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

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

Nuclear tensions felt here, abroad.
May 30, 1998... Byline: Anne Catto TRIBUNE REPORTER Local Indians, Pakistanis see tests as political, not war preparations Whenever a country tests a nuclear weapon, people get nervous. The reaction over Pakistan's testing seven such bombs in...

Gilbert:I didn't know of divorce.
May 30, 1998... Byline: Dennis Domrzalski TRIBUNE REPORTER Terri Gilbert felt she was going crazy. Hours earlier she had killed a man in the basement of her University Area home. Under questioning from police she learned that the man she shot the...

Education, governor as overseer are Vigil's campaign cornerstones.
May 30, 1998... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos TRIBUNE REPORTER VOTE '98 As his campaign for governor winds down, Robert Vigil acknowledges that he'll need more than experience, family ties and hard work to get the nod in the Democratic primary on...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
May 30, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports State orders US West to lower telephone rates SANTA FE -- Telephone rates for US West customers in New Mexico will drop by $22.3 million a year under an order issued by state regulators. The State...

The smiles say it all.(Local News)
May 30, 1998... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO: b/w PHOTOS BY: Tim Myers/Tribune Pat Abeyta (left) and Mary Margaret Moore return a volley during the Special Olympics Unified Volleyball tournament Friday morning at Sandia Preparatory...

Maloof application processing halted.(Local News)
May 30, 1998... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A state district judge, responding to a lawsuit by Republicans, ordered the county clerk to stop accepting the forms and not send out any absentee ballots based on them. The state Republican Party has...

Black community wants answers why reporter wasn't rehired by TVstation.(Local News)
May 30, 1998... Byline: Shonda Novak TRIBUNE REPORTER Black leaders in New Mexico are decrying the lack of minorities in the media statewide after the decision by an Albuquerque television to not renew the contract of a black reporter. And if the...

Candidates' cash came from PACs, dances and good ol' dad.
May 30, 1998... Byline: Tim Archuleta TRIBUNE REPORTER CONTRIBUTION LISTS Today: Martin Chavez, Gary King. Monday: Jerry Apodaca, Ben Chavez Jr., Reese Fullerton, Robert Vigil. The six Democratic candidates wanting a shot at ousting...

Campaign contributions, Governor.
May 30, 1998... MARTIN CHAVEZ, Democrat Contributions from individuals. Name City Employer/ CONTRIBUTION OCCUPATION Juven Sanchez Albuquerque Retired $300 Michael G. Rosenberg Albuquerque Attorney $1,000 Victor & Antoinette Lopez...

Aussie long-baller pays off for Gophers.(Sports)
May 30, 1998... Byline: Edgar Thompson TRIBUNE REPORTER With his long drives, James McLean is tied for the individual lead heading into today's final round of the NCAA Championships. University of Minnesota golf coach John Means took a big gamble...

Dukes coach says pitching demise helps batters.(Sports)
May 30, 1998... Byline: Rick A. Maese TRIBUNE REPORTER THE PCL Today: Dukes vs. Colorado Springs Game time: 7 o'clock, Sports Stadium. On the air: KZSS-610 AM. Although expansion baseball may have been Claude Osteen's big break into...

Candidates views on the issues.(Insight and Opinion)
May 30, 1998... VOTE '98 In a series that began Tuesday and ends today, The Tribune is publishing answers to questionnaires sent to candidates running for election in the June 2 primary. Winners in the primary will qualify to represent their...

Putting 'us' ahead of 'me' is the task.(Insight and Opinion)
May 30, 1998... Byline: Kate Nelson Beneath a canopy of cottonwoods, by a fat and chattering stream, a fellow hiker laid out a moral dilemma worthy of a Socratic dialogue. He is a labor leader and valued employee at his union-protected job -- so...

