New Mexico Faces Question of Carter Cabinet Ties
The Carter transition contacts in New Mexico raise questions about the state’s clout in the election and whether New Mexicans deserve cabinet posts. Some NM figures like Gov. Apodaca and ex-Gov. King are linked, but electoral votes show NM has little influence and Carter carried the state by none. The piece argues Carter may owe favors to supporters, not NM voters, and questions the practicality of NM appointments.
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New Mexico
Carter
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Jerry Apodaca
Apodaca
Budget Office projects 1980 surplus under continued funding
The Congressional Budget Office says the 1980 budget could show a 78 billion dollar surplus if current funding levels persist and no new tax cuts or big new spending are added. Unemployment could drop to 4.1 percent, aiding Carter’s campaign promises but raising accountability if policy changes derail projections.
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Jimmy Carter
Budget Office
Gerald Ford
Ford
Carter
U.S
Congress
Congressional Budget Office
Georgia
Public forum rebuts airport stance and water rights dispute
Mrs. Lynda A. Sanchez of Lincoln challenges Mr. Tully over misrepresentation of the Ruidoso Water User's Association and water rights. She notes her family’s ties to the association and warns against unofficial spokesman claims while questioning airport benefits and potential tax burdens.
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Rio Grande
Lincoln
Hondo- Ruidoso Valley
Ruidoso Water User's Association
Tully
Roswell Women’s Club Hosts Chicken Pie Supper for CARE
On December 3 1951 the Roswell Women's Club hosted a Chicken Pie Supper to raise funds for CARE. The social committee included Mrs. George McFadden Mrs. Logan T Whitman Mrs. Earl Levick and Mrs. Powhatan Carter.
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Roswell Women's Club
George McFadden
Logan T. Whitman
Earl Levick
Powhatan Carter
New Mexico House GOP eyes coalition amid Martinez speakership
In a tense post election scene Rep Walter Martinez holds the speaker’s gavel as Rep Joe Kloeppel predicts key committee losses for his backers and names expected chairmanship shifts. Abel McBride wins reelection as House Majority Whip. Raymond Sanchez says only four or five assignments will change.
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Santa FE
House
Walter Martinez
Grants
Joe Kloeppel
Martinez
Rep
Kloeppel
Bernalillo
William B. O'Donnell
Las Cruces
Tom Brown Jr
Artesia
O'Donnell
Bennie Aragon
Albuquerque
Dan Lyon
Corporations Banks Committee
Aragon
Abel McBride
D-Albuquerque
David Salman
San Miguel
Sanchez
Walter
Legislatre
Sup
Senate
Hoyt Pattison
Curry-Lea- Roosevelt
John Conway
Alamogordo
John Irick
Hobson
Democratic Party
Appropriations
Mama_ Lucy
Willie Grijalva
Rep. Brown
Senator Eastland accused of pressuring aid for failing Homex project
Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Eastland reportedly used influence with Agriculture Secretary and others to push a Mission Mississippi modular home factory for Stirling Homex Inc a firm later bankrupt. SEC testimonies allege Eastland used a company jet and interceded with Butz and Mitchell while an Eastland crony was paid 50 000 annually.
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Washington
James Eastland
Dmiss
Senate
Securities and Exchange Commission
Agriculture Department
Farm Home Administration
Stirling Homex, Inc
Homex
Mississippi
Eastland
Thurston Little
Harold Yanowitch
SEC
Department of Agriculture
White House
Fred LaRue
Yanowitch
Little
Agriculture
Earl Butz
John Mitchell
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mitchell
Butz
Agriculture Secretary
Bute
Sugar price turmoil under Castro links to world market
Henry J. Taylor argues Castro’s Cuba is trapped by Soviet control, facing postponed public works and reduced military spending as Cuba relies on sugar exports. He notes world price pressures, especially the seven cent per pound sugar rate, and cites Chicago as the global price hub influencing markets from Liverpool to Rio.
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Castro
Cuba
United States
Havana
Soviet Union
Ussr
Russia
West Africa
India
Liverpool
Chicago
Formosa
Morocco
Rio de Janeiro
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Lynda A. Sanchez
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
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Singapore
Southeast Asia
South Africa
Congo
Mexico
Bolivia
Chicago Board of Trade
Merchantile Exchange
King
Board of Trade
Liverpool Grain Exchange
Kansas City
Winnepeg
Buenos Aires
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