Lawmakers weigh Hooker dam site amendment clash
State Engineer Reynolds said no amendment likely this week as several representatives warned they could defeat any amendment. New Mexico leaders push for Hooker site to maximize water on the Gila while Arizona backs the Upper Gila dam alternative. Opponents cite conservation concerns and wilderness area impact. a compromise remains possible.
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Lext Weea
S.E. Reynolds
John P. Saylor
R-Pa
Johnny Walker
D-N.m
Thomas G. Morris
John J. Rhodes
R-Ariz
Colorado River Basin
Walker
Hooker
New Mexico
Hocker Dam
Anderson
Wilderness Society
Sierra Club
Citizens Committee On Natural Resources
Conner Dam
Upper
Gila
Colorado River
Reynolds
Poor People Begin Building Tent City
In Washington AP reports the Poor People Campaign launching with a Mother's Day march through a poor Negro slum and moving to erect Resurrection City on a 15 acre parkland near the Lincoln Memorial. About 2,000 to 3,500 demonstrators arrive mobilizing 450 marchers by weekend with more to come. Mrs. King’s widow leads as Abernathy signals shelter construction while NWRO seeks welfare reforms and a $4,000 minimum annual income for American families.
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Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
Jed
E. J. Prete
Ralph Sayid Abernathy
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Lincoln Memorial
Resurrection City
Washington Monument
We Have Rights Organization
NWRO
Neton
John F.kennedy
Memphis
Cardozo High School
Kennedy Playground
Voters to decide school bond issues in Grants and Catron
The Associated Press reports two school bond issues totaling 894000 go to voters Tuesday in Grants and Catron County. The Grants bond of 800000 funds nine more classrooms at several schools, a vocational shop building, leaners, and an educational resources center. The Catron bond of 94000 would finance a new gymnasium and teacher residence at DatL.
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THE
Associated Press
Grants
Catron
Dattl
Boy and Girl Suffocate in Sand Cave-In
In Portales a sand dune tunnel collapsed killing Billy Ward aged 42 and Janice Terrell 14. Monty Terrell 10 and Johnny Bob Terrell 12 were briefly buried but survived until help arrived as authorities moved over 100 tons of sand to recover the bodies near Oasis State Park.
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Portales
Oasis State Park
Monty Terrell
Johnny
Jack Simpson
U S Urges Hanoi To Take Step Toward Peace
The United States pressed North Vietnam to take a meaningful step toward peace in a Paris meeting. Ambassador Harriman offered to withdraw U S troops if North Vietnam reduces its forces and violence. Both sides outlined positions with Hanoi accusing Washington of aggression and the U S urging restraint and adherence to Geneva accords. The session lasted three hours and the next talks were scheduled for Wednesday.
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John M. Hightower
South
Hanoi Paris
United
North Vietnam
Stantial
Averell Harriman
U.S
Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Nguyen Thanh le
United States
Johnson
Congress
Harriman
South Viietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Lagos
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Nort Vietnam
20Th Parallel
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
United Sates
Nzo Din Diem
Thuy
Laos
Hanoi
Band
Wallace meet draws 35 attendees in Milner Hotel
Thirty five persons attended the Grant County George Wallace for president meeting Sunday in the Milner Hotel. A movie was shown. Basco Powers was named temporary chairman and announced a county wide meeting within two to three weeks to select delegates to the state convention. He listed contact details as P Q Box 767 Bayard and telephone 527 2962.
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Grant County
George Wallace
Milner
Basco Powers
P.Q. Box
Bayard
Tax renditions open for rural property exemptions
Grant County tax assessor Ella Ward announced a 1968 tax rendition window with two days left for exemptions on rural property. The 1948 rendition books close at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 45.
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Ella Ward
Grant County
Opposition to Government Reorganization Dominates WCA Meet
At the 48th New Mexico Wildlife and Conservation Association convention in Silver City, officers for 1968 69 were elected. A key resolution opposed Gov Cargo’s proposed government reorganization affecting the Department of Game and Fish and the State Game Commission, urging preservation of the existing agency and its regulatory authority. Don Clausen of Santa Fe was chosen WCA representative to the National Wildlife Federation, and the Southwestern New Mexico Sportsmen Association earned the Musket Trophy for largest membership gain succumbing from 55 to 208 members.
