Roswell veterans press four key local issues in 2014
In a year end note from Roswell, veterans recount a decade long push to build local health care and urgent care options, support military transport, secure earned pensions for combat disabled veterans, and open a regional veterans cemetery. The group cites leadership from Congress member Steve Pearce and organizer Jane Batson, with land donated by the Willis family and ongoing efforts to monitor VA payments.
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Roswell
Veterans Medical Transportation Services
Department of Defense
Congress
New Mexico Veterans
Happy
New Mexico Military Institute
Secretary of New Mexico Veterans Services
John Garcia
Garcia
Steve Pearce
Pearce
John Lovell
New Mexico
Washington, D.C
Senate
House
U.S./Mexico
Jane Batson
Jane
McBride
Willis
Ray Willis
Mr. Willis
la Casa de Buena Salud
la Casa
Veteran Coalition
God
Dallas officer fired over shooting unarmed suspect
Dallas police chief David Brown dismissed Senior Cpl. Amy Wilburn for wounding a 19 year old carjacking suspect Dec 9 while the officer says the man had hands up. Investigators cite rushing the vehicle and failing to keep distance as factors in the firing. The suspect, Kelvion Walker, was released from hospital and has filed a lawsuit. A separate case in October led to Officer Caroan Spencer being fired after a knife hold incident with a mentally ill man.
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Dallas
David Brown
Amy Wilburn
Wilburn
Robert Rogers
Dallas Morning News
Kelvion Walker
Eeanes Batte
Rogers
Walker
Caroan Spencer
Spencer
Shields Predicts 2014 Candidates in TV Time Pact
Mark Shields predicts presidential nominees from both major parties would receive half hour of free TV time. He notes low president rating around 40 percent and jokes about Obama coattails while urging leadership with compassion, citing Thomas Merton.
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Sears
Steny Hoyer
Bay Area
Thomas Merton
Dulce Base book links cattle mutilations to government cover
Greg Valdez expands his late father Gabe Valdez's case files into a book about Dulce Base mysteries in Northern New Mexico. He argues cattle mutilations and glowing orbs have human causes and says government officials manipulated alien legends to mislead the public.
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Espanola
New Mexico
Dulce Base
Gabe Valdez
Dulce
Valdez
Greg Valdez
Mundo Ridge
Paul Bennewitz
Bennewitz
Kirtland Air Force Base
Paul
Archuleta Mesa
Air Force
Navajo River
Mesa
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