Local Contractor Could Bid On Tyrone Housing Project
A Silver City bonding agent says one Grant County general contractor and several in New Mexico can be bonded to build 208 homes near Tyrone for the Phelps-Dodge Corporation. Plans include a shopping center and fire station to be finished before Sept 1, with a project cost near two million dollars. A local contractor may bid after reviewing plans and schedule, with many area subcontractors available. The homes will house Phelps-Dodge employees.
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Silver City
Grant County
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
Tyrone
Phelps-Bodge
New Mexico
Phelps-Dodge
Local Chamber To Hear Pro Gridder Speak
Don Perkins head of New Mexico Department of Courtesy and Information will speak at the Silver City Grant County Chamber of Commerce luncheon Wednesday at noon. Reservations urged. Perkins, a 29 year old ex Dallas Cowboys star, plans tours to promote New Mexico as a training site for the 1968 Olympics and will discuss athlete needs and state programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boys’ Clubs of America
Fellowship of Christian Youth
Albuquerque
Perkins
Silver City
Grant County
David F. Cargo
Dallas Cowboys
University of New Mexico
Waterloo
Laws
New Mexico
Los Angeles
Mexico City
Will Perkins
Dallas
Agai
Thousand Oaks
Burt
Loyalty Day Queen Contest Scheduled
Loyalist veterans sponsor Loyalty Day events with a queen contest for 15 to 23 year old women. Contest is an essay test, not a beauty pageant, with entries due by April 20 and judging by a panel. The queen will be crowned May 1 at Cobre High School stadium after the parade.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Organization
Fits Ladies Auxiliary
Congress
Communist Party
United States
VFW
Bayard
Charles Rk
Wason
F. C
Bow
Santa Rita
P.O
Witl Nur Y
Cobre High School
Youth Wreck After High Speed Chase In Hanover
A 14 year old Hanover youth escaped serious injury after a high speed pursuit by Patrolman Don Evans. The pickup refused to stop for a Ted Night and siren, then overturned three miles north of Fierro on Fierro Road. The driver was cited for reckless driving and driving without a license. his mother for allowing an unlicensed driver to operate. The 15 year old passenger was not injured. The accident occurred about 6 50 p m Sunday.
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Hanover
Don Evans
Fierro
Evans
Hillcrest General Hospital
Am Jbulance Service
Silver City Man Attending LI Congress
Lowell L. Anderson of Silver City serves as District Administrator for New Mexico District 4 and attends the Ninth International Congress of the League Baseball in Houston. The gathering gathers 500 volunteers across 29 countries to review Little League Baseball ahead of the 1957 season with 2,000,000 youths involved. A key agenda item is electing five field directors to two year terms, with remarks from Commissioner William D. Eckert and Governor John Connally.
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Houston
Texas
Lowell L. Anderson
Silver City
New Mexico
Feild
William D. Eckert
John Connally
CC Board Sets Directors Meet
The board of directors will meet at 7 a.m. Tuesday at the Critter. It will be the last regular meeting before the directors election. Plans for the meeting include the coming annual banquet.
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Poard
Silver City
Grant County
Chamber Pot Commerce
Critter
Board Ofirectors
New Mexico Legislature Called Into Special Session
Governor David Carey summoned the New Mexico Legislature into a special session to consider four proposed pieces of legislation. The hover and senate were called into a special session this morning to aim for a quick agenda.
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Santa Ro
David Carey
New Mexico
Hover
Senate
Anowen
Weir
Carre
Tear Gas Fails to Flush Out Silver City Shooter
Silver City police and campus officers surrounded a home after Ben Montez fired a 12 gauge shotgun at them during a nighttime incident near Stout Junior High School. Tear gas bombs forced Montez from the house. he was treated for tear gas effects and jailed awaiting arraignment on aggravated assault charges.
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Ed. Cote
Daily Press
Jim Peeler
Silver City
Ben Montez
Don Staley
John Ivans
Western New Mexico University
Stout Junior High School
Montez
Anastasio Lucero
Stailey
Stanley
Ivans
Stalley
Monte
Sheriff's Office
Thomas [Ryan
Don Evans
Tommy Ryan
Tommy Bean
Ryan
Hillcrest General Hospital
Grant County
E.C. O'Dave
Serna
Mormex
Municipal Cour
New Mexico Backing Dam and Pipe Dream in River Bill
Representative Walker and New Mexico officials urged the House Interior Committee to include both the Animas LaPlata project and Hooker dam in a Colorado River Basin bill. Reynolds avoided taking a firm stand on Bridge Canyon dam or the steam plant, signaling flexibility. New Mexico backs the Animas LaPlata project and Central Arizona Project including Hooker Dam, and cites increased water demand from mining and municipal use on the Gila River.
