Personal notes on holidays and oil spill debate
A reader letter traces a quiet Christmas with family, a Ruidoso outing, and sparse snow. It then voices skepticism about oil spill coverage, favors perspective and personal responsibility, and cites Midway and Argo Merchant as lessons. The writer promotes private initiative and individual freedom as progress.
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Nature
Midway
Coral Sea
Leyte
Padre Island
Argo
Nantucket Shoals
John C. Sparks
Carter offers tax cut plan as Carter meets top aides on St Simons
President elect Jimmy Carter convenes Cabinet at Musgrove Plantation on St Simons Island to discuss a potential 15 billion tax cut to spur the economy. Budget Director-designate Lance and other advisers join Carter for sessions on the economy, foreign policy and domestic programs, with Mondale observing. Carter also plans talks with New York officials on fiscal issues and attends church services where Bishop Cannon cites Carter’s faith and conscience.
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Helen Thomas Plains
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Carter
St. Simons Island
Georgia
Musgrove Plantation
Reynolds Tobacco Co
Thomas Lance
St. Simons
Plains
Lance
Atlanta
Ford
White House
Congress
Ury
Michael Blumenthal
Charles Schultze
Council of Economic Advisers
Walter ‘Mondale
Weather Forecast Coastal City Tonight and Tuesday
United Press International reports cloudy conditions tonight with a 15 to 25 mph wind. Gusty winds are expected Tuesday with cooler temperatures, Hobbs and Lovington area likely in the upper 20s to near 60.
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United Press International
Hobbs&Lovington
Saudi Production Up 20 Percent in 1977 Plan
Beirut based UPI reports Middle East Economic Survey says Saudi Arabia will lift crude output by 1.5 million barrels per day to 10 million in Q1 1977 to meet demand for cheaper Saudi crude. Production may be reviewed quarterly and could adjust with demand.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
OPEC
Harold Haddock Improves After Heart Attack
Lovington bus contractor Harold Haddock is out of intensive care and resting well after a heart attack last Wednesday. His wife Bonnie reports a planned trip to a heart specialist in Lubbock and notes he enjoyed watching the Oakland Pittsburgh football game yesterday.
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Harold Haddock
Lovington
Bonnie
Pipelines Scrounge For Interstate Gas
Interstate pipeline firms boost search and development for new gas due to intrastate competition. The Oil and Gas Journal notes six major pipelines spent about 302 million this year for lease and drilling versus 170.5 million in 1975, with 358 million planned for 1977. Most spending targets Gulf of Mexico drilling and Baltimore Canyon leases, plus Rocky Mountain exploration, but authors warn it cannot fully solve interstate supply.
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Tulsa, Okla
UPI
Oiland Gas Journal
Industry
Gulf of Mexico
Baltimore Canyon
Atlantic Coast
Rocky Mountains
Journal
Federal Power Commission
Whic
Local man charged in stabbing over holiday incident
In a holiday stabbing near Lovington, 42 year old Harry L Slusher died from chest wounds. Jimmie Gene Terrell resident James 8B. 5) was charged with murder with bond set at 50000. Witnesses included Mrs Terrell Cowboy Terrell Lena Powell. Sheriff Wrinkle noted alcohol probable. Slusher to be buried in Freeport Ohio per Smith Rogers Funeral Home.
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Lovington
Harry Leonard Slusher
James
Ralph Wrinkle
Jimmie Gene Terrell
Denver City
Wrinkle
Nodo
Paul Mallory
Terrel
Terrell
Lena Powell
Sipes
Drayton Wasson
Powell
Smith-Rogers Funeral Home
Harry L. Slusher
Freeport
Ohio
Psychiatrist Criticizes Bomb Threat Makeups
In Santa Fe officials suspect state employees use false bomb threats to skip work on Friday afternoons. A psychiatrist argues the threats reveal deeper problems and a makeup time rule won t address the core issues.
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Micahel Myers
Santa FE
N.M
UPI
Joel S. Hochman
Glen Gates
William S. Huey
State Game and Fish Commission
Villagra
Huey
New Mexico Democrat Loses $87 000 in Jewelry
Dessie Sawyer of Tatum and former Democratic National Committeewoman reports to Santa Fe police that a vast jewelry collection valued at about 87000 dollars vanished from the Inn of Loretto. She suspects theft, noting the pieces were never marked and could be hard to sell. The loss includes a 15 carat diamond ring and multiple diamond bracelets.
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Dessie Sawyer
Bergland backs USSR wheat deal as peace policy
President elect Carter's agriculture secretary nominee Rob Bergland says the five year grain agreement with Russia is good policy for peace. He notes the pact requires 6 million tons annually with up to 8 million, and cites recent Russian purchases and a safety clause for U.S. consumers. Bergland supports trade and urges rational policy over embargo reactions.
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Bernard Brenner
Washington
UPI
Russia
Jimmy Carter
Rob Bergland
United States
Bergland
Santa Claus Popped Out After Exhaustion at Richmond Store
Arthur G. Hood, a department store Santa at Miller and Rhoads for two decades, was hospitalized in Richmond after greeting more than 15,000 children this season. The 54 year old said exhaustion and illness from long hours kept him from eating and resting.
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Richmond
UPI
Arthur G. Hood
Richmond Memorial Hospital
Hood
Balding
Santa
Miller and Rhoads Department Store
Houston
Edwards Rites Held Sunday in Lovington
Funeral services were held Sunday at 3 30 p m in the Smithers Chapel for Maggie Edwards 65 a longtime Lovington resident who died Friday in a Hobbs hospital She was born November 13 1911 in Tecumseh Oklahoma married Zealey Edwards on September 29 1928 and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and Lovington Chapter Order of Eastern Star She is survived by her husband two daughters Crawford Culp of Hobbs and Mike Wise of Lovington one brother Sidney A Reeves of Lovington three sisters Laura A Noggle Jim S S of Lovington and Russell Crawford of Montebello Calif and four grandchildren Burial followed in Lovington Cemetery with casketbearers Keise Crawford Culp Ross Culp Jim Cullen Ronnie Harris and Keke Walker.
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Smithers
Maggie Rence
Lovington
Route 1
Edwards
Hobbs
Mrs. Edwards
Tecumseh
Oklahoma
Zealey Edwards
First Presbyterian Church
Order of Eastern Star
Zealey
Crawford Culp
N.mex
Mike Wise
Sidney
A. Reeves
Jim S
Ke Ise
Ross Culp
Jim Cullen
Ronnie Harris
Keke Walker
May reinstate swine flu shots despite suspension
Washington officials said a panel will review partial resumption of the swine flu vaccination program as the season begins. Dr. Theodore Cooper noted four confirmed swine flu cases and the recent Guillain Barre syndrome link, with experts weighing risks and costs of vaccination for high risk groups.
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UPI
Theodore Cooper
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Atlanta
Cooper
Illinois
Hong Kong
Ooper
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