Nursing home care deficit spending perplexing
A five hour budget hearing before New Mexico's Legislative Finance Committee examined deficit spending in welfare and Medicaid payments for nursing home care. Officials described a growing $5.7 million state liability, $18 million total unpaid bills, and possible one off appropriations or gradual savings to resolve the shortfall.
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Associated Press
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William Sego
R-Bernalillo
Heim
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Sego
Prison life described by Harbert she was not unhappy
Mary Ann Harbert, 25, says her 1968 capture by Chinese forces yielded nine months in a village house with a guard, cards and badminton for pastime. She was later freed with Richard Fecteau and crossed into Hong Kong, denying spying or crimes.
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Lynn
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Hong Kong
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Federal groups due salary cut before Christmas
Washington AP reports 1300 employees of Action, the merged Peace Corps VISTA agency, will get paychecks next Tuesday with two days' pay missing due to expired stopgap funding. Lawmakers have not agreed on continuing funding, likely delaying any back pay until after Christmas.
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Defense
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Price Commission
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Del
George Romney
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Buffalo Return to Jicarilla Apache Nation in New Mexico
The New Mexico Game Commission will donate six buffalo from the Ft. Wingate herd to the Jicarilla Apache Tribe in the northwest. About 100 additional buffalo will be sold to bidders as the commission ends its herd development experiment. Of 140 animals, 35 to 40 will be kept for scenic value.
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Ft. Wingate
Jicarilla Apache
Secret Service seizes inflated Nixon dollars in Detroit
The Secret Service confiscated thousands of oversized inflated Nixon dollars circulated by Michigan Democrats to spoof the President and policy. The bills are one third larger than normal and depict Nixon with a victory sign and crossed fingers, with a back slogan reading God Help Us.
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Detroit
Secret Service
Michigan
U.S
Nixon
Southern Union Gas to gain part of rate increase
A Santa Fe District Court ruling opens the way for Southern Union Gas Co. to receive part of a requested rate rise. Judge Montoya calls the PSC denial unlawful. content to be studied as the commission weighs next steps, likely after Christmas. The company sought 4.3 million in extra revenue, with hearings held in 1969 and 1970.
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Santa FE
N.M
Southern Union Gas Co
Samuel Z. Montoya
Supreme Court
Southern Union
Public Service Commission
Richard Montoya
PSC
Montoya
James Parmalee
District Court
W. D. James
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Santa Fe District Court
New Mexico Sets 1972 73 Fishing Seasons
The State Game Commission on Thursday set 1972 73 seasons in New Mexico for trout in northern waters from May 6 to November 30 and established seasons for javelina and bullfrogs. A new rule halves the bag limit for unlicensed anglers under 14 compared to adults.
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Santa FE
N.M
New Mexico
State Game Commission
Northern
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