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Newspaper
Silver City Daily Press
Location
Silver City, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1967
Page
1
Democratic leaders move to schedule a 1968 nominating convention in Chicago to counter Republican gains. Johnson supporters push for a Chicago site with a Democratic governor and mayor despite GOP strength in the Midwest and calls to show party unity.
Former New Mexico Governor Mechem named head of the Nixon for President Committee in New Mexico. Mechem cited Nixon’s foreign affairs experience and strong Republican loyalty, with uncertain delegates and possible contenders Romney Rockefeller Reagan and others entering the race.
A rosary will be said at 7 30 p m in the chapel for Michael Anthony Gonzales 14 month old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Gonzales Jr who died Saturday The Rev Fr John Sanchez will officiate The funeral Mass is set for 4 a m Tuesday at St Vincent de Paul Catholic Church Catholic pallbearers include Ramon Aragon Jackie Rivera and Estene Ganzales
A fragmented traffic death notice from an Associated Press item provides minimal readable details and does not specify names, places, or dates. The text is incomplete and cannot be fully identified or expanded from the available fragment.
Police reported two fatal crashes in New Mexico. A head on collision on New Mexico 478 near Las Cruces killed Juan Villegas and three relatives along with Santiago Gonzales and Hylton Andrew Cole from Carlsbad dying in separate incidents as a red light violation ended in a fatal crash.
Mrs. HH Lloyd Hanson mother of Mrs. Donald Overturf died Saturday at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital Hastings Nebraska. She led Manson Building Specialties Inc and was active in Hastings businesses church and social groups including First Presbyterian Church Niobrara DAR Acacia Eastern Star Soroptimist PEO Outlook Daughters of the Nile and more. She survived by two sons William and James T Hanson a daughter Mes Hanson and 12 grandchildren four great grandchildren plus siblings Val Mahoney Robert Mahoney John Mahoney and Mrs William Sedes. Services planned Tuesday at 10 30 am at First Presbyterian Church with burial at Perkview Cemetery Hastings.
Invited guests at the Las day conferment of a Doctor of Laws on former Mexican President Miguel Alemán included Sayid Serna Wes Adwmie ELC and speakers such as Joseph A. Montoya Jack M. Campbell and Earle Stanley Gardner. Aleman now presiding over the National Tourist Center.
Negotiations begin in Salt Lake City between Kennecott Copper Corp officials and striking unions as talks aim to end a 17 day walkout that idled about 59 000 workers and halted 97 percent of domestic copper production. Meetings planned in Montana Arizona and elsewhere with Pima Mining Co and Phelps-Dodge target three year contracts with raises around 75 cents per hour. Arizona Governor Williams says a Pima settlement could set a pattern for broader settlements.
Jury selection begins in Meridian for the trial of 18 men charged with conspiring to violate the civil rights of Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman and James Chaney in Philadelphia Mississippi in 1964. Officials outline strict courtroom procedures as prosecutors prepare to present about 100 witnesses.
The Sliver City Planning and Zoning Commission will meet Tuesday evening to consider a zoning change on Highway 1a0 near the municipal swimming pool. Robert Everard seeks to change from Commercial 2 to a different zone and requests a use variance to permit a trailer on the property between 20th and 21st. Several residents are expected to attend the meeting.
Washington officials say the half dollar remains in circulation and will be minted with 40 percent silver through next year. Treasury plans to continue producing halves even if silver is removed, while $2 bills stopped last year due to weak demand. Assistant secretary Robert A. Wallace notes hoarding persists but more are circulating.
James Timothy Holland fourteen son of Mr and Mrs Jim Holland of Weaverville California was killed in a hunting accident near Weaverville involving a jeep His father a former Grant County native and Silver City schools attendee is now principal in the Weaverville school system His uncle Col retired TE Holeman lives in Albuquerque He leaves two sisters and a brother Funeral arrangements are pending at Weaverville.
Senator Hugh Scott, a Republican moderate, endorsed President Johnson's Vietnam policy and urged no undermining of the president's stature as commander in chief and chief diplomat. He rejected a “peace at any price” stance and said no better alternative exists, while noting other GOP moderates criticize Johnson and urging candor with the public. Eisenhower also backs a new Peace with Freedom in Vietnam group, with signers including Douglas and former generals Clay and Bradley.
The steel haulers strike enters a three month stalemate as Pennsylvania Governor Raymon P. Shaler gathers representatives from seven states and the Teamsters Union to push a settlement. Strikers demand higher rates and pay for waiting time, while the union won't recognize the strike, and violence concerns loom.
Mrs Bursabe B Yguado 73 a Silver City resident died Sunday morning at Hillcrest General Hospital Funeral arrangements were not available at press time.
Ecuador demanded the withdrawal of U S Ambassador Wymberley DeR Coerr over a speech defending the Alliance for Progress and criticizing Ecuador’s president The State Department said such withdrawal is the only permissible response under diplomatic practice Coerr spoke at the American School in Guayaquil and quoted remarks by President Arosemena while noting alliance costs and gains in Ecuador.
The Soviet Communist party daily Pravda denounces California Governor Ronald Reagan as a movie star turned ultra rightist. It criticizes his Vietnam War stance and claims his state California became America’s biggest arms maker, suggesting voters will reject him.
Spot metal prices listed in New York readings include copper thirty eight cents per pound and lead fourteen cents per pound from Connecticut Valley and New York. Zinc is shown at thirteen and nine tenths cents per pound in East St Louis, tin at fifteen fifty four cents per pound in New York. Silver is reported at forty eight and eight tenths cents per ounce in New York with nominal value two hundred eighty eight dollars per flask.
Washington AP Secretary of Transportation Alan S Boyd asked governors to assess state effects if the 4 4 billion federal aid highway program is cut by as much as half He sent a telegram noting possible ceilings on federal aid and proposing quarterly ceilings starting November 1 if cuts are required
A 56 year old man, Donald Ramsey, was arrested on a homicide charge in the bludgeon deaths of Linda Fitzpatrick and a tattooed man whose bodies were found in a Greenwich tenement boiler room. The victims included the teen daughter of Irving Fitzgatz, president of Knickerbocker Mills. James Leroy Hutchinson, 21, of Central Falls, also linked to the case, had prior police records.
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