Skeen champions free enterprise at Optimist Club rally
Joe Skeen, Republican gubernatorial candidate, preached free enterprise over government controls to revive the economy at the Sally Port Inn. He argued California’s inflation was caused by government spending and urged New Mexico to become the leading U S electricity producer while noting rising population and the need for future jobs outside federal programs. He praised the state’s congressional delegation and urged civic involvement beyond partisanship.
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Optimist Club
Sally Port Inn
California
Skeen
New Mexico
United States
Jockey Club to buy Ruidoso and Sunland race tracks
Fortuna Properties, current owner, plans to sell Ruidoso Downs and Sunland Park to the Jockey Club this week. The Jockey Club boards will discuss financing a six million dollar down payment and forming a wholly owned subsidiary to manage the tracks.
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Ruidoso Downs
Sunland Park
Fortuna Properties
Jockey Club
Fortuna
New Mexico
Alessio
San Diego
Dominic Alessio
Wich
Charles Spann
Albuquerque
Jockey Club Corp
Eveybody
Spann
State Racing Commission
George Maloof
Maloof
Tom Nugent
Nugent
Balloon heroes land after crossing Atlantic in Double Eagle II
Americans Ben Abruzzo Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman land near Evreux France after completing the first Atlantic balloon crossing setting distance and endurance records. They dine at the Savoy with Maj Chris Davey Don Cameron and families under a preflight agreement honoring a prior challenge.
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Atlantic
The
Savoy
Ben Abruzzo
Maxie Anderson
Larry Newman
Albuquerque
N.M
Evreux
France
Chris Davey
Don Cameron
Savoy Hotel
Zanussi
Christopher Davey
James faces life term after Sawyer holdup conviction
James convicted Friday night of conspiracy and accessory to armed robbery in the Dessie Sawyer case near Tatum. District Attorney McCormick filed an habitual offender charge listing seven felonies as six counts which could push his sentence from 10 to 50 years to life if three counts are proven as the same defendant.
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Jerry Ray James
Ruidoso
Democratic National
James
Sawyer
Tatum
Paul Sneady
Shirley James
Ernest Carroll
Carroll
Warren Burnett
Odessa
Texas
Snead
Burnett
Cawthon
Pugh
Dallas
Irving
Beagles attorneys seek to quash Roswell indictment
District Judge C Fincher Neal will rule on a motion to quash the eight count grand jury indictment of Roswell businessman Virgil Beagles on Sept 1 in Lovington The defense cites improper grand jury conduct and juror issues as grounds for the motion and a venue change was granted earlier in the hearing.
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Neal
William Dixon
Charles Daniels
Albuquerque
Michael F. McCormick
Carlsbad
McCormick
Larry Gomez
Gomez
District Attorney's Office
Dixon
Charles Cleve
Beagles
Cleve
Jay F. Rosenthal
Rosenthal
Grand Jury
Capps
Roswell Community Center key to United Way effort
Community Counseling and Resource Center in Roswell aids United Way understanding with a vital ingredient as readers navigate local service efforts. The feature appears on page 8 with coverage of nonprofit collaboration.
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United Way
Aggressive Mississippi Kites Target Ashland Residents
Birds dive bomb people near nests in Ashland Kansas prompting complaints. Anna Jean Wilson recalls hair nets and umbrellas as protection while Martin Phillips with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service says attacks have been exaggerated.
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Kan
Mississippi
Anna Jean Wilson
Kansas Fish and Game Department
Martin Phillips
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Hays
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