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Senate rejects curbs on guns
Some existing movie house operators say plans for an 11-screen theater in the Railyard will make a competitive market even tougher
An illustration of the 11-screen movie theater planned for the Railyard. The owner of Violet Crown is optimistic that ‘a new kind of theater’ will work in Santa Fe.
Obama says defeat of measures ‘shameful’ By Ed O’Keefe and Philip Rucker The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s ambitious effort to overhaul the nation’s gun laws in response to December’s school massacre in Connecticut suffered a resounding defeat Wednesday, when every major proposal he championed fell apart on the Senate floor. It was a stunning collapse for guncontrol advocates just four months after the deaths of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., led the president and many others to believe that the political climate on guns had been altered in their favor. The national drive for laws that might prevent another mass shooting unraveled under intense pressure from the gun-rights lobby, which used regional and cultural differences among senators to prevent new firearms restrictions. One by one, the Senate blocked or defeated proposals that would ban certain military-style assault rifles and limit the size of ammunition magazines. But the biggest setback for the White House was the defeat of a measure to expand background checks to most gun sales. The Senate defied polls showing that nine in 10 Americans support the idea, which was designed to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill. “All in all, this was a pretty shameful day for Washington,” a visibly angry Obama said as he delivered his
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Scores hurt in blast at fertilizer plant The explosion in a town near Waco, Texas, leveled nearby buildings and was hear miles away.
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Video images yield 2 possible suspects Official: Surveillance pic shows man leaving backpack near finish line By Richard A. Serrano, Ken Dilanian and Joseph Tanfani Tribune Washington Bureau
ABOVE: The Screen, on the campus of the Santa Fe University of Art and Design, is one of four cinemas currently operating in Santa Fe.
BOSTON — Authorities have obtained clear images of the faces of two men with backpacks who they believe were acting suspiciously around the time of the Boston Marathon bombings, a potential breakthrough in the search to find who planted the deadly devices, sources familiar with the investigation said Wednesday. A department store surveillance camera caught an image of at least one of the men leaving a backpack near the finish line, a federal law enforcement official said. Another official briefed on the investigation said the image that shows two men is the first indication that more than one bomber may have been responsible for the attacks that killed three people and injured more than 170 at Monday’s race.
RIGHT: Jason Silverman, director at the CCA Cinematheque, says the addition of an 11-screen theater in the Railyard will make the competition for films even tougher. NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTOS
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By Julie Ann Grimm
Pasapick
The New Mexican
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ow many theaters can Santa Fe movie fans keep in business? With this week’s announcement that Violet Crown, owner of an Austin, Texas-based art house cinema, wants to build a theater in the city-owned Railyard, some existing movie theater operators predict their business could be adversely affected. The owner of Violet Crown, however, is optimistic that “a new kind of theater” will work here. The Santa Fe Railyard Community Corp. board of directors — which manages the Railyard for the city — voted unanimously Tuesday night to begin negotiations on leasing to Violet Crown a parcel that has long been identified for a cinema in the Railyard
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master plan. The board chose Violet Crown’s proposal from a field of four, rejecting Maya Cinemas’ plan for a much larger building and two half-hearted proposals from Regal Cinemas and UltraStar Cinemas, which both wanted public funding for construction. Violet Crown owner Bill Banowsky is no stranger to the Railyard project. More than 10 years ago, his Magnolia company made a pitch to build a theater here in conjunction with a developer. The 10 50-seat theaters and one 100-seat theater he’s now proposing for the Railyard property come from a concept that has evolved with his experience in the business. Banowsky, who sold Magnolia and then worked as CEO at Landmark Theaters for four years, has run a three-theater chain in North Carolina since 2008, in addition to starting the Violet Crown in Austin in 2011.
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That is a total gift for the filmophiles in “ Santa Fe. But it makes for a very, very fiercely
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competitive environment for the film exhibitors.”
Obituaries
Jason Silverman, director at the CCA Cinemathweque
Elizabeth Ann Kauffman, 70, Santa Fe, April 6
Vet: Foul play likely in Eldorado dog poisonings By Staci Matlock The New Mexican
A Santa Fe veterinarian believes someone is intentionally poisoning dogs in the Eldorado area. “Basically, I don’t know what kind of toxin this is, but I do think this is foul play,” said veterinarian Murt Byrne after a dog showing signs of poisoning died Monday at his Eldorado Animal Clinic. “It didn’t look bad when it came in. A couple of hours later, it collapsed and had no chance of survival,” Byrne said. This was the second dog in two weeks to die after showing similar symptoms. Byrne sent the first dog to Albuquerque, where it later died.
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Index
Jillian Blenis, 30, of Boston stops at a makeshift memorial Wednesday in Boston. JULIO CORTEZ/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Calendar A-2
Classifieds B-7
Comics B-12
Lotteries A-2
Opinions A-11
Police notes A-10
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Sports B-1
Time Out A-8
Scoop A-9
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