Schmitt Highlights Montoya Absences in Senate Record
The piece notes Republican Jack Schmitt criticizing Democrat Joseph Montoya for missing about 43 percent of Senate votes in 1976. It claims Montoya spends time in southeastern New Mexico and on business interests, potentially reducing his focus on representing New Mexico.
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Harrison
Jack’ Schmitt
Congress
Cleo Montoya
Jospeh M. Montoya
D-N.m
Schmitt
Montoya
Senate
New Mexico
Associated Press
Debates fail to enlighten voters on Ford Carter positions
The Carlsbad Current Argus notes the first two debates leave viewers no clearer on Ford and Carter. Each side accuses the other without quotes or dates as rules ban notes, hindering clear judgment before the home stretch.
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Ford
Carter
Stuart Eisenstat
Carlsbad
Argus
Public forum on postman delivery complaints
A reader laments declining mail service blaming a postman who refuses to deliver when mailboxes are blocked by cars. The letter notes repeated calls to the postmaster went unanswered, higher rates for poorer service, and urges suitable job placements for workers with physical ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
Today in History Highlights for October 11, 1976
The note marks Columbus Day and recalls key events on this date: the 1811 steam ferry by John Stevens between New York City and Hoboken. Pulaski killed at Savannah in 1779. Camperdown naval defeat in 1797. 1933 Rio pact. 1962 Vatican II opening. 1970 Puerto Rico floods. 1973 Nixon seeks advisers on Agnew successor.birthdays Jerome Robbins 58 Joseph Alsop 66. Bicentennial note recalls Lake Champlain action by British fleet.
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Associated Press
John Stevens
New York City
Hoboken
N.J
Casimir Pulaski
Savannah
Camperdown
Holland
Rio de Janeiro
John XXIII
Puerto Rico
Nixon
Spiro Agnew
U.S
North Vietnam
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Moscow
Kremlin
U.S. Mideast
Spain
Jerome Robbins
Joseph Alsop
Lake Champlain
Roswell to Host New Dancing School This Fall
Maurine Wilson Feely plans to open a Roswell dancing school soon inviting all Eocene pupils to enroll. L.E. Smith and Don Smith return from California where they visited Harold Smith on U.S. leave from Korea. Roswell Coyotes lost 40-6 to Ysleta. Baxley Corn and Daniels named for strong play. An exhibit opens at the art museum.
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Maurine Wilson Feely
Roswell
Smith
Harold Smith
United States
Korea
Roswell Coyotes
Ysleta
Clyde Baxley
Poe Corn
Joe Daniels
Carter Campaign Rally Plays to New Mexico Audience
Jimmy Carter drew 7,500 under sunny skies in Albuquerque Civic Plaza praising trust and criticizing Ford on spending deficits and credibility. He spoke with New Mexico leaders, Indian tribes, and campaign aides like Tim Kraft and Jody Powell as peanut brigade volunteers arrived from Georgia to canvass the state.
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Albuquerque
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Civic Plaza
Carter
Ford
New Mexico
Tim Kraft
Midwest
Kraft
New Mexico Democratic Party
Michigan
Illinois
Pat Caddell
Powell
Albuquerque International Airport
United States
Department of Interior
Bureau of Indian Affairs
U.S
Joseph M. Montoya
Montoya
Santa Fe
Peanut Brigade
Georgia
Las Cruces
Alamogordo
Hobbs
Carlsbad
John Friedman
Peanut
Rocky Aycock
Eddy
Eddy County
Walter Gerrells
Claude McCausland
Carter-Ford
Montoya-Schmitt
White House aides help block auto clean air bill
A White House memo details behind the scenes efforts to derail the Clean Air Amendments to shield auto makers from costly exhaust upgrades. President Ford favored pressuring conferees and key lawmakers to keep the bill from reaching his desk, while Sen. Jake Garn’s filibuster sealed the measure’s defeat.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Ford
Senate
House
James Broyhill
R-N.c
Broyhill
William Gorog
Gorog
Max Friedersdorf
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
James Buckley
Con.n.y
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
James McClure
R-Idaho
Robert Morgan
D-N.c
Senate House
Ford Administration
Jake Garn
Utah
Garn
Hartke
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Algeria's Boumediene era framed in colonial shadows
The piece surveys Boumediene's rise and Algeria's postcolonial arc, noting French influence, FLN loans from Red China, Swiss banks, and Cold War ties. It contrasts Paris and Algiers, cites Morice Line defenses, and depicts Algiers Casbah as a perilous, romantic center of a still French-leaning city.
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Algiers
Algeria
Houari Boumediene
Ahmed Ben Bella
Mohammed Boukharouba
France
Nice
Front de Liberation Nationale
FLN
Berne
Switzerland
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Anwar el-Sadat
Nasser
Egypt
Benghazi
Red
Peking
Omar Oussedik
Oussedik
Zurich
Geneva
Mao
Iron Curtain
China
Mahoud Derif
United States
Paris
Russia
Kansas City
Casbah
Boumediene
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