Crowded Facilities Highlight Silver City Summer Program
Grant County youngsters flocked to Silver City summer recreation, with over 1,000 participants and 750 in swimming lessons. Facilities were strained, prompting calls for expanded spaces and county funding. Programs spanned baseball, gymnastics, reading, basketball, weight lifting, tennis, drama, music, baton, golf, and a large teen dance. The Grants County Aquatic Club excelled, while the second swim session continued and hosting duties for district meets were announced.
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Grant County
Silver City
Lillard Thompson
Lifm
Thompson
Cty
Joe Brown
Scott Park
Silver Weh
Mary Lou Smith
Public Library
Phil Lynch
Marvin Sanders
Sanders
Coxeh Gerald Garrett
Kent Walz
Dave Rydeski
Recreation Committee
Community Little Theater
Susan Smith
Elaine Canada
Nancy Fairchild
Wayne Thomas
Ron Dean
Student Memorial Center
WNMU
Grant County Aquatic Club
Lordsburg
Socotra
Albuquerque
Socorro
Las Cruces
Alamogordo
Marcia Donet
Wage talks loom as steel strike threat grows
Pittsburgh AP dispatch reports a nationwide steel strike threat looms with 388,000 workers at risk unless a wage benefits package from 11 major producers can avert walkouts. Union and industry leaders negotiate under mediators as a June 24 talks pause continues.
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anLfle
Abel
Conrad Cooper
Foint
Tijerina enters governor race amid legal hurdles
Santa Fe New Mexico reports Reies Lopez Tijerina plans to run as a minor party candidate for governor, while his eligibility hinges on a potential attorney general opinion. The former land-grant leaders vows to give the poor a political voice as Secretary of State Evans weighs final ballot inclusion amid federal contempt and 1966 Echo Amphitheater case appeals.
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Santa FE
Heies Lopez Tijerina
Nor
Tijerina
Boston Witt
Echo Amphitheater
Ernestine Evans
Witt
Tijerinte
People’s Constitutional Party
Albuquerque
Retailers Chamber to host speaker William Kundrat Jr
The Silver City Grant County Chamber of Commerce luncheon will feature William Kundrat Jr executive director of the New Mexico Retail Association as guest speaker. He will discuss the association history and outline a series of four shoplifting seminars planned for Silver City. Guest attendee Bobby Mayfield from Las Cruces, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, will also attend.
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William Kundrat, Jr
The
New Mexico Retail Association
Silver City
Grant County
Mrs Pringle Dies Sunday At Nursing Home
Anna Marie Pringle 74 longtime Grane County resident died Sunday night at Rest Haven Nursing Home. Native of Union Center Wisconsin widow of Jace George R Pringle. Survived by son W J Pringle and three daughters Flora Watts Ma White Ada Sparks eight grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral 10:39 a m Tuesday Curtis Mortuary chapel. Interment Memorial Lane Cemetery. Pallbearers Clifton Austin C R Varmore Jehand Trujillo Ross Cat George Kunzelman Calvin Watkins.
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Anna Marie Pringle
Grane County
Rest Haven Nursing Home
Union Center
Wis
Jace George R. Pringle
W. J. Pringle
Silver City
Flora Watts
Alamogords
Ma White
Arenas Valley
Ada Sparks
Hurley
C. M. Henderson
Iscopa
Church of the Good Shepherd
Curtis Mortuary
Memery Lane Cemetery
Clifton Austin
C. RB. Varmore
Jehard Trujillo
Ross Cat George Kunzelman
Calvin Watkins
State planners map zoo botanical garden near Carlsbad
Santa Fe consultants near completion of plans for a proposed 2 million state zoological and botanical garden near Carlsbad. State Parks director James Dillard says 1 million severance tax bonds remain to be sold to aid construction. 800,000 will fund building with federal grants covering the rest.
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Erie Santa FE
Carlsbad
James Dillard
Dillard
Eee
Administrator Candidate In Silver City Today
Norman H. Meyer of New York City is expected in Silver City to meet Hillcrest General Hospital officials and trustees. Paul Wright, the hospital administrator, said the board continues to screen applicants and plans an informal meeting on Meyer’s arrival after traveling from Albuquerque.
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Norman H. Meyer
New York City
Silver City
Hillcrest General Hospital
Paul Wright
Meyer
New Mexico
New York
Hillcrest
Albuquerque
Wright
Cong Destroy Six Million Bucks Worth of U.S. Planes
Viet Cong attackers infiltrated Tuy Hoa air base in central South Vietnam and destroyed two four engine C130 transports and damaged an F100 Super Sabre. Nine Viet Cong were killed, one American wounded. The raid follows similar strikes on Udorn Thailand and Da Nang, as U.S. pilots report mounting losses and broader air campaigns continue along the border.
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George Esper
Saigon
U.S
Tuy Hoa
South Vietnam
Ligon
Tan American
Southeast Asia
North
Air Force
Bist
Air National Guard
Vietnam
188Th
New Mexico
136Th
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Udern
Thailand
da Nang
Udorn
North Vietnam
Vinh
Navy
Marine
Panhandle
Tay Ninh
Capi
Tal
Black Panther
Demilitarized Zone
Boston
Hobart
U.S. Navy
U.S. Coast Guard
Congressmen Morris Walker Win Labor Backing in NM
In Albuquerque AP New Mexico organized labor backs incumbent Democrats in the primary. Morris and Walker receive AFL-CIO COPE endorsements citing favorable voting records and committee roles. COPE also backs Ernestina Evans for secretary of state and J Lue Cathey for the State Court of Appeals. For the State Corporation Commission, Ruben Miera and Hamilton Fogers gain COPE support.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Thomas G. Morris
E.S. Johnny Walker
New Mexico Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
Committee On Political Education
COPE
Morris
Walker
Luther Sizemore
AFL Cio
Congress
Sizemore
Ernestina Evans
J. Lue Cathey
State Court of Appeals
Sate Corporation Commission
Camocrat
Ruben Miera
Hamilton Fogers
Rotary Luncheon Speaker Bill Askins To Attend
Guest speaker Bill Askins of Inter-Mountain Aircraft will speak at the Rotary noon luncheon at the Holiday Inn on July 30. He is stationed in Silver City during forest fire season directing helicopter operations under a U S Forest Service contract. He will show a film on the Heli-Darter helicopter used in fighting fires.
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Rotary
Holiday Inn
Bill Askins
Inter-Mountain Aircraft
Askins
Silver City
United States Forest Service
Asking
Weather soars as temps rise with scattered afternoon storms
Morning fair gives way to partly cloudy skies and evening thunder showers through Tuesday. Sunday's high reached 42 in Silver City with a low of 57 and .38 inches of rain. Airport reports show highs near 8 and 6 with a 40 inch rainfall reading. Forecast calls for a high of 86 and a low around 4 tonight, with Tuesday expected to reach 86.
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Silver City
Grant County
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Retailers Chamber
Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
D.N.M
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Legislative Finance Committee
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