The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from March 1998, page 9

The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) archives from March 1998

Bears expect to toss everything at West Mesa.(Sports)
March 6, 1998... Byline: Andrea Burns TRIBUNE REPORTER Faced with a third challenge against the Albuquerque area's top scorer, La Cueva knows just what it will have to try: Everything. The Bears advanced to the District 2AAAA tournament...

HIGH SCHOOL REPORT.(Sports)
March 6, 1998... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO: b/w PHOTO BY: Jane Schoellkopf/The Associated Press Pojoaque's Debbie Harris (center) fights for the ball with Tohatchi's Jackie John (second from left) and Tracy Morris (right) during their...

Last game a letdown for high-profile Sandian.(Sports)
March 6, 1998... Byline: Rick A. Maese TRIBUNE REPORTER Michelle Carter's high-profile high school career didn't end quite like she expected. There was no high-drama, game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer. Fans did not hold their breath as the...

LOCAL & REGIONAL.(Business)
March 6, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports Intel hooks up with special-effects specialist Intel says it has bought 2.2 percent of Discreet Logic Inc. of Montreal for about $13.5 million and will work with the company to make special-effects...

SIC TRANSIT.(The Arts & Entertainment)
March 6, 1998... In your car. At the light. Waiting. As the moments drone on, something catches your eye. A vibrant splash of color and line, a face, a smile on that city bus exuding exhaust fumes, hostile looks from captive riders and not advertising, but....

Rockin rabbi.(The Arts & Entertainment)
March 6, 1998... Byline: Jessie Milligan TRIBUNE REPORTER From Israel to the Northeast Heights, Rabbi Joe Black shares his passion for Jewish culture, religion and music Who was that tall, bearded Albuquerque spiritual leader who jumped onstage with...

UNM show focuses on documentary photography.(The Arts & Entertainment)
March 6, 1998... Byline: T.D. Mobley-Martinez TRIBUNE REPORTER REVIEW From the beginning, photography has been considered the ultimate witness. Two factors -- that photographs are made by a machine, and, unlike painting or most other arts, can be...

Britain's Space Monkeys playon jungle gym of musical stylings.(The Arts & Entertainment)
March 6, 1998... Byline: Paul Maldonado Jr. TRIBUNE REPORTER Band's debut has sold about twice as much in U.S. as in England Richard McNevin-Duff, vocalist/ guitarist for Manchester, England's Space Monkeys, is no shrinking violet and has no lack of...

Fact & fiction.(The Arts & Entertainment)
March 6, 1998... Byline: T.D. Mobley-Martinez TRIBUNE REPORTER Juxtaposing text and photos, Adrienne Salinger explores the nature of truth The first thing Adrienne Salinger wants you to know is that this story is not exactly true. Just like any...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
March 6, 1998... Don't give up fight to ban drive-up liquor windows Drinking and driving don't mix. Drive-up liquor windows plainly say they do. That's why they should be banned -- particularly in New Mexico, which continues to lead the nation in...

UNM to invite president hopefuls.(Local News)
March 6, 1998... Byline: Shonda Novak TRIBUNE REPORTER Names of candidates might be released Monday. After a three-hour meeting, University of New Mexico regents now know which of the candidates for the UNM presidency they'll invite to campus for...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 6, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports Rubella is detected in Albuquerque resident The state Department of Health has confirmed a case of rubella -- commonly known as German measles -- in a 37-year-old Albuquerque resident. Health...

Biologists resign, blast Forest Service practices.(Local News)
March 6, 1998... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE -- Two top Forest Service biologists have quit, charging that the agency's Southwest Region emphasizes logging and grazing at the expense of wildlife. Biologists Leon Fager and Jim Cooper --...

IN BRIEF.(National/World News)
March 6, 1998... Byline: Wire reports Bill would cut fines on N.M., 13 other states WASHINGTON -- Severe penalties would not apply to New Mexico and 13 other states that have failed to computerize their child-support systems, under legislation passed...

Water found on moon; Los Alamos instrumental.
March 6, 1998... Byline: Lawrence Spohn TRIBUNE REPORTER Water has been discovered on the moon, fueling scientific excitement over the prospect of human settlement there. The discovery was made by an instrument developed at Los Alamos National...

