THE PAST 100 YEARS

From The Santa Fe New Mexican:

March 25, 1924: England and France are now gloomy and dismal; writers who formerly enjoyed traveling through those countries are returning to America.

One of these is D.H. Lawrence, distinguished English writer, who has many readers in America. Mr. Lawrence was in Santa Fe a few days ago on his way to Taos, where he will spend several months.

March 25, 1949: Many aging somebodies are in for a surprise from the legislature, one they won’t like. The shock is scheduled on or about July 1, when they get their old-age assistance checks.

With a show of generosity and respect for old age, the lawmakers passed an act putting a $50-a-month floor under the assistance payments.

... Despite the 1-cent raise in the cigarette tax, there isn’t a chance everybody will get $50 in July. The tax hike is not effective until June 11. For the July checks only a little more than a half-month’s collections will be available at the higher rate.

May 25, 1974: “It took about a quart of oats to get here,” Gov. Bruce King quipped this morning after riding his horse “Buck” to work to dramatize announcement of a fuel management plan for the state this summer.

King said the management plan is designed “to assure tourists an adequate supply of gas this summer.”

March 25, 1999: LOS ALAMOS — Twenty-five years and $2 billion after the federal government first proposed burying radioactive debris at WIPP, the Department of Energy was expected to send its first shipment of waste from Los Alamos National Laboratory.

But fog in the Clines Corners area delayed the truck past its 12:30 a.m. departure time. The truck was being held at the lab until the Department of Public Safety gave the go ahead. As of 1:30 a.m. the truck had not been cleared to leave.