Foster Brooks Died at 89 Beyond Drunken Comic Persona
Hollywood mourns Foster Brooks, famed for his dignified drunken act in 30 years of comedy. He died of natural causes at 89, having abstained from alcohol since the early 1960s. Brooks helped shaped the long tradition of onstage drinkers while audiences reassessed the harmless drunk image amid anti drunk driving campaigns.
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Foster Brooks
Hollywood
Brooks
Falstaff
Shakespeare
W.C. Fields
Dean Martin
Tippling
Red Skelton
Willie Lump-Lump
Jackie Gleason
Frank Fontaine
Crazy Guggenheim
Gleason
Joe
Roswell Residents Call for School Board Recall
A letter from Magil Duran urges Roswell voters to recall three school board members led by Otto Eachus and to keep Superintendent Dr. Amarante Fresquez, claiming the district suffers from a revolving door at the superintendent position and public distrust of personnel issues.
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School Board of Education
Otto Eachus
Roswell
Dr.Amarante
Fresquez
Roswell Independent School District
Magil Duran
Cal Thomas echoes belated praise for compassion in Christian
A reader quotes Cal Thomas urging conservatives to feed the hungry clothe the naked visit prisoners care for widows and orphans and love enemies as biblical commands. The note condemns harsh rhetoric from fundamentalists toward liberals and Clinton, endorsing more mercy.
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Cal Thomas
Clinton
New Pecos Garden Club Officers Named at January Meeting
Pecos Garden Club installed Agnes Meiering Kay Dabbert Doris Jacko and Betty Lake as new officers at a meeting highlighted by a plant exchange. The luncheon at Ciro's featured hostesses Dru Ciszinski and Betti Kardos.
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Pecos Garden Club
Agnes Meiering
Kay Dabbert
Doris Jacko
Betty Lake
Ciro’s
Dru Cieszinski
Betti Kardos
A.E. “Red” Probst
Flying Tigers
China
United States
Ray Spradling
Wayland Baptist College
Fay Spradling
Union Ave
LANL secrecy growth stains trust over anthrax concerns
In 1972 nations signed a Biological Weapons Convention but disclosure lags persist. Los Alamos National Laboratory faced reports of a live anthrax shipment, while officials denied or downplayed violations and the lab pursues a high tech facility to study defenses. Critics urge stronger treaty enforcement and transparency.
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Santa FE
Richard Nixon
United States
Iraq
Russia
Albuquerque Journal
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos
Arizona
Lab
John Gustafson
LANL
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Gustafson
Department of Energy
DOE
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Greg Mello
Iran
Bush Delays Walker Decision on Treason or Trial
President Bush weighs options in the John Walker case as he gathers information. Walker, a 20 year old Californian who joined the Taliban in Afghanistan, could face civilian court or military court martial and a treason charge carrying the death penalty.
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Washington
Bush
John Walker
Afghanistan
White House
Ari Fleischer
Walker
Scott L. Silliman
U.S. Air Force
Duke University
Center On Law, Ethics and National Security
New York/Pentagon
Iraq
United
Ultimatum to Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi threat
The piece argues for a new public ultimatum demanding Saddam Hussein’s removal from power and complete access to Iraqi laboratories. It recalls Bush's Kuwait War actions and suggests exile sites like St Helena, noting the much greater bombing capability since earlier conflicts and urging firm, believabl e measures to direct U S policy.
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Saddam Hussein
St. Helena
Hitler
Poland
Great Britain
France
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Johnson
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