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Vol. 121, No. 25 50¢ Daily / $1 Sunday
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ST. LOUIS HOSTS FIRST IRAQ PARADE ST. LOUIS (AP) — Looking around at the tens of thousands of people waving American flags and cheering, Army Maj. Rich Radford was moved that so many braved a cold January wind Saturday...
THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
January 29, 2012
Gingrich says he’s in till GOP convention POR T ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — On the weekend before the pivotal Florida primary, Newt Gingrich vowed Saturday to stay in the race for the Republican presidential nomination until the national convention this summer even if he loses Tuesday’s vote. Frontrunner Mitt Romney poured on the criticism of his rival in television ads airing across the state. Gingrich’s pledge, in a race defined by unpredictability, raised the prospect of an extended struggle inside the party as Republicans work to defeat President Barack Obama in the fall. “You just had two national polls that show me ahead,” he said. “Why don’t you ask Gov. Romney what he will do if he loses” in Florida.
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The former Massachusetts governor countered a few hours later while in Panama City. “I think we are going to win here, I sure hope so,” he said. As the two rivals made their appeals to Hispanic, Jewish and tea party voters, veterans of the armed forces and others, all known indicators pointed to a good day for Romney in the primary. He and his allies held a 3-1 advantage in money spent on television advertising in the race’s final days. Robust early vote and absentee ballot totals followed a pre-primary turnout operation by his campaign. Even the schedules the two men kept underscored the shape of the race — moderate for Romney, heavy for Gin-
grich. Campaigning like a frontrunner, Romney made few references to Gingrich. Instead, he criticized Obama’s plans to cut the size of the armed forces. “He’s detached from reality,” the former Massachusetts governor said. “The foreign policy of ‘pretty please’ is not working terribly well,” he added. Romney said he wants to add 100,000 troops, not cut them. If his personal rhetoric was directed Obama’s way, the television commercials were trained on Gingrich, whose victory in last Saturday’s South Carolina primary upended the race for the nomination. A new ad released as the weekend began is devoted to the day in 1997 when Gingrich
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at Dolphin Aviation, Tuesday, in Sarasota, Fla. received an ethics reprimand from the House while serving as speaker and was ordered to pay a $300,000 fine.
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Fire destroys everything couple had
Ken ‘Pops’ Riley and Jennie Wright survey the damage to their home in Midway, Thursday afternoon, looking for any possessions that might have survived the fire that totally destroyed their longtime residence, late Sunday night.
JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
ROSWELL GIRLS TOP LAS CRUCES Converting opportunities is the key to winning any game. Early on against Las Cruces on Saturday, the Roswell girls basketball team failed to take advantage of what ...
On Sunday morning, Jan. 22, around 1 a.m., Ken “Pop” Riley and his wife Jennie Wright were awakened by screams of “fire.” The couple barely had time to get out of their mobile home before it exploded and burned to
the ground. The trailer was located on Vista Largo Road in Midway. Riley said the Chaves County Sheriff’s deputies were only a halfmile away at the time of the fire. They called in the fire department. Riley reported that 95 percent of his home was destroyed.
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“It was bad. That fire burned hot, my wife had a cast iron grill on the stove. That melted.” His wife’s Dodge van was destroyed, and he estimated $3,000 worth of damage to the other family vehicle. They lost most of their pets. Three dogs: two standard poodles and a papillon, and a house cat died.
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The new Roswell Chamber of Commerce sign lights up as the sun begins to set, Thursday afternoon. Sponsors of the sign are Xcel Energy, Hike It & Spike It, Roswell Livestock & Farm Supply, Pioneer Bank and Roswell Regional Hospital.
“We did not have time to get them out of our home. I tried to grab one of the big dogs, but he backed away,” he said. Only one Chihuahua survived. “She won’t let us out of her sight now.” The family has no insurance. “A few years ago an
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Yemen leader falls ill
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NEW YORK (AP) — The embattled president of Yemen arrived Saturday in the United States for medical treatment for burns he suffered during an assassination attempt in June. President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrived at an unspecified location in the United States, according to the country’s foreign press office. His journey had taken him from Oman, through London. The one-line Yemeni statement said Saleh was in the U.S. for a “short-ter m private medical visit.” His staff has said he is in the United States to be treated for injuries suf fered during the assassination attempt. He was burned over much of his body and had shards of wood embedded into his chest by the explosion
Police use tear gas at Occupy Oakland See FIRE, Page A3
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland police used tear gas and “flash” grenades Saturday to break up hundreds of Occupy protesters after some demonstrators started throwing rocks and flares at officers and tearing down fencing. Three officers were hurt and 19 people were arrested, the Oakland Police Department said. No details on the of ficers’ injuries were released. The protest continued into Saturday evening; a large police contingent monitored the situation, but there were no additional clashes. Police said the group started assembling at a downtown plaza Saturday morning, with demonstrators threatening to take over the vacant Henry Kaiser Convention Center. The group then marched through the streets, disrupting traffic. The crowd grew as the day wore on, with afternoon estimates ranging from about 1,000 to 2,000 people. The protesters walked to the vacant convention center, where some started tearing down perimeter
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fencing and “destroying construction equipment” shortly before 3 p.m., police said. Police said they issued a dispersal order and used smoke and tear gas after some protesters pelted them with bottles, rocks, burning flares and other objects. Most of the arrests were made when protesters ignored orders to leave and assaulted officers, police said. By 4 p.m., the bulk of See OCCUPY, Page A3
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