Planets Found Around Pulsar Hint At Many Worlds
Professor Alexander Wolszczan of Penn State confirms at least three planets orbiting PSR B1257+12, a pulsar 1500 light years away. The hostile environment suggests planets may be common around stars, raising hopes we are not alone in the universe.
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Alexander Wolszczan
Pennsylvania State University
Virgo
Wolszczan
Circus visits Roswell draws school night concerns
A reader voices frustration that the circus came to town on a Monday with shows at 4:30 and 8 p m. The writer argues an 8 p m start disrupts children’s sleep and school the next day and urges scheduling a weekday matinee or earlier start next year to protect family education time.
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Roswell
Rosewell
Fairgrounds
May 3 Highlights Trace Washington D C History
AP notes Today May 3 1994 marked the 123rd day of the year with 242 days remaining. Historical entries include Washington D C incorporation in 1802 with a president appointed mayor and property owner elected council and in 1654 Rowley Massachusetts tolls for animals while people crossed free.
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Washington, D.C
Rowley
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Parker Receives Silver Wings For American Airlines
May 3 1969 Miss Helen Baylies Parker daughter of Mrs Aline Parker Roswell has earned silver wings of an American Airlines stewardess and is assigned to flight duty out of New York City She is a 1966 Roswell High School graduate and attended the American Airlines Stewardess College Fort Worth Parker took part in Miss Roswell 1966 and Miss Greenville 1968 pageants Meanwhile State Sen Bill Schauer of Chaves County resigns to move to Alamogordo Gov Cargo appointed him to the Pecos River Compact Commission noting his work on water issues and intent to review Texas water distribution.
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Helen Baylies Parker
Aline S. Parker
Roswell
American Airlines
New York City
American Airlines Stewardess College
Fort Worth
Texas
Goldsboro
N.C
Parker
Roswell High School
Bill Schauer
Chaves County
Alamogordo
Pecos River
New Mexico economy shows growth in nonRio Grande towns
State officials cite UNM figures showing Farmington retail up 15.4 percent and Ruidoso 12.4 percent while Las Vegas and Artesia rise. Building permits lift in Alamogordo Carlsbad Farmington Roswell Ruidoso. NM outperforms nation in manufacturing and mining employment with gains, plus top bond ratings and notable tax cuts noted.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Capitol
Las Cruces
Albuquerque
Rio Grande Corridor
State Department of Finance and Administration
Kay Marr
University of New Mexico Bureau of Business and Economic Research
Farmington
Ruidoso
Silver City
Las Vegas
Artesia
Alamogordo
Carlsbad
Roswell
Ruido
Portales
Interest groups multiply near Washington area power hubs
In Alexandria and Washington, thousands of lobby and trade groups cluster in gleaming offices, swelling to over 2,000 lobbyists and 250 groups locally. The trend, cited by Jonathan Rauch, rewards subsidies and permanency of programs, with dozens of narrow trade groups and a constant lobbying presence shaping policy.
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Potomac River
America
Alexandria
American Society of Military Comptrollers
The
Health Industry Distributors Association
Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals
National Society of Fund Raising Executives
American Gear Manufacturers Council
National Association of College Admission
Israel
Rauch
Reforming welfare faces tough work to cost and implement
President Clinton pushes a phased welfare reform plan aimed at ending welfare as we know it by moving recipients to work. The draft proposal evolved from a year of study, faces funding limits, and a stretched timetable with rival GOP bills. The plan lacks new taxes and targets about $9.5 billion over five years to move people from welfare to work.
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Clinton
Administration
Ronald Reagan
Wirth
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Reagan
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