First Soyuz Launch Clears Way for Soviet American Linkup
Cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov rode the two man Soyuz from Baikonur in flawless flight reaching a near perfect orbit. At Cape Canaveral the Saturn rocket began its countdown for Apollo crews Stafford Brand and Slayton as storms gathered over the Atlantic.
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Ly Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
Alexei Leonov
Valeri Kubasov
Baikonur
Cosmodrome
Space Agency
Soyuz
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Leonov
Ford
Washington
Apollo
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Stafford
West Germany
Soviet Union
Roswell Streets Declared In Serious Disrepair In City Report
A city release notes at least half of Roswell streets are in a serious state of disrepair. The 140 miles of aging asphalted streets require a heat scarify rejuvenation and hot mix overlay at an estimated 335000 yearly for 16 years. The study also flags urgent needs in fire and police staffing and arterial road upgrades.
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Roswell
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Roswel
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Southeastern
New Mexico Reps vote against land use planning bill
U S Representatives Manuel Lujan Jr and Harold Runnels said they voted against the land use planning bill in the House Interior Committee where 23-19 votes defeated reporting the measure. The bill would have offered 500 million in grants over six years to help states plan growth and land use, but opponents cited high costs and favored local control.
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Washington
New Mexico
U.S
Manuel Lujan Jr
Harold Runnels
House Interior Committee
Congress
Lujan
Runnels
Roy Taylor
North Carolina
Allan T. Howe
Utah
John Melcher
Montana
European summit in Helsinki delayed. doubts over July 30 date
In Geneva the European Security Conference postponed the formal convening of a 35 nation summit in Helsinki planned for July 30. In Vientiane officials announced a currency support deal with five countries worth 11.6 million dollars to bolster Laos currency.
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Geneva
Switzerland
European Security Conference
Helsinki
Vientiane, Laos
Senate approves oil price control extension bill
The Senate approved 62 to 29 a bill extending the Petroleum Allocation Act to March 31, 1976. Ford opposes, wants decontrol phased over 22 years, with veto possible. A veto could end price controls and raise gasoline by about 15 cents per gallon when current law expires.
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James Gerstenzang
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
House
United States
Ford
Congress
Senate Interior Committee
Ford Administration
Senate
Federal Energy Administration
Democratic
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Warren G. Magnuson
Energy Allocation and
Lack of New Mexico treatment beds alarms Chaves County addicts
Chaves County Drug Abuse Center director Dave Featherstone warns there are no new residential treatment facilities planned in the state. He cites Odyssey House in Bernaldo County with 38 beds and 2,800 addicts in Albuquerque plus 60 in Roswell. He notes a rising heroin problem, limited access to methadone in Carlsbad and Hobbs, and calls for coordinated state effort to expand services and withdrawal options.
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New Mexico
Chaves County
Dave Featherstone
Odyssey House
Bernaldo County
Albuquerque
Roswell
Featherstone
Carlsbad and
Hobbs
State Department of Hospitals and Institutions
Fifth Judicial District
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Soviet Mission Control
Blastoff
Bill
Marian McQuiddy
Steve Morgan
Morgan
Interior Committee
Ralph Nader
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