Feds Open Auction as Gold Price Hits 188 An Ounce
The government opened bids on two million ounces of gold to curb imports. Early offers ranged from 45.10 to 188 per ounce for 400 ounce bars, with bidders including Austern & Paul and Vito G. De Marino. The auction aims to protect the U.S. trade balance amid a gold price surge and import rise.
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G. David Wallace Washington
Austern & Paul
New York
Vito G. de Marino
San Diego
Calif
Leslie E. Ellisson
Wayne
N.J
George Jamieson
U.S
Treasury
Mescalero sailplane completes maiden voyage over Roswell
George Applebay and test pilot Rick Apgar unveiled Mescalero, a 71 foot wingspan high performance sailplane, after ferrying from Albuquerque to Roswell for its first flight. Applebay plans to build the plane locally with a price around 33 333 and names future gliders after New Mexico Indian tribes.
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George Applebay
Mescalero
Rick Apgar
Albuquerque
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Plebay
Apgar
Applebay
Roswell
Europe
Lloyd Soleman
Diamond A Cattle Co
New Mexico
Ford names eight to probe CIA overreach
Congress and CIA investigations move ahead as President Ford appoints an eight member commission led by Vice President Rockefeller to determine if the CIA exceeded its foreign intelligence mandate. The panel, including Reagan and Lemnitzer, will report in 90 days and its findings will be sent to Congress.
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Washington
CIA
Ford
Nelson A. Rockefeller
United States
White House
Ron Nelsen
Congress
California
Ronald Reagan
Army
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Erwin N. Griswold
Afl-Cio
Joseph Lane Kirkland
University of Virginia
Edgar F. Shannon
Commerce
John T. Connor
Treasury
C. Douglas Dillon
Senate
Hugh Scott
Commission
Scott
Lucien N. Nedzi
Dmich
House
CIA Oversight Committee
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nedzi
Stennis
Sparkman
Howard H. Baker
R-Tenn
Baker
Rockefeller
Henry A. Kissinger
National Security Council
Kissinger
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Griswold
Proxmire
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
Nessen
Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Weather and CIA commission news from Roswell area
Forecast calls for generally fair weather through Tuesday with mild temperatures and low rain chances. Separate coverage notes congressional inquiries into the CIA, Ford's presidential commission, and related testimonies with comments from Nedzi Baker and Proxmire about openness and potential conflicts of interest.
Circulation Hours at Roswell Daily Record Noted
The Roswell Daily Record outlines delivery contact times and says the Circulation Department is open weekday mornings and afternoons, with Saturday and Sunday hours. Circulation Manager Jerry Berry commits to sending missed copies promptly after non delivery reports.
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Roswell Daily Record
Jerry Berry
The
Daily Record
Eddy County picks Hansen for state Senate seat
Eddy County Commission nominations split three ways before Arnold Crabb, John Means, and John Bowman nominate Fred Hansen of Artesia for Ferguson’s Senate seat. Means shifts to Hansen. Chaves County to vote for its own successor this afternoon. Both counties forward choices to Gov. Apodaca who will name Ferguson’s replacement. Ferguson acted as governor during Apodaca’s Phoenix trip.
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Eddy County Commission
Fred Hansen
Artesia
Robert E
Bob’’ Ferguson
Chaves
Means
Hansen
Eddy County
Jerry Apodaca
Ferguson
Senate
Eddy
Apodaca
Arizona
Phoenix
Raul Castro
Santa Fe
Peter MacDonald
Window Rock
Ariz
McMillan seeks Children’s Code revision and tax cuts agenda
Roswell Republican State Rep Colin McMillan lists top bills for the session. He wants a Children’s Code update to address 15 year olds in serious crimes, a grocery sales tax repeal proposal with Art Aiello, removal of handicapped access barriers in leased state buildings, a delay on Las Esteres Dam until Alamogordo Lake silts, and elimination of the gross receipts tax on medicine plus energy reform for broad state relief.
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Tom Halpin
Colin McMillan
Rchaves-Debaca
Roswell
Springer
McMillan
Art Aiello
Las Esteres
Alamogordo Lake
New Mexico
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Texas International Airlines
E.L. Mechem
Thomas Allien
Central Southwest Oil Corp
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