Georgia Tech declines invitation to NIT and WNIT
Georgia Tech with an 18 12 record was left out of the 64 team NCAA tournament for the second year in a row and chose to turn down a WNIT invitation instead of joining the field The AP report notes the snub and the decision marks the Jackets refusal to participate in post season play The Los Angeles Times reports a separate probe into whether Denver airport revenue was diverted during Federico Pena's mayoralty at the old airport.
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Denver
Transportation
Federico Pena
Los Angeles Times
Floods isolate Monterey Peninsula as California reels from storms
San Francisco AP reports roads into the Monterey Peninsula washed out by floodwaters isolating communities near Salinas and Pajaro. At least 12 dead across five days, rescues continued for cars caught in floods, with a bridge collapse on Interstate 5 and multiple bodies recovered. President Clinton declared 39 counties as disaster areas, enabling federal aid.
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Monterey Peninsula
California
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Karen Barrows
Barrows
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Pete Wilson
Humboldt
San Diego
Monterey County
Salinas
Pajaro
John Steinbeck
Monterey
al Friedrich
Woman who spent life helping others honored by service
Victoria Dutchover, 73, spent 21 years as a caseworker for Adult Protective Services helping needy parents and the elderly. She guided single mothers, secured food stamps and Social Security, weatherized homes, and organized Christmas parties for foster children while coordinating repairs with the Housing Authority. She mentored a nursing student who became a registered nurse. Dutchover values family and community service, born in 1921 in Otis, New Mexico.
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State Adult Protective Services
Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell
Otis, N.M
Lima
Julia Gomez
Malaga
Tom Dutchover
Hagerman
Tom
Draft notice sparks probe of 1932 birth date mix up
Odessa man Elbert Lewis faced a draft notice amid errors in government records that listed his birth as November 11, 1976 instead of 1914, implying an apparent 80 year age. He actually registered for the draft in 1941, served on a Navy anti aircraft cruiser in World War II, and earned a Purple Heart. He told his wife Janie, then informed their children and seven grandchildren with a light, joking mood.
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Odessa
Texas
Elbert Lewis
Selective Service
Lewis
Janie
Roswell student takes 2nd in state Spanish Spelling Bee
Roswell eighth grader Diana Ruiz of Mountain View Middle School finished second in the New Mexico statewide Spanish Spelling Bee, earning a 200 savings bond and a trophy. Winner Julia Rodriguez of Anthony bested 21 competitors in a tense duel.
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New Mexico
Diana Ruiz
Mountain View Middle School
Gonzalez
Ruiz
Rodriguez
Florida
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