Alton Turner Named Frontier Days Grand Marshall
Alton Turner, born January 14 1910 in Santa Rita, is selected as grand marshal for the upcoming Frontier Days parade by the committee. A longtime Grant County resident, he is noted as a Mason since 1931, founder of cub scouts, life member of the sheriff's posse and Hurley Roping Club, and an acclaimed writer featured in The Western Horseman.
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Alton Turner
Grand Marshall
Frontier Days Committee
Alton ¥. Turner
Santa Rita
New Mexico
Lola M. Franks
John W. Turner
Ivanhoe
Vanadium
Grant County
Alton
Tittle League
Cub Scouts
Sheriff's Posse
Hurley
the Western Horseman Magazine
Post card registration bill eyed to boost voter turnout
Marianne Means reports that while the Voting Rights Act extension provokes mixed emotions as a tool for registering thousands of Black citizens, a quieter measure may outpace it. The post card registration bill aims to simplify registration, potentially applying by 1976, by allowing voters to register via a simple form rather than traditional procedures.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Richard Nixon
Gale McGee
Wyening
William Welsh
American Federation of State
McGee
Today in History June 10 1975 highlights and voter reform notes
June 10 1975 marks historic events from 1610 Dutch landing on Manhattan to 1940 Italy's war entry and 1992 Lidice tragedy. The piece recalls Nixon Watergate, birthdays, Emerson quotes, and a Bicentennial footnote on Revolutionary War powder supply. It discusses voter registration reform via post card ballots, its supporters, opposition, and potential impact on turnout.
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America
Manhattan Island
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Benjamin Harrison
United States
Cuba
Italy
France
Britain
Trestapo
Lidice
Czechoslovakia
Dwight Fisenhower
Soviet Union
Prince Philip
James McDivitt
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Massachusetts
Silver City Daily Press and Independent masthead note
Publication catalog text for Silver City Daily Press and Independent lists staff titles and contact details. It notes publication daily except Sunday and holidays, mail forms, box address in Silver City New Mexico, and Associated Press affiliation. includes co publishers editors and staff roles.
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Call
P. D
Silver City Daily Press
Ind. Publishing Co., Inc
Silver City
New Mexico
William F. Ely
Jack Walz
Jerry Walz
Bill Archibald
Sok Cardona
Associated Press
AP News
Iver City Daily
State plane use criticized over Apodaca trips
A report details the New Mexico State Education Department being bumped from two scheduled state plane flights to serve Governor Jerry Apodaca. It notes Apodaca family members and highway officials flying on the Aero Commander fleet, with low overall utilization averaging 24 to 31 percent across months. Six state agencies own the planes, but coordination shortcomings caused waste.
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Santa FE
State Education Department
Cov
Jerry Apodaca
SDE
Apodaca
Rosweil
Mike Buca
Wwa Highway Department
SHD
Oil Conservation Commission
Highway Cent
Onl
Apadaca
Baca
Corporation Commission
SCC
Keith Dotson
Fultime
Four Corners
Bruce King
Dotson
Letters On State Planes And Private Lands Dismissed
Readers discuss cost of state plane fleet and advocate pooling use while noting the need for planes. Debate covers private land hunting rights, constitutional property protections, and court precedents. Additional items include Santa Fe politics, state personnel moves, and a soil enrichment venture near Las Cruces.
Forest Service Tackles 15 Fires From Storm
The Forest Service reports 15 fires started by yesterday's electrical storm. Forest supervisor R. E. Rea states winds limited use of smoke jumpers, though two jumps occurred east of Signal Peak. The nickel newspaper in New Mexico, the Daily Press, will raise its price Monday, ending its long run as a low-cost paper.
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Forest Service
R. E. Rea
New Mexico
Daily Press
United States
CORTE
Budget Hearings Underway With County Officials Preparing
Armed with calculators charts and graphs county officials prepare for budget hearings across local school districts. They anticipate state finance approval of preliminary budgets and thank staff for long hours of study planning and justification of programs.
Man of the Year named by State LULAC for Ron Andazola
Ron Andazola was chosen Man of the Year at the State LULAC convention in Las Cruces after earning district honors and an acclimation by the state delegation. A Western New Mexico University economics and business major with a math minor, he plans to attend Indiana University School of Law in the fall.
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Ron Andazola
Las Cruces
Andazola
Ron
Kon
Western New Mexico University
Western
Indiana University School of Law
Daily Press Striders Form Team For County Track Meet
The Daily Press reports the Striders have reformed after recovering from sore muscles from the Gila nt Bayard project run and will compete in the June 28 county sponsored track meet. Tony Garcia is meet director, entry blanks available at the Silver City Daily Press. Police say they will face the Striders in the event.
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Gilant
Bayard Wilderness
Daily Press
Striders
Are
Tony Garcia
Silver City Daily Press
Silver City Police Department
Ernie Mills to Speak at Silver City Chamber Luncheon
Santa Fe radio commentator Ernie Mills will headline the Silver City Grant County Chamber of Commerce luncheon this Wednesday. Mills, described as a firebrand, is known for eye opening analysis and provocative questions. Last year drew a standing room crowd amid New Mexico political tensions under Gavsete Apodaca.
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New Mexico
Ernie Mills
Santa Fe
Silver City - Grant County
Gavsete Apodaca
Battle of Bunker Hill 200 Years Ago Examines June 17 Clash
Historian Donald Whisenhunt surveys the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill and its symbolic impact despite a British victory. He notes Col. Richard Gridley’s role, Gage’s martial law proclamation, and the high American losses while highlighting the era’s broader New Mexico colonial contrasts and growth limits.
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Gage
Pera
Sam Adams
John Hancock
Breed’s Hill
Boston
Breed's Hill
General Howe
Sir Henry Clinton
Joseph Warren
Massachusetts
New Mexico
New England
Vaat
Donald W. Whisenhunt
Eastern New Mexico University
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Albuquerque
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Lamareaux
Wisconsin
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Don Metz
Appleton
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