Kissinger Escape Weighs Syria Plot and Oil Talks
Henry Kissinger avoided a planned assassination attempt in Damascus as late talks with President Assad delayed his mosque visit. U.S. officials and a Syrian source noted the plot and security measures near the Umayad Mosque. Simultaneously, sources forecast an end to the Arab oil embargo with Saudi Yamani calling for relief and new Middle East diplomacy shaping disengagement talks.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Syria
Hafez Assad
U.S
Damascus
United States
Kissinger
Umayad
Assad
Israel
Jerusalem
Middle East
Europe
Nixon
Libya
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Wall Street Journal
Yamami
Golan Heights
Roswell Voting Day Sees Varied Turnout Across Polls
Voters chose mayor and five council seats plus a $1.2 million bond for flood control in Roswell amid sunny 70 degree weather. Turnout ranged from heavy to average across five polling sites and the Chaves County Courthouse with results expected by 8 p.m.
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Chaves County
Bud Foster
Foster
Military Heights
City Hall
Central Fire Station
Roswell High School
City Water Plant
New Mexico Municipal Elections Pace Voters in Most Cities
Voters across New Mexico head to polls on municipal election day with Albuquerque Los Alamos and Silver City excluded by law. Expected light turnout despite warm weather and many candidates. In Glenwood Springs Colorado two brothers survive a mountain plane crash that killed four family members and the pilot. Mark Godfrey 11 faces serious injuries and surgery, brother Andrew 8 is in fair condition with frostbite. Roswell area forecasts call for generally fair weather through Wednesday with increasing wind and temps from near 70 today to low 70s by Wednesday.
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Wichita
Kan
McConnell Air Force Base
Tactical Air Command
91St
McConnell
Patrick J. Richmond
Glenwood Arnold
James G Fagen
Clint R. Montgomery
Joseph J. Richert
McConnell Public Information
Langley Air Force Base
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Los Alamos
Silver City
Glenwood
Springs
Colo
Aspen Valley Hospital
Aspen
Mark Godfrey
Mark
Andrew
Roswell
PSC dismisses Southern Union plan
The New Mexico Public Service Commission dismissed Southern Union Gas Co.’s bid to pass wildcat drilling expenses to customers. The action ends the case with Shell Oil contracts withdrawn and opposition from Gov. Bruce King cited as a factor. A new hearing was scheduled for April 2.
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James
Bruce King
Public Service Commission
King
Withdrawal Ends PSC Contract Battle Over Four Albuquerque Wells
In Santa Fe, District Attorney J. Lee Cathey announced Southern Union Gas withdrew its contract with Shell Oil and vacated the PSC hearing on the deal. Depositions were planned for March 12 regarding Richard Montoya's lease options and a Nuclear Corp interest, but exhibit 7B was withdrawn and the case collapsed as Southern Union ceased pursuing customer charges for the $3 million well project.
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Santa FE
N.M
New Mexico Public Service Commission
Southern Union Gas Co
Wildcat
Commission
H Richard P Montoya
Southern Union
Seth Montgomery
Shell Oil Co
Albuquerque
Dist
Atty
Lee Cathey
Carlsbad
Cathey
Shell
Chaves
Tnstrict
Atty. J. Lee Cathey
PSC
Carl Hawkins
Shell Oil
G. K. Quintana
Nuclear Corporation of
New Mexico
Richard P| Montoya
Montoya
Nuclear Corp
Chaves County
Woman driver of locomotive makes first solo run
Christine Gonzales a 21 year old from Socorro became perhaps the nations first woman railroad engineer she gathered a string of ore cars behind a 125 ton locomotive and sounded the diesel horn seven times before leaving town Her job followed a stint at Hurley where she trained dumping ore cars at night and she won the Socorro assignment after no other bidders were available stating she would adjust to being a girl in a mans job.
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Socorro
N.M
Christine Gonzales
Miss Gonzales
Santa Fe
Hurley
Burro Death Highlights Roswell Burro Sale Case
Fifteen burros bought Feb. 18 by Jim Scott of Roswell from Roswell Livestock Auction Co. mostly died after transition to domestic life. One mare died while delivering a foal from malnutrition and debility. The BLM plans a suit against the New Mexico State Livestock Board over the sale. Scott buried the mare on his farm west of Roswell. nine of ten pregnant females remain.
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Jim Scott
Roswell
Bureau of Land Management
H. M. Kelly
Scott
Jim Morrison
BILM
New Mexico State Livestock Board
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Golda Meir
Labor Party
Likud
Baltexal and Gas Corp
Malakoff, Tex
Page Ballard
Ballard
Malaysia
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Wings of Yesterday
American Airlines
RIAC
Carson Lowman
Chuck Meister
James MacDonald
Andy Sedillo
Earl Tankersley
Southern Union Plan
W_D James
Montgomery
Muriel Kidiman
Taos
Albuquerque Trough
Burro
Louis Davies
Today
Daily Record
The
BLM
U.S. Justice Department
Associated Press
Jim Grant
District of New Mexico
Grant
BLM and Livestock Board
Lee Garner
Livestock Board
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