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...Democratic Governor John F. Simms Jr. (pro-Stevenson) narrowly missed becoming the first incumbent governor in the state's history to lose in a primary election, defeated State Corporation Commissioner Ingram B. Pickett (pro-Harriman) by less than 2,300 votes. Simms will face ex-Governor Edwin L. Mechem, the Republican choice...
...Mexico, two good men bowed deeply to each other, then started down the track in what is expected to be a close race for the U.S. Senate. Said popular Governor Ed Mechem: "I guess I'm the only Republican simple-minded enough to run against my opponent." Said Democratic Senator Clinton Anderson: "Thank God I'm running against a clean, honest...
...this week, picture hangers were hard at work. Under the supervision of Dr. Reginald Fisher, art director of Santa Fe's Museum of New Mexico, they carefully placed 14 paintings on the walls of the governor's private office and its anteroom. Next morning, when Governor Edwin Mechem and his staff arrived, everybody had a good look and a lively discussion...
...came to the governor's bare, functional suite because Mechem wanted to show off New Mexico's painters. Mechem laid down only two restrictions: nothing too extreme or experimental, nothing that would offend good taste. Fisher hung his first exhibit in the governor's office in January 1951, has put in a new set of pictures about every three or four months since. The current show includes work by New Mexico's well-known Peter Kurd, who contributed Ranch near Encino, a typical vast, sweeping Kurd landscape. But it also has works by less famed painters...
...governor's rotating show got a lot of New Mexicans interested in art, including Ed Mechem. He bought three works himself. Says Museum Director Fisher enthusiastically: "He used to like strictly realistic stuff, Indians and cowboys. Now he even likes abstraction...