Cure for Greed Strife in Baseball Threatens Game’s Future
The piece argues the strike stems from a flawed financial system and policy, not pure greed. It notes revenue and profits grew while unequal sharing harms competitive balance, urging expanded revenue sharing or a cap, possibly prompting antitrust changes to restrain owners and protect fans.
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Funding questions over Chamber city grant and raises
A reader asks how a $100,000 city grant to the Chamber of Commerce was allocated and whether funds and raises were properly controlled. The editor notes the grant must follow the chamber’s proposal, with salary money funding one full time executive secretary for economic development and retirement services. Johnston says he did not get a raise. Cox and Rose received modest increases due to expanded duties.
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Chamber of Commerce
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Mary Soucie
Montana Ave
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Lopez Faces Julian In NM Women’s Golf Third Round
Aug 25 1969 Nancy Lopez of Roswell meets Lee Julian of Portales in the third round of the New Mexico Women’s golf tournament. Lopez, 12, swept defending champion Barbara Berry of Artesia in the quarterfinals as Roswell readies RIAC for Boeing 747 tests this fall.
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Roswell
Lee Julian
Portales
New Mexico
Barbara Berry
Artesia
Roswell Industrial Air Center
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NRA donations delay crime bill vote in election year
Santa Fe reports the NRA influenced House timing of a key crime bill vote by delivering 60,000 in targeted contributions to members who supported the bill and opposed the assault weapons ban. The piece argues money influences politics, noting campaigns’ high costs and the political calculus of reelecting lawmakers. It includes reflections on money and votes in a democracy and a quoted view from former state lawmaker H B Pardner Tellyer.
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National Rifle Association
U.S. House
NRA
House
Senate
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Las Cruces
Trudeau waffle caricature hits Clinton in Doonesbury
Washing tons political cartoonist Garry Trudeau depicts Clinton as a levitating waffle in Doonesbury this week. The gag targets Clinton's health care push and perceived indecisiveness, drawing sharp jabs from White House aides and pundits while noting other cartoons ridiculing the president.
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Clinton
Garry Trudeau
White House
Trudeau
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Dan Quayle
Quayle
Bill Kristol
Doo
Pat Oliphant
Washington Post
Tom Mann
Brookings Institution
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Doonesbury
Josh
Treasury
Josh Steiner
Whitewater
Dee Dee Myers
India avoids Hindu Muslim violence nudge amid turmoil
India faces renewed Hindu nationalist pressure as BJP tactics stir tensions. Rao’s Congress seen stabilizing amid independence day clashes in Karnataka Hubli where curfew prevented violence. Opp party boycott over the 1992 securities scandal ends as Rao seeks reforms and parliamentary consensus.
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P.V. Narasimha Rao
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Hubli
BJP
Ayodhya
Kashmir
Pakistan
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