Congressman Harold Runnels plans a busy summer tour
The Livin gston area congressman returns to 218 th Street for summer recess and schedules a tour through Silver City Gallup Roswell Portales Farmington Deming and more. He questions deficits supports Red China engagement and aims to vote no on foreign aid while maintaining ties with allies.
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Washington, D.C
Harold Runnels
Lovington
Harold
Silver City
Wendy Coleby
Gallup
Roswell
Portales
Farmington
Deming
Congress
Pres
Nixon
Runnels
America
Lyndon Johnson
Red China
China
Russia
Runenell
U.S
Turkey
Wilber Mills
Mills
Apollo 15 to fire lunar orbit engine with new by pass plan
Apollo 15 astronauts led by commander James Irwin perform a one-second ignition maneuver at 11 04 a m EDT to enter lunar orbit within about 65 miles of the moon. Finely tuned by Richard Gordon in simulator the plan uses computer assisted control while a manual backup crosses the two circuit firing options.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Cape Kennedy
Richard Gordon
Moon
Gordon
TJHS Band To Begin Practice In Lovington
The Taylor Junior High advanced band will start summer practice Monday at 9 00 A M in the Taylor band room. All advanced students are expected to attend as the band prepares for the Lea County fair parade. New Lovington students joining Taylor Junior High this summer are asked to attend.
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TJHS
Taylor Junior High
Taylor
Lovington
Lincoln National Forest Lifts Campfire Restrictions
Lincoln National Forest officials announce campfire and smoking restrictions are lifted after recent rains reduced fire danger. Fire control officer Wesley Lathrop notes permits are no longer required and urges continued caution with fires and cigarettes.
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Alamogordo
Lincoln National Forest
Wesley Lathrop
Welfare Recipients Face New Nursing Home Payment Cutoff
Lovington Good Samaritan Center hosts 21 welfare dependent seniors among over 1,000 New Mexico residents who may lose extended care benefits as of August 28. Health officials outline three options for homes, families, or state funding, with Gov. Bruce King forming a task force to review the crisis.
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Lovington
Health and Social Services Department
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Leroy Smith
Taos County Faces Dam Controversy Over Indian Camp Project
In Taos Valley John Stebbins and other landowners brace for Indian Camp Dam plans with a 1.6 mile reservoir that would submerge Stebbins home and farmland. The project, backed by the Bureau of Reclamation, could begin in 1974 and bring irrigation and recreation benefits but imperil private land, local forests, and the Ft Burgwin Center at SMU with an estimated 16.5 percent federal funding and a yearly area tax burden of about 43000 dollars.
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Larry Calloway
Associated Press
Talpa
John Stebbins
New York
Pot Creek
Rio Grande de Rancho
Taos
Indian Camp
Stebbins
Texas
Bureau of Reclamation
Carson National Forest
Bureau
George Lavender
Lavender
Ft. Burgwin Research Center
Southern Methodist University
Fred Wendorf
SMU
Presidential Aid Requested To Avert Santa Fe Strike
New Mexico officials asked President Nixon to help prevent a Friday strike against the Santa Fe Railway. The state warned a shutdown would harm public welfare and the economy, delaying produce distribution and copper mining resumption. Copies went to Volpe, Hodgson, NM delegation, and UTU president Charles Luna.
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Santa FE
N.M
Nixon
New Mexico
Santa Fe Railway
State Corporation Commission
Floyd Cross
Cross
United Transportation Union
Southern Pacific
Las Cruces
Transportation
John A. Volpe
J.Q Hodgson
Budget Deficit Worst In 26 Years
The Nixon administration faces the worst back-to-back deficits since 1945 46 with fiscal 1971 at 23.2 billion and 1972 projected near 18.6 billion. White House officials defend policy linking spending to expected tax revenue amid a 5.7 percent unemployment rate and a rising trade deficit.
