Camping limits eyed as park visits surge in New Mexico
National Park Service may cap camping stays at 14 days during busy seasons amid rising visitor counts. In New Mexico, forest and park attendance climbs with a 10 percent annual rise expected. a $504,900 1962 budget funds Carlsbad Caverns improvements including a maintenance building and housing for staff.
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New Mexico
Associated Press
National Park Service
Congress
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Cibola National Forest
Albuquerque
Sandia Crest
Butcher Jones
Saguaro Lake
Tonto National Forest
Arizona
Zuni Mountains
Ojo Redondo
Grants
Sierra Blanca
Plains of
Texas
New Mexico National Forest
Forest Service
New Mexico Federal Forests
Canadian dollar at par as U S funds rise in New York
The Canadian dollar closed at par with the U S dollar in New York, the lowest in over five years. In Montreal it traded at 1 and 132 of a cent, amid a $345.5 million fiscal deficit and a Bank of Canada chief Coyne firing dispute. Prime Minister Diefenbaker backs Coyne's resignation while the cabinet votes to oust him.
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New York
U.S
Montreal
Donald Fleming
Fleming
James E. Coyne
Bank of Canada
Coyne
John Diefenbaker
Memphis Hires Its First Negro Bus Driver
John L. Smith, 29, is hired as Memphis Transit Authority’s first Black bus driver. He will train three days before a scheduled run. Carl Carson notes no discrimination if qualified. The 267-bus system employs 430 drivers at $2.19 per hour.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Carl Carson
Memphis Transit Authority
John L. Smith
Carson
Week's Building Permits Totals Reach $275 950
City building inspector reports last week's permits totaling 275,950 dollars. Residential projects account for 210,500 dollars with multiple homes across Pecos Construction Co. and Otterson developments. Commercial permits total 32,300 dollars led by Otterson's 30,000 dollar new building at 507 509 511 E Second.
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N. T. Otterson
Pecos Construction Co. Inc
Amherst Dr
Greenwood
Meadow Pl
Meadow Lane
Park Pl
Linda Vista Estates, Inc
E. Poe. $8,000 and 111 E. Bonney
W. H. Lewis Building Co
E. Westover
Collier Construction Co
Avenue Manana
Jay Riley Construction Co
Princeton Avenue
Mock Construction Co
Faith Tabernacle Church of Christ
S. Elm St
Linda Vista Estates Inc
E. Lewis
E. Bonney
E. Ballard
H.W. Burnett
Three Cross Dr
Andrew Talley
S. Penn
Harvey Emerson
S. Atkinson
Maxwell Movers
Mrs. Owens
Accidents Reported at Multiple City Intersections
The records list several daytime and evening vehicle collisions at Richardson Avenue with Bland Street, Madison Avenue with Buena Vista Street, Cahoon Street with Mathews Street, and the 700 block of West Second Street. Drivers named include Isidro Pena Chavez, Liela Anne Brown, Byron B. Wilson, Charles R. Chester, Larry Dale Patterson, James Melvin Melson, Mack Russell, and Harold Golbert Nelson, with addresses in Brownfield and nearby streets.
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Richardson Avenue
Bland Street
Isidro Pena Chavez
S. Montana Ave
Liela Anne Brown
W. Mathews St
Madison Avenue
Buena Vista Street
Byron B. Wilson
N. Missouri Ave
Charles R. Chester
S. Pecos
Cahoon Street
Mathews Street
Larry Dale Patterson
James Melvin Melson
Second Street
Mack Russell
Second St
Harold Golbert Nelson
Brownfield
Tex
Toronto Diamond Burglars Tote £250000 Worth Gems
In downtown Toronto burglars blasted open a safe and absconded with diamonds valued at £250000. Officials of J Nunes Diamonds Ltd. discovered the break in the morning, marking the city's largest gem robbery in two decades.
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Toronto
J. Nunes Diamonds Ltd
Property Transfers Recorded June 13
A rundown of recorded property transfers lists numerous deeds from Robert T. Dixon and others to multiple grantee pairs. It details Lot and Block locations in subdivisions such as New Lykins Binns Linda Vista Hagerman Lake Arthur Western Fields and more with references to tracts and mineral rights and commitments to the Roswell YMCA and city entities.
