High conviction rate in Chaves County cited in study
Record Staff Writer Lynn Hunter reports that Chaves County felony trial convictions reached 69 percent, second in the state, with Lea County higher at 79 percent. A 1973 felony conviction there carried a 74.5 percent probation chance, per Dist. Court Judge Paul Snead.
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Chaves County
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Roswell
Lea County
San Miguel
Mora
Guadalupe
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Lea
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New Mexico
Snead
New Mexico Department of Corrections
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Rio Arriba
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Bernalillo
Dona Ana
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Hidalgo
Luna
Torrance
Catron
Socorro
Sierra Counties
Roswell braces for drop in city school enrollment
Roswell officials foresee about 400 fewer students this year than 1973 74, with 9 566 projected as total enrollment when classes start August 19. State projections warn of statewide declines of up to 50 000 students in eight to ten years amid birthrate trends and migration.
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Bruce Cox
Roswell Independent School
State
New Mexico
State Department of Education
Associated Press
Harry Wugalter
Marchia Meeker
Department of Education
Public
Public School Finance Division
Larry Huxel
Wagaker
Ford Acts Fast on Top Problems in First 24 Hours
President Ford moves quickly to tackle inflation and the economy, names Henry Kissinger to a Nixon cabinet post, and signals continuity in foreign policy. He ratifies Alan Greenspan for the Council of Economic Advisers while planning a new vice president nominee within 10 days.
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Associated Press
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Herbert Stein
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Carl Albert
Congress
White House
Republican House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Detroit News
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Ter Horst
Lyndon Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Agriculture Department
Comma in New Mexico inheritance tax ruling affirmed
The New Mexico Court of Appeals upheld a grammatical correction by the Revenue Commissioner, inserting a comma in the inheritance tax provision. The case, brought by the estate of Sterling Thompson of Eddy County, centers on whether nieces and nephews are taxed at one or five percent, depending on lineal descendants. The court noted another section already uses a comma after parent or parents and corrected the missing punctuation.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Commissioner of Revenue
Revenue
Fred O’cheskey
Sterling Thompson
Eddy County
Thompson Estate
O’cheskey
Appeals Court
William
Cyprus talks seek Turkish area of 30 percent on island
Turkey and Turkish Cypriots demanded a new political setup giving Turkish Cypriots about one third of Cyprus and questioned the legality of the 1960 constitution. President Clerides warned against partition while Britain halted troop withdrawals as a precaution amid fresh talks and threats of renewed fighting.
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Switzerland
Turkey
Cyprus
Turan Gunes
Rauf Denktash
Glafcos Clerides
Associated Press
Clerides
Britain
U.N
Nixon fall blamed on Democratic plot says Moscow TV
In Moscow television a report claimed the Democratic party with inflation and a compliant press engineered Nixon’s fall. Soviet leaders expressed satisfaction with Ford’s pursuit of detente while Oregon delegates urged Senate trial and House action.
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Richard M. Nixon
White House
Baker, Ore
Oregon
Senate
House of Raprenenes Ves
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