Montoya Faces Tight Battle After Surprising NM Primary
New Mexico Senator Joseph Montoya won the Democratic primary with two thirds of the vote as challenger Robert Sims pressed an anti Montoya bid. GOP nominees Eugene Peirce and Arthur Lavine may back Harrison Schmitt, signaling a tight November U.S. Senate race in the state.
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Genera
Joseph M. Montoya
Montoya
New Mexico
Robert R. “Rich’’ Sims
Albuquerque
Sims
Senate
Eugene Peirce
Arthur Lavine
Moriarty
Harrison
Jack” Schmitt
Silver City
Schmitt
U.S. Senate
NMMI Tennis Recruits Bolster Underdog Program
New Mexico Military Institute recruits bolster their tennis program as coach Les Paull adds top international talent. Wilson Alvarez Luis Oropeza and Danny Freundlieb, linked to Bolivia and Sweden respectively, join Rose for tryouts alongside existing players Hal Underwood and Ki Kroll. Paull cites a dramatic rise from the program's basement to potential nationals.
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New Mexico Military Institute
Les Paull
NMMI
Western Junior College Athletic Conference
Wilson Alvarez
Luis Oropeza
Bolivia
Danny Freundlieb
Sweden
Bjorn Borg
Rose
Paull
United States
U.S
Hal Underwood
Ki Kroll
Public forum critiques obituary and gun debate letters
A reader laments a May Record obituary for Walter C. Garges and praises Grace Thorpe Bear. She cites a 1925 tribute to Dr. Charles Thomas McClane and attacks a May 25 letter by Mr. Bender on gun control and NRA lobbying as vague and false.
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Walter C. Garges
Grace Thorpe
Record
Charles Thomas McClane
Garges
Jane McClane Vaughan
W. 9Th St
Bender
the Record
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation
Winchester-Western
NRA
Supreme Courts
New Mexico Supreme Court Faces Turnover and Salary Shifts
The Santa Fe court undergoes personnel changes as Chief Justice LaFerman and Justices McManus Stephenson Montoya joined in 1971, with Sosa appointed last July. A salary increase of 2,500 plus 33,500 annually is planned, while Montoya and Stephenson face retirements and resignations. The article notes rising caseloads, procedural reforms, and discussions of a nonpartisan nominating panel and possible constitutional amendment.
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Santa FE
Supreme Court
E Montogasie
Eine
Stephenson
Ecome
New Mexico Judicial Service
New Mexico Supreme Court
Montoya
Oman
Eee Stephenson
Carter family Sunday school visit highlights Plains church
Washington reporter Hal Bernton describes Jimmy Carter teaching Sunday school at a white Baptist church in Plains Georgia. He recalls past civil rights clashes, family dissent, and local reaction as Carter remains active in a community with racial tensions and a nearby mixed commune called Koinonia.
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Washington
Plains
Jimmy Carter
Hal Bernton
Carter
William Carter
Jimmy
Secret Service
Carters
Gloria Spann
Detroit
Coleman Young
Morris Udall
Udall
Bernton
Georgia
Koinonia
Florence Jordan
Malta Premier Mintoff Aims at Moscow and Soviet Ties
Mintoff travels to Moscow to meet Leonid Brezhnev as Malta shifts away from NATO and the U S Sixth Fleet. A Soviet embassy proposal and Central Committee-linked ambassadors promise Malta strategic leverage and naval access, heightening Cold War tensions in the Mediterranean amid Malta’s economic and political risks.
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Malta
Dom Mintoff
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Mintoff
U.S.S.R
Mediterranean
United States
Soviet Union
Turkey
Israel
Egypt
Tunisia
Morocco
District of Columbia
Sicily
Libya
Britain
George Borg-Oliver
Borg-Oliver
NATO
America
6Th Fleet
Kremlin
M. Smirnovsky
Vu. Teaty
G. Penko
Smirnovsky
Oscow
Commonwealth
Ace Association
Arvid Pardo
Valletta
Tral Committee
Brezhnev
Central Committee
Australia
Canada
Noard
Vallett
France
Ngs
Muammer el-Qaddaf
Reddanger
Ntoff
Konafi
Bobby Ledbetter Celebrates 13th Birthday Party
Bobby Ledbetter recently marked his thirteenth birthday with a party hosted by his mother Ruby. The event featured a large frosted cake and guests including Amy Archuleta Glen Page Troy Qualls Jim Qualls and Martha Jean Hawkins. Mrs Cecil Dean spoke to the St Peter s altar guild about an upcoming White Elephant Sale.
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Bobby Ledbetter
Ruby
Amy Archuleta
Glen Page
Troy
Jim Qualls
Martha Jean Hawkins
Cecil Dean
Altar Guild of
St. Peter’s
Child Garden School Hosts Notable Society Meeting
Mrs. John Purdy and Mrs. M C Cunningham acted as hostesses for the meeting. The Child Garden School members presented a special program with Gene Bartlett giving the introduction. Ruth Huffman sang America and danced as the class performed. Ruthies' special dance drew notice.
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John Purdy
M.C. Cunningham
Child Garden School
Gene Bartlett
Keith Kirby
Ruth Huffman
America
Ruthies
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