Bar exam suit cites scoring improprieties and minority failures
Plaintiffs sue the state Supreme Court and the Board of Bar Examiners alleging unfair scoring and improprieties in the July bar exam taken by 209 applicants. Of 59 who failed, 33 had Spanish surnames, 4 Indian, 2 Black, with 39 minority and 20 majority failures. The case prompts debate over affirmative action, test fairness, and potential residency programs for new lawyers.
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State Supreme Court
Board of Bar Examiners
Edwin Felter
Santa Fe
New Mexico
New Mexico Bar
Supreme Court
Lawyers and Financiers tied to Organized Crime Spotlighted
A secret FBI IRS task force report names Meyer Lansky and Morris Shenker as top financial figures in crime. Shenker, a Las Vegas hotel owner and famed attorney, allegedly used pension funds and real estate losses for wide loans while Hoffa connections aided a windfall. Lansky, aging and ailing, is described as a master money man with diminishing activity.
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Washington
FBI
Internal Revenue Service
Meyer Lansky
Morris Shenker
Lansky
New York City
Justice Department
Shenker
St. Louis
Las Vegas
Dunes
Irs-Fbi
California
Teamsters Union
Jimmy Hoffa
Hoods
Hoffa
Central States Pension Fund
Chicago
Moe Dalitz
Professional Drivers Council
Teamsters
Irvin J. Kahn
Teamsters’ Pension Fund
Allen Glick
Anthony
Tony
Spilotro
Glick
Argent Corp
Teamsters’ Fund
The
Saratoga Development Corp
Roswell REACT thanks local merchants for safety coffee break
Gene Dolen of Roswell REACT thanks Sunbeam Bakery Sunbeam Bakery Rolls Albertsons Furrs Piggly Wiggly Consolidated Bottling Co The Skating Rink of Roswell Gerald Harris Auto Sales Shamas Market and Southwest distributors for donations at a Roswell Artesia rest area safety coffee stop. 1765 cups served and 7 cases of soda with donuts rolls and sandwiches.
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Roswell
Sunbeam Bakery
Albertsons
New Mexico
Accident victim thanks local heroes on Country Club and Main
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Vargas and Stephanie Raymundo thank Brian Wessel and Scott Williams for help after an accident on September 8 1978 at Country Club Road and Main. They praise the Roswell Police Department and express gratitude to the unnamed officers.
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Brian Wessel
Scott Williams
Country Club Rd
Main
Mrs
Henry Vargas
Stephanie
Enrique Raymundo
Eighth St
Local 4-H honors at Eastern New Mexico State Fair 1953
Dale Vaughn of Kenna Circle Y 4-H Club won the Beef Calf Showmanship Trophy and Larry McCaw of Artesia captured the Bill Deane Sheep Showmanship Trophy for the 1953 fair. Raymond Harris of Glover Packing Co and Sam Spencer presented awards. Planning and Zoning lists include Main Street parallel parking and paving from 19th to near Country Club Road. Artesia Driller players set Longhorn League records with Joe Bauman hitting 53 homers and Joe Calderon adding a record though unwanted.
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Dale Vaughn
Kenna Circle Y
New Mexico
Larry McCaw
Artesia
Bill Deane
Raymond Harris
Glover Packing Co
Sam Spencer
Planning and Zoning Commission
Artesia Driller
Joe Bauman
Joe Calderon
ADPD reorganizes under Kleinhenz at Santa Fe bureau
At the Merry Round House in Santa Fe the ADPD director Frank Kleinhenz has unified staff and consultants to push a management reporting system and tighter data security. He plans disaster contingency measures and closer client focus while lawmakers weigh computerizing the state franchise tax and watch ADPD reforms.
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Santa FE
Merry Round House
Frank Kleinhenz
Automated Data Processing Division
ADPD
Kleinhenz
Food For Thought
Jerry Apodaca
Nation faces TV sports fever in 1978 era
A Sycamore Illinois woman voices frustration with the weekend to weekday sports on TV including World Series, college and pro football, basketball, hockey, and Howard Cosell. The piece offers patience, confrontation, or divorce as paths, with a humorous take on public figures and therapies.
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Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
William James
Cosell
New York
Los Angeles
Republic
Athletics Anonymous
Channel One
Yankees
Redskins
Sycamore
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Bar
Jack Anderson
America
Roswell Police Dept
Ager C.M. Woodbury
Main Street
19Th Street
Country Club Road
Walnut Street
KE Big
Mens
Small Society
Ernie Mills
State Corporation Commission
Commission
Legislative Finance Committee
Aubrey Dunn
Otero
Corporation Commission
OJ Apple
Harris Hartz
Governor's Organized Crime Prevention Commission
LFC
Hartz
James Reston
TV Sports
Dodgers
Ford
General Motors
Miller
Budweiser
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