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

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

APS SUPERINTENDENT FINALISTS.
March 31, 1998... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos TRIBUNE REPORTER Brad Allison Midwesterner is man who 'dreams out loud' DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Brad Allison is the first to admit that the Davenport school district he now works for appears to be worlds apart...

Wolves quietly released near N.M.
March 31, 1998... Byline: John Hill TRIBUNE REPORTER Foes complain about timing and lack of advance notice With only a couple of government biologists to witness the historic moment, 11 Mexican gray wolves were released into the wild in eastern...

Governor suggests emergency loan to courts.
March 31, 1998... Byline: Dennis Domrzalski TRIBUNE REPORTER Gov. Gary Johnson recommended today that the state make a one-month loan of emergency funds to the state's court system to avert a shutdown of all jury trials and grand-jury proceedings in May...

Gordon House decision under review; finding could be weeks or months away.
March 31, 1998... Byline: Barry Massey THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE -- A prosecutor asked the state Supreme Court today to reinstate Gordon House's convictions for a highway crash in 1992 that killed four members of an Albuquerque family. Steve...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 31, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports More unsettled weather for state Another storm is headed for New Mexico on the heels of record cold Monday. The high temperature Monday was a mere 43 degrees. That broke the record for the lowest...

UNM applicant relishes research atmosphere.(Local News)
March 31, 1998... Byline: Shonda Novak TRIBUNE REPORTER The first of three finalists for the University of New Mexico presidency to interview on campus says he would welcome the chance to lead a major research university and would work to attract...

Group threatens lawsuit over presidential search.(Local News)
March 31, 1998... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS An Hispanic community group may challenge in court the search process the University of New Mexico is using to find a new president. Members of the Hispanic Round Table said Monday the university...

Wagner named Tribune city editor.(Local News)
March 31, 1998... Jim Wagner has been named city editor of The Tribune. Wagner, who joined the newspaper in 1971, will plan and coordinate news coverage of the city and state. He supervises a reporting staff that covers city and state politics,...

Mourners bid Steve Schiff farewell.(Obituary)
March 31, 1998... Byline: Shonda Novak TRIBUNE REPORTER A wind, too cold and bitter for the end of March, sliced through the towering junipers at Albuquerque's Fairview Memorial Park. There, at the grave site of U.S. Rep. Steve Schiff, hundreds of...

Long displays fire in cold spring drill.(Sports)
March 31, 1998... Byline: Michael J. Garcia TRIBUNE REPORTER The Rocky Long era at the University of New Mexico opened under dark gray skies and frigid March winds that only a polar bear could enjoy. Despite Mother Nature's unpleasant behavior, the...

UPDATE.(Sports)
March 31, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports Top volleyball coach quits at Hope Kelly MacEachran, whose Hope Christian School volleyball teams won three state Class AA championships, has resigned, the school said in a news release. MacEachran...

Long reinstates two who quit program in '97.(Sports)
March 31, 1998... Byline: Michael J. Garcia TRIBUNE REPORTER The University of New Mexico football team will return more experience at the receiver position than earlier anticipated after the reinstatement of two castoffs of the former coaching regime. ...

LOCAL & REGIONAL.(Business)
March 31, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports State, feds, sponsor smart-investing campaign The state Regulation and Licensing Department and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are sponsoring a campaign this week to teach New Mexicans how...

ALBUQUERQUE GARDENING TIPS FOR APRIL.(Home and Garden)
March 31, 1998... Trees * Water to moisten soil two to three feet deep twice a month. * Fertilize. Treat for iron chlorosis if necessary. * Plant new bare-root and balled-and-burlapped trees. Shrubs * Prune lilac, forsythia, February...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
March 31, 1998... Wanted: ecology-minded proposals for rivers, streams Attorney General Tom Udall -- he's not running for office, is he? -- has been coming up with a raft of good opinions lately, none more encouraging for the ecology-minded than his latest...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
March 31, 1998... It's off to Washington, D.C., for Trib's new spelling champ This is no pseudodoxy: Erin Strange most-definitely deserves a nice bouquet of verdolaga (hey, it looks good to us) for her tufaceous absorption of the arcanum of spelling --...

'The spirit cannot die'.(Obituary)
March 31, 1998... Byline: Shonda Novak TRIBUNE REPORTER Schiff accorded full military honors Mourners bid Steve Schiff farewell amid a 21-gun salute, the playing of taps, a 'missing-man' flyover and a rabbi's words of comfort A wind, too cold and...

