Peanut Brigade to Visit New Mexico for Carter Campaign
The Peanut Brigade, a Carter campaign support group from Atlanta, will tour New Mexico October 8 to 17 with 96 volunteers. They will operate in Carlsbad Albuquerque Roswell and other spots to boost turnout ahead of Jimmy Carter's Albuquerque appearance.
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Jimmy Carter
Ben Alexander
Carter
Alexander
Nancy Jordan
Atlanta
New Hampshire
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Roswell
Albuquerque
Paign
Chaves County
Mayaguez rescue mission costly and disputed
A congressional General Accounting Office report says the U S military assault on Koh Tang island during the Mayaguez rescue was ordered despite pilots reporting most of the merchant crew were not aboard. The operation killed 41 Americans and crashed a helicopter, with 18 Marines and 23 airmen among the dead.
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U.S
Cambodia
Mayaguez
Thailand
Koh Tang
General Accounting Office
House International Military and Political Affairs
GAO
Defense
Department of State
Pacific Military Command
Koh Tang Island
Senate panel slams Callaway pressure in Crested Butte case
Senate subcommittee finds Howard Callaway pressed officials to aid Crested Butte Development Corp. in a Colorado ski expansion while denying clear proof of misconduct. Report criticizes conflict of interest and political timing amid campaign context and other findings on Mayaguez incident details.
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David C. Martin
Associated Press
Washington
Army
Howard H. Callaway
Colorado
Senate
Callaway
Crested Butte
Subcommittee On
Environment and Land Resources
Crested Butte Development Corp
Atlanta
Ford
Haskell
Radioactive Fallout From China Test Reaches Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania officials warn of significant radioactive fallout from a September 26 Chinese nuclear test. Radiation found in dirt vegetation and rain water. milk could contain iodine-131. Wash garden vegetables and monitor milk safety as tests determine needed protective steps.
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China
Pennsylvania
Thomas M. Gerusky
State Bureau of Radiological Health
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Lop Nor
Gerusky
Philadelphia Electric Co
Peach Bottom
Pennsylvania-Maryland Line
New Mexico Amendment III Would Allow Property Tax Exemptions
A pamphlet from the New Mexico Legislative Council Service explains the proposed constitution amendment to let the Legislature exempt certain exempt property from property taxes. It would require a three fourths vote in each house to exempt fractional interests and faces opposition over potential revenue loss and unfair favoritism to lessees of exempt property.
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New Mexico
New Mexico Legislative Council Service
Butz denies secret meetings on Extension Service hiring
Earl Butz denied a Los Angeles Times report of secret 1973 meetings with Extension Service directors to help seven states evade anti discrimination laws. Acting Secretary Knebel called the article crassly wrong while defending progress against civil rights violations cited by the Times and the Civil Rights Commission.
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Agriculture
Earl Butz
Department
Cooperative Extension Service
Butz
John A. Knebel
Los Angeles Times
Extension Service
Knebel
Times
Office of Equal Opportunity
the Times
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Agriculture Department
Commission
USDA
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