Christmas Weekend Reflects Peaceful Yet Troubled Holiday
Across the nation Christmas 1976 saw Pope Paul VI broadcast mass to a billion viewers while a holiday cease-fire ran in Northern Ireland. In the U S President Ford skied in Vail and Amy Carter enjoyed gifts as holiday traffic fatalities neared four hundred. Tragedies included fires in Chicago and Fairfield Maine as families marked Christmas Eve.
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iHy
Sam Boyle
Associated Press
Haliday
Christies
Mimy
Irish Republican Army
TRA
Lebanon
Jordan River
Bethlehem
Jesus
Ford
Vail
Colo
Susan
Carter
Amy
Plains
Midwest
National Safety Council
Chicago
Jesus Garcia
Fairfield
Maine
Grant County Economy Shows Solid Gains in Five Year Span
Grant County retail sales rose markedly over five years ending Jan 1, reaching 58.654 million annually from 38.973 million. Inflation boosted per household spending from 5,624 to 7,293 dollars, with families maintaining living standards amid higher taxes and unemployment.
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Grant County
Benavidez Seeks Cobre Board Seat in Local Election
David T. Benavidez Jr of Hurley announces candidacy for a two year term on the Cobre Board of Education. He chairs VFW youth and scholarship committees and has served as district VEW commander. He and his wife Julie Young have two children. He focuses on quality education and local taxes amid Grant County’s income trends.
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David T. Benavidez, Jr
Hurley
Cobre
Santa Rita
Bayard
Benvidez
Julie Young
Hanover
Larry
Danny
Benavidez
Cobre Consolidated Schools
Silver City Daily Page Details 1976 Publication
Silver City Daily and Independent Gateway to the Gla Wilderness publishes a Monday issue dated Lice 27 1976 no 164. Associated Press full leased wire content appears in the paper.
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Silver City
New Mexico
Lice
Associated Press
Carter prepares cabinet talks on economy at island estate
President elect Carter opens a three day cabinet meeting series on Saint Simon's Island near Brunswick Georgia to discuss tax cuts economic policy and the nation’s outlook. Vice President elect Mondale and cabinet appointees fly from Washington as Carter plans informal sessions to unify the administration.
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Plains, Ga
Carter
St. Simon's Island
Brunswick
Plains
Walter Mondale
Weather Preview With Mild Temperatures Through Tuesday
Generally fair conditions extend through Tuesday with high clouds and occasional strong winds. Temperatures hold near 55 for highs and 20 for lows, while Sunday saw a high of 85 and a low of 20. Associated Press notes state traffic tolls to date at 538 versus 543 last year.
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Associated Press
Otero County Treasurer Indicted on Embezzlement Count
Otero County grand jury indicted Betty Mata on 16 counts of embezzling about twenty thousand dollars. Trial action follows eight hours of testimony from 16 witnesses. Mata faces up to five years in prison and fines. A civil administrative hearing on her suspension is set for Monday in Alamogordo, with judge denying temporary restraints.
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Alamogordo
Otero County
Cood
Betty Mata
Dist. Atty
Robert TaUghty
Beles
Former Roswell man seeks payment for feeding wild burros
Jim Scatt a former Roswell livestock dealer now living in Texas says the federal government owes him 8060 for feeding 13 wild burros after a 1974 roundup near Tularosa. He contends he bought 16 burros in 1974 but received only partial reimbursement and has billed but been ignored while a federal state clash over jurisdiction played out to the Supreme Court.
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Roswell
New Mexico
Jim Scatt
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
BLM
Scott
Texas
New Mexico Livestock Board
Tularosa
The
Livestock Board
Colorado City
Tex
U.S
U.S. Supreme Court
Third Grand Jury Indictment Not Yet Returned
A Grant County grand jury has not yet returned its third indictment six days after issuing a 22 page report. The case names four individuals including county commissioners George Brown and David D Diaz and road superintendent Frank Salaiz, all facing multiple counts for neglect of duty and violations of county bridge and road law. They are to appear before Judge Norman Hodges.
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Grant County
District Court
George &. Brown
David D. Diaz
Frank Salaiz
Noroman Hodges
Vencill Funeral services scheduled for Mr. Vencill
Funeral mass will be Tuesday at 30 a.m. at St Vincent de Paul Church with burial in Memory Lang Cemetery. The 66 year old Grant County Bank president died Thursday at Hillcrest Hospital after a brief illness. He served in World War I and had a long banking career in Silver City Douglas and Gallup. Survivors include his wife three daughters and three sons. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named.
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Lawin
Vencill
St. Vincent de Pan
Lang Cemetery
James Milano
Hillcrest Hospital
Grant County Bank
Silver City
New Mexico Normal School
University of New Mexico
University of Arizona
U.S. Navy
South Pacific
American National Bank
Bank of Douglas
Douglas
Ariz
First State Bank
Gallup
Rotary Club
Bayard Lion's Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
Westerners
University Club
Heart Fund
New Mexico Banker's Association
Yucca Council of Boy Scouts
Radio Free Europe
Historical Society
Rosemary S. Vencll
Sarah
Albuquerque
Kimberly
Annette
Joe
Craig
Jeff
Thomas Foy
Randall Ose
R.W. Mathis
Wade White
Marray Ryan
Ernest Brown
Roy Swann
William J. Upton
Max Schiff
Loanie Morrison
Paul Barnes
Richard Levellte
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Mary
Jerry Walz
Standard Rate and Data Service
David T. Benavide?, JR
David Benavidez
Cobre Board
Silver High School
Rex Granum
Brime Magazine
Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev
Middle East
New York State
New York City
Hugh Carey
Abraham Beame
Plains Baptist Church
Lillian” Carter
Otero
Tg&y Sale
Tg&y
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