Tax study committee eyes broad state tax overhaul
A hotly debated 4 percent motor vehicle tax plan dominates a draft of proposals from the Pro Tax Study Committee. The package would shift exemptions and broaden taxation, overhaul property tax administration, and limit local income or gross receipts taxes. Senate and House leaders met with Gov. King to discuss a possible 1972 session.
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Legislative
Franklin
Legislative Committee
County Board of Equalization
App Department
Ier
Bruce King
House
David Salman
Union-Mora-Harding
Senate
Tibo Chavez
Dhelen
Odistehols
L-Clovis
Ike) Smalley
una-Hidalgo-Sierra
Smalley
Smalley Bay
Richard Carbajal
D-Belen
USC
Santa E
King
State Banking Department
Santa Fe
Man Found Dead in Car Downtown
Jack B. Prentice 51 of San Antonio Texas was found dead in the back seat of a car parked in front of the Central Bar on Railroad Avenue around 10 30 a.m. Monday. An autopsy found death from natural causes due to an internal hemorrhage. Prentice a retired chief master sergeant in the Air Force had been dead about 36 hours when discovered.
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Jack B. Prentice
San Antonio
Texas
Railroad Avenue
Prentice
Air Force
Fire Prevention Program by Lordsburg Fire Dept
The New Mexico State Fire Marshal's office and Lordsburg Fire Department present a community fire prevention program titled 61 Ways To Kill Yourself By Fire. Bob Haca will lead the session on home fire prevention at the Lordsburg school cafetorium on November 29 at 7:30 p.m. Chief Charles Walter will discuss department functions. The event runs about 90 minutes and welcomes homemakers and families.
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New Mexico
Lordsburg Fire Department
Bob Haca
Charles Walter
Lordshurehire
Lordsburg B and PW Members Hear State President
Mrs Doris McCarty Lordsburg B P W Club president delivered the response at a Silver City banquet held Nov 20 at the Drifter Restaurant. State president Mrs Inez Vosburg visited with Silver City as hostess and attendees from Lordsburg Bayard and Deming including Mrs Sallye Barney Mrs Frances Weckworth Miss Virginia Jones.
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Doris McCarty
Lordsburg
B&pw Club
Silver City
Drifter
Inez Vosburg
New Mexico
B&pw
Bayard and Deming
Sallye Barney
Frances Weckworth
Virginia Jones
McCarty
Lt Looker Captures High Score in Pistol Match
Lt Eddie Looker of the Lordsburg Police Dept won the pistol match at Deming hosted by the Lumounty Sheriff Dept. His high score earned him top honors with representation from Lordsburg led by the mayor and city council.
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Looker
Eddie Looker
Lordsburg
Selective Service Office Closed for Holiday Break
The Selective Service Office will be closed from Tuesday November 30 through December 3. Mrs. Newton will attend a conference in Santa Fe.
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Selective Service
Newton
Santa Fe
Representative to Be Here Wednesday at City Hall
Alder M. Meckler from the Las Cruces Social Security Office will be at City Hall on Wednesday, December 1, to meet with residents and discuss benefits. The visit aims to answer questions and assist claimants in filing or updating records.
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S. 8
Alder M. Meckler
Las Cruces
Former Resident Receives Merit Award in El Paso
U S Customs Inspector Bob Williams of Columbus was presented a Certificate of Merit on Thursday November 4 in El Paso by the Department of Immigration and Naturalization Service. Howard Adams District Director of Immigration and Naturalization San Pedro California announced the presentation on behalf of the Regional Incentive Awards committee United States Department of Justice.
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U.S. Customs
Bob Williams
Columbus
el Paso
Department of Immigration and Naturalization Service
U. S. Department of Justice
San Pedro
Calif
Howard Adams
Immigration and Naturalization
Christmas Mailing Calendar Deadline Set by Lordsburg Postmaster
Lordsburg Postmaster John Robertson announced the Postal Service Christmas mailing calendar. The deadline for out of town packages is December 1 and local cards by December 15 with local packages by December 10. He said a flood of packages is expected and delivery can occur on time if sent by the deadlines.
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Lordsburg
John Robertson
Postal Service
Robertson
Van Atta Dies after Major Surgery in Illinois
H D Van Atta of Moline Illinois has died following major surgery. He was brother in law of Mrs Pearl Stevens and original owner of the Pinto Motel now Rico's Cafe.
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H,d, van Atta
Moline
Ill
van Atta
Pearl Stevens
Demonstration of Narrow Row Cotton Harvest at Hallheeler Farm
A newly developed broadcast header will harvest narrow row cotton at Hallheeler farm southeast of Deming starting 1:30 p.m. Wednesday December 1. The device by Allie Chalmera, supplied by Triangle Equipment Co., will be demonstrated in the Mesilla Valley for yield assessment. Four varieties Gregg 35 Kilcot 90 Dun 56 C Stoneville 213 on 25 1/3 inch rows will be harvested with scales weighing samples. Co sponsored by the Agricultural Services Department and the NMSU Extension Service.
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Hallheeler Farm
Deming
Allie Chalmera
Triangle Equipment Co
Las Cruces
Mesilla Valley
New Mexico
Keeler
Agricultural Services Department
Nmsu Extension Service
Ex-Convict To Speak At Assembly Of God
Ex convict Darrel Bean, once sentenced to life, will speak at Lordsburg Assembly of God on Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. He received a full pardon in March 1969, the first life-sentence convict pardoned in California, and will share his testimony of Christ’s miracle.
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Darrel £. Bean
Lordsburg Assembly of God Church
Darrel Bean
Folsom
California
Reagan
Christ
Mr. Bean
Lordsburg
Veterans enroll under GI Bill expand education benefits
VA Regional Office in Albuquerque reports a 39 percent rise in GI Bill enrollment as Vietnam veterans use the program more than Korean War veterans. VA budgets reach a record 10.9 billion for 1972 with 2.7 million veterans already using benefits and emphasis on training, jobs, and on the job programs to reduce unemployment among young veterans.
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Donald JF. Crow
Albuquerque
Washington
D.C
Crow
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Donald Bk, Johnson
Olney Owen
Veterans Administration
New Mexico
Thanksgiving Community Service Set for Lordsburg
Local churches in Lordsburg announce a community Thanksgiving service hosted by Lordsburg Assembly of God Church on Wednesday November 24 at 7 30 p m Speaker is Dick Ross of First Baptist Church with other pastors taking part
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Lordsburg
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