Heroin Quality Rise Sparks Roswell Overdoses
An in depth three part series notes a surge in high quality heroin in Roswell. June to early July emergency room overdoses exceed those for March May. Police report rising heroin traffic from Mexico and dilution of potency increases overdose risk.
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Roswell
Daily Record
Marian McQuiddy
Roswell Hospital
C. D. Snyder
Professional Medical Consultants
St. Mary's Hospital
Snyder
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Glenn Heardy
Vance Adams
New Mexico Chooses Maid of Cotton and Miss New Mexico
Maret McSherry of Deming won the 1975 Maid of Cotton title and Miss Congeniality with Janelle Berquist and Cindy Pickering as alternates. Hobbs crowned Sarah Jane Schooley Miss New Mexico, with Elizabeth Campbell and Sherri Simmons as runners up, and prizes totaling over four thousand dollars.
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G.X. McSherry
Deming
Miss Berquist
John W. Berquist
Albuquerque
Miss Pickering
Ronald Pickering
Encanto Drive
Roswell
Miss McSherry
Univerity of
New Mexico
Lovelace Bataan Hospital
Land of Enchantment
Hobbs
Sarah Jane Schooley
Jal
Kathleen Isla King
Christine Williams
Carlsbad
Miss Campbell
Otero County
Miss Simmons
South Sea County
Miss King
Miss Schooley
Nelson Tydings
Ford outlines plan to decontrol domestic oil next week
President Ford said he will propose a gradual decontrol of domestic oil to Congress to avoid a sharp rise in gasoline prices while encouraging higher oil production. He warned Congress must move quickly to protect against foreign oil shocks and noted the plan would remove the federal price ceiling on pre mid-1972 U S wells, letting prices rise toward world levels.
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Chicago
Ford
Congress
Illinois
Michigan
Soviet Union
White House
Midwest
Chicago State University
Traverse City
Mich
Interlochen
Mackinac Island
Ron Nessen
Senate House
U.S
Federal Energy Administration
Oil price controls proposal boosts New Mexico oil exploration
Roswell oilman and others support Ford plan to lift price controls, predicting a surge in exploration and state revenues. Advocates say higher domestic oil prices will bolster the economy despite immediate consumer costs, while officials estimate more recovery projects and small increases in gasoline prices.
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Roswell
Ford
New Mexico
Yates
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Weather a major concern for upcoming U S Soviet space link
At Cape Canaveral Florida the weather dominates the mood as bases and training unfold for the twin launches. Captain Stafford and crewmates Brand and Slayton prepare for Tuesday while Soviet cosmonauts Leonov and Kubasov stay in quarantine awaiting Baikonur and Cape Canaveral liftoffs.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Florida
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas P. Stafford
U.s.-Soviet
Stafford
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Tex
Vance D. Brand
Donald K. Slayton
Texas
Patrick Air Force Base
Alexei Leonov
Valeri Kubasov
Baikonur
Central Florida
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Mexico
Adams
Albuquerque City
Frank Kleinhenz
Cindy Pickering
Deming Girl
Ruidoso Downs
Robert E
Bob” Ferguson
Artesia
Atlantic City
CIA
Rogers Aston
Franklin Aston and Fair Inc
Aston
Peyton Yates
Yates Petroleum Co
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Stardust Journey
Ruidoso
C.A.P. Helper
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