Lovington Enrollments May Turn Up by 1975 Vision
Urban planner Ken Larsen predicts Lovington public schools could begin rising enrollment by 1975 as birth rates rebound in 1968 and new in migration tied to the Famariss plant. State funding remains flat, with local taxes urged to cover about $50 000 in revenue loss next year, while district consolidation strains finances. Superintendent Crouse notes per pupil state aid at 439 dollars, possibly 450 next year, leaving Lovington dependent on county levies to close the gap.
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Lovington
Ken Larsen
Larsen
Famariss
Larry Crouse
Lea County
Carlsbad
Artesia
Larry
Crouse
Jal
Coun
Tatum
DFA
Levington
Peace Talks Move Toward Near Settlement In Paris
Peace negotiations in Paris proceed on two levels with U S and Hanoi experts shaping cease fire terms as Kissinger and Tho push a near settlement. South Vietnam officials withheld comment while Thieu accepts a settlement in principle amid Nixon inauguration rumors and Haig briefings.
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United Press International
Vietnam
Paris
Hanoi
Washington
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Tran van Lam
Lam
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
UPI
Barney Seibert
Hue
Nguyen van Thieu
Nixon
Kissinger
Tho
Florida
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Alexander M. Haig
Thieu
Lon Nol
Phnom Penh
Kissinger Ziegler
Zoning Board Urges Removal of Junk Articles
Lovington police seek public cooperation to remove junk cars and other junk items from properties.Owners or tenants must sign a release for removal. police handle cars and Ernest Lawrence handles other junk. If no release, owners have ten days to remove items or face city action.
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Lovington
Herb Cunningham
Ernest Lawrence
Capt. Cunningham
Leaders back pre primary conventions in New Mexico
Democratic Chairman Mike Anaya and GOP state chair Murry Ryan endorsed the idea of pre primary conventions proposed by Sen. Smalley to reduce ballot confusion and field overcrowding. They noted benefits in participation and party responsibility, while cautioning about ramifications and historical context from 1967.
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Patrick Lamb
Santa FE Upi
New Mexico
Sen
L. M. Smalley
D-Hidalgo-Sierra-Luna
Smalley
Senate
Mike Anaya
Moriarty
Murry Ryan
R-Grant
GOP
Smaller
U.S. Senate
House
GAIN CONTROL BATTLE NEAR SAIGON AND NORTH FRONT
Heavy fighting erupts near Saigon as U S planes strike North Vietnamese tanks near the Demilitarized Zone. South Vietnamese troops advance toward the Michelin rubber plantation but are repelled with 13 killed and 640 wounded, amid fears of pre cease fire offensives.
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Arthur Higbee
Saigon Upi
Saigon
U.S
South Vienam
Demilitarized Zoo
Feed Bill Survives Republican Attack in New Mexico House
New Mexico lawmakers approved the $1.6 million legislative feed bill 48 to 17 to cover operating expenses and pay 19 new support staff, despite Republican objections led by Rep. Hoyt Pattison. Majority Leader Rep. David Salman supported the payroll, arguing the session will be crowded and the building busy. The measure advances to the Senate Finance Committee. 17 other bills were introduced.
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David Steinberg
Santa FE Upi
New Mexico
D-Bernalillo
Senate Finance Committee
Hoyt Pattison
ry-Roosevelt
Pattison
David M. Salman
D-Mora-Harding- San Miguel
Ison
House
Young Farmers Plan Annual Meeting At Farm Bureau
The Young Farmers and Ranchers Association will hold its annual meeting on Friday January 19 at 7 00 p m in the Farm Bureau meeting room. A dinner will be served and farming and ranching ideas will be discussed. An invitation is extended to all interested attendees.
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Young Farmers and Ranchers Association
Farm Bureau
Senators Meet in Roswell on Interstate Highway Talks
UPI reports a February 9 meeting in Roswell of Senator Joseph Montoya and regional groups seeking Interstate designation for parts of U S 60 west of Amarillo and U S 70 between Clovis and Las Cruces. John E McLelland heads the U S 70 Interstate Association and will note a failed Congress bill while inviting Texas Senators Lloyd Bentsen and John Tower to attend.
