Strangest Things in American Business and Radio
A look at unusual professional conduct in engineering and funeral services plus Gordon McClendon’s career arc. The piece ties legislative angles to ethical debates, notes New Mexico engineers avoiding ads, recalls McClendon’s bid for Texas governor, and mentions his West Coast classified ad radio experiment.
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New Mexico
W.R. Underwood
Eers
Underwood
Justice Department
Professional Engineer Magazine
Texas
Ralph Yarborough
Yarborough
McClendon
Los Angeles
NM Counties Reestablish Snow Emergency Declarations
Gov. David Cargo renewed emergency proclamations for Catron San Juan McKinley and Valencia counties still crippled by snow. He sought federal livestock feed program aid and CCC help to assist stockmen. Catron officials asked for more state resources to clear hundreds of miles of roads and reach stranded cattle and families.
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Associated Press
David Cargo
Cargo
Catron
San Juan
McKinley
Valencia
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Commodity Credit Corporation
Catron County
George Adams
Weather outlook for Lovington and New Mexico
Lovington warmer today with increasing winds and clouds and a windy cold Friday with highs near 40. In New Mexico the north turns cloudy with light evening snow possible while the south stays fair today, then a partly cloudy statewide Friday with mountain snow chances and a cool to windy east Friday. Lows tonight 15 to 30, 5 to 15 in snow areas. highs Friday 20 to 38 north and 36 to 53 south.
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Lovington
New Mexico
Prosperity Predicted for 1968 by Trowbridge
Commerce Secretary Alexander B. Trowbridge forecasts a new wave of prosperity in 1968 with gains in employment income profits and purchasing power. He ties the outlook to passage of Johnson's 10 percent income tax surcharge and urges labor and management to restrain wage and price pressures to keep inflation in check.
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Washington
Commerce
Alexander B. Trowbridge
Johnson
Trowbridge
Copper Talks Show No Hope Now
Salt Lake City AP Kennecott Copper Corp and striking union spokesmen stated no settlement is near as talks stall in Salt Lake City while a Douglas Arizona blackout sparks speculation that Phelps Dodge and workers may be closer to agreement. Observers differ on progress as Anaconda and American Smelting and Refining delay talks.
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Salt Lake City
Kennecott Copper Corp
Douglas
Ariz
Phelps Dodge Corp
Anaconda
American Smelting and Refining
Kennecott
Cass Alvin
U.S
Arizona
Phelps- Dodge
DFA Charts Budget Battle Strategy For 1968-69
New Mexico DFA outlines a projected 1968-69 budget around 194 million dollars with possible 35 agency increases. Health, welfare and hospitals rise to 25.34 million, higher education near 31 million, public schools at 113.8 million with property tax tweaks for local districts. State Police would stay near 4 million, MVD aims 1.795 million, and revenue revisions expect no tax increase but reserve cuts.
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Bud Jorgensen Santa
DFA
Herbert Hughes
Hughes
Welfare Department
Higher Education
Board of Educational Finance
Department of Education
David Cargo
Lawrence Prentice
Robert Salazar
State Police
New Mexico NMEA opposes Cargo school financing plan
The New Mexico Education Association opposes Gov. Cargo's 1968 69 school funding plan. It favors spending above 120 million and criticizes reduced state participation and local tax shifts. NMEA president George Yarbrough calls the proposal a stopgap and warns of growing teacher unrest.
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Santa FE
State Department of Finance and Administration
David Cargo
Herbert Hughes
Department
New Mexico Education Association
NMEA
State Department of Education
Education Department
George Yarbrough
Portales
Cargo Administration
Hughes
Yarbrough
Nouncing
Cargo
Christmas Gratitude From Viet Nam Thanks U.S. Soldier Diaries
A pair of letters from U.S. Army soldiers in Dak To express appreciation to Audean Davis for a home front care package and a Christmas card. James Davis Jr of New York City thanks Davis for support that lifted morale amid combat readiness. A squad leader signs on, noting ongoing duties and inviting further correspondence.
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Miss Davis
Char- Me
173 Abn Brg
Davis
James Davis Jr
New York City
Viet Nam
Chubby
Audean Davis
GOP At Odds Over Wallace In 1968 Race
Senate Republicans clash over third party candidacy by former Gov. C Wallace and its impact on the 1968 race. Wallace plans to visit Ohio January 5 10 to qualify for the ballot while Eisenhower denies a Romney unfit claim and Johnson write in efforts surface in New Hampshire.
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Washington
Senate
C. Wallace
Wallace
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New
Thomas H. Kuchel
Rcalif
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Los Angeles
Columbus
Keye State
Montgomery
Gov
Romney
Eisenhower
Cbs
Concord
N.H
Johnson
US to Open Three Military Hospitals for Civilian War Victims
American military doctors and nurses will staff three U S hospitals with about 800 beds to treat thousands of Vietnamese civilian casualties. Tuy Hoa will add 300 beds in days, Chu Lai 200 beds by January end, and Can Tho 300 civilian beds plus space for soldiers, with other US facilities continuing space available admissions.
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Barry Kramer
Associated Press
United Tes
U.S
Tuy Hoa
Chu Lai
Can Tho
Mekong Delta
U S Seeks Aid to Bar Communists in Cambodia
The United States asks foreign allies including Russia to help deny sanctuary for Communist forces operating from Vietnam in Cambodia. State Department officials say a note and evidence on cross border ops were circulated after Prince Sihanouk rejected a U S approach to station an international border patrol.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Cambodia
Vietnam
U.S
Norodom Sihanouk
Rickey Shearer Fails to Answer Intercom at Denison Hospital
In Denison Texas Rickey Shearer four years old could not respond to a hospital intercom call. A nurse tried to reach his room at Madonna Hospital by radio and headboard speaker but received no reply. She urged the boy to speak.
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Denison, Tex
Rickey Shearer
Denison
Madonna Hospital
Rickey
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Charles A. Loudermilk
New Mexico State Library
Carlsbad
New Mexico State University
Loudermilk
Barbara Tully
Joan von Wolff
Helen Larkin
Sue Tatarian
Josephine Sadler
Dorothy Nelle Sweeney
Georgia Farris
Margie Alexandre
Vivenne Garner
Department of Finance and Administration
Dak To
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
State Department
Southeast Asia
Sihanouk
International Control Commission
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