County to gain funding through stricter personal property tax rules
Chaves County officials plan new commercial personal property renditions for dentists, attorneys and businesses. Roy Peyton, the assessor, says a deputy is needed to police assessments while the state formula aims to tax household furnishings as personal property. Forms will be mailed to all county and city firms, with tax rates varying by district and a 1:30 p.m. January 3, 1972 meeting set to discuss further.
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Don Fenley
New Mexico
Chaves
Roy Peyton
Peyton
Santa Fe
Security National Bank
Hinkle
Roswell
State
Chaves County Court House
Chaves County 4-H Honors Banquet Highlights Leaders and Winners
Chaves County 4-H members were recognized at the Roswell Woman's Club with leadership and project awards. Roy Flood received meritorious service as a longtime 4-H leader, while Alan Sims led the event and earned multiple project awards. Cherri Mitchlett and Patti Dennis won I Dare You awards, with Dennis also sweeping Dress Revue honors. Additional honors covered the Silver Clover five year awards, county project awards across categories, horse club accolades, and national dress revue recognition, with donors including Sears Roebuck Co and Ford Motor Co.
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Chaves County
Roswell
Roy Flood
Flood
4-H Council
Alan Sims
Joe Sims
Sims
Ralston Purina Co
Cherri Mitchlett
Bobby Mitchlett
Dexter
Patti Dennis
Carl Dennis
Hagerman
Dennis
William Danforth
Gavel Club
Charles Schmid
Conejo
Sam Bradley
Jim Kirkham
Kirkham
Cherri Michelett
Mary Jane Henson
Sears Roebuck Co
Nona Nail
Hager
Nixon agrees to devalue the dollar amid monetary crisis
President Nixon and French President Pompidou reached a devaluation agreement in the Azores to resolve global monetary disruptions. Officials floated an 8 percent figure, potentially via gold-price shifts, signaling a broader realignment as US import surcharges may be dropped and markets brace for faster settlement.
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Washington
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
Azores
United States
U.S
Treasury
John B. Connaily
NBC
Roswell district votes to take no action on Ray Bell warehouse
Roswell Independent School District approves a no action stance on rezoning a Ray Bell Oil Co. warehouse site adjacent to Pecos Elementary, conditional on three safeguards. Conditions prohibit light industrial rezoning, require a warehouse only special use permit, and affect only blocks five and six.
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Roswell Independent School
Ray Bell Oil Co
Pecos
Archie Cole
School Administration
Sherman, Cahoon, Hobbs and
Market Streets
Pecos Eelmentary School
Ray Bell
Planning and Zoning Commission
Bell
Agnew gifts list includes high profile items humorously
Vice President Spiro Agnew reads a satirical Christmas gift list targeting public figures and media outlets at a Waldorf Astoria speech. Items spoof include George Meany Martha Mitchell John Mitchell Nixon Mao Bush Salant Ellsberg and Look magazine.
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New York
Spiro T. Agnew
Martha Mitchell
John Mitchell
Nixon
China
Chairman Mao
New York Times
Daniel Ellsberg
Look Magazine
Public Boardcasting Corp
Sandor Vanocur
Agnew
Association of Life Insurance Counsel
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Snowy New Mexico Trails Freeze and Accidents Increase
A winter storm coated New Mexico with heavy snow and icy streets causing over 200 minor accidents in Albuquerque. Gallup, Cloudcroft, Los Alamos, Quemada, Zuni, Taos and Santa Fe reported significant snowfall with 50 inches in Albuquerque and widespread moisture boosting expectations for next spring.
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New Mexico
National Weather Service
Albuquerque
Gallup
Cloudcroft
Los Alamos
Quemada
Zuni
Taos
Cuba
Raton
Las Vegas
Ruidoso
Moriarty
Santa Fe
Silver City
Plains
George T. Gregg
Roswell Area Weather Pleasant But Windy Later
Roswell and vicinity sees a fair day with rising wind this afternoon. Partly cloudy Thursday, windy and cooler. Highs near 56 today, 50 tomorrow. low around 22 tonight.
Kerner indicted on bribery and fraud charges in race track case
Federal grand jur y indicts Otto Kerner Jr former Illinois governor and federal appeals court judge on 19 counts including bribery mail fraud tax evasion and perjury. Other Kerner administration appointees and a Chicago businesswoman named in the indictment. Huey Newton manslaughter charge dismissed by California judge after DA says trial would be futile.
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Washington
Otto Kerner Jr
Illinois
Kerner
Chicago
U. S. District Court
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Lee Ann Reinecke
Gayla Smith
T.E. Mitchell and Son
Debbie Sanders
Karen Lyles
Barbara Berry
Jan Kirkham
Coats and Clark, Inc
Angie Ward
Patricia Campbell
Carrie Miles
General Foods Corporation
Cindy Dennis
Angela Freeland
Cynthia Utterback
Tammy Harshey
Harold Green
Nelda Miles
Robert Bills
Roswell, Area
Moorman Manufacturing Co
Nancy Hughes
Jack Goodloe
Mary Lou Gallagher
Tommy
Charles Best
Ricky Brittain
Jewell Gallagher
Connie Sanders
Cline Lynch
Anna Faye Best
Donna Brandon
Jim Bob Best
Katy Huff
Georgia Solt
Allis Chambers
Mike Sims
Mary Schmid
Charlene Schmid
Cecilia Tandy
4-H County Council
Vicki Watson
Wilson and Co., Inc
Hughes
Chaves County Extension Club
Scarf
Sharla Hill
Jean Wright
Julann Langenegger
Linda Collis
Charla Hill
Patricia Chambers
Ellen Bramblett
Patty Dennis
Simplicity Pattern Co
Cherri Mitchelet
I Dare
You
Anna Fave Best
Roger Luginbill
Board of Education
George Meany
Ebenezer Scrooge
The
National Football League
Ralph Nader
Nader
Raiders
George) Bush
United Nations
Richard Salant
CBS News
Associated Press
Roswell and Vicinity
Oakland
Calif
Huey Newton
Newton
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