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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 2002
Page
4
The piece argues Congress won t pass major patient rights or Medicare drug bills before the election. House caps punitive damages at 1.5 million, Senate s 5 million. Partisan blame and political timing risk posturing over real compromise.
In a town hall, the writer contends the proposed gross receipts tax could be redirected to nondevelopment uses without voter approval, citing Chaves County’s 1992 indigent health care tax shift. The letter asserts officials rededicated funds, and urges readers to vote against the tax, claiming law changes allow such changes without consent.
Mary Lou Zurmwalt of Roswell named la concierge of the New Mexico 8 and 40. Sherry Goodloe, 15, first woman to enter the Pony Express Race across Lincoln County. U S Senator Pete Domenici will visit Roswell and 33 other New Mexico communities on his People Tour.
Senate leaders clash as South Dakota aims to push a fast thinning rider onto a defense bill. Domenici and Western senators copy wording to a forestry measure, drawing protests from environmentalists and Democratic and Bush admin officials.
On this day in history several events are noted: the 1944 raid on Anne Frank's hiding place in Amsterdam, the 1735 Zenger acquittal for seditious libel, the 1790 Coast Guard origin, the 1792 birth of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Chicago's planning in 1830, the 1892 ax murders in Fall River and Lizzie Borden's acquittal.
U S backed factions among Iraqi exiles show ethnic and political divides with infighting, betrayals, and war crimes probes. Ahmed Chalabi's INC leads in Washington interest but is seen as inept by many diplomats while ties to Iran and other exiles shape competing agendas as war looms.
The piece traces Route 66 history in New Mexico from its 1926 start parallel to the CRI&P, through Santa Rosa and Las Vegas areas, past Tijeras Canyon, La Bajada danger curve, and Santa Fe to Albuquerque. It notes alignments with U S 84 and I 25, the Joads route, and historic signage warnings.
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