tentatively planned for Thursday in Detroit.
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Jean Mead
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Hurley
Detroit
Midh
New Mexilco Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Club
Raton
Earl Mead
Rm, Rouse
Right Key Confusion Triggers Car Mixup in Silver City
A misidentified vehicle leads to a stolen car report when a man enters a Ranch Club lot with a car that matches another owner’s. Police discover both men own identical cars and share interchangeable keys, causing the mistaken departure.
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Silver City
Thomas Ryan
Ranch Club
Bars Close During Silver City Election Hours
Bars and package stores will close during election hours in Silver City for the municipal vote. Polls stay open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Local authorities remind patrons to plan ahead.
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Silver City
Dent Tanner Dies in Morning House Fire
A Silver City man Dent Tanner age 2 died in a morning fire at his home 17002 W Market St. The blaze started in a bedroom and was so intense that a pistol under the bed exploded. Tanner had just returned Friday from El Paso Texas where he had been in a hospital for two and a half months. an inquest was scheduled for this afternoon.
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Silver City
Dent Tanner
W. Market St
Louis Martinez
Tanner
el Paso
Tex
Weather update with warm skies and temperature shifts
An hourly forecast notes high clouds and a mild temperature swing. Today’s high near 79, tonight’s low around 42, and Tuesday’s forecasted high about 79. Airport reading shows 78 and 42 with record highs and lows listed for the date.
TV and radio strike drags on as talks collapse
Networks and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists suffered a breakdown after union leaders walked out over pay and bonus terms. Negotiators returned to New York with no immediate talks scheduled, while taped programs and reruns fill the air.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
Uni
Donald Conaway
NBC
George Fuchs
CBS
ABC
Orks
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Conaway
New York
William E. Simkin
David Brinkley
Walter , Cronkite
Dean Rusk
Transportation
Alan 5. Boyd
India
John Kenneth Galbraith
George W. Ball
Paris
Rusk
Meet the Press
Issues Answers
Thanat Khoman
Thailand
Boyd
Peter H. Dominick
R-Colp
Galbraith
Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Fuchs J
Closing Tax Loopholes Urged As Surtax Debate Heats Up
Lawmakers and White House aides weigh closing tax loopholes as a substitute for President Johnsons proposed 6 percent general income surtax. Estimates place potential revenue losses and exemptions at tens of billions, with church and gambling tax gaps highlighted as major concerns.
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Congress
Johnson
Starling PF. Green
Washington
Sterling F. Green
White House
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
Senate
House Economic Committee
Reuss
Executive Branch
Capitol Hill
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Episcopal
James A. Pike
Pike
Christianity Today
Western Sets Annual Sports Award Banquet
Western New Mexico University will honor 1966-67 athletes in football basketball baseball tennis and golf at a banquet on Monday May 1 in the Student Memorial Center. Speaker will be Marvin Coaster former coach and Gadsden High principal, with Paul Hunter as master of ceremonies.
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Western New Mexico University
Student Memorial Center
Nick Chintis
Marvin Coaster
Gadsden High School
Anthony
Deming High School
Coester
WNMU
Paul Hunter
Western
University Club
Bill Colby
Police Set New Record In Silver City March Complaints
Police in Silver City handled a record 436 complaints in March, surpassing the previous 434 set in September 1966. Chief Thomas Ryan noted the era’s smallest annual total was 1957 with about 0 calls answered.
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Silver City
Thomas Ryan
Ryan
City Hall to Close for City Election in Silver City
City Manager Richard Cunningham announced Silver City Hall will close Tuesday for the mayor and two council seats election. The election will be held at City Hall and the council will meet Thursday to canvass votes and declare winners in lieu of tonight's meeting.
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Richard Cunningham
Silver City City
Chamber To Elect Directors For Silver Clo Grant Chamber Meeting
The Silver Clam Grant County Chamber of Commerce will elect directors at the regular meeting at 7 a.m. Tuesday at the Ureter. They will preside at the luncheon Wednesday, the first regular meeting after the election. The annual banquet is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Holiday Inn, marking the first joint banquet for the Silver Clo and Bayars Chambers.
Juvenile Drinking Violations Found Here Saturday
Juvenile probation officers and state police conducted checks in Grant County Saturday night. Four boys on probation were found in a wedding dance venue and jailed. others were apprehended east of Santa Rita and in Central parking lots with liquor.
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Grant County
Lloyd Payne
Don Evans
New Mexico
Hoss Jameson
Payne
Santa Rita
Central
President Johnson Hosts Latin Envoys Arts Weekend at Texas Ranch
President Johnson hosted 29 Latin American ambassadors and their spouses at his Texas ranch for a goodwill weekend. Diplomats praised the hospitality and noted no policy talks were held, stressing the visit aimed at closer personal ties ahead of a forthcoming regional summit. They said the stay felt like being at home and welcomed the chance to tour parts of Texas. The visit concluded with a Mass at San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio where Archbishop Lucey affirmed U.S. moral aims in Vietnam and urged continued peace efforts.
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Frank Cormier
Washington
Johnson
Texas
United States
Rodrigo Jacome
Ecuador
Organization of American States
Celso Pastor
Peru
Punto del Este
Uruguay
Hemisphere
Johnsons
White House
Texse
San Fernando Cathedral
San Antonio
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Alamo
Robert E. Lucey
Vietnam
Wolfhounds Battle Viet Cong In Waterlogged Plain of Reeds
U S 25th Infantry Division Wolfhounds advancing into the Plain of Reeds near Saigon wading through canals and mud to curb Viet Cong eastward flow from Cambodia. Maj Harvey Perritt leads helicopters to keep up as two battalions hunt a provincial VC battalion amid waterlogged terrain.
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Plain of Reeds
Cambodia
Maj
Harvey Perritt
Alexandria
West Germany Presses New Policy Toward East German Communists
Bonn shifts toward a friendlier stance with the East and its leader Walter Ulbricht to pursue German reunification. Kiesinger and Brandt defend cautious concessions while rejecting claims of exclusive national representation for all Germans. Ulbricht travels Eastern Europe to limit such moves.
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Germany
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Bonn
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Berlin Wall
Willy Brandt
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der Spiegel
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Kiesinger
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Poland
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Brandt
Europe
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