Cubs Mercer Promises Home Run For Dying Boy
A Chicago Cubs call to 12 year old Scott Crull in which Bobby Mercer vowed to hit a home run, followed by media mention of Crull's terminal bone cancer, sparked apologies from ABC and the Cubs. The incident leads to debate on whether terminally ill patients should be informed of their prognosis.
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Chicago Cubs
Bobby Mercer
Scott Crull
Chicago
Mercer
Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Murcer
Crull
Young Crull
ABC
Roswell road woes spark public meetings with highway commission
Roswell residents press for funding as streets crumble across the city. The New Mexico Highway Commission will hold public sessions August 17 and 18 at the Roswell Inn to hear driver concerns about state and federal road upkeep and the city’s role in financing.
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Roswell
Second Street
Main Street
New Mexico Highway Commission
Roswell Inn
Commission
Public forum letter on oath of office and constitutional fidelity
Editor K W McCloud argues for universal oath understanding and rededication to the U S Constitution. He urges officials at all levels to study amendments and uphold equal application of the founding document for all citizens. He signs from 805 N Delaware Ave.
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K.W
United States of America
K.W. McCloud
Delaware Ave
Brothers Reunited After 23 Years Aid by Local Couple
Twenty five years ago on August 10 1952 two brothers Frank Jack Ellis of Roswell and W B Ellis of Arizona were reunified through the efforts of Truth or Consequences residents Mr and Mrs G E Singleton. Also noted is visits from Roswell residents Mrs J W Poe and Mr Horace Freeman family and travelers Leopoldo Pacheco and granddaughter Bella Pacheco returning from a tour of Washington New York Miami and Cuba.
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G.E. Singleton
Frank Jack Ellis
Roswell
W.B. Ellis
Arizona
Joe Bell
Larry
Horace Freeman
Hagerman
John W. Poe
Leopoldo Pacheco
Bella Pacheco
Washington, D.C
New York
N.Y
Miami
Fla
Cuba
Reorganization costs soar in New Mexico plan
Fred Buckles oversaw a $217 144 annual salary package for reorganization staff in Santa Fe with Chris Krahling rising to 26 088 and contracts for Johnny Taylor Art Locker Roy Nord Beverly Ortiz Bob Ruth Jean Lawson and others. Major budget deadlines loom for fiscal 1978 79 with a proposed $669 431 000 general fund and a $579 631 million base up 15.5 percent, as plans shift to 12 new departments led by William Anderson and aimed at more efficient state government.
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Santa FE
Chris Krahling
Krahling
Jerry Apodaca
Johnny Taylor
Art Locker
Roy Nord
New State Energy Minerals Department
University of New Mexico Energy Institute
Beverly Ortiz
Bob Ruth
John Jasper
Jean Lawson
Joan Burdeau
Jan Schooley
Jeff Pollen
Priscilla Carr
Christine Anaya
Gladys D. Wilson
State Planning Office
State Finance Department
Legislative Finance Committee
Taylor
Locker
Jasper
Health and Social Services Department
Human Services Department
William Anderson
Employment Security Commission
HSSD
State Labor Commission
Commission On Aging and Children and Youth Committee
Anderson
ESC
William Brock
U.S
Tennessee
Albuquerque
Brock
Senate
Laura
William E. Brock IV
Oscar
John
Frances Shipman
Pojoaque
New Mexico
Apodaca
Jack Harkleroad
Roland Vigil
Dale Hart
Bob Ortiz
Randolf Corlew
Darrel Allred
Stafford Wallis
Tax Agencies Handcuffed by Regulation and Politics
Washington article notes that rich and poor should be equal before the IRS yet new rules and the Tax Reform Act hinder investigations. Jonathon Goldstein says restrictions hamper White Collar cases and innocent taxpayers suffer federal harassment. The piece cites Nixon era misuse of tax probes against political enemies.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue
Congress
Jonathon Goldstein
U.S
New Jersey
White House
Richard Nixon
Socks vanish in wash a satirical study on laundry
A humorous, long winded spoof traces sock disappearance through invented studies. It parodies Arlberg Klosson Elmendorf and Buckley Jr with imagined CIA links and Nobel laureate claims to explain one sock from each pair going missing. The piece ends with an unresolved mystery.
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N.Y
New York
Arlberg
Klosson
CIA
Richard Helms
Central Intelligence
Helms
Berkeley
Livermore Starch
Leonid Brezhnev
Kremlin
Klossen
Brezhnev
South America
Elmendorf
Gestalt Laundry
William F. Buckley Jr
U.S
Pentagon
Aptheker
Washington
Great Aptheker
Gray
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The
Small Society
Fred Buckles
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
IRS
Russell Baker
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