Community notes and obituary blend of snow, sports and Blondie
A reader recalls a Monday chamber meeting, a snowy drive, and meeting Mr and Mrs Alvin Parker. The piece praises Mavericks fans and Phil DeFoor. It notes Chic Young creator of Blondie died at 72 in Florida, Blondie in 1500 papers and 16 languages for 75 million readers.
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Chamber Board
White Signal
Alvin Parker
Mavericks
Phil DeFoor
Chic Young
Blondie
Florida
Lordsburg News Briefs Mark Snow and City Moves
Lordsburg wakes to two inches of snow the heaviest in March since 1958. Antonio Arredondo named acting chief of the Lordsburg Police Department by Mayor Alan Koff. Highway Safety winners named David Baird Mary Montoya and Aileen Strawn. City Council adopts garbage rate ordinance at Thursday meeting. Deming Wildcat Band played for Lordsburg students. A 15 member group walked 26 miles toward Duncan Arizona. Bern Newland to speak at American Legion birthday event. State Highway inspection being sought over new divided highway. Lordsburg Band Parents Club to host chile and bean supper. Two alien youths burglarize Bill’s Drug Store. Fifth graders listed honor roll. Lordsburg High to hold first interclass track meet in spring.
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Pattison - Bigbee
Alvino Castillo
D - Colfax - Union
Fred Luna
D - Los Lunas
Legislative
New Mexico
John Morrow
D - Colfax Union - Harding - San Miguel
Senate Conservation Committee
WS Ranch
Morrow
Sen
Capulin
Colfax-Taos Counties
State Development Department
National Park Service
Senate
Elephant Butte State Park
Elephant Butte
House
Bigbee
Taos and Deming National Guard Armories
New Mexico Legislature wraps up key budget and bills
The 31st Legislature advanced a $324.9 million General Appropriations Act and passed a constitutional amendment on unborn inherent rights. Rep. Joe Kloeppel guided several measures including campaign sponsor identification and energy absorbing bumpers for 1974 buses. Multiple bills stalled or died in committees as debates touched school consolidation, solid waste grants, and capital punishment restoration.
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Santa FE
House
Joe Kloeppel
Bernalillo
Senate Rules Committee
Ted Montoya
D Sandoval
Rio Arriba
Senate
Kloeppel
Toney Anaya
Bruce King
Anaya
House Corporations Banks Committee
Sandoval
Valencia
Senate Finance Committee
Middle Rio Grande
Judiciary Committee
Rep
Appropriations
New Mexico
Bureau of Land Management
A. T. Montoya
D-Placitas
Montoya
Albuquerque
U.S
Joseph M. Montoya
Tom O. Montoya
Alfonso T. Montoya
Senate Tohn
Tibo Chavez
D-Belen
Rio Abajo
Sociedad Folklorica
Sen. Chavez
Hoyt Pattison
R - Curry - Lea Roosevelt
State Education Board
John Bigbee
R - Guadalupe
DeBaca
Lincoln
Torrance
Pattison
Lea County
House Appropriations
John Hays Jr
D - Clovis
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Viet Nam
Wounded Knee
S. D
Glenn
Jack
Walz
The
Lordsburg
Antonio Arredondo
Alan Koff
Fraternal Order
Knights of Pythias Lodge
David Baird
Mary Montoya
Aileen Strawn
Deming Wildcat
Duncan
Arizona
Bern Newland of
Deming
Robert Swan
the American Legion
the Legion Hall
Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Department
Lordsburg Band Parents Club
Bill
Lordsburg High School
Hidalgo County
By Fred Buckles
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