Lordsburg Council Clash Over Airport and Hirth Contract
Friction erupted at a Lordsburg city council meeting as Mayor Koff clashed with critics over an airport plan and a contract with Mrs. Hirth. Citizens demanded floors and questioned runway lighting figures, with calls for a recall petition and talks about troubled finances.
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Koff
Oliver
Lordsburg
Maura Rice
Rico
Off
Bob Hall
Johnson
Eugene Noce
Hirth
Hirther
Patty Morris
Pevier
Ayor Koff
Local Youths Enter 29th International Science Fair in Anaheim
David Louie Peter Hum and sponsor Alan Haines travel to Anaheim for the 29th International Science and Engineering Fair at the convention center near Disneyland. About 50,000 exhibitors attend with 400 judges over eight hours on May 11. Awards include 250 first, 175 second, 100 third, and 50 fourth dollars per category.
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David Louie
Peter Hum
Alan Haines
Anaheim
California
Anaheim Convention Center
Disneyland
Armed Forces
U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Transportation
N.A.S.A
David
Peter
Haines
New Mexico
Jolly Roger Inn
Convention Center
Letter From Lordsburg Official Resigns Over Airport Lease
Mayor Allan Koff of Lordsburg New Mexico receives a resignation notice effective April 30 1978 from a council member unhappy with high handed decisions. The writer criticizes missed protests on the airport lease and asserts opposition to changes or failures to fulfill terms and to turning off fighting at the airport.
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City of
Lordsburg
Lordsburg Mayor cites city deals and heat bills dispute
Alan A. Koff, mayor of Lordsburg, accuses former city official of poor deals, noting a half million dollar airport lease and ongoing costs. He claims his own residence shows unusually high gas bills for small space and cites a mild winter and variable monthly charges as evidence of misbilling and financial strain. He asks for accountability and reports lack of cooperation at meetings.
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F.A.A
Lordsburg
Alan A. Koff
City of Lordsburg
Lordsburg Council OKs 1973-74 budget boost
The Lordsburg city council, in a special Monday night session, approved a healthy 1973-74 budget increase. Lordsburg VFW Post 3099 will host the district four convention Saturday and Sunday with a full agenda for visiting veterans of foreign wars. The Hidalgo County Commissioners tabled several money matters pending final adjustments after tentatively approving the budget at a Friday meeting.
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Lordsburg
Lordsburg Vfw Post 3099
Hida
Billy Graham Crusade Office Opens in Chamber Building
Ten years ago on May 3 1968 the Billy Graham Crusade opened its office in the Chamber of Commerce Building on Wednesday. Cotton City 4-H Club received a 25.00 grant to promote 4-H safety projects. Pupils from Van Buren Music Studio present a recital on Saturday June 1.
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Billy Graham Crusade
Chamber of Commerce
Cotton City
van Buren Music Studio
Lordsburg burglary suspects and rodeo eligibility news
Five persons are in custody and warrants issued for five others over the Lordsburg Lumber and Builders Supply burglary on March 5. Sabin Oral Vaccine Type II final dose Sunday at the high school cafetorium from noon to 4 pm. Lordsburg students may apply to compete in the New Mexico High School Championship Rodeo in Santa Rosa June 14 to 16.
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Lordsburg
Santa Rosa
Two Arrested After I-10 Steins Overpass Crash
State Police Officer Robert Nelson cited a one car crash on I-10 at the Steins Overpass. He reported that Peter Neill Kemp 31 and his wife Martha 18 were arrested after verbally abusing paramedics and police while both were injured. Kemp faces multiple charges including disorderly conduct verbal abuse resisting arrest careless driving and no license. Mrs Kemp is charged with disorderly conduct and verbal abuse.
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Hidalgo County
Steins
I-10
Robert Nelson
Agencey
Hidalgo General Hospital
Nelson
Peter Neill Kemp
Martha
Kemp
Old Stay-At-Home, Stick-In-The-Muds Refit for A New NM Road Trip
A couple from Silver City recount a spring road safari across New Mexico and Arizona. They visit Kennecott Copper pit Mimbres River Cottonwood trees Emory Pass Rio Grande Valley and Ghost Town Lake Valley Fort Bowie and Chiricahua National Monument celebrating a revived at home outlook and urging others to explore local wonders.
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Silver City
Grant County
New Mexico
Santa Rita
Kennecott
Mimbres River
Black Range
Emory Pass
Lake Valley
Nutt
Hatch
Radium Springs
Fort Sheldon
Las Cruces
Lordsburg
Road Forks
Portal
Arizona
Chiracahua Mountains
Chiracahua National Monument
Turkey Creek
Chiracahuas
Santa Fe regent named for Museum of New Mexico
Gov. Jerry Apodaca named J. Paul Taylor as the sole new regent for the Museum of New Mexico. In Las Cruces, James N. Kinslow, 18, pleaded guilty to three counts of murder from the Jan. 19 gun deaths of a Chaparral woman and her two children. Clovis sees a former Curry County commissioner charged with embezzlement over $100. In Santa Rosa, officials have not identified a body found in the railroad yards over three weeks ago.
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Santa FE
Las Cruces
J. Paul Taylor
Jerry Apodaca
Museum of New Mexico
James N. Kinslow
N.M
Clovis
Curry County
Donaldo A. Martinez
Las Ae
Court of Appeals
Santa Rosa
Transients and a minister's aid in Lordsburg
The piece follows White a Church of Christ minister in Lordsburg whose travel aid program helps hitchhikers at the Interstate 10 and Southern Pacific hub. He recalls cases from Fabens Texas to Las Cruces and two grateful recipients, a gas money gift on Christmas Eve 1976 and stolen funds recovered for a Navy pilot and wife. White faces uncertainty and occasional anger but continues offering aid.
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Lordsburg
White
Phoenix
Church of Christ
Navy
Las Cruces
Road Forks
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Allan Koff
Harry W. Heath
Eighth Street
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Jack Walz
Charles Marquez
Jerry Walz
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