Palm reader laments fair crowd and plans move to Dallas
Lena a 19 year old palm reader at the 54th Eastern New Mexico State Fair says locals won’t spend money on fortunes. Meanwhile rodeo workers like Bob and Lillian Holder anticipate next tours as they travel the West with shows. Others like Doug Sherrill plan to return to Goodyear Arizona after 25 rodeos this season and pursue pro ambitions.
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New Mexico
Dallas
Tex
Gene Love
Fairgrounds
R.C
Bob” Holder
Roswell
Holder
Alamogordo
Lillian
Houston
Galveston
Sherrill
Goodyear, Ariz
Arizona
Colorado
Ford weighs Butz resignation amid racism flap
President Ford prepared to accept the resignation of Secretary Earl L. Butz if the racist remarks controversy widens. White House aides said a decision could come early next week as Ford faced bipartisan criticism and public rebuke for the remarks.
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Butz
White House
Jimmy Carter
New Times
Agriculture
California
John W. Dean III
Rolling Stone
Ford
Carter
Crane collapses at California plant killing six workers
Six men died when a 190 foot crane collapsed at the Encina oil burning plant of San Diego Gas and Electric in Carlsbad California. The dead included four electricians and two ironworkers as coworkers scrambled to avoid falling debris and rescue others.
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Carlsbad
Calif
Encina
San Diego Gas Electric Co
San Diego
Prosecutor Drops Case Against President Ford
Watergate special prosecutor Charles Ruff will clear President Ford of criminal charges in the Ford home county campaign financing probe. A Justice Dept source said the report will be public soon and the FBI informant’s allegation was unfounded. Ford signed a $3.7 billion public works jobs bill the following day, calling it inflationary.
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Watergate
Ford
Justice Department
Charles Ruff
FBI
Record $69,883 Raised at Eastern New Mexico State Fair Livestock Sale
The annual Junior Livestock Sale set new records at the fair with total proceeds of $69,883.08, surpassing last year's $69,505. Key top prices included a grand champion calf at $3,689 and per pound records for lamb and pig. Prizes totaled over $2,000 for a carcass show to follow the terminal sale.
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New Mexico
Burton Brown
Fair Board
Brown
Lance Caviness
Lea County
Pecos Valley Coca Cola Bottling Co
Roswell
Monte Avery
Roosevelt County
Bogle Farms
Dexter
Roger Thetford
Tastee Freeztg T Family Restauants
Mike Lee
Floyd
Featherstone Farms
Jimmy Smith
Eddy County
Estes International Farm
Tinnie Mercantile Co
Cyndi Jones
Tommy Dinwiddie
Chaves County
First National Bank of
Dinwiddie
Leanne Price
Security National Bank of
Lisa Caviness
Linda Duncan
Packer
Glovers
King Grain Co
Murshoe
Tex
W.R
Bill” Thompson
New Mexico contemplate unlimited terms for county officials
A proposed constitutional amendment would let county officials be elected for unlimited two year terms, removing the current two consecutive terms limit. Bernalillo County commissioners would be exempt. The measure, first on the ballot, was approved by the 1975 Legislature and requires voter approval.
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Marian McQuiddy
New Mexico
Bernalillo County
New Mexico Legislative Council Service
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