Opposition to Hooker dam and Red Buffalo route debated
At an Albuquerque Public Land Law Review Commission meeting Jeffrey Ingram argues against both the Hooker dam on the Upper Gila and the Red Buffalo Pass tunnel route. He questions flood control, wilderness impact, and long term road use, while conservation groups press for alternative routes and open space protection.
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Washington
Jeffrey Ingram
Highwey
Colorado
Hooker Dam
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Public Land Law Review Commission
Senate Interior Committee
Cours
Red Buffalo Pass
Hooker
Ingram
Gore Range
Eagles Nest
Commission
Worf
Ilderness
Sierra Club
Coto- Tad Open Space Coordinating Council of
Denver
Vail Pass
Red Buffal Pass
Honker Dam
Gila
Gila River
Bureau of Reclamation
Gua
Gla
Colorado Open Space Co
Colorado Highway Department
U.S. Bureau of Roads
Red Buffalo
Commerce Department
Upper
Interior Department
Deming Doctor Killed Sunday
Deming physician Dr Sterman Wells 38 died in a Sunday early morning collision on US Highway 180 about 1.7 miles south of the Grant Luna county line. Woodbury and Wells crossed the centerline in opposite directions causing Wells instant death. Woodbury sustained minor injuries and was not hospitalized. Debris and gouged roadway marked the wreck scene while investigators led by State Policeman Jones and Grant and Luna sheriffs offices reviewed the fatal crash.
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Deming
Sterman Wells
Silver City
J. Wayne Woodebury
Grant-Luna County
Woodbury
Hich
Jones
Grant and Lunasheritt
Don Evans
J. Wayne Woodbury
Jim Peeler
Traffic Death Toll This Year and Last Year
The Associated Press reports state traffic deaths to date total 256 this year, compared to 276 at the same point last year. The toll reflects ongoing roadway fatalities across multiple counties, with no breakdown of causes or locations provided in the brief update.
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Associated Press
Return Of Arab War Refugees Lagging Across Borders
The Associated Press reports that Arab war refugees returning home to Israeli controlled areas and Jordan lag behind, with 2,231 repatriated in two days and timelines tight before the August 31 deadline. In Sinai El Arish saw a general strike, while a Baghdad conference signaled ongoing debate over an oil embargo and Arab unity efforts. The Red Cross estimates 1,876 Jordanian refugees crossed the Jordan River Sunday, with up to 3,000 more expected as Israel negotiates extensions and transport hurdles persist.
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Associated Press
Israeli
Jordan
Sinai Desert
el Arisk
Baghdad
Britain
West Germany
United States
International Red Cross
Jordan River
Alisnby Bridges
Um Allenby Bridge
Um al Sharot
Red Cross
Israel
Israeli Interior Ministry
Red Grass
Neg ‘Pers
Levi Eshkol
Sinai
el Arish
Sonamic
Lawyers Seek Dismissal Of Grand Jury
A Santa Fe hearing is planned in district court this week on defense motions challenging further grand jury action on indictments tied to Highway Department operations. Judge Scarborough may hold the hearing in the evening. a date has not yet been set. District Attorney Sanchez seeks to present to a new grand jury several cases previously given to a grand jury last fall and dismissed in June on procedural grounds. The next term begins September 11. The earlier grand jury indicted six top Highway Department officials and associates, including John Sudderth, John Thaxton, State Rep. Fred Foster, T. B. White, G. W. Burris, Mayo T. Boucher, Robert DeLaRue, Luther Edwards, C. W. Johnson, and Eddie Joseph. Boucher De LaRue and Edwards are not involved in the cases Sanchez wants to present.
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Santa FE
Highway Department
Dist
James M. Scarborough
Atty
Alfonso Sanchez
Scarborough
Robert W. Reidy
Albuquerque
Highway Commission
John Sudderth
John Thaxton
Fred Foster
de Grant
T. B. White
Belew
G. W. Burris
Burris
Mayo T. Boucher
Robert DeLaRue
Luther Edwards
C. W. Johnson
Eddie Joseph
Farmington
Boucher
de LaRue
Edwards
Sanchez
Grand Jury
Romney Leads Johnson in Gallup and Harris Polls
Two new public opinion polls show President Johnson trailing Gov. George Romney of Michigan while a Rockefeller Reagan GOP ticket ties with a Johnson led Democratic slate. Gallup has Romney ahead 49 to 41 with 10 undecided. Harris finds a 50 50 deadlock Rockefeller Reagan versus Johnson. Rockefeller strongest in East Midwest West. Reagan strongest in South rural areas. Johnson inspires confidence with 33 percent, Rockefeller seen as dynamic by 64 percent.
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Johnson
George Romney
Michigan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Ronald Reagan
California
Romney
Louis Harris
Newsweek
Rockefeller Reagan
Harris
Rockefeller
East
Midwest
Far West
Reagan
Barry Goldwater
Rockefelder
Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
Soviets Warn China Over Harassment Of Ships
Moscow cites new protest note to Beijing accusing Chinese authorities of hijacking trade and navigation by harassing Soviet vessels. It says the port of Dairen is blocked and two ships, Turkistan and Kamchatskies, left unloaded after trouble with Chinese officials, following the Svirsk incident and embassy attack.
