President Signs CAP for Colorado River Basin Water Plan
President Johnson signed a package authorizing 2.31 billion for Colorado River Basin water development. It includes the Central Arizona Project to bring water to Phoenix and Tucson and support irrigation. The plan envisions a private power plant funding, with federal advance payments of 100 million, and calls for Animas la Plata irrigation and Hooker Dam in New Mexico and Colorado.
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Johnson
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Central
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Phoenix
Tucson
Grand Canyon
New Mexico
Animas la Plata
Hooker Dam
Silver City
New Mexico Economic Development District Receives Grant
Washington AP reports the N namic tion administration approves a 56701 grant to the North Central Economic Development district in Santa Fe to support a one year planning program across eight counties including Colfax Los Alamos Rio Arriba Sandoval Santa Fe and Taos.
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New Mexico
Tocay
Rusk Holds Talks in New York With World Leaders
Secretary of State Jean Rusk pursues ten days of diplomacy in New York. He meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban and U Thant and Emilio Arenales seeking a path to lasting Middle East peace. Eban discusses a package deal for the Arabs and rejects Soviet plans. Gunnar Jarring to lead separate talks with Eban and with Jordan and Egypt ministers.
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Associated Press
Untied Nations, NY
Jean Rusk
New York
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Middle East
Rusk
Generll U Thant
General Assembly
Emilio Arenales
Suatemala
Eban
U.N. General Assembly
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Paris
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Sinai
Egypt
West Bank
Jordan River
Jordan
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Washington
Soviet Union
Ean
Gunnar Jarring
Sweden
Monem Rifa'i
Mahmoud Riad
Willow Creek Aspencade Slated for October 13
The fifth annual Willow Creek Aspencade will occur Sunday Oct 13 led by Lewis Foster of the Silver City Grant County Chamber of Commerce. Forest Service guides will lead a 10 am Glenwood start visiting Mogollon Ben Lilly Campground and Willow Creek areas with a 1 pm barbecue lunch. Reservations advised by Oct 11 via the chamber.
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Lewis Foster
Silver City-Grant County
Mogollon
Silver Creek Canyon
Silver Creek Divide
Willow Mountain
Gila
Glenwood Women’s Club
Ben Lilly
Glenwood Woman's Club
OEO Evaluation Team Schedule II Announced
The OEO Evaluation Team schedule for Silver City is set for Tuesday and Wednesday with five members and two interview days. Events include meetings with CAA staff, welfare, health, employment services, St Marys School, Western New Mexico University, and local agencies, led by OEQ board chair Lorenzo Tor Tes.
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Silver City
CAA
Grant County Courtehouse
Welfare Department
Public Health, Employment Security
Silver
Sti. Mary's
First Presbyterian Church
Silver City-Grant County
Cobre
Lorenzo Tor
Tes
OEQ
G. I. Forum
Robert “Moose
White
Benny Altamirano
Robert Aberscramble
Soil Conservation Service
E. ©.Daver Serna
Lowell Cain
American National Bank
United Steelworkers of America
Grant County
Steve Ray Aguirre
Andy Murphy
Silver City Daily Press
Robert Kirker
Central
KNFT
Silver City Lulacs
Humphrey Voices Danger of Extremism in Salt Lake Speech
Democratic candidate Hubert H. Humphrey denounces both ends of the political spectrum as dangerous to democracy and warns that extremists from Wallace supporters to Negro rioters threaten progress. He appeals for tolerance while facing disruptive protests in Salt Lake City and Seattle before a major foreign policy address.
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Salt Lake CiTy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Pacific Northwest
George C. Wale Lace
Humphrey
Seattle
Civic
Polce
Fortland
Ore
Moron Tabernacle
Criti
Wallace
Adolf Hitler
America
Richard M. Nixon
Vietnam
Democratic Party
Ira Dodd Trial Date Set Here
Ira Dodd bound over to district court on charges of extortion will face a district court trial on October 9 Judge Norman Hodges presides Lee Vesely will represent Dodd William Martin Jr will represent the district attorney's office
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Irs Dodd
Norman Hodges
Lee Vesely
Silver City Attoreney
Dodd
William Martin, Jr
District Attorneys Office
Weather outlook with warm temperatures and storms
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with scattered afternoon thundershowers. Warmer Tuesday. Silver City records show a high of 83 Tuesday and a low of 49 tonight. Sunday’s high reached 80 with a low around Sd.
