West Texas Crops Rebound Amid Wet Plains And Shifting Towns
The Plains of the southwest receive frequent rains boosting dryland crops in West Texas and Southeast New Mexico. Irrigated zones remain highly productive, while many small West Texas towns struggle to attract residents as the Last Picture Show atmosphere lingers. Albuquerque Journal notes Lovington’s unusual election style amid county appointments fallout, and Roll Call provides a Washington wrap while Frederic Bastiat’s quote closes.
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Southwest
New Mexico
West Texas
Cisco
Breuth
High Plains
Smilltown
America
Albuquerque Journal
Lovington
Eugene Cinelli
Republican Old Guard
A-J
Haldeman Maintains Cool Under Fire
Former H R Haldeman testified to the Senate Watergate Committee that he was kept in the dark about White House involvement in Watergate in 1972. He said he learned only this spring that funds were channeled to original Watergate defendants and described the events as incidental information.
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Wesley G
Pippert
Washington
Art H Mitchell
John W. Dean I
White House
Haldeman
Mitchell
Senate
Watergate
Daniel Ellsberg
Dita Beard
International Telephone and Telegraph
South Vietnam
John F. Kennedy
Ngo Dinh Diem
Dean
Nixon
Albuquerque Fire Walkout Strikes City Services
More than 1,300 municipal workers walked out in Albuquerque halting refuse pickup and fire service. Private vans and department store couriers hauled trash to city landfills while courts limit picketing and crews cover two fire stations.
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Albuquerque
Montpome Wad
Dillard's
Charles Langen
Aman
Jane Vance
Picke Lines
Bernalillo County
Albuquerquie
Martin Romero
Herb Smith
City Employes Association
Nixon Tapes Show Cause Hearing Set for August 7
Former White House aide H.R. Haldeman testified he listened to Nixon tapes amid Watergate hearings. The Senate committee moves to seek a declaratory judgment while Nixon fights subpoenas and potential Supreme Court review.
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Wesley G. Pipper
Washington Upi
H.R. Haldeman
Nixon
Secre
Watergate Committee
Haldeman
Senate
Senate Committee
Archibald Cox
Supreme Court
Cox
US District Court
Ange
White House Depuy
Gerald L. Warrin
White House
J. Fred Buzhardt
Steve the
Meat Packers Warn Of Impending Beef Shortage
Meat packers warn of a nationwide beef shortage as retail price ceilings bite and cattle costs rise. Kroger, New York City officials, and Agriculture Secretary Butz warn of tight supply, while some ranchers withhold cattle and Japan buys U S beef at high prices.
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James R. King
United Press International
Lyle Everingham
Kroger Food
Cincinnati
Jon V. Lindsay
New York City
Agriculture
Butz
U.S
Western States Meat Packers Association
California
Texas
Norm Maffit
Association
Skylab 2 Crew Reports Major Improvement in Motion Sickness
Skylab 2 astronauts Al Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma report major progress after four days of space sickness. They feel near full strength and plan a spacewalk rescheduled to Saturday to aid recovery while medical tests and other experiments begin midweek.
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Thomas G. Belden
UPI Space Ariter
Alin L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Ima
Weather Outlook for Eastern Plains and Surrounding Areas
Partly cloudy Wednesday with a few afternoon and evening thundershowers and a slight warming. Clovis 62 to 89, Lovington 65 to 88, Artesia 62 to 89, Tucumcari 63 to 89. Central Mountains sees scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms with little temperature change. Santa Fe 52 to 80. South Central Valleys expect similar mix of sun and showers with Las Cruces at 65 to 89.
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Clovis
Lovington
Artesia
Tucumcari
Central Mountains
Santa Fe
Las Cruces
Missing murderer fugitive escapes from New Mexico hospital
Stefan Wolozan, 22, confederate killer who beat Ruth Wood to death last November, walked away Monday from the Forensic Unit of the New Mexico State Hospital at Las Vegas. Authorities hunt him in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Vegas areas. he is 5-10, 135 pounds with brown hair and eyes.
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Las Vegas
N.M
UPI
New Mexico
New Mexico State Hospital
Stefan Wolozan
Ruth Wood
Santa Fe
Wolozan
Anthony Waterson
Miss Wood
Albuquerque
Akron Store Telephones Picked Up Watergate Hearings
For weeks callers at an Akron store heard Senate Watergate hearings when dialing the store’s number. The telephone line apparently captured a radio transmission and offered listeners access to the hearing. The line was repaired and debugged by the telephone company on Monday.
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Torrance
UPI
Sam Ervin H.R. Haldemar
John Dean
Akron
Lea County Oil and Gas Tax Confusion Hits Revenue Sharing
Lea County officials face a cut in federal revenue sharing after a misallocated tax calculation. Gregory Golembe notes that two state taxes were credited as adjusted taxes instead of intergovernmental transfers, reducing Lea County’s adjusted tax total from 1 504 920 to 619 911 73 dollars and threatening a year without revenue sharing funds.
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Lea County
Office of Revenue Sharing
Gregory Golembe
The
ORS
David King
State Planning Office
Census Bureau
New Mexico
Golembe
New Mexico Wins Big in 1974 AEC and Public Works Bill
The House and Senate approved a $325 000 design grant for Brantley Dam as part of a $2.34 billion New Mexico share in the 1974 AEC and Public Works appropriation. Montoya and Domenici cited funds for Los Alamos science center and geothermal energy, Animas La Plata, Cochiti Lake, Las Cruces public works, and several water projects.
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Washington
UPI
New Mexico
US House
Senate
New Ee
House
Brantley Dam
Elephant Butte
Los Alamos Science Center
Los Alamos
Domenici
Cochiti Lake
Las Cruces
Animas- la Plata
Montoya Secures Higher Roswell Test Facility Funding
Senator Joseph Montoya announced a Senate appropriations subcommittee boost for the Roswell brackish water test facility for 1974, increasing beyond the admin proposal of 400,000 dollars. The panel also added funds to Navajo Irrigation Project, Navajo Community College maintenance, and Ramah Navajo and San Paline Day schools design and repairs.
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Washington Upi
Joseph M. Montoya
D-N.m
Senate Appropriations
Roswell
Montoya
New Mexico
Semanties
Navajo Community College
Runnels Announces August Tour Of New Mexico District
U S Rep Harold Runnels plans a two part August tour across the Second Congressional District from August 6 to September 3. He will visit 25 communities in 18 counties meeting residents rather than town hall events. The itinerary lists Portales Clovis Roswell Ruidoso Alamogordo Las Cruces Deming Lordsburg Silver City Artesia Carlsbad Hobbs Eunice Jal Tol.
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Harold Runnels
D-Nm
Congress
Runnels
Portales
Roosevelt County Farm Bureau
Clovis
Fort Sumner
Roswell
Ruidoso
Alamogordo
Las Cruces
Deming
Lordsburg
Silver City
Artesia
Carlsbad
Hobbs
Eunice
Jal
Lovington
Tor C
Socorro
Los Lunas
Belen
Albuquerque
Grants
Gallup
Farmington
Carls
Low
Reserve
T Or C
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David Rushing
Bill DeMore
Scott Kerby
Scott
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John J. Wilson
Buzhardt
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Rcom
Weicker
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Thas
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John W. Dean
Skylab
Donald Puddy
Robert L. Crip Pan
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