City to present rate hike ordinances at special meeting
City officials say higher rates for utilities and services are needed to fund water delivery upgrades and sewer treatment as the council plans to introduce new ordinances at a 5 p.m. City Hall session. The measures parallel August rates later invalidated by a district judge, with public input deferred to a later council vote.
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Robert J. Owen
The
Daily Record
City Hall
Stanley Frost
Tucumcari
Citizens group pushes alternative city utility rate plan
The Concerned Citizens Group of Roswell aims to have council consider alternative ordinances setting basic water sewer and garbage rate hikes from 31 to 50 percent during tonight's 5 p.m. City Hall meeting. If rejected the group may seek amendments or petitions while Mayor says proposed rates are unrealistic. The CCGR plans to present a protest petition and speak at the session.
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Concerned Citizens Group
Roswell
Tandy Hunt
CCGR
Hunt
Alex Fein
the Daily Record
Jerry N. Smith
David Therrien
Concerned Citizens Group of
Dick Reader
Center
CCGA
Villa Solano Officials Seek Public Opinion On Prison Plan
Gov. Apodaca and state officials arrive in Roswell to hear public input on converting Villa Solano State School into a prison. The visit covers site acquisition, facility type, and potential costs with a meeting set for 9 30 am in the RIAC Air Terminal building.
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George Welles
Jerry Apodaca
Villa Solano State School
Roswell
Richard de Uriate
Apodaca
Ed Mahr
Villa Solano
Riac Air Terminal
State Department of Hospitals and Institutions
Corrections
Mahr
Federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Corrections Secretary
DHI
State Finance Board
State Department of Corrections
State Corrections Commission
Corrections Commission
Villa Salano
Bear stars in Grizzly Adams filmed near Ruidoso
Hoko the bear, doubling for Bozo, performs beside Bozo as Ben Franklin in the TV series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams being filmed near Ruidoso. A related story and photo are on Page 15.
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Hoko
Grizzly Adams
Ruidoso
Bozo
Ben Franklin
Roads Dominate Chaves County Federal Payment Plans
Chaves County allocates 874 552 dollars in lieu of taxes from federal lands with 534 000 to the Road Department for road work and Berrendo Bridge repairs near Roswell. The rest funds a county employee pay raise of 195 800 and various minor projects across offices and recreation sites.
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Chaves
Arthur F. Aiello
William Corn. Aiello
Timothy Z. Jennings
Jennings
Chaves County
Bureau of Land Management
Forest Service
Corps of Engineers
Road Department
Berrendo
Brown Lodge Road
Pine Lodge Road
Dexter
Lake van
Midway
Hagerman
Paul Harvey shares Roswell couple’s 66th anniversary
National broadcaster Paul Harvey announced in his morning program that Charles and Emma Wright of Roswell New Mexico are celebrating their 66th wedding anniversary today. Wright recalls 20 years running Wright's grocery near 1617 North Missouri Avenue and says they have lived in Roswell for about 37 years and raised ten children.
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Paul Harvey
Roswell
Charles
Emma Wright
N.M
Charles Wright
S. Sunset Ave
Harvey
Wright
Missouri Ave
Runnells County
Texas
Dorothy Wright
Glenda Mae Bratcher
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