The Tribune recommends.(Insight and Opinion)
May 30, 1998... EDITORIAL Here is a recap of our endorsements in Tuesday's primary elections. We are recommending only in races affecting Albuquerque-area voters. U.S. House District 1, Democrats -- Phillip J. Maloof District 1,...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
May 30, 1998... Ballot-application debacle Three points about the latest election-related fiasco in the Bernalillo County Clerk's Office: n First, the Phil Maloof for Congress campaign was wrong to print its own headquarters as the return address on...

Sorting out who's who in judicial races.
May 30, 1998... Byline: J. Gutierrez Krueger TRIBUNE REPORTER Once again, Albuquerque voters have plenty of decisions to make in the various judicial races in the primary election this Tuesday. And once again, the confusion: What term does a judge...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
May 30, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports Judge says he'll hear arguments on WIPP SANTA FE -- A federal judge says he'll hear arguments for stopping the nuclear-waste dump near Carlsbad from opening. U.S. District Judge John Garrett Penn of...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
May 30, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports AT A GLANCE Party ends in gunfire: An apparent end-of-school party on the West Side ended in gunfire early this morning with one person shot and three in custody, authorities said. The incident occurred...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
May 30, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports CRIMESTOPPERS Fugitive of the week: David Doporto is wanted on charges of failure to comply with conditions of his probation. His original charges were aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Doporto,...

CORRECTIONS.(Local News)
May 30, 1998... In Friday's Midday edition, a list of campaign contributions received by U.S. House candidate Phil Maloof should have identified The Sahd Group and The Walters Group as partnerships. See story 05-29-98 Pg. A4 "CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, 1ST...

CORRECTIONS.
May 30, 1998... Bruce Barnaby An article Thursday about Bruce Barnaby, a candidate for the District 1 seat on the state Public Regulation Commission, should have said he was a member in 1997 of the Collaborative Effort to Restructure New Mexicos...

County clerk admits goof over mailings.
May 29, 1998... Byline: Tim Archuleta TRIBUNE REPORTER Bernalillo County Clerk Judy Woodward says she is partially to blame for the potentially illegal absentee-ballot applications mailed to voters by state Sen. Phil Maloof's congressional campaign. ...

Martin Chavez tops Dems in governor-race spending.
May 29, 1998... Byline: Barry Massey The Associated Press SANTA FE -- In the hunt for campaign cash, former Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez leads the pack of Democrats who want to become governor. Chavez raised $119,648 for his campaign during the...

APS budget approved with 5.2 percent raises.
May 29, 1998... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos TRIBUNE REPORTER Teachers-union officials say they will continue to press for 9 percent raises, despite an independent report verifying Albuquerque Public Schools' contention there isn't enough money for them. ...

Fullerton says his strength is uniting people.
May 29, 1998... Byline: John Hill TRIBUNE REPORTER VOTE '98 Many candidates for elected office -- particularly obscure candidates like Reese Fullerton -- spend a lot of time just getting people acquainted with their names. On the campaign...

He was a friend to N.M., but Arizona came first.(Obituary)
May 29, 1998... Byline: STAFF REPORTS BARRY GOLDWATER, 1909-1998 Barry Goldwater was considered a friend of New Mexico conservatives, even if he sometimes aimed his infamous political sarcasm toward his "friends" to the east of his home state of...

Gilbert couldn't see man, vision expert says.(Local News)
May 29, 1998... Byline: Dennis Domrzalski TRIBUNE REPORTER Bad eyesight coupled with poor lighting meant Terri Gilbert was unable to see who was walking down her basement stairs the night two years ago when she fatally shot her husband, a vision expert...

Support for child care.(Local News)
May 29, 1998... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO: b/w PHOTO BY: KayLynn Deveney/Tribune Amelia Smith, 6, (left) stands next to balloons at the Barelas Community Child Development and Science Learning Center, where a news conference was held...

Wilson, Maloof follow trend of pricey House races.
May 29, 1998... Byline: Tim Archuleta TRIBUNE REPORTER Candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives nationwide are breaking records for campaign fund raising this election year. House candidates already had reported raising $136 million...

