City files appeal of HRC order in Roswell case
The City of Roswell appeals a state Human Rights Commission ruling ordering over 40,000 dollars in compensatory damages pre judgment interest and fees to Corrine Oropesa a Hispanic city employee who says she was passed over for a supervisor position in 1990. The appeal cites limited preparation time eight days notice and absence of key officials at the hearing. Oropesa expects the new trial to reach the same outcome.
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Roswell
State Human Rights Commission
Ernie Martinez
Corrine Oropesa
Martinez
Oropesa
Billings Department
HRC
Ralph Fresquez
Fresquez
Chihuahu
Mexico
Jo Hover
Navajo Nation to shift power to chapter governments
Navajo Nation President elect Albert Hale vows local empowerment by moving authority from Window Rock to 110 chapters across Arizona New Mexico and Utah. He aims for chapters to run day to day needs including housing leases water lines health and recreation. Transition teams study legal steps for phased or immediate change.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Albert Hale
Hale
Peterson Zach
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Bomber robot aids Cannon bomb disposal team
At Cannon Air Force Base the bomb disposal unit uses a robot named Bomber also called Andros Mark II to handle explosives too dangerous for humans. The 600 pound device costs about 75000 dollars and features dual computers a camera and a claw like arm for safely moving targets. The robot, named by Sandia Elementary School students, is one of about 30 such machines in Air Force service and is used beyond bomb disposal in nuclear plants mines and underwater research.
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Cannon Air Force Base
Bomber
Scott Sawyer
Clovis’ Sandia
Boomer
Sawyer
Air Force
Ernest Lorelli
Lorelli
Sandia
Ferret
What Causes Allergic Rhinitis
A medical note explains that allergic rhinitis stems from diverse pollens across the United States. Elm pollen appears in February for about a month, followed by cottonwoods in March, mulberry in April, pecans and oaks in late April and early May, Bermuda grass from late May through summer, and weeds from mid July until frost, per Dr. F A English.
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United States
Cash Sees Traditional Country Amid Modern Sound
Los Angeles AP reports Johnny Cash, up for a Grammy for American Recordings, prefers traditional country artists like Jones and Wills over modern country’s video age. Also highlights Lou Rawls fund raising telethon, the Ross twins in Safe Passage, and Patricia Heaton filming Women of the House amid her pregnancy.
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Los Angeles
Johnny Cash
Man In Black
The
Old Guard
George Jones
Jimmie Rodgers
Hank Snow
Bob Wills
Chuck Wagon Gang
Carter Family
Cash
Lou Rawls
United Negro College Fund
Steven
Philip Ross
Susan Sarandon
Robert Ackerman
Philip
Hollywood
Beverly Hills
Patricia Heaton
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Heaton
Bloodworth-Thomason
Television Critics Association
Bloodworth- Thomason
Harry
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F.A. English, M.D
Dee
Plains Park Center
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Gladys Knight
Anita Baker
Boyz II Men
Whoopi Goldberg
Rawis
Grandy’s Woodworks
Randy
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Second
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Roswell Daily Record
News & Business Telephone
Cory Beck
Jerry McCormack
Greg Peretti
Jean Pettit
Ben Sanchez
Marion Saint
Glenda Bixler
Jim Richards
Georgene Smyth
Alex Clark
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