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Whiplash! Dow up 423 THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The fragile economy and wildly gyrating financial markets could put enormous pressure on Congress’ new debt-reduction supercommittee. Yet even as leaders finished naming the bipartisan panel’s members, it remained uncertain that it will ultimately agree ... - PAGE B3
August 12, 2011
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NEW YORK (AP) — Lurching higher in its week of whiplash, Wall Street recorded one of its biggest gains of all time Thursday after investors seized on a few signs that the economy might just be able to avoid a new recession. The Dow Jones industrial average soared 423 points. It had already fallen 634 points Monday, risen 429 Tuesday and fallen 519 Wednesday. Never before has the Dow had four 400point swings in a row. The pieces of news that
sent Wall Street rocketing higher were not exactly blockbusters: Cisco Systems said its profit was better than expected, the job market got a little better, and France tried to raise confidence in its shaken banking system. But this is a week in which any move by the market — higher or lower — seems to touch off an investor stampede. So it was on Thursday, when stocks shot higher at the opening bell and never turned around.
The four days of trading this week have been the wildest for the market since the financial crisis during the fall of 2008. Each day has instantly taken a place in Wall Street history. The Dow’s losses on Monday and Wednesday were its sixth- and ninth-largest by points, and its gains on Tuesday and Thursday were the 10th- and 11thlargest. The Standard & Poor’s See DOW, Page A7
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Trader Peter Tuchman works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday.
Council tables tinting EMILY RUSSO MILLER RECORD STAFF WRITER
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Swapnil Ukey writes his contact information to enter a raffle at the Bethel Baptist Church table during the Business Showcase at the Roswell Convention and Civic Center, Thursday. Offering encouragement and brownies are, from left, church members Karen Partain, Jodie McDaniel and Pinky McDaniel.
Businesses showcase themselves well VANESSA KAHIN RECORD STAFF WRITER
The prowess and creativity of many local businesses became evident in the for m of attention-
STRICKER LEADS AT PGA
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. (AP) — Steve Stricker had a shot at history and Tiger Woods made some of his own. Just not the kind he wanted. What a wild first day at the PGA Championship. Stricker missed a 10-foot birdie putt at his final hole Thursday, just a hair away from becoming the first player to shoot 62 in a major championship. He had no complaints, though, about settling for a 7-under score and the opening-round lead ... - PAGE B1
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grabbing giveaways and several expensive raffle prizes during Roswell’s 11th annual Business Showcase at the Convention and Civic Center, Thursday.
Representatives from Krumland Auto Group — which covers Roswell Toyota, Honda, Hyundai and Scion —gave away items from “cute T-shirts to hot, pink panties,” said Staci
Vandewart, marketing director for Krumland. Aside from the items at their booth, Krumland was also represented well
City councilors tabled a proposed ordinance that would change the city’s regulations on vehicular window tinting during their meeting Thursday evening. Councilors said they needed more time to consider the amendment, which would mirror the state’s existing regulations on window tinting, and that they would likely schedule and advertise a public city council workshop or committee meeting on the issue in the near future. The current city ordinance states that the percentage of available light transmitted through the tinting material must be at least 35 percent. The proposed ordinance, which is the same as the state’s regulation, changes the percentage to 20. The proposed ordinance also states that drivers and
City fixes plumbing; State verifies immigrants’ OK to do the wash licenses; USPS returns 25% EMILY RUSSO MILLER RECORD STAFF WRITER
Roswell residents can pick up their gardening hoses and tur n on the sprinklers again, and return to their normal level of water usage, city officials said Thursday. The city’s water supply is slowly climbing back up to normal levels, they say, after two major water mains broke within the past week, forcing the city to ask residents on Wednesday morning to discontinue water usage for non-essential purposes for 48 hours. “Everybody can return
back to normal consumption (as of Thursday night),” City Water and Wastewater Manager Art Torrez said, adding, “We’re very happy with everybody cooperating. It was a good community effort to resolve a community problem.” The city lost about 5 million gallons of water in 24 hours when a pipe fitting on a water line in northeast Roswell, at the intersection of East Berrendo Road and Bandolina Drive, blew around 11 p.m. Tuesday, which flooded the street
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — More than a quarter of the letters sent out as part of an effort to verify whether immigrants who received a New Mexico driver’s license are still state residents were retur ned by the post office, Gov. Susana Martinez’s office said Thursday . The check covers a random sample of 10,000 license holders who are foreign nationals. It was initiated about three weeks ago by the governor, a vocal critic of a
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state law that allows people without a Social Security number, such as illegal immigrants, to obtain a driver’s license. Immigrants’ rights advocates have been critical of the license checks as well as the governor’s plan to ask lawmakers to repeal the law during a special legislative session next month. Martinez contends the license policy poses a security risk. Martinez spokesman Scott Darnell said Thursday the certification effort is intended to determine
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the “seriousness and scope of the problem” of non-residents coming to New Mexico to get driver’s licenses. “As we’ve seen, there have been a number of fraud rings that have been broken up where people are being trafficked into New Mexico to get a driver’s license, paying between $500 and $6,000 per license,” Darnell said. Out of the 10,000 letters that have been
RMAC to open new exhibit Aug. 13 Vandals deface 44 cars See WATER, Page A7
JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
VANESSA KAHIN RECORD STAFF WRITER
Humankind has been arguing which has more merit — art or nature— for centuries. But a new exhibit at the Roswell Museum and Art Center seeks to propose the two are not extreme opposites, after all. The museum’s 2011 Invitational Exhibition, titled Natural Beauty, includes works made from media as diverse as ash from a devastating fire, Xray film, and embroidery See RMAC, Page A7
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Artist Ana Maria Hernando installs the last few parts of her piece, Pongco, III (Circle of Power, III) at the Roswell Museum and Art Center’s Russell Vernon Hunter Gallery, Thursday.
Vandals quite literally painted the town red, Wednesday night into the early hours of Thursday morning. “The first calls came in around 2 a.m.,” said Officer Travis Holley, spokesman for Roswell Police Department. “As of 11 o’clock this morning, we have received 44 reports of criminal damage.” In most instances, the vandals painted a single red stripe across vehicles. “It appears they just slowed down and spray painted a straight line,” he said. The damage reports come
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from all across Roswell. “It looks like they started in the north,” said Holley. RPD incident reports indicate seven cases in the 2800 block of Encanto Drive alone. Among the places hit: Tierra Berrenda Drive, North Garden Avenue, Cajun Court, North Main Street, La Jolla Lane, Delicado Drive and Mescalero Road. The vehicles from the Roswell Independent School District were also damaged. “Any car that was parked on the street was a target,” said Holley. Due to the extent of the damages, Holley could not See VANDALS, Page A7