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

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

Nagging questions echo from first Desnoyers trial.
November 30, 1999... Byline: Leslie Hoffman lhoffman@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 Motive, weapons and credibility. Those were the key issues that captivated an Albuquerque jury four months ago in the first murder trial of Jason Desnoyers. And those same...

N.M. version of Megan's Law might jeopardize federal funding.
November 30, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 A measure that New Mexico legislators passed this year to give the public more information about convicted sex offenders could cost the state $400,000 in federal crime-fighting money. ...

Sub shortage puts schools in holiday bind.
November 30, 1999... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Nearly 10 percent of the teachers and educational assistants in Albuquerque Public Schools were not at work the day before Thanksgiving, highlighting a growing substitute teacher...

Body found at Sandia sparks FBI investigation.(Local News)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Skeletal remains found by hunters in an irrigation canal on the Sandia Pueblo have sparked the interest of the FBI. FBI agents have determined the deceased was an Indian or Hispanic male,...

Motorists expected to test out Big-I redo before rerouting.(Local News)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 It's a question that city and state officials are grappling with in the four months before the Big-I reconstruction: What are the ways to manage traffic during the massive construction...

Shipments of waste to WIPP suspended.(Local News)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Sue Major Holmes THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The federal government has suspended shipments of nuclear waste to its southeastern New Mexico repository until waste-generating weapons sites can prove what is in their barrels. A state...

Baca Ranch access is years away.(Local News)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Jessica Wehrman wehrmanj@shns.com / (202) 408-2705 WASHINGTON President Clinton's signature has allocated the $101 million needed to buy the spectacular Baca Ranch, but it may be years before the land is entirely open to the...

State Supreme Court puts Harrison retrial on hold.(Local News)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Deborah Baker The Associated Press SANTA FE Shane Harrison's retrial on charges that he murdered three Albuquerque video store employees must wait. The state Supreme Court on Monday, agreeing with state District Judge Frank...

Closing arguments made in Desnoyers trial.
November 30, 1999... Byline: Leslie Hoffman lhoffman@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 The entire murder case against Jason Desnoyers can be boiled down to 20 minutes, the lead prosecutor says. District Attorney Susana Martinez of Dona Ana County told Albuquerque...

APS to seek way to block Internet porn, violence.
November 30, 1999... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 The Albuquerque Board of Education is tackling the problem of Internet pornography and its availability to students who use school district computers. "Teachers are starting...

Shortage of cells has jailers scrambling.
November 30, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The officials who operate Albuquerque's jails are looking for places to hold excess prisoners being returned from the the McKinley County jail in Gallup. Five inmates last week climbed through a skylight...

Urlacher becomes first MWC player of the year.(Sports)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 The Brian Urlacher award-blitz continues. Today, the University of New Mexico free safety was anointed the inaugural Mountain West Conference player of the year. "That's a...

Flanagan seethes after Houston spanks Lobos.(Sports)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 His vision of progress interrupted by a rout, coach Don Flanagan is promising to get tough. Flanagan ripped the performance of his University of New Mexico women's basketball team...

The 50 finest.(Sports)
November 30, 1999... No. 10 Luc Longley Sport Basketball, University of New Mexico, 1987-91; Minnesota Timberwolves, 1991-94; Chicago Bulls 1994-98; Phoenix Suns 1998-present. What he did Longley was the Lobos' all-time leading scorer,...

Boys opening tip-offs offer intriguing matchups.(Sports)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Rick A. Maese As November ends today, the high school basketball season is fully under way. The boys season tips-off tonight as 17 area teams play their first games. Two matchups that ought to be exciting will take place in...

The new game in town debuts with Slam home opener.(Sports)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 In August 1998, it was an announcement. In February 1999, it became a business. In May, it had a name. Tonight, it becomes an Albuquerque reality. The New Mexico Slam of the...

Tapia to fight Jan. 8 in The Pit.(Sports)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE Boxer Johnny Tapia will return to the ring in a bout against World Boxing Organization bantamweight champion Jorge Elicer Julio on Jan. 8 in The Pit, according to a news release issued Monday....

