Nyad Abandons Cuba to Key West Swim at Halfway Mark
Diana Nyad urged to continue as winds and currents fend off progress. After 44 hours in the water and jellyfish stings swelling her tongue, she was pulled from the water 85 to 90 miles southwest of Key West and the attempt to a 103 mile record was called off. Stella Taylor also faced shark risk in a separate Bimini to Florida crossing.
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Best Revenge
Diana Nyad
Cuba
Key West
Nyad
Rich du Moulin
Ms. Nyad
Ken Gundersen
Florida Straits
Gundersen
Gulf Stream
Stella Taylor
Bimini
Florida
Taylor
Ortejaso
Havana
Inflation Underlying Rate Hits 8.5 Percent, Fed Study Says
A Federal Reserve study puts the nation's core inflation at 8.5 percent, higher than Administration targets. Carter aides had pegged it around 6.5 percent, with 7.2 percent Consumer Price forecasts for 1978. Weather and other factors cited as influential in rising prices for cars, housing and durable goods.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Carter
Fed
Lawrence E. DeMilner
Federal Reserve Bulletin
HUD seeks tax relief for two Chaves County low income complexes
HUD protest targets Valley Encantada and Sunset 1600, urging lower valuations to reflect fixed rents and high subsidies. Officials argue two sets of values are inequitable, while county assessor insists market value should guide taxation. Residents absorb most costs as occupancy remains high and rents stay capped.
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Chaves County
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Valley Encantada
South Sunset Avenue
Wes Jackson
Property Tax Service Co
Key Summit Management Corp
Jackson
Sunset 1600
Larry Hess
Hess
W.A
al”’ Snipes
County Protest Board
Records battle renews in trial over police reports
In the Jerry Ray James case at Ruidoso a defense motion seeks daily State Police surveillance reports from February to June 1977 to illuminate dates challenged as critical. Prosecutors oppose claiming the logs are housekeeping records not meant for investigations and may mislead.
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Jerry Ray James
Ruidoso
Warren Burnett
Odessa
Texas
Paul Snead
Dean Stuyvesant
Burnett
James
Dessie Sawyer
Tatum
Stuyvesant
Snead
Ernest
Eastern NM towns urge Ute Dam gate raise to use water
Representatives from 10 eastern New Mexico communities pressed the Interstate Streams Commission at the Portales meeting to raise Ute Dam Reservoir overflow gates regardless of how the additional water is used. Sen. Bob Wood urged timely action, warning the project risks being “planned to death” with a 1980 cutoff.
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New Mexico Wildlife Federation
Interstate Streams Commission
Ute Lake
Phil Mutz
The
Wildlife Federation
Eastern
Plague Cases Narrowed In State Report
Dr. Jonathan Mann stated it appears only two plague cases have emerged in the state. The remark appears in the Daily Record’s Page 16. The brief notes a cautious official assessment with no broader outbreak indicated.
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Jonathan Mann
Man Pays Estimated Bill With Jest In Canal Fulton
Jim Myers of Goodyear Aerospace sent the Canal Fulton water department an $15 check with a note claiming an estimated payment for an estimated bill. He notes he has a meter and pays for full service, and urges the department to do its job.
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Canal Fulton, Ohio
Jim Myers
Goodyear Aerospace
Water Department
Myers
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