Candidates File For County Positions In Hidalgo County
Hidalgo County Clerk Becky Diaz reported candidates filed by 5 p.m. for county posts including magistrate, three county commissioner districts, clerk, treasurer, assessor, sheriff and probate judge. State representative filings are delayed due to an injunction on reapportionment.
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John Schimmel
Becky Diaz
Hidalgo County
Becky
William B Darnell
Rodolfo H. Lara
Pedro Valenzuela
Edward A
Eddie” Diaz
Enid A. Mitchell
June B. Moore
Deputy Clerke
Averelina T. Hood
Margaret Payne Coogan
Stolen Gas Check Explained in Lordsburg Burglary
Lordsburg City Clerk Lupe Rivera explained that a stolen check for 480 863.58 to El Paso Natural Gas Co covered one month of gas service, February, not a full year. The 1981-82 budget funded 3 496 674 for natural gas, with the clerk also reporting the loss of her Notary Public seal and county personnel records.
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Lordsburg
Lupe Rivera
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Ms. Rivera
Rivera
Lordsburg School Board considers road fixes and bus purchases
Lordsburg Municipal School Board met to discuss bus routes and a possible new activity bus for 1982 93 with costs ranging from 27000 to 65000 dollars. They approved writing four weeks prior notices to parents when a student is retained and noted the decision credits the principal and teacher with the retention judgment. Superintendent Dr Joel Price said the state allocated about 4 million dollars for bus route road improvements and asked drivers to report conditions. The board also debated sending vocational students to Western New Mexico University for welding and mechanic training next year.
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Lordsburg
State
Price
Western New Mexico University
Fuller Services Held for Vangie Fuller in Lordsburg
Evangelyn Kathleen Butterfield, born October 15 1893 in Sparta Wisconsin, died March 15 in Hillcrest General Hospital Silver City after three weeks as a patient. She lived 34 years in Lordsburg, married to Claude Fuller a retired veterinarian who died in December 1949 and is buried in Mountain View Cemetery. Surviving daughters Gayle Havel of Houston Gene Nave of Denver and Meredith Casey of Billings plus two brothers Ward Butterfield of Alamogordo and Bob Butterfield of San Jose. five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services were held March 18 at Heather Chapel with Rev David Snyman officiating, burial at Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ed Malone Toby Wallace Kenneth Moore Vic Lazar Tommy McCants and Bobby Reynolds.
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Vangie” Fuller
Hillcrest General Hospital
Silver City
Lordsburg
Claude Fuller
Mountain View Cemetery
Evangelyn Kathleen Butterfield
Sparta
Wisconsin
Mantilla
Jeff Butterfield
Beach
North Dakota
Miles City
Montana
Glendine
Valeria Smith
Prado Museum
Madrid
Morrocco
Las Vegas
Bill
Gayle) Havel
Houston
Texas
Gene
Margorie) Nave
Denver
Colorado
Meredith Casey
Billings
Ward Butterfield
Alamogordo
Bob Butterfield
San Jose
Calif
Heather Chapel
David Snyman
Ed Malone
Toby Wallace
Kenneth Moore
Vic Lazar
Tommy McCants
Bobby Reynolds
Only Playas To Remain In Operation Phelps Dodge Announces Shutdown
Phelps Dodge Corp suspends copper production at its U S mines and three Arizona smelters effective April 17, lasting at least until June 1 with potential extension. Hidalgo smelter in New Mexico will stay open to fulfill toll smelting commitments and process copper precipitates. About 3,800 workers to be laid off. plants can produce 350,000 tons annually under full operation. The company cites copper prices at 30 year lows and recession. expects to resume when conditions improve and will supply inventories to manufacturing during shutdown.
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New York
N.Y
Phelps Dodge Corporation
U.S
Arizona
Hidalgo
New Mexico
Phelps Dodge
Ajo
Douglas
Morenci
Tyrone
George B. Munroe
Maura Rico A Hidalgo County candidate barred from filing in District 39
Lordsburg resident Maura Rico announced a bid for New Mexico State Representative District 39 but was not allowed to file after a federal judge blocked state primaries. The ruling cited an undercount in Hidalgo County and one person one vote issues from the 1982 reapportionment. Rico plans to monitor the injunction outcome while noting District 39 now includes Lordsburg Virden Road Forks Silver City and Grant County. Officials warned June primaries may be postponed pending the case.
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Lordsburg
Maura Rico
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Mondas
Hidalgo County
Grant
Hidalgo
Altamirano visits Lordsburg in bid for Congress
State Senator Ben D. Altamirano of Silver City, representing Catron and Grant Counties, met constituents at the Lordsburg Civic Center after a Washington trip. He said he attended the Hispanic Conference on Foreign Policy, seeking background on Reagan era foreign policy. The conference was sponsored by the State Department and Haig issued invitations with six ambassadors speaking.
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John Schimmel
Ben D. Altamirano
United States
Congress
Lordsburg
Civic Center
Altamirano
Silver City
Catron
Grant County
Washington
S.S. State Dept
Secretary of State
Haig
State Department
Fire Fighter Applications Open for Silver City Crew
The Silver City Ranger District invites applications through April 16 to form a local firefighting crew. The part time team will reinforce seasonal Forest fighters as needed. applicants must meet physical requirements. For details call 538-2771, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Silver City
EID completes Lordsburg food service inspection survey
The Environmental Improvement Division finished standardization surveys of Hidalgo Grant and Luna counties to gauge sanitization levels in Lordsburg. Eleven establishments including six restaurants and two meat markets were inspected led by Gus Werner and David Rees with an average Lordsburg score of 77 and 1.7 major violations per site.
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Environmental Improvement Division
Hidalgo
Grant
Luna Counties
Lordsburg
Gus Werner
Santa Fe
David Rees
Silver City
EID
Dale J. Reader
Readel
Tyrone Mine Tours To Begin On Daily Basis
Tyrone Branch of Phelps Dodge will offer daily public tours starting April 7. Tours run Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. at the General Office Building main entrance and last about two hours. Notify the coordinator at 538-5331 extension 112 to book, with advance calls for large groups.
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Tyrone
Phelps Dodge Corporation
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Hooper
John V. Ruiz
District 1
Kiki Chaires
District 2
Enid Walter Mitchell
County Commission
Iven O. Thygerson
William B. Collins
David A. Ramos
Fransisco H. Chaires
Joe D. Croom
Fred R. Anzaldula
Olivia A. Ramirez
Rosa Lina Salinas
Tom Taylor Miller
District One
Jessie
Carmen Acosta
Francisco “Kiki” Chaires
Margaret Coogan
Joel Price
Fuller
Mexico City
Hawaii
Playas
Ses
Thomas P. Foy
Bayard
Democratic Party
Ms. Rice
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