July 4, 1984: Arvada, Colo. — A municipal judge has ruled that there's nothing illegal about a motorcyclist taking his dog for rides on his "hog." Danny Miller was collared June 6 for riding his motorcycle with the 4-year-old Australian shepherd mix draped over the bike in front of the seat.

Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Los Angeles, El Paso and San Antonio are in the running for selection as a permanent home for Nelson Rockefeller's vast folk art collection accumulated by the late vice president. Ann Rockefeller Roberts has named the five cities as potential sites for some 3,000 to 4,000 pieces of Mexican popular are Roberts inherited from her father. The collection begun in 1933 and ended in 1978 consists of commonplace, everyday objects.