Farm family of year cited in New Mexico
The Rosco Fletcher family of Dexter named New Mexico Farm and Ranch Family of 1975 by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau. Rosco Fletcher. wife Eileen. adopted daughter Helen. son Allen. business Fletcher Bros Feedyards and Farm with Penix and Lois Fletcher. The operation feeds 3,500 cattle and plans 10,000–12,000 sheep, with 900 acres of alfalfa cotton small grain and sorghum.
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Albuquerque
Rosco Fletcher
Dexter
New Mexico
New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau
Bureau
Fletcher
Eileen
Helen
Michael White
New Mexico State University
White
Allen
Rosco Fletchers
Penix
Lois
Fletcher Bros
Hagerman-Dexter Farmers Co- Op
Rosco
Eileen Fletcher
New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau
Las Cruces
Fletchers
Fletcher Brothers
Education funding formula meets opposition from university presidents
Santa Fe AP report says the state Board of Educational Finance applied a new differential funding formula for higher education while university presidents expressed uniform opposition. Colorado Springs AP notes teachers strike continues with the school board seeking temporary replacements for strikers. Washington AP reports the Democratic Party will repay a $50,000 illegal contribution from Ashland Oil, with repayment starting within 30 days. Senate votes to block a filibuster on Ford's $2.3 billion loan bill to avert New York City's default.
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Santa FE
State Board of Educational Finance
Colorado Springs
Colo
Washington
Democratic Party
Ashland Oil
Robert Strauss
Senate Today
Ford
New York City
Mayor taps Boehms to fill Roswell City Council vacancy
Mayor Jerry N. Smith appoints Ralph W. Boehms to fill the council seat after Mack Thomas's death. Boehms, a 50-year Roswell resident and Culligan dealer, must win council confirmation. He will join parks and recreation and may gain other committee roles.
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Marian McQuiddy
Roswell
Jerry N. Smith
Mack Thomas
Ralph W. Boehms
Seventh St
Smith
City Hall
Ralph
Boehms
Army Air Force
University of Denver
Culligan Soft Water Service
Larry Shaw
Alamogordo
Parks and Recreation Commission
Five South Moluccans Free Five Children At Amsterdam Consulate
In Amsterdam police report five children released from the South Moluccan hostage situation at the Indonesian consulate. Six hundred troops reinforce as 38 hostages remain in the same protest and a hijacked train near Berlin ends in deaths. Negotiations continue with the Dutch government rejecting independence demands.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Holland
Berlin
South Molucca Islands
Spice Islands
Indonesia
S. Metiary
Metiary
South Moluccan
Joop den Uyl
Denny
New Mexico Cities Share Sunny Climate Across Four Cities
A Daily Record feature compares Albuquerque Hobbs Santa Fe and Roswell, noting 74 percent possible sunshine, semi arid climates and rainfall figures from 1974. Hobbs records the most rain 27.34 inches and the mildest year temperatures while air and energy costs are also discussed.
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New Mexico
Albuquerque
Hobbs
Santa Fe
Roswell
National Climatic Center
U.S. Department of Commerce
Department of Development Statistics
Environmental Improvement Agency
DOD
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Taps Boehms
Janet
Susan
Don
Barbara
East Grand Plains
Sierra and
Berrendo
Daily Record
Will Rogers
Arizona
Rogers
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