Sinking Lumber Carrier Carries Crews Into Pacific Rescue Effort
Rescue teams battled 20-foot seas to aid crew from the Carnelian-1 as the ship sank west of Honolulu. Six were saved by the freighter Wisteria, two aboard Hunter, and others floated on logs and rafts while awaiting help from Coast Guard cutters and aircraft. Weather hampered operations with winds easing but threats from renewed storms. The Carnelian-1, owned by Mitsui OSK Line, radioed flooding and cargo loss before vanishing beneath the waves.
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Mary Ganz
Associated Press
SAN Francisco
Hunter
Honolulu
Coast Guard
Alaska
Wisteria
Carnelian-1
National Weather Service
Emil Gunther
Bob Morrell
Gunther
Mitsui Osk Line
Japan
Seattle
William Diamond Co
Patrolman Recovers Bullet Pocketed From Sears Incident
Patrolman Ken Gross responding to a burglar alarm at Sears Roebuck on Main Street said a .22 slug hit his left hand and ribs, then was found in his coat pocket. He wore gloves and was uninjured. police noted no theft and suspect accidental alarm.
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Bill Moffitt
Ken Gross
Gross
Sears Roebuck and Co
Main St
Sears
New Mexico Military Institute Eyes Separate 17 Million Budget
The BEF urges the NM Military Institute to file a separate 17 million dollar request to fund women cadets, facilities, staffing, and training. NMMI expects up to 100 women cadets and must act this session to meet housing renovations, staff hires, and accreditation tied to the Equal Rights Amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Educational Finance
New Mexico Military Institute
Robert Kemble
NMMI
BEF
Kemble
P.J. Chris Farren
Farren
NMML
Four Roswell Residents Named for Local Magistrate Post
The Democratic Central Committee submitted four Roswell residents Baudelio Ramirez Ralph McGuire Barbara J Kelly and Ivan Frank Kardos as possible successors to Kent Shannon who resigned as magistrate The governor will choose from these names and others in consideration with Pauline Mann confirming the list was sent this week and awaiting a formal letter to proceed
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Roswell
Jerry Apodaca
State
Democratic Central Committee
Kent Shannon
the Daily Record
Baudelio Ramirez
Ralph McGuire
Barbara J. Kelly
Ivan Frank Kardos
Shannon
New Mexico Finance Director Sees Higher Tax Receipts
Santa Fe AP reports New Mexico finance director Vincent Montoya said current general fund receipts will total 25.5 million more than four months ago projections. He told the Legislative Finance Committee the result is a year end surplus of 67.7 million.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Vincent Montoya
Montoya
Legislative Finance Committee
Carter urged to boost defense budget by former officials
A group calling itself the Committee on the Present Danger pressures President-elect Carter to raise defense spending beyond campaign promises. Led by Eugene Rostow and including David Packard and Henry Fowler, the group argues Soviet military buildup risks national survival and urges a real terms budget increase while maintaining efficiency.
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Washington Star
Washington
Carter
Committee On
United States
Soviet Union
Yale Law
Eugene V. Rostow
Rostow
Pentagon
Paul Heitze
David Packard
Defense
Nitze
Charis E Walker
Schlesinger
Congress
Icy temps hit New Mexico with heavy snow forecast
A winter storm spread icy conditions across New Mexico as the National Weather Service issued a heavy snow watch for eastern New Mexico and elevations above 6 000 feet. Temperatures plunged with frigid lows reported in Chama Raton Clayton and other northeast towns while light snow and mixed precipitation appeared in Raton Los Alamos.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
National Weather Service
Las Vegas
Clayton
Raton
Los Alamos
Weather Service
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Bobby Baldock
South Springs Acres
Fair Board
Ken
Don Hoffman
Dick Waggoner
Dick Waggoner Associates
NMMS
J. Ross Thomas Hall
Regents
University of Texas At el Paso
David Cothrun
Chaves
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