Water as Economic Pulse Under Southwest Groundwater Decline
Bill Hale of the U S Geological Survey notes regional groundwater decline threatens long term prosperity in the Southwest. In New Mexico and Texas high plains averages show annual drops from a half to four feet, with desert valleys losing large aquifers over decades. He cautions about over-appropriation, urges prudent use and groundwater rights banking for future municipal needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hale
U.S. Geological Survey
New Mexico
Texas High Plains
Arizona
California
Desert
Pecos Artesian Basin
Lovington
Ute
Former Secretary Questioned About Clandestine Activities
Sally Harmony, ex secretary to G Gordon Liddy, testified about covert actions during Nixon's re election campaign. She described printing Gemstone stationery for logs of tapped DNC lines and handling a bill paid after the June 17 Watergate break in. The hearing’s prestige and Cox disputes shaped ongoing Watergate coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley G. Pippert
OPI
G. Gordon Liddy
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Magruder
Demity Campas
Fares
Senate
Sally Jackson Harmony
Liddy
Nixon
Watergate
Gemstone
Ronald L. Ziegler
PLC
Harmony
Democratic National Committee
Democrats
George Harmony
Money Investigation Referred to District Judge
Albuquerque Attorney General David Norvell said the missing money case, once kept in a police safe, would have findings presented to District Judge James A. Maloney this week. The inquiry included interviews and lie detector tests, but the results are inconclusive and no one is exonerated or cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Norvell
Rvell
James A. Maloney
Maloney
Services Held For F. M. Hasquet
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. at St. Thomas Catholic Church for Fermin Ceaser Hasquet 50 of Lovington born August 31 1922 in Conrad Montana a 44 year Lovington resident and Knights of Columbus member He is survived by his mother two sisters and a brother Burial was in the Etcheverry family plot Lovington Cemetery with casket bearers Don Cox Bill Dunlap Jimmy Griffin Buddy Maxell Bob Solberg Clyde Carson Jr Smith Rogers Funeral Home directed the arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas Catholic Church
Fermin Ceaser Hasquet
Hts
S. Fifth Street
Mr. Hasquet
Conrad
Montana
Lovington
Knights of Columbus
Kingman
Arizona
Hasquet
Maria V. Etcheverry
Chester Tindle
Phoenix
Charles Rundles
Albuquerque
N. Mex
John Etcheverry
Damien Zimmerman
Etcheverry
Don Cox
Bill Dunlap
Jimmy Griffin
Buddy Maxell
Bob Solberg
Clyde Carson, Jr
Smith-Rogers Funeral Home
Weather Summary for Eastern Plains and Southwest Valleys
Eastern Plains turn cooler today with partly cloudy skies by Wednesday afternoon. Clovis reaches 51 to 88, Lovington 56 to 88, Artesia 56 to 90. Central Mountains see partly cloudy skies through Wednesday with warmer conditions. Southwest Valleys stay generally clear with no large temperature changes and Las Cruces 60 to 94.
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Clovis
Lovington
Artesia
Central Mountains
Las Cruces
Runnels Gifts Lovington Seniors Through Office Drive
Congressman and Mrs Harold Runnels and Matt announced gifts for Lovington High School seniors. Graduates may pick up their gifts this morning at the Reed McCrory Building office.
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Harold Runnels
Matt
Lovington High School
Runnels
Reed-McCrory
Highway Department Opens Bids for Major Road Projects
The highway department plans to open bids totaling about 96.4 million for several road work packages. The largest project is a 4.7 million segment of Interstate 25 south of Santa Fe. Other plans include US 70 segments, overlay work on NM 90, and a pedestrian road on US 70 at Portales.
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Santa Fe
Ponte
Ed Sands Missile Range
Las Cruces
Tyome
Grant County
Chaves
Roosevelt
Wagon Mound
Portales
Gas Shortage Sparks Car Sharing and Speed Limit Debate
A governor urges travelers to share rides to save fuel while lawmakers push fuel economy steps. Congress weighs a sense resolution urging states to trim speed limits to 50 mph or lower. The drive follows a sharp energy shortage impacting travel and industry nationwide.