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Moscow
China
Soviet Foreign Ministry
Dairen
Yellow Sea
Turkistan
Kamchatskies
Svirsk
Peking
Heat Record Shattered as Palm Springs Tops Nation
The highest temperature in the country Sunday reached 113 degrees in Palm Springs California, while a cold spot registered 32 degrees in Roseau Minnesota. Weather observers noted extreme heat across the southwest and cooler pockets in the north central region.
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New York
Palm Springs
Celif
Roseau
Minn
Mother and two children shot to death in Durant
Delores Ritchie 37 and two of her children Billy 12 and Arthur 5 were found shot in a rural Durant home. Police in Norman captured Ritchie Jr after he fled with three other children from the scene. He was held for Bryan County authorities as the investigation continued.
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Durant
Okla
Bryan County
Conner Montgomery
Irns
Ha, Ritchie Jr
Delores Ritchie
Billy Ritchie
Arthur Ritchie
Norman
Oklahoma City
Ritchie
Suzie
Ellen
Charles
Montgomery
Bud Arga
Mead
Metal Prices in New York and Across Regions
AP report lists spot ferrous metals with prices per pound and per flask in New York and nearby locations. Copper at 38 cents, Lead 14 cents, Zinc 13.4 cents, Tin 1.52 per pound, Silver 1,732 per troy ounce, Quicksilver 492.00 per flask, with regional references to Connecticut Valley East St. Louis and New York.
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New York
Connecticut Valley
East St. Louis
U S Steel Raises Basic Plate Prices By Three Percent
Pittsburgh AP reports United States Steel Corp the nations top steelmaker matched Bethlehem Steel in a price increase of about three percent for basic steel plate products effective Friday The move comes after a pause since October 1963 and affects about 10 percent of annual industry shipments higher priced alloy plates and floor plates rose eight dollars a ton while the top length floor plate and hot rolled carton saw a four dollar rise
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Pittsburgh, Pa
U.5. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Baton Rouge Quiet After Racial Confrontation
Dawn found a calm, low income Negro district in Baton Rouge after a day of rallies by the Ku Klux Klan and 600 Negroes on the state capitol steps. Fires sparked by roving youths after the events were minor and controlled, with police vigilant as daybreak arrived.
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Bill Neikire
Baton Rouge
Ku Klux Klan
Eden Park
Army Chief Sees Progress In War In Vietnam
NEW ORLEANS AP Gen Harold K Johnson Army chief of staff said the Vietnam picture shows progress military social economic and political He urged media to stress positives and curb focus on disagreeable aspects Johnson just back from his eighth trip described gains roads reopening produce moving rice land planted and elections due in South Vietnam He stressed the guerrilla war complicates reporting and called for emphasis on heroism civic action and construction rather than casualties and civilians hardships.
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New Orleans
Harold K. Johnson
Army
Vietnam
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Johnson
South Vietnam
Negotiators Schedule Joint Session In Copper Strike
In Salt Lake City negotiators from Kennecott Copper Corp and the United Steelworkers joint bargaining committee met under the Federal Mediation Service for a first joint session on financial issues in 38 days of strike. The main dispute centers wage and fringe benefit increases over the next three years with Kennecott offering up to 50 cents per hour, which the union rejected earlier.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Kennecott Copper Corp
Joint
United Steelworkers of America
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Kennecott
Rap Brown Still In NY Jail Calls For Youths To Arm
Black Power leader H. Rap Brown remained jailed in New York on a federal gun charge as bail efforts failed to reach 25 000. Attorney William Kunstler said funds existed but bondsmen would not guarantee cash bail. Brown, calling himself a political prisoner, said the confinement would not rebuild Detroit or save America from its fate.
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Rap Brown
New York
H. Rap Brown
Brown
William Kunstler
and Securities
Kunstler
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Detroit
America
Officer May Have Saved Scientist After Car Crash
Sierra County Sheriff Charlie Cox aided at a crash scene on US 35 near Truth or Consequences. Four people were pulled from two burning cars including Dr Louis Rosen of Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and his wife and daughter-in-law, all in critical or serious condition. Dr Rosen led the labs Meson facility program. his work traces to the Manhattan Project origins.
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Truth OR Consequences
Sierra County
Charlie Cox
Phil Woolford
Cox
Sue Matthews
Roseville
Mich
US 35
Louis Rosen
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Rosen
Matthews
Acapulco Gunfight Kills 22 at Copra Union Banquet
In Acapulco a gun battle during the 25th anniversary banquet of the copra growers union left 22 dead and about 109 wounded. Police and soldiers detained 1.4 people for questioning as factions clashed outside and inside the regional union building. Cesar del Angel, a Veracruz state government representative, was involved in the dispute.
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Acapilgo
Maxicd
Pacific Coast
Claudio Monreal
Acapulco
Copra Growers Union
Cesar del Angel
Veracruz
Mario Jaime Palacios
del Angel
Union
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Ara
Khartoum
LBJ
Pie de la Cuesta Beach
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