New Mexico House cuts 1.2 million from general fund
The House Appropriations and Finance Committee shaved about 1.2 million from the general appropriations act for 1974-75, lowering the total to roughly 370.8 million and sending the bill back to the House floor for final passage amid added funding for five new judges and vocational rehabilitation support.
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Bill Feather
Associated Press
Santa FE
N.M
House Appropriations and Finance Committee
Bruce King
House
King
New Mexico
Department of Education
Air Center draws crowds for free 747 open house
A couple of hundred people lined up about 1 p.m. Saturday to tour a Continental Airlines 747 parked on the ramp. Several thousand boarded during the open house hosted by former Roswell resident Harry Atkinson and a group from Los Angeles along with Continental.
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Continental Airlines
Continental
Mer Roswellite
Harry Atkinson
Albuquerque
Doug Kloppenburg
Joe Rodriguez
Bill Hartman
Bill Eschelbacher
Los Angeles
Atkinson
Roswell
Legislature protests NM gasoline cutback in special meeting
A legislative committee in Santa Fe held a late Saturday session to plan a stance against federal fuel allocations cutbacks affecting New Mexico. The panel considered resisting the federal government, seeking fair market value for oil and gas, and possibly increasing taxes on raw materials to bolster state revenue.
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Larry Calloway
Associated Press
Santa FE
N.M
New Mexico
William Simon
Washington
Simon
House Taxation and Revenue Committee
Edward Lopez
D-Santa Fe
Frank DiLuzio
Diluzio
Federal Energy Office
John Mershon
D-Otero
Mershon
Bernalillo
Tom Brown Jr
D-Eddy
Battle over HB300 balloons Congress spending in New Mexico
Santa Fe report shows House Bill 300 running $9.5 million over governor's recommended total of $363 million plus a cigarette tax lift. Critics blame weakened leadership after Rep. John Mershon relinquished HAFC chair. Senate Finance, led by Sen. Aubrey Dunn, vows to hold line.
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New Mexico Senate
Alamogordo
House
Senate Finance Committee
Aubrey Dunn
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces
Santa Fe
William Sego
Leo Dow
R-Bernalillo
Dunn
Marjorie Beck
Bruce King
John Mershon
D-Otero
House Appropriations and Finance Committee
HAFC
Mershon
Bob Ferguson
Eddy Chaves
Sen
R. E. Thompson
Senate Finance
Senate
Legislative Finance Committee
House Appropriations and Finance
Walter Martinez
Gene Lamberson
Rep
William O'Donnell
House Appropriations
Lenton Malry
Cecil Cook
John Tomlin
Sam Vigil
James Koch
Sen. Dunn
Roswell
New Mexico
House of Representatives
Roswell to host 70 Interstate proposal meeting March 1
Roswell invites city officials from Amarillo to Las Cruces to a 6:30 p.m. March 1 gathering at Roswell Inn. The Highway 70 Association led by J E McLelland pushes U S 70 designation as an Interstate, including U S 54 from Alamogordo to El Paso.
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U. S. 70
Amarillo
Las Cruces
Roswell Inn
Department of Transportation
Hearst fiancée vows no prosecution if heiress released
Steven Weed, fiance of kidnapped Patricia Hearst, shows facial injuries from a beating by captors and says neither he nor Hearst will pursue charges if she is freed unharmed. Meat from the Midwest and produce from the South flood toward the Northeast as trucker strike implications ease. Britain’s coal miners walk out at midnight defying appeals, risking a deepening economic crisis.
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Berkeley
Calif
Patricia Hearst
Steven Weed
Miss Hearst
Midwest
South
London
Britain
Gasoline prices fall at Roswell stations amid national shift
Roswell area gas stations cut prices effective Monday with three cent reductions on gasoline and two cents on diesel. Wood credits Navajo Refinery and Malco Products for easing the supply crisis. Other outlets like Dragon's Exxon and Skipper's 66 follow suit, while concerns about supply and future price moves linger.
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W. E F. Wood
Roswell
Mario
Dan Dragon
Dragon
Exxon
Main St
W. C. Skipper
Skipper
College Avenue
Main Street
Phillips Petroleum Co
Bill Wheeler
Bill
Texaco
McGaffey
South Main Streets
Texico
Ernie Tricarico
South Main Gulf Car Care Center
S. Main St
Tricarico
Trial bus route in Roswell tests city system concept
A one month trial bus route will operate in Roswell starting February 25 as a merchants led test by Broadmoor and Monterey Shopping Centers. Clarence Pollard will run the circuit from Monterey to Broadmoor with hourly departures, free rides first week and 18 ride cards afterward for five dollars.
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Broadmoor
Monterey
Clarence Pollard
Roswell
Pollard
P. O. Box
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Committee For Services
DHI
Department of Military Affairs
State Armory Board
Department of Correction
Traffic Safety Commission
State Police
Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute
Museum of New Mexico
Motor Vehicle Department
Bureau of Revenue
Labor and Industrial Commission
Space Hall
Air Center
Connally
Jackson
Yancey
Rockets
Monzon
Colts
Nixon
Interstate
Texas
Congress
Federal Department of Transportation
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