The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from June 1999, page 2

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

One tax ends, but a new one starts 6 months down the road.
June 28, 1999... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos Albuquerque diners and shoppers can expect to pay a little less at the cash register starting Thursday as a special sales tax ends. The city's open-space tax, added to the tax on goods and services, ends...

Bitter and bruised.(Sports)
June 28, 1999... Byline: Rick A. Maese and John O'Rourke rmaese@\abqtrib.com / 823-3687 jorourke@abqtrib.com / 823-3665 While Johnny Tapia challenges the decision, Nevada boxing official defends the judges' integrity Nevada's top boxing official...

Enemy from within did the most damage to Tapia.(Sports)
June 28, 1999... Byline: Richard Stevens LAS VEGAS, Nev. It's not that we haven't seen Johnny Tapia this way before not in control, not focused, not fighting the smart fight. It's not that Johnny Tapia isn't known to sometimes abandon his game plan...

Niemann hangs on to win Publinx.(Sports)
June 28, 1999... Byline: Sean McAfee smcafee@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 The final match of the 1999 U.S. Women's Public Links Championship at Santa Ana Golf Club was devoid of big names, but not of excitement. And Jody Niemann who spent her collegiate...

Hobbs NAACP leader speaks out against police.(Local News)
June 28, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF HOBBS The Hobbs Police Department harasses and stalks poor and minority residents, says the Hobbs chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Hobbs NAACP...

Judge bars Sena from running interstate buses.(Local News)
June 28, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF SANTA FE A state judge has issued an injunction against bus operator Ray Sena that bars his companies from continuing interstate operations. In his order Friday, Judge Stephen Pfeffer...

PNM honored for efforts to save birds from lines.(Local News)
June 28, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF The U.S. Department of the Interior has honored the Public Service Company of New Mexico for its wildlife-conservation efforts. Secretary Bruce Babbitt recently recognized the company for...

Through it all, love remains.(Neighborhood Trib)
June 28, 1999... Byline: Jan Jonas jjonas@abqtrib.com / 823-3627 Couple honors 71-year marriage with timeworn memories, renewed vows We promise to love and honor, in sickness and in health, for richer, for poorer, till death takes one of us away. ...

JAN'S MAILBOX.(Neighborhood Trib)
June 28, 1999... Byline: Jan Jonas In an item in this column on June 14, the name of a student was misspelled. It should have read: Sumayya Jawadi, a La Cueva High School student, recently received a $2,500 Discover Card Tribute Award Scholarship to...

Funding follows dropouts under new system.
June 26, 1999... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Under the new funding formula, APS schools that decrease their dropout rates would save money. The dropout czar for Albuquerque Public Schools is putting together a formula...

Time to put up or shut up as Tapia defends WBA title.
June 26, 1999... Byline: STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS LAS VEGAS, Nev., The talk is over. It's time to fight. Tonight, for the first time in his career, Albuquerque native Johnny Tapia will be in the main event of a pay-per-view boxing show. Tapia is the...

HYPE OR REALITY, WHO IS READY? Y2K.
June 26, 1999... Byline: Lawrence Spohn LSPOHN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3611 The only thing that matters is looking out for the family It's not a technology thing for the O'Farrells. It's not even a business issue. For them, the Year 2000 computer problem...

Hidden 'bug' not a menace but for real, experts say.
June 26, 1999... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 FIRST OF A THREE -DAY SERIES Like Captain Hook in "Peter Pan," we hear or think we hear the Y2K computer clock moving relentlessly toward some awful destiny on Jan. 1, 2000. ...

N.M. troops home from Europe.(Local News)
June 26, 1999... IN BRIEF Troops are returning to New Mexico after supporting NATO's Operation Allied Force in Kosovo. About 35 members of the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo were scheduled to return home from Europe Friday...

Copper becomes two-way street Monday.(Local News)
June 26, 1999... Byline: Laurie Wackler LWACKLER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3671 The double yellow lines are down and blue signs stretching across Copper Avenue from First to Seventh streets remind drivers on the one-way thoroughfare of imminent change: "Hi...

3 more pick up petitions for run at City council.(Local News)
June 26, 1999... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos ggallegos@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 Three more Albuquerque residents are gathering petitions for possible candidacies in the fall city election. So far, 15 people have expressed an interest in running for four...

Mayor wants friend Roy Soto to help out on hot issues.(Local News)
June 26, 1999... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos ggallegos@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 Mayor Jim Baca says he needs help with his policy agenda. And his longtime friend and adviser is the person to help get the job done. Roy Soto, a close friend who has been...

