16 Apr 1998
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Newspaper
Taos News
Location
Taos, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1998
Page
1
Las Trampas residents voiced frustration at a Monday meeting with Taos County Office of Community Development, the National Park Service and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation about delaying land purchase for their proposed community center. They question if they are consulted in decisions affecting their village.
The murder trials of Viento Herrera Frederick Gaitan and Richard Padilla delayed indefinitely after a Taos judge halted the plan to try them together. Padilla was to begin April 20 but pretrial motions led to postponement. Trials may proceed separately later.
Residents of Taos and Colfax counties crowded two April meetings to denounce the Realistic Bomber Training Initiative. Critics warned of dangerous low altitude flights over sparsely populated areas and urged the Air Force to reconsider the program.
Taos County unveils a 12,000 square-foot Agriculture Center housing the Extension Office Taos Valley Acequia Association and Taos Soil and Water Conservation District. The three groups moved their offices in March and promoter Reynaldo Torres recalls a two decade effort culminating in a thriving facility.
Claude Westervelt, a disabled welfare recipient who moved to Taos, urges others to file for a fair hearing or seek legal services after income support cuts. He lost $889 cash aid while receiving $260 food stamps plus $110 added aid, amid new eligibility requirements sparked by a November Supreme Court ruling. Westervelt cannot meet the new work requirements and sought help from Malcolm McPherson at See WELFARE, Page A3.
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