Menaul, NMAA duke it out in court.(Sports)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Sean McAfee smcafee@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 The latest chapter in the case of Menaul vs. the New Mexico Activities Association won't close until Wednesday, and how it will be resolved depends on whom you ask. State District...

Fran relishes rowdy road and UTEP roughhouse.(Sports)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Fran Fraschilla has won at Syracuse's Carrier Dome. His St. John's team beat Georgetown on the Hoyas' home turf. It stopped UConn's 54-game winning streak in Storrs, Conn. ...

NM mica mine and mill to change hands.(Business)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Oglebay Norton Co. plans to acquire a mica mine and mill in northern New Mexico. The Cleveland company said it has agreed to acquire properties in Velarde, north of Espanola, and...

EDITORIAL.(Insight and Opinion)
November 30, 1999... Armijo patriots show us how to fight war on drugs Courage to Armijo residents, who are slowly resuscitating their South Valley neighborhood from the stupor of drug dealing. They are an inspiration to other communities oppressed by similar...

Cannon shell blast injures munition workers.(Local News)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF FORT WINGATE Two people were injured, one critically, at the Fort Wingate Army Depot on Monday after a 105mm cannon shell exploded. Georgena Horting, 25, from Zuni suffered abdominal...

Committee: Put tobacco cash into health, education.(Local News)
November 30, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE The Tobacco Settlement Committee of the state Legislature has decided to spend most of New Mexico's settlement with tobacco companies on health and education programs. For months the committee...

Police trying to locate family members of homicide victims.
November 30, 1999... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger jglenn@abqtrib.com / 823-3603 A suspect in a weekend double homicide will remain in City-County Jail after a Metro Court judge ordered that a no-bond hold issued at the time of his arrest be continued....

N.M. jobless rate high, unchanged.(Business)
November 30, 1999... Byline: The Associated Press New Mexico's jobless rate has remained stable at 6.1 percent for four consecutive months, the state Labor Department reports. The rate for the year is down by one-tenth of a point from 6.2 percent last...

Child left in truck leads to arrest of father.(Local News)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF A 24-year-old man is in jail after being accused of leaving his 2-year-old son asleep in a pickup in the parking lot of a lounge while he was inside drinking, Bernalillo County sheriff's...

UNM traditional caroling stroll set for Thursday.(Local News)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF An annual University of New Mexico holiday tradition dating back to the 1930s will brighten the main campus again on Thursday. Called "The Hanging of the Greens," the event begins at 4:30 p.m....

Judge orders Martinez moved to state prison.(Local News)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF TAOS A Taos County escapee accused of murder has been shipped to the state penitentiary. State District Judge T. Glenn Ellington of Santa Fe ordered Andrew Martinez, 27, jailed in the...

Tobacco money windfall to be spent on health.(Local News)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF SANTA FE The Tobacco Settlement Committee of the state Legislature has decided to spend most of New Mexico's settlement with tobacco companies on health and education programs. The...

AT A GLANCE.(Local News)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Police seek victims' relatives: The Albuquerque Police Department has identified the victims of a double homicide over the weekend as Pedro Escobedo and Lori Montano, both of Albuquerque. The...

Lobo QB Stein snares MWC honor.(Sports)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE University of New Mexico quarterback Sean Stein, who passed for a career high 300 yards in the Lobos win over Air Force, was named Monday as the Mountain West Conference offensive player of the...

Long earns MWC weekly award.(Sports)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE Coming off a career-high 39 points against Alcorn State, senior Lamont Long has been named Mountain West Conference Player of the Week. Long averaged 23.7 points and 5.7 rebounds during three...

TNMP, PRC staff reach settlement.(Business)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Texas-New Mexico Power Co. has reached an agreement with the state Public Regulation Commission staff and a large, industrial customer. If the PRC approves, the agreement would...

School attendance is normal in Deming.(Local News)
November 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF DEMING Attendance at Deming Public Schools was back to normal on Monday, school Superintendent Carlos Viramontes said, with only 30 students absent. He said the schools continue to provide...

