City considers alternative utility rates amid council debate
Roswell officials study two rate proposals from Council members Stiles and Cress after a special Oct. 6 session. Stiles backs lower increases for water sewer and garbage than Cress, while CCGR advocates an alternative financed plan rejected by Mayor Smith. Final action could wait until Dec. 13.
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L.C. Stiles
Robert H. Cress
Stiles
Concerned Citizens Group of
the Daily Record
Cress
CCGR
Jerry N. Smith
Tandy Hunt
Smith
New Mexico to Take Royalty Gas From Southeast Wells
Land office attorney Ernie Padilla says royalty gas from Mesa Fuerte No. 1 and DR No. 1 wells will supplement municipal supplies. About 1 350 thousand cubic feet daily will be added, with total needs around 2 000 mef, allocated by community nominations.
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Santa FE
Land Office
Ernie Padilla
New Mexico
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Federal Power Commission
State Energy Resources Board
Padilla
Fred O’cheskey
O’cheskey
Carlsbad
Eddy County
Lea County
Hobbs
Morris Antweil
Amoco Petroleum Co
Bakke Case Opens With Long Line Outside Supreme Court
More than 500 people waited in a sunrise line outside the Supreme Court Building as Allan Paul Bakke and the University of California case on the university’s special admissions program for the disadvantaged began. Bakke charges reverse discrimination.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Allan Paul Bakke
University of California
Bakke
Officials warn eclipse viewers avoid direct sun
New York viewers were cautioned against looking at the sun during the eclipse to prevent blindness. The warning, from the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, noted that some rays can burn the retina even as the sun is dimmed. Timings varied by city, with New York starting at 4 44 p.m. EDT and Roswell events shifting by location.
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New York
National Society For the Prevention of
Roswell
County Nears Amphitheater on NM Military Institute Grounds
Chaves County commissioners move toward building a 200000 dollar amphitheater on New Mexico Military Institute land west of the Wool Bowl. A 40 year lease at one dollar annually, a five member board, and a city permission letter are approved. Regulators review Thursday. ground breaking planned by December 19 under federal mandate.
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Chaves
New Mexico Military Institute
Wool Bowl
NMMI
Commission
Roswell
Aiello
US Economic Development Administration
BEF to Hear Roswell College Funding Requests This Week
Officials from New Mexico's two Roswell higher education institutions will present capital outlay requests and enrollment reports to the State Board of Education Finance. The 13 member BEF will meet Thursday at the New Mexico Military Institute and Friday at Eastern New Mexico University Roswell to discuss four year and two year campus funding and future projections.
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Institutions of Higher Learning
Roswell
New Mexico Board of Education Finance
BEF
New Mexico
Wilbur L. Shackelford
New Mexico Military Institute
Eastern New Mexico University
ENMUR
Shackelford
Santa Fe
Cox defends UC medical school affirmative action at Supreme Court
Archibald Cox, former Watergate prosecutor, argued for the university's Davis medical school program in Bakke. He said the race conscious admissions policy was constitutional and necessary to aid minorities long victimized by discrimination, and not a quota. Justice Stewart pressed for clarity on limits and impact.
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Bakke
California Supreme Court
California
Cox
Potter Stewart
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Paul Stursale
Unifax
Earth
United States
Roswell Museum and Art Center Planetarium
Atkinson and
Brasher
Brown Road
Woody
Larry Hess
Chaves County
Border Machinery Co
el Paso
Texas
Fidelity Insurance Agency
Estes International Co
Allen Roofing Co
International
Bee
Deborah Walker
Stewart
Wade McCree
Carter
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