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From The Associated Press

Fireworks ban law rejected

Some local officials in New Mexico are fretting over their inability to ban all fireworks as the fire season approaches.
The Albuquerque Journal reports that a proposal to expand the authority of the state, cities and counties to ban all fireworks was derailed during the last legislative session.
A 1999 law limited what cities and counties can do in regulating fireworks.

In 1963

Tuesday, April 23 — Four student sports writers at Robertson High School interviewed All-Pro end Lionel Taylor of the Denver Broncos. They were Jim Maldonado, Robert Thatcher, Don Tarbet and Mark Johnson. The interview was held during the sports writing workshop held on the Highlands University campus as part of Highlands Day and the meeting of the New Mexico High School Press Association. Taylor played for the Highlands Cowboys before entering the professional football ranks.
 

Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Breezy, with a south wind 10-15 mph, increasing to 20-25 mph in the afternoon. Partly cloudy at night, with a low around 29. Breezy, with a south wind 15-25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Thursday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 7a.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Breezy, with a south wind 15-20 mph, increasing to 20-25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms at night. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Breezy.

By Bob and Carrol Pearson
Amnesty International

Imagine! You are outside and hear a buzzing noise overhead.  It is all too familiar. You know that it is an aircraft, with a “pilot” thousands of miles away.

It may be watching you through its sensitive cameras, relaying information to a “sensor operator,” also thousands of miles away.  

These “unmanned aerial vehicles” (UAVs) are also called drones.  They have been used to kill people and increasingly are being used for surveillance.