Shadows on a desert town and failed ventures
A collection of notes on failed industrial projects in Deming and Auburn New Mexico, labor and financial troubles, and local curiosity. The piece references Carlsbad plant struggles, Teamster funds backing bonds, and sales declines from $5 million to $1.8 million. It also previews constitutional convention coverage, campus issues, and Lovington Lions campaigning for governor.
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Carlsbad
Deming
Auborn Ny
New Mexico
Teamster
Auburn
Lovington Library Announces Summer Reading Programs
Lovington Public Library invites all ages through ninth grade to start June 9 with two programs. Book Parade for first through fifth grade requires reading 20 books for a high mark and includes stickers and an August 9 party. President's Program for seventh to ninth grade also requires 20 books with seven from a selected list.
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Margaret Davis
Lovington Public Library
Employment Office Places 39 On Jobs
Lovington NM State Employment Service reports May job placements totaling 39 under manager Robert Bolin. It included yard men dayworkers clerks and various trades. 85 active files with 33 new applications. six counseling interviews and two aptitude tests. 47 employers contacted. five older workers over 45 placed in May in observance of Senior Citizens Month. current orders include waitress hotel clerk and farm workers with cotton crew opportunities.
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Lovington
New Mexico State Employment Service
Robert Bolin
Spraiivaaninaes
Bolin
County and City Budget Hearings Set for Lovington
Finance officials visit Lovington tomorrow for Lea County and city budget hearings. County session starts 9:00 at the courthouse and the Lovington City Hall hosts the 2:00 p.m. meeting.
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Department of Finance and Administration
Lovington
Lea County
Oil and Gas Accounting Commission
Gailen Hooper
Tatum
Levington
Navajos File Suit Against U S Government For Damages
The Navajo tribe sues the United States in the Court of Claims seeking 50 to 100 million dollars. The suit, filed May 28, requests a general accounting of tribal trust funds from August 13, 1946, to the present and cites alleged improper handling of oil and mineral lease proceeds and delayed interest payments.
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Gallup, N.M
U.S
U.S. Court of Claims
Navajo Tribal Council
Harold Mott
Congress
New Mexico
Utah
Variable skies with warm temps forecast statewide
A weather bulletin notes partly cloudy skies through Thursday with little change in temperatures. Highs near 88 degrees and lows around 60. In New Mexico expect widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers.
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Mexico
Alianza Members Testify on 1967 Cane trials and raid
Four Alianza members from Bernalillo County testified they were kept under armed guard for 24 hours in Canjilon two years after the Tierra Amarilla courthouse raid. The suit accuses 15 state officers of civil rights violations, naming Adj. Gen. Jolly and ex-Santa Fe DA Sanchez.
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Mariano Moya
Rosarito Garcia
Tomas Gallegos
Bernalillo County
Chavez
Canjil
Atend
Alianza
SCC Approves Ambulance Rate Increase in New Mexico
The State Corporation Commission approved higher ambulance rates in New Mexico, setting patients at 20 dollars for the first mile plus 75 cents per additional mile after the first 50, with 13 dollars for the first mile and 75 cents for each extra mile for corpses. Only three firms showed a profit among 21, and collection efficiency had been about 60 percent.
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Santa FE
State Corporation Commission
New Mexico
SCC
Albuquerque Ambulance Service
Gold Cross
Albuquerque
Roswell
C and H Ambulance
New Mexico Ambulance Association
Carlton Jury Tours Crime Scene At Portales Drugstore
The district court jury in the Dennis Carlton and Pearl Carlton murder case visited the Portales drugstore where Elbert Muncy was shot to death last Aug. 18. Judge Dee Blythe led the visit and warned jurors not to discuss or infer details at the scene.
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Clovis
Dennis Carlton
Pearl Diana
Portales
Elbert Muncy
Carltons
Muncy
Dee C. Blythe
Blythe
Nixon urges renewed American idealism at Air Force Academy
President Nixon addresses Air Force Academy graduates in COLORADO SPRINGS urging a resurgence of American idealism to counter isolationist critics. He warns that abandoning commitments abroad would threaten world peace and freedom, while stressing both national responsibilities at home and abroad.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Nixon
Air Force Academy Today
Czechoslovakia
America
California
Midway Island
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Governor Expects To Call Session Before July 1
Gov. David Cargo says he plans a brief special session to address New Mexico Medicaid funding. He aims for a three day window to appropriate funds for Health and Social Services to avoid next year's deficit. HEW evaluators at a state meeting confirmed additional money is needed despite utilization controls.
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Santa FE
David Cargo
Department of Health and Social Services
Cargo
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Winds Fan New Fire At Alamo Hueco
BLM crews fought a lightning started brush fire in the Alamo Hueco mountains in extreme southwest New Mexico. About 3 000 acres burned with around a dozen hot spots around the perimeter. Winds light hoped to allow containment today as 100 Indian firefighters and 20 BLM personnel worked to bring the fire under control.
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Las Cruces
Bureau of Land Management
BLM
New Mexico
Phil Kirk
Alamo Huech Mountains
Kirk
Hatch
Alamo Hueco
Harlen Smith
What's Behind New Mexico's Constitutional Convention
The article explains why New Mexico voted in 1968 to call a constitutional convention. It cites an outdated 1911 constitution, numerous amendments, and restrictive provisions hindering state government, plus the need to shift many details to the legislature while preserving proven provisions.
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New Mexico
Constitutional Revision Commission
Revision Commission
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Howard Graves
Howard
UNM
Lovington Lions
Tom Embree
Tom
The
Lions
Bernard Love
Lion Tom
Ron Prince
Ron
David Brisco
David
Oklahoma
Harvey
Mel Gha
Eddie Hooper
Pancho Villa
Columbus
Eddie
William Jenningg Bryant
Wildcat
Lovington Parents and Booster Club
Desert Beauty
Chamber of Commerce
Employment Office
Court of Claims
Chas Vey
Arriba
Nick Saiz
Uidoso
Ruidoso
Forest Service
Apache Summit
Official
Kiwanis
Gail Shannon
Lovington Club
John Hinton
Bert Weber
Carlton
Vermont
Rhode Island
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