0001|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 81
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                         TOM RUTHERFORD
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     EXPRESSING THE LEGISLATURE'S CONDOLENCES TO THE SENATE PRESIDENT
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0013|     PRO TEMPORE AND HIS FAMILY UPON THE DEATH OF MANUEL C. "MEL"
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0014|     ARAGON.
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0015|     
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0016|       WHEREAS, Manuel C. Aragon, "Mel", Manny Aragon's father and
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0017|     a former Albuquerque city council member, passed away on January
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0018|     4; and 
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0019|       WHEREAS, Mel was active locally in politics and civic
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0020|     affairs for many years and acted as a mentor for many,
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0021|     personally and politically; and
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0022|       WHEREAS, Mel was an advocate for the poor and an outspoken
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0023|     crusader against pornography; and
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0024|       WHEREAS, he was a veteran of World War II, served as a
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0025|     Bernalillo democratic party precinct chair and served on the
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0001|     executive committee.  He was a delegate to the 1969
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0002|     constitutional convention and a member of many civic
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0003|     organizations, including the model cities board and the flood
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0004|     control board; and
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0005|       WHEREAS, Mel didn't just serve as a member of a board, he
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0006|     dove into the problems his neighbors experienced, helping rescue
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0007|     victims of the floods in the early 1960s, for examples, or
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0008|     pitching in with his own hands to build the east San Jose
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0009|     community center and other community centers; and
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0010|       WHEREAS, Mel loved people, believed in their goodness and
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0011|     showed compassion, generosity and humility throughout his
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0012|     illustrious career;
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0013|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0014|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that Mel be remembered in appreciation of
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0015|     his contribution to Albuquerque, the state and the lives of all
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0016|     who knew him; and
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0017|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the condolences of the
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0018|     legislature be extended to Manny, Charlotte, Richard, Charles
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0019|     and the extended family of Manuel C. Aragon; and
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0020|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0021|     transmitted to his family.
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