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YESTERYEAR: James Watt blasts critics, defends Interior policies in Grand Junction
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Thirty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Former U.S. Rep. Wayne Aspinall declared that Colorado was “back in the big leagues” as he introduced divisive Coloradan Interior Secretary James Watt at the annual Club 20 banquet in Grand Junction. Watt, who noted he carried a Navajo arrowhead to “be protected from newspaper…
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A life devoted to faith, family and freedom: Bill Armstrong laid to rest
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Former U.S. Sen. William Armstrong was remembered as a towering figure who shaped Colorado politics across six decades at a funeral service on Friday at Cherry Hills Community Church in Highlands Ranch. But even beyond his influence in government, business and education, the hundreds who gathered to remember the Republican celebrated his Christian faith. Armstrong…
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Bill Armstrong: ‘He will be remembered’
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On Friday night, thousands who were gathered at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver paused for a few moments to share a tribute to Bill Armstrong, the father of the modern Republican Party in Colorado, whose civic work across six decades has inspired multitudes and established Armstrong as a role model for the modern conservative.…
