King maps record spending and bridge funds for New Mexico
Gov. Bruce King announced a 1973-74 operating budget of 323.8 million and a large surplus, urging tax relief for residents and directing funds toward nonrecurring projects including bridge and road improvements, state buildings, and school facilities. He cited federal funds and stressed tourism, economic development, and public safety.
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Santa FE
N.M
Bruce King
New Mexico
King
Fort Sumner
Senate
House
Supreme Court
John B. McManus
Board of Economic Development
Department of Development
DOD
New Mexico budget plans differ between governor and finance panel
Governor King's 1973 74 executive budget asks 323.8 million general funds for operating costs plus 43.6 million for capital improvements totaling 367.4 million for the year. The Legislative Finance Committee proposes 7.6 million less for operating funds and 4 million less for higher education, with notable gaps in health and welfare funding and state administration.
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Legislative Finance Committee
King
LFC
State Board of Educational Finance
Judicial Branch
King’s Department of Motor Vehicles
Department of Corrections
LEC
Carbon monoxide study at Flora Vista Elementary
Environmentalists Steve Borland and John Gragg of the Environmental Improvement Agency Roswell study carbon monoxide exposure in Flora Vista Elementary School students. Indicator tabs placed in homes detected CO overnight and are being collected for analysis to confirm links to student listlessness and reduced performance.
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Roswell
Steve Borland
Flora Vista Elementary
Kathy Aragon
Raymond Aragon
John Gragg
Environmental Improvement Agency
Flora Vista
Gragg and Borland
New Mexico
Santa Fe
H. K. Preston
Abourezk Urges Funds Cut Over Vietnam War and Rural Aid
Freshman Senator James Abourezk called Congress to halt White House staff funding and block confirmations of presidential appointees while the Vietnam War continues and rural project funds stay frozen. Environmentalists plan to notify parents in homes with carbon monoxide traces and advise checks on heating and ventilation.
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Washington
James Abourezk
Congress
White House
Coll opposes public employee collective bargaining in New Mexico
Rep. Max Coll of Koswell opposes public employee collective bargaining and general branch banking. He argues labor would negotiate with the legislature, undercut local school boards, and warns of anarchy from strikes. He favors tax relief via income property and sales tax cuts, and criticizes Gov King’s building plans and pension office purchase. He begins his fourth term.
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Fred Buckles
Santa FE
Max Coll
Rkoswell
Coll
Bruce King
Albuquerque
Clovis
King
Soviet Luna 21 lands on Moon with Lunokhod 2 rover
Moscow reports unmanned Luna 21 soft landed on the eastern Sea of Serenity near Lemogmer Crater at 1 35 a m EST. Lunokhod 2 rolled onto the surface at 4 14 a m, sending television images and preparing laser location experiments.
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Moscow
Tass
Sea of Serenity
Lemogmer Crater
Panhway
Cease-fire planned on eve of Nixon inauguration
United States and South Vietnam expect to declare a cease-fire on the eve of President Nixon's inauguration to clear the way for a peace agreement ending the Indochina war. South Vietnamese sources say Nixon urged Thieu to trust in him as talks continue on ambiguous points, with Kissinger not returning to Paris talks before next week.
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Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
North Vietnam
Thieu
Hanoi
Viet Cong
Key Biscayne
Fla
Florida
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
Ronald L. Ziegler
Congress
Vietnam
Ziegler
State water safety bill faces New Mexico opposition
Roswell officials and the New Mexico Water Supply and Pollution Control Assn back the need for operator certification to protect public water resources. The bill, backed by 30 representatives, faces opposition from the New Mexico Municipal League over costs for smaller towns while critics warn of failing plants and bypassed systems without qualified operators.
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Roswell
Farell McLean
Santa Fe
New Mexico Municipal League
McLean
New Mexico Water Supply and Pollution Control Assn
William Schnedar
League
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Department of Hospitals and Institutions
Drug Abuse Authority For
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New Mexico Indian Affairs Commission
St. Francis Cathedral
Elephant Butte Lake
Taos
Mora
Rio Arriba
Associated Press
Santa Fe, N.M
Health and Social Services Department
Legislative Branch
By Marilyn Holmes
Lunar
Earth
Municipal League
Schnedar
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