Journalist Vanessa Leggett and the battle over press records
Vanessa Leggett, a part time lecturer and free lance writer, faces federal contempt for refusing to surrender tapes and notes to a grand jury. The case tests DOJ guidelines on journalists' privilege, with implications for press independence and shield laws across states.
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Vanessa Leggett
FBI
Houston
Houston U.S
Leggett
U.S. Court of Appeals For
Fifth Circuit
U.S. Justice Department
New York Times
Justice Department
Today in History highlights and events for August 21
This dated column recaps notable past events on August 21 across history. Highlights include Hawaii becoming the 50th state in 1959, Nat Turner’s 1831 insurrection, Lincoln Douglas debates beginning in 1858, Trotsky’s death in 1940, and the Dunbarton Oaks talks in 1944 that aided UN formation.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Hawaii
Union
Santa Fe
N.M
Nat Turner
Virginia
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
American Bar Association
Saratoga
N.Y
Leon Trotsky
Mexico City
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Bicentennial poet Driscoll to perform in Roswell event
Theodore Driscoll of 705 S Pine Ave has a Bicentennial poem designated by the New Mexico Bicentennial Commission. The 76 year old, who calls himself the Bicentennial man, will perform with accompanist Ted Hunt. Conrado De La Cruz of north Roswell was elected president of the Roswell Boys Club board for 1976 77. David Gomez of the Roswell Schools Adult Learning Center announced fall and spring hours and three program components for adult basic education English reading spelling and math technical vocation awareness and reinforcement of learning.
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Theodore Driscoll
S. Pine Ave
New Mexico
Bingaman defends New Mexico bases and labs in base closings debate
Sen. Jeff Bingaman defends Cannon Air Force Base Holloman Air Force Base Kirtland Lab and Los Alamos against potential closings as Congress debates a commission and realignment. He notes no prohibition on unilateral base or lab closings and says energy labs differ from bases. He heads the Energy Committee and sits on Armed Services shaping NM's stance.
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Albuquerque
Congress
New Mexico
Jeff Bingaman
America
U.S. Supreme Court
George W. Bush
White House
Senate Energy Committee
Armed Services Committee
Clovis
Cannon Air Force Base
Alamogordo
Holloman
Kirtland Air Base
Sandia National Labs
Los Alamos
Pentagon
Bingaman
Bush
Armed Service Committee
Capitol Hill
Pete Domenici
Defense Department
U.S. Energy Department
Secretary of Energy
Energy
U.S
Capitol
Energy Committee
Energy Department
Armed Services
Administration family affair outlines Bush nepotism charges
An analysis accuses the Bush administration of nepotism as many relatives of officials receive government posts. It notes Philip Perry becomes deputy attorney general and Michael Powell chairs the FCC, with other kin in high offices and a Senate defense of the nepotism practice.
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Washington
Bush
Dick Cheney
Philip Perry
Colin Powell
Michael Powell
Federal Communications Commission
William Rehnquist
Antonin Scalia
Janet Rehnquist
Department of Health and Human Services
Eugene Scalia
Labor Department
Future agriculture seen as indispensable to a crowded world
Futurists at Futurescope 2001 in Minneapolis foresee agriculture remaining central as food needs grow. They highlight precision farming and biotechnology shaping farming as an electronic, information driven enterprise, with farmers as managers and chief executives.
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Coates
Molitor
Earth
United Nations
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Benigno S. Aquino Jr
Manila International
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Kirtland
Mideast
FCC
Clinton
Commission
Mitchell Daniels
Deborah
Scott McClellan
Powell
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Bruce
Commerce
Scalia
Florida
High Court
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
J. Strom Thurmond, Jr
Thurmond
Washington Post
Helen
Minneapolis
Graham T. T. Molitor
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Joseph Coates
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