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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1997
Page
9
Vernon resident Jack Prost tells how being named after a fictional winter sprite leads to missed messages and jokes. He notes the name is a family tradition with a son Jack and a grandson Jack II, despite initial reluctance.
Regional event in Liberal Kansas invites talented groups and individuals to obtain official entry forms for the Pancake Day Amateur Talent Contest Preliminaries on February 7. Entry fee is 25 dollars and must be received by January 31. For information contact contest chair Marybettie Tabor at 316 626 0133 or 316 624 1350.
Icy fog disrupted travel at Albuquerque International Sunport with Sunday cancellations. By Monday morning the fog had cleared and planes arrived steadily, though snow and wind were forecast later. Airlines reported several Sunday cancellations and UNM football team endured delays before leaving for Tucson.
Children from Saul's Harbor Church perform roles in the Christmas program at 3503 W Sixth Ave. Robert East age 11, Cassius Carter age 13, and Edward Gore age 14 are featured as shepherds in the scene.
The Energy Department released previously classified film and documents on 1961 to 1973 peaceful nuclear explosions for harbor and tunnel work. The Sedan blast at Nevada Test Site created a 320 foot crater from 104 kilotons, six times Hiroshima, with 12 million tons of displaced earth. DOE notes 35 peaceful detonations in 27 tests, mostly underground, and contrasts Soviet tests.
Joelle Bitsue a Head Start student in Gallup joins Santa Claus for a pre Christmas visit. She sings Jingle Bells as the red suited visitor greets children and families during the event.
A New Mexico state district judge ruled that Lea and Guadalupe counties may issue bonds to finance privately built prisons. The decision allows construction to proceed via Wackenhut Corrections, with lease payments funding debt. Legislators may appeal, potentially delaying final financing and raising constitutional questions.
A general grand jury indicted 10 alleged members linked to an alien smuggling operation tied to a U S company Atlantic Finishing Inc with plants in Trenton Georgia and Henegar Alabama The charges stem from a Hatch New Mexico stop of a van carrying illegals and a multi state probe named I 25 Confederation Dixie Junction President Fred Parrish and two New Mexico suspects Francis Lopez Garcia and Josie Reyes are named among the defendants The scheme allegedly recruited migrants from Mexico and Latin America using false documents housed them in El Paso and Las Cruces before moving them north via I 25 and I 40.
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