Oil Shortage Pushes Lea County Toward New Drilling Push
Lea County faces a severe petroleum shortage as rigs fall to about 10, with a high crude price and deregulation moves expected to spur exploration. Officials note a coming summer gasoline squeeze as diesel, refinery output, and supply lines strain inland facilities and refineries in West Texas and New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea County
Nixon
Congress
Atlantic Seaboard
Clarence Wallace
Lovington
Skelly
Clarence
Don
Finn
Wallaces
Artesia
Public Service of
Albuquerque
Lea County Electric
American Petrofina
West Texas
Cosden
Big Spring
Fina
Permian
Gulf
Texas Gulf Ports
Odessa
el Paso
Amarillo
Lovington Teachers Get 4.2 Percent Pay Raise
The Lovington board approved a 4.2 percent pay raise for teachers and certified staff for next year, about $400 average per person, lifting average salaries above $10,000. The base scale rises $200 to $6,600 for starting teachers with bachelor degrees. Superintendent Crouse also received a $750 raise to $19,750 and contract extended to June 30, 1975, while the district keeps pooling cash balances with the county for one more year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
Crouse
Department of Finance and Administration
Merrill Norton
Ben Alexander
Joe Trujillo
John Benge
Bob Kerby
Norton
Trujillo
Thunderbird Award Winners at NMJC All-Sports Banquet
New Mexico Junior College honored athletic teams at the Sixth Annual Thunderbird All-Sports Banquet. Special award winners included Ricky Gibson MVP Basketball and James Doc Malone Dedication Award, with multiple players receiving track, golf, rebounder, and assistance honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Thunderbird
Tom Stearns
Wardell Gilbreath
Ricky Gibson
Jay Barnes
Ben Goodwin
Denny Alberts
James
Doc
Malone
Stan Bracy
Guy Abrahams
Jerry Trujillo
Donnie Jackson
Pilot denies drugs aboard plane in Mexico crash
Jim Franch and Tim Melancon, survivors of a Mexico crash, deny marijuana aboard the aircraft. Mexican customs probe found debris suggesting drug material while U.S. authorities say kilos were recovered near the wreckage. The pair, from Truth or Consequences, were treated in Albuquerque after transport from Deming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truth OR Consequences
UPI
Ower
Mexico
Jim Franch
Comandante Manuel Mendiolea
Federal Customs Office
Juarez
Mexe
el Paso
Agan
J. T. Robinson
French
Tim Melancon
Mesilla
Deming
Lovelace
Bataan
Albuquerqe
Melancon
W. E. Woodard
Las Cruces
Albuquerque
Weather Eastern Plains and South Central Mountains Report
Eastern Plains: generally fair and warm with breezy conditions after Clovis, high around 55. South Central Mountains: fair and warmer with breezy afternoons through Thursday, Las Cruces 53 to 89.
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South Central Mountains
Las Cruces
You Can't Beat 'Em Join 'Em in Trenton
Carol Kaslan, unable to top exam scores two years ago, eventually passed the muslim teacher test but lost prior employment. She shifted to the Public Utility Commission, then failed a civil service test, resigned, and joined the Civil Service to retake exams. James Alloway cites common exam frustrations.
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Trenton
UPI
Carol Kaslander
Lander
Public Utility Commission
Civil Service
James Alloway
State Agencies Submit Budgets for 1973 74
Thirty six state agencies had not submitted their budgets for the 1973 74 fiscal year to the Department of Finance and Administration's budget division as of today. The May 1 deadline for submissions had passed.
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Santa FE Upi
Dvent of Finance and Administration
DFA
Attorney General’s Office
State Planning Office
Department of Development
Game and Fish Department
Department of Hospitals and Institutions
State Fair Commission
State Police
Department of Education and
Board of Educational Finance
Fred Muniz
DFA Budge
Domenici to co sponsor disaster bill
Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico says he will co sponsor the Disaster Preparedness and Assistance Act of 1973 to standardize disaster benefits and curb misuse. The measure would create a single federal disaster agency, fund state readiness with 250 000 grants, and tighten budget reviews across agencies.
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Washington
UPI
Pete V. Domenici
New Mexico
Senate
Domenici
Office of Federal Disaster Assuance
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Runnels Questions Laos and Cambodia Bombing Costs
Rep Harold Runnels of New Mexico blasted U S spending on La os and Cambodia bombing, citing 21 000 sorties in a 90 day period. He spoke at a New Mexico Amigos luncheon in Washington as the group prepared to tour the East.
