Spoils concerns overshadow Hatch Act debate
The Hatch Act proposed changes to federal civil service would allow employees to engage in campaigning and political gifts while risking a shift toward the spoils system. Critics warn that partisan politics could undermine nonpartisan hiring and threaten job security based on loyalty to candidates rather than merit.
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U.S. Senate
U.S. House of Representatives
New Mexico
Hatch
Carl Hatch
Congress
Senate
End of Capone era underworld figure found shot in car trunk
The article recounts Ned C. Bakes, tied to the Capone gang, shot in the head and found in the trunk of his car after missing since November 29. It links Capone era liquor running to ongoing crime and notes public warnings on youth violence and education in New Mexico.
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Ned C. Bakes
al Capone
Chicago
Bakes
Capone
FBI
Elliott Ness
Entourage
New Mexico
Julia Herrera
Santo Domingo
State Board of Education
al Capone Association
Lois Purvis
Initiation Night Highlights at Sigma Omega Sigma
Twenty five years ago Shirley Shuman and Joyce Boykin sang Sigma Omega Sigma songs during the formal pledge initiation led by society president Lavada Stephenson. Initiated members included Millie Albert and Joan Crawford.
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Shirley Shuman
Joyce Boykin
Sigma Omega Sigma
Society
Lavada Stephenson
Millie Albert
Joan Crawford
Small Society Initiation Honors Four Pledges
Yvona Wagner Frances Peters Dolores Foreman and Jeanne Schnedar were welcomed after a candlelight initiation ceremony. Each pledge was officially accepted into the organization and awarded a white carnation bearing SOS in blue on a separate string.
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Yvona Wagner
Frances Peters
Dolores Foreman
Jeanne Schnedar
Gallegos seeks U.S. Senate bid as New Mexico Republican
Orlando V. Gallegos, 55, Albuquerque, emerges as a Republican Senate hopeful proposing a federal environmental job corps funded by welfare cuts for able bodied workers. He charges Sen. Montoya with pro labor bias and criticizes social welfare programs while outlining a plan to balance the budget and repay the debt within decades. He aims to spend up to the federal limit for his campaign and plans a 32 county tour, with ex-astronaut Harrison Schmitt as the only other declared GOP candidate.
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Santa FE
Orlando V. Gallegos
New Mexico
U.S. Senate
Gallegos
Corps Gallegos
U.S
Congress
Joseph M. Montoya
D-N.m
Sen. Montoya
Appropriations Committee
Los Esteros
Cochiti
Montoya
Chrysler Cordova
Catron
Hidalgo
Luna
Grant County
Las Lunas
Belen
Socorro
Truth Or Consequences
Las Cruces
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Harrison Schmitt
GOP
Lincoln County
Joe Skeen
Schmitt
Albuquerque
Hunton, Hager and Co
Tucumcari Certified Public Accountants
Winchell Legacy Reveals a Century’s Media Pulse
Walter Winchell’s life as a fin de siècle New York figure is chronicled in a Prentice Hall collection edited with a brisk introduction by Ernest Cuneo. The oblique portrait traces his rise from streetwise urchin to radio titan, his slang and speed, and his shift from gossip to shaping public fate across Broadway Hollywood and politics.
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Washington
Walter Winchell
Prentice-Hall
Winchell
New York City
Orpheum
Manhattan
America
Broadway
Hollywood
FDR
Ernest Cuneo Winchell
Cuneo
Munich
Great Britain
Hitler
Britain
Ingrates
Ford and Kissinger muse over idle China visit
Art Buchwald sketches President Ford and Henry Kissinger in Peking as they dodge heavy talks about detente and focus on light plans. The humorous exchange covers budgets, mail, shopping, gin rummy, and hotel lobby sofa sessions. Dense with named figures and places, it captures the trip’s ironic low-key tone.
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Washington
China
Ford
Peking
Henry Kissinger
Henry
White House
Mao Tsetung High School
Henry Betty
New York City
People’s Palace
Canton
Soviet Union
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