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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1971

Page

2

King’s plan praised by New Mexico budgeting panel review

Santa Fe AP David King’s bid to reorganize the State Planning Office earned praise from the Legislative Finance Committee on Wednesday, though Rep. Tom Hoover cautioned limits. King, governor’s nephew and acting planning officer, argued the office could coordinate agency efforts and take on watchdog functions long handled by the LFC. He pledged to start immediately and urged the office to analyze other agencies’ plans to guide the governor, the legislature, and the Department of Finance and Administration.

Santa FE N. M David King State Planning Office Legislative Finance Committee Tom Hoover R-Bernalillo LFC Hoover King Young King Bruce King Keith Dotson John Mershon D-Otero Mershon Merson Sen C. B. Trujillo D-Taos-Mora Department of Finance and Administration

Noted Artist Depicts Life On Building in Mexico City

AP describes the Siqueiros Cultural Polyforum in Mexico City as a 12 sided structure housing a vast mural cycle titled The March of Humanity in Latin America Misery and Science. David Alfaro Siqueiros unveils the work with a rotating interior platform, exploring themes from revolution to space and global misery.

Mexico City Siqueiros Luis Echeverria Soviet Union United States Communist Party Bourgeouis Earth

Solar satellites calm energy fears for Earth's power needs

CAPE KENNEDY AP reports researchers study orbiting satellite networks to convert sunlight into pollution free electricity. Banks of solar cells would feed generators producing microwaves beamed to an earth station for reconversion. Experts warn initial costs but long term environmental savings may justify the system amid fossil fuel limits and ecological concerns.

Cape Kennedy Fila Earth Air Force Space Agency Peter E. Glaser Arthur D. Little Inc New York City Glaser NASA

Record Oddities Hurting Hopefuls

New York AP reports the Guinness Book of Records will stop listing extreme feats starting in 1973 due to injuries from record attempts. The piece cites a Bristol incident where ulcer perforation occurred during a beer drinking on the head challenge. Glaser discusses solar power advances and satellite energy concepts as pollution free options.

New York Bristol England Glaser

Elvis Fans Build Shrine in San Antonio Home

In San Antonio Texas Elvis Presley fans Terri Sue and Angie Kim Edwards 14 and 11 maintain a room devoted to the star with posters records and scrapbooks. Their mother Jan Edwards started the collection after predicting Elvis would rise to fame and Presley sent snapshots and items over the years. The sisters plan to keep the collection forever.

Terri Sue Angie Kim Edwards Hupe Jan Edwards Elvis Angie

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