Buffalo herd shrinkage and tax bill debate in New Mexico
Ty Field sells off his small Field buffalo herd as brucellosis quarantine limits operations. The piece notes buffalo meat demand rising and a stalled energy and tax bill in Washington plus criticism of the common situs bill, seen as extending union power and affecting construction site actions. The column blends ranch life with national policy tensions.
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Ty Field
Slim Johnson
West Texas
Bronco
North Dakota
Excepion
Washington
New Mexico
Ford
White House
Senate Ford tax compromise derailed by House vote
In Washington, the Senate and President Ford reached a tentative tax cut accord with a spending restraint promise, but House Democratic leaders rejected the deal, derailing the agreement temporarily. The episode followed swift negotiations as leaders weighed a split between Senate language and House plans, with hopes of a late breakthrough.
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Washington
Ford
Senate Finance Committee
Earrlier
Congress
White House
William Greener
William V. Roth
Hugh Scott
House
Carl Albert
Ford vetoes $15 billion appropriations bill citing unchecked spending
President Ford used his veto to block a $15 billion spending bill that would fund Labor Health and Welfare and education despite a push from Congress. He called the package a classic example of unchecked spending and said it would worsen deficits this year and next while adding 8 000 federal jobs. He noted the measure included a busing desegregation provision but did not address it in his veto message.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Fed
House
Stevens Sworn In as Supreme Court Justice
John Paul Stevens was sworn in as the new associate justice of the Supreme Court in a brief ceremony attended by President Ford and retired Justice William Douglas. Chief Justice Warren Burger administered the oath after Stevens was confirmed unanimously by the Senate, with Attorney General Edward Levi delivering the commission.
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UPD
John Paul Stevens
Supreme Court
Ford
William ©. Douglas
Stevens
Warren E. Burger
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Senate
Burger
Geeral Edward Levi
Michael Rodak Jr
Rodak
Douglas
Federal Bar and Bench
Lovington Christmas Card Greetings Hearts Shared
A list of area residents sending holiday wishes for the Lovington Christmas Card to appear in the December 25 Lovington Daily Leader. Names include McCrorys Stewart Forts Allen Hensley Skalendas Miller McMinn Bakers Humphries Melton Lee Loving Clark Love Rodgers Anderson Nave and many others.
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Lovington
Lovington Daily Leader
Mary Ruth McCrory
Jim
Cynthia
Shelly McCrory
Helen Stewart
Troy
Billie Mae
Fort Jim
Roberta Allen
Esta Hensley
Charles
Dorothy Skalenda
Barbara Skalenda
Janette Skalenda
Steve
Patty Miller
Milton
Jeanie
Allison McMinn
J.C
Lorene Baker
J.D
Vallie
Humphries
Gary Melton
Bill
Pat
Lane
Missy
Randy Lee
Joe
June Loving
C.G
Eydie Clark
Mamie Love
Gene
Jackye
Shopping Days Here in Lovington NM Donation Card
A fragment notes Lovington New Mexico shopping days and a donation amount for a Christmas card with a request to sign the card. The text is incomplete but references Christmas and a charitable gesture in Lovington.
New Mexico Governor Hints Budget Details For 1976
Gov. Jerry Apodaca says the next state budget will not exceed eight million dollars in new recurring revenue for the 1976 fiscal year. He notes the total recurring revenue is about 506 million, about 68 million more than current appropriations, and plans to propose roughly a one million increase for public schools. He also narrows the candidate field for Health and Social Services director to about eight, with Richard Heim stepping down January 16.
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Jerry Apodaca
Apodaca
Finance Land Administration
National Education Association
Public
Health and Social Services Department
Richard Heim
Board of Educational Finance
BEF
Montoya releases financial holdings amid Watergate probe
Senator Joseph M. Montoya disclosed his income and property taxes paid from 1972 to 1974 and listed real estate holdings in New Mexico and Maryland. He omits dollar values, citing irrelevance to potential conflicts of interest while citing Watergate and IRS audit concerns as motives for disclosure.
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Washington
UPD
Joseph M. Montoya
D-N.m
Internal Revenue Service
Montoya
Senate Watergate Committee
IRS
L Senate
Santa Fe
Pena Blanca
Albuquerque
Roswell
Clovis
Farmington
Chevy Chase
Weather Update Southeast Plains
United Press International reports southeast plains expect partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions through Saturday. Lovington readings recover into the twenties and fifties with mild afternoons and light winds.
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United Press International
Southeast Plains
Lovington
Cost of Living Rises 0.7 Percent in November
The Labor Department reports a 0.7 percent November increase fueling an annual rate of 8 4 percent. Auto insurance mortgage interest and taxes push costs higher with food and services also up. Real earnings rose 0.7 percent as CPI hits 165.6 from 1967 base.
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Washington
UPD
Labor Department
New York City Begs Federal Help Under Moratorium Challenge
The article details federal relief transfers to New York City via electronic funds, including a $130 million initial transfer to cover payroll and potential up to $23 billion in loans if the city stays current on old debts. It notes a lawsuit by Flushing National Bank over the three year moratorium and warns of possible new funding needs and conditions through 1978.
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New York
Ford
Treasury Department
New York City
Federal Reserve Bank
United States
Treasury
William Simon
Congress
Little Flushing National Bank
Zote
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