State Gets Murder Conviction on 2000th Shakespeare Ghost Town Tour
Shakespeare Ghost Town celebrated its 2000th visitor during a June 28 tour to Arizona and New Mexico. Attendance at Shakespeare rose this year with 1987 figures at 1201 by June end and 2014 by late June this year. District Attorney Michael J. Lewis announced that Casimiro Casey L. Aragon was convicted of First Degree Murder and Aggravated Burglary by a Luna County jury on June 29. Aragon, 62, killed Rufina Mendoza of Deming on July 25, 1986, at 8:30 p.m. The jury of seven women and five men deliberated 30 minutes. The trial began June 27, 1988, and lasted three days.
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Deming
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Jerry Isiah
Hidalgo County
Cover Charge For Christian Home Proposed In Lordsburg
I E Shahan of Best Western and Nugget Lounge offered to donate a one dollar cover charge from July entertainment to Lordsburg s Christian Home. Home representatives said the aid has helped about 9000 transients this year and requested a gas fund to aid fuel for travelers. Pettit noted growing need as more women and children seek help and the six staff work without pay.
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Lordsburg
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Deming
Willcox
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Los Angeles
Vargas Services Held Saturday
Funeral services were held at St. Joseph's Church for Marcelo Salas Vargas, 80, who died June 29 at Gila Regional Medical Center. An obituary will appear in next week's Liberal. The Christian Home aids the needy and keeps panhandlers away. a related incident involved a man high on LSD wandering the desert before police took him to the home.
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Marcelo Salas Vargas
Vargas
Gila Regional Medical Center
Silver City
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Ministerial Alliance
Lordsburg
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Pettit
Council To Meet Wednesday In Lordsburg
The City Council will meet in regular session July 13 at 6 00 p m following the Lordsburg Housing Authority meeting An agenda includes a zoning variance request from Oscar Magallanes vacation plat resolution requests from Mary Conley and Super 8 Motel an ordinance adopting additional Municipal Gross Receipts final budget for fiscal year 1988 89 and an executive session for personnel and litigation The public is invited to attend
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Lordsburg Housing Authority
Oscar Magallanes
Mary Conley
Lordsburg Names LaMarca Principal at DTMS
Lordsburg School Board named Fred LaMarca principal of DTMS Lordsburg Dugan Tarrange Middle School. LaMarca, a 1962 graduate, has 11 years in district teaching and four years as athletic director. Other hires include Marcia Bardy Lupe Magallanes Courtenay Schwandner. The board also discussed a cafeteria plan with Horace Mann Life Insurance Co. and noted an upcoming asbestos inspection with a September deadline.
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Illinois
Safford
Arizona
Lupe Magallanes
Courtenay Schwandner
Bracketville
Texas
Eleni Tory
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Alamogordo
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