Supreme Court upholds parties unlimited independent spending
The court rules parties may spend without a cap on independent expenditures but stops short of declaring party spending limits unconstitutional. Four opinions reflect a fractured decision. Breyer narrows FEC fines but avoids a broad ruling on party spending rights. Further clarity from the Court is expected and needed.
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Stephen Breyer
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Wisconsin
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U.S. Senate
Breyer
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Stephen Forbes
Ross Perot
Michael Huffington
Congress
High Court
Fireworks Sponsors Saluted In Roswell Display
Dear Editor, city of Roswell and Shank Ritter-Barr and Co, Fraternal Order of Police, Chamber of Commerce, city staff and volunteers presented a fireworks show at the Air Center. The display is praised as the most spectacular in the city with thanks for community service and hopes for an annual independence celebration.
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Shank Ritter
Mondale Names Ferraro as Running Mate in 1984
On July 12, 1984, Walter Mondale announced his selection of Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York as his running mate for the Democratic presidential ticket. Ferraro became the first woman nominated for vice president by a major party, marking a historic moment in U.S. elections.
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Walter F. Mondale
Geraldine A. Ferraro
New York
Miss Cynthia Cates Crowned New Mexico Maid of Cattle
Miss Cynthia Cates of Roswell was crowned New Mexico Maid of Cotton at the Roswell Inn before about 300 people. Miss Linda Sloan of Roswell officiated. Kevin, baby son of Jerry McCormack and wife, was born around 6:30 a.m. as the paper started its new offset plant. The First Baptist Church group will stage a patriotic musical In God We Trust with Charles Goza directing and several local musicians.
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Roswell
New Mexico
Catton
Roswell Inn
Linda Sloan
Miss Cates
A.H. Cates Jr
Record News
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Jure
Kevin
Daily Record Newsroom
North Main Street
First Baptist Church of
Charles Goza
Eunice Schumpert
Becky McAllister
Don Hudson
Gordon Shepherd
Kirk Johns
Brad Pierson
New Mexico spaceport hopes fade after X-33 win
The X-33 contract award to Lockheed Martin likely confines testing to Edwards AFB California and Holloman AFB New Mexico remains only a hesitant possibility. Local officials press for some New Mexico testing while noting uncertain landing site choices and the small chance of the White Sands Range being used for sub orbital flights. NASA codes aside, the piece weighs political bets, other firms’ bids, and the SDI legacy shaping NM’s spaceport prospects.
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New Mexico
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Edwards Air Force Base
California
Lockheed
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Edwards
Holloman Air Force Base
Alamogordo
White Sands
McDonnell Douglas
Outer Space
Roswell
NASA
Orbital Sciences Corp
Virginia
Pentagon admits Gulf War chemical exposure after five years
A Pentagon press conference revealed that some Desert Storm troops were likely exposed to chemical agents. The disclosure followed years of Pentagon denial and pressure from a presidential Gulf War illness commission aided by a CIA analyst and Gulf veteran Brian Martin who circulated the bunker tape for years.
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37Th Engineering Battalion
Martin
Kenneth Bacon
Bacon
Lawmakers reverse course on immigration bill defeat
Lawmakers halted a sweeping immigration bill amid a national mood that favored tougher limits. The Senate and House proposals would curb benefits for legal immigrants and could deport those who abuse loans or language courses in their first five years. Key Republicans and former leaders oppose the galley amendment. The result is uncertain fate for the measures, with pro-immigrant groups and lawmakers wary but hopeful.
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Elton Gallegly
Bob Dole
Simpson
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