Council, mayor clash over unapproved dump truck purchase
Tensions rose as Mayor Norman Wheeler bought a 1970 dump truck for 3900 dollars from George Fisher without council authorization. Wheeler defended the emergency buy to repair a washed out bridge near Ruidoso Downs, while Council members Leighton and Beavers questioned the lack of prior approval.
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Billie Surmick
Paeces
Ruidolo Downs
Norman Wheeler
George Fisher
Lois Beavers
Wheeler
Council
Mye H
Vada Leighton
Ruidoso Downs Racetrack
Leighton
Beavers
Cities plan to challenge Moonies anti solicitation suit
Alamogordo Los Alamos and Grants will file answers to a Unification Church challenge to their anti solicitation ordinances. Judge Payne has issued temporary injunctions blocking enforcement while the case proceeds and consolidated the suits into a single class action for all church members.
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Albuquerque
N.M
UPI
Alamogordo
Los Alamos
Unification Church
Steven Sanders
U.S
H. Vearle Payne
Sanders
Sun Myung Moon
Payne
Census urges farm operators to return forms for 1978 count
Farm and ranch operators not yet counted in the 1978 Census of Agriculture should request a census report form from the Bureau of the Census at 1201 E. 10th St. Jeffersonville Ind. 47132. Officials say the census covers producers of many commodities not typically viewed as agriculture and has been under way since January 1.
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Washington
U.S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
10Th St
Jeffersonville
Ind
Ruidoso Council Debates Water Rights and Animal Policy
Ruidoso Planning and Zoning Commission set a 7:20 meeting amid council clashes over water rights and subdivision plans. Mayor Wheeler and staff spar with Tony Parker over Mountain Shadows approval and water donations, while animal control fees and a new sick leave policy undergo debate and tabled action.
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Parker
Mountain Shadows
Ruidoso Downs Pla and Zoning Commission
Environmental Improvement Department
Environmental Protection Agency
Mike Hernandez Jr
Ruidoso
Wheeler
Hernandez
Leighton
Ruidoso Downs
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Ruidoso Planning and Zoning Commission
Janet Lee
Gatargent
Tony Parker
Council Chamber
Risco
Albertson
Bonu
Oneal Sav
Coupen
Dene Agcorted
TVG
Conte Toweh
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