Campaign contributions, 1st Congressional District.
May 29, 1998... PHIL MALOOF, Democrat Contributions from individuals Name City Employer/Occupation Contribution Christine Abadie Albuquerque ----- $100 Stavros Anagnostakos Albuquerque ----- $100 Carol Anaya Los Lunas ----- $50 William...

Cedar Crest speller ties for 10th in national Scripps Howard Bee.
May 29, 1998... Byline: Jan Jonas TRIBUNE REPORTER WASHINGTON -- Being on national television didn't bother Erin Strange. If it did, at least, no one could tell by watching ESPN's live broadcast of the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee in Washington,...

Democrats hope they can erase '97's stunning 3rd District loss.
May 29, 1998... Byline: Rachel Smolkin TRIBUNE REPORTER VOTE '98 On May 13, 1997, Republican Bill Redmond did the politically unthinkable: He pulled off a stunning upset to win New Mexico's 3rd District congressional seat and shattered 14 years of...

Meeting could be hairy for jilted, defectors in WAC divorce.(Sports)
May 29, 1998... Byline: Phill Casaus DEPUTY SPORTS EDITOR From a distance, the world of university presidents looks collegial, sophisticated, genteel. Next week's Western Athletic Conference meetings may put that ivy-and-tweed image to the test. ...

Wind turns against the Lobos.(Sports)
May 29, 1998... Byline: Edgar Thompson TRIBUNE REPORTER UNM gets no help from afternoon breezes and misses cut in NCAA tourney A golfer usually prays for no wind out on the course. But members of the Lobo men's golf team dropped to their knees...

Dukes hope to turn tide on a sea of empty seats.(Sports)
May 29, 1998... Byline: Rick A. Maese TRIBUNE REPORTER The Albuquerque Dukes rank second-to-last in the Pacific Coast League in attendance, but Pat McKernan isn't concerned. "We always start off like this," said McKernan, the team's president and...

Once you've played golf with Tiger, nothing is intimidating.(Sports)
May 29, 1998... Byline: Richard Stevens If there was a legacy handed down from Tiger Woods to Joel Kribel, it was a legacy of no fear, no intimidation. It wasn't so much that Woods purposely drilled these notions into Kribel's head with words of...

Intel axes 600 jobs in Washington.(Business)
May 29, 1998... Byline: Dan Vukelich TRIBUNE BUSINESS EDITOR Intel has announced another round of job cuts, this time at least 600 jobs at its Dupont, Wash., systems-assembly plant. The jobs being done by workers in that business group -- assembly...

Ex-Cibola star Vento signs minor-league deal with N.Y. Yankees.(Sports)
May 29, 1998... Byline: Michael J. Garcia TRIBUNE REPORTER Former Cibola High School baseball standout Mike Vento has signed a minor-league contract with the New York Yankees. "I'm excited because not only am I playing for the greatest organization...

Holiday could follow SDSU to new league.(Sports)
May 29, 1998... Byline: Michael J. Garcia TRIBUNE REPORTER An official from the Holiday Bowl said San Diego State University's departure from the Western Athletic Conference puts the bowl's affiliation with the league in limbo after next season. ...

LaBelle's college career ends with putt grazing cup.(Sports)
May 29, 1998... Byline: Edgar Thompson Don't tell Doug LaBelle golf is a game of inches. Try centimeters. Millimeters, actually. LaBelle's Lobo career came crashing to an end when he missed a four-foot putt, right side of the cup by a hair, to...

Its a ratings war out there.(The Arts & Entertainment)
May 29, 1998... Byline: T.D. Mobley-Martinez TRIBUNE REPORTER TV NEWS Same story, different day. "Coverage you can count on from New Mexico's news leader . . ." ". . . everyday we commit all our resources to bring you the most accurate and...

