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Clashes in Egypt kill at least 54
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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt was rocked Monday by the deadliest day since its Islamist president was toppled by the military, with more than 50 of his supporters killed by security forces as the country’s top Muslim cleric raised the specter of civil war. The military found itself on the defensive after the bloodshed, but the interim president drove ahead with the army’s political plan. He issued a swift timetable for the process of amending the Islamist-backed constitution and set parliamentary and presidential elections for early 2014. The killings further entrenched the battle lines between supporters and opponents of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, who was removed by the military July 3 after a year in office following mass demonstrations by millions of Egyptians. Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood called for an uprising, accusing troops of gunning
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down protesters, while the military blamed armed Islamists for provoking its forces. The shootings began during a protest by about 1,000 Islamists outside the Republican Guard headquarters where Morsi, Egypt’s first freely elected leader, was detained last week. Demonstrators and members of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood said troops descended on them and opened fire unprovoked as they finished dawn prayers. “I was in the last row praying. They were firing from the left and right,” said Nashat Mohammed, who had come from southern Egypt to join the sit-in and was wounded in the knee. “We said, ‘Stop, we’re your brothers.’ They shot at us from every direction.” After a battle lasting about three hours, at least 51 protesters were killed and 435 wounded, most from live ammunition and birdshot, emergency services chief
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Opponents of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday.
Mohammed Sultan told the state news agency. At a nationally televised news conference, Army Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali said police and troops came under “heavy gunfire” at around 4 a.m. and attackers
on rooftops opened fire with guns and Molotov cocktails. A soldier and two policemen were killed, and 42 in the security forces were wounded, eight critically, he said. While he said troops had a right to defend the facility, Ali
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did not directly explain how the protester deaths occurred. He expressed condolences but offered no apologies for the deaths.
Nayeli Gutierrez, 11, visiting from Virginia, rides a creature from the Austin Bike Zoo during July Fourth festivities at Cielo Grande, Thursday.
Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce Dorrie Faubus-McCarty reported an alien abduction to Chaves County Sheriff’s Office, Monday, when she learned that the baby alien on the sign facing south on Hwy 285 near Omaha Road had been alien-napped. She confessed to being angry about the theft, but accepted the news with a sense of humor. “The first thing I said when I heard was: ‘Is someone going to put out an Amber Alert?’” The sign had only been See ABDUCTION, Page A3
City Council considers resolution defining Google honors Roswell marriage as between a man and a woman ‘flying saucer’ with Doodle JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
The Roswell City Council Police Committee welcomed new Police Attorney Paul Sanchez at their meeting on Monday. Sanchez gave the committee an overview of his experience, which includes service in the military and with the New Mexico State Police. After law school, Sanchez served as prosecuting attorney in Chaves County 5th District, Deputy District Attorney in Taos and Chief Deputy District Attorney in Raton. Councilor Jeanine Best (Ward 3) asked where he would be housed and about his hours. Sanchez replied that his offices
would be located at the Police Department and the contracted hours are from 16 to 20 hours per week. When Best asked what would happen if the attorney were needed on off-duty hours, City Administrator Larry Fry pointed out that he would be oncall. Roswell Police Department Deputy Chief Brad McFadden reported that the RPD remains 15 officers down, with two new hires and six in process. Committee Chair Councilor Savino Sanchez Jr. (Ward 4) said he’d received comments from his constituents about the removal of pictures from the RPD Facebook page. McFadden
ROSWELL (AP) — Google is marking the 66th anniversary of a New Mexico newspaper's report of a captured “flying saucer” with an interactive Doodle. The search engine posted the Doodle on its home page Monday. The retro-looking black and white game allows users to help the outer space visitor return to a planet far, far away by locating supplies. The Doodle loosely is based on accounts from a July 8, 1947, Roswell Daily Record story that reported that a disk “was recovered on a ranch.” The report also said the Roswell Army Air Field took possession of the unknown craft. Those reports, and conspiracies around the finding’s coverup, sparked a popular culture phenomenon around Roswell that annually attracts UFO aficionados to the city to honor the supposed landing.
Youngest New Mexico Gov. ‘Lonesome Dave’ Cargo dies in ABQ at age 84
David F. Cargo, a maverick Republican who became the youngest governor of New Mexico and served two terms in the turbulent 1960s, died Friday at the age of 84. Cargo had been in an Albuquerque nursing home for about two years following a stroke, but he had remained active. He suddenly fell ill following a day of Fourth of July activities and died after being taken to an Albuquerque hospital, his son Patrick Cargo of Dallas told The Associated Press. Cargo’s son remembered his father’s bigger-than-life personality, his humor and love for helping people. “He was really one of a kind,” the younger Cargo said. “We actually saw him last week. He was doing great, he had good energy and he looked really good. We
were very thankful that we got to spend time with him.” Known as “Lonesome Dave,” Cargo championed the film industry as economic development and established the first state film commission. He also was an early advocate of a policy for apportioning legislative seats that has altered the political landscape in New Mexico over several decades. Cargo earned his nickname during his first bid for governor in 1966 when he had little support from the GOP and traveled the state alone in a 1959 Chevrolet to campaign in rural areas and small towns typically bypassed by his better-funded Democratic opponent, a longtime state Senate leader. A sheepherder on horseback, according to Cargo, called him “Lonesome Dave”
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during a chance encounter when the candidate got out of his car on a muddy road to greet the man. A newspaperman with Cargo used the exchange in a story and the nickname stuck. He exhibited a liberal streak in his political philosophy. He opposed anti-union, right-to-work measures and proposed abolishing the death penalty when he was in the Legislature. In his first year as governor, Cargo urged the Legislature to increase the minimum wage, raise unemployment compensation benefits and start offering state financing for kindergarten programs. Democrats controlled New Mexico when Cargo ran for governor in 1966. Only two other Republicans had won statewide office in the previous three decades. However,
he actively courted the votes of organized labor, Hispanics and other minorities that typically backed Democrats. Cargo dismayed the political establishment by winning with nearly 52 percent of the vote statewide. He took office at age 37, the youngest man ever to serve as governor of New Mexico. He won re-election to another two-year term in 1968. “New Mexico lost a great friend, a leader and a tireless advocate for all New Mexicans,” current Gov. Susana Martinez said in a statement. “Gov. Cargo and I shared a passion for literacy and he dedicated much of his life to it by raising thousands of dollars to help build and maintain 12 libraries throughout rural New Mexico in places like Mora, Anton
Chico, Villanueva and Corona. Gov. Cargo will be missed, but his legacy will live on.” Born in Dowagiac, Mich., Cargo received a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Michigan in 1953 and then served two years in the Army in Germany during the Korean War. He earned a law degree from the University of Michigan in 1957 and moved to New Mexico to practice law. Cargo was elected to the Legislature in 1962, and he won re-election to another two-year term. After leaving the governorship, Cargo never again won elective office in New Mexico despite campaigns for the U.S. Senate, Congress and See CARGO, Page A3