Congress Adjourns Over SST Funding Fight
The 91st Congress heads home for a holiday weekend with a slim chance of ending the filibuster on funds for the SST. The Senate vote was seen as unlikely to succeed at 11 am EST. The House faced a decision on returning Monday or staying until Jan 2, with progress stalled on foreign aid and defense bills. Continued on Page six.
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Lee Byrd
Associated Press
Washington
91St
Congress
Senate
House
Million New Voters Enfranchised
Washington reports youth groups racing to register up to 11 million new voters after the Supreme Court ruling allowing 18 year olds to vote. The Young Republicans plan nationwide and two-state computer sign up, while the Young Democrats join a broad drive to mobilize youth for social change and policy shifts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Young Republican
Ron Romans
National Young Democrats
Enrollment Drops In ROTC Programs
Washington AP reports ROTC enrollment across 502 colleges fell to 109,598 this academic year, down from 155,946 last year and 212,417 two years ago. Pentagon figures show the decline across Army Air Force and Navy ROTC and raise concern about producing officers for the services.
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Washington
Armed Services
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Pentagon
Congress
Pope denounces Western intellectuals attacking Church
Pope Paul VI in Rome denounces corrosive criticism from Western intellectual centers and warns it erodes faith and church unity. He blasts war, political strife, and Italy's divorce law, and says September synod will focus on priesthood and justice in the world.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Rome
Vatican Curia
Italy
Institutional Church
West
America
Drug Education Approved by Gallup McKinley Schools
The state approves a Gallup McKinley County School District Drug Education proposal. Seventh graders will receive at least 20 hours of instruction covering definitions, history, psychosocial aspects, pharmacology, legal consequences, and dangers and benefits of drugs. Teaching methods include discussions, guest speakers, lectures, visuals, and informal rap sessions.
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Gallup
Gallup-McKinley County
State Department of Education
Ambulance firm to face SCC action over license cancellation
Gold Cross Ambulance Service of Albuquerque goes before the State Corporation Commission to answer for allegedly stopping service without permission. The SCC ordered the firm to show cause why its operating certificate should not be canceled.
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Santa FE
N.M
Gold Cross Ambulance Service of
Albuquerque
State Corporation Commission
SCC
Oklahoma Indians oppose regionalization plan changes
In Muskogee Oklahoma Louis R. Bruce head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs announced Virgil Harrington will stay as Muskogee area director amid a proposed regionalization plan. About 150 Eastern Oklahoma tribal leaders attended the five hour meeting with Bruce who urged elimination of the regional program and reassigning bureau duties.
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Muskogee
Okla
Eastern Oklahoma Indians
Bureau of Indians Affairs
Louis R. Bruce
BIA
Virgil N. Harrington
Washington
Bruce
Oklahoma
Virgil
Indian Bureau
Harrington
MacDonald Slated As C of C Speaker
Gallup New Mexico January 1971 Navajo Tribal Council chairman-elect Peter MacDonald accepted an invitation to be the principal speaker at the Gallup McKinley County Chamber of Commerce banquet. The event will be January 23 at the Shalimar Inn in Gallup with tickets from directors or the chamber office. MacDonald will be inaugurated tribal chairman January 5 at Window Rock Arizona. He is a Teec Nos Pos native, University of Oklahoma electrical engineering graduate, former Apollo program worker, ex-OONEO director, and U.S. Marine Corps veteran.
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Gallup
Peter MacDonald
Navajo Tribal Council
Gallup-McKinley County
Chamber of Commerce
West 66 Avenue
MacDonald
Teec Nos Pos
Arizona
Window Rock
Ariz
University of Oklahoma
Office of Navajo Economic Opportunity
ONEO
U. S. Marine Corps
Jack B. Chapman
Chamber
Duade Enderson
Don Tanner
Edide Landavazo
Ray Welch
Funerals Listed for Several Women on Page 6
Funeral notices for Mrs. Rose Lee Dunn Mrs. Rose Zaragoza and Ora C Jayne are listed on page 6 with details of services and burial arrangements. The notices provide dates times and locations for the funeral services.