LFC's fake returns anger tax boss.
March 31, 1998... Byline: Barry Massey THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE -- Take comfort in this if you're among those not getting a state tax refund: Bozo and Bozette Clown aren't getting any money back either. Neither is Rin T. Tin and Lassie Collie....

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 31, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports Body may be missing Albuquerque woman A body found in a ditch in Memphis, Tenn., is believed to be that of an Albuquerque woman sought by the FBI for questioning in an attempted hijacking. ...

State Supreme Court to hear appeal in Gordon House case.(Local News)
March 31, 1998... Byline: Tim Archuleta TRIBUNE REPORTER Attorneys in the Gordon House vehicular-homicide case were to present oral arguments today before the state Supreme Court in Santa Fe. The justices are to decide whether a lower court properly...

Schiff eulogized as a man of integrity, simplicity.(Obituary)
March 31, 1998... Byline: Jessie Milligan TRIBUNE REPORTER Snow fell softly as a somber crowd of more than 1,200 people arrived at Congregation Albert to say a final farewell to U.S. Rep. Steve Schiff of Albuquerque. As the eulogies began Monday...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 31, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports Santa Fe legislator challenges signatures SANTA FE -- Democratic State Rep. Max Coll has gone to court in an effort to get rid of his competition in the June 2 primary election. The Santa Fe...

LOCAL & REGIONAL.(Business)
March 31, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports AT A GLANCE French-fry plant: The Navajo Nation is trying to reassure its out-of-state partners in a french-fry plant that the tribe's sudden change in leaders from Albert Hale to his replacement Thomas...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 31, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports AT A GLANCE Well still burning: Oil-well control experts were continuing to clear debris and make preparations to cap a well that blew out 10 days ago, then caught on fire. The fire poses no immediate...

Goodbye, Mr. Schiff.
March 30, 1998... Byline: Jessie Milligan TRIBUNE REPORTER Dignitaries, friends, relatives pay last respects to family man and five-term congressman Snow fell softly this morning as a somber crowd of more than 1,200 people arrived at Congregation...

Family services boss worked her way up the ladder.
March 30, 1998... Byline: Susie Gran TRIBUNE REPORTER Employees and department critics hope that Deborah Hartz can quell discontent among the state's social workers. State Children, Youth and Families Department social workers now have a boss who's...

Quiet houses shush jet-testing racket.
March 30, 1998... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CLOVIS -- The "Hush House" is in the jet-testing racket and has a motto: "Thrust You Can Trust." "They (pilots) have to trust us because we're the last chance before the engine is put into the aircraft,"...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 30, 1998... Byline: Wire reports Ranchers sue to stop reintroduction of wolves New Mexico ranchers are suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to block the release of wolves into the mountains of southwestern New Mexico and southeastern...

Mitzvah Day volunteers.(Local News)
March 30, 1998... About 200 volunteers from Congregation Albert worked throughout the community Sunday as part of the congregations Mitzvah Day. They helped All Faiths Receiving Home, Good Shepherd, Peanut Butter and Jelly Therapeutic Preschool, Project Share,...

Justices to hear court's Gordon House ruling.(Local News)
March 30, 1998... Byline: Tim Archuleta TRIBUNE REPORTER Attorneys in the Gordon House drunken driving case will present oral arguments and answer questions before the state Supreme Court on Tuesday morning. The hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. in...

Gas well fire may be capped later this week.(Local News)
March 30, 1998... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOVINGTON -- Progress has been made toward snuffing out fire at a gas well burning out of control. Over the weekend, workers pushed a drilling rig about 50 feet away from a natural gas well that burned...

Spring to return by midweek after wintry potshot.
March 30, 1998... Byline: STAFF REPORTS Just wait a day or so, and the weather may change again. The forecasts for the rest of the week: * Tuesday, sunny and dry with a high of about 50 degrees. * Wednesday, partly cloudy with a high of about...

Ute run raises the bar for the WAC, especially for the Lobos.(Sports)
March 30, 1998... Byline: Richard Stevens Utah Ute coach Rick Majerus has this annoying habit. He keeps raising the bar of expectations for the rest of the Western Athletic Conference, including the University of New Mexico Lobos. Majerus' first...

Scorps, El Paso expect a tight playoff series.(Sports)
March 30, 1998... Byline: Rick A. Maese TRIBUNE REPORTER The New Mexico Scorpions have a lot more to worry about in the second round of the playoffs than they did in the first. In the Western Division final, the Scorps will try to get past the El Paso...

