State Candidates Ready For Campaign Filing
Republican and Democratic candidates filed statements of candidacy today as New Mexico resumes the preprimary convention system for the March 27 nominating sessions in Albuquerque. Delegates will pick nominees for US Senate, two House seats, corporation commission chair, two Supreme Court seats, and an Appeals Court seat. Incumbents Montoya Lujan Runels seek re election. Cross Montoya Sosa Lopez vie for new terms.
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New Mexico
Ernestine Evans
Santa Fe
U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Albuquerque
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Montoya
Manuel Lujan
R-W.m
Harold Runnels
D-N.m
Corporation Commis
Sion
Floyd Cross
Supreme Court
Samuel Z. Montoya
Don Sosa
Jerry Apodaca
Joe Martinez
Sosa
Appeals Court
Ramon Lopez
Mardi Gras Comes To New Orleans Parade Scene Expands Suburbs
Mardi Gras grips New Orleans as crowds spill into suburban areas sparking a shift from the French Quarter. Krewe of Argus in Metairie draws about 200 men and up to half a million visitors from downtown. Parades led by Zulu Rex and Comus end after Lent begins, with debris totaling over a thousand tons in past years.
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New Orleans
Carnival
Ory
Metairie
Rex
Domenici Outlines Criteria For Post Office Closures
Senator Domenici outlines a Senate amendment to the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 setting criteria for closing third and fourth class post offices. The measure, co sponsored by Domenici, would require the postmaster general to weigh proximity to other offices, number of served families, available alternatives, energy costs, and overall local impact before deciding closures. If kept open after review, a post office would not be closed even if unprofitable.
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Washington
U.S. Senate
Pete Domenici
New Mexico
Government Accounting Office
Domenici
John Donnell Seeks New Mexico Supreme Court Seat
John D. Donnell, veteran lawyer and former Marine, seeks the Republican nomination for New Mexico Supreme Court Position 1. Born 1925 in Santa Fe, he served in World War II, practiced law since 1951, co founded Zinn and Donnell, and holds deep state ties. He ran for state attorney general in 1966 and 1974 but withdrew in 1974 due to a partner’s heart attack.
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John D. Donnell
New Mexico Supreme Court
Santa Fe
Cuba
Albuquerque
John Donnell
United States Marines
G Co
24Th Regiment
Fourth Marine Division
Donnell
University of New Mexico Law School
New Mexico
Fort Sumner
Jimmie Gryder
Portales
Jack
State Highway Department
Nancy
Hawaii
Bill
University of New Mexico
Catherine
Santa Fe Preparatory School
Dean S. Zinn
Zinn & Dannell
Marine Corps
University names DeAnne Smith Mustang of the Week
Senior math major DeAnne Smith of Albuquerque has been named Mustang of the Week at Western New Mexico University. active in girls volleyball basketball and softball in high school she joined Cardinal Key and other clubs, earned high honors repeatedly, and plans to teach math or chemistry after student teaching in Silver City.
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DeAnne Smith
Lynn Smith
MckKnight
Albuquerque
Western New Mexico University
Highland High School
Girls’ Athletic Association
Nationa Honor Society
Western
Cardinal Key
Women's Recreation Association
Biology Club
Dent
la Plata
Silver City
Secret Service Chief Ties Warren To Castro Plot Claim
Former Secret Service director James J. Rowley confirms Earl Warren learned of CIA plots to kill Fidel Castro years after the Warren Commission concluded its JFK murder probe. He says the memo was sent to J. Edgar Hoover and later reviewed by Senate intelligence officials as columnist Anderson describes. Church asks Sun publisher Hank Green for more information about the report.
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Washington
Secret Service
Earl Warren
U.S
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
James J. Rowley
FBI
J. Edgar
Hoover
Senate Intelligence Committee
Rowley
Florida
Warren
Drew Pearson
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
CIA
Castro
Jack Anderson
Anderson
Pearson's
Associated Press
Las Vegas Sun
Senate Committee
Robert
Andersen
The
Sun
Frank Church
Havana
Church
Hank Green
Chance To Win NMSU Scholarship
Silver City residents can audition for a New Mexico State University music scholarship on March 6 at 1 p.m. at Silver City High School. Open to Spring graduates and others interested in majoring in music, awards cover band choral voice instrumental orchestra and piano. Contact the NMSU Music Department at 646-2421 or Box JF Las Cruces NM 88003 for details.
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New Mexico State University
Silver City
Spring High School
NMSU
Guy Webb
Las Cruces
N.M
Webb
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Discount Warehouse
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