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Harvey's Son Delivers Eulogy at Service

CHICAGO -- Paul Harvey's son used his father's words for the eulogy at a public funeral service for the radio legend in Chicago, the city from which he launched his national news and commentary show.

"A great tree has fallen," Paul Harvey Jr. said Saturday, quoting his father's send-off for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. "An empty place has opened up against the sky."

The broadcaster died in Phoenix on Feb. 28, less than a year after the death of his wife of nearly 68 years, Lynne Harvey. He was 90.

Their son recalled his father's start on radio for the 200 mourners at the Fourth Presbyterian Church on the Magnificent Mile. When his father first applied for a job on radio, he was given a broom and told to sweep up, Harvey Jr. said.

Harvey had been heard nationally since 1951, when he began his "News and Comment" for ABC Radio Networks.

He was credited with inventing or popularizing terms such as "skyjacker," "Reaganomics" and "guesstimate."

Staccato delivery, long pauses and phrases such as "Stand by for news!" were Harvey's hallmarks.

In 2005, Harvey received the presidential Medal of Freedom. He also was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame, as was his wife.

Riders From Mexico, U.S. Reenact 1916 Raid

COLUMBUS, N.M. -- Scores of Mexican riders, some dressed as bandits and toting sabers, trotted across the U.S. border Saturday to remember a raid by Francisco "Pancho" Villa that left 18 Americans dead and this dusty U.S. frontier town a smoking ruin.

The riders crossed the border in an annual commemoration of bandit-turned-revolutionary Villa's bloody attack during the Mexican Revolution in March 1916.

The reenactment is organized by historical enthusiasts from both sides of the border and draws hundreds of tourists and residents.

"Today we come in peace; we have no guns," said Narciso Martinez, 57, a rancher from the Mexican state of Durango, dressed as Villa in a pith helmet, cravat and spurs, and twirling a saber above his head.