Emergency energy proposals urged as safety net for gas shortages
White House energy adviser James R. Schiesinger urged Congress to pass Carter emergency energy proposals to bridge natural gas shortages from a very cold winter. He testified to a House subcommittee as the Senate opened floor debate, warning gas heat could be cut in some homes within days. He noted regional supply differences and called for authority to shift gas, citing thousands of plant closings already.
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Washington
White House
James R. Schiesinger
Congress
Carter
Schlesinger
House Energy and Power
Senate
Subcommittee
John
Dingell
D-Mich
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Pattison questions BLM antelope figures at Santa Fe briefing
Rep. Pattison pressed state BLM director Arthur Zimmerman over claims the Roswell antelope herd fell from 3000 to 300. Zimmerman offered to meet with lawmakers as Game and Fish officials cited older counts while noting boundary disagreements and unclear area maps.
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Jack Swickard
Daily Record
Santa FE — House
Hoyt Pattison
Bureau of Land Management
Roswell
Arthur Zimmerman
BLM
Rep. Pattison
Clovis
Zimmerman
Conservation Committee
Pattison
Roswell Area
Fish and Game Department
Walt Snyder
Game and Fish Department
Game Management
Snyder
New Mexico
Secretary of the Interior
Roswell District
New Mexico State University
Robbers tie and gag former Demo official
Two armed men wearing ski masks robbed the Tatum home of former Democratic National Committeewoman Dessie Sawyer. They bound her guests, forced an English house manager to summon a guard, and fled in a pickup after slashing tires and severing phones. Sawyer freed herself about 30 minutes later.
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TATUM
Lena Pfeiffer
Albuquerque
Roy English
Mrs. Sawyer
English
Venon Johnson
Johnson
Evans
Bill to set controls on NM gas prices
Gov. Jerry Apodaca backed a price ceiling of 1.06 per thousand cubic feet for intrastate natural gas this year with 12 percent annual increases to 1.66 by Jan. 1, 1981, while arguing wage of government controls. The package also raises taxes on uranium and coal to boost the Severance Tax Permanent Fund, with projected 78 million in new revenue for 1977-78.
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Santa FE
Jerry Apodaca
New Mexico
Senate
Apodaca
Aubrey Dunn
Dotero
Senate Finance Committee
Legislative Revenue Stabilization Committee
Colin McMillan
R-Chaves- DeBaca
McMillan
General Fund
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Schiesinger
State
Byrd
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Weicker
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
House
Briscoe
Hugh L. Carey
New York
Brendan Byrne
New Jersey
Arthur Zimmermann
Dexter
U.S. 70
Woody
Ellis Finch Photo
Floyd L. Bradley
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