Ford seeks deregulation of trucking to boost competition
President Ford asked Congress to ease federal rules on trucking, create a zone of reasonableness for rate changes, and allow agricultural and private carriers more flexibility. The plan aims to cut red tape, raise efficiency, and lower consumer costs, but drew swift opposition from the American Trucking Association calling it governmental irresponsibility.
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Washington
TAP
Ford
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Commissio
American Trucking Association
ATA
Intracity Battle Heads to Wool Bowl Friday Night
Meeks and Spencer are identified as sons of local residents as Wool Bowl hosts intracity clash. Smith proclaims Friday Blue and White and Red and White Day. Goddard is slated as the home team with the toss outcome to be announced at the venue.
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Meeks
Haruko Meeks
W. Mathews St
Spencer
Samuel S. Spencer
Chiquita Lane
Smith
Goddard
Jerry N. Smith
Roswell
Goddard Rockets
Roswell Coyotes
Coyote
Bill Meeks
Rocket
Chris Spender
Ex-Sen Mechem confesses envelope contribution in 1964
Former U S Senator Edwin L Mechem now a U S District Court judge in Albuquerque acknowledged receiving an envelope from a Gulf Oil employee during a 1964 campaign stop near Vaughn New Mexico The claim comes via deposition by Frederick A Myers a former Gulf Oil lobbyist who said he delivered sealed envelopes containing cash in several years and to multiple politicians including Fred Harris Howard Cannon and William Avery.
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Albuquerque
U.S
Edwin L. Mechem
R-N.m
Gulf Oil Corp
Mechem
U.S. District Court
Frederick A. Myers
Myers
Securities Exchange Commission
Gulf
Sen Mechem
New Mexico
E.B Perez Jr
Vaughn
Eastcentral
Albuquerque Journal
Claude Wild
Wild
Washington
Perez Ranch
Fred Harris
Dokla
Howard W. Cannon
Dnev
Kansas
William Avery
Wallace enters crowded 1976 Democratic race
Governor George C. Wallace announced his candidacy for the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination in Montgomery Alabama. He said his paralysis will not stop his campaign and pledged to stay active despite the critics before about 300 supporters.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Two Die in Tank Blast West of Loco Hills
A tank blast near a Dave Collier well site five miles west of Loco Hills and three miles south of U S 82 killed two people. Two trucks were damaged as Artesia firemen and Loco Hills volunteers tackled the blaze for about thirty minutes.
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Loco Hills
U.S. 82
Dave Collier
Artesia
Roswell Considers Quarter Percent Sales Tax Hike
Roswell officials set a December public hearing on an ordinance to raise the city sales tax by a quarter percent effective July 1976. Mayor Jerry N. Smith and Council debated state approved taxes and urged continued support for local police amid criticisms and calls for transparency.
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Roswellites
Ordanance
New Mexico
Jerry N. Smith
Roswell
Municipal League
Santa Fe
Smith
Robert Wafful
Parks and Recreation Committee
Stiles
Hall
L. M. Hall
Two Men Die In Tank Blast Near Artesia
In LOCO HILLS area, two workers died after an oil tank explosion at a pumping site five miles southwest of Loco Hills. Witnesses said a bracket for a catwalk was being welded when flames erupted and the tank exploded. Two other workers survived. OSHA investigators were to inspect for safety violations.
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Loco Hills
Eddy County
Raymond Williams
Lakewood
Bill Jones
Atoka
Artesia
Claud Johnson
Johnson
Vaughn Colvin
Sears
Luis Hererra
Paris
Herrera
Jones
Colvin
Dave Collier Supply Co
Williams
Calvin Williams
O. Yates Drilling Co
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George Welles
Richard Nixon
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Tim Orwig
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