Billy Ends Fairyland Quest Returns Home for Christmas
Billy defeats Goko the Great with a steel sword that grew from a wooden toy stopping the giant and saving Fairyland. Fairy Queen declares him Giant Killer but Billy longs for home and Christmas. He wakes in his bed on Christmas Eve and glimpses Santa, deciding to keep his steel blade hidden as he faces future duties.
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Goko the Great
Billy
Goko
Flo
Fairyland
Linle
Santa
Letters To Santa Claus From A Christmas Wish List
A festive exchange of childlike requests for Christmas gifts including Baby Alive, a Jaws game, Barbie clothes and shoes, a Lite Brite, a dryer set, and other toys. Two children Annette Acosta and Lorraine Gomez describe being good and leaving cookies and milk for Santa while noting family greetings and holiday imagery.
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Santa Claus
Barbie
Annette Acosta
Santa
Lorraine Gomez
Hans
Raggedy Ann
Drummer Boy
Rudolf
Red Nose
Dear Santa Claus Letter From Corrina Pena and Brothers
Corrina Pena 7 asks Santa for a sewing machine and Hush Little Baby. Her brother Steven, 3, wants a CB radio and a Mimi bike. They express a wish to see Santa.
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Santa Clau
Corrina Pena
Sam
Steven
Damage Not Expected In Crash At Sandia Lab Test
Sandia Laboratory officials say a 22 ton cask loaded with spent nuclear fuel will be rammed into a concrete barrier at 60 mph. The test, first in a series, uses a rocket sled to evaluate containment under severe accident scenarios, designed by ERDA.
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Albuquerque
Sandia Laboratory
Sandia
Richard Yoshimura
Energy Research and Development
State to audit highway department personnel records
An evaluation team will review New Mexico Highway Department personnel files next week in response to complaints of improper employment practices. Gov. Apodaca ordered the probe after allegations of ethnic discrimination and poor management. The six person team will examine transfers, merit increases, hires and reorganizations from a management effectiveness view.
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Santa FE
State Highway Department
Jerry Apodaca
Glen Gates
James Bird
Highway Commission
Julian Garcia
Julian
Bird
Francis Maestas
State Human Rights Agency
State Personnel Board
Appeal Limits Escapee's Right to Appeal in Manslaughter Case
A New Mexico Court of Appeals ruling says Lorraine Sanchez who escaped from a state prison with four other inmates forfeited her right to appeal her manslaughter conviction. The court held that by fleeing after overpowering a guard she abandoned the appeal, leaving Sanchez and another inmate at large while three others were recaptured.
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Santa FE
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Lorraine Sanchez
Sanchez
Sharon Tower
Raton
Wood
Juarez Resident Sentenced In False Tax Reports Case
An Juarez Mexico resident and two El Paso men received 60 day jail terms after pleading guilty to filing false tax reports on Sunland Park horse race winnings. Victor R. Carrillo Andrew Thomas and Romualdo Guzman were given two year probation after serving. Hugo Baez got one year probation on a misdemeanor plea.
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Albuquerque
Juarez
Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Sunland Park
U.S. District Court
H. Vearle Payne
Victor R. Carrillo
Paso
Andrew Thomas
Romualdo Guz-ian
Carrillo
Guzian
Thomas
Payne
Hugo Baez
Guzman
Anaya declines to confirm Carter meeting invitation
New Mexico Attorney General Toney Anaya would not confirm reports of a invitation to meet President-elect Jimmy Carter in Plains Georgia. The Albuquerque Journal cited a Thursday edit that Anaya would fly to Plains next week. Anaya had been mentioned as a potential Carter appointee for U.S. Attorney in New Mexico.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Toney
Anaya
Jimmy Carter
Plains
Georgia
Associated Press
Albuquerque Journal
Carter
Victor Ortega
U.S
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N. Bullard
Love, Corrina
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Maxwell House
Tony Luma
Merry
Jake
Ena
Mimbres
Best Buy
London
Haven
Sprouse Reitz Stores
Silver Crest Shopping Center
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