19 Dec 1974
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1974
Page
1
Bethlehem prepares for a festive Noel as carpenters set the stage for choirs and a televised Mass. Israeli security tightens patrols to deter Arab violence while pilgrims, about 15,000, are urged to limit luggage for bomb searches.
The Ford administration moved to test price increases by CF& Steel Corp of Pueblo after U S Steel raised prices. A wage and price council spokesman said Albert Rees would send a full explanation demand and a meeting with U S Steel chief J B Speer to justify the hike amid White House pressure.
Roswell Independent School District reports 1973 college plans rose to 47 percent across Roswell High and Goddard High, up from 44 percent in 1972, yet below the four year state and national averages. Officials cite attitudes shift toward vocational education and draft end as reasons, with funding as a continuing barrier.
Nelson Rockefeller appears headed for confirmation as the 41st vice president with analysts predicting a sizable House opposition. Speaker Carl Albert said confirmation likely, while leaders forecast 100 or more against, amid calls for further inquiry into Rockefeller’s wealth and potential conflicts of interest. The ceremony will mark a historic joint leadership with a president not elected by voters.
The Senate passed a large supplemental bill to fund job programs and extend unemployment benefits. It includes 1 billion for public service jobs, 2.79 billion for extended unemployment payments, and 4 billion for related measures. The measure moves to House and White House action with a 52 week benefit extension under consideration.
Police say two men abducted Socorro rancher George Salome and Alamogordo attendant Archie Cape, forcing them to drive across New Mexico to El Paso area then possibly to Mexico. Victims say gunmen tied Cape in a motel room and warned of killing if requirements were not met.
In Berlin a U S Army private Robert M Nuchow 19 from Leonia New Jersey received five months confinement at hard labor a 225 monthly fine for five months and a reduction to private first class for refusing to get a haircut. In Hawaii scientists monitor micro quakes at Kilauea seeking signs of potential eruption after 25 years. In Paris Uruguayan military attache Col Ramon Trabal assassinated by an underground group claiming revenge for torture of Tupamaro guerrillas. In Santa Fe Bruce King says he has not received legal review of construction act as it affects Beker Resources. In Washington a Senate approved a bill to set 55 miles per hour as national speed limit and sent it to the House.
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