Ashcroft honors Albuquerque community with Weed and Seed grant
U S Attorney General John Ashcroft praised Albuquerque residents in the La Mesa Trumbull neighborhood for organizing safe havens at community centers creating police bicycle patrols and a community garden. The federal grant supports health education job training and anti drug centers as part of the Weed and Seed program to target drug dealers and gangs.
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Albuquerque
U.S
John Ashcroft
la Mesa-Trumbull
Ashcroft
Cesar Chavez
U.S. Justice Department
New Mexico
Laguna Pueblo
Las Cruces
Ron Lopez
U.S. Attorney's Office
Washington
Family backs Miss New Mexico fundraiser at local restaurant
Marta Strzyzewski, Miss New Mexico, receives family support from Roswell's Eve Strzyzewski and A Taste of Europe on Main Street. A charity dinner offers prime rib for two at a $100 donation to raise funds for Marta's upcoming expenses. Eight couples have booked, with a goal of 30 attendees as Marta and family hope supporters attend.
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Europe
Main Street
New Mexico
Marta Strzyzewski
Roswell
Eve Strzyzewski
Eve
Marta
Albuquerque
IRA withdraws disarmament plans in Belfast
The Irish Republican Army rescinds its disarmament plan plunging Northern Ireland peace efforts into trouble. Protestants note the move shows the group continues to modernize and threaten violence, with arrests of three suspected IRA members in Colombia adding to tensions.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Colombia
Garvaghy Road
Portadown
Britain
Roswell Coverage Highlight in Southeastern New Mexico
A fragment from Southeastern New Mexico focuses on Roswell news, highlighting local events and developments relevant to the city and its residents. The brief notes possible community impacts and ongoing regional topics.
Regulators uphold holding company restrictions in NM
State regulators kept the rules on how Public Service Co. of New Mexico and El Paso Electric form holding companies as they restructure for a deregulated market. The Public Regulation Commission refused to revisit or loosen key limits, including a ban on paying dividends beyond yearly earnings without approval, in separate cases already in place.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Public Service Company of
el Paso Electric Co
Public Regulation Commission
PRC
Writers to be given three county tour of regional history
A four day jam tour starts August 23 featuring eleven writers invited by the Chaves De Baca and Lincoln county tourism councils and REDU a New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service project. Writers will receive notebooks with story ideas and contacts to fuel future coverage linking Billy the Kid lore to regional sites such as Bitter Lake Dragonfly Festival and the J P Whitehouse Historical Society. The tour begins in Carrizozo with writers meeting prior to departure for Southeast New Mexico.
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Sweetser
Chaves
de Baca
Lincoln County
REDU
New Mexico State University
Cooperative Extension Service
Lincoln
Save Our Youth
Ken Sweetser
Bitter Lake
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George Bush
Trumbull
Recreation Division
Ken Maginnis
Ulster Unionist Party
Mitchel McLaughlin
Sinn Fein
McLaughlin
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Bogota
Eae Malinineiiil
Milita Ini Eteriaitedeeme
Enteenie Alii
Anal
Business Review
Pandas
National Zoo
Mei Xiang
Tian Tian
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