Concord Monitor du lieu suivant : Concord, New Hampshire • 1

Anthem faces critical test Concord A ibm JsSsL Sox hold on for 3 2 victory Monitor Concord New Hampshire' 60 Laconia Sex case under scrutiny Jurors not given all facts in Sargent case By ANNMARIE TIMMINS Monitor staff LACONIA When a Belknap County jury con victed Wayne Sargent of raping and sexually assaulting his two stepchildren and one of their friends in 1997 they knew in detail what the 'chil dren had accused him of this country (sex offenses) are the most closely scrutinized most intensely investigated crimes of anything we prosecute 99 Merrimack County Attorney Michael Johnson What they know was one of the victims previously had accused another man of similar charges that never stuck or that there is a history of sexual abuse in her family Nor did they know that the girl who was 10 at the time had alleged ly oeen caugni acting sexually inappropriately with other chil dren Reached two years later most of jurors thought they should have been given more information about the past While they say any of it would have nec essarily changed their guilty ver dicts they did think' it would have helped them evaluate the credibility think any juror would want to know that when you are going into a room and you are judg ing a said juror Barry Lehneman of Gil ford want the fair thing to happen to me otherwise you can put an innocent person Similarly some jurors who learned after the trial that Sargent had been accused of similar crimes previously were upset that they know that either 1 A group of legislators is trying to change the sex offender laws to allow jurors more informa tion about the cases they deliberate (Although nothing on the list suggests the group is going to lobby to let the past or current charges be given to the jury) Sargent is following the efforts closely especially since learn ing in July that the state Supreme Court had overturned his guilty verdict on unrelated legal matters and ordered him a new trial Likewise the legislators are closely watching case hoping his legal battles will fuel their own quest to change the laws regarding the investigation prosecution and sentencing in sex offense cases The study committee has met once and sched uled meetings for next month Hillsboro Rep Maxwell Sargent who is not related to Wayne Sargent optimistic his group will have come to any decisions in time for trial schcd uled for Nov 29 Sargent however is hoping the See SARGENT Page A 5 Embracing the campaign trail Tipper Gore pitches her husband to state union By GWEN ILOSA Monitor staff MANCHESTER Appealing to New labor leaders yesterday Tipper Gore marketed her husband Vice President Al Gore as the presidential candidate and promised he would veto any piece of anti worker leg islation is a committed pro union pro worker public servant who will always be there for Gore said at the state AL annual Labor Day breakfast husband is not about to let anyone roll back labor she added later In a cheery keynote speech Gore listed the vice record on labor issues including his desire to expand the amily and Medical Leave Act which gives employees unpaid time off to deal with medical problems or a birth and his call for equal pay among men and women But while the second lady received a welcome at the Manchester banquet hall where a crowd of union members was flanked by Manchester politicians state lawmakers and Gov Jeanne Shaheen union leaders made clear they yet chosen a primary player Before introducing Gore state AL CIO President Mark MacKcnzie briefly mentioned her rival for the Democratic nomination Bill Bradley be he said) and invited Bradley supporters to stand prompt See GORE Page A 5 iwmi I 1 1 1 'A WMKlfigMr iflr? 'll tin wjsi i JStrYSlirt 1 I J' Ah a MaBmk TalBBML JIM COLE AP Republican presidential Hopkinton candidate Elizabeth Dole greets Tipper Gore wife of Democratic candidate Al Gore Manchester before a Labor Day parade in Milford Dole feeds the animals well but not the pundits By ED HURLEY Monitor staff Despite threats of rain presidential candidate Elizabeth Dole strolled through the Hopkinton State air yes terday shaking hands patting animals and outlining briefly some of the issues her campaign will focus on this fall Declining to specifically say what differentiates her from other Republi can candidates Dole said am going to be focusing on Elizabeth campaign am going to continue to refine my positions on education and she told a small group of reporters She also cited the need to increase spending on defense and to stem illegal drug use Dole said she wanted to provide tax relief to working families who pay almost 40 percent of their income in taxes While people are being taxed so high national spending on defense is at its lowest percentage in 50 years Dole said A few weeks ago Dole came in third in the Iowa straw poll behind Texas Gov George Bush and millionaire publish er Steve orbes who both outspent her On Sunday the Boston Globe published a poll of likely New Hampshire voters that showed Dole running second behind Bush and just ahead of Arizona Sen John McCain While Dole said she was pleased by her second place show ing she added: get my passion from See POLE Page A 6 Agreatballplayerfan even greater man Red Rolfe shined for the Yankees By YURI PRIDE Monitor staff When Red Rolfe died about 20 family members gathered in Penacook for a private and sim i4lio sliapen tlie ceniiiry pie ceremony Rolfe a boastful man in life and his funer al over done Despite the fact that he had meant so much to and done so much for the peo pie of New Hamp shire the service was closed to the public remember driving down to the cemetery There were a number of people just there standing on the sidewalk not said Don Randall nephew and a pallbearer at his funeral knew it was a pri vate thing but they wanted to say good Courtesy photo It vW 'A yT A 1 lirL rW' i iJv tn JM Im k'Mi 4 jNmhP 1 Rolfe shown in action in 1935 may have reached even greater success if illness and injury had not shortened his career with the Yankees bye" They were waving goodbye to a New Hampshire hero Red Rolfe played alongside Babe Ruth He won five World Series with Joe DiMaggio He was on the best team in the biggest town when baseball was the king of sports Throughout his years wearing pinstripes with the New York Yankees though he remained grounded he was always a New England Yankee at heart And when his playing and managing career was over ne came home to be the athletic director at his alma mater Dart mouth College The people of New Hampshire loved and respected him for it But Red Rolfe was respected for more than that He was respected because of the way he played baseball the way he never for Sot where he came from and the way he eiped fellow Granite Staters get their children into Dartmouth He was respected because he was dedicated Most of all though Rolfe was respected because he was someone you wanted your kids to grow up like Red Rolfe then Robert Abial Rolfe grew up in Penacook as an ordinary boy with extraordinary talent though it was See ROLE Page A 6 Wet Cloudy with showers likely today High near 80 Showers tonight Low in the 60s Ash ley Lionetta of Alton draws a rainy day El Page 2 CALENDAR 10 COMICS 6 4 LOCAL STATE OBITUARIES 2 SPORTS TV 9 6 15579 00001 8 Io start your ktsoiw! sub ion to the Concord A1initiir cull 224 4287 To place an klvcrtiscment in the classified sivtion call 224 7777 or laA228 82J8.