Santa Letter From St Louis Delights Lovington Readers
A humorous Christmas note from a St Louis youngster named Sam, addressed to Santa and sent via the Lovington paper, features a handmade envelope and a 93 cent stamp. The piece compares Sam’s letter to the Virginia letter and notes the likely tracking by the St Louis Post Dispatch for a reply.
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Santa Claus
Sam
St. Louis
St. Louie
Santa
North Pole
Lovington
Providence
U. S
Scrooges
USPS
Alon
Virginia
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Bayard
the PD
Hige
Weather Outlook for Fast Central and Southeast Plains
Fair tonight through Wednesday with increasing southwest winds. Warmer by Wednesday. Lovington forecast mid 20s tonight and near 60 by Wednesday.
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Central
Southeast Plains
Lovington
Public Lands Access Limits Oil and Gas
Laird of the American Petroleum Institute urged improved access to federally controlled lands, both onshore and offshore, to advance national energy independence. He cited 62 percent of federal land closed or restricted and noted incomplete data on land withdrawals and oil and gas resources, complicating decision making.
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Santa FE
Eneregy
American Petroleum Institute
Wilson M. Laird
Washington, D.C
Mittee
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
United States
Mississippi River
Alaska
Interior Department
Gove
Laird
Hee Oa
Stalemate Uneasy as Energy Talks Run Toward Christmas
Washington energy committees race to craft a compromise on natural gas pricing before Congress adjourns for Christmas. The House backs a higher 1.75 per thousand cubic feet price ceiling and broader federal controls, while the Senate favors deregulation. A compromise plan emerges from closed meetings as supporters warn of higher home heating costs.
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Mike Shanahan
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
House
Senate Energy Commerees
Congress
Carter
Senate
Career
Louisiana
Texas
John Durkin
D-N.h
Expert's Illness Forces Delay in Carter Tax Plan Push
President Carter's plan to send a major tax cut to Congress early next year may be postponed due to the weekend stroke of assistant treasury secretary Laurence Woodworth. The 59 year old tax expert, Carter's top tax adviser and key liaison to Congress, remains in critical condition at a Newport News hospital, prompting Congress to pause proceedings as leaders assess implications for tax legislation and energy tax efforts.
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Jim Luther
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Congress
Treasury
Laurence Dworth
Newport News
Woodworth
Joint Committee On Taxation
Senate Finance Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Worth
Joe Waggonner Jr
D.la
Ways and Means
Browning Wins Leader-Merchant Football Contest Tickets
Gary Browning a NMJC student and son of Fred and Mrs Browning Lovington won the Leader-Merchant annual football contest by scoring the season high. He earns two Cotton Bowl tickets to the Texas Notre Dame game in Dallas January 1 and 100 in money for the trip.
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Gary Glave
NMJC
Fred Browning
Lovington
Leader-merchant
Dallas
Lovington launches first basketball contest with booster page
The Lovington community starts a new weekly basketball contest tied to The Wildcat Booster Page. Readers follow 13 Lovington School teams and compete for weekly prizes and a season grand prize of 50 in merchandise certificates.
Police Can Order Car Occupants Out
Supreme Court ruling allows police to order drivers out of vehicles stopped for routine traffic infractions. The decision affects roadside procedures and raises questions about officer safety and driver rights across jurisdictions.
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Richard Carelli
Associated Press
Washington
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
John Paul Stevens
Thursgood Marshall
William J.rennan Jr
ACLU
Joel Gorg
Ork
Ada Hoglund named district attorney in Hobbs office
Dave Hoglund, longtime district attorney staff attorney in Carlsbad, was introduced yesterday as the new distant district attorney for the Hobbs office working with ADA Ernest Carroll of Lovington. Hoglund, a Alameda California native, has lived in New Mexico 21 years and is a 1972 UNM School of Law graduate. He succeeds Bob Laughlin. McCormick seeks a replacement.
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Dave Hoglund
Carlsbad
Hobbs
Mike MceCormick
Lea County
Hoglund
Ada Ernest Carroll
Lovington
Alameda
Calif
New Mexico
University of New Mexico School of Law
ADA
Bob Laughlin
McCormick
Oglund
Big Fund Hikes for Universities in New Mexico
Three New Mexico universities would gain at least 19 percent more spending next year if the 1978 Legislature accepts BEF recommendations. The six four year schools would receive 103.049 million in base instruction and general costs, with UNM and ENMU key beneficiaries and Eastern New Mexico University seeing the largest percentage rise.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
State Board of Educational Finance
BEF
University of New Mexico
UNM
New Mexico University
Portales
ENMU
Mrs. Rogers Announces Run For Lovington City Commission
Deanne Rogers announces candidacy for the Lovington city commission seat vacated by Malcolm Wii. A Tulsa native active in community affairs she seeks to keep the city safe and help it grow for her children.
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Deanne Rogers
Lovington
City Peecenn Commission
Fb Cme
Ington
Malcolm Wii
Rogers
Commission Buys New Ambulance At City Hall Meeting
City commissioners approve the purchase of a new ambulance from Superior Southwest at 995.18 dollars, the sole bid after other bidders were considered. bids from Sanders Chevrolet Hobbs Valley Ford and others cover air conditioned and non air conditioned units as well as backhoes and two 1 1/2 ton trucks.
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City Hall
Frey
Superior Southwest
Dallas
Superior
Sanders
Permian Ford
Hobbs
Valley Ford
Belen
Tilson-Godsey
Eredt
John Deere
Hooks International, Inc
Dasher Tractor
Carlsbad
Ford
Equipment
Suply
Tom Growne Equipment Company
John Re
Estes International
Roswell
Permian
Kenneth Ford
Methodist’ Church
R. E. Smith Sr
Meethe Ie
Oanauggs
Congress of Cities
San Francisco
Community Christmas contributions listed by names
A list of donors contributing to the Community Christmas includes Florence Anderson Jetina Smith Slug Pudge Blackard Ralph Peterson ESA-Delta a Chapter Credit Bureau Services Hazel Walter Anderson Bill Jo Lewis Jimmy Joanne Henry Hob Gann Bill Covey R. E. Smith Sr. Roy Evelyn Pinchback and others. The notice names multiple individuals and couples without further event details.
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Florence Anderson
Jetina Smith
Slug
Pudge Blackard
Ralph Peterson
Esa—Delta A Chapter Credit Bureau Services, Inc
Hazel
Walter Anderson
Bill and
Jo Lewis
Jimmy
Joanne Henry
Hob Gann
Bill
Ann Covey Jr
R. E. Smith
Roy
Evelyn Pinchback
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Wade
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LEA
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City Commission
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Department of Interior
Federel
Sen
Russel B. Long
D-La
Senate House
Social Security
Gary Browning
Gary
Dale
Texas Tech
Patti Stroh
B. R. Hamlett
Ken Lawson
Don Anderson
Tom Embree
Jerry P. Brown
G. R. “Tack” Hale
Jon Dearley
Garland E. Moore
Dana Anstey
Lanny Funchess
Thomas Stroh
Wayne Crow
Denney Scrimsher
Lizvanta
Aero Rells
Larry Iley
Lola Burleson
Charles Hargreaves
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