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James R. King
United Press International
Houston
Senate
McPehe
Hartford
Conn
Gove
Driver Stricken At Wheel Of Bus In Truth Or Consequences
An inter state bus driver died after suffering a heart attack while driving a Continental Trailways bus on Interstate 25 near Truth or Consequences New Mexico. Sterling P MacMillian 59 of Albuquerque was taken to a Truth or Consequences hospital after passengers noticed the bus pulling to the right and leaving the road. He died early today at the hospital with authorities confirming the cause as a heart attack.
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Sterling P. MacMillian
Albuquerme
Continental Trailways
Sierra County
Charles Cox
T Or C
el Paso
MacMillian
New Mexico Colleges Share $1.76 Million in HEW Work Study Grants
The Health, Education and Welfare Department allocates 1.76 million dollars in work study funds to 17 New Mexico institutions, covering 80 percent of student payroll for 3,776 attendees. Grants range from Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute to Western New Mexico University, with totals and student counts listed for each campus.
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Washington
UPI
New Mexico
Health, Education and Welfare Department For College Work Study Co
Harold Runnels
D- 2
Runnels
Albuquerque Technical- Vocational Institute
College of Santa Fe
Eastern Neves University
Clovis
ENMU
Hue St. John College
Santa Fe Business College
Ey of
Albiquerque
University of New Seadoo
Wate
Western New Mexico University
Poage Seeks Compromise on New Farm Bill
CongressHassles over farm changes as Poage and Teague meet with Secretary Butz to press for a compromise on a 1974 crops target price plan. Administration warnings on price targets clash with Senate figures. estimates show subsidies varying with market trends and inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Brenner
Washington
Uoph
W. R. Poage
House Agriculture Committee
Texas Democrat
Charles Teague
Calif
Agriculture Committee
Earl L. Butz
Phil Campbell
Oage
Senate
Poage
Butz
NM Attempt To Break Emprise Hold Revealed
Dayton Daily News reports Emprise Sportservice led New Mexico authorities to bar Emprise from funding race track operators. NM Racing Commission denied dates at Ruidoso Downs in February 1970 due to Emprise influence, then faced protests from 4000 citizens before extending contract with NM Sportservice through 1976.
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Dayton
Ohio
UPI
Emprise Sportservice, Ince
New Mexico
Daytona Daily News
Daily News
Emprise
New Mexico Racing Commission
Ruidoso Downs
New Mexico Sportservice
Aztec Ruins Reflect Chaco Mesa Verde Influences
Aztec Ruins National Monument near Aztec New Mexico preserves a blend of Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde traditions. Settled around 600, residents built extensive multiroom dwellings and numerous kivas, including the Great Kiva, with trade and crafts echoing both pueblos.
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N.M. Upi
Four Corners
Chaco Canyon
Mesa Verde
Animas Valley
Aztec
Aztec Ruins
Chaco
Tor Es
Pueblos
Southwest
Aztec Ruins National Monument
Griffith Sales Course At NMJC
The Griffith Sales Clinic directed by L Dickson Griffith, Hobbs radio owner, will run Wednesday and Thursday evenings this week at New Mexico Junior College in the Fine Arts Building from 7 30 to 10. A $35 fee applies. Griffith promotes Up With Selling as a new idea approach to selling and customer relations.
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Griffith
New Mexico Junior College
L. Dickson Griffith
Hobbs
Fine Arts
Southwest
Connecticut
New York
Confederate Air Force Flying Museum
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Archibald Cox
Cox
Congress
New York Times
Henry E. Petersen
Petersen
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Elliot L. Richardson
Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
E. Howard Hunt Jr
White House
Harvard
F.M. Hasquet
N. Love
Grace Carson
Nell Forg
Carson
LHS
Highway Dept
Thomas Meskill
Ren Les Aspin
D-Wis
American Petroleum Institute
Texas
Phillips Petroleum Coe
John C. White
Paris
S. David Freeman
Ford Foundation
Stateline
Neves
Been
Griffith Sales
NMJC
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