Watchful eyes as Ashcroft ends old FBI data limits
U S Attorney General John Ashcroft revoked three year old Justice Department guidelines restricting information gathering on ordinary citizens. Critics warn it threatens privacy and may waste agents' time. The piece urges strong oversight to prevent political spying and unchecked dossier building.
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U.S
John Ashcroft
Justice Department
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Congress
Courts
Bush Administration
Bureau
Rowley
Mueller
Watkins
Moments in History June 18 Highlights
June 18 marks events from 1778 when American forces entered Philadelphia to British withdrawal, 1812 US declares war on Britain, 1815 Napoleon defeated at Waterloo, 1928 Amelia Earhart first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, and 1945 Lord Haw-Haw charged with high treason. Also Churchill's Finest Hour speech referenced.
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Winston Churchill
Philadelphia
United States
Britain
Napoleon Bonaparte
Belum
Susan B. Anthony
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic Ocean
Newfoundland
Wales
William Joyce
Lord Haw-Haw
London
United Nations Commission On Human Rights
Mutual Benefit Life names sales leader for February 1976 cohort
David Mike LaTurner was named volume and earnings leader for agents recruited in February 1976 by Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. His sales volume reached 1,437,368 dollars. David G. Roloson appointed manager of House of Art Jewelers Downtown Gift and Jewelry Store at 204 North Main Street. former Roswell life insurance sales agent. Mountain Bell raised call cost from a dime to 20 cents on 387 pay phones in the Roswell Dexter Hagerman area.
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David
Mike” LaTurner
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co
David G. Roloson
House of Art Jewelers
N. Main St
Roloson
Roswell
Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Roswell-Dexter-Hagerman
Santa Clara Pueblo Golf Course Sparks Drought Debate
A Santa Clara Pueblo golf course near Espanola draws fire amid New Mexico's severe drought. The writer criticizes water use by pueblos Pojoaque and Santa Clara and argues sovereign nations should still respect water restrictions. He calls out hypocrisy in luxury development during drought.
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Truchas
New Mexico
John Sanchez
State Department of Education
Stanley Marion Garn
Santa Clara Pueblo
Ohio
California
Scotland
Santa Clara
Espanola
Pojoaque Pueblo
Scottsdale
Las Campanas
Santa Fe
Pojoaque
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Women Whistle-Blowers Shine in a Troubled Era
Washington notes two prominent whistle-blowers, Coleen Rowley of the FBI Minneapolis bureau and Sherron Watkins of Enron, whose courage drew national attention to misconduct. Rowley sparked a 2001 probe over Moussaoui while warning of FBI Bureaucracy and overreliance on heads. Watkins highlighted Enron's practices, prompting public scrutiny and broader accountability.
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Washington
Coleen Rowley
FBI
Minneapolis
Sherron Watkins
Enron
Rowley
Robert
Mueller III
Zacarias Moussaoui
Moussaoui
Mohamed
Senate Judiciary Committee
Bureau
National Defense Rail Act debate and rail subsidies
An opinion on Amtrak funding and a proposed national rail program. The piece argues for recognizing federal subsidies in roads and airlines, questions rail fare elasticity, and urges a broader view of American travel growth and urbanization. It notes Hollings' $59 billion plan titled the National Defense Rail Act and contrasts coast-to-coast needs with current rail losses.
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Amtrak
Congress
Sen
Fritz Hollings
Sen. Hollings
Eisenhower
Panama Canal
America
Boston
Washington
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