The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from January 1999

The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) archives from January 1999

Wage act simmers under heat in Santa Fe.
January 30, 1999... Byline: Tim Archuleta and Steve Rabourn TRIBUNE REPORTERS Legislature 1999 One by one, they stood up and told stories about bookkeeping nightmares, inflated wages and wasted state construction dollars. General contractors, state...

Couple warns about scheme for easy loans.
January 30, 1999... Byline: Gutierrez Krueger TRIBUNE REPORTER All Deatra and Scott Eichinger wanted was a home, big enough for their family, their computer business and their mission to help families of abducted children. But the roof fell in on their...

AG says she'll pursue lawsuit to block WIPP.(Local News)
January 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF SANTA FE -- Saying talks with the Department of Energy have stalled, Attorney General Patricia Madrid has announced she now plans to continue her predecessor's lawsuit seeking to block...

Judge pursues source of leak in priest case.(Local News)
January 30, 1999... Byline: Jessie Milligan TRIBUNE REPORTER State District Judge James Blackmer is continuing his quest to find out who leaked information to an Albuquerque television station about the sexual-misconduct arrest of the Rev. Robert Malloy. ...

Cashing in.(Local News)
January 30, 1999... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO: b/w PHOTO BY: Adele T. Chavez/Tribune Employees of NationsBank, 303 Roma Avenue N.W., separate coins from paper money to be counted in the Pennies For The Homeless fund-raiser. Local...

Election bonds keep taxes to update Albuquerque schools.(Local News)
January 30, 1999... Byline: Andy Lenderman TRIBUNE REPORTER Two new middle schools will be built on the West Side if voters approve current property-tax levels in Tuesday's election. If voters reject the current levels, taxes will drop. Currently,...

Chemical dietary supplement sickens 15 in New Mexico.(Local News)
January 30, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE -- A floor-stripper ingredient sold at gyms, health food stores and over the Internet is blamed for serious health problems -- ranging from cardiac arrest to coma -- in 15 New Mexicans. The Food...

Point guard change could be boon for speedy Walker.(Sports)
January 30, 1999... Byline: Edgar Thompson TRIBUNE REPORTER If the Lobos can pick up the tempo, Damion Walker just might pick up the pace. With Lamont Long back playing point guard, the University of New Mexico should push the ball upcourt more when...

Scorpions fuming about officials in shootout loss.(Sports)
January 30, 1999... Byline: Rick A. Maese TRIBUNE REPORTER According to league rules, Garry Unger is allowed to tell only half the story. "Probably one of the best hockey games you'll see," is how the New Mexico Scorpions head coach described Friday's...

Lobos drop baseball opener.(Sports)
January 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE The University of New Mexico lost 7-5 to Grand Canyon University in the season opener for both schools. Lobo starting pitcher Brian Messer gave up all seven runs in 3 1/3 innings of work....

Reeling Lobos missed Olney during last visit by BYU.(Sports)
January 30, 1999... Byline: Edgar Thompson The after shock of Royce Olney's season-ending knee injury hit hardest during Brigham Young University's last visit to The Pit. Without Olney, who suffered a torn right anterior cruciate ligament five days...

APS board election.(Insight and Opinion)
January 30, 1999... Candidates outline their priorities for the school district THE JOB Members of the seven-member Albuquerque Board of Education set policy on everything from drug tests for employees to approving teacher raises and spending on...

Surprise: Davis-Bacon was brainchild of Republicans.(Insight and Opinion)
January 30, 1999... Byline: Kate Nelson In 1931, Pennsylvania Sen. James John Davis joined with New York Rep. Robert Low Bacon in stamping their names on a law that sailed through Congress. Six years later, a state version of that law rolled into New...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
January 30, 1999... The Trib's recommendations in TVI, APS elections TVI board District 2 Ruth Connery Voters on Tuesday will elect board members for the Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute and the Albuquerque Board of Education. Here...

