Kennecott Ends 260 Day Copper Strike With Ratification
United Steelworkers Local 390 ratified the tentative agreement at about 3 40 p m uniting Santa Rita Hurley and nearby plants The vote followed talks in Hurley and Salt Lake City with Gov David Cargo congratulating on the telephoned pledge The settlement brings back 90 to 95 percent of the workforce and the plant moves toward budget production with furnaces returning to operating temperatures and wage raises up to 54 cents per hour plus improved insurance plans The steelworkers and other unions had pursued industry wide bargaining while Kennecott sought local terms only See COPPER on Page 8
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Chino Mines
Santa Rita
Hurley
United Steelwokers
Washington
Steelworkers
Ico
David Cargo
Bayard
China
Johnson
Ment
Salt Lake City
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Four Killed In Mass Slaying Near Silver City
Four bodies, including two sisters Andrea Rodriguez 55 and Maria Rodriguez 44 and David Rodriguez 22, plus Moises Rodriguez 45, were found shot on George town Road about 20 miles from Silver City. Riley Gillihan 47, also known as Riley Coots, was arrested after a crash at Emory Pass. Autopsy pending, trial set, investigation continues.
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Riley Iven Gillihan
Riley Coots
Georgetown
Sliver City
Andrea Rodriguez
Maria Rodriguez
Andrea
David
Moises Rodriguez
Grant County
Gillinan
Silver City
Emory Pass
Joe Tarazon
Gila National Forest
David Rodrigues
George Barela
Mossberg
FBI
U.L. Conner
E.C
David Serna
William &. Martin, Jr
Aguirre
Tarazon
Gillihan
Barela
Serna
Arthur D.jung
Las Cruces
Johnson Won't Seek Re election in Nationwide Address
President Johnson declares in a televised radio address that his decision not to seek or accept another term is completely irrevocable. He spoke with emotion during the Sunday night broadcast and later met with reporters at the White House.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Johnson
the Nation
Officers Hunt For Clues In Hillsboro Ranch Killing
Sierra County sheriff and State Police search for clues in the shooting death of Carl Sweaten 44 at his Hillsboro ranch headquarters. Sheriff Cox says the killer aimed to kill and left without stealing anything, with Sweaten also having a Deming home and being shot with a high powered rifle early Saturday.
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Sierra County
Carl Sweaten
Hillsboro
Carlie Cox
Cox
Sweaten
Deming
Foray
Johnson vows phased reserve callup amid Vietnam peace move
Defense officials outline a three phase mobilization totaling about 60 000 reserves in coming months while President Johnson unveils a broad halt to most air and sea bombing of North Vietnam as a first step to de escalate the war The speech also details troop increases funding needs and a push for higher taxes and budget cuts to curb a growing deficit The President appeals for national unity and says he will not seek re election and urges Americans to guard against divisiveness
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Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Richard M. Nixon
McCarthy
Kennedy
Humphrey
Mexico City
Saigon
White House
George Washington University
L.B.J
U.S
Congress
W. Averell Harriman
Geneva
April La Ventura Focus on Local Youth
The April issue of the LA VENTURA centers on youth voices in smaller towns like Silver City. It asks whether community closeness hinders youth speech and invites young people to tell their side of the generational gap.
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April la Ventura
Silver City
LA Ventura
Voters Assigned New Polling Locations
All voters normally voting at 3B TEC Lab School 3D Peek’s 3E Army Reserve 3H North Silver School vote at Army Reserve Center Swan and Pine Road. Voters at 34 CYO Hall 3C 6th Street School 3F City Hall 3G Court House vote at City Hall.
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Peek's
Army Reserve
North Silver School
Army Reserve Center
Swan and
Pine Road
CYO Hall
6Th Street School
City Hall
Court House
Jaurequi Publishes Rebuttal To Local Tax Payers Association Claim
Greg Jaurequi director of the Community Action Agency releases a statement to the Silver City Daily Press addressing a Grant County Taxpayers Association article about OEFO and politics. He argues the piece twisted the facts and calls for clarification.
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Greg Jaurequi
Community Action Agency
Silver City Daily Press
Grant County Taxpayers Association
OEFO
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Art Cordera
Dan Bencomo
Sheriff's Department
Bayard Police
Leonard Martinez
New Mexico State Police
Hilton A. Dickson
J. Wayne Woodbury
U. Conner
Port Aransas
Tex
Corpus Christi
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Eugene J. Mew Carthy
Minnesota
Harry S. Truman
America
Bulletin
House
Met
Chino Mines Division
Chino Punches In
Phore
Jim Peeler
Jaurequi
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