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Roswell
UPI
Joseph Montoya
McLelland
Texas
Lloyd Bentsen
John Tower
Weather: Fair and cool across Eastern Plains with Friday snow risk
Eastern Plains remain fair and cool today and tonight with increasing clouds Friday bringing showers or snows from the west. Clovis 26 to 52 Lovington 30 to 60 Artesia 28 to 60. Central Mountains stay fair and cool with scattered snows Friday. Santa Fe 20 to 42 Southwestern Valleys fair and cool today with possible showers or snows Friday Las Cruces 28 to 60.
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Clovis
Lovington
Artesia
Central Mountains
Santa Fe
Las Cruces
Skelly Opens New Gas Pool in West Jal Unit
Skelly Oil Company operating a four company group has opened a deeper No 1 West Jal Unit well in Lea County New Mexico with a potential open flow of 16 500 000 cubic feet of gas per day from the Silurian Fuselman dolomite. The unit sits five miles west of Jal. Skelly holds 67 3 percent working interest with Gulf Oil Southland Royalty and General Crude Oil as other owners. The well extends Silurian production 22 miles north into the Delaware Basin.
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Jal
Skelly Oil Company
West Jal
Lea County
New Mexico
Here
Fusselman
Montoya
Delaware Basin
Skelly
Gulf Oil Corporation
Southland Royalty Company
General Crude Oil Company
West Jal Strawn
Old Rectory Now Used For Charismatic Renewal
At 311 S Second Street the former St. Thomas Catholic Church rectory hosts Charismatic Renewal gatherings. Father Damien Zimmerman notes rapid growth from a few to about 30 participants split into an Anglo and a Spanish group meeting weekly, with open invitation to all seeking closer union with Christ.
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Brother Damian
St. Thomas Catholic Church
S. Second
Christ
Charismatic Renewal Center
Damian
Catholic Church
Notre Dame University
Duquesne
Damien Zimmerman
Holy Spirit
Damien
Bro
New Mexico Lawmaker Seeks Tough Drug Penalties
Rep. John Radosevich proposes a bill to stiffen penalties for drug traf ficking in New Mexico. First offense would incur up to $10,000 and 50 years, second or more offenses up to $15,000 and life, with no sentence suspension or deferral and parole only after one third served.
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Santa FE Upi
New Mexico
John Radosevich
D-Bernalillo
Radosevich
Albuquerre
Dunn Seeks SFC Chair in New Mexico Senate
State Sen. Aubrey Dunn announced his bid to chair the Senate Finance Committee in Santa Fe, sighting seniority as a key factor. Fellow Sen. C B Trujillo also seeks the post, signaling a possible intra party battle as committees set to name Montoya’s successor.
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Patrick Lamb
Santa FE
UPI
Aubrey Dumn
Senate Finance Committee
A. T. Montoya
Dunn
Otero Lincoln
Senate Committee On Committees
D-Taos- Mora- San Miguel
Tujillo
Trujillo
Senate
Finance Committee
Montoya
SFC
Local Ag Budget Cuts Hit Lea County Programs
Lea County and Lovington face cutbacks from national budget reductions. The concrete irrigation pipe cost-share and brush control programs are paused, with potential clerical job losses and possible administrative consolidations. County official Troy Harris warns of reduced conservation activity and financial strain on local producers.
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National Administration
ASC
Lovington
Troy Harris
Lea County
Congress
Harris
National Association of County Office
New Mexico
Dismissal Motion Withdrawn in Hartis Murder Case
Mrs Hartis faces trial for the July 1972 murder of her husband Chester after her lawyers withdrew a motion to dismiss in Lovington District Court Judge Kermit Nash ordered the case to proceed to jury trial with trial set for Friday February 9.
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Mack Easley
Gene Lamberson
Wanda Hartis
Kermit Nash
Nash
Drayton Wasson
Magistrate Court
Lee Cathey
McMillian proposes interim highway spending overseer in New Mexico
Roswell Republican Rep. Colin McMillan says he will introduce legislation to form an interim committee to oversee highway construction spending. He cites the Fort Sumner bridge disaster and alleges eastern New Mexico funds flow to Lea County, claiming over seven million dollars of twenty point two million allocated recently went there. The governor’s office has discussed the issue with legislators and notes funding follows a set system.
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Santa FE
WPI
Colin McMillan
Roswell
McMillan
R-Chaves
State Highway Commission
Fort Sumner
Texas
Bruce King
Highway Department
New Mexico
Lea County
Kenneth Toles
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