School vouchers might be unconstitutional, AG says.
January 30, 1999... Byline: Chris Roberts The Associated Press School voucher programs that give parents public money to send their children to private schools probably wouldn't survive a court challenge, the state attorney general says. School voucher...

Governor issues his first veto.
January 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports WEEK IN REVIEW SANTA FE: Here are the highlights of action this week in the 1999 Legislature. Republican governor Gary Johnson lobbed a grenade into the Democrat-controlled Legislature, vetoing...

AS A BAD GIRL.
January 30, 1999... Byline: Trilby Davis TRIBUNE REPORTER Albuquerque native Lynn Filusch gets her big TV break as an urban terrorist in Tom Clancys NetForce Sometimes the impossible happens. "If anybody had ever told me that I was going to be...

Number of oil rigs sinks to another record low.(Local News)
January 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF HOUSTON -- The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States plummeted by 26 to an all-time low 562 Friday, the second consecutive week for the energy industry...

CRIME STOPPERS.(Local News)
January 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Fugitive of the week: Alex Eugene Murray, 37, is wanted on narcotics charges. Police would also like to question him in connection with the May 29, 1985, slaying of Jennifer Lynn Shirm, a...

CRIME STOPPERS.(Local News)
January 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports BRIEF Crime of the week: Barry Scott Brewster was found naked and bludgeoned to death July 16 in a concrete arroyo in Snow Park near Altez and Indian School Road Northeast. Police believe he was killed...

AT A GLANCE.(Local News)
January 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF High honors: A Western filmed in New Mexico, "The Hi-Lo Country," has won the Western Heritage Award given annually by the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. The Oklahoma City-based Hall of Fame...

AT A GLANCE.(Local News)
January 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Babbitt urges protection: Before a winter storm Friday cut short his visit to the area, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt said the federal government and state must try to protect an area north...

CORRECTIONS.(Local News)
January 30, 1999... CLARIFICATION A legislative brief on Thursday may not have made clear that lobbyist Richard Roth is not a state legislator. See story 01/28/99 Pg. A4 "IGNITION INTERLOCKS FOCUS OF TWO BILLS"

First place on line as ailing Lobo women visit hot BYU.(Sports)
January 30, 1999... Byline: Michael J. Garcia TRIBUNE REPORTER Lobo women's head coach Don Flanagan doesn't need to watch any game film to realize Brigham Young will be a difficult team to beat. All Flanagan has to do is compare the last two common...

Albuquerque bowler makes finals.(Sports)
January 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE DALLAS -- Mike Miller of Albuquerque locked up the first-place seed and a berth in the championship of the Don Carter PBA Classic today. Miller defeated Jason Couch in the final match-play...

Councilors push own alternative to road tax.
January 29, 1999... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos TRIBUNE REPORTER Mayor Baca, however, says their proposal to use expected revenue increases is unrealistic Mayor Jim Baca said he still has faith in his proposed transportation tax, despite attempts from some...

Aragon: Insure drivers, not cars.
January 29, 1999... Byline: Tim Archuleta TRIBUNE POLITICAL EDITOR Legislature 1999 Senate president saida person who owns several cars shouldn't have to buy liability insurance for each. SANTA FE -- Senate President Manny Aragon has an idea he...

Archbishop cools to vouchers.
January 29, 1999... Byline: Deborah Baker THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE -- Gov. Gary Johnson appears to have lost some support for his far-reaching school voucher proposal from a former ally, Archbishop Michael Sheehan. The archbishop says he backs a...

Southwestern leaders band to oppose base closures.
January 29, 1999... Byline: Lisa Hoffman SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE Seeking strength in numbers, a coalition of states is banding together to fight off any attempts to shut military installations in the Southwest. Elected officials in New Mexico,...

Police stand by street-people policy.
January 29, 1999... Byline: Susie Gran TRIBUNE REPORTER Albuquerque police have used the same action plan for eight years to help Downtown neighborhoods deal with panhandlers, intoxicated transients and other problems on the streets. That plan will not...