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Bill Neikirk
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Treasury Department
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Treasury
John R Connally
Johnson
Conally
George P. Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
Weather on the Eastern Plains Partly cloudy to stormy forecast
Partly cloudy to cloudy through Friday with afternoon and night thunder storms. A few heavy storms likely over the northeast plains and along the eastern border. Lovington highs around 90 and lows near 63.
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Eastern Plains
Lovington
State Agencies Seek Deadly Bon Vivant Soup Botulism Hunt
The search for cans of Bon Vivant Vichyssoise continues as 82 percent have been recovered per FDA notices. The soup is linked to a death in New York and illness to a wife, with cans bearing identifying number V141. State and federal officials probe other Bon Vivant products for under processing.
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Santa FE
N.M
Carl Henderson
Consma Protection Section
Environmental Improvement Agency
Food and Drug Administration
New York State
Henderson
New Mexico
FDA
Bon Vivant
National Canners’ Association
Merchants Sponsor Kiddie Show On Dollar Day In Lovington
Lovington merchants sponsor a Kiddie Show on regular dollar day Monday August 2. A movie runs from 9 30 to 11 30 a m with no admission. While kids enjoy the film mothers can shop dollar day specials at Anthony's Turner's Wacker's Made O'Day B J Drug City Drug Lovington Fiesta Furniture S and J Men's Store Stell's and Western Auto.
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Lovington
Younsters
Anthony’s
Turner’s
Wacker’s
Made O’day
B&j Drug
City Drug
Lovington Fiesta Furniture
S&j Men’s Store
Stell’s and
Western Auto
HEW Allocates Funds For NM Colleges
The Department of Health Education and Welfare will provide 1.3 million dollars in fiscal 1972 for New Mexico colleges. Health professions loans go to pharmacy students and several institutions while a larger share funds 16 colleges for work study programs. Notable allocations include UNM and ENMU tied programs and the Portales campus receiving a sizable portion.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
New Mexico
University of Albuquerque
Eastern New Mexico University
UNM
Albuquerque Technical-Vocational Institute
College of Artesia
College of Santa Fe
ENMU
Roswell
Ig Portales
South Vietnamese Force Battles Strong Communist Resistance
A South Vietnamese task force swept north of Highway 1 near Svay Rieng and Baghdad 12 miles northwest of the provincial capital. The clash left 42 enemy dead, 25 by helicopter gunships and the rest by ground troops, with no Vietnamese casualties reported. The operation supports keeping Highway 1 open and deterring North Vietnamese infiltration during upcoming elections. uS helicopters will base overnight at more secure U.S. bases after two sapper attacks damaged local bases. American casualties declined to a six year low, while Vietnamese losses rose with 295 government troops killed, 574 wounded, and 1,389 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed.
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Saigon
Phnom Penh- Saigon
Svay Rieng
Highway 1
Cambodia
U.S
Vietnam
Tay Ninh
Lai Khe
Four Unions Ratify New Contract in New Mexico
Kennecott Copper Corp. workers at the Chino Mines Division in Hurley and Santa Rita see 1,100 employees on strike since July 1 as four unions ratify a wage deal while three unions with about 85 workers refuse to sign. A general 92 cent hourly wage increase over three years was agreed with the National Nonferrous Metal Conference. The Office and Professional Employers Union plans a NLRB complaint alleging bad faith bargaining.
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Kennecott
National Nonferrous Metal Conference
Salt Lake City
Water release halted at Elephant Butte Reservoir
Sierra County officials stop Elephant Butte Water release by court order. Judge E H Kase signed the order effective until a Monday hearing, delaying the flow as the Water Page 8 note indicates.
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Truth OR Consequences
Sierra County Commission
Elephant Butte Reservoir
Dist
E.H. Kase
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Heidel, Swarthout and
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H. P. Hoggenboom
National Labor Relations Board
Tony Jacobs
NLRB
C.W. Green
Elephant Butte
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