Editorial urges vote on LOGAT in Roswell election
The Daily Record urges Roswell voters to cast ballots on the Local Option Gross Receipts Tax, defending free speech and civic rights while honoring those who died defending them. It notes editorial support and opposition columns from local leaders and emphasizes voting by secret ballot with tax funds for economic development.
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Daily Record
Roswell
Bill Owen
Bobby Villegas
Owen
Villegas
LOGRT
Roswell Official Supports Local Options Tax Vote
An eight year Roswell official writes to urge a yes vote on the Local Options Gross Receipts Tax. He notes the tax adds 12.5 cents per $100 and would raise about $900,000 annually for five years for community benefits and good information. He urges residents to vote yes on Tuesday September 17.
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Roswell
Finalists for National Merit Scholarships Named
Ernest Earick and Janet Floyd, seniors at Goddard High School, were announced as finalists for National Merit Scholarships. Roswell's Jeff Goldberg and Andre Kellum of Kingman, Ariz., announced their engagement with an October wedding planned in Kingman. High school art students began overseeing the restoration of Lake Arthur's monument.
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Ernest Earick
Janet Floyd
Goddard High School
Roswell
Jeff Goldberg
Andre Kellum
Kingman, Ariz
Kingman
Lake Arthur
Bush pushes Citizen Service Act stalled by House
President Bush urged volunteers as Congress blocked passage of the Citizen Service Act. House Majority Leader Armey delayed action amid concerns over Clinton era program components, while Senate Democrats coordinate with the White House. Kennedy may move a rival bill if stalling continues. urged public volunteerism persists nationwide.
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Santa FE
Bush
Congress
Senate
House
Dick Armey
Clinton
Pete Hoekstra
Afghanistan
Jack Kennedy
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
House Republicans
Senate Democrats
Ted Kennedy
White House
Armey
Kennedy
Colin Powell
Jay Miller
la Tusa
N.M
Hotmail
History echoes from Churchill on war and readiness
The author reflects on The Gathering Storm and wartime lessons from Churchill amid debates over disarmament and preemptive action. He cites Churchill’s warnings against pacifism and appeasement, arguing that failing to prepare defense risks greater loss, a parallel drawn to confronting terrorism today.
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London
Washington
Winston Churchill
Britain
Saddam Hussein
Churchill
Hitler
Germany
England
Notable events on September 15 across history
On this date various milestones shaped nations and leaders. Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua El Salvador proclaimed independence in 1821. New York fell to British forces in 1776. The U.S. State Department was renamed in 1789. Taft was born in 1857. Russia became a republic in 1917. The Nuremberg Laws began in 1935. The Battle of Britain saw Luftwaffe losses in 1940. UN forces landed at Inchon in 1950.
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Associated Press
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
el Salvador
New York City
U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs
Department of State
William Howard Taft
United States
U.S
Cincinnati
Russia
Alexander Kerensky
Fort Stanton and the Murphy Fritz Store Legacy in New Mexico
The article recounts the early New Mexico forts Fort Marcy Fort Union Fort Stanton and Fort Wingate built by the U S Army from 1846 onward Their roles in protecting settlers and aiding military campaigns Describe how Emil Fritz and Lawrence Murphy former California Column soldiers turned merchants formed L G Murphy Co to run the Fort Stanton post store and win a quartermaster contract in 1868.
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Fort Marcy
Santa Fe
United States
New Mexico
Stephen Watts Kearny
Fort Union
Las Vegas
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Fort Stanton
Capitan and
Lincoln
Mescalero Apache
Las Cruces
Carleton
California
Emil Fritz
Lawrence G. Murphy
Fritz
Murphy
Fritz and
L.G. Murphy & Co
L.B. Maxwell
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