Bingaman's drive-up plan defeated in Senate.
March 6, 1998... Byline: Rachel Smolkin TRIBUNE REPORTER WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate has defeated a proposal by New Mexico Sen. Jeff Bingaman aimed at closing drive-up liquor windows in all states. But his spokesman said the senator is not giving...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 6, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports Longtime legislator won't seek re-election SANTA FE -- Rep. Richard Knowles, a Republican from Roswell, has decided not to run for a ninth term in the state House of Representatives. "In military...

LOCAL & REGIONAL.(Business)
March 6, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports AT A GLANCE Contract awarded: Ktech, an Albuquerque engineering-services company, has been awarded a $41.8 million contact to supply people trained in pulsed-power technology support services to Sandia...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 6, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports Report collects details of AIDS among Indians ATLANTA -- American Indians and native Alaskans have roughly the same rate of new AIDS cases as whites despite living in mostly remote areas. There...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 6, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports Jay Czar gets city's aviation job permanently Jay Czar, a deputy chief administrative officer for former Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez, has been named director of the city's Aviation Department. ...

Spacecraft finds water on moon.
March 5, 1998... Byline: Lawrence Spohn TRIBUNE REPORTER Los Alamos instrument makes discovery Water has been discovered on the moon, fueling scientific excitement over the prospect of human settlement of Earth's only natural satellite. The...

Senate defeats Bingaman drive-up plan.
March 5, 1998... Byline: Rachel Smolkin TRIBUNE REPORTER WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate today defeated a proposal by New Mexico Sen. Jeff Bingaman aimed at closing drive-up liquor windows in all states. But his spokesman said the senator is not giving...

Assessor's Office wronged seven owners, board says.
March 5, 1998... Byline: John Hill TRIBUNE REPORTER The seven properties were reassessed because their owners had protested in the past, the board said. The Bernalillo County Assessor's Office discriminated against seven property owners by increasing...

Woman who cut fetus out of mom wants new trial.
March 5, 1998... Byline: Susie Gran TRIBUNE REPORTER Darci Pierce was convicted 10 years ago of strangling Cindy Ray and cutting out her baby, who survived. A woman who kidnapped a pregnant mother and then used a car key to surgically remove her...

CDC says deaths from carbon-monoxide poisoning preventable.
March 5, 1998... Byline: Lee Bowman SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE As many as half of all unintentional carbon-monoxide deaths couldbe prevented with the use of detection devices in houses and cars, researchers for the Centers for Disease Control and...

Tribune staff wins top national honors.
March 5, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports The photography and sports departments of The Tribune have won the highest honors awarded by their respective professional organizations. * The National Press Photographers Association has honored The...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports Regents review list for president's job University of New Mexico regents were meeting in a closed session this morning to discuss the list of five semifinalists for the UNM president's job. From...

Senate panel to air petroglyph-road bill.
March 5, 1998... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The committee will hear debate on the measure that would let Albuquerque decide on whether to extend Paseo del Norte. A hearing will be held in the Senate next week on the Petroglyph National Monument...

Wind stokes fire near Edgewood.(Local News)
March 5, 1998... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION: PHOTO BY: Toby Jorrin/Tribune PHOTO: b/w Edgewood firefighter Angus Campbell jogs across a field scorched by a wind-blown grass fire on Wednesday, heading back to a firefighters staging area on...

Health-care services to merge.(Local News)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Macario Juarez Jr. TRIBUNE REPORTER Cost-savings efforts in the local health-care community were expected to take a quantum leap today. University Hospital trustees were expected to recommend that University Hospital enter a...

Apple growers are thankful for our recent refrigeration.(Local News)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Andrea Burns TRIBUNE REPORTER The crisper the better, say local apple growers. The recent cold snap has eased the minds of orchard owners who say that continued warm weather would have doomed their crops. "I know it's...

Cabin-killings suspect's request denied.(Local News)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Jessie Milligan TRIBUNE REPORTER ESTANCIA -- Seventh Judicial District Judge Neil Mertz today refused to release Torreon cabin-killings defendant Shaun Wilkins from jail while an appeal is considered in his case. Wilkins had...

Neighbors slam plan for school in N. Valley.
March 5, 1998... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos TRIBUNE REPORTER North Valley residents made it clear to Albuquerque Public Schools officials that they don't want their neighborhood elementary school closed to make room for an alternative school. Hundreds...