Snow blankets mostly Eastern, Southern N.M.(Local News)
January 29, 1999... IN BRIEF A storm that dumped at least 5 inches of snow in some areas caused schools to close and made roads slick today throughout Eastern and Southern New Mexico. "There's about a foot of snow blown atop the north-side sidewalk....

Activist blasts makeup of oversight board.(Local News)
January 29, 1999... Byline: Gutierrez Krueger TRIBUNE REPORTER An outspoken critic of the Albuquerque Police Department is trying to block approval of the mayor's appointees for the new Police Oversight Commission, saying they do not reflect the diversity of...

An enriching experience.(Local News)
January 29, 1999... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO: b/w PHOTO BY: Toby Jorrin/Tribune Ninth-grader Cori Ann Trosterud (above) got some advice from 12th-grader Joe Marquez, 17, Thursday on a turquoise and silver turtle for a bolo tie. At...

Busy agenda will greet TVI election winners.(Local News)
January 29, 1999... Byline: Andy Lenderman TRIBUNE REPORTER Training former welfare mothers in new careers, educating high school dropouts, and preparing students for university degrees -- those are just a few of the programs three newly elected board...

Vetoes of items in feed bill anger Democratic legislators.(Legislature)
January 29, 1999... Byline: Tim Archuleta TRIBUNE POLITICAL EDITOR Legislature '99 SANTA FE -- Democratic leaders are infuriated by a veto of $2.2 million in legislative expenses, but they didn't immediately strike out at Gov. Gary Johnson. ...

Bills would slow big rigs, put them in right lane.(Legislature)
January 29, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash TRIBUNE REPORTER Legislature '99 SANTA FE -- Senate Minority Leader Skip Vernon has introduced a series of bills that would lower the speed limit for big rigs, impose fines on truckers who don't drive in the...

Aragon says health plan stands slim chance.(Legislature)
January 29, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Legislature '99 SANTA FE -- The Senate's top Democrat today advocated a major health-care overhaul that he conceded has little chance of becoming law soon. The proposal by Senate President Manny...

Senate approves $1.3 millionfor legislative staff assistants.(Legislature)
January 29, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Legislature '99 SANTA FE -- Legislators could hire staff assistants under a proposal that's heading to the House for consideration. The Senate approved a measure Thursday to spend $1.3 million next...

Measure introduced to repeal state's Little Davis-Bacon law.(Legislature)
January 29, 1999... Byline: Steve Rabourn TRIBUNE REPORTER Legislature '99 SANTA FE -- A representative has introduced a bill designed to save the state millions on construction projects. House Bill 322 would repeal the Little Davis-Bacon law, which...

Election suggested to let voters decide runoffs.(Legislature)
January 29, 1999... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos Tribune Reporter Legislature '99 SANTA FE -- The push for runoff elections is gaining momentum in the Legislature -- so much so that one Democrat leader has suggested holding a special election this summer to...

Hearing draws rancor over changes in park fees.
January 29, 1999... Byline: Steve Rabourn TRIBUNE REPORTER SANTA FE -- Senators scorned a state agency secretary over recent increases in state park fees and cancellations of annual passes for many campers. The Senate Conservation Committee on Thursday...

Alamogordo mayor, ex-colonel to represent N.M. in coalition.
January 29, 1999... Byline: Jason Gibbs TRIBUNE REPORTER Alamogordo Mayor Don Carroll, Alamogordo radio station owner Bill Burt and retired Col. Charles Thomas, former commander of Kirtland Air Force Base, will apparently represent New Mexico in the...

Long moves to point guard; Hannah might start when UNM plays BYU.(Sports)
January 29, 1999... Byline: Edgar Thompson TRIBUNE REPORTER Lamont Long will start at point guard again, replacing struggling freshman John Robinson II when the University of New Mexico plays host to Brigham Young on Saturday night, coach Dave Bliss said....

