Laura Pohlman Aims For Citywide Spelling Bee Victory
Parkview Elementary sixth grader Laura Pohlman leads Roswell Citywide Spelling Bee contenders at Goddard High School Little Theater. She seeks a second consecutive title amid eighth graders while balancing family support and daily practice of Words of the Champions. Forty competitors include winners and runners up from area elementary and four Roswell middle schools.
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George Welles III
Laura Pohlman
Parkview Elementary
Roswell Independent School
Goddard High School
Pohlman
Miss Pohlman
Anthony J. Pohlman
Bonita Drive
Steve Sides
Monterrey
Carma Shannon
East Grand Plains
Greg Fouratt
Missouri Avenue
Roswell
Berrendo
Mesa
Mountain View
Sierra
Debbie Humble
Mike Naranjo
Elaine Chavez
Kristie Fenner
Jim Goodrum
Selina Sedillo
Diana Bryant
John Purvis
Kerri Maxey
Suzanne White
Didra Franco
Terrence Luttrell
Sarella Fleenor
Danny Lilley
Aders Crystal Maxwell
Karla Pockard
S. Bonita Drive
New Mexico Seeks Stronger Push Against Heroin Traffic
The Governors Organized Crime Prevention Commission reports heroin trafficking remains a major cross border challenge from Mexico. It urges top priority for drug enforcement and a state Drug Abuse Strategy Council to coordinate fragmented resources. The panel also flags thriving fencing, white collar crime, labor racketeering, and gambling related corruption in New Mexico.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Organized Crime Prevention Commission
Mexico
Crime Prevention Commission
Firefighters contain gas blast near Whitharral in West Texas
A liquefied petroleum gas pipeline explosion near Whitharral killed Bennie Elizondy and injured four others. Flames rose ten feet as residents evacuated within a five mile radius. Four burn victims were hospitalized in Lubbock.
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Whitharral
Tex
West Texas
Bennie Elizondy
U.S. 385
Lou Emma Edwards
Levelland
Sheriff’s Deputies
Roswell Rail Controversy Between City and GSA Persists
The Roswell Industrial Air Center railroad dispute drags on as city officials insist the line sits on city property while GSA contends it is on government land. A GSA letter questions the proposed retaining wall and urges hydrologist input before further drainage work. James K. Winsor of Dallas confirms the ongoing disagreement and calls for amicable resolution.
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Marian McQuiddy
Roswell Industrial Air Center
RIAC
Roswell
General Services Administration
GSA
James K. Winsor
Dallas
Tex
Real Property Division
Winsor
Paul T. Flynn
Fort Worth
Flynn
Jerry N. Smith
Forty four lawmakers sue Postal Service over rural post offices
Forty four members of Congress sue the Postal Service in U S District Court claiming unprofitable small post offices should not be closed as the agency cites a financial crisis. Rep Paul Simog says funding comes from postmaster associations while Sen Mike Gravel proposes higher taxes if needed.
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Washington
Congress
Postal Service Today
Postal Service
Paul Simog
D-Ill
U.S
Congressional Group
Mike Gravel
Alaska
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Gsc Eearias
Seta Eee
Sue Postal Service
John Lewis Smith Jr
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