Washington Colorado River legislation faces rocky road
The House Interior Committee will take up river legislation late next year amid four required subcommittee approvals. Rep Morris Udall failed to secure unanimous consent to move the Senate bill, risking House and Senate hurdles. CAP funds, Hooker Dam, and Upper Basin projects drive opposition from Aspinall Burton and Hosmer while Arizona debates commitments.
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Washington
Colorado
House
Inerior Committee
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
Shairman Wayne WN
Aspinall
D-Cala
House Interior Committee
House Reclamation
House Rules Committee
Senate
House Conference Committee
Arizona
Hocker Dam
New Mexico
Animas-La Plata
Dolores
Dallas Creek
West Divide
San Miguel
Bridge Canyon
House Reclamation Subcommittee
Hayden
Colorado River Basin
John P. Saylor
Executive Committee
Cap
California
Laurence J. Burton
Ctak
Phillip Burton
Calif
Sayjor
Hooker Dam
Utah
Burton
Craig Hosmer
R-Calil
UAW Ford Hold Secret Meetings Amid Auto Strike
Detroit AP reports secret talks between Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers as a 24 hour blackout began then extended indefinitely in efforts to end the 160,000 worker stoppage across 25 states since Sept 6 after the contract expired. Both sides kept in close communication as a Ford board meeting occurred near the blackout.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
Ford
Ford Board of Directors
Jet Crashes Killing 66 Near Cyprus Coast
A BEA Comet 4 jetliner crashed into the Mediterranean off southwest Turkey near Kastellorizon. All 65 aboard presumed dead. The London Athens to Nicosia flight carried 59 passengers and seven crew members, with most travelers described as businessmen or vacationers. Weather was clear. no distress signal was sent. Search efforts involved RAF planes and ships from naval and air forces.
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Cyprus
Mediterranean
Turkey
Royal Air Force
British European Airways
Cyprus Airways
London
Athens
Niconesia
Dodecanese
Kastellorizon
BEA
Threeeman
U.S. Air Force
Katellorizan
RAF
Sailor Stabs Eight Jumps Overboard Off California
A Navy destroyer off Long Beach was attacked when a sailor stabbed 11 men aboard the USS Mullany. One machinist mate first class, Roy A. Lattiewhite of San Diego, remained missing after leaping overboard. no ages or details released. Seven others were in good condition at Long Beach Naval Hospital, with three treated and released and one aboard the ship. The Mullany resumed routine maneuvers after docking.
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Long Beach
Calif
Navy
Roy A. Lattiewhite
San Diego
Viva Sattiewhite
Aga
Mullany
Long Beach Naval Hospital
Nation observes Columbus Day across cities and events
The Associated Press reports Columbus Day marked by banquets parades and observances nationwide. New York hosted a Fifth Avenue march with 100000-plus attendees and 75 bands while Boston faced World Series traffic for a 2 pm parade. Columbus OH hosted a four day observance with a Miss Columbus contest as 21 city delegates gathered. Los Angeles held a five day Festa Italiana at the Hollywood Palladium to benefit Casa Italiana with performers including Jimmy Durante.
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Associated Press
Christopher Columbus
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Boston
Columbus
Ohio
Los Angeles
Hollywood Palladium
U.S
Jimmy Durante
Casa Italiana
Local Jaycee Honored Here
Walter Woody Toy, charter president of the Grant County Jaycees, received a life membership in the Junior Chamber International Senate at Tuesday’s Holiday Inn dinner. The JCI Senate honors top local leaders sponsored by their organization and approved by state national and international presidents. Toy, three years as charter president, later served as International Director for New Mexico and attended conferences in Sidney Australia and Kyoto Japan. He works for Kennecott Copper Corporation in Hurley.
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Walter ‘ Woody
Toy
Grant County Jaycees
State of
New Mexico
Sidney
Australia
Kyoto
Japan
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Hurley
Sacramento State polls on marijuana queen and Viet Nam
Sacramento State College students will vote next week on whether marijuana should be legal and who should be campus queen. They will also answer views on U.S. forces in Vietnam, with results sent to California congressmen in Washington, D.C., except for the campus queen nomination.
