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Inside The New Mexic
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September 19,
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Poverty rate rises in New Mexico
The church is debating whether Catholics who divorce can remarry without an annulment. PAGE A-2
Thursday indicates that 21.9 percent of New Mexico residents lived in poverty last year, roughly 22,000 more people than in 2012. That’s a jump of just over By Russell Contreras 1 percent. The state remains well above and Jesse J. Holland the national poverty rate, which was The Associated Press 15.8 percent in 2013 compared to 15.9 percent the year before. ALBUQUERQUE — The nation was “It’s a crisis,” said Javier Benavidez, encouraged by news this week that the executive director of the Albuquerquepoverty rate across the United States had based SouthWest Organizing Project, an dropped for the first time since 2006. But anti-poverty organization. “Our public the U.S. Census Bureau had gloomier policies that nibble at the edges aren’t news Thursday for New Mexico, which cutting it.” saw a spike in its number of poor resiBenavidez said elected officials need dents last year and continued to maintain to come up with more bold solutions to the nation’s second-highest percentage of fight poverty in the state. those living below the poverty line. The Census Bureau report released Please see POVERTY, Page A-8
U.S. judge won’t rule on pot ballot dispute A U.S. magistrate says she lacks authority to decide case. PAGE B-1
ISIS funds OK’d; Kurd towns taken The Senate approves funds to train Syrian rebels while ISIS militias force Kurds from 20 towns.
2nd-highest percentage in nation called ‘a crisis’
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SHARING SANTA FE
Inez Garcia
Santa Fe mother went missing in 1952, and her husband was long a suspect in her disappearance.
City-funded Instagram campaign reaches 4 million with images reflecting well-known culture, daily routines
Scotland sticking with Great Britain
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Lead in cold case may fizzle, police say
Residents vote against seeking independence By Jill Lawless and Gregory Katz The Associated Press
EDINBURGH, Scotland — Scottish voters have rejected independence, deciding to remain part of the United Kingdom after a historic referendum that shook the country to its core. The decision prevented a rupture of a 307-year union with England, bringing a huge sigh of relief to the British political establishment. Scots voted 55 percent to 45 percent against independence in a vote that saw an unprecedented turnout. A majority of voters did not embrace Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond’s impassioned plea to launch a new state, choosing instead the security offered by remaining in the United Kingdom. Salmond conceded defeat, saying “we know it is a majority for the No campaign” and called on Scots to accept the results of the vote. He said the voted “has been triumph for the democratic process.” Salmond had argued that Scots could go it alone because of its extensive oil reserves and high levels of ingenuity and education. He said Scotland would flourish on its own, free of interference from any London-based government. Nonetheless, the skilled 59-yearold leader of the Scottish National Party came close to winning independence — his long-cherished goal — and still won a promise of new
Please see SCOTLAND, Page A-8
CDC urges flu shots The CDC is urging almost all Americans to get a flu shot and provides some tips. PAGE B-10
Index
Calendar A-2
Classifieds C-2
1 bone fragment to receive more testing By Uriel J. Garcia The New Mexican
Mountains. #howtosantafe. A meaty burrito smothered with green chile. #howtosantafe. Zozobra bursting into flames in front of a cheering crowd. #howtosantafe. It’s all part of a city-funded social media movement primarily on the photo-sharing service Instagram, aimed at boosting national interest in Santa Fe.
Investigators trying to solve the case of a 26-year-old Santa Fe woman who disappeared six decades ago thought they had a new lead in March when they found several bone fragments in the garage of a westside home, but Thursday they said DNA testing cast doubt on the bones’ link to Inez Garcia. Three of the four fragments were from some type of animal and the fourth will undergo more testing. The bones were unearthed at a property on Oñate Place, just west of St. Francis Drive, as part of a coldcase investigation into the 1952 disappearance of Garcia, a mother of four who had vanished without a trace. She was last seen at a Santa Fe bar. The bone fragments had been sent to a lab in Texas for DNA analysis, which determined that three of them could belong to a horse or a cow, Santa Fe police said Thursday. “The Texas lab will continue testing the last bone,” said Celina Espinoza, a spokeswoman for the Santa Fe Police Department. “We are unsure at this point even if the bone is human [and] if we will be able to extract DNA.” If police could extract DNA from
Please see IMAGES, Page A-8
Please see BONE, Page A-8
A social media movement primarily on the photo-sharing service Instagram aims to boost interest in Santa Fe. People take images from around the city and post them using the hashtag #howtosantafe.
By Chris Quintana The New Mexican
F
or the past two months, a strange amalgamation of words has started popping up next to iconic pictures of Santa Fe on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
A red sunset reflected by the Sangre de Cristo
Border Patrol officers to test using body cameras Agents will test body cameras to blunt criticism about agents’ use of force. PAGE B-4
Comics C-10
Crosswords C-3, C-9
Lotteries A-2
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Las Cruces, Sept. 14 Alfonso Catanach, 87, Sept. 14 Ernesto Sena, Sept. 14 Daniel Bish, Santa Fe, Sept. 9
Benjamin C. Chavarria, 40,
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Obituaries Mark Zaplin, Santa Fe, Sept. 17
Opinion A-9
Sports B-6
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