Board Approves Creation of Chaves County Independent District
The New Mexico State Board of Education voted 6 3 to form an independent Chaves County district ending weeks of stalemate. An interim three member panel will run the election for a five member board with Oct 19 set as the election date.
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Bill Feather
Associated Press
Santa FE
State Board of Education
Chaves County
Charles Murphy
Clovis
Murphy
Chaves
Elida
Roosevelt County
Max Callaway
Berrenda
Roswell
Morgan Nelson
East Grand Plains
Alice Eppers
Kathleen Marley
LeRoy Lang
Darrell’ Pittle
LFD
Velma Inmon
Deming
Gilbert Lopez
Las Vegas
Tito Martinez
Ranchos de Taos
Barbara Sena
Laura McKinley
Datil
Virgil Henry
Hobbs
Fred Comstock
Albuquerque
KI. Langley
Tucumcari
James Martin
Las Cruces
Silver City
Henry
Heney
Lopez
New Mexico
Dist
Old Dist
Fort Bayard Cemetery Visits Regulated by VA Directive
The cemetery will be open to visitors daily from 1 to 5 p.m. with check in and out at the guard station. Only official business may access hospital grounds beyond visiting hours, and the Veterans Administration will continue managing Fort Bayard Cemetery with grounds upkeep by the VA.
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Formby
Fort Bayard
Veterans Administration
Cobre Public Schools Observe Labor Day Holiday
Public notice continues from page one that Labor Day will be observed as a holiday in the Cobre Public Schools. Classes began in the Cobre District yesterday, August 30.
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Cobre
Steel strike deadline pushed back to September ninth
President Johnson announced a postponement of the steel strike deadline from 12:01 a.m. Wednesday to 12:01 a.m. Sept. 9 after talks in Washington. Mediation led by Wirtz and Connor will try to bridge hard wage demand gaps, with industry offering 1.35 dollars per hour and unions seeking higher increases. Nine of ten fur coats are made in a five block area of New York City, the fur capital of the world.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
Johnson
America
White House
Moyers
United States
New York City
Florida Coastline Hosts 1,200 Mile Winter Resort Spine
Florida's tropical coastline runs about 1,200 miles in an almost unbroken chain of winter resorts along the Atlantic and Gulf shores, detailing a long string of seasonal retreats and tourism hubs.
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Florida
Wes Brown Lifelong Grant County Custodian Featured
Wes Brown 46 a Grant County courthouse custodian since February 1953 and lifelong Cliff resident shares his ranching roots. He and his wife Lillian have two children and a granddaughter. Brown lost his right arm in a bus accident at 13 and, with Louis Benivides, helps maintain the courthouse and grounds. He recalls cattle drives and early truck-haul ranching, favors voting, and hunts nearby for relaxation.
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Wes Brown
Grant County
Silver Citiana
Cliff
Brown
Cliff High School
Silver City
Lillian
Kenny
Karen Evans
Deming
Patricia
Louis Benivides
Wes
Daily Press
Grant Countian
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