Jennings Wins Appointment and Roswell Tax Increase Vote
Sen elect Timothy Jennings of Roswell is appointed to fill the late term and edges Ronald Olguin by 19 days in seniority. Roswell voters approve a half cent gross receipts tax increase to 4.5 percent from July 1 1979, funding street repairs and general funds, with council plans to study bond options and spending.
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Timothy Z. Jennings
Roswell
Jennings
Chaves County
Olguin
Senate
Commission
Philip Embury
Associated Ambulance Service
Embury
State Corporation Commission
Corporation Commission
Sarah Carter
L.C. Stiles
Stiles
Carl Engwall
Engwall
City Finance Committee
Ernest L. Harp
Harp
Ralph Boehms
Concerned Citizens Group of
Daily Record Roswell Briefs Spotlight Snow Crash And Floods
Snowstorm car accidents cluster with plenty of company as readers recall. A water leak empties Ruidoso Downs tanks while a search continues for the culprit. White Sands Missile Range stages a dramatic military firepower show. Midwestern floods reach Frankfort Kentucky in historic levels. Roswell High and Goddard High brace for the Poe Corn basketball tournament. Furriers push revived furs, including Fun Furs from the original owner. A Texas A&M reading board row shows students’ Christmas wishes from diplomas to a date with a football team.
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College Station, Texas
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Texas A&m
Texas A&m University
City delays WIPP action in Roswell protest letters
Roswell residents opposing the Nuclear Waste Isolation Program pressed the city to ban nuclear waste through Roswell. Attorney Albert T. Cochran cited 1500 truck and 1750 rail shipments annually and possible accidents, while supporters warned WIPP national handling remains unresolved and may bring jobs.
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Roswell
Albert T. Cochran
Citizens For
WIPP
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Cochran
Department of Energy
DOE
Texas
Sandia Labs
Former San Francisco Supervisor Dan White Pleads Innocent
Dan White pleads innocent to the November 27 murders of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk in San Francisco. Bail is set at 1 million dollars and a preliminary hearing is planned for January 17. If convicted under the new special circumstances statute for murders of public officials the death penalty would be mandatory.
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Dexter
James I Grassie
Dexter- Hagerman
Jennings
Hagerman
Embury
Barbee
Kenneth Barbee
Sherwin-Williams Co
Roswell
Berrendo
Clark Fire Apparatus
Albuquerque
San Francisco
Dan White
George Moscone
Harvey Milk
White
Jaramillo Bids Farewell Amid Bitter Notes
New Mexico Liquor Director Carlos Jaramillo said goodbye to Gov-Elect Bruce King in a brief meeting and held a news conference accusing the transition of harsh coverage. He revealed expense infractions by the Organized Crime Prevention Commission staff and pledged future public life.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Carlos Jaramillo
Bruce King
Organized Crime Prevention Commission
King
Crime Commission
Jaramillo
Capitol
Jerry Apodaca
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Yucca Recreation Center
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