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Roswell Daily Record

Vol. 120, No. 202 50¢ Daily / $1 Sunday

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RENE, S.D. (AP) — When the nearly 300 students of the Irene-Wakonda School District returned to school this week, they found a lot of old friends, teachers and familiar routines awaiting them. But one thing was missing: Friday classes.

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Gadhafi’s regime teeters on collapse TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was nowhere to be found Monday as his 42year rule teetered on the brink of collapse. Months of NATO airstrikes have left his Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli largely demolished. Most of his security forces fled or surrendered when rebel forces rolled into the capital Sunday night and

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took control of most of the city. And three of his sons are under arrest. A mood of joy mixed with trepidation settled over the capital, with the rebels still fighting pockets of fierce resistance from regime loyalists firing mortars and anti-aircraft guns. Rebel spokesman Mohammed Abdel-Rahman, who was in Tripoli, said the “danger is still there” as long as Gad-

hafi remains on the run. “The real moment of victory is when Gadhafi is captured,” Mustafa AbdelJalil, head of the rebel National T ransitional Council, told a news conference in the opposition’s de facto capital of Benghazi, hundreds of miles east of Tripoli. He said the rebels have no idea where Gadhafi is and whether he is even in T ripoli. An

Obama administration official said the U.S. had no indication that Gadhafi had left Libya. President Barack Obama said the situation in Libya reached a tipping point in recent days after a five month NATO-led bombing campaign. However, he acknowledged that the situation remained fluid and that elements of the regime remained a threat.

ENMU-R plane is finally unveiled

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Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Aviation Maintenance Technology students check out their newly painted Boeing 727-100 during a ceremony with school officials and Dean Baldwin Painting employees, Monday. EMILY RUSSO MILLER RECORD STAFF WRITER

Easter n New Mexico University-Roswell avia-

tion students now have a new toy to play with — a commercial jet. School of ficials on Monday unveiled the Boe-

Feds wrapping up N.M. border gun smuggling case

FELIX JONES OFF TO STRONG START ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Felix Jones is doing it again, getting into open space and shimmying his way into wider, more open spaces. Through two preseason games, Jones is... - PAGE B1

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See GADHAFI Page A7

Final pre-trial held for Madsen JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER

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• Juried Art Show in progress at RMAC • RHS initiates Freshmen Academy • Roswell FM filming in progress • Parent calls RHS north parking lot ‘dangerous’ • Lady Coyotes down Goddard, 2-1

The Obama administration official said U.S. officials and NATO partners had not been in contact with Gadhafi during the siege on Tripoli. However, the official said American and NATO representatives, as well as Libyan rebels, had all been in contact with people around Gadhafi,

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — Federal prosecutors are close to wrapping up their case against a group of border town officials accused of helping to smuggle hundreds of guns into Mexico. A change of plea hearing is scheduled in Las Cruces on Thursday for Columbus police chief Angelo Vega, who faces a felony conspiracy charge. The town’s former mayor, a former town trustee and nearly a dozen other people already have pleaded guilty in the case. If Vega changes his plea to guilty, there will be just two defendants left to resolve their charges, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Attor ney’s office in West Texas, which took over prosecution of the case. One of those is a fugitive who was never arrested. The other, Gabriela Gutierrez, is accused of

making false statements, aiding and abetting and conspiracy. Former Columbus Mayor Eddie Espinoza was the first to change his plea to guilty last month. Since then, 11 others have followed suit. Espinoza’s attor ney, Howard Anderson, said Monday that everyone had been “pretty much lined up” to change their pleas to guilty in the case following their arrest in a federal sting in April. But he said the agreements have all been sealed so it’s unclear who might have made deals for leniency. “It’s hard to say,” Anderson said. “It’s a question of what they could and could not prove. ... Obviously some have deals.” See FEDS Page A7

ing 727-100 that sparkled with a new coat of paint courtesy of aircraft paint service specialists Dean Baldwin

Inc. who did the $80,000 paint job for free. “This is fantastic,” Dr. John Madden, president See PLANE Page A7

The final pre-trial hearing was held in the State of New Mexico v. Jeannie Madsen, Monday after noon. Judge Magistrate Martha M. Proctor presided from Carrizozo while State’s appointed special prosecutor Scot Key called in from Las Cruces. Jeannie Madsen and defense attorney S. Douglas Jones Witt phoned in from Witt’s Roswell offices. The case resulted when Roswell Police Detective Jeannie Madsen, an 11-year veteran, was arrested in January. According to the criminal comSee MADSEN Page A7

First week down! Many more to go!

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Roswell area school children disembark a bus Friday afternoon after completing the first week of the new school year.

Man, 23, arrested in Market begins to feed economic fear fatal shooting, Saturday JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER

The man shot on the 800 block of East Albuquerque Street, around 3:30 p.m. Saturday, died at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center, before he could be flown out to a regional hospital. The victim originally named as Jeri Cole was in fact, Jericole Coleman, 21. Coleman received multiple gunshot wounds. Roswell Police spokesman Officer Travis Holley would not say how many. “His condition was very, very serious.” Mario Montoya, 23, was detained soon after the

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shooting. “He was detained See SHOOTING Page A7

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is starting to feed economic fear, not just reflect it. Stocks have fallen four weeks in a row. Some on Wall Street worry that t he r esu lt in g b low t o confidence, not to mention 401(k) statements, h as se t of f a spi ral o f f ear t ha t cou ld p u sh prices even lower, cause people and businesses to pull back and tip the e co nom y i n t o a n ew recession. “I’m nervous that fear will lead companies to stop hiring and people to stop spending,” says Jim

Paulsen, chief investment strategist of Wells C ap it al M an age men t , famous for his usually bullish take on the markets. A home sales r eport this past week showed t h a t m or e sales th an usual fell apart at the last minute, which suggests plunging stocks an d d ism al econ om ic news gave buyers cold feet. At least 16 percent of deals were canceled ahead of closings last month, four times the rate in May. Beth Ann Bovino, senior economist at Stan-

dard & Poor’s, says that an ot h er b ig p lu n ge in stocks could “push us closer to the brink.” The Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index ended F r id ay at 1 ,1 2 3 .5 3 , down 5 percent for the week . Th e av er age is down 16 percent during t h e fou r - week l osin g streak. One reason for t h e d r op is fear t h at another recession, if not certain, is more likely now. T h e ru n of bad ec onomic news started last month when the government said the economy See FEAR Page A2


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