Nixon to Sign Social Security Benefit Increase Bill
President Nixon is prepared to sign an 11 percent rise in Social Security benefits despite some misgivings about budget timing. The measure raises the average monthly retiree payment from 161 to 181 dollars and couples from 276 to 310 dollars, with further changes to wage bases and tax caps.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
SAN Clemente
Nixon
Small Business Administration
Agriculture Department
Social Security Administration
Shootout injures Roswell officer and man near Fifth and Main
Roswell police say Lt. Charles Berry and Arthur Perez, 32, were wounded in a Fifth and Main shootout after a burglary call at Discount City. Perez faced aggravated burglary, battery and assault charges. Both victims were treated at ENMMC and in satisfactory condition. Perez arrested with multiple handguns seized.
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Roswell City
L. M. Hall
Discount City
N. Main St
Berry
Arthur Perez
S. Beech
Eastern
New Mexico Medical Center
Perez
Lynn Hunter
Roswell
New Mexico
Fifth
Main Streets
Charles Berry
Beech
ENMMC
S. Main St
Luis Torres
Torres
Fifth and
Main
Chaves County
L.M. Hall
John Hale
Kent Shannon
Clyde McKee
Chaves
Hale
Dist. Atty
J. Lee Cathey
Carlsbad
Id al Adha Begins Across Arab World Amid Suez Tensions
The four day Id al Adha feast opens as Arabs cry Liberate Jerusalem. Egyptians relax after the October war while Suez front troops stay alert. Parliament members bring gifts as pilgrims gather in Mecca for the annual haj.
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Cairo
Egypt
Jerusalem
Israel
Suez
Abraham
Isaac
Allah
Ibrahim
Ismail
Mt. Arafat
Mecca
Oil firms set 10 gallon limit per customer nationwide
Energy chief William E. Simon announced a voluntary 10 gallon per customer limit at service stations as major oil companies and independent distributors join in. He warned prices likely rise 8 to 11 cents per gallon over early December levels, with increases tied to a new pricing formula and production cuts.
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Bill Neikirk
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
William E. Simon
Simon
Internal Revenue Service
Snow accumulations hit Ruidoso and Sierra Blanca Ski Run
Overnight to 10 am snowfall in Ruidoso measured three and a half inches while Sierra Blanca Ski Run reported four inches. Nearby, emergency crews logged a residential explosion in Chicago as two five gallon gasoline cans exploded near a heater, forcing about 40 residents to flee into the cold.
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Ruidoso
Sierra Blanca
Chicago
Winter storms pound New Mexico with heavy snow and cold
Northern New Mexicans dig out after as much as two feet of snow while another storm nears from the northwest. Temperatures plunge with minus figures across the state and roads stay hazardous. Schools delay reopenings as forecasts call for subzero nights and mixed day highs across regions.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Arizona
National Weather Service
Albuquerque
Gallup Grants
U.S. 64
Tres Piedras
Chama
Catholic
Laguna
Gallup-McKinley County
Santa Fe
Moriarty
Pojoaque
East Las Vegas
West Las Vegas
Los Lunas
Ours
Raton
Gallup
Farmington
Weather Service
Silver City
Alamogordo
Las Cruces
Deming
Truth Or Consequences
Las Vegas
Grants
Taos
Kuwait firms in 60 percent oil stake deal with Western firms
Kuwait announces a 60 percent government takeover plan for Gulf Oil Corp. of Pittsburgh and British Petroleum in Kuwait Oil Co. operations. Parliament may approve a gradual move to 70 80 90 or 100 percent by 1979 with a bill offering fair compensation and a rival nationalization proposal.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Kuwait
Persian Gulf
Sheik Saad el Abdullah
An Nahar
Gulf Oil Corp
Pittsburgh
British Petroleum
Gulf
Kuwait Oil Co
Saad
Sheik
Gulf Oil
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Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Granite Hill
Morocco
Arafat
IRS
Amoco
Sun Oil
Standard Oil of
Ohio
Standard
Standard Oil of California
Union Oil Co
Shell Oil Co
Marty
Steve Joe Vigil Jr
Associated Press and Record News
New York
Harris
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Miami
Armed Forces
Raul Castro
Havana
London
United States
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