Flood threat issued along Rio Grande River lowlands
Flood warning issued for lowland Rio Grande drainage in south central Colorado as warm spring snowmelt and heavy storms raise flood risk. In Weld County northern areas near an irrigation ditch between Ault and Eaton face possible dam failure and property damage, with a treated plant in Eaton damaged and roads and bridges affected. Del Norte to Monte Vista expected to see highest water. headwater reservoirs near capacity and likely spills soon.
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Colorado
National Weather Service
Rio Grande
Greeley
Weld
Glenn Billings
Ault
Eaton
Billings
Rio Grande Basin
del Norte
Monte Vista
Filibusters In Colorado Legislature Recap
A look at Colorado filibusters past and present shows how delaying tactics affect timing toward adjournment. Notable incidents include Rep Ron Strahle supporting death penalty talks and a 1949 all night highway bill filibuster with future governors present.
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GAUSS
Associated Press
Colorado
Ward
House of Representatives
Ron Strahle
Fort Collins
Dave Gaon
D-Deaver
Gaon
Colorado General Assembly
Senate
Search launched for elderly Del Norte woman
Rio Grande County deputies began a search for Goldie Kyle a 70 year old Del Norte resident believed lost in the mountains north of town. Her car was found abandoned on Milk Cow Pass. The search paused at dusk Tuesday and was to resume Wednesday.
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del Norte
Colo
Rio Grande
Postmasters group re elects Sloan
The Colorado Senate and House joined in honoring Gordon G. Gauss, veteran Associated Press statehouse observer since 1947 and AP statehouse correspondent since 1946, who has covered sessions since 1947 and joined AP in 1935. Gauss, set to retire at month’s end, has tracked seven Colorado governors and Western delegations at 11 national political conventions.
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Colorado Senate
House
Associated Press
Gordon G. Gauss
Statehouse
Gauss
Colorado
Sun T. Taylor
D-Walsenburg
Canon City charter amendment passes
Canon City voters approved a city charter amendment by a 190 to 10 vote authorizing the city to issue revenue bonds for a 30 year period.
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Canon City
Colo
Kersey Community Club meets at Center in June
The June meeting of the Kersey Community Home and Garden Club, hosted by Mrs. Eva Surge with Mrs. Charlie Pryers assisting, opened by vice president Mrs. Lena Thomas. A noon covered dish luncheon followed as 14 members attended. roll call featured children poems for Children's Day.
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Kersey Community Home and Garden Club
Eva Surge
Charlie Pryers
Lena Thomas
Pearl Young
Mattie Eschler
Mary Michalik
Ethel Meeker
Amanda Dinnel
Lena ‘Thomas
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Dinned Was In Charge of the Afternoon Entertainment, With Mrs. Dinnel
Ralph Davia
Improper backfill blamed for fatal Denver gas blast
Denver AP report says improper backfill around an underground plastic gas pipe caused it to snap likely from a heavy load, allowing natural gas to leak into the basement of Mary Ann McGinnis in Jefferson County. A pilot light ignited the fumes, killing the 28 year old as she fled. Assistant Fire Chief Al Antonio cites unsettled backfill from a partially frozen winter as the cause.
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Denver
Jefferson County
Mary Ann McGinnis
Nerve gas removal from Colorado sought
Rep. William Armstrong of Colorado urged the Secretary of the Army to move all nerve gas from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal near Denver to Tooele Army Depot in Utah. He called storage near a major population center unwarranted and argued for a remote site to increase safety.
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Washington
William Armstrong
R-Colo
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Denver
Tuvele Army Depot
Utah
Armstrong
Governor fills 17 appointments in Colorado
Governor John Love announced seventeen appointments to state posts. Wallace Lundquist of Florence becomes Fremont County judge to fill a vacancy. Eric T. Helland of Woodland Park joins the Teller County Board of Commissioners. New and reappointed members also join the Motion Picture and Television Advisory Commission and other agencies, including the Passenger Tramway Safety Board and the Energy Task Force, with terms set through 1976 to 1977.
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John Love
Wallace Lundquist
Florence
Fremont
Frances H. Sehalaw
Lundquist
Colorado Springs
Eric T. Helland
Woodland Park
Teller County Board of Commissioners
Ralph E. Hines
Motion Picture and Television Advisory Commission
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Durango
Ken
Neth C. Phillips
Frank H. Rickerson Jr
H. Bennett Avery
Aurora
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Robert Heron
Ralph J. Becker
Englewood
John J. Bugas
Montrose
Legislature honors AP writer Gauss at convention
CORTEZ Colo AP Kenneth Sloan of Hot Sulphur Springs was re elected president of the Colorado Chapter of the National Association of Postmasters at the group convention which ended Tuesday.
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Colo
Kenneth Sloan
Hot Sulphur Springs
Colorado
National Association of Postmasters
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