Prison study needs Johnson's, corrections' support, Madrid says.(Local News)
June 26, 1999... Byline: STAFF REPORTS Attorney General Patricia Madrid said a study of the state's prison system is a good idea, but the first move is up to the Legislature. She also noted that Gov. Gary Johnson and the Corrections Department would have...

City debugged systems earlier than the rest, officials say.
June 26, 1999... Byline: Lawrence Spohn LSPOHN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3611 HYPE OR REALITY,WHO IS READY? The centerpiece of the city of Albuquerque's Y2K Internet Web site is a cartoon of a coyote howling at the golden moon. Inside the moon is...

You don't have to stuff the mattress you can bank on us, the Fed says.
June 26, 1999... Byline: Sherry Robinson srobinson@\abqtrib.com / 823-3632 HYPE OR REALITY WHO IS READY? Leave your money in the bank. If you don't, you're a target for every predator and con artist on the streets. And don't worry about using...

Student dropout center to ease re-entry.
June 26, 1999... Byline: Andy Lenderman A new student center aimed at easing dropouts back into the school system will open this fall, Albuquerque Public Schools Associate Superintendent Joseph Vigil said. Dropouts will be able to call or come by the...

Versatile all-star covers all bases.(Sports)
June 26, 1999... Byline: STAFF REPORTS Shawn Gilbert has been a jack-of-all-trades for the Albuquerque Dukes this season, playing just about every position except catcher. Gilbert, an off-season free-agent acquisition by the parent Los Angeles...

Age creeps into Publinx semifinals.(Sports)
June 26, 1999... Byline: Sean McAfee smcafee@\abqtrib.com / 823-3662 No one over the age of 22 ever has won the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links in the 23-year history of the golf tournament. Sue Billek Nhyus was two matches away from shattering that...

Tapia still writing chapters of book he hopes lands him Boxing Hall of Fame.(Sports)
June 26, 1999... Byline: John O'Rourke LAS VEGAS, Nev. A robe worn by Johnny Tapia is on display at the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, N.Y. If he's to have a plaque there someday as a member, it might hinge on some key results in the...

Scorps' lease at Tingley approved.(Sports)
June 26, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE The State Board of Finance approved a contract giving the New Mexico Scorpions hockey team a one-year lease at Tingley Coliseum on the New Mexico State Fairgrounds. State Fair Commission...

Promoter sticks with meal ticket, picks Tapia.(Sports)
June 26, 1999... Byline: STAFF REPORTS NOTEBOOK LAS VEGAS, Nev. Promoter Bob Arum has the rights to both Johnny Tapia and Paulie Ayala, so he perhaps has an unbiased opinion on tonight's fight. He's picking his meal ticket: Tapia. "Ayala is...

Roadrunner abandons 'dangerous' aluminum bats.(Sports)
June 26, 1999... Byline: Jodi Garbe jgarbe@\abqtrib.com / 823-3641 What's in a baseball bat? A lot, according to coaches, parents and players for Albuquerque's Roadrunner Little League. Breaking a decades-old tradition, Roadrunner will switch from...

CART drivers ready to fly on the bumpyCleveland airport track.(Sports)
June 26, 1999... Byline: Charles Googe Cleveland is the most unique track on the Championship Auto Racing Teams circuit. The race is run on Burke Lakefront Airport, which is bumpy and flat. But the drivers don't seem to mind. "It's appropriate...

Miss America hopeful carries a goal, a cause and a swimsuit.(Insight and Opinion)
June 26, 1999... Byline: Kate Nelson Elizabeth Dole is running for president, Mia Hamm is basking in international soccer stardom, and Katie Kelley is preparing to wear high heels and a swimsuit in hopes of bringing home a tiara. Just months before...

Albuquerque man gets 12 years in cafe slaying.
June 26, 1999... Byline: Leslie Hoffman lhoffman@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 A 26-year-old Albuquerque man who pleaded no contest to charges that he dropped a 100-pound rock on a man lying unconscious in a nightclub parking lot will spend at least the next 12...

Unaware INS let suspected killer go.
June 26, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports The man wanted in connection with eight slayings committed near railroad tracks was in the custody of immigration officials earlier this month but was let go, federal authorities said Friday. The...

