Roth aide found temporary state jobs for friends
Denver AP Colorado Labor and Employment Director Herrick S Roth and a close aide used bypassed procedures to place several friends and former campaign workers in temporary posts. Aimed at speeding unemployment claims processing early this year the action drew on years of similar practice by predecessors by Roths own admission about a half dozen hires and about forty temp jobs since he took office.
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Denver
Colorado
Herrick S. Roth
Rath
State Personnel Department
Richard Lamm
Ken Adams
Lamm
El Paso County Jail Gets 21 Day Execution Stay
A 21 day delay in demolition of the El Paso County Jail was granted by U.S. District Judge Alfred Arras to allow the State Historical Society time to preserve architectural aspects and certain structures. The Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority agreed to the pause to study preservation options and cooperate on rehab plans for the nearby Alamo Hotel, now used as a retirement home.
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el Paso County
Colorado Springs
Colo
el Paso
Alfred A. Array
Arras
Muse
Richard Hall
Hall
Array
U.S. Department of Interior
Historical Society
Renewal Authority
The
Alamo Hotel
Stanley Hatka
Justice Lee withdraws from I-470 controversy
Supreme Court Justice Robert B. Lee has pulled back from any role in the Interstate 470 dispute and voided his vote on last week’s decision that barred Gov. Richard Lamm from meddling with a State Highway Commission order. Chief Justice Pringle said the prior 4-0 ruling remains valid as the court reviews Ally General J D MacFarlane’s rehearing petition.
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Denver
Colorado Supreme Court
Robert B. Lee
Richard Lamm
State Highway Commission
Lamm
Edward Pringle
Bear on Tree Triggers Rescue at California Town
In Trinidad California a 150 pound black bear clung to branches after a dog chased it, thinking it treed a spruce. Police tranquilized the animal, likely a young bear abandoned by its mother, and plan to release it back in the mountains.James Brown to provide 13 summer jobs for youths in New York. AP reports Brown will offer opportunities through youth programs seeking 16 to 18 year olds from ghetto communities.
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Calo
Toby
Jesus Ortiz
Joseph Montero
Game War
Randy Cote
James Brown
New York
Youll Action Nw
Brown
Government accused of curtailing nursing benefits for elderly
Denver reporting on federal moves to end extra nursing benefits under Medicare. Arvid Brekke of the Colorado Hospital Association says the elderly require more care and costs must be shifted from Medicare. The American Hospital Association has sued HEW to reinstate benefits. About $1 million annually in Colorado, less than one percent of Medicare benefits, is affected. He notes a study showing seniors need 28 percent more care than those under 65. The note also lists the Humber Hull Verrazano Narrows and Golden Gate as the three longest suspension bridges in the world, with lengths.
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Denver
Colorado Hospital Association
Brekke
American Hospital Association
HEW
Washington
Sholley
Arvid Brekke
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Humber
Hull
England
Verrazano Narrows
New York Bay
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco Bay
Dynamite found at Colorado State Penitentiary
Colorado State Penitentiary officials confirmed the discovery of two sticks of dynamite in the medium security area. Warden Alex Wilson said no fuses were found and declined to discuss discovery or investigation details. A governor ordered search earlier in May after a disturbance left one inmate dead and 17 wounded, turning up weapons but no dynamite.
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Canon City
Colo. Tap
Colorado State Penitentiary
Alex Wilson
Richard Lamm
Lamm
Forest fire near Woodland Park grows to 225 acres
A wildfire 10 miles northwest of Woodland Park, Colorado, declared under control this morning, burned 225 acres of fir and pine. Mop up will take four to five days, with Wyoming, New Mexico, and South Dakota firefighters expected to be released later today.
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Colo
Here
Auls
Forest Service
Wyoming
New Mexico
South Dakota
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