Springtime notes and community events in town
The piece celebrates an early spring and invites readers to enjoy longer days, with sun rising at 6 a.m. and setting at 6 p.m. It highlights the MOD walkathon next Saturday to benefit a local charity, mentions fundraising efforts, and recalls past antics. It also notes Harold Runnels’s upcoming Armed Services Committee hearing and confirms Blondie will continue with Jim Raymond handling art and Dean with Chic Young on writing.
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Avenue A
Polk Street
Eddie Richardson
Harold Runnels
Armed Services Committee
Harold
Jim Raymond
Dean
Chic
Official Cause Listed In NMSA Barracks Fire
Fire investigators at New Mexico State University ruled out arson and an electrical short as causes of a February fire that destroyed art classroom barracks. Hot steam piping overheated and charred wood, igniting flammable art supplies. The blaze followed campus student disturbances over dormitory visitation policy.
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NMSA
Las Cruces
UPI
New Mexico State University
W. K. Aldridge
Aldridge
David Niver
NMSU
Board of Regents
Reds Promise Release Completion By March 28
The Viet Cong announced it will release the remaining 30 American prisoners of war by Sunday under the ceasefire terms. It did not specify the fate of the Canadian, 107 US servicemen, or 10 held in Laos. The exchange aims for all to be freed by March 28. Major Floyd M. Thompson, long held as a POW, greeted the news at McGuire Air Force Base.
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United Press International
Viet Cong
Army
Floyd M. Thomp
Thompson
McGuire Afb
Pfc
Ronald Ridgeway
Houston
Air Force
Floyd H. Kushner
Valerie
George McGovern
Kuster
Phoenixville
Clark Air Jhase
Philippines
Freedom
Vietnam
Laos
China
Loc Ninh
Saigon
Hanoi
Nguyen Sinh
Provsional Revolutionary Govyemmet
Bui Tin
Joi Military Commission
JMC
Gia Lam
Coun
Tout
Hobbs Names New Mayor After Unanimous Vote
William D. Rash was chosen Hobbs mayor by a unanimous four to zero vote of the City Commission. Gary Don Reagan resigned as mayor to clear the way for Rash's election. Reagan had served one year as the rotating mayor.
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Hobbs
UPI
William D. Rash
City Commission
Gary Don Reagan
Rash
Reagan
DOD Schedules Third In Series Of Area Meetings
Santa Fe announces the third in a regional series of quarterly meetings by the Department of Development Economic Development Division. Raton on March 27 at the Raton Country Club, Grants March 29, Alamogordo April 3, and Carlsbad April 4, all at 10 a.m. discuss legislative activity and local economic development topics.
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Santa FE
Department of Development
Raton
Raton Country Club
Grants
Holiday Inn
Alamogordo
Vincent Yegge
DOD
Yegge
Weather takes a warm turn across Eastern Plains
Partly cloudy conditions persist with higher temperatures tonight and Wednesday. Southwest winds increase to moderate or strong with patchy blowing dust. Clovis records 44 to 78, Lovington 46 to 80, Artesia 46 to 80.
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Clovis
Lovington
Artesia
Dinner Set For Lea County Former Commissioners
An appreciation dinner for two former Lea County commissioners is announced by Don Sanford of Lovington. John Teague of Hobbs and Tom Kennann of Eunice will be honored at the Holiday Inn next Friday March 30 with tickets at 3.00 dollars each available at the Leader office or Radio Station KLEA. Teague and Kennann retired after two terms, as the county faced a Property Tax Department challenge over low property taxes and an assessment ratio of 33 1/3 percent, with higher taxes deferred for a year during the legal fight.
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Lea County Commission
Don Sanford
Lovington
John Teague
Hobbs
Tom Kennann
Eunice
Holiday Inn
Leader
KLEA
Teague
Kennann
Commission
Lea
Property Tax Department
Airports Occupy County Attention At Lea County Meeting
Lea County commissioners focused on Hobbs airport bids for a new fire truck with Mid-Continental Supply and Artesia Fire Equipment bidding $35,552 and $39,178 respectively. Airport manager Louis Bryan proposed security door addition at Hobbs, weed control funding, and raised maintenance concerns at Lovington airport. Lights at Lovington drew sharp criticism from Chairman M C Gandy.