Nobel Prize winners to speak in Los Alamos.(Local News)
June 26, 1999... IN BRIEF Nobel laureate Mario J. Molina will talk about the Antarctic ozone hole during the 28th J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Lecture on Monday at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Molina shared the 1995 prize in chemistry for...

UNM Law School prof wins national award.(Local News)
June 26, 1999... IN BRIEF Peter S. Winograd, professor and associate dean at the University of New Mexico School of Law, has been named the winner of the American Bar Association's Robert J. Kutak Award. The award has been given annually to "an...

Taos man fifth to die from hantavirus.(Local News)
June 26, 1999... IN BRIEF TAOS A 75-year-old Taos County man has died of hantavirus, the New Mexico Department of Health said. It is the seventh confirmed case of hantavirus in state this year, and the fifth that has resulted in death. The man, who...

CORRECTIONS.(Local News)
June 26, 1999... * A caption that appeared June 18 in the Arts & Entertainment section should have said that four African artists were waiting for the tour of Zia Pueblo plaza to begin. They were not actually touring the plaza when the photograph was taken....

AT A GLANCE.(Sports)
June 26, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE Ex-Raven wins decathlon: Former Rio Grande High School standout Shelia Burrell captured the decathlon at the USA Track and Field Championships at Eugene, Ore., with a total of 6,101 points. ...

Lab pep talk sours over DOE lie tests.
June 25, 1999... Byline: Laurie Wackler LWACKLER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3671 Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories had done their research and made their calculations before Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson even arrived in Albuquerque. Their...

Group calls for study of N.M. prison system.
June 25, 1999... Byline: Tim Archuleta tarchuleta@abqtrib.com / 823-3674 A statewide crime council is calling on Attorney General Patricia Madrid to study the condition of New Mexico's penal system. Jack Eastham of the New Mexico Council on Crime...

Young killer released after 3 1/2 years to the anguish of the victim's family.
June 25, 1999... Byline: Susie Gran sgran@abqtrib.com / 823-3621 The family of Kenneth "Dirk" Henson didn't want his killer freed and fought hard to keep Jamie Starr Sedillo locked up. Their fight ended Thursday when 18-year-old Sedillo was granted...

N.M. doctors praise AMA's bargaining stand.
June 25, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Two of New Mexico's largest physicians' organizations are applauding the American Medical Association's move toward collective bargaining for doctors. "I think physicians in the state will welcome this...

Jicarilla Apache leader Cassador resigns.(Local News)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF DULCE -- Jicarilla Apache President Arnold Cassador resigned today rather than let himself be impeached. The Jicarilla Tribal Council met this morning to discuss impeachment, but Cassador...

Modern beach party puts Annette and Frankie to shame.(Local News)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Laurie Wackler lwackler@abqtrib.com / 823-3671 Take American Bandstand and toss in some cell phones, a giant wave pool and hundreds of midriffs, exposed where capri pants and halter tops don't quite meet. Add four teen-age hosts...

N.M.-fueled craft swings by Venus on way to Saturn.(Local News)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn@abqtrib.com /823-3611 PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft, powered by radioactive fuel produced in New Mexico, shot around Venus for a second planetary flyby on its way to a rendezvous with Saturn...

Airman not warned of explosives, report says.
June 25, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A 19-year-old airman who died after picking up a piece of ordnance received no warning about such explosives, a new U.S. Army report shows. In addition, a warning sign at the accident site that could have...

People's business was ex-UNM president's thrust.
June 25, 1999... Byline: Frank Zoretich FZORETICH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3623 The University of New Mexico's School of Public Administration celebrates its 30th anniversary with a dinner party Saturday. Keynote speaker will be Ferrel Heady, the man who...

Autobiography relates UNM campus turmoil in Vietnam era.
June 25, 1999... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 When Ferrel Heady, a former president of the University of New Mexico, showed the manuscript of his autobiography to his son Richard, the response was: "Dad, it's as if there...

Educators, First Amendment groups angry at Commandment ruling.
June 25, 1999... Byline: Rachel Smolkin SMOLKINR@SHNS.COM / (202) 408-1484 WASHINGTON -- Educators and First Amendment activists angry over House passage of Ten Commandments legislation say schools can teach values without infringing on the...

Richardson slapped with contempt threat.
June 25, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The chairman of a House committee investigating alleged retaliation against whistleblowers in the Department of Energy has threatened Energy Secretary Bill Richardson with contempt of Congress. Rep. Dan...

