McKinley OEO Chief Resigns Calls for Policy Review
Frances Benmayor announced her resignation as McKinley County OEO coordinator and urged a full reevaluation of local programs to better reach the poor. Tom Cummings endorsed concerns about effectiveness, while Billie Krebsbach was elected new OEO president as the board postponed a decision on Benmayor’s replacement.
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McKinley
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
McKinley County
Frances Benmayor
McKinley County Board of Economic Opportunity
Northwest New Mexico Econdémic Opportunity Council
Tom Cummings
Miss Benmayor
Miss Banmayor
Decland Thompson
Clovis
Billie Krebsbach
Perons
Matthew L. Henk
al Griego
McKinley County Board of Economic’ Opportunity
Gallup-McKinley County
Gallup City Council Hears Water Testing and Appointments
The Gallup City Council meets at 7 30 to discuss a cooperative agreement with the US Geological Survey testing and evaluating municipal water wells and proposed sites. They will accept Rev Owen J Gehrings resignation from the Public Housing Authority and consider appointing a replacement through Dec 20 1971. A variance appeal by Frank Aguayo for a carport is on the agenda. Payments to Allgood Engineering Co for May services total 390 14 for well drilling and testing and 235 61 for the Rio Puerco flood control project. The council aims to keep dialogue with the board on Head Start plans for next year and notes NYC youth enrollment at 269.
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Tthe
Geological Survey
Gallup
Owen J. Gehring
OFM
Housing Authority of
Gehring
Frank Aguayo
Idaho Circle
Allgood Engineering Co
Tomatoes Twice Bitten By Cold Night
A narrator recalls failed attempts at growing tomatoes and flowers after an early frost hit, noting stubborn weeds and a Santa Fe relative who can grow nearly anything. The piece hints at a WWII victory garden memory and the ongoing challenge of home gardening.
Soldier Dies in Vietnam Sixth New Mexico Casualty This Year
Pfc. Leonard E. Cruce of Hobbs New Mexico was reported killed in Vietnam defense department lists him as the 71st New Mexico serviceman killed this year Grace Cruce is his mother and Clarence R Cruce his father in Hobbs.
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Washington
Army
Leonard E. Cruce
New Mexico
Vietnam
Grace
Clarence R. Cruce
Hobbs
Defense Department
New Copper Mining Project in Arizona Proposed
Atomic Energy Commissioner Seaborg testified on Project Sloop to free low grade copper by a buried nuclear explosion near Safford Arizona. Kennecott Copper Corp proposes the plan with Los Alamos Lab developing the method and Interior Bureau of Mines to help. contract talks would start after final plan.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Glenn T. Staborg
AEC
Arizona
House
Appropriations
Kennecott, Copper Corp
Seaborg
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Chamber Still Seeks Leader for Next Year
Gallup McKinley County Chamber of Commerce stalled in selecting a president for the 1969 term. June meeting delayed by quorum issues as eligible members Joe Rich and Frank Stephens declined, Floyd Henderson absent, and Ira Cato notes the need for a willing candidate to lead next year.
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Gallup
McKinley County
Joe Rich
Frank’ Stephens
Firemen Elect New Officers at New Mexico convention
In Raton at the 44th annual New Mexico Firemen's Convention election of new officers was scheduled. State Sen. Harold L. Runnels urged firemen to improve public outreach and air their needs through more personal contact with citizens.
Gasbuggy nuclear test yields low radioactivity
Scientists report radioactivity levels from the Gasbuggy underground explosion in New Mexico are lower than predicted. Dr. Glenn Seaborg says gas pressure in the chimney is rising toward expected rates as samples show encouraging signs for stimulating gas fields. The event, sponsored by El Paso Natural Gas Co Department of Interior and the AEC, occurred last December 10 in the San Juan Basin near Farmington.
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Washington
New Mexico
Glenn Seaborg
Atomic Energy Commission
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Seaborg
San Juan Basin
Farmington
el Pago ‘Natural Gas Co
The
Department of Interior
AEC
Extradition efforts begin in King slaying case
U S legal experts plan a swift extradition of James Earl Ray from Britain to the United States for trial as authorities probe Ray's possible network across four nations. Ray appeared in Bow Street Court on forged passport and gun charges after being held in Brixton Prison. bail denied.
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London
U.S
James Earl Ray
United States
Atlantic
Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Brixton
Bow Street Court
Ramon George Sneyd
Four youths charged in Gallup liquor case and school theft
Gallup police arrested three youths and an accompanying adult for possession of liquor with a minor and contributing to delinquency. Manuel Padilla supervised the vehicle. A trumpet theft at Gallup High School was reported by Marcelino Gomez, while a separate case cited the loss of a gate board and tricycles valued at $27.45.
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Gallup
Manuel Padilla
W. Jefferson
Daniel Landavazo
Padilla
Landavazo
Gallup High School
Marcelino Gomez
Actus Road
John Jaramillo
Gomez
GHS
Ronald Lee
W. Green
Von
Eddie Coriz
Paris clashes widen as union militant dies in riot
In Sochaux a 24-year-old union militant Beylot was fatally shot during clashes with riot police at the Peugeot plant. Riots spread to Paris Latin Quarter with students warning of a new crisis and calling for mass demonstrations. Police reported multiple injuries as strikers seized a riot car and set it ablaze.
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Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
Labor Ministry
Sochaux
Bernard Vaugon
Beylot
Peugeot Auto
Metal Workers
General Confederation of — Labor
Beéu- Jot
Peugeot
Lyon
Rene Lacroix
Philippe Matteron
Gilles ‘Taudin
Seine River
Meulan
Tautin
Four Escapees Captured Near White Sands Monument
ALAMOGORDO AP New Mexico officers detained four men who escaped last Friday from a Benton Louisiana jail. State Policeman Robert Rosenbloom intercepted them after they left a tab unpaid. The four surrendered at White Sands National Monument west of Alamogordo. Suspects named Bobby Chapman 27 Denny Mac Elmo Womack 20 Bobby Wayne Hood 27 Charles Miller Allen 21. They were held in the Alamogordo jail.
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Alamogordo
New Mexico
Benton
Robert Rosenbloom
White Sands National Monument
Pratte
Rosenbloom
Bobby Chapman
Denny
Mac
Elmo Womack
Bobby Wayne Hood
Charles
Blaiberg Undergoing Liver Complication Treatment
Blaiberg, the world’s longest surviving heart transplant patient, is receiving emergency liver treatment at Groote Schuur Hospital. Dr Barnard said Blaiberg has hepatitis but is not in critical condition. West, a British transplant patient, has a chest infection.
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Cape Town
South
Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
London
Christiaan N. Barnard
Blaiberg
Blaibert
Harvard Coke
Britain
Frederick West
Court Denies Two Appeals in Racial Jury Challenge
The New Mexico Supreme Court rejected two appeals from Stanford Reid of Albuquerque and Jake Martinez of Cañoncito County. Reid claimed his child rape conviction should be reversed due to lack of Black jurors and alleged police coercion and rights warnings. The court found no prejudice from juror race and ruled the jury panel properly included Spanish-Americans. direct police statements issues were not properly raised on direct appeal.
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Santa FE
New Mexico Supreme Court
Stanford M. Reid
Albuquerque
Reid
Jake Martinez
Roberto L. ‘Armijo
Missing Instrument Classified Ad With Phone Contact
A terse classified note offers accordion piano or marimba options and provides the phone contact 63 6877 for immediate response. The text is fragmentary but implies availability or rental inquiry. Further details are not present in the readable portion.
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