Potential Candidate Rush Foreseen for New Mexico County Offices
Secretary of State Betty Fiorina said April 2 filings will bring a flood of county candidates under New Mexico's new primary code. The 1973 reform preserves a $50 filing fee with a pauper's option, while statewide petitions and other offices use signature requirements. Fiorina noted the county ballot may be longer despite changes aimed at reducing crowded ballots.
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Associated Press
Santa Fe, N.M
Betty Fiorina
United States Representative
State Board of Education
BEF OKs three budget revisions include NMMI
State Board of Educational Finance approves revisions for ENMU Portales NMMI and NMVTS. ENMU Portales gets 748 050 raise, NMMI totals 4 34 million with 893 638 up. NMVTS rises to 2 25 million with 829 200 increase. New NMMI regent Jerry N Smith appointed.
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Ning
ENMUP
Portales
NMMI
NMVTS
Jerry N. Smith
Roswell
Smith
Bruce King
Homer F. Glover
William L. Shackelford
Joe G. Watson
Farmington
Liliam McCoy
Tucumcari
Sherburne P. Anderson
Albuquerque
Nmm1i
ENMUR
Commission On Post-Secondary Education
State Board of Education
Commission On Post- Secondary Education
BEF Meeting Shifts From Roswell to ENMU Roswell
BEF officials discuss ongoing proceedings at NMMI in Roswell with Wilbur Shackleford as chairman and Stuart serving as associate director. The group will continue today and relocate Saturday to Eastern New Mexico University Roswell for its final session.
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Wilbur Shackleford
Roswell
Stuart
BEF
Shackleford
NMMI
Eastern New Mexico University
Scouts to Collect Old Newspapers for Recycling Drive
Boy Scout Troop 21 led by Ken Scott will pick up old newspapers for recycling in Roswell starting at 7 a.m. Saturday until 4 p.m. Residents should place papers on their front porch or in the front parking area. The effort, done with RECYC Roswell Recycling Council, ties to Save Our Environment Day.
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Boy Scouts of the First Christian Church
Smith appointed to NMMI board
Gov. Bruce King named Jerry N. Smith of Roswell to the New Mexico Military Institute Board of Regents to fill the late Homer Glover’s unexpired term, running until Jan. 1, 1977, with Senate confirmation sought in 1975. Smith, a Roswell mayor and former NMMI alumni president, also heads Smith Machinery Co. Inc and serves as Chaves County flood commissioner.
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Santa FE
N.M
Bruce King
Jerry N. Smith
Roswell
New Mexico Military Institute Board of Regents
Homer F. Glover
Senate
Smith
NMMI
Smith Machinery Co. Inc
Chaves County
EPA OKs Discharge Permits in New Mexico
The EPA will allow Robert C. Morley of Roswell and the City of Las Cruces to discharge industrial wastes into New Mexico waterways. Dallas regional office notes these are the first NM NPDES permits issued under the 1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendment.
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Dallas
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Robert C. Morley
Roswell
Las Cruces
New Mexico
EPA
Governor Aide Pete Pence Resigns to Join Cloud Campaign
Gov King press secretary Pete Pence will resign April 1 to join Drew Cloud's gubernatorial campaign payroll. Pence will depart state office to work on Cloud's Democratic run.
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Sanila FE
N. M
Bruce King
Pete Pence
Drew Cloud
Court Moves Nixon Grand Jury Report Toward House Access
An appeals court moved the House Judiciary Committee closer to obtaining a secret grand jury report on President Nixon. The court delayed delivery to 9 p.m. Monday to allow further appeal options. Haldeman and Strachan opposed release citing potential publicity affecting fair trials.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
John J. Sirica
Appeals
Supreme Court
House
Sirica
Appeals Court
H. R. Haldeman
White House
Gordon C. Strachan
Haldeman
Strachan
Grand Jury
George B. MacKinnon
House Committee
Philip Lacovara
Haldeman and Strachan
Democrats Predict Veto-Proof House After Fundraiser
Washington AP Democrats predict a veto-proof Congress after their annual $500 dinner drawing 2,000 attendees. They report $600k to $700k, down from a 1973 peak of $960k, while Republicans set their dinner for next week with President Nixon as headliner.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Democratic Campaign Committee
Congress
Hays
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Common Cause
Citizens’ Lobby
Washington Post
New Mexico Supreme Court OKs Bernalillo County District Plan
The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled the legislature devised district borders will govern Bernalillo County elections in 1974. The ruling permanentizes a court order for Gov. Bruce King to amend the election proclamation. The five districted commission was created by a constitutional amendment approved last November amid Republican and Democratic plan disputes.
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Santa Fe, N.M
New Mexico
Supeme
Bernalillo County
Bruce King
Albuquerque
Ira Robinson
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State Board of Educational Finance
New Mexico Military Institutes
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Eastern New Mexico University-Portales
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Roswell Industrial Air Center
Col
C. Robert Kemble
New Mexico Military Institute
Don Stuart
Nmmi Board
Roswell and Vicinity
Glover
King
Virgil McCollum
Carrie Tingley
Crippled Children’s Hospital Board
McCollum
Richard Traub
New Regent
Watergate Report
Lloyd M. Bentsen
Texas
Senate Democratic Campaign Committee
Mort Sahl
Robinson
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