Fullback from USC transfers to UNM.(Sports)
January 29, 1999... Byline: STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS A former two-time California high school football player of the year whose college career has been marked by off-field trouble is transferring to the University of New Mexico, the Los Angeles Daily News...

In court all alone, this ex-Lobo folded under the pressure of justice.(Sports)
January 29, 1999... Byline: Richard Stevens The foe was too great for Darrell McGee on Thursday -- too relentless, too powerful and playing hardball simply because hardball is what this foe is supposed to play. And this former University of New Mexico...

Aggies improve to 7-0 in Big West.(Sports)
January 29, 1999... Byline: Wire reports UPDATE RENO, Nev. -- Eric Channing scored 22 points as New Mexico State beat struggling Nevada 75-63 Thursday night to remain unbeaten in the Big West Conference. Billy Keys added 14 points and Eric Brodt,...

Troubles behind them, re-energized Scorpions make playoff run.(Sports)
January 29, 1999... Byline: Rick A. Maese TRIBUNE REPORTER As far as the New Mexico Scorpions are concerned, it's a brand new season. Unfortunately for the Scorps, the rest of the Western Professional Hockey League isn't about to agree to start fresh....

Loss to Utah drops UNM into tie for first.(Sports)
January 29, 1999... Byline: STAFF REPORTS Whether it was a change in personnel or the change in scenery, the Lobos didn't look like a team riding a six-game winning streak. The women's basketball team went with a revamped lineup against rival Utah...

Lobos wear out under demands of grueling NBA-like schedule.(Sports)
January 29, 1999... Byline: Edgar Thompson TRIBUNE REPORTER Kenny Thomas is not in the NBA yet, but already he has been playing an NBA-like schedule. And lately, he and his Lobo teammates have been feeling the effects. From a Dec. 19 win over...

Valley Vikings will shift to court chaos against Farmington.(Sports)
January 29, 1999... Byline: Phill Casaus DEPUTY SPORTS EDITOR The Valley Vikings must be in cahoots with the concept of chaos. When they're not making life hard for themselves, the Vikings love creating misery for other people. That should be an...

UNM coach offers athletes conditioning program.(Sports)
January 29, 1999... Byline: STAFF REPORTS Mark Paulsen is looking for a few good athletes who dream of making themselves better. Paulsen, the University of New Mexico strength and conditioning coach, is creating his own 3{-month training program...

With most of the same squad back,baseball team has high expectations.(Sports)
January 29, 1999... Byline: Michael J. Garcia TRIBUNE REPORTER Lobo All-America shortstop Lon Yamaguchi smashed a school-record 20 home runs as a junior. But entering his final season with the University of New Mexico baseball team, he's chasing a...

Baseball America's scouts like the Lobos.(Sports)
January 29, 1999... Byline: Michael J. Garcia The University of New Mexico baseball team has yet to play a game, but already accolades are pouring in. UNM outfielder Donny Sevieri has been chosen for the second team preseason all-freshman squad by...

The L.A. riots, between the lines.(The Arts & Entertainment)
January 29, 1999... Byline: Lisa Bornstein Tribune A & E Editor UNM players come to grips with their characters, their own prejudices and the disturbing questions of modern conflict Excerpts from "Twilight Los Angeles 1992," 7:30 p.m. Thursday; runs...

Downtown planners seek another arts group to fill closed museum space.(The Arts & Entertainment)
January 29, 1999... Byline: T.D. Mobley-Martinez TRIBUNE REPORTER After nearly four years, the University of New Mexico's bold experiment, 5-1-6 University Art Museum, has folded. There is a plan in the works to fill the space with another...

Bold, expressive art rolls through original sampling in three waves.
January 29, 1999... Byline: T.D. Mobley-Martinez TRIBUNE REPORTER They're different. Very different. Mixed together in a rich pastiche of points-of-view, the works of three artists -- Kimberly Murak and Rachel Eve Popowcer and painter Sean Speigner --...

