Keeping up with the Joneses in fuel troubled times
Ace Reid depicts a neighborhood clash over fuel economy during an energy crisis. Plotkin derides Jones for chasing status symbols in gas guzzlers while neighbors shift to smaller cars. The scene ends with communal shift toward frugality and mutual aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Buchwald
Washington
America
Jones
Plotkin
Jonese
Joneses
Poltkin
PTA
Mrs. McTavish
Nursing Home Diets Under Scrutiny in McGovern Study
A 143 page McGovern subcommittee report warns poor food is the most recurrent abuse in nursing homes. It cites overfed desserts, high starch diets, and lax dietary supervision as key factors in health decline and cases of salmonella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ly Jack Anderson
Washington
George McGovern
Select Nutrition Subcommittee
Michigan
McGovern
Baltimore
Massachusetts
New York
Fed Cuts CD Reserve Requirement to Free Credit
The Federal Reserve Board will reduce the reserve requirement on large certificates of deposit from 11 to 8 percent effective next Thursday, freeing about $375 million in banks’ reserves to ease lending. While rate pressures eased as the action was announced, major banks like First National City Bank raised their prime rate to 10 percent, with Bankers Trust and Mellon Bank following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
New York
First National City Bank
Banker's Trust Co
Mellon Bank of Pittsburgh
Roswell examines economy pressures and local industry potential
The piece discusses a fuel crisis stressing the national economy with airline layoffs and trucking impacts. It highlights Roswell’s 3,000 strong labor pool, potential core industry needs, and the role of private enterprise, transit, and local development efforts led by the RCDC alongside figures like Levi Strauss, Glover Packing Co, and Gerald Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
Walker Air Force Base
Levi Strauss and Glover Packing Co
Side Road Emphasis: Academics Over Extracurriculars
The piece argues that secondary education should prioritize academics or vocational training over heavy extracurricular programming. It warns that overemphasis distracts from core goals, noting students risk losing sight of objectives or becoming mere components. Extracurriculars are a side road, optional detour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Debonaire Errol Flynn fined for shins kick incident
25 years ago in New York City Errol Flynn was fined $50 after kicking a policeman in the shins connected to a taxicab incident. The region forecast 14.9 million bales of cotton for the year and five hundred tickets were sold for the Chamber of Commerce dinner on December 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Errol Flynn
New York City
Chamber of Commerce
Floyd Childress
Tamarix
Boy Scouts of America
Tom Hall Jr
Today in History Highlights for December 9, 1973
Key events include Japan’s invasion of the Philippines in 1941 and France’s 1905 separation of church and state decree. Notable births: John Milton in 1608 and Noah Webster establishing New York’s first daily newspaper in 1793. Actors Kirk Douglas and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. born nearby.
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Associated Press
Philippines
John Milton
London
Noah Webster
New York
France
North Africa
Aachen
Germany
Kirk Douglas
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Cities face tax shifts to fund services in New Mexico
The Local Government Needs Committee recommends transferring the full 12 cent state cigarette tax to cities and counties. Rep. Raymond Sanchez cites urgent needs for Albuquerque and other municipalities, outlining revenue gains, police and fire protection costs, and water and flood control projects across several cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Buckles
Santa FE
New Mexico
Raymond Sanchez
Albuquerque
Sanchez
Gallup
Environmental Improvement Agency
State
Albuqeruque
Roswell
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Bob Ream
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Tex
Honolulu
Chaves County
Tad Platt
Chaves County Petroleum Industries Committee
State Capitol
Espanola
Raton
National Rifle Association
NRA
Cuba
San Ysidro
Hope
House
Logan
Maxwell
Encino
Vaughn
Santa Rosa
Clovis
Las Cruces
Artesia
Carlsbad
Silver City
Hobbs
Alamogordo
Tucumcari
Portales
Farmington
Las Vegas
Alvino Castillo
D-Raton
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