Roswell Loses Esteemed Police Chief Richard Campbell
Roswell will miss Richard Campbell when he leaves in November after a 1996 arrival from Albuquerque Police Department. His tenure saw crime drop 22 percent 1996 to 2000 and the creation of the Violent Crimes Reduction Unit. Campbell expanded training and equipment, improved relations with agencies and the district attorney, and fostered high officer morale. The city finds it difficult to replace a leader described as professional and highly capable.
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Roswell gas prices raise concerns over fair pricing
A Roswell reader laments high local gas prices and accuses suppliers of taking advantage during price spikes in times of rising oil costs. The letter urges competitive pricing and customer focus from retailers and notes the impact of large stores on local pricing.
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Roswell
Albertsons
Wal-Mart
Goddard High names new girls sports coach and PE instructor
Mrs. Pam Daubert will head the girls volleyball and track programs and teach physical education at Goddard High School. Nancy Crawford, a senior at Goddard, is named New Mexico DeMolay Sweetheart and will represent the state at regional conclaves. Pedro R. Franco retires after 22 years as manager of the New Mexico Employment Security Commission office in Roswell.
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Goddard High School
Nancy Crawford
New Mexico
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Pedro R. Franco
State Employment Security Commission
Roswell
Commission
Praise for America from England's Guardian column
San Ta Fe notes Richard Reeves highlights Matthew Engels list of American positives in the Guardian. The piece cites open immigration pride, climate, streets, First Amendment, public libraries, motor fuel ease, and annual events as reasons to value the United States amid global tensions.
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Richard Reeves
America
England
Matthew Engel
Reeves
Guardian
Engel
U.S
Washington
Sinclair
White House
Michael Jordan
Jay Miller
la Tusa
N.M
Today in History June 30 2002 highlights events
Notable anniversaries include the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 and the Meat Inspection Act, Taft named chief justice in 1921, Hitler's 1934 purge, Gone with the Wind 1936 publication, Pope Paul VI coronation, Soyuz Eleven tragedy in 1971, 18 year age voting in 1971, Beirut hostage release in 1985, and a 1986 Supreme Court ruling on homosexual acts.
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Taft
United States
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Margaret Mitchell
New York
Paul VI
Earth
Ohio
TWA
Beirut
Supreme Court
Pledge ruling seen as GOP manna on eve of national birthday
Opinion cites 9th Circuit ruling that the Pledge of Allegiance including under God is unconstitutional. Critics say the decision ties patriotism to religion and could boost Republican messaging before elections. The piece compares the case's political timing to high profile trials and notes potential government appeal.
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San Francisco
Congress
Claus
Santa
U.S. Post Office
Kris Kringle
Manna
Jean Kirkpatrick
European Diseases Devastated Native Americans Rewritten History
The piece argues that European contact ended vast indigenous civilizations not via combat but through diseases brought by Spaniards and other Old World germs. It cites Dobyns’ theory that up to 95 percent died in 130 years, reshaping views of Mayan and Incan life and suggesting the precontact population in the Western Hemisphere may rival Europe’s.
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Europe
Britain
Middle East
Africa
Henry F. Dobyns
Americas
Dobyns
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