THE PAST 100 YEARS

From The Santa Fe New Mexican:

March 26, 1924: Washington, D.C., Mar. 26 — Approval was given today by the senate public lands committee to a bill by Senator Bursum, republican, New Mexico, designated to settle a long standing controversy over certain lands within the Pueblo Indian reservations in New Mexico. The measure would create a commission to hold hearings in New Mexico and work out settlements.

March 26, 1974: A detailed tourist promotion plan, to counteract the expected drop in tourism this summer, was presented to Mayor Joseph E. Valdes and other city officials Monday by the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce.

The plan, which would be administered by the Chamber of Commerce, could use some $65,000 in city room tax funds.

Acceptance of the plan would require a policy decision by the City Council to begin using less of the room tax, or lodgers tax, for a “convention facility” or civic center and more for tourist promotion.

Acceptance of the plan might also — though this is uncertain — have an effect on the city government’s plan to acquire the Mid-High school property and turn Sweeney Gymnasium into a civic center.

March 26, 1999: The first shipment of radioactive trash bound for burial in salt caverns near Carlsbad passed through the outskirts of Santa Fe Thursday night on its way to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.

The shipment met with a mixture of cheers and protests — as well as indignation from some city officials in Santa Fe who criticized the U.S. Department of Energy for not sticking to its promise to only bring the WIPP trucks through between 1 and 5 a.m. on weekdays.