Aliens flood immigration offices as deadline extension granted
In Albuquerque and El Paso crowds surge at immigration offices as a three week extension to the 1994 legal-residency deadline raises interest. Applicants pay a $1000 fee seeking status but many do not qualify, while lawyers warn most fear they may have to leave.
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Albuquerque
el Paso
Texas
Congress
United States
U.S
Immigration Rights
Pamela Kennedy
Catholic Social Services
Pat Bonilla
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
New Mexico
West Texas
Fuentes
Mexico
INS
Natalie Martinez
Balloon museum in Albuquerque planned for 2000 opening
The city aims to open the Anderson Abruzzo International Balloon Museum at Balloon Fiesta Park in north Albuquerque during the 2000 balloon fiesta. Project budget sits at 13 million with 7.4 million funded, and plans include a balloon simulator ride an auditorium and a restaurant. The museum honors Maxie Anderson Ben Abruzzo and Larry Newman, famous for the 1978 trans Atlantic flight.
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Albuquerque
Maxie Anderson
Ben Abruzzo
Abruzzo
Anderson
Larry Newman
Sheryl Azar
Mesa Plans suspending eight Rocky Mountain service areas
Mesa Airlines announced plans to suspend service to eight communities across Colorado New Mexico Nebraska and Wyoming due to unprofitability. The airline seeks an Essential Air Service subsidy to continue serving Alamosa Pueblo North Platte Scottsbluff Cody Laramie Riverton Rock Springs and Worland, and plans an orderly transition if another carrier is chosen.
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Farmington
Mesa Airlines
Colorado
Nebraska
Wyoming
Mesa
U.S. Department of Transportation
Alamosa
Pueblo
Colo
North Platte
Scottsbluff
Neb
Cody
Laramie
Riverton
Rock Springs
Worland
Wyo
Denver International
Denver
Federal Aviation Administration
NM Lawyer Gloria Tristani Eyes FCC Seat in Washington
Gloria Tristani of Albuquerque, 43, moves toward a seat on the Federal Communications Commission pending Senate confirmation. If approved, she and her husband Judge Gerard Thomson plan to relocate to the Washington area with two children, amid her past roles on New Mexico’s State Corporation Commission and chairmanship.
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Albuquerque
U.S. Senate
Gloria Tristani
Federal Communications Commission
New Mexico
Senate
Tristani
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
State Corporation Commission
Gerard Thomson
Washington
Maryland
Virginia
Thomson
Jorge Thomson Tristani
Vanesa Cox-Tristani
Commission
al Gore
Clinton
Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
FCC
James Quello
U.S
Dennis Chavez
Woman surprise hero Lynn Bjorklund runs 15 miles for crash survivors
Lynn Bjorklund a long distance runner and former Pike's Peak Marathon record holder surprised to be called a hero after sprinting 15 miles through Pecos Wilderness New Mexico to summon help for two plane crash survivors pilot Scott Sterritt 31 and Robert Coleman 48 who went down northeast of Cowles. Lifeguard and state police helicopters reached them about five hours later.
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Albuquerque
la Junta
Colo
Scott Sterritt
Robert Coleman
Bjorklund
Toulouse
Los Alamos, N.M
Pike's Peak
Sterritt and
Coleman
Cowles
N.M
Senate vote may boost New Mexico labs funding drive
Senate action would provide 4.1 billion for the U.S. nuclear weapons program in the 1998 budget, a 6 percent rise over the prior year. Domenici notes the increase stabilizes New Mexico national laboratories after cuts, with Clinton administration planning an 8.5 percent rise for 1999 to 4.5 billion. Critics call it pork. supporters cite stockpile maintenance under science based stewardship. The fiscal year began Wednesday.
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New Mexico
Senate
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Clinton
Domenici
U.S
House Arts Senate
Congress
White House
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Maria Christina Lopez
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Jose Fuentes
Socorro
Balloon Museum
the Buzz
Alaire Garrison
Doe
Wipp
U.S. Department of Energy
Carlsbad
Federico Pena
New Mexicos
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