Billy Ashley refuses Triple-A assignment, leaves Dodger system.(Sports)
March 30, 1998... Byline: STAFF AND WIRE Billy Ashley is gambling $375,000 that he can do better than spending this season in Albuquerque. Ashley informed the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday that rather than accept an assignment to the Triple-A Dukes,...

Snell, 70, loved to fish, hunt.(Obituary)
March 30, 1998... Byline: Carlos Salazar TRIBUNE REPORTER OBITUARY Roy L. "Pete" Snell developed a great love for the open road and the outdoors. Over the years, he reconditioned a school bus and a city bus into recreational vehicles before buying a...

SPELLING FOR GLORY.(Neighborhood Trib)
March 30, 1998... Byline: Jan Jonas TRIBUNE REPORTER 13-year-old Erin Strange outspelled the field to become The Tribunes representative at the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Two girls fidgeted under stage lights, each hoping...

I gave up my tonsils, regained sight of my life.(Neighborhood Trib)
March 30, 1998... Byline: Joline Glenn Life looks a lot different when viewed from flat on your back. That's a perspective I found myself in recently when I chose to undergo what I thought would be a minor surgical procedure: a tonsillectomy to...

LOCAL & REGIONAL.(Business)
March 30, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports Jewelry and craft 'sales' prompt AG public hearing The New Mexico Attorney General's Office will hold a public hearing Wednesday in Albuquerque on a proposal to deter misleading price advertising in the...

Whats new, whats neat Shopping cart.(Week's Worth)
March 30, 1998... All of the chip, some of the sin Fat-free potato chips containing the new oil called olestra are available in Albuquerque now as part of a nationwide rollout to be completed by early summer. We've all heard the good and the bad. The...

Blue light special.(Week's Worth)
March 30, 1998... Byline: Compiled by Jean Moore Teen-agers crazy for candles Go figure: Teen-agers are buying candles like there's no tomorrow. The owners of the Candleman store at Winrock Center say big sellers are the "wizard" candles made by...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 30, 1998... Byline: Wire reports Veterans call for more federal support Veterans are protesting President Clinton's proposed budget, which they say would cut about $40 million from health-care programs in the Veterans Affairs' budget. About...

Congress, state pause to bid Schiff goodbye.(Local News)(Obituary)
March 30, 1998... Byline: STAFF REPORT Hundreds of people, including a contingent of more than 100 members of Congress, were expected to turn out this morning for the funeral for U.S. Rep. Steve Schiff of Albuquerque. The popular, 51-year-old,...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 30, 1998... Byline: Wire reports AT A GLANCE Fix-up at museum: The New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe will be closed Tuesday through April 23 so workers can complete installation of a state-of-the-art climate control system. The system...

LOCAL & REGIONAL.(Business)
March 30, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports Sandia Labs and GE sign $1.1 million research deal Sandia National Laboratories and General Electric have signed a two-year cooperative research and development agreement worth $1.1 million. Sandia...

JANS MAILBOX.
March 30, 1998... Byline: Jan Jonas Earlier this month, I was privileged to speak with and write an article about Kirtland Elementary School nurse Linda Coen when she alerted emergency personnel to a potentially dangerous situation. Several family...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 30, 1998... Byline: Wire reports Veterans call for more federal support Veterans are protesting President Clinton's proposed budget, which they say would cut about $40 million from health-care programs in the Veterans Affairs budget. About...

LOCAL & REGIONAL.(Business)
March 30, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports US West chief: Hispanics need access to technology Hispanics must increase their computer knowledge to succeed and expand in information-driven industries, the CEO of US West Communications told the...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 28, 1998... Superblitz yielding thousands of traffic tickets More than 1,000 drivers received traffic citations from metro-area law enforcement in a Superblitz campaign to crack down on driving violations, authorities said. Between Thursday...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 28, 1998... Beware the bagworms. New Mexico State University officials say the moths are becoming a major problem in parts of Central New Mexico. Bob Cain of NMSU's Cooperative Extension Service said the insects are moving in from the Eastern...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 28, 1998... 2 UNM students win $30,000 scholarships Two University of New Mexico students have won the prestigious Truman Scholarship, which carries a $30,000 award. Fred Melendres of Albuquerque and Manuel Montoya of Mora were chosen on the...