Laser slices sandstone like butter.
March 5, 1998... Byline: Lawrence Spohn TRIBUNE REPORTER Star Wars lasers could be used to drill for oil and gas. The natural gas industry is investigating a revolutionary way to drill well holes, using two Star Wars military lasers developed in New...

Local scientist warns that China is dooming global warming pact.
March 5, 1998... Byline: Lawrence Spohn TRIBUNE REPORTER An Albuquerque scientist warns that China's demand for oil and coal over the next two decades will overwhelm the recent international agreement to reduce global warming. China, the world's most...

Embezzlement suspected at mortgage firm.(Business)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Dan Vukelich and Macario Juarez Jr. TRIBUNE REPORTERS Albuquerque police are investigating a former high-ranking employee of Frost Mortgage Co. in connection with the suspected diversion of several hundred thousand dollars in...

Several factors spurring boom in home sales.(Business)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Macario Juarez Jr. ON REAL ESTATE New loan programs targeting moderate-income families, exceptionally low interest rates and an increase in the area's inventory of affordable homes should lead to a surge in home sales. ...

El Nino's effect on California produce begins to show here.(Business)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Jean Moore and Rachael Milholland TRIBUNE REPORTERS Your lettuce probably came from California, your tomatoes from Mexico, your grapefruit from Florida. There's a good chance it all grew outdoors, not in a hothouse. And...

N.M. high-tech business flickers in cold Asian draft.(Business)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Macario Juarez Jr. TRIBUNE REPORTER New Mexico's high-tech businesses are beginning to feel the effects of Asia's troubled economy. Philips Semiconductors -- a major employer in Albuquerque -- late last week announced a...

Disabled New Mexicans to get free health-care newspaper.(Business)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Rachael Milholland TRIBUNE REPORTER Disabled New Mexicans will have a free source of health-care news when Bridges, a bimonthly newspaper, gets started this April in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Philip Thorpe, editor and...

Speed reads.(Business)
March 5, 1998... If not now, when? With ownership of local TV stations so profitable that networks are asking affiliates to help pick up the tab for shows like "E.R.," why is Pulitzer Publishing considering sales of its broadcast unit, which includes...

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.(Business)
March 5, 1998... Tomai Webb has been named corporate community relations representative for St. Joseph Healthcare. Webb will promote St. Joseph products and services to employers in Bernalillo, Sandoval and Valencia counties. Julie McCabe has been named...

Intel's weak profit report sends U.S. stocks lower.(Business)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Wire reports U.S. stocks fell for a second day on concern that corporate profits will shrink, after Intel said first-quarter earnings will fall short of expectations. Investors said the warning from the world's largest...

Operate the buses when folks need them.(Insight and Opinion)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Dennis Domrzalski Government employees have lots of perks: Cushy retirement plans, more holidays than many people have vacation days, and rules that pretty much guarantee lifetime jobs. They also have a bus system that...

Rainhart was war hero, inventor.(Obituary)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Carlos Salazar TRIBUNE REPORTER LeRoy G. "Roy" Rainhart was a lifelong innovator-inventor who enjoyed making life easier for people. He worked with reinforced plastics materials during his long career as a Bell Telephone Labs...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
March 5, 1998... Special session bound for blow-up unless . . . The dysfunctional dealings between Gov. Gary Johnson and the Legislature have become oh-so-tiresome. For four years, the Democrats who run the House and Senate and the Republican who...

Police chief search cut to 20 candidates.
March 5, 1998... Byline: Shonda Novak TRIBUNE REPORTER A search committee has pared the list of Albuquerque police chief candidates to 20 people, the group's chairman said. The pool includes six or seven current chiefs and at least one candidate who...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports Police have sketch of abduction suspect Albuquerque police have released a composite sketch of one of two armed men who police say abducted two elderly women in the parking lot of a Northeast Heights...

Cabin-killings suspect asks to live with sister while awaiting retrial.
March 5, 1998... Byline: Jessie Milligan TRIBUNE REPORTER Shaun Wilkins, charged in the cabin killings near Torreon, is asking to be released from prison to live with his sister on Kirtland Air Force Base while he awaits retrial. Seventh Judicial...

Cougars knock off No. 21 Utah again.(Sports)
March 5, 1998... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Kari Gallup thought she had the best game of her career when Brigham Young upset Utah earlier this season. She had an even better one against the Utes in the Western Athletic Conference...

