New Mexico Officials Outline Planned Tax Relief in 1978
State Sen. Aubrey Dunn and Gov. Apodaca adviser Nick Franklin discussed a permanent tax cut at a Albuquerque forum. They propose returning 30 million of a 120 million general fund surplus to taxpayers this year, prioritizing middle income and low income credits. They also favor trimming gross receipts tax from 4 to 3.75 percent with local option. The plan has broad backing and aims for steady annual relief.
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Aubrey Dunn
D Otero
Senate Finance Committee
Nick Franklin
Jerry Apodaca
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Washington
New Mexico
Dunn
Franklin
Apodaca
NM energy czar backs state readiness and public awareness
Deputy Energy Secretary Jack O Leary, formerly New Mexico energy czar, says the state is better prepared than many for future energy price and supply challenges. He notes rising citizen awareness of the global petroleum problem and the value of the national energy debate for informing officials and the public.
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Santa FE
America
Jack O’leary
O’leary
New Mexico
Congress
Interior Dept Halts 160 Acre Farm Limit Under Court Orders
The Interior Department paused enforcing the 160 acre cap on farms receiving federal irrigation water. Courts ruled environmental impact statements and regulations are required, delaying action and prompting calls to repeal the 1902 reclamation law as farms have grown beyond the original limit.
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Interior Department
California
U.S
M.D
US. District Court
Washington, D.C
County commissioners break ground for new amphitheater
Reader asks for full cost details of the new Chaves County amphitheater project after viewing a photo in Sundays Daily Record. The letter questions total costs for deleted items and added materials, and the contractor’s subsidized "low bid" as Roswell eyes hosting events like the Grateful Dead or the Sex Pistols.
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Roswell
Water pumping increase signals Roswell growth in 1953
Roswell plans to pump 10 million gallons daily on peak days as the city expands. Mayor Warren R. Cobean cites growth over the past decade requiring renewal of old water lines and installation of larger lines to new sections.
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Roswell
Warren R. Cobean
Berea
First Baptist Church
C.A. Buchanan
North Main Street
Memoir of Tarzanus in Rome by an Idiot Tale
Archaeologists uncover a humorous memoir set in the Roman Empire told through a narrator named Tarzanus. The piece parodies Roman figures like Livia Tiberius Caligula and Augustus, blending satire with a clever deadpan voice. The tale ends with the narrator accepting a 16 week TV series about blood and sex.
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N.Y
Tarzanus
Claudius
Alistair Cooke
Livia
Caesar Augustus
Augustus
Grandfather Augustus
Tiberius
Roman Empire
Caligula
Sejanus
Rome
Eric Sevareid
Jupiter
Caracalla
Eric Severeid
Times Square
Alps
Colosseum
Via Veneto
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Mexico
Sierra Madre Mountains
Rio Grande
U S
United States
Sierra Madre
Hal Bernton
Culiacan
Sinaloa
Benton
Sierra
Bernton
Seveal
Ernie Mills
O'Leary
State Health and Social Services Department
PERA
GI Forum
Pete Domenici
Pete Jimenez
Jimenez
Capitol
Duke
Nick
U.S. Attorney’s
State Department of Finance and Administration
B.E. Thomas
Benjamin Rollin
Carol Lane
Woman’s Club
Ethel S. Durand
Dexter School
The
Small Society
Russell Baker
Mongolia
Nile
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