Constitution Week Acknowledges Founding Document Priorities
The piece explains Constitution Week proclaimed for Sept 17 to 23 to honor the 1787 signing and 1788 ratification process. It notes the Constitution as the supreme law, discusses judicial review from Marbury v Madison, and reflects on government power and citizen rights under constitutional law.
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Congress
United States
U.S
Philadelphia
New Hampshire
New York
Continental Army
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Ford
Nixon
U.S. Supreme Court
Public forum attacks fair board over new entry fee
Local letter from Mrs Irma Moss Bill Moss and others in Roswell and Capitan criticizing the Eastern New Mexico State Fair for new rules and an entry fee in the Arts and Crafts Department. They recall decades of participation, lament loss of cash prizes, and commend merchants for donations while pledging not to enter this year.
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Fair Board
Lincoln County
Capitan
Irma Moss
Bill Moss
P.O
Roswell
Parade editor backs last year's Roswell event over critics
Mrs Cathy Williams defends the 1978 Roswell parade as the town's highlight. She argues against eliminating bicycles and unthemed entries and urges planners to keep a single, lively community parade. She notes Roswell is a small town and favors inclusive participation.
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Spencer
Roswell
Chicago
New York
Cathy Wiliams
Ford Foundation scholar Elaino Guerrero heads to A M College
Seventeen year old Elaino Guerrero son of Mr and Mrs Jesus Guerrero of Lake Arthur won a Ford Foundation scholarship for statewide exam excellence and will begin as a freshman at A M College. A rare fireball sight north of Roswell was reported to Portales by Frank Knight.
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Elaino Guerrero
Jesus Guerrero
Lake Arthur
Ford Foundation
A&m College
Roswell
Portales
Frank Knight
E. Cherry Sr
Horatio Alger Jr
Harmony
Fist Christian Church
Ray Hood
Archie Rollins
Harold Bobst
Karen Adelle Gaston
Ken Gaston
East College Boulevard
Carl Winford Mosteller
Tinnie
Irene Mosteller
Roswell High School
Uranium Cartel Case Shredding Sparks Senate Probe
The Watergate era practice of shredding subpoenaed documents continues as up to 50,000 grand jury papers were destroyed last March in the Uranium Cartel investigation. Justice officials faced questions over the destruction of documents from Nuexco and a California executive, with lingering calls for accountability.
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Washington
Senate
1 Na of
Justice Department
Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee
Department
California
George White Jr
Robert Fabrikant
Kenneth P. Freiberg
White
Nuclear Exchange Corp
Nuexco
Menlo Park
Calif
Federal
Grand Jury
United States
U.S
Changing nominating rules could aid Kennedy in 1980
The article notes that reforms in campaign finance and delegate selection diminished boss control and enabled outsiders to challenge incumbents. It argues that Carter’s 1976 primary success under these rules might predict a similar path for Kennedy or Brown in 1980, highlighting the shift from party leaders to primary voters.
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Washington
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
Lyndon Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Johnson
Humphrey
LBJ
Labor
Robert Kennedy
Carter
Kennedy
Brown
Big spenders and the changing face of wealth in America
Russell Baker argues that today’s high earners spend on cars boats and travel yet the grandiose display of bygone eras has faded. He contrasts 1920s to 1930s moguls like J.P. Morgan with modern motorists, noting shifts from ostentation to personal consumption amid high taxes and changed social norms.
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N.Y
New York
Wall Street Journal
New Jersey
Florida
Packard
Dusenberg
J.P. Morgan
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
America
Woodrow Wilson
Morgan
Manhattan
Claridge’s
London
Paris Ritz
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Edmund Brown Jr
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Russell Baker
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