Fire feared as specialists fail to cap North Sea blowout
American led troubleshooters failed in three attempts to choke off the Bravo offshore oil well off Norway. Norway ordered a temporary halt in all area production fearing a fire threat. Phillips Petroleum officials said they did not know when or how crews would try again.
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Associated Press
Stavanger
Norway
North Sea
Phillips Petroleum Co
Robert Archambeault
Phillips
Ekofisk
Archambeault
Dayton
Ohio
Phillips Petroleum Norway
Gordon Goering
Goering
Roswell desalting plant seen as key to Western water crisis
U S Senator Pete Domenici testified before a House subcommittee that the Roswell New Mexico saline water conversion plant could boost Western water supplies. He urged added funding for desalting research and two demonstration projects to apply the technology with Congress considering his bill.
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U.S
Pete Domenici
House
Roswell
N.M
United States
New Mexico
Sen
Domenici
West
Carter Administration
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Apodaca selects Kundrat for development post
Gov. Apodaca named William Kundrat Jr to head the Department of Development succeeding Fabian Chavez Jr who resigns to join the Carter administration. Kundrat, 2 years as head of the tourist division, said potential successors include David Santillanes of the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce.
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Santa FE
Jerry Apodaca
Department of Development
William Kundrat Jr
Kundrat
DOD
Fabian Chavez
Jr Chavez
Apodaca
Chavez
Billie Holder
Alamogordo
State Economic Development Board
Holder
David Santillanes
Santillanes
Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce
Track of Luck among early arrivals at Ruidoso Downs
Track of Luck from Hayes Ranch Snyder Tex with rider Denny Lujan is among early entrants at Ruidoso Downs as Sunland Park winds down its season on May 8. An unidentified horse works out under Dave Morris with another horse shown in an inset. Track of Luck is entered in the 1977 Rainbow and All American futurities.
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Ruidoso Downs Racetrack
Sunland Park Racetrack
Ruidoso Downs
Track of
Hayes Ranch
Snyder
Tex
Denny Lujan
Dave Morris
Ruidoso Downs Prepares For Big 1977 Racing Season
Ruidoso Downs opens May 14 with a projected purse pool over 5 million dollars. The season attracts 255 race horses and more than 4 000 stall applications, with racing secretary Tom Dawson screening to a 1 500 stall limit.
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Ruidoso Downs
Ruidoso Downs Racetrack
Tom Dawson
Law Day panels and New Mexico horsemens funding grow
Officials describe Law Day events at Roswell High Schools with retired justice LaFel Oman on a student panel. The New Mexico Horsemen's Association funds health and funerals for members, with purse increases, new totalisator board, and plans to televise the All American Futurity on Labor Day across many stations.
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LaFel E. Oman
New Mexico Supreme Court
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
Oman
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