Organised crime questions touch politics in Arizona reports
A series by IRE and others links organized crime to various Arizona sectors including land schemes and alleged ties to political figures. It notes Senator Barry Goldwater faces reputational impact though no charges. New Mexico remains uninfected by mob crime, but rising wealth may attract crime. vigilance and funding will be needed to keep it out.
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Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc
IRE
Arizona
Congress
U.S
Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
Sen. Goldwater
New Mexico
Talks on normalizing U S Vietnam relations progress after partial MIA clarifications
The United States and Vietnam move toward resumed talks on normalization following the release of 11 U S servicemen bodies instead of 12 with one identified as Vietnamese. President Carter calls the mix up an honest mistake as MIAs remain widespread and a US commission has completed its Hanoi mission.
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United States
Vietnam
U.S
Hawaii
Carter
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh City
Hanoi
Public forum decries Congress pay hike as paltry
Readers condemn a 20 cent per minute raise as fiscal injustice. They compare Social Security increases to congressional pay and pensions, calling for voters to oust lawmakers and reject the pay raise amid looming deficits and economic distress.
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Flanders Fields
Congress
Treasury
S.S
Capitol
First Semester Dean’s List Honors at University of Arizona
Robert L. Pirtle of Roswell is among 67 students named to the University of Arizona College of Liberal Arts first semester dean’s list. Coo-Y-Yah Spot, a Painter from Roswell, placed third in a $1 000 open all age stakes at Oklahoma field trials yesterday.
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Robert L. Pirtle
Roswell
University of Arizona
College of Liberal Arts
Coo-Y-Yah
Paul Fowler
Oklahoma
Pecos Valley
New Mexico faces slim 5.14 million unappropriated surplus for 1978
The 1978 state budget squeeze leaves a razor thin 5.14 million unappropriated general fund balance, far below the 73.3 million projected earlier. Legislature notes include $18.8 million in unspent federal funds, tax cuts totaling about 100 million, and proposed capital improvements across parks, hospitals, and prisons.
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Santa FE
Apodaca
State Revenue Bureau
Nick Franklin
Jerry Apodaca
Albuquerque
Franklin
State Health Social Services Department
Senate Finance Committee
Joe Long
Tom Rutherford
Gladys Hansen
Dias Cruces
Rutherford
Senate Rules Committee
New Mexico State Hospital
Las Vegas
St. Vincent Hospital
Senate
Aubrey Dunn
Dalamagordo
Los Lunas
Los Lunas Honor Farm
House
Legislative Council
Lee Witt
U.S
Trafficante Faces Subpoena Amid Kennedy Link Rumors
House investigators pressed Florida mob czar Santos Trafficante at his Miami hideout after linking him to the murder of John Rosselli, who testified about the Kennedy assassination. The NYT reported Rosselli was killed two weeks after dining with Trafficante, in a brutal shipboard hit.
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Florida
Santos Trafficante
House
Miami
Trafficante
John Rosselli
Rosselli
John F. Kennedy
New York Times
Senate
Kennedy
Fashionable Landings
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
the Times
Carter's Clinton Talk Shows Carter Style Not Global Armor
Russell Baker Carter adopts Ole Doc persona at a Clinton Massachusetts town meeting. He portrays himself as an ordinary citizen facing high grocery bills, signaling a populist approach while avoiding a concrete 14 point plan. The piece notes a growing presidential presence may translate to political influence as Congress battles nominations.
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Doc Carter
Carter House
White House
Kennedy
Carter
Bill
Pete
Sally Jane
Congress
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol Hill
Ole Doc Carter
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