City Finance Watch Finds Basics Under Strain
Lovington city officials face higher costs and lower revenue with a $100,000 payroll rise and a $200,000 drop in gross receipts taxes. A balanced path between tax hikes and spending cuts is urged, with emphasis on essential services like police fire water and sewer. The looming issue could worsen in six to twelve months without revenue gains.
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Lovington
New York
Lea County
Runnels
New Mexico
Hopper
Gate Crasher Seen as Gentle Humanist by Friend
A Santa Fe man says Steven B. Williams tried to crash into the White House gate to alert President Ford about food additives. Williams, 38, sought attention for his concerns, described as a humane, well–mannered craftsman with a vegetarian aim.
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F. Michael Myers
Santa FE
N.M
UPI
White House
Robert Gutierrez
Steven B. Williams
Ford
Gutierrez
Williams
California
Gilmore unhappy over arrangements for execution
Gary Gilmore, to be shot at sunrise Monday unless courts block it, complained about wearing a hood and being seated in a chair for the firing squad. He asked to stand and sought an 8 a.m. start, with lawyers weighing a stay or Supreme Court appeal as Utah’s Pardons Board kept the death penalty.
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Peter Gillins
Provo
Utah
UPI
Gary Gilmore
Fourth District
J. Robert Bullock
Gilmore
Bullock
The
American Civil Liberties Union
U.S. Supreme Court
United States
Utah Board of Pardons
Robert Excel White
Texas
Lovington Native joins Atchley Chiropractic Center
Dee Witherspoon, graduate of Lovington High School, has become an associate at Atchley Chiropractic Center after passing the state board exam. He earned a BA at Abilene Christian College and a DD from Palmer College, and he began work immediately. He is married to Elaine Peters and they live on North 2nd with their 4 year old daughter Tammy.
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Dee Witherspoon
Lovington School
Darrell Atchley
Atchley Chiropractic Center
Witherspoon
State Board
Immedia
Lovington
Joe
Enid Witherspoon
Bruce Jenner
Elaine Peters
San Francisco
ACC
Witherspoons
North 2Nd
Tammy
Carter Wins Soviet Reassurance Amid Early Presidency Moves
President-elect Jimmy Carter received assurances from Leonid Brezhnev that the Soviet Union would avoid crises as his administration starts. Jody Powell said Carter will name his first cabinet member at a Friday news conference, with Bert Lance expected as OMB director.
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Helen Thomas Plains
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
Carter
Jody Powell
Ford Administration
Atlanta
Bert Lance
Office of Management and Budget
Treasury
William Simon
Moscow
Brezhnev
Powell
Soviet Union
Connally backs televised public execution to deter crime
Former Texas Governor John Connally urged showing executions on nationwide TV to deter crime. He said swift sure punishment is essential and that life imprisonment without parole is the alternative. Two Americans face imminent executions in Utah and Texas as a backdrop.
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Carter
Powell
San Antonio
Tex
UPI
Texas
John Connally
Connally
Kvuc Radio
Trinity University
ERDA Seeks Carlsbad Land for Nuclear Waste Pilot Plant
ERDA asks Interior and state officials to withdraw 18 960 acres near Carlsbad from public use as a possible site for a nuclear waste pilot plant. The agency plans a 6 million dollar budget for land acquisition but says no final site is chosen. Local and state officials stress full analysis and public participation will proceed.
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Washington
Interior Department
Bureau of Land
Kissinger and Butz Subpoenaed in Wheat Sale Suit
Hallmark names Kissinger and Earl Butz subpoenaed to testify by deposition in Oklahoma City in a 1972 class action seeking damages over 50 000 farmers claim of wheat sales to Russia. Defendants include Palmby Continental Grain and others with trial date not yet set.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Henry Kissinger
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Russia
Daily
Oklahoman
Washington
Butz
Kissinger
Altus
Edgar W. Cleveland
Soviet Union
Jim Ikard
Cleveland
Buzz
Oklahoma
Clarence Palmby
Continental Grain Co
Palmby
Continental
Louis Dreyfus Corp
Garnac Grain Co
Bunge Corp
New York
Cook Industries
Memphis
Tenn
Cargill Inc
Minneapolis
Bill Gray Injured In Car Collision
Lovington teacher Bill Gray, a passenger, sustained hip and leg injuries with bruises, cuts, and pulled ligaments after a collision at Second and Jefferson. He held the passenger door to avoid being run over as the car skidded in a circle. driver Roma Gray was the other occupant. Jesse R. Turnbull was cited for entering a stop and yield intersection.
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Bill Gray
Lovington
Ace
Roma
Grays
Mrs. Gray
Jesse R. Turnbull
Second
Jefferson
Gray
Schmitt and Domenici Call For Water and Agriculture Focus
Senator-elect Harrison Schmitt urged a statewide survey of New Mexico water resources and stronger conservation to stretch supplies. He pressed for brackish water treatment and revised allocation for agriculture and noted upcoming briefings with officials and educators. Senator Domenici warned Congress must elevate agriculture in energy and water policy amid the crisis, citing gas allocations and rising costs impacting farmers and urging policy changes.
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Albuquerque
Nlm
UPI
Harrison Schmitt
New Mexico
Southwest
Schmitt
University of New Mexico
Congress
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau
Domenici
Bureau
America
American Farm Bureau Federation
Allan Grant
Grant
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Clyde N. Cooper
Jal
Joe McKown
McDonald
Kallie
Joe Craig
Shanna
ERDA
Carlsbad Land
Management
Robert L. Seamans
Pete Domnenici
Dures
Justice Department
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