Hart Still Must Face Long Haul
In New Hampshire Sen. Gary Hart defeats expectations by winning the primary and signaling a two candidate race with Walter Mondale. Sen. Alan Cranston quits the race after a seventh place finish. Mondale’s Iowa win is not enough to lock up the nomination as Hart gains momentum and broad appeal across age and ideology.
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Baltimore Sun
Manchester
N.H
Gary Hart
New Hampshire
Hart
Walter F. Mondale
Alan Cranston
Cranston
Iowa
Mondale
ABC News
Onions Transplanted for June Harvest in Presidio County Farm
Antonio Saenz harvests small onions on Daniel Estrada’s farm between Presidio and Redford in southwestern Texas. The Rio Grande border farm shipped October plantings to Fort Stockton for transplanting, with a June harvest planned. Estrada, Precinct 2 commissioner, notes the operation sits between Presidio and Redford along the river.
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Antonio Saenz
Texas
Daniel Estrada
Precinct 2
Presidio County
Rio Grande
Presidio
Redford
Fort Stockton
Estrada
County medical chief becomes health authority
Ector County commissioners redesignated the county medical director as the health authority, but duties remain unchanged. Roeers Rowntree, the part time director for six years, is now the health authority under the Local Health Department Reorganization Act. He visits the health unit weekly, oversees nursing staff, reviews venereal disease clinic records, and approves treatments and immunization policies.
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Ector County Commissioners
Roeers Rowntree
Ector County Health Department
Ector County Health Authority
Health Department
Ford Sweetman
Sweetman
Rowntree
Odessa American
No One Wants To Be Elected In Coahoma Texas
In Coahoma Texas population 1100 east of Big Spring no one seems eager to run for mayor or alderman. Only one incumbent Steve New plans to stay. deadline to file is March 7. If no candidates file or appear on ballots residents may write in or courts may appoint someone to handle duties.
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Coahoma
West
Texas
Big Spring
John Steiner
Texas Secretary of State's Office
Steve New
Steiner
Odessa attorney seeks Vietnam War memorial at courthouse
Richard Keen, a 36 year old Odessa attorney, aims to raise private funds for a Vietnam War memorial on the Ector County Courthouse lawn. County commissioners support the project design and timing, with no county funds to be used, and Keen plans to gather about four to five thousand dollars. The Texas Veterans Affairs Commission notes four thousand sixty local veterans served and fifty two deaths in Ector County.
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Robin Lichtenstein
Richard Keen
Keen
Odessa
Hector County
Ector County
Texas Veterans Affairs Commission
Austin
Ector
Jan Fisher
Crash Kills U S Airmen in Spanish Mountain Crash
Rescue teams recovered 16 bodies from a U S Air Force C 130 wreck in a snowbound northeast Spain range. The Hercules carried 17 U S servicemen and a Spanish officer. recovery efforts for the two missing continued while authorities withheld identifications until relatives were notified.
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Zaragoza
Spain
U.S
Europa
Air Force
Roger Davis
AUS. Air Force
West Germany
Davis
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