New Mexico Board adopts bilingual education guidelines
The New Mexico Board of Education adopts guidelines defining bilingual education and shifting funding review from case by case to a standard set. The change may disrupt district plans already under way for budgets and curriculums and could affect funding if programs do not meet new standards especially for grades K to 3 and bilingual instruction in English and home languages.
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New Mexico
State Board of Education
State Department of Education
Education Department
State Public School Finance Division
State
Public School Finance Division
Jack Saunders
College of Education
New Mexico State University
Public forum writer seconds protest on Roswell rate hike
Frank P. Griffin urges unity among Roswell residents property owners and renters to repeal the city ordinance raising water sewage and garbage rates arguing the mayor and city council ignored public input and should be replaced at election time Griffin stresses collective action to oppose the utility increases and protect pocketbooks from higher charges.
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David G. Cogggin
Roswell Daily Record
Public Forum
Roswell
Frank P. Griffin
Roswell Citizens Plan Petition Drive Over Water Rates
A group of Roswell residents forms a volunteer coalition to protest city water rate increases and petition for removing the mayor and council members. They praise L C Stiles and Harold Ashcraft, seek donations for an attorney and office space, and note an inquiry to the attorney general for immediate investigation.
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Roswell
L.C. Stiles
Harold Ashcraft
Attorney Generals Office
Cleta
J. Russell
N. Union
City kills golden goose parable told by city leaders
A reader warns that greed can destroy valuable assets as in an old fairy tale about a man who kills a goose that laid one golden egg daily, only to lose the source of wealth and the goose itself.
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Jimmy Carter
Washington
White House
Patrick Delaney
Susquehanna River Basin Commission
Delaney
Richard Nixon
Carter
Hamilton Jordan
Daisy Lane Circle meeting at Mrs Floyds home
The Daisy Lane Circle of Calvary Baptist Church met at Mrs. Lawrence Floyds home 706 West Tilden Street with a prayer by Mrs. George Hollifield. City clerk Brad Hays scored highly on a spot quiz observation test. Rio Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held a picnic at Mr. and Mrs. J R Chapmans 1209 West 11th Street.
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Daisy Lane
Calvary Baptist Church
Lawrence Floyd
W. Tilden St
George Hollifield
Brad Hays
Rio
Beta Sigma Phi
J.R. Chapman
W. 11Th St
New Mexico lawmakers debate juvenile detention and tax issues
At a Santa Fe committee hearing lawmakers wrestled with mandating juvenile detention facilities by 1978 for counties. Proposals include regional facilities, a state loan plan, and a general fund option, while concerns focus on taxation powers, construction timing, and governance. The session also covers enhanced penalties for escapes, prosecutor salaries, and the franchise tax overhaul ahead of September.
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Santa FE
I.M. Smalley
D-Deming
Criminal Justice Study Committee
Bernalillo
Philip Larragotte
New Mexico Association of Counties
Raymond Sanchez
Albuquerque
Smalley
John Anderson
Anderson
Los Lunas Honor Farm
Joe Mercer
Sen. Mercer
Sen
New Mexico
Louis Romero
D-Gallup
Caleb Chandler
D-Clovis
Chandler
Clovis
Das
Organized Crime Prevention Commission
Crime Commission
U.S. Senate
U.S
Pete Domenici
Gary Hart
Colorado
Full Public Works and Environment Committee
Jennings Randolph
W.va
Carter’s Energy Office Spars With Defense Over Building Move
Washington battles over who pays and who moves James Forrestal Building occupants as President Carter pushes energ y department into the heart of federal power. Maj. Gen. J R Vague must vacate by October 1, while costs and blame swirl around GSA and DoD.
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Washington
Carter
Department of Energy
White House
Air Force
James Forrestal
Defense
General Services Administration
GSA
Harold Brown
Defense Department
J.R. Vague
Buzzards Point
Department of Defense
Congress
Wampum Island Snobbism Study of Superior Feelings
Russell Baker surveys Wampum Island to illustrate how residents year round summer visitors renters boat travelers and locals stratify social status. The piece traces hierarchies from birth and residence to transport mode dining and fashion amid a playful satire of urban snobbery.
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N.Y
Wampumburg
Wampum
Wampumb
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Fred Buckles
Economic Development Administration
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Gallup
Farmington and Thoreau
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
James Schlesinger
Russell Baker
Madras
Wampum Electric Co
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