Local senior leader drives senior Olympics and veteran events
Shelia McKnight coordinates 51 New Mexico athletes headed for the national Senior Olympics in Hampton Roads Virginia next summer. She also runs a Fourth of July Salute To Veterans dinner funded by donations and volunteers, feeding 500 veterans and families and organizing senior day trips and parades. Her family assists in these efforts and she edits the RAC newsletter while serving with the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. For more information call 624-6718.
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Roswell
McKnight
New Mexico
Hampton Roads
Adult Center
RAC
Thomas
Joseph
Nathan
Sonya
Alexandra
Shelia
Shelia McKnight
Saddam explains US aims and oil control in interview
Saddam Hussein, in a Baghdad interview conducted at a presidential palace with Tariq Aziz present, argued the United States seeks Middle East oil and to dominate the region. He warned Washington plans to attack Baghdad, Cairo, Damascus, and other capitals while threatening Iran and Saudi Arabia.
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Saddam
Baghdad
Tariq Aziz
Nassar
United States
Iraq
America
Middle East
Israel
U.S
Washington
Cairo
Damascus
Iran
Saudi Arabia
North Korea
Afghanistan
Alaska quake rattles far flung places across continent
A shallow Interior Alaska quake toppled a band saw and heavy tools knocking over a 300 gallon fuel tank and a 150 pound anvil while residents from Tok to New Orleans felt shaking. Officials say activity is normal with major quakes rare. No injuries reported.
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Jay Capps
Tok
Glennallen
Capps
Seattle
New Orleans
Dale Grant
Earthquake Information Center
Grant
Minnesota
Washington
Lake
Union
Mandeville
Lake Pontchartrain
Carol Barcia
Alaska
Denali National Park
U.S. Geological Survey
Richardson Leads Sanchez in Final New Mexico Governor Polls
New Mexico polls show Democrat Bill Richardson leading Republican John Sanchez by about 18 points in a three candidate race with Green Party candidate David Bacon at 5 percent in the Albuquerque Journal survey of 905 voters. A separate The New Mexican KOB poll gives Richardson 51 percent to Sanchez 37 percent with 6 percent for Bacon and 6 percent undecided.
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Bill Richardson
John Sanchez
Richardson
Sanchez
Albuquerque Journal
Green Party
David Bacon
New Mexican
Santa Fe
Kob-Tv
Bacon
The
Journal
Research & Polling Inc
Mason-Dixon Polling & Research
Washington, D.C
Brian Sanderoff
Brad Coker
Mason-Dixon
Clinton
Coker
New Mexico
United Nations
Sandcroff
Congress
Billy Sparks
Area G at Los Alamos questioned as nuclear waste hazard
State official Bacon warns Area G near Los Alamos is the world’s largest nuclear waste dump lacking a state license since 1984 with 70 million cubic feet expected over 60 years and waste stored in unlined pits. LANL disputes danger and cites ongoing monitoring.
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Los Alamos
Bacon
Area G
James Rickman
Lanl
Area 6
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Laura Hernandez
Cannon Air Force Base
Hussein
Roswel Daily Record
Audibel” Allman
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W. First St
Carlsbad
Rickman
DOE
Sei
Mountain States
Pecan
West Country Club
Sycamore
W. Country Club
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