Early 1970s Lea County political blitz and park notes
The piece surveys campaign activity in Lea County with Joe Montoya and Harold Runnels courting votes for regional and national offices, Montoya backing Runnels on a solar bill, and Domenici lining up upcoming appearances. It also notes local sheriff candidate George Teague and a Chaparral Park visit by Austrian students amid park crowd counts and a reflective quote from James Shelby Thomas.
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Lea County
Joe Montoya
Harold Runnels
Little Joe
Harold
Lovingtonian
Montoya
Runnels
House
White Sands Missile Range
New Mexico Junior College
Joe
Hobbs
Ben
Carson
Pete Domenici
George Teague
Teague
Chaparral
Joe Smith
Avenue K
More Fair Rodeo Banners To Boost Community Support
Banner chairman Claude Porter announces extra participation for this year’s fair and rodeo banners. About 126 paid participants, a 25 percent rise, help fund the band projects while promoting the community event. Call Desert Plains Stationers or the high school band office to request a banner.
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Claude Porter
Band Parents Association
Porter
Desert Plains Stationers
J.D. Fry
Lea County Fair Parade Opens Four Day Lovington Show
The 1975 Lea County Fair and Rodeo Parade marks the start of a four day event in Lovington on Aug 13 with theme Forty Years of Progress. Floats must fit the theme for judging while categories include youth organizational and commercial. Floats, bands, and dignitaries join riding groups in the parade. The fiddlers contest on Aug 16 at 4 p.m. awards prizes in two age groups with first place winners vying for a sweepstakes prize.
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Lea County
Lovington
Lovington Chamber of Commerce Office
Sale Arena
Fairgrounds
U.S seeks to defend Japan on Hiroshima anniversary
President Ford reaffirmed U S defense commitments to Japan under the Mutual Cooperation and Security Treaty on the Hiroshima anniversary. He and Prime Minister Takeo Miki urged continued US support while stressing peace on the Korean peninsula and dialogue between South and North Korea.
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South Korea
U.S
Republic of Korea
Korean Peninsula
Anne
East Asia
Sia
Stan
White House
United States
Japan
Hiroshima
Asia
Ford
Mil
Japia
Cone
Japan vows no nuclear weapons on Hiroshima anniversary
Prime Minister Takeo Miki, marking the 30th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, restated Japan’s pledge against nuclear arms and emphasized strengthening self defense forces. He urged a versatile U S Japan role in postwar Asia while noting shared responsibility for regional peace.
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Wu PD
Takeo
Hiroshima
Japan
Miki
National Press Club
Pan
United States
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Mili
Asia
Miki Miki
Crutchfield Joins Local Law Firm as Partner
Barry Crutchfield has joined Sanders Templeman and Crutchfield as a partner to form the firm Sanders Templeman and Crutchfield. Sanders says Crutchfield began duties this week. Offices are in the Reed McCrory Building second floor. Crutchfield, born in Eunice and raised in Lovington, is a UT Law School graduate (1971) who served in the Marines and now practices in Lea County Hobbs and Lovington areas with his wife Susan and daughter Jenna Leigh.
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Gayla Morris
Jal
Lea County
Lovington
Morris
New Mexico
Barry Crutchfield
John Sanders
James Templeman
Sanders, Templeman and Crutchfield
Sanders
Crutchfield
Reed McCrory
Eunice
Carl and
Louise Crutchfield
Lovington High School
Eastern New Mexico University
Portales
University of Texas Law School
Austin
Susan
Jenna Leigh
Hobbs
Blocker Defends County Hospital Finances with Records
George Blocker of Jal former county commissioner and long time New Mexico legislator presented a summary claiming county hospitals made money rather than lost it since 1955. He cited yearly taxpayer contributions totaling 9121,240.90 and a 18 year profit of 1,491,210.08 excluding depreciation.
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George Blocker
Jal
New Mexico
Blocker
Flea Control Aims to Halt Plague Spread Near Gallup
A team in Gallup New Mexico conducts a flea control program to prevent bubonic plague spread after a Navajo girl Charlene Brown died at McKinley General Hospital. It is New Mexico’s fifth case this year and state’s first fatality since 1974. The program dusts rodents using trap devices near Rehoboth and Red Rocks State Park, near the National High School Rodeo Championships site.
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Gallup, N.M. Upi
Charlene Brown
McKinley General Hospital
New Mexico
Neil Weber
Weber
Rehoboth
Gallup
Red Rocks State Park
Appeals Court Signal on Hoffa Case Sparks Theories
UPI reports a Circuit Court leak suggesting a ruling in James Hoffa's appeal over the Nixon rider could clear him to seek Teamsters leadership by March 1980. Hoffa vanished after meeting with three men including reputed Mafia kingpin Giacalone. FBI investigators move forward as secrecy shrouds possible motives.
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Detroit
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Teamsters Union
James Hoffa
Hoffa
Nixon
Teamsters
FBI
Federal
UPI
Jimmy Hoffa
Anthony
Tony Jack
Giacalone
Arab countries delay release as hostages remain aboard plane
Reluctance of Arab states to grant asylum delays freeing the remaining 15 hostages held by five Japanese Red Army terrorists aboard a Japan Airlines aircraft in Kuala Lumpur. The hijackers seized the U S Embassy and demanded safe conduct for flights to Arab nations. Malaysian officials work to secure asylum from multiple Arab countries while awaiting official responses. The hostages include 11 Malaysian nationals and diplomats and the U S consul general, while the terrorists demand flight to a destination yet unresolved.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
UPI
U.S
Japan
Japan Air Line
Rap Bye
Jolliner
Robert Stebbins
Wedish
Fredrik Bergestrahle
Gerald Lancaster
Houston
Texas
Tokyo
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James Shelby Thomas
Dudley Murph
David Bunch
Lea County Electric
Lea Fair
Washington
Takeo Miki
United Nations
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Barrett and Barrett of
Gary Blocker
Bill Donahoe
Llano Estacado Medical Center
Don Maddox
Eral
Teas Busness
Geeral Ahmad Nordin
Libya
Ahmad
United Press International
Eastern Plains
Couns Fair
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