Tourists get a custom prayer in light of Watergate spoof
Art Buchwald jokes about Greek Orthodox anti tourist prayers in The Times of London and offers a rival tourist prayer. He lampoons modern tourism while invoking figures like Conrad Hilton and Thomas Cook and American Express as he imagines a tourist’s daily burdens.
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Art Buchwald
Watergate
Washington
Times of London
Conrad Hilton
Thomas Cook
The
American Express
Colson accused of sabotaging Finch in California race
The article reports Republican leaders alleging Charles Colson spread rumors that Robert Finch suffered a 1970 mental breakdown. Jesse Steinfeld disputes the claim, confirming no such breakdown, while Colson says the memo was private and not meant to harm Finch. The piece links the memo to Weinberger and California politics, with other Pentagon briefs following.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Charles Colson
White House
Robert Finch
Jesse Steinfeld
Finch
Colson
California
GOP
Caspar Weinberger
Reinecke
Reagan
Ronald
Nofziger
Lynn
Capitol Hill
Jesse
Steinfeld
Cap Weinberger
Weinberger
Bob Finch
Pentagon
Outlaws Terrorize Roswell Area as Army Plans Cuts
Oct 10 1878 Captain Joseph C. Lea reports a band called the Rustlers terrorizing the Mexican settlement on the Berrendo. Leader John Selman threatens Lea. Colonel Dudley is urged to deploy troops from Fort Stanton. Horrell brothers from Texas visit Roswell, after shooting and stealing livestock from Aaron O Wilburn and Van C Smith.
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Joseph C. Lea
Roswell
Berrendo
Captain Lea
John Selman
Colonel Dudley
Fort Stanton
Horrell Brothers
Lampasses County
Texas
Horrells
Aaron O. Wilburn
van C. Smith
General Mercantile
Horreell
Nuevo Mexico
Los Angeles weighs mass transit amid highway fund shift
Cities face congestion and aging highways as President Nixon opens the highway trust fund to mass transit expenditures. New Mexico may face higher costs with diverted funds, while Albuquerque could access transit money though statewide highway rebuilding is cut back. Priorities shift as incomplete interstates linger.
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Nixon
New Mexico
Albuquerque
U.S
Connecticut pilots pre retirement education program model
Connecticut created the nations first Office of Pre-Retirement Education with a $50 000 budget to ease the transition into retirement. The program mirrors a Waterbury Seavill Manufacturing Co and Local 1604 United Auto Workers course begun in 1964 and now covers health financial planning leisure Social Security Medicare legal issues living arrangements and nutrition for hundreds of workers and spouses.
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Seavill Manufacturing Co
Waterbury
United Auto Workers
Connecticut
Anniversary of WWII Victory Observed Across Nation
A year after victory in World War II the nation observed the occasion with joy and prayer. OPA announced a coffee price increase of 10 to 13 cents per pound. Roswell prep outlines Sept 2 teachers meeting before Sept 3 school start. Albuquerque Tourist Court Assn pledges lodging for 1,500 teachers for a New Mexico Educational Association convention in mid November. A Carlsbad man and two Artesia men were robbed of 675 dollars in cash and 249 dollars in a cashier’s check near Maxwell. Road sign shooting warned as risky and potentially dangerous.
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OPA
Roswell
L.F. Morhan
Albuquerque
Carlsbad
Artesia
U.S. Highway 85
Maxwell
Today in History Highlights From Aug 14 1973
The Associated Press notes key events on this date including Truman announcing Japan's unconditional surrender in 1945 and other historical milestones such as Kodiak Island's first Russian colony in 1784, Oregon's organization in 1848, and the Atlantic Charter signing in 1941.
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Associated Press
Harry S. Truman
Japan
Alaska
Kodiak Island
Oregon Territory
China
U.S
Peking
Franklin D
Gas price hike boosts New Mexico tax intake and spurs exploration
In Santa Fe, higher natural gas prices under the FPC ceiling raise state tax receipts by about 1.5 million dollars annually and push more exploration in the Permian Basin. Officials say the price rise will attract capital, accelerate drilling, and may reveal new reservoirs in Eddy Lea Chaves and Roosevelt counties, with Yates Petroleum nearing a 22 million cubic feet per day well open flow.
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Fred Buckles
Santa FE
New Mexico
Permian
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Paul Rutledge
Nutter
Eddy County
Yates Petroleum Corp
Artesia
Eddy
Lea
Chaves
Roosevelt
Antonio Martinez
Oil and Gas Accounting Commission
Martinez
San Juan Basin
Don Allen
New Mexico Oil and Gas Assay
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Winston Churchill
United States
Italy
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Mississippi
U.S. Senate
Peace Corps
Bombay
India
State Capitol
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BEF
State Board of Educational Finance
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William Gilbert
Robert L. Johnson
Silver City
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Tucumcari
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Johnson
Kennecott Copper Corp
Gilbert
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