Navy Code Breaker Rochefort to Receive DSM Posthumously
Unsung hero Captain Joseph J. Rochefort is awarded the Distinguished Service Medal after decades, for cracking Japanese naval codes that guided the U S to a decisive Midway victory in World War II. His overlooked work, once disputed by Washington intelligence, is highlighted in the forthcoming book And I Was There.
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Joseph J. Rochefort
Rochefort
Pearl Harbor
United States
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Midway Island
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Washington Naval Establishment
Edwin T. Layton
Capt. Rochefort
Plan outrages resident Editor
Senior citizen warns Capital Cities Cable over adding two L A stations and extra charges. He urges Roswell residents to protest with outside antennas and to demand a 4 station package or none, criticizing the survey as unfair and demanding broad outreach.
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Capital Cities Cable
L.A
Roswell
Dorothy Herring
Today in History December 1 1985
On this day events include Rosa Parks refusal on a Montgomery bus in 1955 sparking a yearlong boycott and a Supreme Court move to strike down bus segregation. Other items note Adams’s House election deadlock in 1824 and Ben-Gurion’s death in 1973 in Tel Aviv.
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Montgomery
Ala
U.S. Supreme Court
House of Representatives
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
William H. Crawford
Henry Clay
Adams
New Mexico Military Institute Hosts NATO Border Forces Speaker
Lt. Col. Daniel Morrison spoke at the NMMI symposium on international relations today. He recently returned to U.S. duty after three years with NATO integrated border forces along the West Germany East Germany frontier. Mrs. George Richardson was present.
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New Mexico Military Institute
Daniel Morrison
U.S
NATO
West Germany
East Germany
George Richardson
Girl Scout Luncheon and Fashion Show Aids Day Camp
The small society co chairman organized a luncheon and youth fashion show today to raise funds for the Girl Scout Day Camp serving troops across southeastern New Mexico. Mary Elizabeth Runson was named Junior Wool Princess at the New Mexico Wool Growers' Association district meeting in Ruidoso.
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New Mexico
Mary Elizabeth Runson
Old Boy network circulates around New Mexico capitol
The statehouse sees repeated appearances by a group of attorneys tied to Gov. Toney Anaya. The piece accuses them of using their shared background to influence power and money, noting the long governor tenure without lawyers and alleging a protective fraternity among loyalists. Zel Lipsen is mentioned as a former law school associate.
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Santa FE
Toney Anaya
New Mexico
Zel Lipsen
Toney
Washington
Toney era schemes linked to state contracts and loans
Fred McCaffrey hired to advise on water rights appears to profit insiders by arranging personal bank loans for the chief executive. Lipsen receives payment by mail, avoiding in-person collection. Toney’s circle pushes a boondoggish electricity plan at the State Penitentiary while Michael Francke backs the project.
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Anaya
Lipsen
Toney
Paul Biderman
State Penitentiary
Michael Francke
COW POKES By Ace Reid Highlights State Deal Ties Among Lawyers
The column accuses high level lawyers including Bob Strumer Tom Dunigan and Reggie Storment of profiting from a complex state refinancing and cogeneration deal. It notes Attorney General Anaya’s entourage and hints at illegal aspects while urging scrutiny before Anaya’s term ends.
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Bob Strumer
Anaya
Strumer
Tom Dunigan
Anaya Buddy
Dunigan
Dick Bosson
Joe Canepa
Reggie Storment
Toney
Storment
Paul Bardacke
Biderman
Board of Finance
al Pitts
Hijacker steers Egyptair flight toward Malta
Questions mount after the bold hijack of Egyptair Flight MS648 from Athens to Cairo. A nervous, well dressed man boarded the Boeing 737, declared the plane hijacked, and ordered a course toward Malta while clutching a pistol and a grenade.
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Greece
Cairo
Egypt
Emad
Malta Route Sways Hijack Crew in Fatal Flight Incident
John Winn Miller Bahey and four other hijackers sought Libya or Tunisia but were deterred by crew bluff to Malta as fuel limits. Pilot Hani Galal said no political demands. one hijacker was killed by an Egyptian guard. Five passengers were targeted. only Scarlett Rogenkamp of Oceanside, California died.
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Bahey
Libya
Tunisia
Malta
Hani Galal
Galal
Scarlett Rogenkamp
Oceanside
Calif
Gorbachev’s Geneva Push Aims at Economy and Arms Talks
The assessment argues Gorbachev seeks to ease the Soviet economy by cutting military spending to fund civilian growth and consumer goods, while sustaining a wary stance on Star Wars. It notes the cost of defense drives Soviet restraint and risks undermining plans amid U S Soviet tensions. Page 5.
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Center For Strategic Studies
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United States
Lucette Lagnado
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