04-12-11

Page 1

Roswell Daily Record

Vol. 120, No. 88 50¢ Daily / $1 Sunday

INSIDE NEWS

THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY

TUESDAY

www.rdrnews.com

Obama’s plan: Everything on the table WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, plunging into the rancorous struggle over America’s mountainous debt, will draw sharp dif ferences with Republicans Wednesday over how to conquer trillions of dollars in spending while somehow working out a compromise to raise some taxes and trim a cherished program like Medicare.

CONTEST DRAWS CROWD

April 12, 2011

Obama’s speech will set a new long-term deficit-reduction goal and establish a dramatically different vision from a major Republican proposal that aims to cut more than $5 trillion over the next decade, officials said Monday.

Obama will acknowledge a need to reduce spending on Medicare and Medicaid while at the same time tackling defense spending and calling for increased taxes on the wealthy, White House officials said

Details of Obama’s plan are being closely held so far, but the deficit-cutting target probably will fall between the $1.1 trillion he proposed in his 2012 budget proposal and the $4 trillion that a fiscal commission he appointed recommended in December.

The speech is intended as a declaration of Obama’s commitment to

seriously tame the deficit while outlining his long-term budget principles — key components of his campaign for re-election in 2012. After gingerly avoiding any discussion until now of cuts in the government’s massive benefit programs for the elderly and poor, Obama will acknowledge a need to reduce spending on Medicare and

Medicaid while at the same time tackling defense spending and calling for increased taxes on the wealthy, White House officials said. If that sounds like a reprise of last week’s budget fight that barely avoided a government shutdown, it isn’t. The stakes are far higher, the political risks greater and the goals more ambitious. At issue are longterm budget deficits and a $14.3 trillion national debt that many say could threaten the nation’s economy. The cuts accomplished last week

UFO memo creates buzz

Hundreds of Roswell women came out to register for Eastern New Mexico Medical Center’s Lose It to Win It weight loss contest on Monday. “I came out for additional help in getting the weight off that I need to get off,” said Carolyn Weems of Roswell. - PAGE A5

TOP 5

MATTHEW ARCO RECORD STAFF WRITER

WEB For The Last 24 Hours

• KRB commemorates Arbor Day at zoo • Stop Bullying to launch • Esperanza House • Fire damages homes • RPD arrests, charges camera-theft suspects

INSIDE SPORTS

Jonathan Entzminger photo

SCHWARTZEL WINS MASTERS AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The finishing touch of a most amazing Masters was Charl Schwartzel slipping into a green jacket. Until that moment late Sunday afternoon, everything else at Augusta National was up for grabs. - PAGE B1

TODAY’S OBITUARIES • Carrie Lee Mirick • Leonard “Dutch” Winterheld • Lori Salcido - PAGE B3

HIGH ...87˚ LOW ....44˚

TODAY’S FORECAST

CLASSIFIEDS..........B6 COMICS.................B4 ENTERTAINMENT.....B6 FINANCIAL .............B5 GENERAL ..............A3 HOROSCOPES ........B6 LOTTERIES ............A2 OPINION ................A4 SPORTS ................B1 WEATHER ............A10

INDEX

See OBAMA, Page A6

Amanda Dawkins rallies with Roswell Healthy Schools Support Group, at Pioneer Plaza on Monday.

Healthy school group rallies for kids JONATHAN ENTZMINGER RECORD STAFF WRITER

Roswell Healthy Schools Support Group rallied for two hours at Pioneer Plaza, in conjunction with National Healthy Schools Day on Monday. “This is our first year (doing this),” Nicole Vargas, RHSSG founder, said. “We hope to implement this ... to bring awareness to healthy schools and to our children’s health.” The group, founded by Vargas,

claims their children aquired chronic inflammatory response syndrome, as a result of mold from water damaged buildings throughout the Roswell Independent School District. RHSSG seeks to get “sick kids” out of local schools and “get them educated with district-supplied homebound instruction.” Not everyone in the community is on board with RHSSG’s mission. Roswell residents like Gloria Moreno, parent of a Goddard High School student and former graduate of the school herself, believes

White Fire now 95 percent contained

Fire officials announced Monday that the Ruidoso White Fire that charred more than 10,350 acres of land was about 95 percent contained. The news release also announced that total personnel on scene was cut down to about 60 individuals and that outside resources were also released Monday. The remaining crew will continue mop up operations. The fire started April 3 just east of Ruidoso and quickly spread with the help of extreme dry conditions and high winds. Five homes and numerous outbuildings were destroyed as the blaze consumed more than 9,600 acres of National Forest and 753 acres of municipal and private land. The cause of the blaze is still being investigated. The Bureau of Land Management announced Monday fire restrictions set for BLM lands in southern and southeastern New Mexico. The restrictions, which prohibit campfires, smoking, possessing or discharging fireworks, operating chainsaws and welding on BLM will take effect Wednesday at 8 a.m. Earlier in the month, Lincoln National Forest officials announced Stage 2 fire restrictions within the Lincoln National Forest. Those restrictions have been in effect since April 7.

RHSSG’s mold claims are untrue. GHS is one of several schools that RHSSG believes has mold. “I think it’s a bunch of bull,” Moreno said. “I don’t believe it. I went there, my ex-husband went there. my son went there — he graduated in 2007. My daughter is (getting ready) to graduate—none of us have anything. I honestly don’t believe. I hope (their efforts) backfire on them—to be honest with you ... See RALLY, Page A6

Among thousands of public documents made available by a recently launched FBI online database, one has caught the attention of UFO fanatics, researchers and skeptics alike. Filed in the bureau’s electronic reading room, The Vault, is a single page memo dated March 22, 1950, from a special agent, Guy Hottel, and addressed to J. Edgar Hoover, then the director of the FBI. Hottel titled the subject line “flying saucers” and described information given to an unnamed special agent with the FBI. It reads: “An investigator for the Air Force stated that three so-called flying saucers had been recovered in New Mexico. They were described as being circular in shape with raised centers, approximately 50 feet in diameter. Each one was occupied by three bodies of human shape but only 3 feet tall, dressed in metallic cloth of very fine texture. Each body was bandaged in a manner similar to the blackout suits used by speed flyers and test pilots. “According to Mr. [Redacted] informant, the saucers were found in New Mexico due to the fact that the Government has a very high-powered radar set-up in that area and it is believed the radar interferes with the controlling mechanism of the saucers.” Hottel never wrote whether he was discussing See UFO, Page A6

Ivory Coast standoff ends with capture

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — The elected president of this West African nation heralded “the dawn of a new era of hope” Monday when a bloody, four month standoff ended with the capture of his rival, the longtime strongman who lost the vote but refused to give up power. Video of former President Laurent Gbagbo being led into a room in a white undershirt was broadcast on television as proof of his detention. He would not sign a statement formally ceding power after losing a Nov. 28 election to economist Alassane Ouattara. More than 1 million civilians fled their homes and untold numbers were killed in the power struggle between the two rivals that threatened to re-ignite a civil war in the world’s largest cocoa producer. Gbagbo’s security forces

AP Photo

Local residents gathered around a television react at the end of a televised address by internationally recognized leader Alassane Ouattara, hours after the capture of strongman Laurent Gbagbo, in the village of Kossihen, 27 km outside Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday.

have been accused of using cannons, 60 mm mortars and 50-caliber machine guns to mow down opponents during the standoff.

“After more than four

months of post-electoral See IVORY, Page A6


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.