Polls Fail in 1948 Election Reminder by Lyle Munson
The piece recalls the 1948 presidential race when polls mispredicted Dewey's win over Truman. It notes Gallup Roper and Crossley forecasts, Trump era doubts, and warns against overreliance on poll results while citing Truman's victory and public sentiment.
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Lyle Munson
Washington
J. William Right
Harry Truman
Fulbright
Truman
Joe McCarthy
Dewey
Henry A. Wallace
Strom Thurmond
Gallup
Roper
Crossley
Thomas E. Dewey
Thomas
Wugalter says federal funds for education risky gamble
Public school finance chief Harry Wugalter told the Legislative Finance Committee that depending on federal funds for New Mexico education is a gamble. He urged lawmakers to seek greater stability in federal aid flows to avoid obligating districts based on unpredictable support. A separate Albuquerque team traveled to Chicago to lure a garment maker that could hire 500 workers.
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Santa FE
Harry Wugalter
Legislative Finance Committee
Wugalter
New Mexico
Federa
Wagalter
Pylene
Albuquerque
Chicago
D. W. Falls
Albuquerque Indus Development Service
Tijerina files suit against educators in peaceful revolution
Reies Lopez Tijerina announced a suit against the New Mexico State Board of Education and the Albuquerque School Board claiming discrimination against Indo Hispanos in schools. He spoke at a news conference in Albuquerque before filing in U.S. District Court.
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Bill Stockton
Associated Press
Albuquerque
Reies Lopez Tijerina
State Board of Education
Albuquerque School Board
Tijerina
U.S. District Court
Neil Crowley
Beverly Axelrod
State Board
Albuquerque Board
U S Apology Would Bring Pueblo Crew Home
North Korea demands a formal U S apology and a promise of non repetition before releasing the 82 Pueblo crewmen. Pyongyang repeats the claim the ship trespassed into its waters on January 23 as cited in a government memorandum.
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U.S
Tokyo
North Korea
United States
Pyongyang
Fortas Judgment Questioned By Miller
Senator Jack Miller of Iowa assailed Justice Abe Fortas' rulings in obscenity cases as abhorrent to moral standards. He urged President Johnson to withdraw Fortas as Chief Justice nominee amid committee reports of multiple reversals in 1967 and 1968. Griffin strengthened his bid to block Fortas while Gore expected a substantial Senate majority to support confirmation after Judiciary Committee hearings.
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Washington
Jack Miller
Iowa
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Senate
Miller
Johnson
Fortas
Earl Warren
Senate Judiciary Committee
Justice Fortas
Los Angeles
California
Judiciary Committee
Robert P. Griffin
Albert Gore
de Tenn
Foreign Relations Committee
House
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Congress
Santa Fe Cleans Up After Two Hour Deluge
In Santa Fe a two hour downpour sent the Santa Fe River out of its banks causing flooding in low-lying areas. Water reached up to five feet near the river while officials urged caution. City manager Marion Sebastian said damage estimates would come later with no loss of life or serious injury reported. Weather bureau logged more than two inches of rain.
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Santa FE
Marion Sebastian
Weather Bureau
Bridge Tourney Next Week at Loving ton Country Club
The Loving ton Swim team sponsors the third annual bridge tournament at the Country Club on August 1 at 7 30 p m. The event welcomes players of all levels with unusual prizes for high and low winners. Tickets are sold by swim team members or Martha Kerby.
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Lovington
Martha Kerby
Ice cream social and campaign coffee events announced
A series of community gatherings are planned including an ice cream social Monday July 29 at 7 30 p m at Avenue D City Park hosted by friends of Harold Runnels. In Tatum the same morning from 9 30 to 12 00 the Runnels committee will serve coffee at the Steakhouse.
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Avenue D City Park
Harold Runnels
Tatum
Runnels Committee
Lea County
Hobbs Country Club
Sen
Runnels
U. S. Congress
New Mexico servicemen killed in Vietnam raise NM total to 92
Defense Department reports Army Sgt. Robert L. Graham of Roswell and Navy builder 2 C Gregory P. Helsey of Grants killed in Vietnam bringing New Mexico's death toll for the year to 92. Helsey, 20, buried with military honors in Midvale Utah after death near Da Nang. An unrelated car accident injured and cited 17 year old Ray Bryant who backed into a parked Impala near John's Drive In.
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New Mexico
Grants
Roswell
Vietnam
Defense Department
Army
Robert L. Graham
Navy
Gregory P. Helsey
Helsey
Guy Helsey
Midvale
Utah
da Nang
Graham
Ray Alvin Bryant
West Ave
John’s Drive In
Joe Reyna Palma
West G
Bryant
Five Areas Considered For School Consolidation Survey
Santa Fe AP reports New Mexico plans a statewide consolidation survey tackling five critical areas, with a November report target. A separate high school course offerings study shows wide gaps. Causey to Hobbs courses range from 20 to 130. Delayo says course offerings will not be the sole survey criterion.
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Santa FE
State Department of Education
Leonard Delayo
Legislative Finance Committee
Department
DeLayo
LFC
New Mexico
Causey
Roosevelt County
Hobbs
Quemado
Maxwell
Grady
Thoreau
Weed
House
Floyd
Encino
Des Moines
Cubans prepare to celebrate 15th anniversary of Castro movement
More than 600,000 Cubans rally in Santa Clara to join Prime Minister Fidel Castro in marking 15 years of his revolutionary movement. Festivities include a carnival with Afro-Cuban music, street dancing, and banners featuring the number 26. A Che Guevara portrait graces the Santa Clara Liber Hotel plaza as Castro is expected to offer a call for work, unity to communism, and mention tensions with Czechoslovakia and Bolivia. Delegations from North Korea, North Vietnam, and Viet Cong attend.
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Fenton Wheeler
Associated Press
Santa Clara
Cuba
Las Villas
Fidel Castro
Havana
Che Guevara
Santa Clara Libre
Castro
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Bolivia
Guevara
Lovington Weather Outlook With Scattered T storms
Partly cloudy through Saturday with widely scattered thundershowers in Lovington New Mexico. Little temperature change expected. Low 55 to 64 north 45 to 68 south. Highs 82 to 92 north and 78 to 92 south with variable cloudiness and warmer northeast.
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Lovington
New Mexico
Algiers May Release Israelis Amid Hijack Crisis
Informants say eight of the 22 Israelis held in Algiers since the El Al hijacking may be freed on Saturday. Four women including two flight attendants and four children would fly to Rome. Algerian officials would not confirm. The captives are said to be in good health, alongside released passengers from the same jet.
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Algiers
el al
Rome
Tel Aviv
Statewide auto insurance rate hike proposed in New Mexico
State Insurance Superintendent Ralph Apodaca has the Insurance Rating Board proposal under advisement. The IRB cites rising claim costs with bodily injury claims up from 695 in 1965 to 719 in 1966 and property damage claims from 170 to 181, proposing varied increases and reductions across coverage types.
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Snta FE
Ralph Apodaca
Apodaca
Insurance Rating Board
New Mexico
IRB
Czech Leaders Urged to Stand United Amid Soviet Pressures
Prague reports liberalization leaders urged to defend the reform road as talks with the Soviet Politburo loom. Prohlik’s removal from a key party post signals Kremlin conciliation while Pravda blasts departures from orthodox communism and Literarni Listy calls for negotiated defense of reforms.
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Peter Rehak
Associated Press
Prague
Communist Party
Party
Vaclav Prehlik
Prehlik
Kremlin
Pravda
Prohlik
Czechoeslovak
Alexander Dubcek
Literarni Listy
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Pre
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