GOOD NEWS!(Sports)
March 5, 1998... West Mesa volleyball player Sky Orzen was named the 1997 Gatorade Circle of Champions volleyball player of the year for the state of New Mexico. Orzen, who will play volleyball next season at Texas Tech, was the Tribune's player of the...

UNM course returning to original 1964 design.(Sports)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Dan Vukelich EYE ON GOLF Want to hit the ball longer? Then try the new, improved University of New Mexico Championship Golf Course. The course is a far different track than it was last August, when Randy Hisey,...

Dukes manager pitches improved defense.(Sports)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Rick Ingebritson TRIBUNE REPORTER With a little help from an old friend, Glenn Hoffman is busy finding jobs for nearly 200 Dodger players. Hoffman, manager for the Albuquerque Dukes, is busy this week filling his other role...

UNLV and Tarkanian could fill arena tonight.(Sports)
March 5, 1998... Byline: STAFF REPORTS LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- The presence of the Nevada-Las Vegas and Fresno State men's teams could lead to a near-sellout for tonight's session of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament. Fans can come out to see the...

Upsets may kill WAC chances for fourth NCAA bid.(Sports)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Edgar Thompson TRIBUNE REPORTER LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Years from now, Commissioner Karl Benson might remember it as Black Tuesday. Just 48 hours ago, stock in Western Athletic Conference men's basketball plunged, thwarting...

Shouting Matador braces Sandia squad.(Sports)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Andrea Burns TRIBUNE REPORTER Amber Royster has a lot to yell about. In four years on Sandia High School's girls basketball team, Royster has been one of the few constants in a program that has seen more than its share of...

Fouls, errors mean early exit for Highland.(Sports)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Phill Casaus TRIBUNE REPORTER Highland's lasting memory of its first state tournament appearance in nearly a decade will be the sound of a shrill whistle. Clovis' unselfish play and the Hornets' inability to avoid foul...

AHS earns another shot at Vikings.(Sports)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Rick A. Maese TRIBUNE REPORTER Brandon Sharts reaches into his gym locker and pulls out a torn newspaper clipping. Sharts looks at the clipping and yells to his Albuquerque High teammates: "They ruined our season! They ruined...

A good sign.(Sports)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Michael J. Garcia TRIBUNE REPORTER UNM women overwhelm nationally ranked Hawaii after coach Don Flanagan, inspired by triangles and a comment from his wife, installs an unusual offense LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- In a city where...

Gutsy win sendsmessage to NCAAand Lobo menRichard Stevens.(Sports)
March 5, 1998... LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- We can only hope that the wake-up call issued by Don Flanagan's Lobos reached two sets of ears: * The ears of the women's NCAA Selection Committee. * The ears of the University of New Mexico men's basketball...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports Police arrest suspect in shooting of man, boy A 21-year-old Albuquerque man remained behind bars today charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault in an incident described as a case of road...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports Governor has frostbite on his nose, cheeks SANTA FE -- Gov. Gary Johnson, an avid skier, got a touch of frostbite on his face while on the slopes last week at Santa Fe Ski Area. "It was really cold...

AT A GLANCE.(Business)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Wire reports Mall buy: Simon DeBartolo Group, the owner of Cottonwood Mall, and Macerich Co. have completed their joint purchase of 12 malls from an IBM pension fund for $974.5 million.

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports International status sought for town's airport DEMING -- U.S. Customs Service officials say they will agree to designate Deming for international flights -- if Congress approves more money for more...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 5, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports Dog leads agents to hidden marijuana COLUMBUS -- U.S. Customs Service inspectors seized more than a ton of marijuana at the Columbus Port of Entry after a drug-sniffing dog alerted agents to a...

Mayor proposes increasing water and sewer rates.
March 4, 1998... Byline: Ed Asher TRIBUNE REPORTER Mayor Jim Baca is proposing rate increases for golf, water and sewer service, and garbage collection next fiscal year. Baca presented part of his budget for fiscal 1999 to the City Council on...

Jennings elected Rio Rancho's mayor.
March 4, 1998... Byline: Ed Asher TRIBUNE REPORTER He says he plans to plug tax leaks that flow to Albuquerque As the new mayor of Rio Rancho, John Jennings plans to meet with each of the six city councilors individually in hopes of building a team...