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Lea County Commissioners
Hobbs
Mid-Continental Supply Company
Artesia Fire Equipment
Ward LaFrance
Louis Bryan
Bryan
Lovington
Federal cutbacks threaten New Mexico social services
The federal plan to tighten eligibility for multiple programs could affect up to 16 000 New Mexico residents. Governor Bruce King criticized the changes and urged action to protect day care for workers and services for alcoholism drug abuse mental health and developmental disabilities. About 1 595 children in day care could lose coverage as incomes drop to as low as 2 500 to 3 000.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Bruce King
King
Philip J
Legislature Grants NM DOD Budget Favorable Allocation
The New Mexico Legislature approved a 1973-74 budget for the Department of Development at 1,275,100 dollars, about 4.3 percent below its request. The allocation includes 509,100 for tourism, 391,100 for economic development, 234,900 for administration, and 40,000 for publications, with the NM Magazine subscriptions not offset.
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New Mexico
Developme
DOD
Upcom
Keesee Tortured By Enemy Captors At Hanoi Release
UPI reports hospital sources say Bobby Joe Keesee the 39 year old POW tortured by North Vietnamese interrogators after capture in 1970 was knocked about battered and had teeth knocked out and nails pulled. He was released with 107 POWs in Hanoi and later processed at Clark Air Base before returning to the United States.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
UPI
U.S
Bobby Joe Keesee
Hanoi
Keesee
Northerna
United States
Amarillo
Tex
Bangkok
North Vietnam
Food Prices Seen Rising Through The Year
The Cost of Living Council forecast continued food price gains through the year with farm prices expected to ease by summer and total inflation near zero by year end. Retail costs should rise but level off after mid year, barring weather surprises, as higher production and exports influence prices. President Nixon discussed the report with Republicans before its release.
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Washington
UPI
Council
Ary
Nixon
Leslie Arends
R-l No
House
Ares
Cost of Living Council
Soviet Union
Federal grants aid four New Mexico airports total 604707
Federal grants totaling 604707 will benefit Roswell Alamogordo Socorro and Carlsbad airports. The largest award 378316 goes to Socorro for runway work at its airport. Alamogordo receives 740 for runway upgrades and Carlsbad gets 10215 for a crash fire vehicle at Cavern City Air Terminal.
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Washington
Roswell
Alamogordo
Socorro
Carlsbad
U.S. Sc
Joseph M. Montoya
D-N.m
Segara Ae Cay Sweer
Co Wvoy
Cavern City
Opposition Filed In Portales Discrimination Case
Three Mexican American Legal Defense Fund attorneys and Clovis lawyer David W. Bonem filed a motion in US District Court opposing Portales School Districts plan to end discrimination against Mexican American students. They seek a hearing on a proposal they argue is unsafe and request to submit their own plan to the court.
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Albuquerque Upi Almaonens
Mexican- American Legal Defense Fund
Clovis
David W. Bonem
Portales
L. C. Cozzens
Board of Education
Herman Wallace
Mroumat
Mechem
Attormeys
de Rane
EIA To Hold Solid Waste Management School In Lovington
The New Mexico Environment Improvement Agency will host the sixth Solid Waste Management School in Lovington March 27 28 and 29 in the City Council Chambers. ESA staff Joseph A. Pierce Hubert M Sluss and Eddie H Ortiz will teach with an 18 hour curriculum including a landfill demonstration.
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Santa FE
New Mexico Environmental Improvement Agency
Lovington
EIA
Larry J. Gordon
Environmental Protection Agency
New Mexico
ESA
Joseph A. Pierce
Hubert M. Sluss
Eddie H. Ortiz
Farmington
Deming
Los Lunas
Clovis
Pierce
Ortiz
Lavington
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Graham
Chic Young
Blondie
George Schultz
Jeremiah Seed
Darrell Atchley
Reds
M.C. Gandy
Edwin J. Mechem
Attormmeys
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