Travel Tales and Snowbound Return to Silver City
A traveler recounts a cross country trip from El Paso to Indianapolis and back via American Airlines, TWA, Frontier, and car travel. Ill news from a mother’s sudden heart attack, delays, and winter weather upend plans. Newspapers arrive 5 to 10 days late, sometimes not at all, provoking concern about mail delivery after long absence.
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Indiana
American Airlines
el Paso
Dallas
Indianapolis
Chicago
TWA
Albuquerque
Frontier
Silver City
O’hare
Alleghenny Airlines
Lordsburg Liberal
Silver City Daily Press
Lordsburg races to elect new school board member
Voters in the Lordsburg Municipal School District face a three way choice on February 6 to elect a new Board of Education member. Melvin Phillips filed first for the March 5 municipal election. A derailment near Lordsburg blocked a Southern Pacific freight train at Almoris siding early Sunday. Formal dedication of the new Lordsburg post office is set for January 25 at 2 p.m.
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Lordsburg
Olls
Board of Education
Duncan Wildcats
Melvin Phillips
Foodliner Market
Southern Pacific
Almoris
State Highway Dept
What Is Medicare Health Insurance For The Aged And Disabled
Medicare is a federal health insurance program for people 65 and older and some under 65 who are disabled. It comprises hospital insurance and medical insurance, covering inpatient hospital care, skilled nursing facility care after hospital stays, home health services, and outpatient services plus certain supplies.
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Social Security Administration
Letter urges halting Albuquerque community college plan
A reader questions the need for a proposed 11 million dollar community college in Albuquerque and argues tuition relief elsewhere would help more students. The letter endorses nominating a Citizen of the Year and notes entries must be sent to the Chamber of Commerce by February 15, 1978 with criteria including long community service and civic affiliation.
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Albuquerque
Chamber of Commerce
Lordsburg-Hidalgo County
Santa Fe Lively Rumors Stir NM House and Campaigns
Santa Fe gossip charts potential bids for the Northern Congressional seat with Labor Department pressure on Bob Hawk or Bob McNeill, while Dunn and Lopez loom as key players. Voters by party breakdown, early bills, and talks on severance tax bonds shape a tense thirty day session.
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Capitol Wall
Bernalillo County
Bob Hawk
Hawk
Manuel Lujan
Bob McNeill
Department of Health and Social Services
Luian
Demos
Secretary of State
Bureau of Elections
New Mexico
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Aubrey Dunn
Alamogordo
Eddie Lopez
Santa Fe
Dunn
Lopez
Mine Inspector Rules On Playas Smelter Fatality
New Mexico State Mine Inspector Joe Longacre ordered Phelps Dodge to tighten safety at the Hidalgo smelter after 18-year-old Douglas O Leary died January 8. The ruling requires more supervision, frequent safety courses, and monthly unannounced inspections through June, citing improper safety measures. The boy was crushed when a three ton converter assembly fell while he sandblasted. Braces and cranes should be used on converter hoods during future work.
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New Mexico
Phelps Dodge
Hidalgo
Douglas O’leary
Joe Longacre
Playas
Longacre
O’leary
Senator’s Panama Trip Provokes Travel Inquiry
A speaker taunts a senator over a funded sightseeing trip for the entourage, claiming it demonstrates how lawmakers spend voters’ money. The jibe hints at a Panama canal visit with Gen Torrijos and questions the purpose and memory of the trip.
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Champ
Panama
Gen. Torrijos
Firefighters complete most of cap on long burning gas well
Round About LOVING reports firefighters Sunday progressed to about three fourths of the work to cap a natural gas well that had burned out of control for 10 days. LAS CRUCES: cattle prices in 1978 seen rising about two dollars per hundredweight, per NMSU specialist. SANTA FE: Gov. Apodaca picks D W Webster for Harding County Commission. ROSWELL: Gen McBride promoted to Major General at NM Military Institute ceremony Jan 14. PSC approves El Paso Electric rate increase of 2.8 million dollars annually, a 15 percent rise for all customers.
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Loving
Las Cruces
New Mexico State University
Santa FE
Harding County
D.W. Webster
Jerry Apodaca
Roswell
Douglas L. McBride Jr
Ruidoso
New Mexico State Guard
New Mexico Military Institute
Public Service Commission
el Paso Electric Co
New Mexico 1978 Legislature Opens Amid Reforms and Campaigns
The 1978 New Mexico fiscal session opened with aims to fund government next year and finish within 30 days. Gov. Apodaca set priorities including a $16 million city rebate from sales tax, a 13 percent state spending rise, tax relief and rebates for low income families, juvenile shelter care funding, and a 12.5 percent boost in school aid. Several candidates for state and national office attended, signaling an election year atmosphere as lawmakers prepare budget bills from the Legislative Finance committee and Governor’s Finance Department.
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al Romero
Juanita Pino
Capitol
Mountain Bell
Vince Montoya
Montoya
Feds
New Mexico
Jerry Apodaca
House Rule Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Legislative Finance Committee
Governor’s Department of Finance
Robert Ferguson
Artesia
Senate
Bruce King
Gladys Hanson
Dona Ann
Tom Rutherford
Bern
Lenton Malry
Dbern
Toney Anaya
U.S. Senate
Pete Domenici
Apodaca
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Liberal
Sixth Judicial District Court
Grant, Luna
Rex Ellsworth
Hugh
Sing
John L. Molin
San Antonio
Tex
Senior Citizen's Corner
Jack Walz
Charles Marquez
Jerry Walz
Santa Fe Report
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