Benefit Planned for Playas Family Fire Victim Dance
Residents of Playas plan a benefit dance this Saturday February 17 at the Playas community hall to aid the Thompson family after their Windmill Subdivision mobile home was destroyed by fire on January 18. Century Disco from Las Cruces performs. hours 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. with $5 per couple or $3 single. Proceeds aid the down payment on a new mobile home. The family is staying with relatives.
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Playas
Las Cruces
Charles Thompson
Windmill Subdivision
Solar Upgrading Plans Set for Five Border Counties
NMSEI selects three proposals for solar housing upgrades in Dona Ana, Otero, Luna, Hidalgo, and Grant counties. City of Las Cruces with Public Housing Authority, Tierra del Sol, and Dona Ana Solar Energy Society will lead rehabilitation, rural retrofits, and seminars. Start date expected March 1 under Southwest Border Regional Commission grant.
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New Mexico Solar Energy Institute
Nmseii
New Mexico
Ed Lumsdaine
NMSEI
Las Cruces
City of
Dona Ana
Otero
Luna
Hidalgo
Grant
Lee Named Cage Coach At Animas High School
Animas High School names Vance Lee interim boys basketball coach replacing Gerald Layton after layoff by the Animas Board of Education. Superintendent Tom Pace says the action, unrelated to record or player behavior, aims for the school’s best. Lee will coach through season end.
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Animas High School
Vance Lee
Panther
Gerald Layton
Layton
Animas Board of Education
Tom Pace
City Cable TV to Add New Channels via Satellite
City Cable Television plans a local receiving station to pull in channels from Atlanta Chicago Oakland Madison Square Garden and the Christian Broadcasting Network with HBO offered. A free viewing period will help subscribers adjust before new rates take effect about 30 to 60 days after installation, rising to 9.88 per month plus HBO at nine dollars.
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Lordsburg
Harley Hill
City Cable Television
Atlanta
Chicago
Oakland
Madison Square Garden
Hill
City Cable TV
HBO
Hidalgo County Sets Hospital Rates and Staff For Reopen
Hidalgo General Hospital will reopen March 12 with rates set by the county commissioners including 70 for a single room 62 for semi private 80 for ICU 17.50 for baby care and 15 for emergency. Don Humphrey named assistant purchasing agent and hospital administrator with responsibilities at Sunshine Haven Nursing Home. Debbie Francis appointed Director of Nursing. Expenditures near 14000 for X ray and ICU equipment. Senior Citizens Program seeks building help from Lordsburg City with move deadline October 1. Commission approves purchase of two vehicles from SmithOrd.
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Hidalgo County
Hidalgo General Hospital
Fausto Noce
Jerry Eck
Don Humphrey
Allen Kerr
Humphrey
HRM
Sunshine Haven Nursing Home
Debbie Francis
Ena Mitchell
City of
Lordsburg
New Disaster Number Available To Local Residents
The Federal Disaster Assistance Administration adds a new telephone line at its Las Cruces field office for residents near the Arizona New Mexico line in Hidalgo County Virden. Joe D. Winkle says collect calls from Virden are accepted on area code 505 523 5556 and toll free 1 800 432 3653 remains for Sierra Grant Lincoln Catron and other Hidalgo areas to request flood disaster aid.
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Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Joe D. Winkle
Arizona-New Mexico
Virden
Hidalgo County
Sierra
Grant
Lincoln
Catron
Hidalgo General Hospital To Open Again March 12
Hidalgo General Hospital will reopen March 12 after being closed since June 1978. An open house is planned March 11 from 1 to 5 p.m. Invitations go to dignitaries and state and local officials. Dr. Tom Hargis is set to join the staff, with a second doctor and more staff to be recruited.
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Hidalgo General Hospital
Hospital Resources Management
Dallas
HRM
Tom Hargis
Lordsburg
Turner Guilty Of Burglary And Larceny In District Court
Billy Edward Turner a 25 year old from Lordsburg was found guilty in District Court of fourth degree burglary and fourth degree larceny. He received a prison term of one to five years with credit for time served in the county jail.
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Billy Edward Turner
Lordsburg
Turner
Special Sale at Western Auto in Lordsburg
Western Auto in Lordsburg announces a special sale running from now through February 24. The notice highlights a variety of values and directs readers to this week's Liberal insert for details.
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Western Auto
Lordsburg
Bicyclist Campaigning Across Hidalgo County for Democratic Nomination
Caroline Killeen, 53, touring on a bicycle to promote her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. From Tucson, she previously campaigned in New Hampshire, finances travel by selling solar clotheslines and seeds, and urges a one third cut in energy use while advocating self sufficiency.
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Lordsburg
Caroline Killeen
Ms. Killeen
Federal Election Commission
New Hampshire
Tucson
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