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A fact from Tom Bolack appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 October 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when former New Mexico Governor Tom Bolack died, his ashes were scattered over his ranch by 16 specially-made fireworks?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/October.

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Appointing Meecham to the Senate[edit]

This article says he appointed his predecessor as governor, Edwin L. Mechem, to the United States Senate. But Meachem's article says that Meachem appointed himself to the Senate. PedanticallySpeaking (talk) 14:40, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I can say for sure that this article is right. Tom was a family friend.

Here's a link to a scan of a page from a text that confirms this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:283:4601:A446:5467:1009:A02D:3380 (talk) 00:39, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]