TVI board election.(Insight and Opinion)
January 29, 1999... Candidates for three seats detail their positions THE JOB Members of the Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute Governing Board make policy and set goals for the school and hire its president. They meet in regular session once a...

Ruling makesit easier forstate workers to run for office.
January 29, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE -- A federal judge says state workers shouldn't have to choose between earning a living and their right to seek public office. U.S. District Judge Martha Vazquez on Wednesday handed a...

Groundwater under Los Alamos Lab contaminated by explosives.
January 29, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ALAMOS -- Explosives have contaminated groundwater under Los Alamos National Laboratory, deep in the aquifer that supplies the area's drinking water, but the lab says contamination hasn't hit municipal...

Attorney hopes verdict will send a message.(Local News)
January 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF An attorney for a young Navajo couple whose lawsuit could wind up costing a northwest New Mexico car dealer $1 million says she hopes other car dealers in the state get the message. "I...

Gordon won't say if he's a candidate for UNM presidency.(Local News)
January 29, 1999... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. TRIBUNE REPORTER Interim University of New Mexico President William Gordon is keeping mum on his status in the search for UNM's next president. Fewer than 20 candidates reportedly remain in the running for the...

Clergy urge repeal of New Mexico death penalty.(Local News)
January 29, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash TRIBUNE REPORTER SANTA FE -- New Mexico religious leaders are gathering in force to support the repeal of the state's death penalty. "If we allow the death penalty to continue, we become a society of murderers,"...

Lawmaker's South Valley house hit by speeding car.(Local News)
January 29, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE -- Rep. James G. Taylor was awakened about 5 a.m. Thursday in Santa Fe to the news that his Albuquerque-area home had been hit by a car. Taylor said he was told by Bernalillo County authorities...

Wolf pair to try out 'hard release'.(Local News)
January 29, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sometime within two months, a wolf couple will be released deep within a remote eastern Arizona forest where, unlike others of their kind in a restoration project, they will be left to fare as they may on...

AT A GLANCE.
January 29, 1999... IN BRIEF Gordon still quiet: At his monthly media briefing Thursday, interim University of New Mexico President William Gordon kept mum on whether he is a candidate in the search for UNM's next permanent president. "I'm just going to let...

AT A GLANCE.(Local News)
January 29, 1999... IN BRIEF New name? Backers of the Hispanic Cultural Center to be built in Albuquerque hope changing the center's name to the National Hispanic Cultural Center in New Mexico would bring money. "Most of the big bucks are outside of New...

AT A GLANCE.(Local News)
January 29, 1999... IN BRIEF Increased fees: The state Livestock Board says inspection fees are going up March 1, by 35 cents a head for cattle and 40 cents a head for horses, Livestock Board Executive Director John Wortman said Thursday. Wortman said hide...

AT A GLANCE.(Local News)
January 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Candidate forum: The Committee to Elect Ronald J. Knight and the New Mexico Black Leadership Conference will have a candidate forum where voters can meet Knight, a candidate for the District 2...

CORRECTIONS.(Local News)
January 29, 1999... * An Associated Press brief on Thursday erroneously reported that Rep. Arthur Hawkins was introducing a bill to study the feasibility of commercial bungee jumping from a bridge near Taos. Hawkins has only asked a state agency to study the...

CORRECTIONS.(Local News)
January 29, 1999... * The University of New Mexico basketball team has lost six -- not seven -- games by 20 or more points while center Kenny Thomas has been on the team. A story in Wednesday's Tribune provided an incorrect score for the Jan. 23 game at Texas-El...

CORRECTIONS.(Local News)
January 29, 1999... * Janet Ely-Lagourge will be inducted into the Albuquerque Sports Hall of Fame on Feb. 16. A recent story provided an incorrect spelling of her name. Also, she competed at Sandia Girls School (now Sandia Prep), not Highland. See story...

