New Mexico Faces Need for 147000 Jobs, Says UNM Survey
James Covell of the New Mexico Department of Development highlights UNM Bureau of Business Research findings urging aggressive industrial growth. He notes NM added only 2150 manufacturing jobs this decade and warns of outmigration funding other states. He contrasts NM’s 7 percent manufacturing employment with western peers, cites tax incentives and a lack of Right to Work discussion, and points to Texas and Arizona growth.
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James Covell
New Mexico Department of Development
New Mexico
Bureau of Business Research
University of New Mexico
UNM
Covell
California
Montana
DOD
Cowell
Texas
Arizona
Hopper
MVD to reshuffle control over title and registration
Governor Cargo said Norman Harwell Associates of Dallas will take full authority over the Motor Vehicle Department and Automated Data Processing to clear title and registration problems. The firm aims to report to the 1970 legislature with recommendations after March.
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Santa FE
David Cargo
Motor Vehicle Department
Norman Harwell Associates
Dallas
Tex
Cargo
Perot Plans Airlift of Christmas Gifts to POWs in Vietnam
Texas billionaire H Ross Perot arrived in Bangkok and aims to deliver two planes of Christmas presents to about 1400 American prisoners of war in North Vietnam. He faces North Vietnamese delays, with rules limiting packages to three kilos and including medicines and personal items.
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Lewis M. Simons
Associated Press
Bangkok
Thailand
Texas
H. Ross Perot
North Vietnam
U.S
Perot
Hong Kong
Dallas
Tex
Laos
Cambodia
Vientiane
United States
Moscow
De Facto Segregation Urged by G C Thelen Jr
Washington AP report notes Nixon administration officials align with southern critics over northern and western segregation. They cite lack of Supreme Court mandate and congressional discouragement as reasons federal action is weak. Panetta and Finch argue de facto segregation often masks de jure discrimination, urging scrutiny of housing and boundary lines.
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G. C. Thelen Jr
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Supreme Court
Congress
Leon E. Panetta
Office For Civil Rights
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
South
Panetta
Major Tax Relief Dates Are Listed
Washington notes dates for tax relief provisions of the reform bill and changes in withholding. Beginning Jan 1 1970 surcharges cut to 5 percent and a $1,100 low income allowance. July 1 1970 surcharge ends. exemptions rise to $650 per dependent. Jan 1 1971 standard deduction to 13 percent of AGI with $1,500 ceiling. earned income limit drops to 60 percent. 1972 increases lift personal exemptions to $700 and standard deduction to 14 percent with $2,000 ceiling. 1973 raises personal exemption to $750 and standard deduction to 15 percent with $2,000 ceiling.
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Washington
Services Set For Mrs. Scott Who Died In Lovington
Willie Belle Scott (1898 1962) of Lovington died at Sea General Hospital December 22. Survived by two daughters Sue Newton Florine Henderson both of Lovington one son Eddie Ray Lovington two sisters Mrs George Spires White Oaks NM and Mrs Johnnie Rogers Post Texas one brother Albert Wood Bisbee Arizona and three grandchildren Funeral services Wednesday December 24 at 2 p.m. Smith Rogers Funeral Home Chapel Lovington officiated by Cecil Hook burial Lovington Cemetery
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Willie Belle Scott
Sea General Hospital
Lovington
Paint Rock
Texas
Arthur Scott
Scott
Sue Newton
Florine Henderson
Loveington
Eddie Ray
George Spires
White Oaks
N.M
Johnnie Rogers
Post
Albert Wood
Bisbee
Arizona
Smith- Rogers Funeral Home
Cecil Hook
Third and
Central Church of Christ
Lovington Cemetery
Weather News Brief for Lovington
Weather report notes variable high cloudiness through night and Wednesday with locally gusty afternoon winds. Temperature change is minimal, with Lovington forecast around 36 during the night and 64 during the day.
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Lovington
Traffic Woes Kept To Minimum
Chief James Robinson urges Lovington residents to stay courteous and careful to keep accidents low this Christmas. The police department thanks the public for cooperation and offers season’s greetings.
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James Robinson
Lovington
Robinson
SCC Protest Over Grand Canyon Limited Abandonment
The State Corporation Commission filed a protest with the Interstate Commerce Commission against abandoning the Santa Fe Railroad Grand Canyon Limited trains Nos. 23 and 24 between Los Angeles and Chicago. The petition notes 562,100 New Mexico residents would be affected as the line passes through Gallup Grants Albuquerque Las Vegas Springer and Raton.
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Santa FE
The
State Corporation Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Santa Fe Railroad
Courthouse Closing for Christmas and New Year Observances
County manager Gailen Hooper says the courthouse will close at noon tomorrow for Christmas Eve and remain shut Christmas Day. Staff return Friday. New Year’s Day will also be a county holiday with the courthouse closed.
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Gailen Hooper
Hooper
Jasper May Take High Federal Job
John Jasper, director of the New Mexico State Health and Social Services Department, awaits Washington word on a potential high level federal post. He is undergoing security clearance for director of the assistance payments administration of the Social and Rehabilitation Service, earning about $33,000 a year and two steps below HEW Secretary Robert Finch.
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Santa FE
John Jasper
State Health and Social Services Department
Washington
Jasper
Assistance Payments Administration
The
Social and Rehabilitation Service
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Robert Finch
Lovington Good Samaritan Center delays opening to January
The Lovington Good Samaritan Center nursing home delays its December opening. officials plan to open after holidays with a target of at least one third capacity next month. Major construction is finished and state health officials have inspected the building.
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Lovington
Greaves
State Department of Health and Social Services
HSS
Lovington Lpn
New Mexico Court Certifies Vote Against Constitution
The State Canvassing Board, including Gov. Cargo and Chief Justice Moise, certified the Dec 9 special election results. Official tally shows 63,387 opposed ratification and 59,685 in favor, with 123,072 total votes or 34.35 percent turnout. Los Alamos County figures noted.
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Santa FE
State
Ernestine Evans
David Cargo
Irwin S. Moise
Navajos Meet With Governor Over Reservation Problems
Eleven Navajo Tribal Council Advisory Committee members met Gov. David Cargo in Santa Fe to press for tighter air pollution controls on Four Corners coal usage and to discuss liquor, transportation, irrigation, and hospitals. Cargo announced anti pollution legislation for 1970 and urged support for Indian Airways and highway improvements near the border.
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Santa FE
Navajo Tribal Council
David Cargo
Cargo
Four Corners
Keepers Of The Flame Hoover And American Virtue
The essay extols Edgar Hoover as America’s patriarch of police and philosophy. It argues national strength rests on moral conviction, duty, and a God fearing people, tracing Founding Fathers’ duty to God, liberty, and immortality amid a bicentennial national debate on manners and morals.
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America
Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Christianity Today
Law Teaccomete
Montesquieu
Republic
Burke
God
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