State racing head disputes superficial hearings on Fortuna license
Geoge Maloof, chairman of the New Mexico State Racing Commission, defends hearings on Fortuna Properties license to operate Ruidoso Downs and Sunland Park tracks as thorough, amid a criticism from the Governor’s Organized Crime Prevention Commission that testimony was superficial. The Fortuna firm, linked to the Alessio family, currently holds a temporary permit pending a full decision.
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Kent Walz
Associated Press
Albuquerque
State Racing Commission
Geoge Maloof
Fortuna Properties
Maloof
Organized Crime Prevention Commission
Harris Hartz
Commission
Fortuna
Ruidoso Downs
Sunland Park
Alessio
San Diego
Calif
Hartz
Racing Commission
Fortuna and
Kodiak Inc
U.S. National Bank
Internal Revenue Service
Anthony
Dominic Alessio
Crime Commission
Dominic
Anthony Alessio
New Mexico
Mission
Alessio Fortuna Properties, Inc
Track Corporation
de Uriarte
Apodaca
Alaska
George
Anita Nears Texas Coast As Hurricane Moves Inland
Hurricane Anita strengthens off the Gulf of Mexico and nears Brownsville and the Lower Rio Grande Valley with 105 mph winds. A watch was discontinued as the storm crawled westward, while residents evacuate South Padre and nearby Port Isabel ahead of possible landfall along the Corpus Christi to Brownsville corridor.
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Padre Island
Corpus Christi
Tex
Corpus
Brownsville
Anita
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf Coast
Vermilion Bay
Matagorda Bay
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Gulf of
Matamoros
State Department of Public Safety
South Padre
Port Isabel
Larry Man
National Weather Service Office
Corpus Chrsti
New Mexico Hay Show Opens At Southeastern Fairgrounds
The 1977 New Mexico Hay Show starts at 9 15 a m Friday with Chaves County Agent Bill Thompson predicting strong turnout. About 40 to 50 entries have been received and the show could approach 100 entries. Alfalfa entries will be judged and the first 50 arrivals will receive a free hay analysis covering crude protein acid detergent fiber and in vitro observations.
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Jim Berry
Dexter
John Brittain
Sonora
Tex
New Mexico
Chaves County
Bill Thompson
Thompson
Southeastern New Mexico State Fairgrounds
Stanley Smith
New Mexico State University
Smith
NMSU
James Gray
Tabet to resign from New Mexico Racing Commission
Herman Tabet plans to step down from the New Mexico Racing Commission after six years amid undisclosed reasons. Governor Apodaca and press secretary De Uriarte offered limited explanations as an SEC investigation into track owners broadened. Authorities cited personal business dealings and ongoing inquiries into Sunland Park and Ruidoso Downs ownership.
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Santa FE
Herman Tabet
New Mexico Racing Commission
Jerry Apodaca
Apodaca
Richard de Uriarte
Tabet
Commission
George Maloof
Alaska
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
New Mexico
SEC
Toney Anaya
Belen
de Uriarte
The
Racing Com
Cottrill leads off bribery trial in Albuquerque
Albuquerque insurance man Richard Cottrill testified that Rudy Ortiz and Charles Davis helped him obtain state insurance policies and then took 40 percent of his commissions. Ortiz and Davis are charged with bribery and conspiracy in the ESC insurance scandal.
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Albuquerque
Rudy Ortiz
Charles Davis
Richard Cottrill
Employment Security Commission
Ortiz
Davis
ESC
Attorney General's Office
Cottrill
Charlie
Charles
Dist
William Riordan
Farber
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Asst. Atty
Tom Dunigan
Dunigan
Unifax II
the Crime Commission
Bruce King
Steven Farber
Riordan
Pike Wen
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