Governor's partial veto cuts feed bill by $2.2 million.(Legislature)
January 28, 1999... Byline: Tim Archuleta TRIBUNE POLITICAL EDITOR Legislature 1999 SANTA FE -- Gov. Gary Johnson today used his veto pen for the first time this session to trim about $2.2 million from a legislative expense bill, charging that...

School board gives Allison one-year contract extension.
January 28, 1999... Byline: Andy Lenderman TRIBUNE REPORTER Albuquerque Public Schools Superintendent Brad Allison has won a one-year extension on his contract -- but he said today he's confident he can do better. Allison has sought a new...

McGee brothers sentenced to prison.
January 28, 1999... Byline: Richard Stevens TRIBUNE REPORTER Two brothers who used to play for the University of New Mexico basketball team were sentenced to federal prisons today on drug-trafficking charges. Darrell McGee, 30, and Andre McGee, 27,...

Grand jury considers airport-deck project.(Local News)
January 28, 1999... Byline: Wire reports IN BRIEF A grand jury is looking into the observation-deck project at the Albuquerque International Sunport, but people who have been called to testify said their subpoenas didn't reveal the probe's target or...

Two jail workers arrested on drug charges.(Local News)
January 28, 1999... Byline: Gutierrez Krueger TRIBUNE REPORTER Two City-County Jail food-service employees may have been cooking up more than just the inmates' meals. Richard Rodriguez, 23, and Isidro Padilla, 25, were arrested Wednesday after...

Los Alamos tests a process for recycling plutonium waste.(Local News)
January 28, 1999... Byline: Lawrence Spohn TRIBUNE REPORTER A rare form of plutonium waste produced at Los Alamos National Laboratory and destined for underground disposal in Southern New Mexico could be dramatically reduced in volume using a process being...

Group backs drug crackdown around homeless shelters.(Local News)
January 28, 1999... Byline: Susie Gran TRIBUNE REPORTER Downtown neighborhood leaders want police to crack down on drug dealing and other illegal activities around homeless shelters. And on Wednesday night, they won the support of the city's homeless...

Clergy urge repeal of state's death penalty.(Legislature)
January 28, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash TRIBUNE REPORTER Legislature '99 SANTA FE -- New Mexico religious leaders gathered in the Roundhouse today to exhort the public to support the repeal of the state's death penalty. "If we allow the death penalty...

Sealed and stamped.(Legislature)
January 28, 1999... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO: b/w PHOTO BY: Sherry DiBari/The Associated Press Catalina Rio-Fernandez of the Taos Flamenco Dance Group dances at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe. The dance took place at Tuesday's legislative...

Gorge bridge could see bungee jumpers.(legislature)
January 28, 1999... Legislature '99 ROUNDHOUSE ROUNDUP Lawmakers are suggesting another use for New Mexico's spectacular Rio Grande Gorge bridge -- bungee jumping. Rep. Arthur Hawkins, an Albuquerque Republican, hopes thrill-seekers will pay a...

Resolution to allow local runoff elections expected to be OK'd.(Legislature)
January 28, 1999... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos TRIBUNE REPORTER Legislature '99 SANTA FE -- Top House members appear more willing this year to give the green light to resume runoff elections in Albuquerque and other cities. The Legislature will...

Amorous wolf is placed with female.(Legislature)
January 28, 1999... Byline: The Associated Press STATE/REGIONAL ROUNDUP Legislature '99 TUCSON, Ariz. -- Nature, it seems, is on course in the wolf world. It helped trap male Mexican gray wolf No. 131 -- and now biologists hope it means that he...

Ex-principal fights transfer.
January 28, 1999... Byline: Andy Lenderman TRIBUNE REPORTER A former middle school principal has hired an attorney to fight her transfer to another job within Albuquerque Public Schools. Mary Jane Dotson, former principal of Harrison Middle School, was...