Dads Make a Difference in Student Achievement
A U.S. Department of Education study shows children perform better and behave well when fathers are involved in school life. Benefits arise regardless of living situation or parental background, yet most fathers are not active, with many nonresidential dads nearly absent from school activities.
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U.S. Department of Education
Tenet executive thanks Chaves County officials and residents
Tenet Healthcare Corp. extends heartfelt thanks to Chaves County commissioners and residents for considering Tenet as the buyer of Eastern New Mexico Medical Center ENMMC. The letter, from William Murray senior vice president operations, promises national resources and close collaboration with ENMMC physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers to maintain and expand quality, cost effective local health care in Roswell and Chaves County.
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Tenet Healthcare Corp
Chaves County
Tenet
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
ENMMC
Venet
Roswell
Medical Center
William Murray
Phoenix
Ariz
Today in History highlights Oct 24 1997 events and births
On October 24 1945 the United Nations charter took effect marking its official creation. Jane Seymour died twelve days after giving birth to Prince Edward in 1537. In 1648 the Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years War and effectively dissolved the Holy Roman Empire.
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United Nations
Jane Seymour
England
Henry VIII
Prince Edward
King Edward VI
Westphalia
Holy Roman Empire
Memorial pole dedication highlights Roswell events
Five participants attended a Magpole memorial dedication at the Roswell Chamber of Development and Commerce building with Roland Tessier Jr donating the pole in memory of his father. Vergin Gates studio students performed at the Roswell Music Teachers Association festival. Mary Beverage, 19, Roswell High School 1971 graduate, earned publication in the Chicago Tribune's November 19 issue with her poem The Abortion.
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Roland Tessier Jr
Jim Lusk
Roswell
Mary Beverage
The
Chicago Tribune
Valle Grande caldera tour and land purchase prospects
A Valle Grande media tour with Sen. Jeff Bingaman outlines plans to keep the Valles Caldera under multiple use by the Forest Service rather than private sale. The piece details historical logging, current grazing, elk numbers, and debates over ownership, funding, and potential private development or protection.
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Santa FE
Valle Grande
Jeff Bingaman
D-N.m
Dunigan
Andy
Brian
Mike
Bingaman
U.S. Forest Service
Agriculture
Jim Lyons
Game and Fish Division
Pete Domenici
R-N M
Baca
Dunigans
Social Security Trust Fund
Congress
Ted Turner
War vet laments VA runaround in long struggle
World War II veteran Arthur Winters, a 79 year old former prisoner of war, has battled the VA for decades over misdiagnosis and delayed compensation. After a 1971 Albuquerque hospital error triggered costly surgeries and ongoing health problems, he seeks half a million dollars while the VA process drags on with remands and private doctors favored. The couple cites a 1988 VA admission of negligence and a system described as labyrinthine and stalling by officials and family.
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Arthur Winters
Department of Veterans Affairs
Germany
Albuquerque
N.M
Winter
David Cohen
Winters
Cornell Dumitriu
Presbyterian Hospital
Board of Veterans Appeals
BVA
Sammy Linebaugh
Regina Winters
Should Hispanic players save the American pastime baseball
The piece argues that baseball survives due to Hispanic loyalty amid declines in other sports. It highlights players across Latin American and Latino communities, from Livan Hernandez and Moises Alou to Sandy Alomar and Omar Vizquel, tracing the sport’s rich Hispanic lineage and its growing mainland US generation.
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Miami
Cuba
Hernandez
Marlins
Bobby Bonilla
Moises Alou
Edgar Renteria
Cleveland Indians
Sandy Alomar
Tony Fernandez
Roberto Clemente
Juan Marichal
United States
Bonilla
Jose Canseco
Tino Martinez
New York Yankees
Ron Blomberg
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NBC
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Venezuela
Mexico
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