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Washington
Johnny Walker
D-N
New Mexico
Steve Reynolds
House Interior Committee
Animas-LaPlata
Hooker Dam
Reynolds
John Bliss
Colorado River
Bridge Canyon
Page
Bliss
Harold T. Johnson
D-Calif
House
Rec
Walker
Hoover Dam
Johnson
Phelps-Dodge
U.S
Gila
U.S. Geological Survey
Silver City
Angimas-LaPlata
New Miosico
Coloras Do
Wayne N. Aspinal
D- Tolo
Arizona
Hooker
Clinton P
Anderson
D-N M
Gila River
Former Bayard Man Dolores Baca Dies at 89 in Wilmington
Dolores Baca, 89, a former Bayard resident and self employed carpenter, died in Wilmington California. Funeral arrangements are pending in Wilmington.
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Baca
Kurley
Dolores Baca
Wilmington
Calif
Bayard
Pallbearers Named for Mrs Ruth Carter Jackson
Pallbearers named for the funeral of Mrs. Ruth Carter Jackson scheduled for four oclock this afternoon at the Curvi Morwary chapel. Walter Wilson Franklight James Ryan S Kauffman Leroy Marek and WT Graham served. Interment followed in the Masonic Cemetery. Mrs Jackson died Friday evening at her Silver City residence.
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Ruth Carter Jackson
Walter Wilson Franklight
James 5. Ryan
S. Kauffman
Leroy Marek
WT. Graham
Masonic Cemetery
Traffic Deaths by Associated Press State Totals to Date
The Associated Press reports state traffic fatalities to date, noting the trend from last year and current totals. Officials compare current figures with the prior year as part of ongoing road safety monitoring.
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Associated Press
Property Reappraisal Progress in Grant County Urban Areas
John Blatnik of AREA Inc announces half the property evaluation in urban Grant County is complete with all urban enumeration finished. Rural work begins next week as AREA expands into rural areas, aided by local newspapers and community talks to foster public understanding of equalization and fair tax shares. The program, pioneered here, now extends to McKinley Colfax Sierra and Torrance counties.
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John Blathik
Vic
Area, Inc
Grant County
Rocky Mountain
Blatenik
Blatnik
Blatnlk
Inc
McKinley
Colfax
Sierra
Torrance
Peace hopes in Vietnam fade as talks stall
AP analysis by James Marlow notes the North Vietnamese rejection of talks and a half-hearted U S pause. Johnson seeks negotiations while Hanoi demands unconditional bombing halt. Thant’s plan shifts to simultaneous steps, but the North Vietnamese broadcast rejects it. No concessions from either side have moved the process forward.
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James Marlow
Washington
Vietnam
Johnson
Guam
United States
Hanoi
South Vietnam
U.S
Nort Vietnam
Mahlow
Robert F. Kennedy
DN Y
North Vietnam
U Thant
United Nations
Thant
Johnson Ky clash at Guam meeting sparks war escalation call
President Johnson aims to push peace efforts at Guam talks while Premier Ky urges broad Vietnam war expansion. Ky questions bombing Hanoi and invading Laos Cambodia, pressing for intensified U S action as Rusk McNamara Westmoreland report rising Communist tempo and tougher losses.
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Frank Cormier
Guam
Johnson
Nguyen Cao Ky
United States
Hanoi
Haiphong
Laos
Cambodia
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Rusk
McNamars
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Vietnam
South Vietnam
McNamara
Lata
West
Viet Nam
Neady v
Mii
Henry Cabot Lodge
Saigon
Lee Barker
Westmoreland
National Liberation Front
U. S
Manuel
Sanc
Weather outlook warms through Tuesday with record notes
Fair and warmer with occasional high clouds. Highs around 70 today and 75 Tuesday, lows near 38 tonight and 31 at the airport. Am hour report shows high 74 and low 2. Record high for this date was 3 in 1966 and record low 24.
Souscil Meets Tonight at City Hall in Silver City
The Silver City Town Council will meet tonight at City Hall to review a car-load shipment of six inch cast iron water pipe and conduct routine business.
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Silver City
City Hall
Rodeo Queen Contest For Fourth Of July Celebration
Grant County sheriff’s office seeks young single women with Grant County ties to compete for Rodeo Queen for the Fourth of July event. Entrants must be single, 18 by July 1 1967, submit a formal portrait by April 15, and be prepared to represent Grant County in Albuquerque New Mexico. Judging will cover personality dress and horsemanship with final selection at a Piysse dinner.
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Sheraf
Poste
Ceteu
Redes
Iis Sears Annua
Mey
Luis
Imust
Grant
Abe
Grant County
Rodea
Bob
Tucumcari Friday Event Draws Local Buyers
A fragmented notice reports a scheduled sale or market event in Tucumcari on Friday. Details are unclear, but participants and locations appear to involve Universty, Fam Crees, and local buyers. The text is garbled with multiple unreadable names.
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Tucumcari
Seth Nkin
Walt
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Tyrone Housing Project
Don Perkins
Bulletin
Dale
Johnson-Ky
Tuary
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U. S. Navy
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Richard Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
Ellsworth Bunker
Lodge
Nguyen van, Thieu
Souscil
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