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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1973
Page
4
The piece notes a rise in roadside hitchhiking as a social fad among youth. It contrasts modern practice with past necessity when families had few cars and recalls a 35 mile hitchhike to work. It questions motivations and what travelers do when not on the road.
The 500 mile Memorial Day race at Indianapolis ended with two dead and several injured including spectators. Newspapers call for reduced speeds, dubbing the 22 mile oval blood alley, while critics argue for banning the race or allowing unrestricted high speed.
Local news notes a gasoline shortage weighing on residents as the week closes. Other brief items mention discrimination charges filed and a paying project setback amid a string of negative headlines. A lighthearted tag line ends the page.
Most New Mexico public school superintendents will see salary boosts starting July 1 after late budget hearings. The article lists pay increases for districts including Tucumcari, Clovis, Taos, Ruidoso, Jemez and others, with several leaders gaining over a thousand dollars. It also notes appointments and state actions affecting committees and commissions, including Rep. Alvino Castillo as chair of the Legislative Insurance Study Committee and Head Start grant awards to multiple agencies.
The writer notes shells collected from a hillside in Silver City by a wife and a Houston University geology team. They dated shells to about 19 million years old, show the area was once underwater, and describe fossils and sea urchin drilling marks as part of field study.
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