KLUZ struggles to attract Hispanic audience.(The Arts & Entertainment)
May 29, 1998... Byline: T.D. Mobley-Martinez They are the forgotten news station. "It's very strange," said Luis Gonzalez, KLUZ-Channel 41 news director since January. "It's the first time I've worked in a market with such a high percentage of...

Far from the bayou, fiddler Kershaw sets Cajun music afire.(The Arts & Entertainment)
May 29, 1998... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. TRIBUNE REPORTER You can take the boy out of Louisiana, but . . . You know you've got the right number as soon as Doug Kershaw answers his phone. Kershaw, the king of the Cajun fiddlers, has lived in...

Sleepy LaBeef has arsenal of 6,000 songsand counting.(The Arts & Entertainment)
May 29, 1998... Byline: Paul Maldonado Jr. TRIBUNE REPORTER Not all the good guys wear white hats. Sleepy LaBeef -- a hulking 6-foot-6-inch man from the tips of his cowboy boots to the top of his head, sans black-felt Stetson -- is an encyclopedia...

Candidates views on the issues.(Insight and Opinion)
May 29, 1998... VOTE '98 In a series that began Tuesday and will continue through Saturday, The Tribune is publishing answers to questionnaires sent to candidates running for election in the June 2 primary. Winners in the primary will qualify to...

Air Force starts work on laser lab at Kirtland.
May 29, 1998... Byline: Lawrence Spohn TRIBUNE REPORTER The Air Force today entered "a new era, the laser era," U.S. Rep. Joe Skeen of New Mexico said in Albuquerque. At the groundbreaking for the Air Force's Advanced Laser Research Facility on...

UNM will pay for 247 students wrongly given lottery scholarships.
May 29, 1998... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The University of New Mexico says it will provide substitute scholarships for 247 students who lost state lottery scholarships. The lottery scholarships were later taken away from students who didn't meet...

Take this opportunity to catch light-rail train.(Insight and Opinion)
May 29, 1998... EDITORIAL Light rail for Albuquerque, until this week a dream as insubstantial as air, now has real weight. Thanks to U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, Albuquerque and Rio Rancho could get $90 million in federal Highway Trust Fund money...

Speller turns in top-10 performance.
May 29, 1998... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO: Color PHOTO BY: Evan Elie/Scripps Howard News Service Cedar Crest's Erin Strange (above) tied for 10th place out of 249 contestants in the 71st annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee....

Albuquerque speller ties for 10th in national bee.(Local News)
May 29, 1998... Byline: Jan Jonas TRIBUNE REPORTER WASHINGTON -- Being on national television didn't bother Erin Strange. If it did, at least, no one could tell by watching ESPN's live broadcast of the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee in Washington,...

Witness: Gene Gilbert in heavy debt.
May 29, 1998... Byline: Dennis Domrzalski TRIBUNE REPORTER In January 1996, Bernalillo County Commissioner Eugene "Gene" Gilbert, heavily in debt and facing nearly $50,000 in tax liens, began a process to take out a $110,000 loan on his wife's...

Assaults on staff won't be tolerated, youth-jail boss says.(Local News)
May 29, 1998... Byline: Susie Gran TRIBUNE REPORTER One prisoner from Albuquerque's new maximum-security prison for boys has been arrested in connection with a scuffle that left several guards injured, City-County Jail officials said. He and two...

CAMPAIGN UPDATE.(Local News)
May 29, 1998... Byline: Staff report Last-minute endorsements: Concerned Citizens of Albuquerque, a government watchdog group, has endorsed the following primary candidates: Governor: Gary King, Democrat. U.S. Rep. District 1: Phil Maloof,...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
May 29, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports Black reporter's departure from TV station protested The decision by an Albuquerque television station to not renew the contract of a black reporter prompted representatives of black churches and...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
May 29, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports AT A GLANCE Father charged: A 7-week-old baby who was taken to Lovelace Medical Center with seven broken bones Sunday was in stable condition this morning. The baby's father, Allen Padilla, 32, was...

