Summer ride extended two weeks into autumn
A digressive local column laments a short summer with the fair and rodeo near and school starting soon. It thanks subscribers and carriers for patience during vacations, warns readers about door to door sales badges, and debates church involvement and modern changes as discussed by local and Cambridge figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Taylor
Louis Crenshaw
Tatum
Norman Pittenger
Cambridge University
England
Hopper
Tesuque Pueblo Leaders Fight to Control Land Development
Tesuque Pueblo leaders denounce harassment over land development and vow legal action to shield their lease with Sangre de Cristo Corp. They seek state and local role limits for non Indians on Pueblo land and address water use concerns amid outside environmental scrutiny.
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Santa Fe, NM
Tesuque
Pueblo
Tesuque Pueblo
Sangre de Cristo Corp
Colonias de Santa Fe
Santa Fe
Jack M. Campbell
Tony Samuel
Narrow Row Planting Gains Popularity In Lea County
Lea County farmers adopt close row spacing with high plant populations in six growers totaling over 800 acres. Under 40-inch beds two 10-inch rows yield 100000 to 120000 plants per acre, vs 50000 to 60000 normally. Harvesting may be by hand or machine stripping. tests span from Texas to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Gilstrap
Lea County
U.S. Alexander
Lovington
Coreton
New Mexico State University
Gilstrap
Texas
California
Quarantine Eased in New Mexico for Vaccinated Horses
The quarantine on horses from Texas and three other states is lifted for those vaccinated against Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis and after a 14 day waiting period. Lee Garner of the New Mexico Livestock Board notes high vaccination rates and no recent equine deaths, with 60 showhorses from Ringling Brothers arriving in Las Cruces on special permit.
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Associated Press
Texas
New Mexico
Lee Garner
New Mexico Livestock Board
Garner
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Las Cruces
VEE Shots Reach Over One Million in Five States
Federal officials report more than 1,050,000 Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis vaccines given across Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Arkansas and New Mexico since June 29. Thirty nine horses have died from the illness with 43 confirmed cases confined to 11 South Texas counties.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Mexico
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
New Mexico
California
Mississippi
Florida
Alabama
Arizona
Georgia
Cambodian Villages Hit By Airpower
In eastern Cambodia, South Vietnamese fighter bombers and U S helicopters attacked two enemy held villages during a day long battle. Rangers suffered two dead and eight wounded as fire from rockets guns and small arms slowed their advance. By dusk one village was seized and enemy forces were seen fleeing under heavy bombing as a 3500 man task force swept the area near the Parrots Beak south of Highway 1. The United States expanded aerial reconnaissance and sensor activity along a 230 mile border stretch to check North Vietnamese infiltration ahead of national elections.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Cambodia
Vilages
Huyen Cong Ut
Parrot’s Beak
Phnom Penh
United States
South Vietnam
Runnels Plans 18 Day District Tour
U S Representative Harold Runnels of New Mexico announces an 18 day tour from August 13 to September 4 visiting 17 towns across 16 counties. He will hold two to three hour meetings in each stop to talk with citizens and address issues with limited speeches due to health.
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Washington
U.S
Harold Runnels
D-Nm
Seeond
Runnels
Sollows
Gallup
Grants
Roswell
Carlsbad
Lovingeton
Clovis
Porstales
Farmington
Artesia
Hobbs
Deming
Silver City
Las Cruces
Alamogordo
Socorro
Beelen
Albuquerque
Ruidoso
Major Road Work Open To Bidding
The State Highway Department invites bids opening August 20 for three road projects totaling about 85 million dollars. The largest a 6 million dollar interstate widening at Springer with interchanges and lighting from Wagon Mound. Two U S 70 projects in Lincoln county east of Ruidoso total 2.5 million, adjoining each other, one 1.3 million over 2.6 miles west of the Lincoln National Forest, the other 1.2 million over 2.8 miles east.
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Santa FE
State Highway Department
Springer
Wagon Mound
U.S. 70
Lincoln County
Ruidoso
Lincoln National Forest
Duke City Airport Goes International
Albuquerque will become a U S customs port of entry and its airport will be designated as an international airport on Oct 1 James R Thompson of the U S Bureau of Customs in Houston announced during talks with city leaders Donald E Orr of the New Mexico Transportation Bureau praised the move as a pleasant surprise Albuquerque aims to become a foreign trade zone next while the airport must provide free space for inspection to receive the designation
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Albuquerque
N.M
U.S. Customs
James R. Thompson
U.S. Bureau of Customs
Houston
Donald E. Orr
Foreign Trade Advisory Council
The
New Mexico Transportation Bureau
Railroaders End Local NM Strike Return to Jobs
About 3,500 UTU workers returned to duty in New Mexico after picket lines were removed around 9:55 PM Monday. The nationwide UTU strike against 10 railroads ended earlier at 9:15 AM MDT, with NM El Paso area protests continuing as a local issue. The national settlement grants roughly 190,000 workers wage hikes of about $1.50 per hour over 42 months and allows railroads to adjust work rules for efficiency.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Santa Fe Railway
New Mexico
United Transportation Workers Union
UTU
el Paso
Belen
Las Vegas
Raton
Tex
J.D. Hodgeson
Apollo 15 crew sleep late after NASA safety scare
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden in moon orbit logged a nine hour rest then resumed a $17 million instrument array survey mapping about 20 percent of the lunar surface. They faced a tense moment during Falcon jettison due to a suspected pressure rise linked to the Soyuz 11 accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Winter Space Center
Houston
Moon
Lunar
David R. Scott
Mission Control Center
Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Falcon
Pacific Ocean
Donald K. Slayton
Irwin
Worden
Mission Control
Vaccination Clinic Slated Tomorrow for Horses
Lovington hosts a free vaccination clinic tomorrow to immunize horses against Venezuelan sleeping sickness. Vet Jerry Brown reports turnout around 100 head, aiming for 75 to 80 percent participation and open to larger crowds if more arrive. The event at the Lea County Fairgrounds roping arena has no charge for vaccine or service.
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Lovington
Jerry Brown
Jake McClure
Lea County Fair Grounds
Brown
Reac
Roswell Firm Reports Gas Strike In Colorado Well
Charles Read of Read and Stevens Inc announced a successful drill stem test on Slick Rock No. 1 in San Miguel County Colorado. The oil field covers 55 000 acres owned by Read and Stevens Shenandoah Oil Corp Fort Worth and L C Harris of Roswell Gas flowed at 9 4 million cubic feet per day from 8300 to 8430 feet with 350 pounds surface pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
Four vote margin sustains Lockheed loan guarantees
Congress narrowly approved 250 million in federal loan guarantees for Lockheed Aircraft Corp amid claims it will save tens of thousands of jobs. The Senate 49 to 48 and the House 192 to 189 backed the measure, with Sen. Marlow Cook delivering the pivotal 49th vote and Sen. John Tower assisting the administration. The action centers on private funding backing to keep Lockheed solvent and protect 60,000 related jobs nationwide.
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H. L. Schwartz
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Nixon
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Senate
House
Lockheed
Marlow Cook
Cook
Supreme Court
Clark
John Tower
R-Tex
G Harrold Carswell
Spiro T. Agenew
William Proxmire
D-Wise
Proxmire
Newsemen
Tower
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Attorney General's Office
City Hall
Campbell
Samuel
Runnels Books District Tour
Eastern Plains
West Central Mountains
Duke City
Roswell Film Records
Colorado
Lockheed Guarantee
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