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Washington
UPI
Harold Runnels
D- N.M
United States
Laos
Cambodia
New Mexico
New Mexico Racing Commission Studies Sunland Ruidoso Sale
The New Mexico Racing Commission will hold a hearing on the proposed sale of Sunland Park and Ruidoso Downs to All-American Turf Inc. under a 1973 law boosting state oversight. Commission Chairman Drew Cloud said the hearing will occur after official notification of the pending sale.
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Albuquerque
UPI
New Mexico Racing Commission
Sunland
Ruidoso Downs
Commission
Drew Cloud
Bruce King
Kodiak Industries
San Diego
Calif
Kodiak
Alvin Rosa
Fortuna Corp
All-American Turf Inc
All-American Turf
Michael Coen
Kansas City
Fortuna
Sunland Development Corp
Rosa
Tom Nugent
Dominic
Anthony Alessio
Qmnland Development
State Racing Commission
Alessios
Grand Bry
Cloud
Sunland Park
Ruidoso Downie Cloud
Coen
Coe
First California Co. Inc
Astro Control Inc
Kansas City Transit
M.J. Corn Farms
Lathrop
Tulsa
Okla
el Paso
Tex
Witnesses Scheduled For Hobbs Gas Hearing
Hobbs Gas Company faces a 26 percent rate increase with annual income gains discussed at the second day of PSC hearings. Charles Larson to serve as key rate of return witness as testimony covers company history, Hobbs area data, and pipeline conditions.
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Santa FE Upi
Hobbs Gas Company
Public Service Commission
Hobbs
PSC
Charles Larson
J. F. Moyston
University of Virginia
Moyston
LF. Maddox and Associates
Hobbs Gas Co
Police Divers Resume Search For Children At Ute Lake
State Police divers resumed efforts to locate the bodies of two Bernalillo children Roy Jeffreys and Kay 11 and their mother Judith Marie 32 after a boating accident at Ute Lake. Father Phillip Jeffreys and a third child Lee 9 survived when their boat capsized about a half mile from shore.
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Tucumcari Opi
Bernalillo
Ute Lake
Roy Jeffreys
Kay
Judith Marie
Lake Tryne
Phillip Jeffreys
Lee
Mrs J P Morgan Sr Dies in Lubbock Texas
Mrs. J P Morgan Sr mother of Lovington businessman Peck Morgan died early Tuesday in Lubbock where she lived in a senior citizens home. Funeral services are pending in Snyder with burial there under Bell Sealy Funeral Home direction. Survivors include Peck Morgan and Mrs Morgan of Lovington and granddaughter Martha Morgan of Dallas.
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Snyder
Texas
J. P. Morgan
J. P. (Peck) Morgan
Lovington
ABC Moms Meet Tomorrow Night for Baseball Leaders
Mothers of players in the American Baseball Congress including Mickey Mantle and Sandy Koufax will meet Thursday evening May 10 in the First Federal community room to elect officers for the new year. The meeting starts at 7 30 and all mothers are urged to attend. These leagues involve boys aged 13 to 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Baseball Congress
Mickey Mantle
Sandy Koufax
First Federal Community Room
Short Meet For City Commission
City commission met with Mayor Skalenda presiding due to absences. One bid from Triangle Electric of El Paso for Pony Tail Softball Park lighting, unit price with total undetermined, around 1500 dollars. Plan to confirm with supplier before contract. Resolution to seek half of street repair costs from the State Highway Department for Commercial Ave, D Ave, and Main Street after a hard winter caused roughly 56000 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Denton
Jack Ruggs
Joe Smith
Charles Skalenda
Pony Tail
Triangle Electric
el Paso
Skalenda
John Sanders
Lovington
State Highway Department
Commercial
Ave
Main
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Central Dar Honoree
David Jordan
Central Junior High Student Council
Daughters of the American Revolution
Caprock
DAR
Bob Dean
Taylor Dar Honoree
Jane Cook
Daughters of American Revolution
Taylor Junior High School
Winford Carlile
Larry Crouse
Thunderbird Award
Chihuahua
Mariana
Bataan Memorial Hospital
Albuquerqie
Albuqqerqie
Domenici Will
Runnels
Racing Commission
Morgan Services
ABC Moms
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