Roswell Elects Two New City Council Members
The Roswell City Council gains Jeanie Whitwam in Ward I and Daniel Ortega in Ward IV to fill the terms of departing or deceased officials. Incumbents Hector Pineda Bill Owen Lee Rogers Judy Stubbs Dick Taylor and Richard Lovato all won reelection. other communities also chose mayors and councilors.
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Roswell
Jeanie Whitwam
Sherry Magee
Daniel Ortega
Steve Lander
Hector Pineda
Bill Owen
Lee Rogers
Judy Stubbs
Dick Taylor
Richard Lovato
Rogers
Taylor
Lovato
George Romero
Artesia
Dexter
Hagerman
Lake Arthur
Ruidoso
Ruidoso Downs
Today in History highlights spread across March 8
The feature lists events on March 8 across history including Queen Anne ascending the throne in 1702, Holmes born in 1841, Perry’s Japan landing in 1854, Taft’s death in 1930, Rangoon fall in 1942, and Marines land in Vietnam in 1965. It notes the cloture vote in 1917 and other dated milestones.
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Associated Press
United States
Millard
Fillmore
Buffalo
N.Y
Russia
England
Anne
William III
Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
Boston
U.S
Matthew C. Perry
Japan
Rangoon
Burma
South Vietnam
Local girl named to Governor's Art Gallery
Michelle Hernandez, 10, of Roswell is selected for the Governor's Art Gallery, the second local student honored. Hobbs High and Lovington High head to the state basketball tournament ranked atop their divisions. New Mexico Military Institute Broncos tennis extends season undefeated to 11 with wins over Hawaii and Scottsdale CC at ASU Spring Invitational.
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Michelle Hernandez
Roswell
Hobbs High School
Lovington High School
New Mexico Military Institute Broncos
University of Hawaii
Scottsdale Community College
Arizona State University
Remembering Daniel Pearl’s Death and Call for Light
An elegiac reflection on Daniel Pearl a Wall Street Journal reporter killed in Pakistan at 38. The author honors Pearl as a loving journalist who sought humane stories and urges readers to reject hate embrace life and light while noting the global toll of violence on journalists. The piece ends with Donne’s line for whom the bell tolls.
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Albuquerque
Daniel Pearl
Star Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal
John Donne
Escalation in Afghanistan Signals Prolonged, Costly War
The conflict shifts to ground fighting as U S forces face stubborn al Qaida resistance in Afghanistan. Gen Franks warns of higher danger while President Bush and White House aides frame casualties as an unavoidable part of pursuing victory. Military leaders vow to press on despite adaptive enemy tactics.
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Washington
Afghanistan
Bush
Tommy Franks
U.S
al-Qaida
White House
al- Qaida
America
Gen
Richard B. Myers
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Spanish language debate signals shifting Texas politics
A Spanish language debate between the Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidates marks a historic turn in statewide contests and signals growth of Hispanic influence. Morales engaged in Spanish to reach voters while Sanchez accused him of pandering, and the piece notes Texas Hispanics comprise about 35 percent of the population.
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Texas
Dan Morales
Awms
Morales
Tony Sanchez
United States
Rick Perry
Mexico
Perry
Sanchez
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St. Petersburg
U.S. Senate
William Howard Taft
Corey News
Ari Fleischer
Pentagon
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Hernandez
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