Gas line leak cuts off four area service in New Mexico
A six inch seam breach on the El Paso Natural Gas line near Anthony Pass left White Sands Missile Range Holloman Air Force Base Alamogordo and Tularosa without gas. Crews replaced a 60 foot pipe section and expected repairs by mid morning but noted relighting pilots would take time as temperatures dropped to the low 30s.
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EL Paso
Tex
el Paso Natural Gas Co
White Sands Missile Range
Holloman Air Force Base
Alamogordo
Tularosa
John McFall
el Paso Natural
Southern Union Gas Co
Dona Ana County
Anthony Pass
McFall
Southern Union
Silver City
Alamogordo Gas Outage Disrupts City Services and Industry
A gas line break between White Sands and El Paso cut gas to Alamogordo, forcing school closures and hospital heat measures. Presto Inc. halted for heatless operations while local schools and offices faced varied closures. Holloman AFB kept facilities open except for a closed elementary school.
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Alamogordo
James B. Hay
New Mexico State University
Tularosa
Otero County
T.D. Smith
Gerald Champion Memorial Hospital
Southern Union
Presto
Charlie May
Holloman Air Force Base
Roswell Firemen Train For Butane Fire Control
Roswell firemen undergo a twelve hour course in fire fighting led by Don Naylor of the State Fire Marshall. They practiced a butane fire drill on a vacant lot near the Post Office using a Christmas tree of butane blowers and a tank to learn water screens and valve shut off procedures. Exercises aim to prepare for gas main or home butane tank fires and will involve all shifts with sessions today at 1 pm and 6 pm.
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Roswell City
Fifth
Pennsylvania
Don Naylor
State Marshall
Santa Fe
Roswell
State Fire Marshall
Naylor
Peace talks face uncertain path to final agreement
One week after Kissinger said peace is at hand, unresolved issues cloud timing. Agnew urged optimism but offered no timetable as Thieu resists surrender terms. Hanoi has not fixed a signing date, with potential travel by Kissinger to Saigon or Paris. Stateside, weather in Roswell is warm with highs near 68 and 72 in the coming days.
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Lewis Gulick
Associated Press
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Spiro T. Agnew
San Diego
Calif
Agnew
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Kissinger
U.S
Saigon
Paris
China
Chou En-lai
Chou
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
United States
Long
South
Santa Fe Absentee Ballot Deadlines On Election Eve
Final day for in person absentee ballot applications and presidential ballots before the general election. Deadlines set for 5 p.m. and unused ballots to be destroyed. Ottawa Trudeau to announce tonight if he stays on as prime minister after Cabinet talks. Copenhagen activists head to Hanoi via Moscow to seek clearerU.S. Hanoi communications.
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Santa FE
Ottawa
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Trudeau
FCC may comment on Reagan proposal to delay election forecasts
The FCC may comment on Governor Reagan’s bid to bar national predictions until after West Coast polls close. Reagan urged a joint industry plan to delay broadcasts in California Oregon Washington Hawaii and Alaska. Oregon Governor McCall doubted any turnout impact.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
California
Ronald Reagan
West
Reagan
FCC
Dean Burch
Oregon
Tom McCall
Hawaii
Alaska
Burch
Nixon to Address Nation on Future of America Tonight
President Nixon plans a nationwide television address from the White House at 7 30 p m EST to discuss America's future and the Vietnam peace talks plus campaign plans for a closing blitz across six states Oklahoma North Carolina Rhode Island New Mexico California and Illinois McGovern criticized high moral standards and urged lifting the nation s vision while Shriver and others assailed Vietnam peace terms and campaigns faced scrutiny from Corruption to early return on campaign finance disclosures.
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Associated Press
Nixon
America
George McGovern
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Rhode Island
New Mexico
California
Illinois
White House
McGovern
New York City
Garment-Workers
Chicago
Ohio
Michigan
Spiro T. Agnew
San Diego
Calif
Sargent Shriver
President Nixon to visit Albuquerque for campaign rally
President Nixon plans a Saturday visit to Albuquerque as part of a cross country swing four days before the election. He will speak at Albuquerque International Airport to boost Domenici for the Senate and then depart for Ontario California.
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Albuquerque
N.M
New Mexico
Nixon
Pete Domenici
Albuquerque International
Sargent Shriver
George McGovern
Espanola
Spiro Agnew
GOP
Washington
Ontario
Calif
Domenici
Clovis
Ron Walker
White House
Willard Lewis
U.S. Senate
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Carl Reed
Roswell and Vicinity
William P. Rogers
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Rogers
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Copenhagen
New York
Bangkok
Tom Hayden
Moscow
Hayden
Citizen's Lobby
Common Cause
Bernard L. Barker
Miami
Fla
West Coast
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Billy Graham
New York Daily News
New York State
Duke City
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