Tillis Wins Best Entertainer At Country Music Awards
Mel Tillis won entertainer of the year at the 18th annual Country Music Association awards in Nashville. Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson led with three awards including single of the year for Good Hearted Woman. Dolly Parton and Ronnie Milsap also won top vocal honors. Parton commented on future improvements. Billy Wells and Paul Cohen entered the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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Joe Edwards
Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn
Mel Tillis
Waylon Jennings
Willie Nelson
The
Outlaws
Dessi Colter
Tompall Glaser
Jennings
Grand Ole Opry House
Tillis
Nelson
Dolly Parton
Ronnie Dilsap
Waylon
Willie
Ronnie
Ralph Emery
Mease
Milsap
Miss Parton
Meat Production Drops In State
New Mexico Crop and Livestock Reporting Service shows August red meat production at 26,997,000 pounds dressed weight, down 6 percent from August 1975 and 3 percent from July, though still the second largest August figure. Cattle slaughter totaled 44,000 with an average liveweight of 1,005 pounds. Sheep and lambs numbered 6,600 with 99 pound liveweight, while hogs reached 9,100 head at 230 pounds.
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Las Cruces
New Mexico
Lujan Attends Campaign Rally Ahead of Carter Visit
Republican Congressman Manuel Lujan Jr. spoke at a downtown Albuquerque rally as he seeks a fifth term in the 1st Congressional District in the lead up to Jimmy Carter’s planned visit Friday.
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Albuquerque
Manuel Lujan Jr
Jimmy Carter
Lujan
Virgin Of Guadalupe To Receive New Home
Mexico City AP reports the Virgin of Guadalupe will receive a sixth basilica in over a century. The circular shrine with a cross roof will hold 10 008 spectators, as thousands camp in the plaza for the dedication, with a Vatican broadcast and a ten day festival.
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Virgin of Guadalupe
Kernan Turner
Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexico
Ope Paul VI
Vatican
Mexn Hhookup
Iris
Juan Diego
Hernan Cortez
Miguel Dario Carolina Miranda
Mesicu
Benedict XIV
Farm Equity Rises as Asset Values Outpace Debt
A Washington AP summary of the Agriculture Department Balance Sheet of the Farming Sector reports farm equity reached 494.8 billion in current dollars by Jan 1, 1976, up from prior years while farm debt rose 1 percent to 90.6 billion. Real estate remains the main driver, with per acre values increasing 14 percent across the 48 states between March 1975 and February 1976.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
U.S
Georgia
Mississippi
Iowa
Nebraska
New Mexico
New Jersey
Satellite Doppler Positioning conference opens at NMSU
The International Geodetic Symposium on Satellite Doppler Positioning opens at New Mexico State University with over 200 scientists and engineers from 27 countries. Sponsored by the U S Defense Mapping Agency and the National Ocean Survey, the event highlights satellite and ground tracking to map the earth.
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New Mexico State University
U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
National Ocean Survey
Public notice for Forest Service space lease in Silver City
United States Forest Service seeks lease of about 1300 sq ft heated space 800 sq ft warehouse and 1899 sq ft secured parking in Silver City ready by Jan 1 1977 with a firm term through Sep 30 1977 and annual renewal options. Contact Henry Hastings at 517 Gold Ave SW Albuquerque NM 505 764 2961 before Nov 34 1976.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
United States Forest Service
Silver City
Henry Hastings
U.S. Forest Service
Gold Ave
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Eamen UGS Petitioner in Grant County District Court
In the Sixth Judicial District of New Mexico Grant County a petitioner named John Eamen UGS seeks court action. The fragment notes a district court proceeding but provides limited details on the case nature or outcome.
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Sixth Judicial District
State OF New Mexico
County OF
Grant
John Eamen Ugs
Subdivision Sinking Into Wyoming Earth
In Rock Springs Wyoming residents of a mobile home subdivision fear ongoing subsidence from abandoned coal mines. Streets crack walls split and water mains break as the earth shifts. the mayor says the city bears no maintenance obligation and residents seek legal action against the developer.
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Robert L. Scheier
Associated Press
Rock Springs
Wyo
Plac
Sandy Kanmo
Bonnie Fantin
Paul Wataha
Wataha
Howard Routh
Routh
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Obituaries for Jesse Light and Michael Loyd
Funeral services are set for Jesse J Light Wednesday at 10 30 a m at Curtis Bright Funeral Chapel with Rev Alfred Pace officiating Interment in Pinos Altos Cemetery Michael C Loyd 17 of Silver City died Sunday in Big Springs Texas Survived by father Paul Loyd of Silver City mother and step father Johnny McNeesly two brothers Paul and Patrick one sister Ginny Loyd grandmothers Fay Emerson Destin g and Isla Loyd Sierra Vista Arizona Services Wednesday at 2 p m Curtis Bright Funeral Chapel with Rev Ralph Hensley Interment Memory Lane Cemetery Pallbearers listed Visitation Thursday Oct 12 at Curtis Bright Funeral Home 6 to 9 p m.
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Jesse J. Light
Curtis-Bright Funeral
Alfred Pace
Pinos Altos Cemetery
Ralph Hensley
Memory Lane
John Attwap
John Wasson
Albert Hensley
William Whitley
Eddy Waters
Jack Hollowady
Tursday
Curtis-Bright Funeral Home
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Roy Clark
Buck Trent
Hargus **Pig] Robbins
Jackson Farm Bureau Insurance Office
Nuily
Community Public Service Company
Your Bleathe Light & Power Company
Equel Opportunity
Community Concert Association
Minette Harper
Edna Vibe
Norma Moench
Laura Gibson
Pan Martel
William Tietze
M.T. Dow
Tietze
Farm Equity
Denny Booth
NEW York Life Insurance Company
IKE
Grant County
Busby Motors
Wrecker
Bullard
ANG Yankee
Alcalolic
Ayers Methodist Church
Silver City Methodist Church
Sra
Joe Walsh
Meranon-Pahning
Johnnie C. McMurdo
Robert J. Young
Shantz, Dickson & Young
North
Arizona
Nora Conner
Yelia C
Miranda
Wyoming
Dallas
State Department of Agriculture
Rasters New Mexico University
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PMMA
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Teresa Martinez
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Margery
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