Panel urges pilot programs to verify work eligibility
A bipartisan U S commission recommends five heavily affected states California Florida Illinois New York and Texas run pilots using SSA and INS data to verify job seekers status. They favor limited ID documents and oppose intrusive national ID schemes while urging border controls and state reimbursement for housing illegal immigrant felons.
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U.S. Commission On Immigration Reform
Barbara Jordan
Texas
California
Florida
Illinois
New York
Social Security Administration
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Washington
Congress
Jordan
Weed problem in flood channels addressed by city officials
Harry and Lillian Hermann of 1000 E. College Blvd express thanks for city action on weed buildup in the Spring River flood channels. They note contact with Assistant City Manager Bob Thomson and Mayor Tom Jennings and credit Flood Control at Lea Avenue and Eighth Street for initial weed removal. They urge timely continuation and embankment maintenance by the city.
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Spring River
Daily Record
Bob Thomson
Tom Jennings
Chaves County
Bill Fitzpatrick
Lea Avenue
Eighth Street
Harry and
Lillian Hermann
1000
E. College Blvd
Fulton’s Clermont Sparks Hudson River Steamship Era
Historical note marks August 17 as the Clermont’s 1807 Hudson River round trip to Albany inaugurating steam navigation. It also recalls the Woodstock festival ending near Bethel, New York in 1969, framing notable milestones on this date.
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Fulton
New York
Hudson River
Albany
Bethel
N.Y
Air Force unit earns Outstanding Unit Award third year
Sgt Harry E Ozbun Jr, son of Mr and Mrs Harry E Ozbun Sr of 202 E Frazier St, is part of a unit cited for the U S Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for the third consecutive year. A college and high school cast will present Tell It Like It Is this Sunday at Calvary Baptist Church under Maurice LaFonte. Col George T Pitts arrives at New Mexico Military Institute to direct ROTC, replacing Col Eben R Wyles who moves to an assistant to the superintendent post.
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Harry E. Ozbun Jr
Harry E. Ozbun Sr
E. Frazier St
U.S. Air Force
Calvary Baptist Church
Maurice LaFonte
George T. Pitts
U.S. Army
New Mexico Military Institute
Pitts
Eben R. Wyles
NMMI
Late columnists remembered in New Mexico
Two veteran columnists died within hours of each other, Joe Smith of the Las Cruces Sun-News and Mark Acuff of the Southwest Pioneer, leaving a wake of memories from New Mexico politics and journalism. Acuff, a UNM alum, led several papers and founded the Independiente before moving to Arizona. Smith taught media law at NMSU, edited Temecula Daily briefly, and wrote It seems to Me for the Sun-News.
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Santa FE
Joe Smith
The
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Mark Acuff
University of New Mexico
Mark
Albuquerque
Democratic Party
Omaha
Neb
McCarthy
Chicago
Acuff
New Mexico Independiente
Acuffs
Casmira
Arnulfo Arias C. de Baca
Independiente
Grants Beacon
Arizona
Springerville
Casa Grande
Pinal Pioneer
Guy Acuffs
Southwest Pioneer
Indiana
el Paso Times
Albuquerque Journal and Bulletin
Sun-News
New Mexico State University
Temecula
Calif
Joe
GOP welfare reform fights split conservatives and moderates
In Washington a tug of war over welfare reform pits conservative Republicans led by Heritage Foundation and Empower America against moderates. They seek to bar cash aid food stamps and housing for unmarried mothers under 21 while others warn of homelessness and abortion rises. Leaders plan a September Contract With America event to push tough measures though passage this year is unlikely.
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Washington
GOP
America
Capitol
Congress
House
Clinton
Robert Rector
Conservative Heritage Foundation
Empower America
William J. Bennett
Jack Kemp
Rector
Tim Hutchinson
Arkansas
Clay Shaw
Florida
Shaw
Douglas Besharov
American Enterprise Institute
Democratic Party
Property rights win in Dolan Tigard landmark case
The Supreme Court rejected reducing the Takings Clause to a mere tool for government open space goals. Chief Justice Rehnquist warned against using land grabs as shortcuts to public aims. The article notes mixed state and activist positions and praises private property protections amid environmental debate.
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Dolan-Tigard
Denver
Colo
Florence Dolan
Tigard
Clinton
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
Portland
Ore
Dolan
Mrs. Dolan
Solicitor General
Gore
Ct Heven
Nevada
New Mexico
Wyoming
Supreme Court
Rehnquist
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Robert
Central Committee
Mesilla Valley Inn
Land Commission
Sam Bregman
Bregman
Smith
Sam
Ray Powell
Jay Miller
William Perry Pendley
Mt. States Legal Foundation
Justice Scalia
Fife Symington
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