Kennecott Agreement Still Not Finalized
Washington AP reports third week of talks in a copper strike as Kennecott, Anaconda, and American Smelting and Refining press for settlements after Phelps Dodge agreement. Wage gains vary, with tentative terms of about $1.07 hourly over 40 months. unions in Utah and across the West weigh local issues before ratification and return to work.
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Washington
White House
New Progress
Keir
Phelps Dodge Corp
Taft-Hartley
Phelps Dodge
Kennecott Copper Corp
Anaconda Co
American Smelting and Refining Co
Salt Lake City
United Steelworkers of America
Afl-Cio
Kennecott
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Tnions
Lave Bennett
Utah
Phelps Undge
Arizona
el Paso
Tex
Office and Professional Employees
International Association of Machinists
China Metal Trades Council
Bill Moves To Committee On Wednesday For Interior Debate
New Mexico Representative Johnny Walker says House Bill 3300 includes the Central Arizona Project and Hooker Dam in Grant County and will reach the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee on March 20 25 and 26. He notes opposition from Sierra Club and wilderness groups but expects the bill to be preserved amid possible amendments.
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Johnny Walker
United States
New Mexico
Silver City Daily Press Today
House of Representatives
Central Arizona Project
Hooker Dam
Grant County
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Walker
Sierra Club
Wildernness Group
Sliver City
Udall
Saylor
Daily Press
Bureau of Re
Congress
Thomas G. Morris
Wayne Aspinall
Interior Committee
Colorado River
Gila River
Hooker
Morris Udall
Secretary of the Interior
Bureau of Reclamation
Gila
Smelter Talks Slow As Kennecott Faces Local Demands
Kennecott Copper's Hurley smelter shifted from running to holding temperatures as local talks with United Steelworkers Local 490 slowed. Union leaders in Washington reportedly raised local issues after tentative nationwide progress, with eight to 30 questions now on the table affecting trucking at Ching mine Santa Rita and retroactive wage gains.
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Kennecott Copper Corporation
Hurley
United Steelworkers of America
Kennecott
China Mines Division
Washington
Untion
China
Ching
Santa Rita
Cobre School Board Sets Meeting Tonight
The Cobre Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the superintendent’s office in Bayard. The agenda centers on appointing the Superintendent of Cobre Consolidated Schools with Dr. David Walker likely named.
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Cobre
Cobre Board of Education
Bayard
Cobre Consolidated Schools
David
Castro halts sale of booze in first dry weekend
Castro orders closing of private and state bars and cabarets while beer and wine with meals remain allowed. The move forces Cubans to seek other activities as the sugar harvest falters and a government push to conserve labor and resources takes effect.
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Fidel Castro
Students Picket Gila Theater Over Lease Dispute in Silver City
About 80 high school and college students picketed downtown Silver City’s Gila Theater after it was announced the Sunday feature would be the last shown in the town’s only indoor theater. Police reported no charges and most demonstrators dispersed by 9 p.m. The theater will close due to unresolved lease terms, with remaining films moved to other Silco venues.
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Appeacoius
Silver City
Thomas Ryan
Ryan
Stuents
Lowell Cain
Gila
Cain
Sky View Drive In
Silco
Bayard
Sky View
Gila Theater
Photaj
Windy and cooler with isolated mountain showers
A 24 hour report notes windy cooler conditions with occasional cloudiness today tonight and Tuesday. Travelers are warned for northern mountain areas of four inches or more of snow this afternoon. Highs 54 today 55 Tuesday. lows 30 and 39. Precipitation 02. Airport figures show high 62 low 39.
Rusk Pushes Foreign Aid in Wartime Speech
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged Congress to fund foreign aid despite Vietnam costs, arguing aid supports U.S. prosperity and security. He warned that delaying aid could threaten global stability and notes broad support from developing nations while underscoring aid is not to buy friends but to bolster peaceful progress.
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Robert Gray
Associated Press
Washington
Dean Rusk
Congress
Vietnam
U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rusk
Sen J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Latin America
Africa
Committee
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Funeral for Drowning Victim Set Tuesday
Funeral services for two year old Joseph G Atencio who drowned will be held at 9 30 a m Tuesday at St Vincent de Paul Catholic Church with Rev A James Milano officiating Burial will be in the Catholic Cemetery under Curtis Mortuary supervision He is the son of Jessie and Mrs Atencio of Silver City with brothers Gregory Jessie and Michael paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs F H Atencio and maternal grandmother Mrs Sarah Provencio listed among survivors
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Joseph G. Atencio
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
A. James Milano
Curtis Mortuary
Jessie Atencio
Silver City
Gregory
Jessie
Michael
F.H. Atencio
Sarah Provencio
CC Directors Meet at Drifter Inn
The Silver City Grant County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors will meet at 7 a.m. Tuesday in the downstairs meeting room of the Drifter Inn.
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Silver City-Grant County
Silver City Town Council Meets Tonight
The Silver City town council meets at City Hall at 7 PM to open bids for a mowing machine for ball fields and discuss street fighting on Pinos Altos Road between Highway 180 and Pine Street. A paving review date, public hearing date, and a sanitary disposal improvement report including landfill discussion will be set. A landfill movie will be shown.
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Silver City
Pinos Altos Road
Highway 180
Pine Street
City Hall
Spring Recess Approaches at Western New Mexico University
Western New Mexico University schedules a spring recess with one week of classes remaining. Classes end Friday, March 22 and resume Monday, April 1 following the break.
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Western New Mexico University
Snow Warning in North NM
The Associated Press reports a winter storm moving into northern New Mexico tonight may drop four inches or more of snow in mountain areas with light snow or rain at lower elevations. A cold front shifted into New Mexico Sunday bringing colder air and windy conditions, especially in the eastern region, with much colder temperatures expected tonight.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
U.S. Weather Bureau
Albuquerque
Weather Bureau
Tijerina For U.S. VP
California Peace and Freedom Party nominates Dick Gregory for President and Reles Tijerina for Vice President at a convention in Richmond. Gregory accepted by phone from Chicago to cheers from 450 delegates after a 15-hour session. Tijerina leads a Southwest land claim group.
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Richmond
Calif
California
Peace and Freedom Party
Dick Gregory
Reles Tijerina
Gregory
Hame
Chicago
Tijerina
Albuquerque
AP Bist
Robert Reidy
St. Joseph’s Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital
Gallup
Reidy
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Steelworkers Local 490
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Chane
Merino
Arthur Flores
Missouri
F.G. Woodruff
Chino
Steelworkers Union
Atlantic City
Pan Glover
New Business
Tie
Castro
Fenton Wheeler
Havana
Town Council
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