Mexican election spawns reforms in Chihuahua state
In Chihuahua Mexico an opposition alliance has pressured PRI to reform. Soldiers and police were deployed to Chihuahua City and Ciudad Juarez amid threats to paralyze the state if elections are rigged. Governors, mayoralties and legislative seats are at stake across four states.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Institutional Revolutionary Party
PRI
Ciudad Juarez
el Paso
Texas
Big Bend
Durango
Zacatecas
Michoacan
National Action Party
PAN
Charity squeezes Odessa groups as funds fade
Pat Brantley director of the Girls Club of Odessa says she lacks funds to hire staff to meet rising demand and save room for 1950 children this year, down from 300. Natalie Rothstein reports Our New Beginnings, the city’s only women’s halfway house, closed June 24 due to the oil downturn, with donations thinning across local charities and ministers fearing plate collections will drop further.
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Pat Brantley
Natalie Rothstein
Brantley
Girls Club
Odessa
S. Grant Ave
Rothstein
Psychics to dig for Lincoln battle clues in New Mexico
The New Mexico Bureau of Monuments will excavate the burned Alexander McSween home site in Lincoln on July 19 to seek clues about the 1878 Lincoln gunfight between the Tunstall McSween faction and the Murphy Dolan gang. Psychics will assist, with Byron Summers using alleged abilities at the site co sponsored by Lincoln County Heritage Trust.
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Lincoln
N.M
Billy the Kid
New Mexico
State Bureau of Monuments
Mike Pitel
Economic Development and Tourism Department
Alexander McSween
Lawrence Murphy
James Dolan
John Henry Tunstall-McSween
Murphy-Dolan Gang
Tunstall- MccSween
Gary Miller
Lincoln County Heritage Trust
Murphy-Dolan
Tunstall
Miller
Byron Summers
Santa Fe
Tom Caperton
Bureau of Monuments
PTT PLOT Conflict Drives Lincoln Psychic Aid
A second psychic may assist Summers as Caperton notes the need to identify exact locations at Lincoln. The pair could help by pinpointing precise sites, with details appearing on PSYCH CS Page 2A.
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Summers
Caperton
Lincoln
National gala marks Statue of Liberty reopening after facelift
Americans marked the post Fourth of July weekend with beach trips, barbecues, and a giant gala. The Statue of Liberty reopened to the public after a 66 million facelift, drawing about 10,000 visitors on Liberty Island and delaying new arrivals. In New York Central Park a free Philharmonic concert drew about 600,000 attendees, with stars like Placido Domingo and Marilyn Horne performing. Southern California and Boston also hosted Fourth celebrations with festivals and concerts.
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Nancy Reagan
Liberty Island
Central Park
New York Philharmonic
Placido Domingo
Marilyn Horne
Boston Pops
Charles
Farm Aid II pledges fall short of hopes on July Fourth
MANOR AP Farm Aid II raised about 500000 in pledges, far below Farm Aid I's 9 million. organizers blamed the Statue of Liberty centennial for weak donations. spokewoman Margaret Wade said 40000 tickets at a horse race track produced 800000, with most of 1.3 million as Farm Aid profit. Willie Nelson noted lines were less busy and urged more money for family farmers. Jesse Jackson addressed the crowd calling Farm Aid the heart of Independence Day.
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Nelson
Vietnam vets' role in drills disputed
Honduran capital dispatch reports Arturo Cruz says the United States is weighing a request to send Vietnam War veterans to train guerrillas seeking to topple the Sandinista government. Meanwhile, about 100 veterans are due to join U S maneuvers with Honduran troops, with officials insisting they will not train the Contras.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Arturo Cruz
United States
U.S
Vietnam
Nicaragua
Green Berets
Cruz
Associated Press
Defense Department
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Church of the Risen Lord
N. Grandview Ave
Hanson
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Dolan
Murphy
PTT
Hobbs
Roswell
Aid
Jesse Jackson
Texas Agriculture
Jim Hightower
Jackson
Orills
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