LOCAL & REGIONAL.(Business)
May 29, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports AT A GLANCE Jet-engine deal: Airbus Industrie said General Electric Aircraft Engines and Pratt & Whitney will join forces to supply an engine for the European planemaker's proposed superjumbo jet -- an...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
May 29, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports Attorney general files papers to block WIPP SANTA FE -- The state attorney general has filed court papers trying to block the opening of a New Mexico nuclear-waste repository until a 6-year-old court...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
May 29, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports AOL, 44 states sign price-change settlement America Online must notify customers about price increases or substantial changes to its service before they become effective, according to a settlement...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
May 29, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports AT A GLANCE Road-rage suspect: Police have a suspect in custody in an April 22 road-rage killing near Academy Acres in the Northeast Heights. Robby McGrew, 19, was arrested Thursday morning and is...

Storytellers quick on the draw.
May 28, 1998... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. TRIBUNE REPORTER N.M. Tales, Tall and True Unlike their subjects, writers are sure shots with students Tony Hillerman is telling one of his favorite New Mexico outlaw stories, the one about how Black Jack...

WAC break may cost defectors millions.
May 28, 1998... Byline: Edgar Thompson and Phill Casaus TRIBUNE REPORTERS An NCAA rule says future revenues, which are based on past performance, would go to the league, not the new conference being formed. An impending divorce between the Western...

Ben Chavez wants to reduce crime, taxes.
May 28, 1998... Byline: Dennis Domrzalski TRIBUNE REPORTER VOTE '98 For three years, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ben Chavez got to see crime close up. As a Metropolitan Court judge from 1985 to 1988 he sentenced shoplifters, drunken drivers...

Elections boss resigns over absentee ballots.
May 28, 1998... Byline: Tim Archuleta TRIBUNE REPORTER The Bernalillo County Bureau of Elections chief abruptly resigned today in a dispute with County Clerk Judy Woodward over the handling of absentee-ballot applications. The resignation leaves the...

Telescope takes first picture of planet outside our solar system, scientists say.
May 28, 1998... Byline: Lawrence Spohn TRIBUNE REPORTER Astronomers today said they have detected and photographed what they believe is the first planet ever seen outside the solar system, using NASA's orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. The object,...

Experienced lawmakers vie for chance to run against Skeen.
May 28, 1998... Byline: Rachel Smolkin TRIBUNE REPORTER VOTE '98 In 1980, a Picacho sheep rancher named Joe Skeen became the third person in U.S. history to win election to Congress as a write-in candidate. He won with 61,000 votes when...

Truck driver trapped after rollover.
May 28, 1998... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO: b/w PHOTO BY: Tim Myers/Tribune Albuquerque and Bernalillo County firefighters and Albuquerque police officers work at the scene of an accident today in which a cement truck rolled over at...

City speller bumped in bee's sixth round.(Local News)
May 28, 1998... Byline: Jan Jonas TRIBUNE REPORTER WASHINGTON -- Faced with the word sachem this afternoon, Erin Strange tried to coax more information from officials of the Scripps Howard Spelling Bee. The 13-year-old Albuquerque Academy...

SWAT team ends standoff.(Local News)
May 28, 1998... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO: b/w PHOTO BY: Toby Jorrin/Tribune Albuquerque Police Department SWAT team officers watch the entrance to a room on the second floor of the Motel 76 at 1521 Coors Road N.W. APD Sgt. William...

Debt-laden Gene Gilbert tried to use wife's home for a loan, witness says.(Local News)
May 28, 1998... Byline: Dennis Domrzalski TRIBUNE REPORTER In January 1996, Bernalillo County Commissioner Eugene Gilbert, heavily in debt and facing nearly $50,000 in tax liens, began a process to take out a $110,000 loan on his wife's University Area...