CORRECTIONS.(Local News)
March 28, 1998... * A list on March 18 of those who have filed for the June 2 primary election had the incorrect name of an Albuquerque Republican candidate for the District 23 House of Representatives seat. The correct name is Martin B. Muncy. See Story...

Fernandez backs deep ties with public schools.
March 28, 1998... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos TRIBUNE REPORTER The UNM presidential candidate also has a desire to further push the university as a research school. Moving up the career ladder to lead a major research university has long been a goal for...

AG: Water rights can be used for ecology.
March 28, 1998... Byline: John Hill TRIBUNE REPORTER Udall's opinion is that N.M. law allows it New Mexico law allows the granting of water rights to protect the ecology of rivers and streams, state Attorney General Tom Udall says. Udall's...

Governor appoints commission to plan for Pope sculpture.
March 28, 1998... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE -- The governor has appointed members for a new state commission to come up with plans for a statue or bust of Pueblo Indian Revolt leader Pope. The likeness is to be placed at the U.S. Capitol...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 28, 1998... Ambassador Richardson to attend Schiff's funeral Bill Richardson, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will attend Monday's funeral for U.S. Rep. Steve Schiff, a spokesman has confirmed. Richardson, a former New Mexico congressman,...

Walls come tumbling down for new Walgreens.(Local News)
March 28, 1998... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF REPORTS It wasn't a sight many neighbors wanted to see. The first of several buildings in the Monte Vista Square Shopping Center at Lomas and Carlisle boulevards Northeast was demolished Friday to make way for a...

Farewell to a sister and friend.(Local News)
March 28, 1998... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO: b/w PHOTO BY: Victor Calzada/The Associated Press Carlos Marcos Martinez, the twin brother of slain New Mexico State University student Carly Martinez, and Valerie Cardenas, who was Carly's...

USDA accuses lab of mistreating chimps.(Local News)
March 28, 1998... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALAMOGORDO -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has accused a medical-research laboratory of 24 violations of the Animal Welfare Act after the deaths of two chimpanzees last year. The violations...

N.M. joins opponents of auto-salvage bill.(Local News)
March 28, 1998... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Attorneys general from 32 states, including New Mexico, have issued a letter to the U.S. Senate urging senators to reject a bill regulating the sale of damaged used vehicles. The bill, which was approved...

State settles clinic's claim against Serna.(Local News)
March 28, 1998... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE -- New Mexico has settled a claim filed against State Corporation Commissioner Eric Serna and several members of the commission staff. The claim was filed last fall by La Clinica del Pueblo in...

Just a little more wintry weather.
March 28, 1998... Byline: Jan Jonas TRIBUNE REPORTER Last weekend's springtime weather won't be repeated this weekend as wind, rain and snow charge back into the picture. The National Weather Service has issued a winter-storm watch tonight for the...

Lobos, Long start practice on Monday.(Sports)
March 28, 1998... Byline: Michael J. Garcia TRIBUNE REPORTER The Long wait is nearing an end. The University of New Mexico football program begins a new era under first-year head coach Rocky Long as spring practice kicks off Monday. The Lobo...

If moved to wingback again, Cornhuskers' Newcombe could be there for good.(Sports)
March 28, 1998... Byline: John O'Rourke News and views on this and that: Newcombe's on the spot: This could be a career-deciding spring for Bobby Newcombe with the University of Nebraska football team. Spring drills open Monday in Lincoln with...

Santos raring to go tonight in multi-fight boxing card.(Sports)
March 28, 1998... Byline: Carlos Salazar TRIBUNE REPORTER Diamond David Santos says his two weeks of training in the snow on the slopes in Tijeras Canyon should make a difference in the ring tonight. "I'm in excellent shape after very hard altitude...

CART runs, guns its expansion to Japan.(Sports)
March 28, 1998... Byline: Charles Googe Major League Baseball and the National Football League aren't the only professional sports expanding. This weekend, CART expands to the Orient with a race in Japan. The Twin Ring Motegi circuit (located 60 miles...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
March 28, 1998... Better to replace Rep. Schiff later rather than sooner Even as it grieves the death of U.S. Rep. Steve Schiff, this community must come up with a reasonable means of replacing him. Our present election law, written to cover the unlikely...

Liberal-bashing New Democrats are out for the soul of the party.(Insight and Opinion)
March 28, 1998... Byline: Kate Nelson All this blather about Republicans taking over the state House of Representatives in the November election obscures a longer-term likelihood. The nutshell: Republicans are lying in wait for the real prize, which...

