Lincoln County Trail Riding Assn plans extensive multipoint trail system
The Lincoln County Trail Riding Association proposes dozens of miles of trails in Lincoln County with mid point facilities for overnight stays and catered meals. Planned routes include Ruidoso to Old Baldy through Three Rivers and trips into Mescalero Reservation toward White Tail and Nogal Peak area.
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Chaves
Lincoln County
Assa
Ray Reed
Phil Richardson
Ken Geeshin
Jack DiPaolo
Ruidoso
Old Baldy
Three Rivers
Mescalero
White Tail
Lincoln
Nogal Peak
Reed
Carrizozo
Aisneyland
Sukarno Near Death Amid Health Decline
Former President Sukarno, age 69, is reported near death after years of kidney stones, high blood pressure, and circulatory ailments. Congress asks for emergency, limited financing due to severe appropriation jams. The House Appropriations Committee funds flood control on the lower Mississippi and options for water import. The Post Office seeks higher parcel and catalog rates including a 36 cent surcharge for odd shaped packages. Joseph Skeen, Republican lieutenant governor candidate, released from Bataan Hospital after abdominal surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Mississippi River
New Mexico-West Texas
Texas
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Joseph Skeen
Ba‘aan Hospital
Secretary of State Still Won't Certify Foreman
In Santa Fe the State Canvassing Board certified Ed Foreman for the November ballot but Secretary Ernestine Evans refuses to sign, unless ordered by Atty Gen Maloney, citing campaign expense filing gaps. Other candidates face possible ballot omission under the same law. Chief Justice Compton warns disenfranchisement if Foreman is dropped. The legality hinges on Evans authority and the new campaign disclosure statute.
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Santa FE
Ed Foreman
R-N.m
Ernestine Evans
Foreman
Evans
Sen
Ernest Hawkins
Wandaol
New Mexico
Atty
James Maloney
Girls State governor wins by narrow vote at New Mexico Boys State
In ceremonies at the New Mexico Military Institute the Girls State Gov candidate Miss Amerman praised the Boys State delegates for their spirit as George Cooper of Las Cruces narrowly beat Alan Wilson of Los Alamos 239 to 237 for the Boys State governor seat. Prominent officials attended including Chief Justice J Compton and Floyd Cross, with telegrams of regret from David Cargo and Bruce King.
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New Mexico
Marie Amerman
Farmington
George Cooper
Las Cruces
Cooper
J. C. Compton
New Mexico Supreme Court
American Legion, Legion Auxiliary
Guy Mane Amerman
Alan Wilson
Los Alamos
Amerman
Brusette
Miss Amerman
American Legion
New Mexico Military Institute
Peter Dinell
Albuquerque
Fred Harper
Lusa Force Academy
Supreme Court
J. Compton
Floyd Cross
Martin Vigal
David F Cargo
Inflation’s Slowdown Masks Ongoing Price Surge
Washington AP reports May living costs rose four tenths of one percent, extending the country’s inflation trend. Transportation and clothing led gains while food stayed higher seasonally, lifting the CPI to 134.6 on the 1957-59 base. Pay rose slightly for 43 million workers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Joe Popkin
Bureau
FPC Reopens Permian Gas Rates Study
The Federal Power Commission restarts a ceiling rates review for Permian Basin natural gas amid expected increases. Public hearings begin July 29 in Midland Texas with July 31 written comments. The expanded area covers parts of New Mexico and Texas, superseding earlier bounds.
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Washington
Texas
Permian Basin
New Mexico
FPC
Supreme Court
Permian
FPC Bureau of Natural Gas
Prediction Sees Win for Wilson
London AP reports Britons vote to elect a new government with Harold Wilson's Labor expected to win a five year mandate. Polls opened at 7 am and forecast turnout surpassing 50 million as 18 to 20 year olds gain ballots. Edward Heath's Conservatives trail in national polls and seek marginal gains.
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London
Harold Wilson
Millon
Edward Heath
Labor
Liberal Party
National Front
Heath
Wilson
Suez
Southeast Asia
Britain
Truck Freight Service Hearing Recessed In New Mexico
A two day State Corporation Commission hearing on truck freight service in New Mexico was recessed after testimony from Portales Chamber president Donald Davis Artesia Chamber manager Harold Baer Lovington Chamber member John R Bishop and Kerr McGee representative Ray Fischer. Witnesses cited longer ICX shipments and deteriorating service since 1968 with irregularity from Kerr McGee facilities and slow freight from Texas points. The SCC will reconvene for ICX to defend and propose remedies but no restart date is set.
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Santa FE
State Corporation Commission
New Mexico
Donald Davis
Portales Chamber of Commerce
Harold Baer
Artesia Chamber
John R. Bishop
Lovington Chamber
Ray Fischer
Oklahoma City
Kerr-McGee Corp
Davis
Portales
ICX
Amarillo
Lubbock
Dallas
Tex
Baer
Artesia
Bishop
Lovington
Albuquerque
el Paso
Texas
Fishher
Kerr-McGee
Carlsbad
Ambrosia Lake
SCC
Floyd Cross
ICS
Toxaphene Spraying Furor Grows in New Mexico
The fight over spraying toxaphene to control northeast New Mexico range caterpillars widens as Texas officials press Govs Cargo and Smith to stop plans. Ranchers favor caution amid doubts about dibrom effectiveness and funding shifts, while inspectors note outbreaks across one to two million acres and a July 8 NM hearing.
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Santa FE
Atty
Tom Curtis
Amarillo
Tex
New Mexico
Texas
Preston Smith
David Cargo
Canadian
Smith
Colfax
Harding
Union
Gann
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Joseph Montoya
D-Nm
Paul Demas
Montoya
Gerald Nielsen
Lincoln County
NMSA
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AL Stubbs
Capitan
Fort Manton
Fort Stanton
Villa Solano
Hagerman
Los Lunas
Roswell
Congress
U. S
Joseph M Montoya
Bruce King
Stanley
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Interior
Walter Hickel
Harding and
Colfax Counties
D.L. Gann
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