Officials consider mail voting for City Hall.
November 29, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 State law would have to be changed to allow voting-by-mail in mayoral or council elections. Some Albuquerque officials want to add a modern option to municipal democracy: Vote-by-mail...

So long, Uncle Howdy.
November 29, 1999... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 TV weatherman Howard Morgan retires this week, taking with him almost half a century of friendly forecasts, a cartoon sun named Thermo and a trademark grin that brought viewers back for...

President signs bill for Baca purchase.
November 29, 1999... Byline: Jessica Wehrman wehrmanj@shns.com / (202) 408-2705 WASHINGTON President Clinton today signed a mammoth spending package that includes more than $164.5 million for projects in New Mexico including money for the purchase of Baca...

He lost out on cereal job -- so he runs for presidency.
November 29, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Southeast Heights resident Richard Calderwood says he's not a politician and has "no clue" about campaign fund raising. But the 51-year-old unemployed homemaker is running for U.S....

Murder suspect takes stand again.
November 29, 1999... Byline: Leslie Hoffman lhoffman@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 In his first trial, Jason Desnoyers was expressionless. This time, his voice quavered and his eyes misted. Showing more emotion and filling in more details, Jason Desnoyers told...

State court suspends Santa Fe magistrate.(Local News)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF SANTA FE The state Supreme Court today temporarily suspended a Santa Fe County magistrate who is being investigated for misconduct. Angie Vigil-Perez was suspended immediately without pay....

Escapee stuns city jailers with his surrender.(Local News)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 City-County Jail officials in Albuquerque say they will have to consider other facilities for renting jail beds after five of their inmates slipped out of the McKinley County jail in Gallup....

Man faces arraignment in double homicide.
November 29, 1999... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger jglenn@abqtrib.com / 823-3603 A 22-year-old Albuquerque man was expected to be arraigned today in connection with a weekend double homicide, portions of which were overheard on a 911 call. Jason...

The FRAMEWORK of affordable housing.(Arts)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 Cheaper land on the West Side, high volume and local underwriting all combine to make the market an attractive one, area builders say Jerry Wade has perfected the art of building an...

It's unrealistic to force New Mexicans to pay for unaffordable car insurance.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: PLANET BUSINESS By Sherry Robinson When the subject of our uninsured-motorist problem comes up, the easiest stick to wave is enforcement. It's common ground for a lot of folks who don't usually agree on much else. But how...

Gender pay gap drains everyone, consultant says.(Editorials)(Column)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Leanne Potts lpotts@abqtrib.com / 823-3676 "For the work of every male child, thou shalt pay 50 shekels. For the work of every female child, thou shalt pay 25 shekels." Leviticus 27:3-4. Women have come a long way, baby,...

Women take their own businesses to Internet.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: TRIBUNE Staff Twenty-six percent of the 9.1 million women-owned businesses in the United States have their own Web site, according to the National Foundation of Women Business Owners. That compares with 16 percent of male...

Business almanac.(Business)
November 29, 1999... ACCOUNTING Bruce Malott has successfully completed the certification process with the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts. Malott is the managing principal of Meyners + Co. L.L.C., an accounting and consulting firm. ...

Santa Fe firm completes financing.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Tribune staff WEEK'S TOP STORIES Phase-1 Molecular Toxicology Inc. has raised $1.5 million in equity financing from GIMV and Biotech Fund Flanders, both based in Belgium. The Santa Fe company began its latest round of...

Home buyers, breathe easy.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 Homeownership in Albuquerque could be less frightening for first-time buyers, thanks to an increasing trend in affordable housing Albuquerque has slow job growth, low wages and...

Michael and Brandi Phlieger.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Dan Mayfield Shoptalk Title: Co-owners. Company: Java Joe's Downtown, a coffee shop and restaurant. Time in business: Brandi: July 7 was our first day. Previous jobs: Michael: We both worked for a friend that...

Free video teaches basics of e-retailing.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Tribune staff INBRIEF If you've been wondering about doing business on the Internet, the U.S. Department of Commerce has a free video available to help small business owners learn about e-retailing. The video, "Strategic...

