THE PAST 100 YEARS

From the Santa Fe New Mexican: Aug. 12, 1918: July Near Normal In Precipitation. Aug. 12, 1968: Judicial salaries in New Mexico are taking shape as important subject among state legislators.

At least one legislator, State Sen. Edmundo Delgado, D-Santa Fe, feels strongly that judges’ salaries should not be raised. But other legislators interviewed by The New Mexican indicated support of a move to pay judges more money.

The debate follows a recent survey of judicial salaries on all levels by the American Judicature Society in which New Mexico ranked below the national average.

Aug. 12, 1993: The threat of a lawsuit did not deter the Santa Fe City Council from rezoning more than 50 acres of land near Cerrillos Road and Baca Street late Wednesday night.

The council voted 6-2 in favor of the rezoning, which changes the way property owners in the area can develop their land.

Before Wednesday, the zoning allowed a variety of industrial, business and residential uses, including large-scale development such as the 77,000-square-foot supermarket proposed by Smith’s Food and Drug Centers Inc. for eight acres of land in the area.

The new, more restrictive zoning makes the land part of the Business Capital District Redevelopment Subdistrict, which requires developers to consult with residents of the area before building.