Texas regions cited as distinct identities in new study
North Texas State University geography study surveys 3,860 Texas students across 30 colleges and finds 28 perceptual regions such as the Panhandle, Golden Spread, Permian Basin and Rio Grande Valley. Residents coin terms like Golden Triangle and Gods Country reflecting local identity and culture.
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Denton, Texas
Texas
West Texas
South Texas
The
Panhandle
South Plains
Permian Basin
Trans-Pecos
Big Bend
Sun Country
North
Texas State University
the Piney Woods
Texoma Land
Big Thicket
Tornado Alley
Dust Bowl
Terry Jordan
NTSU
American Geographical Society
Geographical Review
Jordan
Chamber of Commerce
Rio Grande Valley
Golden Triangle
van Zandt
Coastal Bend
Rolling Plains
GSA May Seek Suit Over Roswell Drainage Dispute
A GSA spokesman said the agency may sue Roswell to settle who must fix drainage at Roswell Industrial Air Center. Roswell officials want to buy 37 RIAC units to end the dispute but rejected a $275,000 GSA offer as overpriced.
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Dan Hogan
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Tom Ratliff
General Services Administration
Fort Worth
Texas
GSA
Ratliff
Roswell
Wherry
Jerry N. Smith
Smith
RIAC
Ed Mahr touts Villa Solano center benefits near Roswell
State Corrections Secretary Edwin T. Mahr says the Villa Solano site 20 miles south of Roswell will bring economic and social gains if funding passes. The bill allocates $990,885 for facility purchase and operations, with first inmates arriving around March 1 and 35 jobs created.
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Ed Mahr
Paul Stursale
Santa FE
Chaves County
Villa Solano
State Corrections
Edwin T. Mahr
Jerry Apodaca
Mahr
The
Daily Record
Edmund J
Joe” Lang
D-Bernalillo
Roswell
State Employment Security Commission
State Corrections Department
State
Law Enforcement Academy
Senate mulls college plan as three options surface
The New Mexico Senate Finance Committee delayed a final vote on a community college bill to allow a compromise proposal for Gov. Apodaca’s plan. Three alternatives were shown, including an independent Albuquerque college and TVI expansion, with emphasis on local hiring and community involvement.
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Santa FE
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Aubrey Dunn
Otero
Dunn
Jerry Apodaca
Albuquerque Community College
Sen
C.B. Trujillo
Dtaos-Mora-San Miguel
Apodaca
State Department of Labor
Bob Wood
D-Roosevelt- Chaves
Community College
Albuquerque
Albuquerque Technical-Vocational Institute
T-Vi
Mike Alarid
D-Bernalillo
TVI
Albuquerque Board of Education
John Irick
R-Bernalillo
University of New Mexico
Senate extends talks on drug controversy
In a lengthy secret session the Senate reviewed Panamanian officials and Omar Torrijos in drug trafficking allegations tied to the Panama Canal treaty debate. Sen. Dole called the session useful while Sen. McGovern dismissed it as wasteful. The intelligence panel cited reports alleging Torrijos and brother Moises profited and knew officials were involved.
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Washington
Senate
Bob Dole
R-Kan
George McGovern
D-S.d
Charles Percy
All
Intelligence Committee
Omar Torrijos
Federal Drug Agency
Torrijos
Moises
Mealie pushes for city charter and council seat
Dr. Carl A. Mealie seeks a City Council seat in the March 7 election on the Common Sense Ticket with Kenneth J. Cox. He campaigns for a city charter with checks on mayor and council and cites a 24hour emergency system at St Marys Hospital and paramedics in state training. He aims to obtain a federal grant with Chaves County and Roswell fire departments for extrication tools. He earned an MD in 1973 from New York Medical College and leads emergency medicine at St Marys Hospital. He and wife Jacqueline reside at 2308 S Baylor Ave.
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Carl A. Mealie
Mealie
Common Sense
Kenneth J. Cox
Albuquerque
Chaves County
Roswell
Meale
New York Medical College
Roswell-Ruidoso Area
Boy Scouts of America
St. Mary’s Hospital
Jacqueline
S. Baylor Ave
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Beaumont
Port Arthur
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Free State
van Zandt County
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Unifax
Leslie van Houten
State of California
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Los Angeles
Nanicaals International
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