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Lordsburg Chronicle Highlights and Local Developments
A chronicled arc of Lordsburg events from February to October covers road project costs near Muir Overpass to a Phelps Dodge smelter site, a new apartment complex proposal, state playoff glory for the Mavericks, library funding cuts, a major I 10 bypass tussle, school board tensions, civil rights actions, and a key human rights commission ruling with further legal battles anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hidalgo County Commissioners
State Highway Department
Muir
Phelps Dodge
Lordsburg
Sixth
Owenby Streets
R. H. Hutchinson
Alamogordo
Lordsburg Mavericks
Mavericks
Quemada
Hatch
Weed
Lordsburg Hidalgo Library Board of Trustees
Albuquerque
Lordsburg High School
Joe Vigil
University of New Mexico
Santa Rosa
Phil DeFoor
New Mexico
Hidalgo County
Roy Hatch
Board of Commissioners
Phelps Dodge Copper Corporation
Hachita
Tyrone
Burce King
Guillermo Rodriguez
LULAC
Lordsburg Council No
Alan Koff
U. S. District Court
State Highway Commission
Viola Wright
Nixon
Alan A. Koff
Koff
Highway Department
New Mexico Human Rights Commission
Gene Moore
County Court House
Harvey Martin
Carlos Bejarano
J. H. Baxter
Earlene Blakey
Glen Dorsett
United States
American Medical Association
Railroad Avenue
Playas Lake
Phelps Dodge Corp
James L. Latham
Animas
New Mexico Human Rights