01 Jul 1983
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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1983
Page
1
The Lordsburg Optimists Club leads a city Fourth of July with a seven mile run at 7 a.m. at the pool, a swimming meet 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., children and adults games 2 to 4 p.m., Little League All-Star and mushball at 4 p.m., and fireworks at dusk. Food and game booths line Short Park with no alcohol sold. events run under local clubs and the city.
Reporter witnesses Spacecom and NASA engineers correct the first TDRSS satellite at Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center White Sands. George Harris pressed a button at 10 25 A M MDT to boost TDRS 1 into a geosynchronous orbit 22 236 statute miles high. The achievement involved NASA Spacecom and TRW teams performing 39 maneuvers and thousands of commands. Continued on Page Two.
Lordsburg shifts to neighborhood collection deposit units replacing individual front mailboxes. The new system began Monday June 27 with Ernest Gallegos delivering. Bottled security features include per box keys and coded access, 30 inch deep concrete slabs, tamper proof nuts, and temporary ID numbers later destroyed. Postmaster Andy Elicio says vandalism risk lowers, mail theft reduced, and parking plus safety improve. The change echoes postal evolution from pony express to local box delivery.
The Transportation Department cautions motorists to drive defensively during the holiday weekend. Bureau Chief John Fenner urges staying off roads when possible and, if travel is necessary, to use caution, wear seat belts, and watch for others’ violations. Historical data show 1982 had nine fatal highway crashes in New Mexico and an average of eleven fatalities annually from 1979 to 1982, with 577 traffic deaths in the state that year and 44 fatalities across the Fourth of July weekends in the four-year span.
The Board To Meet The Board of Education of the Lordsburg Municipal Schools will hold their regular meeting on Tuesday July 5 at 7 p.m. in the board room at 501 West Fourth Street Lordsburg.
The City Corner discusses the water supply from two east well field wells and plans to rehabilitate the north field. It weighs buying the Glen Acres well, its distribution issues, and the high cost of tying it into the city system, plus a note denying city welfare involvement and directing comments to The City Corner.
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