National Newspaper Week Reflections by Hopper Graham
Hopper Graham discusses the state of the newspaper industry as National Newspaper Week prompts introspection. He praises editorial integrity, criticizes corporate chain ownership, notes Watergate’s impact, and argues local independent papers offered diversity and adaptability despite industry consolidation.
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United States
Katherine Graham
Washington Post
Kennedy
Johnson
Telvision
Rmerls
Israel Strike Deepens War Fronts Across Syria and Sinai
Israeli Air Force punishing Syria and Egypt with heavy raids described as the war’s harshest. Airstrikes hit Damascus military HQ, oil refineries, power plants, Egyptian airfields, and a Lebanese radar site as fronts shift along the Suez Canal and Golan Heights. Civil losses reported in Damascus and Homs. Beirut notes heavy damage.
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United Press International
Syria
Egypt
Middle East
Israel
Suez Canal
Golan Heights
Tel Aviv
Suez
Damascus
Cairo
Lebanon
Beirut
Homs
Gercely
Gulf of Suez
Sinai
Mediterranean
Nile Delta
Defpnse
Tel
Local man held in death investigation
Albert Ray Dean 31 of Crows Trailer Park on County Road 97 is jailed on 1000 bond for leaving scene of an accident causing death. Carl Gene Tedford 42 was run over by a dual wheel truck behind a local cafe and died of head injuries. Dean drove the M&M Rental truck without permission. Sheriff Captain Dusty Rhodes investigates. Tedford’s body was sent to California for funeral services.
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Albert Ray Dean
Crows Trailer Park
Carl Gene Tedford
Lovington
Dean
M&m Rental
Nixon presses diplomacy to halt Middle East fighting
President Nixon steps up diplomatic efforts to end the fighting in the Middle East and to build a lasting peace. He met Ivory Coast leader Felix Houphouet Boigny at the White House and discussed broad international backing including the Soviet Union and China for a cease fire. The White House outlined lines of policy calling for Israeli Egyptian and Syrian forces to return to prewar positions. Nixon canceled a trip to Carthage but kept a White House meeting to press the strategy.
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Helen Thomas Washington
UPO
Nixon
Mideast
Felix Houphoudt-Boigny
White House
Middle East
Israel
Soviet Union
China
Leonid Brezimev
Siir
Henry A. Kissinger
Juang Chen
Peking
Carthage
Tenn
Ivory Coast
Felix Jouphoud Boigny
Weather pattern brings gusty winds and scattered showers
Eastern Plains report gusty winds and cooler temperatures with scattered showers this afternoon and tonight. Northern areas see the most showers, then a cooler Wednesday. Central Mountains turn cooler with increasing showers and possible snow above 7 thousand feet north. Santa Fe and Las Cruces area temps shown for today and tonight.
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Clovis
Lovington
Artesia
Central Mountains
North
Santa Fe
Rio Grande Valley
Las Cruces
Fugitive Father Syndrome abused welfare ruling
New York welfare chief Abe Levine told about 160 officials in Albuquerque that welfare rules allowing payments when a father is absent are ripe for abuse. He urged stricter proof of missing spouses and better local screening to curb improper support payments and save funds.
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Albuquerque
WPS
New York
Abe Levine
Levine
Julia Southerland
New Mexico
Manuel Cruz Jr Wins Lovington Daily Leader Football Contest
Manuel Cruz Jr. scored 11 correct picks from 14 to win the weekly Lovington Daily Leader football contest beating seven rivals on a tiebreaker. He chose Lovington 28 Eunice 6 while the actual score was 47 0, earning a $5 gift certificate. Tom Embree placed second with a 27 7 pick, Cristy Crouse third with 16 0.
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Manuel Cruz Jr
Lovington Daily Leader
Cruz
Lovington
Eunice
Tom Embree
Levington
Cristy Crouse
Embree
Cristy
Shocking Treatment Helps Compulsive Gambler in England
Doctors treat William Davies by giving him brief electric shocks when he gets excited about horse racing. He says the method curbs his gambling urges as he listens to race broadcasts and feels the shock through his arms.
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Mold
England
Opi
William Davies
Davis
Davies
Bilingual Education Bills Backed by Montoya and Colleagues
Senator Montoya with sponsors Cranston and Kennedy promotes two bills to expand bilingual education. A new US Bureau of Bilingual Education would gain authority. funding plans rise from 150 million in the next year to 250 million by 1977 78.
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Wasiington Upi
San Joseph M. Montoya
D-N.mey
New Mexico Democrat
Presat
Carry Me
Montoya
Sense Alan Cranston
California
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Patterson Services In Hagerman
Funeral services are planned for Mrs. Brenda Patterson 15 in Hagerman at 2:00 pm after she died from gunshot wounds at the Jaquess farm near McDonald. The husband Larry Don Patterson is jailed on two counts of first degree murder. Willis Jaquess died later at Lovington Lea General Hospital. Jaquess funeral was held at Jackson Avenue Baptist Church in Lovington.
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Hagerman
Brenda Patterson
Jaquess Farm
McDonald
Rosewell Funeral Home
Roswell
Lea County Sheriff's
Larry Don Patterson
Willis Jaquess
Lovington Lea General Hospital
Patterson
Jaquess
Jackson Avenue Baptist Church
Lovington
Skunk Blossom Joins MekKnights Family Life
Blossoms family the Jerry MekKnights face snubs from neighbors over their pet skunk Blossom. NBC Nancy calls her a real doll as the animal, housebroken and unskunked since adoption months ago, roams the house and yard and mimics a mother dog’s behavior while kept inside at night for safety.
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Blossom
Jerry MekKnights
Nancy
Skunk
Politicians Blamed For Energy Crisis
Texas oil group chief blames Congress for energy crunch criticizing Adlai Stevenson II and his father Adlai Stevenson for opposing oil and gas development. He calls rising prices criminal negligence and urges domestic production funding. Also notes Mountain Bell rate hike hearing in New Mexico with a $9.2 million two stage proposal.
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Dallas
UPI
Robert A. Bushman
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
Congress
Bushman
Sen
Adlai Stevenson I,ii
Adlai Stevenson
Busehman
Henry Me Jackson
Nixon
Buschman
United States
Buschan
Stevenson
Federal Power Commissions
Tidelands
Kenry
Jackson
Washington
Interior Comittee
Mountain Bell
New Mexico
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Israeli Air Force
Famariss
Famariss Energy
Prom
Frank Bateman
Lea County
Pamariss
Farl Crain
Paul Bebee
Phoenix
Walter Pamariss
Frank DeLuzio
Bruce King
Maurice Carroll
Ab-Israe Nfli
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Scott
Kissinger
Kissinger Monda
Morris Jennison
Jerry Ancell
Donnie Grimes
Lola Burleson
Becky Bell
Robert Mims
Harlan Westenburg
Steve Kinedel
John Warren
Kem Laweson
Larry Whitley
Santafe Upi
the State Corporation Commission
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