Raton Public Service Unit Faces Legal Scrutiny
Controversy over the operation of the city owned electric system in Raton grows as the New Mexico attorney general is asked to determine if the Raton Public Service Co. is a private corporation or a public body. The board of directors closed meetings to press coverage amid a long standing city utility governance dispute.
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Raton Public Service Co
Baton Range
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Arizona Plans New Canyon Road Linking Silver City and Phoenix
Arizona State Highway Department plans a paved highway from Silver City to Phoenix extending about 60 miles by the end of the next fiscal year. State Road 78 will be rebuilt and paved to connect with the Mule Creek road in New Mexico.
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Silver City
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona State Highway Department
Clifton
Black Jack Canyon
Arizona
Mule Creek
New Mexico
GOP Convention Chooses Delegates Adopts Resolutions
Grant County GOP convention on June 4 adopted five resolutions for the state platform. They call for a return to direct primaries, tighter mutton and bend import quotas, phased end to subsidies, a statewide voter re registration over two years, and redrawing legislative districts by precinct lines. Delegates heading to the Albuquerque state convention include Don Riddle and couples Bipak Adams Tim Pearse John Hamilton Jr and Bert Steele.
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Grant County
GOP
Albuquerque
Don Riddle
Bipak Adams
Tim Pearse
Sunday Prospectors Find School Loot In Old Mine
Two local Sunday prospectors found more than 2400 worth of school equipment and chemicals taken from Silver High School on May 29. Items recovered include microscopes a slide projector and incendiary chemicals. Police said perpetrators tied to the break in were not identified and fingerprints were absent.
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Houston’ Thomas
Cleveland
Little Walnut Creek
Pinos Altos Mountain
Joe Barrios
Silver City
Rufus Hotchkiss
Abington White
American Smelting and Refining Co
Fant County
Lawrence
Shelley
Carl Starrett
Prilice
Elias Garcia
City Hall
John Gaines
Silver Consolidated Schools
Barrios
Johnson defends liberty while calling government not a menace
President Johnson mockingly rejects charges that the federal government threatens liberty as he addresses Swarthmore College graduates. He argues government programs like social security electricity floods and pollution controls support freedom and urges grads not to fear the future.
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Swarthmore, Pa
Johnson
Lodey
Weather Summary for the Day
Mostly clear conditions with gusty winds this afternoon and tonight. Daytime high near 79 with a low around 47. 24 hour report shows high 86 and low 05. airport readings list high 83 and low 55.
Rodeo Queen and Attendants Chosen in Grant County
Donna Grimes was chosen Queen of the July 4 Rodeo at Posse Arena. Her attendants are Mae Tait, Linda Lecklar, and Toma Livermore. Contestants were judged on horsemanship and personality.
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Posse Arena
Miss Grimes
Grant County
Sherif's Posse
Mae Tait
Linda Lecklar
Toma Livermore
Deming Man Wayne Whitehill Dies at 64 in Tucson Visit
Wayne Marshall Whitehill 64 of Deming died of a heart attack while visiting his daughter in Tucson Arizona. He was a Silver City native and Navy veteran of World War I. Funeral services are set for 2 pm Wednesday at Mahoney Funeral Home with burial in Mountainview Cemetery Deming.
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Deming
Silver City
Whitehill
Tucson
Ariz
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W. W. Whitehil
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U. S. Navy
Whitehills
Oiher
Jane Mayle Whitehill
Whitehead
Lawrence Mayle
San Bernardino
Calif
W. W. Whitehill
Dening
Sheldon Downey
Phoenix
Robert K. Bell
Mahoney Funeral Home
Mountainview
Second U S Jet Shot Down In Laos Overflights Continue
Communist ground fire downed a second U S Navy jet in Laos as pilots were rescued. The incident followed another loss a day earlier near Plaine des Jarres. Lt Charles F F Klusmann and Lt Doyle W Lynn were involved. Lynn was recovered by helicopter while Klusmann's status was uncertain.
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Vientiane
Laos
U.S. Navy
U.S
Plaine Des Jarres
Paihet Lao
Kitty Hawk
South China Sea
United States
Charles FF. Klusmann
San Diego
Calif
Art Exhibit Included In Fourth Celebration
The Independence Day Celebration Committee in Silver City announces a special art exhibit chaired by Hugh Hawkins. Area artists may enter. entries close July 1. The exhibit runs July 2 to 9 a.m. 5 p.m. in the building next to Covington Steppe Realtors on Bullard Street.
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Silver City
Hugh Hawkins
Covington-Steppe Fealtors
Bullard Street
Senators File Cloture Petition Against Civil Rights Bill
Washington AP reports three to eight senators filed a cloture petition to end debate on the Hours passed civil rights bill. The petition, sent by Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield, moves to invoke the cloture rule and will come to a vote about an hour after the Senate convenes on Wednesday.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
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