FBI deal shocks Taos County over bulldozer bid scandal
Former Taos County Commissioner Juan Valerio alleges an FBI agent offered a deal for testimony in a probe of the 1978 purchase of a HUD funded bulldozer instead of a trash compactor. HUD says repayment of $8,000 is required. agents pursue possible bid irregularities involving H&L of Albuquerque and commissioner actions.
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Steve Winston
Juan
Valerio
FBI
Commission
Department of Health and Urban Development
HUD
Taos County
Que Fernandes
Carmen Medina
H&l
Albuquerque
Medina
Jim Massa
Rolley Dobba
Massey-Ferguson
Dobbs
Martindale acquitted after Taos murder trial reenactment
Raton jurors found Oklahoma businessman Jim Martindale not guilty of second degree murder in the July 4 shooting death of 15 year old Thomas Wagner after a courtroom reenactment and a polygraph test. The defense said Wagner lunged for the gun. Martindale testified he and his family were at Aqua Viva in Taos Canyon when the incident occurred. The verdict followed four days of testimony and the Me detector test result that Martindale was truthful about unloading the rifle.
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Blair Raton
Thomas Wagner
Jim Martindale
Martindale
Oklahoma
Taos
Jim Wagner
Bertha Quintana
Wagner
Cindy Romero
David Raskin
University of Utah
Raskin
Taos Canyon
John Atkins
Atkins
Clay Miler
Mothers Day Origins from Anna Jarvis in 1910s America
The text traces Mothers Day roots to Anna Jarvis who mourned her mother in 1908 and launched a solo campaign leading states to adopt the idea. It notes President Wilson’s 1914 proclamation naming Mothers Day a national holiday and the symbol of the flag.
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Ay Janice Daigh
Woodrow Wilson
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Judge Gaspard heir sold farm in Taos court ruling
District Judge Joseph Caldwell upheld a 1979 contract transferring the Laon Gaspard estate to Virginia art dealer S. R. Koman. Blackman and his attorney consider an appeal possible on two points. Evidence showed Koman paid Blackman over 180000 in loans and 75000 in other payments while Blackman alleges illness and duress at signing. The ruling keeps Koman's ownership of 14 Gaspard Family Collection paintings and sets terms for Blackman’s move and long-term payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Bateman
Belford
Paco
Blackman
Joseph E. Caldwell
Laon Gaspard
Virginia
Taos District Court
Caldwell
S.R. Koman
Ray Tabet
Albuquerque
Tabet
Gaspard
Koman
New Mexico
Donald Salazar
Taos
Mark Hirach
Gaspard Museum
Kennedy- Rose Gallery
California
Gaspard Family
Taos Wins $1.14 Million Grant for San Juan Chama Project
Taos plans to use a $1.135 million Urban Development Action Grant to fund waterlines reservoirs and facilities for linking new wells near Los Cordovas to the town water system. Crews drill a test well to reach 400 acre feet of water needed for 10 to 15 years of supply amid a tight funding market.
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San Juan-Chama
Los Cordovas
Las Cordovas
Ban Juna-Chama
Colorado
New Mexico
Lovato
UDAG
Lov
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Diane Padilla
Frank Padilla
Padilla
Juan Valerio
Sway Raton
Pat
Debbie Atkins
Empire West Cattle Corp
Guymon
Oklo
Meet
Mana Charlie
Carlota Marus
Canon
Delilah Martinex
Fred
Aurora Martinez
Iana Jarvis
Phil Lovato
Richard Cook
Raton
Stadevco
Santea Fe
Las Haciendas
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