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by Fred BuclrUsSANTA FE -State and Congressional officials pushed designation of Albuquerque on the new Railpax system at an Albuquerque meeting. The proposal backed by the U. S. Department of Transportation places Clovis, Fort Sumner, Vaughn, Belei^ Grants, Gallup, El Paso, Deming and Lordsburg on the Railpax system.A strong effort developed to pinpoint Albuquerque on the . system. Gov. King, U. S. Sen. Joseph M. Montoya, U. S. Rep. | Manuel Lujan Jr., Corporation Commissioner John Abraham J and Howard Geis, Corporation Commission traffic and rate ' chief, supported the drive at the Albuquerque meeting. **********The new House majority leader, Rep. David Salman, D-Union-Mora-Harding, will manage Gov. Bruce King’s legislation on the House flood in the 60-day session opening next Tuesday.Salman says he will aid new Speaker Walter Martinez, D-Grants, to run the House in an orderly manner. Salman will also try to keep House Democrats informed on major legislation and the trend of events.Rep. Salman says: “I don’t think we have a healing problem. From what I can ascertain Democratic members are happy with their committee assignments. From what I can see there are no wounds to be healed.”House Democrats split in the speaker's race won by Martinez , over Rep. George Fettinger of Alamogordo 27-21. Some j Fettinger backers, miffed at committee assignments made by lt;Martinez, promised a fight in the legislative session.Rep. Salman pinpointed a major issue: “How do you divide up the dollars among the requests for the state agencies, ^ institutions and schools?” He said legislative reapportionment will also be a key topic.Salman, a top House manager in his second term, says: “We will have a number of bills dealing with our ecology and environment that might cause some controversy.” jSalman, a member of the Legislative School Study Committee, also says: “What may be one of the most divisive issues if both reach the House floor is the Sears-Truskie formula and the LSSC formula for school finance. Education will suffer adversely if such a confrontation and conflict is engendered.” Salman says the Sears-Truskie plan “has not been met by a great deal of enthusiasm by teachers, legislators and educators.”**********Salman says 18-year-old voting should be submitted to the people as a constitutional amendment. He favors 18-year-old voting. A special election may be needed on the issue, Salman explains.He says: “If we wait until 1972 to vote on 18-year-old voting, the 18-year-olds could not vote in 1972.”Rep. Salman predicts the legislature will take positive action ' on Sunday liquor sales. “I don’t anticipate too great a conflict on it,” he says. Salman favors negative option Sunday liquor sales. Sunday sales would be permitted in a county unless voters rejected them in a referendum.Salman says a public employe collective bargaining law is inevitable. He said a statute would provide machinery for bargaining and possibly head off controversy. Salman voted against a public employe collective bargaining bill in the 1970 Legislature.s He calls the branch banking issue “a tempest in a teapot.”e New Mexico permits limited branch banking now. Salman says:e “With the limited branch banking we have now and with bankholding companies, I don’t see any need to change the present^ legislation.”Salman is a director of First National Bank in Las Vegas,a unit bank. He expects legislation for economic developmente of small Northern New Mexico communities. wSalman will serve on the House Natural Resources Com-B mittee and the Printing and Supplies Committee. The printing 1K and supplies panel hires House employes.j6 **********The State Highway Commission will meet today (Thursday) ,n in Clovis. Among agenda items are proposed highway abandon-te ment of a stretch of old US-66 in Quay County and road repairs from the US- 84 junction through Tecolotito to Upper m Anton Chico.lg Gov. Bruce King appointed Dr. Harold McDonald of Clovis )0 to the State Board of Optometry. Dr. McDonald, 53, has offices in Clovis and Fort Sumner. He is a past president of the nt New Mexico Optometric Association. Dr. McDonald is also board chairman of Vision Services Inc.3r The new Senate majority whip, Odis Echols of Clovis, metFriday in Santa F e with Gov. King on legislation to be introduced in the coming 60-day session. Echols represents Curry and or Roosevelt Counties.s New Atty. Gen. David Norvell of Clovis and State Liquors Director Carlos Jaramillo of Santa Fe moved quickly to y* invalidate two new Clovis liquor licenses issued in closing c‘t days of the Cargo administration.•il Ex-Liquor Director David Sierra issued the permits toRoswell applicants over objections of Clovis City Council, rjs Sierra held Clovis did not follow established publication pro-U' cedure in its objections to his choices.Norvell, former House speaker, said in an opinion pro-ist cedures used were within the spirit if not the letter of the He law. The hassle over the Clovis licenses prompted King to replace Sierra with Jaramillo at the outset of his administra-lt_ tion.)m The Lea County property tax dispute was argued at length^5 before the State Supreme Court. The issue is a 16-2/3per cent assessment ratio versus 33-1/3 per cent.
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Belen News Bulletin
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Thu, Jan 14, 1971
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