07 Oct 1977
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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1977
Page
1
A benefit dance to aid Julie Napper daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Napper is set for October 15 at 9 p m at the Playas Community Center. Proceeds fund a wheelchair and van. The Red Eye Country band from Las Cruces will perform. event sponsored by Playas Power Plant Employees and wives. Donations to Julie Napper Fund First National Bank in Playas.
Lordsburg officials debated legality of parallel easements along Mountain View Road beside Bivens Lumber and set City Attorney Rick Sherman to gather facts. Mayor White sought records, noted possible errors, and aimed swift action while awaiting a two week report.
Researchers from New Mexico State University report only 19 desert bighorns remaining in the Big Hatchet Mountains southwest of Deming. The study, funded by BLM and the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, tracks herd dynamics with radio collars to assess forage, water, predation, and lamb survival. Lamb mortality, likely from predators during mountain moves, limits growth, while food and water appear adequate. Transplanting ewes is proposed to boost births and herd numbers as the study continues.
Federal payments totaling 99.7 million dollars are mailed to all states for non taxed lands including 298,427 to Hidalgo County New Mexico and 758,223 to Texas per the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act. Local governments may use funds for any governmental purpose.
The article discusses federal deficit spending and rising national debt, noting Hidalgo County residents bear about $729000 in carrying costs for interest each year. It traces debt growth from 291 billion in 1960 to around 700 billion, with interest costs rising from 9.2 billion to about 40 billion annually. It cites Treasury data and remarks on Congress raising the debt ceiling to 775 billion. It also mentions a Tour Program at Hidalgo County Court Update and local education meetings in Deming and Animas various attendees and dates.
The Bureau of Land Management plans a second meeting at 7 p.m. October 13 at the Lordsburg Civic Center. The Las Cruces office will mail invitations to those on the prior list, inviting ranchers farmers miners and other public land users to discuss fencing water tanks recreation lands use and related regulations in Hidalgo County.
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