Water is vital to Roswell economy and Pecos water
The piece warns that water from the Pecos River basin under the 1948 compact is essential to Roswell and Chaves County. A priority call on water could devastate local agriculture and business, prompting proposed legislation including a temporary gross receipts tax and use of severance funds to fund water rights purchases and protections.
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Roswell
Chaves County
Pecos River
New Mexico
Pecos
Texas
Tom Turney
Tim Jennings
Jennings
Chaves
DeBaca
Eddy
Lincoln
Rod Adair
Gary Johnson
Johnson
Pecos Valley
Root out terrorism at home says letter writer
A Roswell Daily Record reader argues that while Afghanistan deserves focus, terrorism within the United States should be addressed first. He cites a January 17 2002 article about a Nigerian law student shooting a dean and others in Grundy Virginia and a Hobbs New Mexico murder of a clerk.
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Roswell
United States
Afghanistan
SPS workers honored for outstanding service in 1976
Two Southwestern Public Service Co. employees Rex Brown and Joe Key received 1976 awards. Brown was named Outstanding Manager and Key Outstanding District Manager, each receiving plaques or tokens. Also noted is a North Union Avenue survey for a potential four lane widening project. Lois Benedict named 1976 Cowbelle of the Year with family details.
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Southwestern Public Service Co
Rex Brown
SPS
Joe Key
Brown
Key
Berrendo Cowbelles
Lois Benedict
Womens Auxiliary
Dunlap
Norman
Secret Los Alamos V Site Exhibit Reveals Gadget History
Visitors saw the V Site exhibit in Santa Fe chronicling Los Alamos 1944-45 work on the plutonium gadget later used at Trinity and Nagasaki. The show, curated by New Mexico Historic Preservation Division, blends photos and a star display of the candy cooker with notes on a near-miss Manhattan Project moment.
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Santa FE
Capitol
New Mexico Historic Preservation Division
Los Alamos
Trinity
Nagasaki
Cerro Grande
New Mexico
Governor's Gallery
National Park Service
Los Alamos National Bank
Federal Save America
V Site
Trinity Site
Robert Goddard
Roswell
Dave Clary
Goddard
England
Jay Miller
la Tusa
N.M
Hotmail
On This Day in History January 20 Highlights
Notable events on January 20 include Iran releasing 52 hostages in 1981 after the presidential transfer, John Marshall becoming chief justice in 1801, Hong Kong ceding to Britain in 1841, Pearl Harbor lease approved in 1887, George Burns born 1896, Fellini born 1920, George V's death in 1936, and the first federal MLK Day observed in 1986.
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Iran
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
John Marshall
United States
Hong Kong
Great Britain
U.S. Senate
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
George Burns
Nathan Birnbaum
New York City
Federico Fellini
Rimini
Italy
Britain
George V
Edward VIII
Martin Luther King Jr
One year in office reshapes Bush presidency
The first year of George W. Bush in the White House is praised for restoring decency and public focus after Clinton era distractions. He unites with Reagan era calm, pushes an agenda though some shifts due to Congress, and sees rising approval across Hispanics, African Americans, women, and overall public sentiment amid the war on terror.
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George W. Bush
White House
Bill Clinton
Bush
Clinton
Ronald Reagan
Congress
USA Today
Gallup
CNN
Reagan
Los Angeles Times
Newbrough Leads Utopian Shalam Colony in New Mexico
In 1884 John Ballou Newbrough, a New York physician, founded Shalam near Las Cruces after receiving guidance through automatic writing from his Bible Oahspe. The Faithists and orphans formed a 35-building settlement with early flush toilets, living vegetarian, teetotal, pacifist lives under an ideal of peace and plenty, though the project later faced challenges.
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New Mexico
John Ballou Newbrough
New York
Jehovah
Tae
Dr. Newbrough
Shalam
Newbrough
Rio Grande
Cofia Ana
Las Cruces
Oahspe
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