Chaves County Cotton Output Rises While Prices Fall
Cotton growers in Chaves County report a near tripling of production this year with about 24 000 acres planted and an expected 8 000 bales processed, up from 3 025 in 1976. Prices, however, have dropped from 70–80 cents per pound to around 50 cents, amid overall rising U S and world production.
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Chaves County
H. Ellis Parks
Jim Pilley
W. Hendricks St
Farmer’s Inc
S. Atkinson Ave
Highway Hiring Fight Ends in Suit in New Mexico
A Santa Fe hearing delayed a temporary restraining order as the state Highway Department battles Gov. Apodaca’s hiring restraints. The dispute centers on authority to remove three highway commissioners and the role of the state Personnel Office and Attorney General in representing both sides.
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Santa FE
State Highway Department
State Personnel Office
Jerry Apodaca
Bruce Kaufman
Glen Gates
Highway Department
Richard Russell
Russell
Kaufman
Attorney General’s Office
James Bird
Bird
Toney Anaya
Apodaca
Anaya
Fred McCaffrey
Albuquerque
Pete Domenici
Highway Commission
McCaffrey
Robert Poole
State Personnel Board
Kruger Named to New Mexico Racing Commission
Gov. Apodaca appointed Willard C. Kruger of Los Ranchos to succeed Herman Tabet on the New Mexico Racing Commission. Tabet was fired after acknowledging credit from Fortuna Corp. for gambling debts tied to Sunland Park and Ruidoso Downs. Kruger, architect of the Roundhouse and State Prison projects, will serve until Jan. 1, 1983.
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Santa FE
Willard C. Kruger
Los Ranchos
New Mexico
Jerry Apodaca
Herman Tabet
Belen
New Mexico Racing Commission
Tabet
Apodaca
Fortuna Corp
Sunland Park
State Capitol
Roundhouse
State Land Office
State Prison
Kruger
Judge Denies TRO In Gov Moratorium Hiring Case
District Judge Bruce Kaufman refused the Highway Department’s request for a temporary restraining order to lift Gov. Apodaca’s nine month hiring moratorium. He planned hearings in about three weeks and criticized one state agency suing another as not the best way to run government.
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Santa FE
Bruce Kaufman
Highway Department
Jerry Apodaca
Kaufman
Glenn and Schmitt Inducted Into Space Hall of Fame
John Glenn of Ohio and Harrison Schmitt of New Mexico were inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame alongside Michael Collins and others. Glenn orbited Earth in 1962, Schmitt piloted Apollo 17 in 1972 spending over 22 hours on the moon.
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Alamogordo
Earth
Moon
International Space Hall of Fame
U.S
John Glenn
Ohio
Harrison Schmitt
New Mexico
Glenn
America
Schmitt
Michael Collins
National Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Clinton P. Anderson
Joint Committee On Aeronautics and Space Sciences
Wilhelm Theodor Unge
Sweden
Space Hall of Fame
Sacramento Mountains
New Mexico Candidates Call for Wise Resource Development
Former Gov Bruce King and rancher Joe Skeen urged balanced development of natural resources to improve residents living standards. At Roswell panel King and Skeen discussed federal energy policy and the role of state and local governments in guiding resource development before about 175 people.
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New Mexico
Roswell
Bruce King
Stanley
Joe Skeen
Picacho
King
Skeen
Colin McMillan
R-Chaves-Debaca
Sheen
New Mexico Association of Natural Resource Conservation Districts
Sally Port Inn
N. Main St
Land Management Bureau
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Mike Kardos
Mike Kardos Photo
Fletcher B. Crawford
Paul Morro
Gates
Racing Commission
Board of
W.C. Kruger & Associates
Bulletin
Glenn, Schmitt
Space Hall
Frederick C. Durant III
Space Museum
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