Fame in the Eye of the Beholder in Sports and Politics
The piece contrasts earned fame with accidental celebrity through Nancy Lopez, a rising LPGA star who chats with fans and reporters as she wins the Greater Baltimore Classic, and Billy Carter whose access to fame stems from his brother, President Carter, and his outlandish acts.
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Roswell
Nancy Lopez
Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour
Miss Lopez
Greater Baltimore
Billy Carter
Carter
Albuquerque
Ungagging gag memo causes department confusion
A controversial memo attributed to Fernando C. Da Baca outlined how staff should handle press inquiries. The Human Services chief says the document overstepped and will be rewritten to clarify that all employees can answer questions, including controversial ones, while directing major policy questions to the public information office.
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Fernando C. da Baca
The
Human Services
Public Information Bureau
de Baca
Human Services Department
Albuquerque Tribune
Roswell Desk and Derrick Club thanks Roswell Record
The Roswell Desk and Derrick Club expresses appreciation to the Roswell Daily Record for excellent coverage of the Regional Meeting in Midland Texas and the Industry Appreciation Night on May 6. The club thanks the paper for cooperative coverage of its activities.
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Desk and Derrick Club
Roswell
Roswell Daily Record
Midland
Texas
Roswell Desk
Derrick Club
Pearson Theater Organ Society grateful for April 27 1978 concert publicity
The Pearson Theater Organ Society thanks you for the generous publicity for the Thursday Evening Concert on April 27 1978 featuring the Organ and Piano Duo Dennis and Heidi James. Attendance and reception were described as memorable by attendees.
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Pearson Theater Organ Society, Inc
Dennis
Heidi James
Dickson V. Yourd
Pearson Theater Organ Society
Roswell Police Return Missing Bag With Cash
A Roswell traveler thanks the Roswell Police Department after officers locate a missing bag containing $1790. Sgt Cleveland arranged a call back and the bag is returned promptly. The writer praises the department and thanks them for fast service.
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Roswell
Las Cruces
Mexican Bishop praises Cortines during New Mexico Conference visit
Eliazar Guerra, a Methodist bishop from Mexico, visited the New Mexico Methodist Conference and lauded President Cortines as restoring government honesty. He drew an analogy to Eisenhower and expressed hopeful prospects for Mexico. Eight LFD students toured the Roswell Daily Record facilities with Principal Pope, tying the trip to journalism studies. A PMA meeting in Roswell drafted the 1954 Chaves County Agricultural Conservation Program handbook outlining proposed county practices and payment rates.
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Mexico
Eliazar Guerra
New Mexico
Chaves County
PMA
Chamber of Commerce
Inside Atlanta Penitentiary Big A Prison Abuses Revealed
Reporter Jack Mitchell toured the Atlanta penitentiary known as the Big A and heard inmates describe brutal rapes, forced protection payments, shivs for survival, and delayed visits while medical care and furlough policies draw sharp criticism. The 2,200 inmates face daily danger, with guards sometimes complicit in harassment and violence.
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Mitchell
Big A
Jimmy Carter
Shaky
Atlanta
John Mitchell
New Mexico State Fair Seeks Concession Bids
The New Mexico State Fair invites proposals for Coliseum and grandstand restaurant and bar concessions with bids due by May 25. Manager Findlay McGillivray noted revisions to contract specs after initial bids, arguing for a one year contract to allow review before a three year term.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
State Fair Commission
Fair Board
Jerry Apodaca
Mutual Language Debate On American English Vitality
Editor Andrew Knight reflects on how American usage injects vitality into English while Britons risk stagnation. He notes misuses, shifts in nouning and verbing, and the clash of terms like faucet fortnight and impact. He cites Edwin Newman and laments Latinism and laziness in both sides of the Atlantic.
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N.Y. Times
London
Kep
Jemima
America
Academie Francaise
Edwin Newman
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Mensch
Pope
LFD
Small Society
OLD Everthing
Jack Anderson
Washington
Adolf Hitler
Terry Repair
Clinton
New York
Hal Bernton
Mississippi
Parchman
Jack Mitchell
Atlanta Peniten
Tria
Ernie Mills
State Fair
Pauline Eisenstadt
Energy Consumers of New Mexico Organization
PSC
State Highway Department
Andrew Knight
U.S
Economist of London
New York Times
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