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Silver City
Traffic Toll to Date and Last Year Compared
Traffic deaths reported to date reach thirty one with a year earlier total of three hundred eleven, highlighting a persistent toll on roadways and urging caution amid ongoing transit concerns.
Gillihan to Be Sentenced at Grant County Courthouse
Gillihan Riley Iven Gillihan, 37, convicted of first degree murder on four counts, faces sentencing today at 4 p.m. in the Grant County Courthouse. Judge Norman Hodges will preside as a six member jury delivered the verdict.
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Riley Iven Gillihan
Grant County
Norman Hodges
Gillihan
New Fall Hours Announced For Gila Cliff Dwellings
Cliff Dwellings National Monument sets fall hours from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday to Sunday. Superintendent Bill Lukens notes hours moved earlier due to the Revenue and Expenditure Control Act, but visitor traffic through September is four percent ahead of last year.
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Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Bill Lukens
Lukens
Arenas Valley Gains Permanent Voting Place
Voters in Arenas Valley east of Silver City will obtain a permanent polling site for general elections. A District Court petition designates a location around Highway 180 north and west of the Ft Bayard Hospital fence line to serve precinct one in Grant County Legislative District One. No building has yet been chosen to house voting machines.
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Silver City
District Court of the Sixth Judicial District
Grant County
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Ft. Bayard Hospital
Arénas Valley
Central 1-A
Ft. Bayard 1
Funeral service for William E. Hagan in Silver City
William E. Hagan of Hurley died Friday at Ft. Bayard Hospital. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Curtis Mortuary chapel in Silver City with Preston Winchell of Bayard Church of Christ officiating. Graveside rites by the American Legion at Bayard Soldier’s Cemetery. Pallbearers are Edgar George Frank Hickson Paul Reeves Marvin Beach Henry Wallis and FR B Lucas.
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Hurley
Ft. Bayard Hospital
Chanel
Curtis Mortuary
Silver City
Preston Winchell
Bayard Church of Christ
The
American Legion
Fr Bayard Soldier's Cemetery
Edgar George
Frank Hickson
Paul Reeves
Marvin Beach
Henry Wallis
B. Lucas
Nixon Leads GOP To 5-1 Victory Signal
AP report outlines Republican bankroll and strategy led by Ray Bliss and John Mitchell as Nixon’s campaign builds a large financial edge while Democrats under Lawrence O'Brien face fundraising limits and rely on free TV time. O'Brien warns of a short, high-stakes race amid organizational shifts and past defeats.
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Associated Press
Washington (Ap
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Ray C. Bliss
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Hubert H. Humphrey
Democratic National Committee
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O'Brien
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New York
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Bliss
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Tts
GOP
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John F. Kennedy
O Brien
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Harry 5S. Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Walker Visit Set for Silver City Wednesday
Congressman E. S. John ny Walker arrives in Silver City Tuesday night and stays through Wednesday his first Grant County stop since the August primary victory over Harold Runnels. He faces Ed Foreman in November as President Johnson signs a bill authorizing Hooker Dam a project Walker supported. In Silver City Walker plans meetings with local Democrats and friends.
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E. S
Johnny” Walker
Silver City
Walker
Grant County
Harold Runnels
Texas
Ed Foreman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Central Arizona
Hooker Dam
Washington, D.C
Chamber Board Meets Tuesday
The Board of Directors of the Silver City Grant County Chamber of Commerce will hold a meeting at 7 a.m. Tuesday in the downstairs meeting room at the Drifter Inn. All members are urged to attend by chamber manager Lewis Foster.
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Silver City
Grant County
Chameber of Commerce
Drifter Inn
Lewis Foster
Fire Department Answers Three Alarms on Sunday
Silver City firemen responded to three calls. At 1 01 a m they checked 1104 West Seventh Street where smoke drifted from a weed burning area. A stand by at Tail Bay Motors on Bullard Street followed. At 1 18 p m they fought a grass fire at 1409 Kentucky Street with no damage reported.
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Silver City
John Toledo
West Seventh Street
Fie Department
Tail Bay Motors
Bullard Street
Fire
Kentucky Street
City Manager Applicants Interviewed in SLU City Council Session
Two more applicants for the city manager post were interviewed by the Town of SLU ver City council. Mayor Lowell Cain said more interviews were possible, with the appointment to appear on the next regular board meeting agenda at 7 p.m. October 7 at city hall.
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Lowell Cain
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