Johnson considers vetoing budget.
March 4, 1998... Byline: Tim Archuleta TRIBUNE REPORTER He plans to call special session and may ask legislators to start over Gov. Gary Johnson will call a special session and is raising the possibility of vetoing the Legislature's entire state...

APS may turn MacArthur into school for at-risk kids.
March 4, 1998... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos TRIBUNE REPORTER A 49-year-old North Valley elementary school is being considered as a possible site for a new alternative middle school. And many residents in the area of the school, MacArthur Elementary,...

Family seeks longer sentence for teen killer.
March 4, 1998... Byline: Susie Gran TRIBUNE REPORTER At 14, Jamie Starr Sedillo shot to death a man who grabbed her gun to stop her from robbing Duffy's Bar and Grill in Albuquerque's Northeast Heights. Today she's 17, captain of her high school's...

Rio Rancho prepares in case new school wing isn't ready.
March 4, 1998... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos TRIBUNE REPORTER Rio Rancho school officials are considering backup plans, such as starting school later in the year or split sessions, if a new classroom wing for the high school is not completed by August. ...

Man accused of beating baby.
March 4, 1998... Byline: STAFF REPORTS A 42-year-old man remained in the City-County Jail today on a $125,000 bond after being charged with child abuse resulting in great bodily harm. Louie Barraza, who lives in an apartment on Utah Street Southeast,...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 4, 1998... Woman hurt in crash is in serious condition The condition of a woman injured Monday when a car crashed into a West Side doctor's office where she was waiting has been upgraded to serious. Nancy Soto, 51, had been in critical...

Social worker new families-agency boss.(Local News)
March 4, 1998... Byline: Tim Archuleta TRIBUNE REPORTER SANTA FE -- Deborah Hartz, a social worker with strong ties to children's advocates, today was named the new secretary of the state Children, Youth and Families Department. Gov. Gary Johnson...

Months of freeway work begin.(Local News)
March 4, 1998... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO BY: Michael J. Gallegos/Tribune PHOTO: b/w Construction workers place orange barrels along westbound I-40 under the Wyoming Boulevard overpass in preparation for a project that began this...

Court rules inmate is owed workers-comp pay.(Local News)
March 4, 1998... Byline: Deborah Baker THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE -- A convicted murderer is entitled to get some workers-compensation benefits while in prison, the state Court of Appeals has ruled. But one of the judges in the case recommended...

Police chief search cut to 20 candidates.(Local News)
March 4, 1998... Byline: Shonda Novak TRIBUNE REPORTER A search committee has pared the list of Albuquerque police chief candidates to 20 people, the group's chairman said today. The pool includes six or seven current chiefs and at least one...

Death from infection on the rise.
March 4, 1998... Byline: Lee Bowman SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON -- Death rates from infectious disease rose 22 percent in the United States between 1980 and 1992, federal experts have told Congress. "Progress had been so great that three...

Senate OKs national 0.08 standard for DWI.
March 4, 1998... Byline: Lance Gay SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON -- Drinking a bottle of wine with dinner or downing four containers of beer at the football stadium might soon violate new federal drunken-driving laws. The Senate voted 62-32...

Los Ranchos re-elects its trustees.
March 4, 1998... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos TRIBUNE REPORTER All three incumbents hung on to their seats as trustees in the Village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque. Trustees Leo Bartolucci, Barbara Chavez and John Sanchez retained their seats in...

Corrales keeps mayor, replaces 2 councilors.
March 4, 1998... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos TRIBUNE REPORTER Mayor credits win to flood-control work and raising money for a recreation area. Corrales voters kept their mayor but elected two new councilors who will lead the growing village for the next...

Elections.
March 4, 1998... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos TRIBUNE REPORTER The small but growing town of Bernalillo will continue to tackle growth and infrastructure issues with the same mayor and one new face on the board of trustees. Bernalillo voters re-elected...

Draw of the cards will settle mayor's race.
March 4, 1998... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. TRIBUNE REPORTER Heads or tails. High card or low card. Mayor or ex-mayor. Estancia Mayor James Farrington never figured good luck would be a requirement for elected office, but he knows that now. ...

Santa Feans hand incumbent Mayor Jaramillo a crushing defeat.
March 4, 1998... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ROUNDUP Larry Delgado never seems to run out of career options. Highway designer, substitute teacher and now mayor of Santa Fe. Delgado, a 61-year-old retired highway designer, former Santa Fe city...