Apodaca ends Senate bid decision on family grounds
Gov. Jerry Apodaca said he will not run for the U.S. Senate in 1978. He cited family obligations and his five children, and stressed the decision was joint with wife Clara. He remains active in New Mexico politics after leaving the governorship at year's end.
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Bill Feather
Associated Press
Santa FE
Jerry Apodaca
U.S. Senate
Apodaca
Albuquerque
Carter
Clara
New Mexico
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Richard Nixon
California
Cindy
Carolin
The
University of New Mexico
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gerald R. Ford
Ronald Reagan
Dean Rusk
Henry A. Kissinger
Jerry
Santa Fe High School
Jeff
Judy
U.S
Pete Domenici
Rn.m
Domenici
Aspencade trophy brings smiles at parade event
Mary Wallace director of a 76 member group holds the Aspencade trophy. Mesa Middle School directed by Art Dempsey also takes a first place trophy. Mountain View previously won a first place trophy in 1974.
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Mary Wallace
Mesa Middle School
Art Dempsey
Mountain View
Roswell
Filibuster leaders near victory on gas control
Two liberal senators say they are within two votes of blocking deregulation as the Senate stalls. Abourezk and Metzenbaum vow to continue their filibuster for lower home heating costs while Mondale would break a tie in favor of controls.
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Washington
Senate
James Abourezk
South Dakota
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Abourezk
Metzenbaum
Walter F. Mondale
Carter
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
House
Hijackers free hostages and surrender in Algiers
Five hijackers who seized a Japanese airliner released the last 19 hostages and surrendered to Algerian authorities in Algiers after a six day saga over two continents. The plane carried ransom money and twelve Americans remained aboard as negotiations and medical issues were reported.
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Algiers
Algeria
Japan Air Lines
New York
Japanese Foreign Ministry
DC8
Bangladesh
India
Dacca
Kuwait
Damascus
Eric Weiss
San Francisco
Bombay
Jenabe Caldwell
Anchorage
Alaska
Caldwell
California
John Gabriel
Eastern New Mexico State Fair Sets New Attendance and Sale Records
Fair officials announced new records across all major categories at the 1977 Eastern New Mexico State Fair. Paid attendance reached 37,961, besting 1976’s 32,215, with rodeo views rising to 3,061 from 2,888. The Junior Livestock Sale had 117 entries totaling 85,129.32 in sales and add-ons, beating prior marks. Sheriff Leroy Carpenter and Police Chief L. M. Hall praised the event as unusually trouble-free, noting only minor incidents.
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New Mexico
Burton Brown
Fair Committee
Albuquerque
Chaves County
Leroy Carpenter
L.M. Hall
Indira Gandhi Arrested on Misuse Charge in New Delhi
Indira Gandhi, long time prime minister, was arrested at her New Delhi home by a large CBI force on charges of acquiring 104 vehicles through misuse of her official position. A crowd gathered outside as supporters denounced the arrest as political.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Central Bureau of Investigation
Mrs. Gandhi
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