New Mexico 1971 Bills Reflect Environment and Social Shifts
New Mexico lawmakers in the first week of 1971 propose a mix of environmental, social, and business measures. Proposals include a mining reclamation commission, strengthened pollution penalties, explosive materials registration, VD reporting, and a credit-card misuse crackdown. Some bills echo past sessions while others push reform in religion access for school students and wage reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Calloway
Associated Press
Santa FE (Ap
Fred Gross
R-Bernalillo
James Koch
D-Santa Fe
State Health and Social Services Board
Koch
New Mexico
Dona Ana
Join Tomlin
Bill O’donnell
Frank Salopek
Rep
Lenton Malry
D- Bernalillo
Panion
John Rogers
DeLos Alamos
William Sego
Senate
John Eastham
Rbernalillo
Jim Garcia
Chaves
Credit Bureau
Sen. Junio Lopez
San Miguel
New Mexico Legislature Opens With 116 Bills Filed
The House and Senate at Santa Fe begin the 1971 session after introducing 116 bills in the opening days. Leaders pushed through a feed bill restoring 25 000 to Senate payroll and debated a public school finance plan backed by Gov Bruce King. Coalition shifts emerge as leadership changes in the House and Senate show party splits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
House
Senate
Bruce King
Department of Finance
Legislative School Study Committee
Walter Martinez
Valencia
David Salman
DeMorae Union
Harding
Pack 89 Bottle Pickup to Aid Library and Scouts
Cub Scout Pack 89 plans a townwide bottle pickup tomorrow from 1 30 to 5 30. About 40 scouts will collect bottles left on home steps to fund a Pack Library and help scouts with uniforms and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Scout Pack 89
UNM Students Convicted After Nixon Visit
Two University of New Mexico students John S. Stearns and Douglas C. Nance were convicted Thursday on disorderly conduct for Nixon's October Albuquerque visit. Stearns also faced battery on a police officer and resisting arrest charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
University of New Mexico
Stearns
Hudson
Highland Gymnasium
Judge Robins
Cambodian Airport Hit by Rocket Mortar and Commando Attack
Cambodian forces faced a devastating attack on Phnom Penh airport and a nearby military camp. Casualties rose as air defenses suffered heavy losses with six of eight helicopters destroyed. Eyewitnesses reported high civilian fear and mass evacuations as the government sought to reopen its sea highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin Mannock
Associated Press
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Lon Nol
Phck Nil Pass
Lieutenant Governor Succession Clarified in New Mexico
The attorney general ruled that if the lieutenant governor becomes governor before 1972 due to a vacancy, he would not face election for governor in 1972. The ruling notes no provision to fill a vacancy in the lieutenant governor's seat and cites past NM cases of no LT governor during Mechem terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Payne
Jordan
New Mexico
Edwin L. Mechem
Joseph M Montoya
Congress
Mechem
Tom Bolack
Bolack
United States Senate
Weather outlook for New Mexico and region
Extended forecast for New Mexico from Sunday through Tuesday calls for variable cloudiness and a slight warming in the east by Monday. Widely scattered showers of rain and snow develop in the north late Monday into Tuesday with a drop in temperatures northward. Highs range from 45 to 60 in the north and east and 50 to 65 in the southwest with lows mainly 10 to 25 in the north and 15 to 30 in the south. A cold front stretches from south Ohio to central Texas, with another front expected to cross western Kentucky to south New Mexico by Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Ohio
Texas
Kentucky
State releases $1.226 million oil and gas tax to Lea County
The state released 1 226 000 dollars in oil and gas tax revenue to Lea County after a dispute over property tax rates. The funds include interest totaling 4 290 95 dollars and follow agreements on a 33 1 3 percent assessment for 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
Lea County
Robert Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Jesse Kornegay
Ruth W. Griffith
State Supreme Court
Clovis Liquor Licenses Under Court Review
Santa Fe District Court took under advisement a dispute over Clovis liquor licenses. Western Continental Motels Inc. and Plett Harris of Roswell challenge withdrawal of licenses by State Liquor Director Carlos L. Jaramillo after David Sierra had issued them. The Clovis city commission had rejected Sierra’s recommendation to issue the licenses, and Sierra deemed the action void for publication compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
S. E. Campos
Clovis
Campos
Western Continental Motels Inc
Charles W. Plett
Jack Harris
Roswell
Santa Fe District Court
Carlos L. Jaramillo
Jaramillo
David Sierra
Clovis City
Sierra
Plett and
Harris
Attorney General’s Office
Western Continental
Plett- Harris
King Removes Three From HSS Board In New Mexico
Gov. Bruce King fired three Health and Social Services Board members for neglect of duty after they held a purported meeting without compliance. Albuquerque residents Dorris Coyne and Hannah Best and Clovis physician Martin Goodwin organized the session while the director boycotted, asserting the governor’s orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
Bruce King
Health and Social Services Board
HSS
Dick Heim
Dorris Coyne
Hannah Best
Albuquerque
Martin Goodwin
Clovis
King
Heim
Services Saturday For Mrs R W Ward
Funeral services are set for Saturday for Laura Rae Ward 58 wife of Lovington attorney Robert W Ward found dead at home on Country Club Road She was born August 19 1912 in Oregon and married Ward August 21 1948 in Las Vegas New Mexico She is survived by her husband and two sons Van Noble Ward and Daniel Robert Ward Services 2 00 p m at St Marys Episcopal Church Burial in Lovington Cemetery The Smith Rogers Funeral Home directed the arrangements Her casket bearers are Scott Boyd J D Caudill Bill Campbell Finis Heidel Bill Jackson and A M Rose Memorials may be made to Lovington Library.
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Laura Rae Ward
Lovington
Robert W.W. Ward
Ward
Country Club Road
Oregon
Las Vesgas
New Mexico
Mexico State University
Las Cruces
Daniel Robert Ward
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Father Robert Buck
Lovington Cemetery
Smith - Rogers Feneral Home
Scott Boyd
J.D. Caudill
Bill Campbell
Finis Heidel
Bill Jackson
A.M. Rose
Lovington Library
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Denver Regional Postal Service
A. L. Dunn
The
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Ecology
US Supreme Court
Supreme Court
UNM
Lea
State Oil and Gas Accounting Commission
Department of Finance and Administration
Clovis Liquor
Atty
David Norvell
Health and Social Services Department
Department
R.W. Ward
Bill Drewery
Bob Barker
Bill Cummings
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