From a Rio Rancho garage and early struggles, sensor company about to go global.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 In its first five years, Monitron Inc. sold almost nothing. After overcoming design flaws, the Albuquerque company this year sold 400 units, a 500 percent increase over 1998. ...

New day spa coming to work out those kinks.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: START-UPS By Dan Mayfield If you like relaxing in hot tubs, lounging in a sauna and getting facials, get ready for Betty's Bath & Day Spa, L.L.C., to open in March. The spa is renovating a building near Rio Grande Boulevard...

New Mexico skin-care products now online.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Tribune staff A New Mexico Web-based company that sells skin-care lines has launched its first brand-name product. GreatSkin C Serum, a topical Vitamin C treatment, is available through the Web site, www.great skin.com, and...

'Tis the season for new shops at local malls.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: RETAIL CORNER By LeannePotts This past weekend marked the beginning of the holiday shopping season, so let's go to the malls and see what's shaking. Over at Cottonwood Mall, the seasonal stores selling sausages and calendars...

NMSU among recipients of FBI funds.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF New Mexico State University's security technology program will get a boost with some money from the FBI. The minor includes courses in engineering technology and criminal justice, offering expertise in the area...

Lovelace singled out for commendation.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF The Lovelace Health Plan has received a commendable accreditation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. The committee is a leading external review and accrediting organization for managed-care plans....

No valves, no crankshaft, but OX2 engine revs up a buzz.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Sherry Robinson srobinson@abqtrib.com / 823-3632 If you want to run with the big dogs, beware of their teeth. Advanced Engine Technologies Inc. has gotten Detroit's attention with a revolutionary new engine. But automakers...

Home sales down; values hold steady.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Staff reports REAL ESTATE BRIEFS Sales of existing homes in the Albuquerque area fell 10.3 percent in October, compared with the same month last year, according to the Albuquerque Metropolitan Board of Realtors. The...

Financing from securities brings in new lender rules.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Sherry Robinson srobinson@abqtrib.com Developers in recent years have welcomed a new source of financing from the securities markets. For the right project, it may be easier than a conventional lender or institutional investor....

Freight company adds to El Paso link.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Viking Freight Inc. is offering next-day service between Albuquerque and El Paso. Viking, based in San Jose, Calif., is an LTL (less-than-truckload) carrier that specializes in next-day and second-day regional freight service. ...

Future is now for St. Pius' former YAFL buddies.(Sports)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 When a group of 12-year-old football hopefuls from the Sandia and West Mesa teams used to play each other back in their Youth America Football League days, the talk always seemed to...

Lobos have to finish games to win, coach says.(Sports)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Close doesn't count in Don Flanagan's book. Neither do moral victories. So, the University of New Mexico women's basketball team will try for a win that does count tonight when they...

Rocky Long, Lobos take a step forward.(Sports)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Richard Stevens Questions this year are about tactics, strategy, not whether UNM got the wrong coach The barbs of second-guessing thrown at the close of Rocky Long's second chapter as University of New Mexico head football...

Fraschilla elated that Long found scoring groove.(Sports)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Fran Fraschilla didn't seem to care whether Lamont Long talked, just as long as he listened. Long heeded his head coach's pleas from earlier in the day to play like a star and...

Urlacher's contribution to Lobo football will continue, coach says.(Sports)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 On Saturday about 3:30 p.m., arguably the best all-around University of New Mexico football player ever walked off the field for the final time as a Lobo. Brian Urlacher's legacy,...

Leonora Paloheimo, 96, boosted Spanish Market.(Obituary)
November 29, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE Leonora Curtin Paloheimo, one of the founders of the Spanish Market and El Rancho de las Golondrinas, has died. She was 96. Paloheimo died Saturday of natural causes at her Santa Fe home, said...

WNMU wins by 5; ENMU falls.(Sports)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Wire reports UPDATE Doug Barnes scored 17 points to lead Western New Mexico to a 81-76 victory Saturday over National Christian University at Silver City. Three other Mustangs scored in double figures: Scott Leavitt with 15,...