Judge drops food store from burger-flinging lawsuit.(Local News)
May 28, 1998... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOBBS -- The fast food slogans are wrong -- you can't have it your way. A local food store is not liable for the actions of an angry employee who is accused of pelting a customer with a sack of...

Highway department to take over DWI classes.
May 28, 1998... Byline: Deborah Baker The Associated Press SANTA FE -- The state Highway and Transportation Department says it will take over DWI-education programs so that driver's license applicants won't face further delays. The classes --...

Business group gives governor perfect grade.(Business)
May 28, 1998... Byline: Macario Juarez Jr. TRIBUNE REPORTER For a second straight year, Gov. Gary Johnson received perfect marks for his support of business during the legislative session, the state's largest business group says. Johnson still needs...

Ritzy hotel could be boon to Downtown.(Business)
May 28, 1998... Byline: Macario Juarez Jr. ON REAL ESTATE Build it and they will come. That's what real estate brokers and developers hope happens if the landmark First National Bank building Downtown is transformed into an upscale hotel. ...

High-tech house hunting.(Business)
May 28, 1998... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO: Color PHOTO BY: KayLynn Deveney/Tribune RayLee Homes has erected a new kiosk by the food court at Cottonwood Mall that lets visitors use a computer touch-screen to learn about the company...

That $50 a week in 1968 doesn't look so bad by today's standards.(Business)
May 28, 1998... Byline: Dan Vukelich TRIBUNE BUSINESS EDITOR Have you ever wondered what to make of those stories about how your parents made ends meet on just $50 a week when they got married back in 1968? If so, there's a basis for an...

Speed reads.(Business)
May 28, 1998... Opening: A new Hurricane's Disasters will open in June at Louisiana Plaza, 7200 Montgomery Blvd. N.E. Hurricane's specializes in Mexican food. Railroad rates: Ever wonder what it costs to ship something by rail? The Burlington Northern...

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.(Business)
May 28, 1998... Joe Cabaza has joined the staff of ITG in Albuquerque as senior account specialist. Cabaza is responsible for marketing and integrating specialized accounting and manufacturing software for the company. Catherine Olague has qualified as a...

Candidates views on the issues.(Insight and Opinion)
May 28, 1998... VOTE '98 In a series that began Tuesday and will continue through Saturday, The Tribune is publishing answers to questionnaires sent to candidates running for election in the June 2 primary. Winners in the primary will qualify to...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
May 28, 1998... The Tribune recommends Last in a series. The Tribune today concludes its endorsements in the June 2 primary elections. We are recommending only in contested races affecting Albuquerque-area voters. U.S. House District 1,...

N.M. rates high for accidental deaths.
May 28, 1998... Byline: Rebecca Rolwing The Associated Press Accidents are the third-leading cause of death in the state, and the rate is double that of the nation as a whole, the latest statistics show. Poverty, alcoholism and vast distances...

Hubble detects planet forming near nebulous star.
May 28, 1998... Byline: Lawrence Spohn TRIBUNE REPORTER NASA today is scheduled to release the first telescope image of what is believed to be a giant planet forming in another solar system. Although research to confirm the finding is continuing...

IN BRIEF.(Local News)
May 28, 1998... Byline: Staff and wire reports N.M. student shot while visiting Arizona friend TUCSON, Ariz. -- A New Mexico college student was shot in the head while visiting a friend, but police say they don't believe he was the intended target....

It's Round 5 for speller.(Local News)
May 28, 1998... Byline: Jan Jonas TRIBUNE REPORTER WASHINGTON -- Erin Strange today spelled dorcastry correctly to advance to Round 5 of the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. The next round was to begin later this morning. On Wednesday,...

Pitcher from Down Under never thought he'd play for a living.(Sports)
May 28, 1998... Byline: Rick A. Maese TRIBUNE REPORTER Baseball might be our national pastime, but it's not exactly No. 1 on Australia's list of favorite sports. It's not No. 2 or 3, either. "It's way down there -- it's in the teens," says Jeff...