New Mexico Infant Mortality Rate Drops to 5.4
The New Mexico infant mortality rate fell from 6.9 per 1000 live births in 2012 to 5.4 in 2013. Health officials note yearly swings are common and seek causes and interventions to reduce deaths, with steady overall trends over two decades and past rates above the national average in 2012.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
State Department of Health
Retta Ward
Department
Ward
Mark Kassouf
Kassouf
Santa Fe New Mexican
Elvis Presleys Graceland memories from longtime friend
Elrod recalls Elvis as friendly and generous who shopped at Whitehaven Mall and gave Cadillacs to strangers. He describes Graceland gates opened by Vester Presley and Elvis signing autographs for him, with later security changes after Jerry Lee Lewis incident.
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Elvis
Graceland
Whitehaven
Elvis Presley
Elrod
Vester Presley
Vester
King
Mall
Rising Star
Texas
Jerry Lee Lewis
Lewis
Lee
Ronnie
Brenda
Mom
Dickinson acquitted after two trials in Roswell case
The Roswell man Dickinson faced multiple charges of criminal sexual contact and penetration involving three sisters. After two trials and a 2013 plea that was later withdrawn, a judge dismissed several counts. The 2014 jury acquitted on two charges and a new trial date was set for the remaining counts. Prosecution acknowledged lack of forensic proof and respected the jury verdicts.
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Dickinson
New Mexico Corrections Department
S. Doug Jones- Witt
Roswell
DOC
Department of Corrections
Los Lunas
Freddie Romero
Romero
Aldana
Jones- Witt
Kim Hansen
Hansen
Michael Murphy
Murphy
The
Daily Record
Jones-Witt
Chaves County
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Alberto Aldana
Shay
Jeff Tucker
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Roswell, NM
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