Editorials and Local Measures Stir Public Debate
The page mixes a federal trial report on former State Senator Eddie Barboa who faces drug charges after an undercover DEA witness claims Barboa supplied heroin and promised more. It also quotes AFL-CIO President Meany on Ford’s economic plan, urges political accountability, and notes Grant County’s first All-Comers Track Meet seeking county entries with ribbons and medals for winners, signaling community engagement and inexpensive weekend entertainment.
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Drug Enforcement Administration
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New Mexico
Grant County
Tony Garcia
Renaissance of Johnson in books draws publishers’ big advances
Eight Johnson biographies and related works are under contract with major publishers, with advances reportedly exceeding 100000 dollars. The LBJ Library holds millions of documents and interviews, while figures like Lady Bird Johnson may be interviewed.
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Marianne
LBJ Washington
KIS
Harry Truman
John Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
White House
LBJ
Lady Bird Johnson
Joseph Califano
Jack Valenti
Motion Picture Association of America
Texas
Larry King
Ronnie Dugger
Booth Mooney
Senate
Doris Kearns
Starvard
Richard Goodwin
Merle Miller
Robert Caro
New York
Robert Moses
Harry Middleton
Horace Busby
Bill Mayers
Inside The Capital: Buckles Examines New Electricity Tax
Fred Buckles analyzes a controversial electricity generating tax in an informative guest column. The piece discusses policy implications, potential impacts on households and businesses, and the political debate surrounding the proposal.
Reconsidering Testing And Welfare Tax Debates In New Mexico
Readers weigh in on testing in Silver City schools criticizing overreliance on standardized scores and misinterpretation of results. A notice clarifies no ties to a Albuquerque group and backs former officials who oppose private land elk hunting. A political update discusses a 1975 generating tax proposal, its rebate plan, interstate energy concerns, and potential court challenges affecting NM-44.
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Walz
Silver City
Southwestern
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Game Commission
Ed Munoz
Silver City Daily Press staff and address listing
The Silver City Daily Press and Independent lists staff roles including co-publishers William F. Ely and Jack Walz, editor Bill Archibald, sports editor Joe Cardona, and manager details. It notes mailing address Box 740 Silver City New Mexico and subscription rates 15 for annually by mail, 40 per week by carrier. It also states second class postage and AP affiliation.
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Governor Apodaca Visits Silver City and Grants County
Governor Jerry Apodaca arrived in Silver City to chair the State Department of Development meeting and met with Western New Mexico University students. He spoke with residents on administration questions while agency directors assisted. Water conservation urged as Bayard and Silver City face pressure, even-odd day watering proposed. Hillcrest Hospital announces four nursing scholarships totaling up to $2,000 per recipient over four years for Sally Armijo and Jerry Rodriguez, funding a regional effort to bolster nursing personnel.
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Rich Sims
U. S. Senate
McDermott
Jim McDermott
Truth Or Consequences
Senate
Joseph Montoya
Sims
New Mexico
Washington
Department of
Jerry Apodaca
Silver City
Grant County
State Department of Development
DOD
Pinos Altos Road
Apodaca
Western New Mexico University
Memorial Center
Santa Fe
Jack Stahl
GOP
Democrat Party
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Lave
Bayard
Ken Wallin
Lucy Escudero
Sally Armijo
Jerry Rodriguez
Lordsburg
Hillcrest General Hospital
University of News
Ramon Carrillo
Armijo and Rodriguez
Carrillo
Hillcrest
Grant, Luna, Catron
Hidalgo
Firefighters Demonstrate Gas Fueled Conflagration Art
Looking Backward recounts a dramatic gas fed blaze demonstration by Silver City firefighters led by Bob Baca and Chief John Toledo. It notes a two man crew battled a 15 acre Beaver Head fire with a 30 man Zuni crew en route to assist in the Black Range Friday.
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Silver City
Bob Baca
New Mexico
Sire
John G. Toledo
Beaver Head
Black Range
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Arizona
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Aubrey Dunn
Alamogordo
Navajo Reservation
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Supreme Court
California
Phoenix
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Glen Canyon
Tucson Gas and Electric Co
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Silver City Daily Press and Independent
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