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March 25, 2012
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Women’s History brunch honors 4 NOAH VERNAU RECORD STAFF WRITER
TITANIC AUCTION
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An auction house is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic by offering more than 180 pieces of memorabilia from the maritime tragedy, including a letter from the bandleader who chose to play on as the ship sank. Wallace Hartley wrote ... - PAGE C5
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COLTS DOWN DEMONS!
What a difference a week makes. On March 17, the NMMI and Dexter baseball teams met at the Hal Bogle Tournament in Dexter and an offensive explosion ensued. The two teams combined to score 38 runs in a 26-12 Demon victory. When both teams won their respective semifinal games at the Roswell Sertoma Club Colt Classic to set up a rematch in the title game, the Institute scoreboard operator ... - PAGE B1
TODAY’S OBITUARIES
• William “Bill” Ennis • Col. Jack V. Dunham • Thomas L. Shoup • Ralph Dunlap - PAGE B6
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The 13th annual Women’s History Month celebration brunch was held Saturday at the Roswell Museum and Art Center, where participants recognized achievements of women throughout the generations, and honored the local contributions of Barbara Gomez, Deborah Goluska, Diane Whetsel and Sage the rescue dog. The 2012 honorees were nominated by citizens, and later were chosen by the celebration brunch committee, which weighed each nominee on her respective community accomplishments. Sharon Bell, mistress of ceremonies, commented, “It’s nice that we set aside a special time to recognize. Women throughout history have accomplished so many things and we should appreciate that every day. But we don’t. So this is a nice opportunity to look back. Oftentimes, what I enjoy about it the most is to look at the women in my own his-
Cheney receives Primary election filings heart transplant raise legal questions From left, Deborah Goluska, Barbara Gomez, Diane Whetsel and Sage, pose for a photo during the 13th annual Women’s History Month Celebration Brunch, Saturday, at the Roswell Museum and Art Center.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a 71-year-old with a long history of cardiovascular problems, had a heart transplant Saturday and is recovering at a Virginia hospital. Not even Cheney knows the donor’s identity. An aide to Cheney disclosed the surgery after it was over, saying that the ex-vice president, who suffered five heart attacks over the years, had been waiting for a transplant for more than 20 months. “Although the former vice president and his family do not know the identity of the
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney during an interview in New York, Aug. 31.
SANTA FE (AP) — Attorney General Gary King’s of fice of fered a legal defense Friday for the Senate’s top leader and several other candidates to remain on the primary election ballot despite the omission of some required information from their filing papers. In a memo to the state’s top election official, King’s office said past legal rulings suggest that a New Mexico court would not reject the candidates because of a technical problem in the nominating petitions submitted by the candidates when they filed for office earlier this
See BRUNCH, Page A3
Jennings said he was unaware of the change in law, and the state’s nominating petition form wasn’t updated to make clear that candidates needed to list their political office district.
week. Secretary of State Dianna Duran had asked King whether she should exclude Senate President Pro Tem Tim Jennings, a Roswell Democrat, and 11 other candidates from the June ballot. At issue is what to do with candidates who failed to list on their nominating petitions the political district in which
they’re seeking to run. A change in law in 2011 required petitions to include the district designation and certain other information. This is the first election for the new petition information to be in effect, which means no court has issued a ruling on the legal question posed to the attor ney
On world stage, Obama confronts nuclear threats See CHENEY, Page A3
WASHINGTON (AP) — Far from home if not away from election-year politics, President Barack Obama is returning to the threat to American security that he calls the gravest of all: terrorists getting material for a nuclear bomb.
In South Korea, where Obama is headed, the president will join a massive gathering of world leaders whose united goal is to secure nuclear material and prevent it from being smuggled to states or groups intent on mass
destruction.
Right across the border but not participating: nuclear North Korea, labeled by the White House as “the odd man out.” It is brinksmanship with North Korea and Iran, another nation not invited to the summit, that has dominated much of the nuclear debate and that will cast an unquestionable shadow over talks in Seoul. Obama’s mission over three days in the South Korean capital will be to show progress — in pres-
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Two members of the ring-tailed lemur family at the Spring River Zoo examine a stick, Friday afternoon.
suring North Korea to change its rogue ways and in approaching a lofty goal of locking down nuclear material around the globe by 2014. Obama left Washington around early Saturday and was to arrive in Seoul early today local time. Halfway into an ambitious four -year ef fort to safeguard nuclear materials from terrorists, many nations have taken voluntary steps to corral material
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President Barack Obama waves to media as he walks from the White House to board Marine One, Friday as he travels to Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Santorum beats Romney in Louisiana See OBAMA, Page A3
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rick Santorum won the Louisiana Republican presidential primary Saturday, beating front-runner Mitt Romney in yet another conservative Southern state. Although the victory gives Santorum bragging rights and at least eight more delegates, it does not change the overall dynamics of the race; the former Pennsylvania senator still dramatically lags behind Romney in the hunt for delegates to the GOP’s summertime nominating convention. Even so, Santorum’s win underscores a pattern in the drawn-out race.
The under-funded underdog has tended to win in Bible Belt states that include Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. Romney — a deep-pocketed, highly organized for mer Massachusetts governor — has persistently struggled in such heavily conservative regions. Said Santorum: “I’m not running as a conservative candidate for president. I am the conservative candidate for president.” Neither candidate was in the state as Louisiana Republicans weighed in. Nor was for mer House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who was trailing in
Louisiana. With half the precincts counted, Santorum had 49 percent to 26 percent for Romney. Gingrich was far back at 17 percent, followed by Ron Paul with 6 percent. Romney took a rare day off Saturday, with no public events. Santorum spent the day campaigning in Pennsylvania and next-up Wisconsin, which votes April 3 and represents one of his last chances to beat Romney in a Midwestern state. Santorum told voters in Milwaukee that he expected their state to be “the turnSee GOP, Page A3