Woman's Council Christmas Program at First Presbyterian
The Woman's Council of the First Presbyterian Church held its annual Christmas program after a 6:30 p.m. covered dish supper and short business session led by president Mrs. Lillian Russell. Circle I to meet Dec 15 with Mrs. J W Walker near Roswell. Mrs. Lillian Crane hosted the Roswell BPW Club meeting at Mrs. Evelyn Black's home.
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Woman's Council of the
First Presbyterian Church
Lillian Russell
Circle I
J.W. Walker
Roswell
Lillian Crane
W. Summit St
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Evelyn Black
Arbitration plan aims to speed federal civil cases
Dan Meador a former UVA law professor and assistant U S attorney general proposes arbitration to settle civil disputes up to fifty thousand dollars. A three arbitrator panel would hear arguments, with cases returning to court if unsettled, a plan backed by the Justice Department and tested in some states. It seeks to reduce delays and costs cited as major court system flaws.
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Dan Meador
U.S
University of Virginia Law School
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Meador
Justice Department
Department
Correction to Retirement Dollar column widow benefits
Roswell district SSA manager J Hassler Strickland requests corrections to the November 27 Retirement Dollar column. He notes widow benefits depend on age at death and remarriage, with no one year wait to switch from widow to wife benefits and no double benefits.
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J. Hassler Strickland
Roswell
Social Security Administration
P.O
Balloons Invade Refuge Pasture Hurting Cattle Grazing
Rancher James Eakin reports three balloons crashed on Bitter Lakes Refuge Saturday, destroying pasture and ruin ing grazing for cattle for the winter. He threatens a hunting party for balloons and urges weapon-bearing neighbors to join.
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Bitter Lakes Refuge
Farmington
Colorado
James Eakin
Roswell
Fifth Annual Wool Bowl Balloon Rally draws cheers
Suzi Flynt Balloonmeister thanks Roswell residents and visitors for help with the Fifth Annual Wool Bowl Balloon Rally. She notes fine weather Saturday, rougher conditions Sunday, pilots from England Australia Detroit Albuquerque Los Alamos Cubero Farmington Lubbock Amarillo El Paso and Roswell, with strong press support.
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Roswell
England
Australia
Detroit
Albuquerque
Los Alamos
Cubero
Farmington
Lubbock
Amarillo
el Paso
Roswell’s
Suzi Flynt
22Nd St
Carter's Political Pressures Narrowing Presidential Path
Jack Anderson reports that Jimmy Carter faces a narrowing path as party factions pull left while national drift to conservatism grows. Bureaucratic demands for regimentation clash with public resistance to government interference and rising calls for restraint.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Democratic Party
Carter Brown Connally poised for 1980 race
A political preview notes President Carter faces early 1980 challenges as Gov. Edmund G Brown Jr of California and John Connally of Texas emerge as Democratic and Republican front runners. Brown travels abroad and pledges restraint. Connally touts bold tactics while navigating a bribery acquittal.
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Carter
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
John Connally
Texas
Jerry Brown
Jimmy Carter
Brown
America
Washington
Japan
England
Anatoly Dobrynin
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Big John
Rhode Islanders
Connally
Anaya Targets Jaramillo and Highway Board
Santa Fe Attorney General Toney Anaya continues pressuring Director Carlos Jaramillo while shifting focus to expedite probes of New Mexico Highway Commission members. Gov. Apodaca and legislative leaders meet amid tension. talks include canopy liquor licenses and a plan to rebate 0.25 percent of gross receipts tax to cities.
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Santa FE
Toney Anaya
Carlos Jaramillo
Toney
Jerry Apodaca
Jaramillo
State Highway Commission
Apodaca
Legislative Finance Committee
Canopy
Russell Baker Guide to the Middle East Terms 1977
A humorous explainer notes that outsiders struggle to understand Middle East culture and politics. It riffs on old rivalries, famous figures, the Balfour Declaration, Arab culture, and regional stereotypes with satirical definitions and anecdotes.
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N.Y
New York
London
King Tut
Palestine
Foreign Office
Tom
Harry
British
West
Washington Irving
Alhambra
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Ernie Mills
Anaya
Merry Round House
New Mexico
State Department of Education
Russell Baker
Mideast
Houston
Middle East
Cain
Abel
Ali
Omar Khayyam
Golda Meir
Cleopatra
Jesus
Lawrence of Arabia
Aladdin
Rudolf Valentino
Moses
Hollywood
Broadway
Menahem Begin
Barbara Walters
South Bronx
Anwar el- Sadat
Egypt
Damascus
Cairo
Newark
Yemen
Jordan
Eton
Lebanon
Baghdad
Balkans
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