Southern Pacific plans to buy Rock Island assets in bankruptcy move
Southern Pacific Co plans to acquire all Rock Island mortgage debt with bonds returned to the Rock Island as it exits bankruptcy. The deal would remove mortgage burden while keeping about 50 million in debentures and possible equipment mortgages outstanding, with six months for final review.
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Stephen M
Washington Star
Washington
Southern Pacific Co
Western
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cocago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Rock
Rock Island
Chicago
Henry Crown
Tucumcari
N.M
Topeka
Kan
Union Pacific Railroad
Kansas City
Benjamin F. Biaggini
ICC
John N. Ingram
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Denver
Union Pacific
Ingram
Coffee boycott sparks debate over price rises and causes
The coffee boycott spreads across the United States amid rising prices with debates over causes from crop frost in Brazil to export taxes. Brokers say no global shortage exists while consumer groups warn boycott effects remain limited. prices have surged from about $1.25 to over $3 per pound, with international rises noted in Austria and Israel.
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Brazil
United States
Austria
Israel
Consumer Authority
Angola
Guatemala
Uganda
Colombia
Joan Braden
U.S. State Department
William Korbin
Acer & Korbin Coffee Importers
Norwalk
Conn
London
Ranchers reassemble to push back on antelope fence policy
About 100 southeastern New Mexico ranchers reactivated the Grazing Association to oppose BLM antelope fence modifications near Roswell. The group elected a 10 member board under temporary chair Bud Eppers and fielded directors including Dick Corn Tim Jennings and Joe Skeen. Roswell lawyer warns possible state law conflict as Art Zimmerman says grazing permits won’t be canceled for noncompliance.
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Roswell Area
William J
Bill’ Ball
Joe Skeen
W.H
Bud’’ Eppers
Southeastern New Mexico Grazing Association
Bureau of Land Management
Marian McQuiddy
Southeastern
Art Zimmerman
New Mexico
Grazing Association
BLM
Roswell
Bud
Eppers
Roswell Inn
Gayland Townsend
Truman Pierce
Richard W
Dick’’ Corn
Bill Lee
David McGee
Mark Draper
Timothy Z
Tim’’ Jennings
Penasco
Picacho
Dick Corn
Jennings
Chaves
Skeen
William F
Bill
Washington
Brainerd
Toney Anaya
Ball
Goldwater vows no more fundraising after perceived slights
Sen. Barry Goldwater angrily vows to stop raising funds for the Republican Party after being excluded from a White House leadership meeting. He scolded GOP leaders as disrespectful and said he will run his own show while remaining in the party, reaffirming his past fundraising influence.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Republicn Party
Arizona Republic
Goldwater
White House
Ford
California
Ronald Reagan
Texas
John Connally
Nelson
Rockefeller
Connally
Reagan
Republican Party
GOP
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