Janes, 16, had dreams of becoming a teacher.(Obituary)
March 28, 1998... Byline: Carlos Salazar TRIBUNE REPORTER Mary Karen Janes wanted to make a difference in her exciting, expanding world. Family members say she aspired to major in anthropology in college and become an elementary school teacher. ...

Update.(Sports)
March 28, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports Unser Jr. edged in Budweiser 500 Motegi, Japan-Adrian Fernandez held off Albuquerque's Al Unser Jr. in a sprint to the finish to win the Budweiser 500 today, the Mexican's first victory since 1996. ...

Update.(Sports)
March 28, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports At A Glance Lobos split: The UNM softball team split a pair of games Friday at the Georgia Tech Buzz Classic in Atlanta. UNM routed Middle Tennessee State 9-2, then lost to No. 9 South Florida 2-0. The...

Gingrich to eulogize Schiff.
March 27, 1998... Byline: Jessie Milligan TRIBUNE REPORTER At least 100 from Congress expected to attend service in Albuquerque The funeral for Congressman Steve Schiff is expected to draw at least 100 members of Congress, including the Speaker of the...

APS boss could be chosen next week.
March 27, 1998... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos TRIBUNE REPORTER The Albuquerque Board of Education could choose a new superintendent as early as Wednesday night, 14 days ahead of its original self-imposed deadline. The regularly scheduled board meeting...

Senate OKs Bingaman safer-schools legislation.
March 27, 1998... Byline: Rachel Smolkin TRIBUNE REPORTER The act would give schools money to use for security technology. WASHINGTON -- One day after authorities charged two boys with gunning down classmates in an ambush at their Jonesboro, Ark.,...

Money shortage threatens state's justice system.
March 27, 1998... Byline: Dennis Domrzalski TRIBUNE REPORTER If a $600,000 shortfall is not remedied, grand juries and jury trials would have to be suspended. State officials are working to head off a potential crisis in the New Mexico state court...

Bernalillo County looks to hire 33 new deputies.
March 27, 1998... Byline: Shonda Novak TRIBUNE REPORTER The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department is looking for a few good deputies. The department is authorized to have 250 deputies but is currently 33 deputies short. "We've had a lot of...

Land-grant heirs take their claims to Washington.
March 27, 1998... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington lawmakers got a history lesson in Spanish and Mexican land grants in New Mexico. The House Resource Subcommittee of the National Parks and Public Lands Committee took testimony Thursday about a...

Anti-nuclear activists conduct'citizen inspection' of Los Alamos.
March 27, 1998... Byline: Deborah Baker THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ALAMOS -- They couldn't get beyond the barbed wire-topped fences. But a group of anti-nuclear activists -- inspired by weapons inspections in Iraq -- conducted a citizen "inspection" at...

BLM acquires cultural site.
March 27, 1998... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE -- An ancient pueblo ruin southwest of Santa Fe is being bought by the federal government to protect it. The Bureau of Land Management was to receive 11.3 acres of the La Cieneguilla Pueblo ruin...

Group calls WIPP wrong focus for U.S.
March 27, 1998... Byline: Lawrence Spohn TRIBUNE REPORTER New Mexico's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, scheduled to receive plutonium wastes beginning in May, is the wrong solution to the nation's problem of nuclear military wastes, an environmental watchdog...

Six of 7 say they'd seek special-election nomination.
March 27, 1998... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE -- All but one of the seven candidates for U.S. Rep. Steve Schiff's seat in the June 2 primary will seek their party's nomination if a special election is held for the post. One of the four...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
March 27, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports Anti-nuclear group wants access to labs LOS ALAMOS -- An anti-nuclear group wants the right to inspect Los Alamos National Laboratory's nuclear-weapons facilities. "How can we be on a high horse...

Ad agency blames failure on casino.(Local News)
March 27, 1998... Byline: Dan Vukelich TRIBUNE BUSINESS EDITOR All Media Marketing & Advertising, an Albuquerque ad agency, says it will file for federal bankruptcy protection next week because Isleta Gaming Palace breached its contract with the agency....

Big, new toy.(Local News)
March 27, 1998... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO: b/w PHOTO BY: Marc Piscotty/Tribune Regina Sanchez-Frazee, a first-grader at Mark Twain Elementary School in the city's Northeast Heights, plays Thursday on the school's new playground...