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Rose Lee Dunn
Rose Zaragoza
Ora C. Jayne
Las Posadas Delights Wingate High Audience
Northside Thespians presented Las Posadas at Wingate High School with a well rehearsed cast performing Mexican folk dances. Rick Chavez Philip Mecale and Manuel Ponce starred in Los Viejitos with comic footwork, drawing loud laughter, as the play showcases traditional Mexican Christmas customs including house to house caroling and a nativity scene.
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Wingate
Northside
Thespians
Wingate High School
Rick Chavez
Philip Mecale
Manuel Ponce
Claremont
Calif
Deming Officials Press For Bigger I 10 Signs
Deming city leaders urge the State Highway Department to install larger more visible signs on I 10 to identify Deming at both interchanges. They note East Deming on the east interchange and no direct Deming signs for downtown routes, with current signs directing to Silver City Columbus or Palomas. The council also seeks a meeting with landscape architects to discuss beautification plans for the I 10 right of way through Deming.
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State Highway Department
Deming
Silver City
Columbus
Palomas
Mexico
Highway Department
Beloit College students tour Mississippi River schools
Greg Fernette and Alan Crossley, Beloit College juniors, traveled 2000 miles by camper from Brainerd Minnesota to Donaldsville Louisiana visiting 78 high schools in nine states to spur student interest in environmental science. Fernette cites nonexistent awareness and calls for more emphasis on scientific method in courses.
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Donaldsonville
Mississippi River
Greg Fernette
Alan Crossley
Brainerd
Minn
Donaldsneville
Beloit College
Wisconsin
Greg
Janesville, Wis
FDA bans dangerous toys including dolls and lawn-dart sets
The FDA lists 39 toys as dangerous and orders removal from shelves due to pins needles metal spikes and sharp wires. Toy Town of Randallstown Md is named for a Squeaking Toy Donkey with a removable squeaker. Retailers must remove the items or face seizure by FDA inspectors.
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Federal Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Toy Town
Randallstown
Harold Moore
Rate Hike Studied In New Mexico Trucking Firms
The State Corporation Commission examined testimony from trucking firms arguing for an average 17.9 percent rate increase to cover higher operating costs. A one day hearing cited a new 19 month Teamsters Union contract beginning April 1 as the main driver, with the five major carriers projected to gain $186,000 in annual revenue, about nine percent of in state business.
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Santa FE
State Corporation Commission
SCC
New Mexico
Teamsters Union
Mgr. C.O. Adams
Bureau
Dallas
Merry Christmas Specials and Holiday Closings
Ann and Steve Pappas will close Rico Motor Co Friday and Saturday for Christmas. Trade Mart Liquors advertises December 25 and 26 holiday hours. See Page 10 for Merry Christmas wine mix. Wednesday Special at Casa Luna Restaurant offers all you can eat spaghetti for 99 cents. West Highway 66 serves 11 2 and 3 10.
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Rico Motor CO
Ann
Steve Pappas
Trade Mart Liquors
Casa Luna
West Highway 66
Tucson Fire Investigated After Deadly Hotel Blaze
Gov. Williams may seek special fire safety laws if negligence is found in the Pioneer International Hotel fire that killed 28. He inspected the charred site as Tucson forms a special committee, while a 16-year-old suspect faces trespassing and curfew charges.
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Tucson
Ariz
Jack Williams
Pioneer International
Williams
Arizona
Louis Taylor
Taylor
New Mexico Sets First State Student Loan Bond Sale
New Mexico moves the first state sponsored student loan program closer to offering loans next semester. An initial revenue bond sale planned for January 5 could total 1.2 million based on 1,400 loan applications approved by the Legislature. The state will administer federal program loans at 7 percent.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
William McConne
Board of Educational Finance
State Finance Board
McConnell
Office closures for December 24th at 2 pm
Main Offices, Branches and Drive-up Windows will close at 2 pm on Thursday December 24. The notice informs customers of early Christmas Eve hours and requests planning ahead for service.
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