Lordsburg Seeks Local Museum With Community Support
Movement to revive a Lordsburg Hidalgo County museum gains momentum as the Historical Society reactivates. The First National Bank of Lordsburg will match up to 5000 dollars for creation and operation. Chamber of Commerce and dozens of residents back the project. calls for volunteers and donations to form a local cultural hub. Contact Lordsburg Liberal or John Robertson at the Chamber with ideas and help.
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Lordsburg
Historical Society
Hidalgo County
First National Bank of
Chamber of Commerce
John Robertson
Caudle Appointed To School Board By Animal Board
Dale Caudle of Playas was appointed by the Animal School Board to fill the seat left by Len Judd’s resignation during a special Monday night meeting. Caudle, NM resident since 1967, works at Phelps Dodge in Animas and will serve until the 1979 district election. The board also paid the contractor and architect for the new high school.
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Dale Caudle
Playas
Animal School Board
Len Judd
Caudle
New Mexico
Silver City
Animas
Phelps Dodge
Mine Accident Injures Red Rock Employee In New Mexico
Stanley Manges, 50, of Red Rock Flourspar Mine, was injured in a mine accident near 10 a.m. on Wednesday June 22. He was in a drop ore area about 285 feet back, buried by descending ore but rescued by co workers. Manges was taken to Silver City by ambulance with possible dislocated shoulder.
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Stanley Manges
Red Rock
Hidalgo County
Manges
Rogers
Carl Rogers
Silver City
Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Officers
New
Mexico State
Jim Sides
Hidalgo
Don McNutt
Liberal
Lordsburg
Southern Pacific
New Mexicans oppose Hatch Act change and tax shifts
A New Mexico questionnaire of 240000 Second District residents shows 66.3 percent oppose amending the Hatch Act to allow partisan politics by federal employees. Voters reject a gasoline tax 79.1 percent and support environmental controls for energy 68.3 percent yes. Majorities oppose postal cuts, favor a balanced budget amendment, and deem too much regulation a concern, while opposing political campaign funding and voter registration proposals.
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U.S
Harold Runnels
D-N.m
Congress
Burglar Strikes E. J. Short & Son Warehouse in Lordsburg
The E. J. Short & Son Inc warehouse in Lordsburg was burglarized over the weekend. More than $2,000 in new radial tires were stolen after intruders cut a fence and forced a warehouse door lock. Police investigate the professional break in.
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E.J. Short & Son, Inc
Lordsburg
Gordon Cory
Cory
Fatal truck crash leads to arrest in Hidalgo County
A woman from Kansas and Wilcox Arizona is jailed on multiple charges after a fatal crash on I-10 just east of Gary Interchange. A tractor trailer struck her pickup, a hitchhiker died, and a rifle and stolen plates were found. Investigators consider further charges as the case unfolds.
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Hidalgo County
Dan Harris
Merum Simpson
Kansas
Wilcox, Ariz
Gary
I-10
Hidalgo General Hospital
Eric
Richard Hayes
Hudson, North Carolina
Harris
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Bettine Adams
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Highway 90
Cuba
Postal Commission
William Fulbright
Hudson
North Carolina
Simpson
Nelson Byron
Ohio
Fulbright
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