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Sacramento
Calif
Sacramento State College
U.S
Vietnam
California
Washington, D.C
Thieu Plans One-Week Bombing Pause and Talks
Amid monsoon slowdowns in Saigon, Nguyen Van Thieu proposes a one week halt in bombing and a face to face meeting with Ho Chi Minh. U S officials express skepticism while noting limited air activity and ongoing casualties North Vietnamese conduct sporadic shelling as weather worsens.
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George McArthur
Associated Press
Saigon
North Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Ho Chi Minh
Thieu
Jeader
U.S
Thieuw
Hanoi
South
Silver City Youth Dies In Arizona Car Crash
Raymond Horcasitas, 15, of Silver City, was killed at 7 a.m. Wednesday in a car accident in Yuma, Arizona. His 18-year-old brother Richard Horcasitas was injured in the same crash and listed in good condition at Parkwell Hospital in Yuma. No further details available at press time.
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Raymond Horcasitas
Silver City
Yuma
Ariz
Daily Press Today
Raymond
Richard Horcasitas
Parkwell Hospital
Traffic Deaths Toll to Date by State
The Associated Press reports state traffic fatalities totaled 236 so far this year, down from 327 at the same point last year. Data reflects ongoing road toll trends across multiple states as authorities track fatalities.
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Associated Press
Copper Strike Talks On Optimistic Note Today
Salt Lake City AP reports a 91 day old copper strike pushed on with optimism as Kennecott Copper Corp. and United Steelworkers unions resume talks. Governor Rampton says some progress exists but major gaps remain, including pension cost methods already addressed in recent meetings.
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Salt Lake City
Kennecott Copper Corp
U. S
United Steelworkers
Senators Split Over Bombing Of Vietnam
AP report notes Senator Aiken backs Senator Brooke’s call for a presidential reassessment of North Vietnam bombing while Senator Tower urges stronger air strikes. Brooke cites military and political shifts since earlier pauses and argues for a new decision. Aiken praises the approach amid debate over peace talks and bombing pauses.
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Vietnam
Jack Bell
Associated Press
Washington
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
North Vietnam
John G. Tower
R.tex
Aiken
Senate
Johnson
Brooke
Springfield
Mass
Hanoi
Henry Cabot Lodge
Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
Lodge
Hunter Injured Airlifted From Gila Wilderness Near Silver City
An injured hunter was airlifted to Silver City after being thrown from a horse about 35 miles southeast of the city. Marion Crumbley of the New Mexico Game and Fish asked for the helicopter from White Sands Missile Range. The patient’s identity and injury extent were not known. A CH 34 Choctaw from Range Service Directorate, with civilian pilots and a military police assistant, transported a local doctor to Hurley before hoisting the patient. The Forest Service crew awaited at a heliport to move the man to Willcrest General Hospital.
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Silver City
Marion Crumbley
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
White Sands Missile Range
Robert & DeVaughn
Lloyd E. Williams
Range Service Directorate
White Sands
Robert M. Lefever
259Th
Gila
Grant County
Hurley
U.S. Forest Service
National Guard
Willcrest General Hoseital
Cards Win World Series As Gibson Triumphs For Cards
St Louis Cardinal pitcher Bob Gibson tossed a three hitter and homered lifting the Cardinals to a 7-2 series clincher over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Lou Brock stole seven bases setting a series record as Gibson completed a seventh game victory in a dominant series run.
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Jack Hard
Associated Press
Boston AM
Bob Gibson
Jim Lonhore
St. Louis Cardinnals
Boston Red Sox
Lonborg
Tryi
Gibson
Red Rurling
Lew Burdette
Milwaukee
Lou Brock
Fenway Park
Brock
Pepper Martin
Philadelphia A’s
George Seeth
Cardinals
Orlando Cepeda
Sarth
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JCI Senate
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William P. Bundy
George Lyon
George
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