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Robert T. Dixon
Delma B. Creed
New Lykins Subdivision
Thomas Harrison II
Doyle C. Largent
Linda Vista Estates No
Lorenzo Munoz
Russell Crawford
Lake Arthur
Fredrick Young
Julian Sargent
Edd Amonett
Caroline Sue Lewis
Wildy
Henry Robert Howell
Eriice Longorea
Abbraham Garcia
Wranosky
Hagerman
Essex Savings Bank
Neal J. Hardy
Federal Housing Commissioner
Purdy-Norris
A. S. Wagner
City of
Hagerman Farms
Chiricahola Land and Cattle Co., Inc
John R. Schwartzmann
N.M.P
M. DeWayne S. Brown
William S. Thompson
Roswel Ymca
Western Fields Subdivision
Mabel E. Davis
William D. Davis
Koprian Subdivision Home Planning Development Co., Inc
Frances L. Henrietta Jr
Linda Vista Estates
Mt. View Corp
Robert H. Hutchinson
Mesa Park Addition
Carl Tyler
John T. Childs
Krause
Truman Allen
Charles E. Wiseley
South Highlands
Home Planning Development Co., Inc
Wendl Barnett
Cumpsten and
Cowan Redivision
John Paul Holland
Charles F. Lye
Fair Park
South Estates Inc
Ralph W. Keith
South Estates
Bessie Irene Woody
Nellie Pearl Fletcher
NMPM
Clarence King
Horace F. Freeman
C. E. Smith Construction, Inc
Robert L. Vance
Will Johnson Heights
William Howard Lewis
Charles Lamar Harris
South Estates South Estates Inc
Rockefeller and King Rally Endorse Liberal Dignity
In Albany a large mixed crowd heard Governor Nelson Rockefeller call Martin Luther King Jr. an American Gandhi at a fund raising event for the SCLC. King praised Rockefeller for liberalism and humane dignity as the two men lauded each other in a nonviolent push for desegregation.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Martin Luther King Jr
Mahatma Gandhi
New York
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
South
India
Rockefeller
Dr. King
New York City
Dr King
NM State and NM Western Leaders to Attend NEA Meeting
William B. O'Donnell vice president of New Mexico State and J Cloyd Miller president of New Mexico Western will attend a meeting of the National Education Association beginning Sunday in Atlantic City New Jersey.
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MEET
Albuquerque
William B. O'Donnell
New Mexico State
J. Cloyd Miller
New Mexico Western
National Education Association
Atlantic City
N. J
Grants Announced For Sewage Project In El Rito New Mexico
The Public Health Service awarded a 2022 grant to El Rito New Mexico to aid a sewage disposal project costing about 25 958 dollars. The grant helps cover part of the estimated total expense and supports local infrastructure improvements.
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Washington
The
Public Health Service
el Rito
N. M
American Vacation Bills Top $25 Billion in Travel Spending
Bernard Gavzer notes 100 million Americans took at least one trip last year, spending an average $250 for a total $25 billion. Florida leads in tourism promotion, New York tops state take at $2.6 billion, Canada remains the main foreign source, and jet travel accelerates outbound tourism as passport renewals surge.
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Bernard Gavzer
Associated Press
Alaska
Wyoming
Florida
California
Hawaii
North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains
New York
American Society of Travel Agents
United States
Canada
Mexico
U.S
This Guy Jumps From Bridge to Cumberland River
NASHVILLE AP Billy O Stevens 32 claimed he could survive a 100 foot fall from Woodland Street Bridge into the Cumberland River. While riding with two friends he jumped from a moving car and dove. He said it felt fine on impact but later felt unwell after being pulled from the water. Hospital officials said he appeared to be in good condition.
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Nashville, Tenn
Billy O. Stevens
Woodland Street
Cumberland River
Stevens
Tourism boom colors July August as peak vacation months
An American Automobile Association survey shows that nearly 62 percent of domestic travelers pick July and August as the favorite vacation months while 70 percent of U S tourists are mated compared with 41 percent in 1957. The big travel months are ahead.
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U.S
American Automobile Association
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