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WASHINGTON (AP) — As he and his family flipped the switch to light the National Christmas Tree Thursday night, President Barack Obama said he hopes the tree lasts longer than its predecessor, which died after just a year. - PAGE A7
December 7, 2012
Morsi offers nothing to defuse crisis
CAIRO (AP) — An angry Mohammed Morsi refused Thursday to call off a referendum on a disputed constitution that has sparked Egypt’s worst political crisis in two years, drawing chants of “topple the regime!” from protesters who waved their shoes in contempt.
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The Egyptian president’s uncompromising stand came a night after thousands of his supporters and opponents fought pitched battles outside his Cairo palace, leaving at least six dead and 700 injured.
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Speaking in a nationally televised address, Morsi accused some in the opposition of serving remnants of Hosni Mubarak’s authoritarian regime and vowed he would never tolerate anyone working for the overthrow of his “legitimate” government.
That brought shouts of “the people want to topple the regime!” from the crowd of 30,000 Morsi opponents — the same chant used in the protests that brought down Mubarak.
Morsi also invited the opposition to a “comprehensive and productive”
dialogue starting Saturday at his presidential palace, but gave no sign that he might offer any meaningful concessions. The opposition has already refused to engage Morsi unless he first rescinds decrees giving him nearly unrestricted powers and shelves the draft constitution hurriedly adopted by his Islamist allies in a marathon session last week. Morsi said the referendum on the disputed charter would go ahead as See EGYPT, Page A3
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Egyptian protesters stand behind barbed wire on a road leading to the presidential palace during a protest against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, in Cairo, Thursday.
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Farewell, and thanks for everything Selena Darra receives a hug from Arina Conde while leading the line of graduates with Kaci Chavez, right, as they prepare for ENMU-R’s 58th Commencement Convocation at the Roswell Convention and Civic Center, Thursday evening.
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Goddard’s road to the state finals hasn’t exactly been a smooth trip. But the Rockets traversed it unscathed and will play for the championship for the sixth time in the past seven years. The path to a title goes through Los Lunas and formidable Tiger team that is beating its opponents by 35.3 points per game this season. - PAGE B1
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Eastern New Mexico UniversityRoswell graduated more than 100 students in its 58th Commence-
ment Convocation, Thursday, at the Roswell Convention and Civic Center. The featured speaker was presidential scholar Arely Miramontes, who received an Associate of Arts degree in University Studies.
Miramontes, 19, received her first scholarship when she was in first grade and earned a number of college credits at ENMU-R while attending Roswell High School until
SANTA FE (AP) — Two outside political groups free from New Mexico’s campaign contribution limits spent nearly $4 million to influence legislative races, which ended up with Democrats retaining control of the House and Senate. According to a campaign finance report filed on Thursday, a political committee with ties to Republican Gov. Susana Martinez spent $2.4 million in the primary and general election campaigns. The group — Refor m New Mexico Now — paid for advertising and mailings in 31 House and Senate races, including several Democratic primary contests, according to Jay McCleskey, the governor’s political adviser. A Democratic-leaning political group called Patriot Majority New Mexico dumped almost $1.4 million into general election contests. The group was formed in August and received most of its money from labor unions. It backed about 20 House and Senate candidates, according
Cops bust cadet Pearl Harbor survivor helps on Texas warrant identify unknown dead Jessica Palmer Record Staff Writer
The Roswell Police Department arrested a New Mexico Military Institute cadet on Wednesday on a Texas warrant for charges of online solicitation of a minor and aggravated sexual assault of a child. Aljandro Garcia, 19, was arrested around 1l a.m. Wednesday as a fugitive from Texas justice. Garcia met the RPD and NMMI police officers Wednesday, at which time he gave the police permission to hold his laptop. The computer
Aljandro Garcia
was wanted in the Collin County, Texas, investiga-
See ENMU-R, Page A3
HONOLULU (AP) — Ray Emory could not accept that more than one quarter of the 2,400 Americans who died at Pearl Harbor were buried, unidentified, in a volcanic crater. And so he set out to restore names to the dead. Emory, a survivor of the attack, doggedly scoured decades-old documents to piece together who was who. He pushed, and sometimes badgered, the government into relabeling more than 300 gravestones with the ship names of the deceased. And he lobbied for forensic scientists to exhume the skeletons of those who might be identified. Today, the 71-year anniversary of the Japanese attack, the Navy and National
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Park Service will honor the 91-year-old former sailor for his determination to have Pearl Harbor remembered, and remembered accurately. “Some of the time, we suffered criti-
Farmers Country Market ‘builds’ new uptown store See CADET, Page A3
ILISSA GILMORE RECORD STAFF WRITER
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Farmers Market owner Bill Fenn, left, and General Manager Robert Garcia show off the store’s recent improvements and added amenities, Thursday.
Farmers Country Market, 2800 N. Main St., is having a two-week celebration — a grand opening — following an expansive and expensive renovation. Owner Bill Fenn, of Fenn Foods Inc., said he considers it an “opening” rather than a re-opening because “we basically built a new store.” “This particular location is the best location I own and we were underutilizing
it,” he said. “So, I decided we were going to do something and we were going to do it right.”
The renovation project started in February and ended at the end of October. With an additional 10,000 square feet, the store boasts an all new, spacious interior featuring décor and architecture inspired by souther n Europe and the Mediterranean. “Bill’s vision was to give Roswell this uptown feel with an uptown store,” said
See PEARL, Page A3
Fenn Foods General Manager Robert Garcia. Fenn said the goal was to do something not just different, but special for the city and its residents. “Whether you’re wealthy or you’re struggling, we wanted you to be comfortable,” he said. The aisles feature many new products, such as a wide range of domestic and imported beers, wines and liquors and an international selection of cheeses. See FARMERS, Page A3