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Chancie Snyder
John Warner Little
New Mexico Wildlife and Conservation Association
Holiday Inn
New Mexico
Silver City
NLA
Bill” Winter
National Wildlife Federation
Phoenix
Ariz
Central Arizona
Hooker Dam
David F. Cargo
Department of Game and Fish
State Game Commission
Albuquerque
WCA
Bobby Adee
Clayton
Fred Gross
Pat Mims
Santa Fe
Don Clausen
Lloyd Balander
Taos
Jim Stephenson
Jimenez Springs
Tom Marcak
Deming
Winifred Mckee
Alamogordo
Rap Peets
Artesia
George Hareburt
Farmington
Silver City Club
Tom Bolack
New Mexico Supreme Court removes judge from Tierra Amarilla case
The New Mexico Supreme Court barred Dist. Court Judge Joe Angel of Las Vegas from further participation in the Tierra Amarilla raid case against Retes Lopez Tijerina and others. The ruling followed a hearing on a petition by Dist. Atty. Alfonso Sanchez. Court delays hearing by Judge Paul Larrazolo to 2 p.m. today.
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S. Bill Feather
Associated Press
Santa FE
New Mexico Supreme Court
Dist
Joe Angel
Las Vegas
Retes Lopez Tijerina
Tierra Amarilla
Angel
Atty
Alfonso Sanchez
Supreme Court
Tist
Paul Larrazolo
Albuquerque
Larrazolo
Rio Arriba
Tijerina
Former Carron County Man Dies In Los Angeles
Ramon C. Lucero 73, a former Carron County resident born in Mogollon, died May 8 in a Los Angeles hospital. Survived by widow Isidora, two sons, three daughters, and sisters Anna Ortega of Los Angeles and Maria L. Roman of the Mimbres. Funeral set for Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
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the Mimbres
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Los Angeles
Hospital Board Meeting Slated For Hillcrest Hospital
Regular meeting of the Hillcrest General Hospital Board set for 7 p.m. tonight at the hospital. Hospital administrator Paul Wright said the agenda includes only routine business.
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Hillcrest General Hospital Board
Paul Wright
Mrs Robertson Dies At Home In California
Ada Grace Robertson a former Grant County resident died at her Upland California home early today She is survived by her husband Robert at the family home in Upland her parents Mr and Mrs Fiske Harsh of Silver City and three brothers George Harsh Robert Harsh of Gila and Glenn Ray Harsh of Tustascola St Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Ada Grace Robertson
Grant County
Upland
Calif
Robert Robertson
Fiske Harsh
Silver City
George Harsh
Robert Harsh
Gila
Glenn Ray Harsh
Tustascola
Youth Injured In Car-Scooter Crash Saturday
Paul Jacob Ballmer, 15, son of Mr and Mrs Dale Ballmer of 2201 Cactus, suffered a fractured left leg when a scooter he rode was struck by a car driven by Mrs Jo Ann Holman in the 900 block of Pope Street Saturday. Ballmer is in satisfactory condition at Hillcrest General Hospital. Holman was cited for failure to yield. He was transported by H and R Ambulance Service. Police investigations could not provide details.
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Paul Jacob Ballmer
Dale Ballmer
Hillcrest Ceneral Hospital
Pope Street
Jo Ann Holman
Mitchell Raute
Charles Ward
H. and R. Ambulance Service
Poppy Day Sale Set for Saturday in Silver City
The annual Poppy Day sale by the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held Saturday May 18 in Silver City. W H Bud Cobb, the event chairman, announced that volunteers will sell Buddy Poppies made by hospitalized veterans to fund the state VFW rehabilitation program. Public contribution is invited.
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Silver City
W.hl
Bud) Cobb
VFW
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