Firefighters battle 13000 acre Lincoln Forest blaze in New Mexico
Winds shifting up to 40 mph hampered containment of a man caused fire burning in Spring Canyon and Agua Chiquita Canyon. More than 400 firefighters fought through flames that destroyed 20 buildings in Weed and Sacramento while residents fled with no reported injuries. Air support dropped retardant as roads remained closed and investigators probed the cause.
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Weed
N.M
Lincoln National Forest
Forest Service
Frank Carroll
Carroll
Mountain Forest
Spring Canyon
Sacramento
Agua Chiquita Canyon
Canyon
Lincoln Forest
Ehart Canyon
Hugh Kitching
Alamogordo
New Mexico Mounted Patrol
Kitching
Jim
Wayne
Walter Melburn
Minimum wage raised to 2.30 by 1976 in Nixon bill
President Nixon signed a new minimum wage bill expanding coverage to seven million workers. The act raises the rate to 2.30 by January 1 1976 with staged steps for older workers, youths, domestics, and farm labor, including earned overtime changes and added protections. The measure adds five million federal state and local workers to wage law and broadens child labor and discrimination provisions.
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Frances Lewine
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Oval Office
Peter J. Brennan
White House
Congress
No smoking sign blamed for Sacramento Weed forest fire
A Sacramento District sign warns no smoking and no campfires as a wildfire charred 13 000 acres across Sacramento and Weed burning into Sunday. Officials blamed a camper’s fire. winds up to 60 mph fanned the flames. Firefighting crews faced heavy logistics and delays. Gov King to seek disaster designation from President Nixon to unlock HUD loans for Weed residents.
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Sacramento
Lincoln National Forest
Wayne Melburn
Ronnie Milburn
Alamogordo
Genta
Bruce King
King
Richard M. Nixon
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Fire Leaves Weed School Complex in Rubble
After a weekend forest blaze tore through Weed and Sacramento the high school section of the Weed School complex lies in ruins. The elementary wing gym and a new nearby building escaped serious damage while students were set to move into the new structure after Easter vacation.
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Weed
Sacramento
New Mexico Military Institute Board Meeting Set
The NMMI Board of Regents will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the Headquarters Building conference room to consider chapel construction and related matters. Gov. Bruce King announced the appointment of Dr. Howard L. Smith of Roswell to the state Board of Medical Examiners, succeeding Dr. John McGuire of Alamogordo.
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New Mexico Military Institute Board of Regents
Santa Fe, N.M
Howard L. Smith
Roswell
State Board of Medical Examiners
Bruce King
Smith
John McGuire
Alamogordo
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