New Mexicans, favorites fall in match play.(Sports)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Sean McAfee smcafee@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Here are some of the things you wouldn't have seen when match play resumed today at the 1999 USGA Women's Amateur Public Links Championship: The defending champion. The...

Ayala needs dose of Lady Luck if he's to beat the house.(Sports)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Richard Stevens LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- In Sin City, an edge is a good thing to have an ace in the hole, an ace up your sleeve, whatever helps your odds in the games of Vegas. For Paulie Ayala, in his fight against undefeated...

Pay-per-view draw for Tapia not on par with Tyson or De La Hoya.(Sports)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Though Johnny Tapia's world title defense Saturday marks the first time the Albuquerque boxer headlines a pay-per-view show, he's not in the Oscar De La Hoya or Mike...

Two Dukes to be on All-Star team.(Sports)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE Utility infielder Shawn Gilbert and slugging outfielder Brent Cookson will represent the Albuquerque Dukes in this year's Triple-A All-Star game. The All-Star game, which pits the Pacific...

McNeeley bets fight will revive his career.(Sports)
June 25, 1999... Byline: John O'Rourke jorourke@abqtrib.com / 823-3665 LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- The big Boston money has hit town backing boxer Peter McNeeley in Saturday's bout with Eric "Butterbean" Esch. It came in McNeeley's pocket. McNeeley,...

Value of Tapia-Hamed depends on point of view.(Sports)
June 25, 1999... Byline: STAFF REPORTS BOXING NOTEBOOK LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Truth in boxing generally depends on who's telling the story -- and why. Asked about the prospects for Johnny Tapia meeting Prince Naseem Hamed in a future fight, Showtime...

Navajos sue Peabody Coal for $600 million in royalties.(Business)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL The Navajo Nation has filed a $600 million lawsuit against Peabody Coal Co., Southern California Edison Co., the Salt River Project and three current and former Peabody employees...

Labor Department targets New Mexico onion harvest.(Business)
June 25, 1999... Byline: STAFF REPORTS The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has initiated a two-week enforcement sweep of the onion harvests in Columbus, Deming and Hatch. As part of its national "Salad Bowl" initiative, the...

Waiting to be Discovered.(Arts)
June 25, 1999... Byline: T.D. Mobley-Martinez tmobley@abqtrib.com / 823-3673 N.M. movie extras dedicate their lives to modest rolesand long hours with the hopes of one day making it big This isn't what it looks like. It's not 1949. It's not a...

Fair opening draws browsers, few buyers.(Arts)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Lisa Bornstein lbornstein@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 There was more browsing than buying, more shmoozing than shopping at the opening night of the New Mexico Arts and Crafts Fair on Thursday. That's pretty typical, says Linda...

Lost treasures come to light.(Arts)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Deborah Baker The Associated Press Hundreds of Hispanic artists plied their talents in the 1930s and '40s at federal art centers in New Mexico. Sleuthing by a museum curator uncovered a trove of long-hidden works for an exhibit....

Somber band sets no limits on expression.(Arts)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Paul Maldonado Jr. TRIBUNE REPORTER "I'm not super-depressed or suicidal; I just realize things," says Pall Jenkins, leader of the band Black Heart Procession. Pall Jenkins writes the soundtrack for love gone bad, the sound...

Author turns fascination with Pat Garrett into award-winning novel.(Arts)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Richard Benke The Associated Press The Long Man has ridden back from long gone. Pat Garrett, 6-foot-5 and steady as bedrock, helped tame New Mexico as one range war bled into another. But in the prize-winning novel...

Allison, board take big step toward better schools.(Insight and Opinion)
June 25, 1999... EDITORIAL Albuquerque Public Schools took some brisk strides this week toward becoming a better-run outfit. Not only did Superintendent Brad Allison propose a series of changes to improve management of the district, the Board of...

Firms will study volume of water in river basin.(Local News)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF A water study will look at how much water is in the Middle Rio Grande Basin from Cochiti Lake to Elephant Butte. The study will be done by S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, based in Bethesda,...

Officer kills self after killing half brother.(Local News)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF SAN ILDEFONSO PUEBLO -- A rookie Espanola police officer killed himself minutes after accidentally shooting his 14-year-old half brother to death, investigators said. Harvey Martinez, 23,...

AT A GLANCE.(Local News)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Fire restrictions lifted: The fire and smoking restrictions ended today for the state land in Bernalillo, Catron, Dona Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna, Otero, Santa Fe, Socorro, Sierra,...

