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Cargo died last week at age 84.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Month after month, year after year, the decade-long ordeal of three Cleveland women takes shape in the charges against the man accused of... - PAGE B3
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Cargo recalled as advocate for poor
SANTA FE (AP) — Former Gov. David Cargo, known as “Lonesome Dave” for campaigning alone in small towns of New Mexico, was anything but lonesome Friday as friends, family and elected officials — current and past — paid their final respects.
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At a funeral Mass in Santa Fe’s historic cathedral, Archbishop Michael Sheehan remembered Cargo as a liberal Republican who advocated for His-
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panics and Native Americans and tried to improve literacy in the state. “He was clearly for the underdog, and clearly for the poor,” Sheehan said. Cargo was governor from 1967 through 1970. During his tenure, New Mexico enacted protections against discrimination for the blind and visually impaired. Cargo also helped raise money to build libraries in rural areas of New Mexico. Sheehan recalled that Cargo once called him ask-
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ing that the Archdiocese of Santa Fe donate unused land for the construction of a library in the tiny community of Anton Chico. “Well, one of Lonesome Dave’s little libraries sits on that land today, thanks to him,” Sheehan said. In a eulogy at the funeral, for mer Congressman and Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan Jr. said Cargo made it acceptable for Democrats in heavily Hispanic norther n New See CARGO, Page A3
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Friends and family gather in the New Mexico Capitol Rotunda for the Memorial Service for former Gov. David Cargo, Thursday.
Snowden wants asylum in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — Edward Snowden emerged from weeks of hiding in a Moscow airport Friday, still defiant but willing to stop leaking secrets about U.S. surveillance programs if Russia will give him asylum until he can move on to Latin America.
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Snowden said he was ready to meet President Vladimir Putin’s condition that he stop leaking secrets if it means Russia would give him shelter that could eventually help him get to Latin America.
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Zimmerman jury begins deliberation
Kids at the Roswell Boys & Girls Club enjoy a wet shower courtesy of the fire department, Friday.
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SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — With police and civic leaders urging calm, a jury began deliberating George Zimmerman’s fate Friday after hearing dueling portraits of the neighborhood watch captain: a cop wannabe who took the law into his own hands or a well-meaning volunteer who shot Trayvon Martin because he feared for his life. As the jury got the murder case, police in this Orlando suburb went on national television to plead for peace in Sanford and across the country, no matter what the verdict. “There is no party in this case who wants to see any violence,” Seminole County Sheriff Don Eslinger said. “We have an expectation
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There was no immediate response from Putin’s office, but speakers of both houses of the Kremlin-controlled parliament spoke in support of Snowden’s plea.
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upon this announcement that our community will continue to act peacefully.”
During closing arguments, Zimmer man’s lawyers put a concrete slab and two life-size cardboard cutouts in front of the jury box in one last attempt to convince the panel Zimmerman shot the unar med black 17-year -old in selfdefense while his head was being slammed against the pavement. Attor ney Mark O’Mara used the slab to make the point that it could serve as a weapon. He showed the cutouts of Zimmerman and Martin to demonstrate that the teenager was considerably taller. And he dis-
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Firefighters examine the damage caused to the exterior of the Town & Country Hair Salon located at the corner of W. Walnut and S. Union after the driver lost control on Friday afternoon.
‘A good life’ for longtime ham radio enthusiast See JURY, Page A3
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Former FAA air traffic controller, New Mexico State Police dispatcher and Roswell native Tommy Dow began his amateur radio hobby at age 15 and now operates with the highest class of license available.
As a teen in Roswell, Tommy Dow was gung-ho for electronics. His father would ask him about the gadgets he would build to use as radios. Dow smiled as he talked about the days when he first started learning code as a young amateur radio fan. “We built our own radios back in those days,” Dow said. “I learned what not to
touch. It was just a challenge that you built things. You started out small and worked up. Today, you go buy it.” After studying and learning the code diligently, Dow’s parents drove him to Los Angeles to take his test to become licensed as a ham radio operator when he turned 15. The sight of the courthouse itself was intimidating, he said. “I was scared to death before I even got to take my test,” he said.
Dow continued his quest to lear n everything he could about amateur radio. He now holds the highest license available, authorizing him to have access to all frequencies and bands available. “I’ve always had an interest in electronics,” Dow said.
Dow has also passed down his interest to his oldest daughter, a math teacher at New Mexico Military Institute. He gave her a teaching manual one Thanksgiving. By Christmas, his friend administered to her a code test and she passed with a perfect score, he said. See SPOTLIGHT, Page A3