Inflation tips and personal finance advice in Hobbs paper
Hopper W H discusses practical inflation control through disciplined spending, timing purchases, and cautious discretionary saving. The column stresses tracking real costs, avoiding full price pay, and building savings to beat rising prices, while noting shifts in income and family budgeting. Also reports on Mark Wallace, Lovington youth swimmer, joining Hobbs program to pursue year-round training. Weather section previews thundershowers and regional temperature ranges across Artesia to Roswell.
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Advan
Mark Wallace
Lovington
Hobbs
Bob
Sue
Mark
Levington
Hopper
Court halts secret subpoenas on liquor director records
A New Mexico court stayed all secret subpoenas seeking bank records of State Liquor Director Carlos Jaramillo as the Organized Crime Prevention Commission fights their legality. Judge Bruce Kaufman set a formal hearing for Sept. 6, with the case file sealed and no public names disclosed.
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Larry Calloway
Associated Press
Santa FE
New Mexico
Organized Crime Prevention Commission
Carlos Jaramillo
Bruce Kaufman
William Marchiondo
Albucuercue
The
Crime Commission
Kaufeman
Jaramillo
Kaufman
Harris Hartz
Marchiondo and
Norvell
GM Car Prices Up 405 Per Vehicle
GM announces an average price increase of 405 dollars per vehicle this fall. The 1978 GM car price, with options, is estimated at about 7200 dollars before taxes and dealer discounts.
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Owen Ullmann
Associated Press
Detroit (Ap
General Motors
Commissioners Meet With Chief Polson Over Parade and Rodeo Passes
Lovington city commissioners met in a closed session with police chief J. E. Polson to discuss parade planning clashes with the Jaycees and gate pass disputes during rodeo week. The talks also touched on long standing relations, with Manager Bob Carter optimistic about a resolution. Separately GM announced 1978 car price increases averaging 4.6 percent before options, plus shipping, boosting the average by about 5.7 percent overall.
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Lovington
J.E. Polson
Bob Carter
Polson
Jaycees
Carter
Masonic Lodge Donates Three Scholarships
Lovington Masonic No. 46 donates three scholarships totaling 275 dollars to local students Dale Smith D Ann Holder and Glen Callaway. Presenting the awards at the lodge hall, Harry Crowley Lodge Junior Warden announced the recipients.
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Lovington Masonic No. 46
Dale Smith
D'Ann Holder
Glen Callaway
Masonic Lodge
Harry Crowley
It's Not How You Play The Game It's Who Wins
The Out House gang led by former President Gerald Ford defeated the White House softball team 10 to 9 in a Tuesday night game. The winning run was scored by Hugh Carter's secretary amid interruptions over disputed calls and player substitutions.
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Jurate Kazickas
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Gerald Ford
Out House Gang
White House
Hugh Carter
Amy Carter
Mark Weiner
Sarah Emory
Nixon
Ford
Emory
Weiner
Carter
Senate
Robert Byrd
D.w.va
Jody Powell
Jerry Wilkerson
Registration opens for fall at College of the Southwest and NMJC
College of the Southwest sets fall registration for August 25 in the Student Center with 8 am to 8 pm Thursday and 8 am to 6 pm Friday. NMJC also schedules August 25 registration in Heidel Hall with three sessions 8 to 11 30 am 3 30 pm and 6 to 8 30 pm. Classes begin August 29 at both campuses and late registration runs through September 13.
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College of the Southwest
Aoe
New Mexico Junior College
Heidel Hall
Namwi
Farm Bureau Head Attacks Plan to Break Up Large Farms
A.W. Langenegger, president of the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau, denounces Interior Department plans to break up large corporate farms in Western states. He calls the 1902 Reclamation Act socialist and warns reclamation farmers could be forced to sell excess land at below value, increasing costs for consumers.
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Langenegger
Andrus
Enrollment For Cub Scouts
Enrollment notice urges boys north of Ave D or at Jefferson Yarbro or Lea Schools aged 8 to 10 to sign up. A meeting starts at 7 Thursday night at Lea School to assign dens. each boy must bring a parent, attend full meeting, and remain until end for placement.
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Ave. D
Jefferson, Yarbro
Lea
Menine
Dummy Bill Practice Draws Anaya Court Brief
New Mexico Attorney General Toney Anaya compares the dummy bill tactic to stopping the clock as he challenges language in the 1977 Supplemental Appropriations Act. He argues the final bill was improperly altered and seeks nullification in district court.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Toney Anaya
State Supreme Court
Anaya
Aubrey Dunn
Senate Finance Committee
Leonard DeLayo
Bruce Kaufman
DeLayo
Kaufman
General Appropriations
Probation Revocation: Rand Reese Orders Reevaluation
District Judge Rand Reese faced two probation revocation petitions yesterday. One concerns a former suspect born in 1975 involved in burglary and theft at a store. The other alleges parole violations and failure to report to Officer John Gordon. See REVOCATIONS, Sec. A.
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Rand Reese
al Oa
Ding
John Gordon
Prices Rise But Home Ownership Holds On
AP analysis notes housing prices keep rising while owner occupancy remains above 60 percent, aided by 2 million annual starts. Multi family rentals rise, threatening a long secular shift from home ownership begun after World War II. Median new single family price climbed to 44,200 in 1976 from 35,900 in 1974.
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John Cunniff
New York
Five New Mexico Teachers Face Revocation Notices
Five New Mexico teachers accused of sexual misconduct face 30 day notice of a certificate revocation. Education officials outlined public hearings and legal representation, with three of the five already found guilty of sexual offenses.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Jack Underwood
Undd
Starving Artists Not Going Hungry in California Market
In California the $5 to $39 Starving Artists sale network sells paintings through bazaars, drawing criticism that imports threaten American artists. Rankin defends the model as expanding access and future collectors, while critics warn it could erode the domestic art market.
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San Francisco
Artists, Inc
California
Michael Rankin
Rankin
Dallas
Tex
Jim Cuneo
Attorney General's
Texas
Paul Parker Levin
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