Constitutional Convention Debates Education and Voting Reform
The Saturday report outlines a capital convention where Education Committee decisions keep aid to private schools banned and push finances to a cabinet style board. It notes a 20-year voting age majority and debates over appointing judges, with plans to elect district judges and appoint higher courts from a list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Buckles
Dew
Conor
State Department
D. Jacobs
Clovis Elementeacher
Educaton
John F Bigbee
Encinore
Alvino E. Castillo
Gerald L. C de Baca
HarsMora
Union
Arff Flint
Bard
Quay County
David Turner
Texico
Muriel T. McNeill
H. C. Pan- Lovington
An Bigbee
de Guadalupe
Torrance
Gov
Charles Tansey
Farmington
Constitutional Revision Commission
Alex Woodell
Eunice
Allon
Lea County
Dstrict
Court of and Supreme Court
Filo Sedillo
Belen
Coun
Sedillo
Valencia County
Jail Bond Issue Election Called
The Board of County Commissioners has called a special election for October 7 to approve a $225,000 bond for a new jail and sheriff office on the southwest corner of the courthouse square. The old jail is condemned and unsuitable for federal prisoners and lacks juvenile and women facilities. Only qualified electors who paid property tax last year may vote. Lordsburg voters at City Hall. Animas Rodeo Virden at their school houses. Cienega at Animas.
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Board of County Commissioners
Courthouse Square
Health Department
Silver City
Lordsburg
Animas
Rodeo
Virden
Cienega
ASC Election Ballots Now Being Mailed
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation community committee ballots are mailed. Voters receive two envelopes a plain secrecy envelope and a second addressed outer envelope to Hidalgo County ASCS Office with signature and date on the back. Certified ballots sit in a sealed box until Sept 24 and counting is public. Ballot secrecy remains preserved even with outer envelope signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Community Committee
W. G. Richards
ASC
Hidalgo County
ASCS
Richards
Louis Rosales Still aboard Medical Ship
L/Corporal Louis Rosales remains aboard the medical ship U S S Sanctuary undergoing major operations for injuries received August 31 in Quang Nam Vietnam. He is the son of Salvador Rosales and Mrs Leila DePoali. His prognosis is fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Rosales
U. S. S. Sanctuary
Quang Nam
Vietnam
Salvador Rosales
Leila DePoali
Mrs Angelina Saucedo Undergoes Major Surgery
Mrs Angelina Saucedo was confined to Hillcrest General Hospital in Silver City where she underwent major surgery. She is reported to be improving nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelina Saucedo
Hillcrest General Hospital
Silver City
Wildcats Down Mavericks 741
Deming Wildcats opened the 1969 football season with a 24-0 win over Lordsburg Mavericks. Deming’s defense held the Mavericks to limited open field success while the Wildcat backs produced long runs and two point conversions. Parkland High visits El Paso next, kickoff 7:30 p.m.
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Deming Wildcats
Lordsburg Mavericks
Wildcat
Mavericks
Deming
Maverick
Lordsburg
Jaime
D. Lujan
R. Caldwell
James Darling
Fisher
Wildcats
el Paso
Parkland High School
Parkland
Texas
Local Students to Attend N. M. State U
List of NM State University attendees from local families includes Debbie Kirby and Louann Morgan in second year, Shirley Hitson in second year, Dave Warren in first year, Wilma McHalffey, Delfina Pena, and Louann Morgan noted as students from Las Cruces area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NMSU
Las Cruces
Debbie Kirby
John Kirby
Shirley Hitson
Ed Hitson
Louann Morgan
Jack Morgan
Dave Warren
Wilma McHalffey
Garland McHalffey
Delfina Pena
Pete Pena
Animal Weather Data From Attillas Service Station
The record notes animal weather data collected by the Post Office at Attillas under the U S Weather Bureau authority. It documents routine observations and data gathering practices for climatic monitoring. The entry emphasizes official channels and data recording in a historical weather program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attillas
U. S
Bueau
City Receives Water Pollution Grant for Lordsburg
Congressman Ed Foreman announces an $18,890 grant from the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration to improve Lordsburg sewer and water facilities. This adds to a $364,000 HUD grant approved last month for replacing inadequate sewers and mains, plus new lines for a nursing home and low income housing, and replacements in the western city area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Foreman
Lordsburg
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Golf Course Opens Doors At Lordsburg Club Project
Architect Bob Baldock spoke to the Lions Club as Lordsburg in New Mexico advances a nine hole course two miles north of town near Highway 70. Membership is open to all races creeds and origins and construction on the cowssen and clubhouse is progressing rapidly with more local interest expected in coming years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lordsburg
Baldock
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Castillo
C de Baca
Jacobs
McNeil
Bolesio Romero
Sahd
Penasco
Taos
Flint
Head
Hobbs
Harold J
Curry County
Claude Leyendecker
una-Hid
Pannell
Turner and
Woode
Leyendecker
Turner
C. de Baca
Roy Hatch
Joe Rouse
Hidalgo County Fairgrounds
N. M. State
Halitvad
T L. P Septembe
Lions Club
Cathy Spurgeon
Spurgeon
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Hidalgo County Jaycees
Jan Miller
Janalco Hill
John Martin
Grant County
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