Brantley Dam Bill Authorized by President Nixon
President Nixon signed a bill approving five water projects including Brantley Dam on the Pecos River near Carlsbad. The Brantley Dam and reservoir would cost about 45.6 million and provide flood control irrigation and recreation while replacing deteriorating McMillan and Avalon dams.
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Washington
Nixon
Brantley Dam
Carlsbad
Brantley Dams
Pecos River
Brantley
McMillan
Avalon
U.S
Senate
Pete Domenici
Las Cruces
Carl Lucas
White House
Harold Runnels
D-N.m
House
Runnels
Second
Congress
Pecos
Walter Gerrells
McMillan Dam
Bureau of Reclamation
Brantley Project
Nixon aide calls McGovern a class liar in Camp David remarks
John Ehrlichman compared McGovern to “the minister's son” as he recalled childhood lies while denying the Democratic nominee's criticisms of the economy. McGovern campaigned in Pennsylvania criticizing Nixon over Watergate style abuses and urging respect for law.
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White House
George McGovern
Nixon
McGovern
John Ehrlichman
Camp David
Ehrlichman
Ehrliichman
Democratic Party
Bethlehem
Civic Center Plaza
Milton J. Shapp
Kutztown
Secret Service
Congress
Health, Education and Welfare and
Labor Departments
U.S
George S. McGovern
Frank Mankiewicz
Belleville
N.J
Pennsylvania
New Mexico Elks raise over 75000 for cerebral palsy care
Elks lodges across New Mexico report more than 75000 collected for cerebral palsy treatment. The fund drive spanned July 26 to the Roswell fall convention, with funds benefiting UNM Albuquerque NMSU Las Cruces ENMU Portales Albuquerque Rehabilitation Center and Carrie Tingley Hospital. State chairman Jerry Gorman of Las Cruces and Roswell area therapist Carl Johnson highlighted ongoing programs and 17 cooperating physical therapists.
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Elks Lodges
New Mexico
H. C. Harper
Roswell
Elks
State Association
The
Elks Association
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces
Eastern New Mexico University
Portales
Carrie Tingley Hospital
Duke City
State Elks
State Elks Association
Vernon Bryan
Ruidoso
Ralph Hay
Bryan
Artesia Lodge
William F. Brainerd
L. M. Hall
Jack Bryan
Roswell Lodge
Kissinger Heads for Phnom Penh
U S presidential adviser Henry Kissinger flew from Saigon to Phnom Penh after four days of talks with President Thieu on an Indochina peace plan. Sullivan had also visited Vientiane and Bangkok while Kissinger met with Thieu. Thieu demanded an Indochina wide cease fire and rejected interim peace deals.
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Saigon
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Nguyen van Thieu
Indochina
Kissinger
Tan Son Nhut
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Thieu
Bangkok
Ellsworth Bunker
Presidential
National Security Council
Tin Song
Three Die in Montana Light Aircraft Crash Near Emigrant Peak
Three people from Billings and Carlsbad, New Mexico, were killed when their light aircraft crashed into a cliff at the 9,100 foot level about 30 miles south of Livingston Montana while spotting game along the Continental Divide. The victims were Earl E. Hildebrandt 39 of Billings pilot Henry C. Hicks 60 and James W. Hicks 31 both of Carlsbad New Mexico. The crash occurred east of Emigrant Peak as the plane plunged into the cliff.
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Billings
Continental Divide
Davis
Tensions rise in Artesia after sanitation strike troubles
In Artesia New Mexico a week of unrest followed a sanitation workers strike and council stance denying union recognition. Pogromlike incidents included school disruptions, a football game held amid rumors, a shooting and knife attack, arrests, and vandalism to a police car and local signs.
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Artesia
N.M
United Steelworkers Union
Artesia High School
Artesia-Las Cruces
Japanese holdout killed on Lubang Island amid postwar hunt
On Lubang Island Philippines one Japanese infantryman Kinishichi Kozuka was killed in a firefight with five Philippine Constabulary troopers after 26 years in hiding. A comrade Shiro Onoda wounded fled. A government mission seeks the other survivor with handbills promising safe return if he surrenders.
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Lubang Island
Philippines
Philippine Constabulary
Kinishichi Kozuka
Shiro Onoda
Pedrito de Guzman
Constabulary
Manila
de Guzman
Kozuka
The
Loyola
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Downsteam
Domenici
Eddy County
NM Elks
Anchorage
Alaska
Hale Boggs
Juneau
Coyotes
Nader's Congress
Ernest Thompson
College of Artesia
Tokyo
Peace Corps
Tilik
Kazumi Kawasaki
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