Poverty Here Chihuahua Need Cited
Eugene Hill of Alamogordo urged Chaves County officials and guests to engage at the grass roots level to make the Economic Opportunity Act meaningful. He described parts of Chaves County as poverty areas with 20 percent substandard housing and over 1500 families earning under $2000 yearly, saying the program is democracy in action only if the poor are reached.
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Jean Huff
Chaves County
Eugene Hill
Alamogordo
Community Action
United States
Hill
Roswell
CAP
Terry Wilmot
Lictl Sudithucu DY Lilet Lullaves County
Office of Economic Opportunity
District Social Security Office
J. Hassler Strickland
Bureau of Business Research
University of New Mexico
Chihuahua
Roswell Council Ends Solar Air Lines Contract
The Roswell City Council voted unanimously to terminate Solar Airlines contract for use of municipal airport facilities after the firm failed to honor a promissory note for back rent. A flashing signal at Garden Avenue and Santa Fe Railroad was approved with city cost limited to 400 dollars.
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Roswell
Solar Airlines
Garden Avenue
Santa Fe Railroad
Roswell Municipal
Dick Barber
Barber
Gail Harris
L. C. Stiles
Solar
Harris
Col. E. L. Lusk
Lusk
State Highway Department
Railroad
Dominican Youths Die at Demonstration in Santo Domingo
Police fired on a student protest outside the National Palace in Santo Domingo killing two youths and wounding 28, including five girls. About 600 pupils, many awaiting university funding, were involved in an anti U S demonstration as violence erupted and an American flag was burned.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
University of Santo
U.S
New Mexico House Hones Reapportionment Bill Tactics
In Santa Fe the House moved to table the Senate reapportionment bill via parliamentary maneuvering but withdrew to send the measure to committee after a recess. The move aimed to block the bill though it did not prevail.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Senate
George Fettinger
Otero
Road Toll So Far This Year At This Date
A terse city listing notes Road tolls to date this year at the same point last year stand at 39, highlighting a comparison of traffic fatalities or incidents. The brief reflects a data snapshot without broader context or causes.
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Lakes Pool Bid Opening At Bottomless Lakes Park
Bids for a new swimming pool at Bottomless Lakes State Park will be opened February 23 in Santa Fe at 10 a.m. by the New Mexico Department of Parks and Recreation. The project has a maximum cost of 250000. Architect is Bill Otto of Albuquerque. Concessionaire Les ter Scott reports the bid event.
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Bottomless Lakes State Park
Lester Scott
the Lakes
Scott
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Artelia and Roswell PSC Start Major Transmission Project
Southwestern Public Service Co. crews begin a six week project to bundle two 115000 volt lines from Eddy County Switching Station to Artesia and Roswell. The $165000 work boosts capacity by about 75 percent, part of a $24 million system upgrade with 35 workers housed in each community part time.
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Southwestern Public Service Co
Roswell
Eddy County
Artesia
Humphrey outlines Honolulu pledge for South Viet Nam progress
Vice President Humphrey pledges immediate and continuing action to carry out the Honolulu declaration for political, economic, and social advancement in South Viet Nam during a 10 to 12 day Asian mission. He travels with South Vietnamese leaders to push war on communism and development programs, with stops planned in Bangkok and beyond.
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Honolulu
Hubert H. Humphrey
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Humphrey
North Viet Nam
Washington
Thailand
Malaysia
Australia
India
Keith Holyoake
New Zealand
Auckland
Bankok
Saigon
United States
Johnson
Los Angeles
Hawaii
Pacific
Los Angeles International
Food Stamp Program Opens in Chaves County
The Food Stamp Program opens April 1 in Chaves county announced by Leo T. Murphy director of the New Mexico Department of Public Welfare. The plan uses USDA coupons with a bonus for eligible families. pilot counties show increased retail food sales and new buying power, with examples of $8,000 in coupons spent and $8,000 in bonus coupons issued in December.
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Chaves
Leo T. Murphy
New Mexico
Murphy
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Medicare Alert plan eyed in Chaves County move
A joint statement by Terry Wilmot and J. Hassler Strickland outlines a $6271 Operation Medicare Alert grant to Chaves County CAP. The plan funds an eight person canvassing staff to recruit elderly Medicare participants, with Barbara Dee directing efforts in Roswell and staff hiring under way.
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Chaves County
Terry Wilmot
J. Hassler Strickland
Bernalillo County
Hill
Strickland
National Economic Opportunity
Social Security
Medicare
CAP
Social Security Office
Roswell
Dallas
Barbara Dee
Senate memorial calls study on Walker AFB for university use
The New Mexico Senate passed a House Memorial urging public university regents to study converting Walker Air Force Base facilities into a university. The base is slated for abandonment as a military site in 1967.
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Santa FE
Walker Air Force Base
New Mexico Senate
Walker
Boston mailmen get new mustard spray guns
Boston mail carriers are issued a new mustard spray gun designed to repel dogs up to 15 feet. The device replaces a prior mustard liquid squirt gun the post office says failed to work.
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Boston
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