Kennedy unveils national health plan to cover all citizens
Senator Edward M Kennedy introduced a comprehensive national health insurance bill with benefits starting mid 1973. The plan would cover all citizens, fund through a social security like trust, and pay about 70 percent of health expenditures with no deductibles or waiting periods, replacing Medicare and Medicaid for many.
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Edward M Kennedy
Kennedy
Joming Kennedy
Ralph Yarborough
Texas
John Sherman Cooper
William B Saxbe
Ohis
Committee For National Health Insurance
Walter Reuther
America
Nixon
Presiden
Women's Lib Clashes with City Lawyer in Albuquerque
Activists from the National Organization of Women and allied groups rallied at Albuquerque City Hall to mark 50 years of women's suffrage. A confrontation occurred when an unidentified demonstrator accused Assistant City Attorney Frank Mims of a remark, leading to shoving and shouting as protesters burned symbolic items. The event drew about 50 participants and included leafleting at malls, a luncheon, and a reception hosted by the League of Women Voters. The movement also reached Santa Fe, where Gov. Cargo's office staff described a dull shift handling calls.
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Albuquerque
Women's Liberation Movement
Frank Mims
Mims
City Hall
National Organization of Women
The
Womens Liberation Front
Southwestern Female Rights Union
League of Women Voters
Liberation Movement
David Cargo
Santa Fe
Bob Huber
Mary Ann Gomez
Huber
Extravaganza near Eastern New Mexico State Fair opens Sept 29
The Eastern New Mexico State Fair launches with a 30 day extravaganza beginning Tuesday Sept 29. Entries for judging categories include Women's Department rodeo and livestock as Tom Hall Jr. heads the fair board with Bob Hazelwood and 10 directors coordinating the 1970 edition.
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New Mexico
Tom Hall Jr
Bob Hazelwood
W A. Snipes
Burton Brown
John Chappell
George Dietrich
Dick Mulkey
Jerry Smith
Dean Tidwell
Rowland Tessier
Wimberly Named Ruidoso Post Master as Consolidation Nears
Mable A. Wimberly of Ruidoso is named post master for Ruidoso and will oversee consolidation with the Hollywood post office, effective Tuesday. The move follows the merger of the two offices.
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Associated Press and Record News
Ruidoso
Mable A. Wimberly
Hollywood
Agnew Arrives in Vietnam on Pullout Schedule
Vice President Spiro Agnew arrived in Vietnam and reaffirmed that U S troop withdrawals will proceed as planned, with forces to be reduced to 284000 by near April. He met with South Vietnamese leaders and outlined a current Asia itinerary while criticizing Fulbright’s antiwar stance.
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Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Agnew
South Korea
China
Thailand
Phnom Penh
Bangkok
Formosa
Vietnam
Sen
J W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Hanoi
Contestants vie for Miss Black America crown in New York
Thirty one entrants compete for the 1970 Miss Black America title at Madison Square Garden in New York. Gloria O. Smith, the 1969 queen from New York, and Mary Sue Gaines of Roswell, Miss Black New Mexico, are pictured among the contestants.
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Gloria O. Smith
New York
Mary Sue Gaines
Ros
New Mexico
Madison Square Garden
Where to Vote in Roswell Special City Election
A city election map on page 10 shows boundaries and polling places as precincts combine into larger districts. Voters decide two bond questions with Yes or No levers, Fire Protection bonds of 400000 and Library bonds of 610000, voting 8 am to 5 pm.
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City of
New Mexico Road Toll So Far This Year
The notice reports New Mexico road fatalities to date 342 this year versus 348 at the same date last year.
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N.M
Hickel Calls Chevron Oil Fine a Landmark for Public
Interior Secretary Walter Hickel welcomed the $1 million penalty on Chevron Oil Co for a Gulf of Mexico spill, calling it a landmark that shows industry must be responsive to the public. The judge imposed the maximum $2,000 on 500 counts after Chevron changed to a no contest plea.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Walter J. Hickel
Chevron Oil Co
Gulf of Mexico
U.S District Court
Hickel
Washington
Alvin B. Rubin
Chevron
U.S. Atty
Gerald Gallinghouse
Richard Olsen
Gulf
Interior Department
California
Santa Barbara
Blue Lake Bill Sparks Taos Pueblo Land Debate
The Senate Interior Committee discusses competing House and Senate measures on Blue Lake in New Mexico. The House bill would transfer 48,000 acres of Carson National Forest to Taos Pueblo, held in trust for sacred uses. The Senate plan would add 1,600 acres to Wheeler Peak Wilderness and reserve 1,640 acres for Taos exclusive use, expanding Taos land to about 34,500 acres within the area.
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IAP
New Mexico
Senate Interior Committee
Senate Indian Affairs Subcommittee
House
Senate
Blue Lake
Nixon
Carson National Forest
Taos Pueblo Reservation
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
Wheeler Peak
Anderson
Taos
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