AT A GLANCE.(Local News)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Wolf attack: A team of biologists will monitor around-the-clock a wolf pack involved in an attack on a calf in Arizona this week. It is the first confirmed instance of a reintroduced Mexican...

CORRECTIONS.(Local News)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports * The identities of two men in a front-page photograph were reversed in Thursday's midday edition, and thus so was a quotation. Lon Caster was seated on the left and said he had been a regular at the K&I...

CORRECTIONS.(Local News)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports * A review of Avalon Restaurant & Bar in the June 11 issue of the Arts & Entertainment section should have described the sauce that came with a crabcake appetizer as a remoulade. The type of sauce named was...

Scorps' lease at Tingley approved.(Sports)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE The State Board of Finance today approved a contract giving the New Mexico Scorpions hockey team a one-year lease at Tingley Coliseum on the New Mexico State Fairgrounds. State Fair...

State unemployment falls to 6.1 percent rate in May.(Business)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL New Mexico has two employment economies urban and rural. In May, urban unemployment stood at 4.5 percent (4.4 percent in Albuquerque), while rural areas were nearly twice as high at 8.4...

Broken Hill plans to close copper mines in two states.(Business)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd. said Thursday that it will shut its smelter and underground copper mine and lay off nearly 2,200 workers in San Manuel, Ariz. The Australian mining...

Bill would increase funding for Sunport, small airports.(Business)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would provide $200,000 for 13 small airports in the state. The Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century is the...

AT A GLANCE.(Business)
June 25, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Chamber pursues mentors: The Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce will hold its second annual Mentorship Fair from noon to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Coronado Center. The fair will...

Grandma's home.
June 24, 1999... Byline: Jan Jonas JJONAS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3627 For 39 years at her K&I Diner, Irene 'Grandma' Warner has madeevery day seem like a family gathering. Now that tradition is coming to an end.rene Warner wasn't a cookie-baking grandma. She...

APS shuffle gives more authority to principals.
June 24, 1999... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Principals in Albuquerque Public Schools will be given more clout and will be held more accountable for their actions under a new management structure designed by Superintendent...

Angry developer may sue City Hall over super center.
June 24, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash knash@abqtrib.com / 823-3602 Developer Paul Silverman said he may sue City Hall for rejecting his quest for zoning changes that would allow a new West Side shopping center, including a Wal-Mart. "There is a very...

Astronaut's Albuquerque family looks to the sky.
June 24, 1999... Byline: Dan Stimson dstimson@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 Susan Helms' parents aren't too concerned about her upcoming flight to the International Space Station. After all, they won't have to worry about her whereabouts. One day, they will...

Touring activists ape caged lab monkeys.
June 24, 1999... Byline: The Associated Press ALAMOGORDO An animal rights activist wasn't monkeying around when he vowed to spend four days in a cage to protest chimpanzees in medical research. Noam Lazarus, 20, entered a 6-foot-long, 3-foot-wide,...

Man gets 60 years in child sex-abuse case.(Local News)
June 24, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF An Albuquerque man convicted of sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. State District Judge Diane Dal Santo sentenced Michael Ervin on Tuesday for...

Public forum focuses on Medicaid.(Local News)
June 24, 1999... Byline: Laurie Wackler LWACKLER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3671 When Stacey Sloan's 2-year-old son was an infant in need of inoculations, she had to wait months for his Medicaid card to arrive in the mail. When the card did come, she said, a...

Wind power blows into N.M.(Local News)
June 24, 1999... Byline: Dan Stimson dstimson@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 For the first time, homes in New Mexico will be able to receive wind-powered electricity. Southwestern Public Service on Tuesday finished wiring its first wind turbine, which is...

Temporary plane-viewing area sought.(Local News)
June 24, 1999... Byline: Jason Gibbs jgibbs@\abqtrib.com / 823-3625 City officials are searching for a temporary outdoor aircraft-viewing area at the Albuquerque International Sunport. The current viewing area, south of the Sunport, is closed to the...

Torture victims say attackers' punishment won't erase their pain.(Local News)
June 24, 1999... Byline: Leslie Hoffman lhoffman@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 Victoria Thompson and her brother Rio Thompson say they will never forget the night they were tortured by a band of youths who robbed and beat them as they were held hostage in their...

Tank liner will catch spills, scientists say.
June 24, 1999... Byline: Susan Montoya The Associated Press The development will protect New Mexico's all-too-scarce water from all-too-common leaks and spills, the researchers say. New Mexico researchers believe they have discovered a way to keep...