Goddard's winning drive seals sad ending for Valley Vikings.(Sports)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 ROSWELL While his teammates walked in a single-file line shaking hands with an excited Goddard football team, Kenneth McCandless stood alone on the 25-yard line. McCandless, Valley High...

A turkey of a weekend for state's ski resorts.(Neighborhood Trib)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Wire reports IN BRIEF Profits melted away with the light snow at New Mexico's ski communities on Thanksgiving weekend, typically one of the biggest ski weekends of the year. Taos is one of the towns feeling the effects...

Game Commission wants to buy Eagle Nest Lake.(Local News)
November 29, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EAGLE NEST The state Game Commission is urging that New Mexico purchase Eagle Nest Lake before the state's lease runs out next spring. The commission voted this month to earmark $2 million for a possible...

Rollover on I-40 injures passenger.(Local News)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE A rollover this morning on I-40 near the Rio Puerco sent a young woman to University Hospital in the Lifeguard helicopter. A spokeswoman for University Hospital said the 23-year-old victim,...

UNM, NMSU work on NAFTA study.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Tribune staff WEEK'S TOP STORIES The University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University will team up on research on the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement. NMSU will focus on NAFTA's impact on the...

FERC approves pipeline plans.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Tribune staff WEEK'S TOP STORIES The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a preliminary approval of Southern Trails' proposal to convert a 700-mile pipeline from liquid transportation to natural gas. Southern...

Number of small exporters growing.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF America's 24 million small businesses are going global in a big way, says a recent study. Nearly 97 percent of U.S. companies that export goods to foreign countries are small businesses, says the...

Land company sells Heights parcel.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Staff reports REAL ESTATE BRIEFS The New Mexico and Arizona Land Co. has sold 5.9 acres of residential land in Northeast Albuquerque to D.R. Horton Inc., a Dallas-based homebuilder. The property, on the southwest corner...

MFA buys land from PNM for expansion.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Staff reports REAL ESTATE BRIEFS The New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority has bought property from Public Service Company of New Mexico to expand its building at 344 Fourth St. S.W. The property at the corner of Third...

UPDATE.(Sports)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Wire reports Southwest Oklahoma 74, Eastern New Mexico 59: Corey Johnson scored 21 points to lead Southwest Oklahoma State. The Greyhounds (1-3) were led by Cord Wilburn and Kennan Browder, both with 13 points. Wilburn also had...

Searchers turn eyes to New Mexico for plane.(Neighborhood Trib)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Wire reports IN BRIEF COLORADO SPRINGS The search for a single-engine plane that disappeared earlier this month en route from Colorado Springs to Las Vegas has expanded into New Mexico. Seven aircraft from the New Mexico...

Mitchell can't defend man who wants to die.(Neighborhood Trib)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Wire reports IN BRIEF RUIDOSO Lawyer Gary Mitchell, known for his opposition to the death penalty, has handed over the case of condemned child killer Terry Clark to another lawyer. Clark, 43, was sentenced to death in...

1953 curfew law killed by Supreme Court ruling.(Neighborhood Trib)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Wire reports IN BRIEF SANTA FE Santa Fe has decided to redo its curfew law after the state Supreme Court rejected a similar law in Albuquerque. The city of Santa Fe has had a curfew for minors on the books since 1953,...

TBA gets FDA green light on test.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Tribune staff PUBLIC COMPANY BRIEFS Thermo BioAnalysis Corp.'s subsidiary, BioStar Inc., received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its rapid test to detect a bacteria that's the most common cause...

SBS Technologies honored twice.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Tribune staff PUBLIC COMPANY BRIEFS SBS Technologies Inc. has been named to the Deloitte and Touche Technology Fast 500 list, a ranking of the fastest growing U.S. technology companies. And the Albuquerque company was...

GFSB earnings jump in third quarter.(Business)
November 29, 1999... Byline: Tribune staff PUBLIC COMPANY BRIEFS GFSB Bancorp Inc., the parent company of Gallup Federal Savings Bank, posted third-quarter earnings of $345,000, or 37 cents a share, up 69 percent from $204,000, or 19 cents a share, for...