Nixon lifts most wage price controls amid mixed reactions
President Nixon ends mandatory wage price controls except for food and health sectors and shifts to voluntary guidelines. The move spurs a stock market rally but draws criticism over potential inflation and wage-price pressures. Policymakers debate extending stabilization authority while Dunlop takes over key advisory roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Congress
Chicago
John R. Kernodle
American Medical Association
Allied
Wright Patman
D-Tex
House Banking Committee
Patman
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Ben Rosenthal
D-N.y
Price Commission
Deliberations continue in largest mass murder trial
Juan V. Corona faces 25 counts of murder in the nation’s largest mass killing case. Jurors must decide first or second degree murder after hearing 12 weeks of testimony and reviewing blood evidence, a death ledger, and recovered grave items as his trial nears verdict.
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Juan V. Corona
Richard E. Hawk
G. Dave Teja
Corona
Associated Press
Fairfield
Calif
Feather River
Yuba City
Candida
Gloria
Justicia Para
Juan Corona
Richard E. Patton
Superior Court
Patton
Green Ledger
Hawk
Road funding woes hit Chaves County highway projects
State Rep. Colin McMillan notes a 90 percent drop in road construction in Chaves County since 1968 based on New Mexico State Highway Department data. He urges a 1973 Legislature review of highway budgets as five year projections remain bleak, while Lea County sees construction surge. He calls for an elected State Board of Education and cites maintenance as a major local highway problem with several long range projects identified but dates unclear.
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Chaves County
Colin McMillan
Chaves DeBaca
Roswell
New Mexico
Santa Fe
McMillan
Bruce King
Lea County
Kenneth Towle
Hobbs
Board of Education
Highway Commission
State Highway Department
U.S. 285
Roswell City Limits
Second Street
Sunset
Railroad Avenue
Chaves-Eddy County
Lea
Curry
Eddy County
Chaves
Lincoln
Highway Department
State Highway Commission
Federal Highway Administration
Las Cruces
New Mexico-Texas
L. G. Boles
District Two
ENMU Portales to host special registration session
A special registration period at Eastern New Mexico University Portales will run from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday announced by Dr. George Jones. It supports students unable to travel Tuesday due to icy roads during bad weather. Paris Kis and Le Duc Tho continued a Vietnam peace session for a fifth straight day.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
Missing George vehicle is found in Denver
The white over green 1959 Oldsmobile station wagon belonging to Mrs. Betty B. George was found in Denver. Two male suspects are jailed there on assault robbery and car theft charges in the Roswell murder case.
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Betty B. George
E. Alameda
Denver
Colo
Roswell City
L. M. Hall
Hall
George
New Mexico
Phoenix
Ariz
Butler County
Allison
Iowa
California State Penitentiary
Negotiations Continue To Keep Krebs and Sohn Factory
Co owner Erika Krebs of Germany said negotiations on continuing operation of the Krebs and Sohn Christmas ornament factory at Roswell Industrial Air Center are in progress. She and her son Helmut Krebs, partners in the Roswell outlet, expect to stay in Roswell another week.
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Krebs and Sohn
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Erika Krebs
Germany
Roswell
Krebs and Sohn Inc
Roswell State Bank
City of Roswell
Fifth Judicial District Court
Chaves County
Police crack ring in Roswell theft operation arrested on warrants
Six Roswell residents were arrested on charges of receiving and concealing stolen property valued over $100. Declared ring involved in numerous local burglaries. Names include Joe Moreno, Javier Juarez, Lisa Juarez, Antonio Juarez, Augustine Dominguez, and Joe Moreno Jr. Items recovered list unavailable. Local plant ties noted to a separate civil case against Roswell State Bank and City of Roswell.
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Roswell
Antonio Juarez
S. Sequoia
Augustine Dominguez
W. Walnut
Chaves County
Dominguez
Joe Moreno Jr
FE. Frazier
Glover Packing Co
First American pilot refuses Vietnam combat flights
Capt. Michael J. Heck of Chula Vista California told Senator John Tunney he could end the war he has done all he can. He now faces possible court martial or resignation while serving in Thailand after refusing a combat mission on Christmas Eve.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Congress
Michael J. Heck
Chula Vista
Calif
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Heck
Congressional
Tunney
Thailand
Air Force
Washington
Hanoi
Haiphong
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Roswell and Vicinity
Jackson Grayson
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Pay
Pay Board and Price Commission
Cost of Living Council
By Jeannine Yermans
Albert Saiz
E. Cherry
A. S. Blaun
Joe Moreno
Eldora Drive
Javier Juarez
E. Church
W. 2Nd
Lisa Juarez
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