Call for 30 year military retirement to curb short careers
A presidential commission urges raising the minimum service for retirement from 20 to 30 years to save money and retain experienced personnel. Congress must also secure 30 year retirement for career servicemen while avoiding forcing out capable older personnel and protecting incompetents.
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Carter Touts Inflation Fight and White House Measures
President Carter outlines a broad anti inflation program with top appointee Robert Strauss to oversee efforts. Pay freezes hit his aides and 5.5 percent raises set for white collar workers. he vows veto of the farm bill and pursues regulatory reforms and voluntary price restraint.
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Robert Strauss
Strauss
Washington
Congress
White House
Canada
Sweden
Britain
Germany
Federal Paperwork Commission
Buhler
Paperwork Commission
Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph Califano
Califano
Harold Brown
United States
Brown
Defense Department
Far East
Korea
Pacific
Local Amateur Radio Nominee Faces Four-state Contest
Michael A. Kelly of Pecos Valley ARS has been named outstanding amateur and will vie for ARRL honors at the West Gulf Division convention July 10 to 12 in Houston Texas. Doris Halman’s Will-o’-the-Wisp wins Roswell High School one act contest. second place Nobody Sleeps. third High Window. Sally Shinkle of Roswell publishes a short story in Daedalian Quarterly. Roswell Story League forms with initial meeting hosted at Mrs J B Pirtle home.
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W5tgu
Pecos
Guernsey le Pelley
Sally Shinkle
James D. Shinkle
Pennsylvania Ave
Daedalian Quarterly
Texas State College For Women
Schlesinger push for fast nuclear plant buildup faces Congress
Energy Secretary James Schlesinger threads a hard line to accelerate nuclear plant construction amid sharp congressional pushback. He aims to fast track licensing and siting reviews, while House Chair Dingell questions legality and authority of a secret order.
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James Schlesinger
Congress
Schlesinger
Atomic Energy Commission
Energy Department
House Energy
John Dingell
D-Mich
General Accounting Office
GAO
The
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Dingell
Department of Energy
Energy
Warren Buhler
New Mexico plates swap and state race notes flash
A tip reveals a Department of Human Services official with Virginia plates switching to New Mexico tags within 30 days. Other agency staffers face plate changes and a looming July liquor director suspension. Filing-date snafus hit Curry and McKinley counties as campaigns brace for the April 25 withdrawal deadline and primary voter registration close.
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Santa FE
Department of Human Services
Virginia
New Mexico
HSD
Biggee
Potomac
Motor Vehicle Department
Carlos Jaramillo
Toney Anaya
Curry County
John Hays
GOP
McKinley County
Manuel Lujan
John Simms
Star of Sierra Leone Diamond Shines Amid World Gems
Private display features the Star of Sierra Leone a dazzling 969 carat white diamond valued over 30 million dollars. The piece joins a long lore of famous stones including Cullinan and Hope as experts note formation history grading and mining traditions across the globe.
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J. T. Williamson
Tanganyika
Elizabeth II
Sierre Leone
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Great Lakes
America
U.S
Murfeesboro
Ark
Bruges
Belgium
Amsterdam-Antwerp
Israel
Madame du Barry
England
Catherine the Great
China
Tzu Hsi
Queen Victoria
West African Republic
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