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Newspaper
Silver City Daily Press
Location
Silver City, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1976
Page
1
New York AP survey notes April housing starts up but at an annual 1.4 million pace, well below national needs. Despite costly rises in home prices, interest, taxes, and utilities, buyers consider renovating existing homes to gain access to established infrastructure and neighborhoods, predicting a shift from new builds to rediscovered existing houses as the era of throwaway housing recedes.
Florida State University researchers report discovery of three and possibly six new natural elements using a particle accelerator. The elements would be super heavy, heavier than uranium, with initial findings announced by Dr. Thomas Cahill and later supported by X ray photographs from Dr. J William Nelson. Further verification is expected before confirmation.
The Supreme Court rules 6 to 3 that suspects in police custody may remain silent without it harming their testimony. In a separate decision, 7 to 2, defendants must be told all elements of the charged crime before a guilty plea is valid. The cases involve Ada Francisco’s murder and Timothy Morgan’s plea. Other rulings include animal protection on public lands, teacher firings after hearings, and presidential powers on oil import fees.
Elizabeth May Gillespie age 58 died Wednesday at William Beaumont Army Medical Center El Paso after illness. Lifelong Silver City resident she worked as bookkeeper at local drugstores and clinic. Survived by husband Robert, daughter Shirley Eck, two grandchildren, mother Sarah Salara, sister and five brothers. Funeral Saturday 4 pm Curtis Bright Funeral Chapel with Eastern Star officiating. Interment in Masonic Cemetery. pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named.
About 800 firefighters held an 5500 acre blaze in the Santa Fe National Forest near Jemez Springs. The fire, likely man caused, remained 80 percent contained at night with hotspots along the main perimeter. Evacuations occurred at Hummingbird Music Camp. camps near Battleship Rock discussed possible evacuations.
Seattle welfare and middle to low income families join a 20 million study evaluating guaranteed annual income or negative income tax. About 20 percent of participants were on welfare. payments range 3600 to 5400 yearly for a family of four, for three or five years. Early data show no clear drop in labor force participation, with slight reductions in hours worked. A Denver study mirrors Seattle’s questions on labor supply and family dynamics as results remain inconclusive.
HAGERMAN AP Bill Langenegger president of the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau urged federal aid to fight the range caterpillar across seven and a half million acres in northeastern New Mexico and spreading toward Texas Oklahoma and Colorado He pressed emergency legislation to fund spraying programs via APHIS include treatment of federal lands and sought national research funds as a permanent solution noting state efforts have failed.
The highway department invites sealed bids for one combined parcel of excess land in Albuquerque New Mexico. Details of the sale location and parcel description appear in the legal notices section of this newspaper.
Call 288-1576 P O Box 740 Published daily by Silver City Daily Press and Ind. Publishing Co. Inc. except Sunday and holidays. Second class postage paid at Silver City, New Mexico. Mail forms 3579 and/or change of address to the SILVER CITY DAILY PRESS, Box 740, Silver City, New Mexico 88061, WILLIAM F P Bly Co-publisher and President JACK WALZ Co-publisher and Manager JERRY WALZ Editor BILL ARCHIBALD ve. Denies Editor JOE CARDONA Display Advertising Subscrib er Week Mail Subscription By Year $15.00 Out-of-State $18.00 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is Entitled Exclusively To The Use Of Reproduction Of All Local News In This Newspaper AS Well As All AP News
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