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

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

Companies position themselves to launch space cargo industry.
October 28, 1999... Byline: Jessica Wehrman wehrmanj@shns.com / (202) 407-2705 The communications boom has created a demand for more satellites and, as a result, cheaper space flights. Now, communities around the nation are trying to establish themselves as...

Notah Begay in the hunt for PGA's rookie title.(Sports)
October 28, 1999... Byline: STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Golf notebook The PGA Tour Rookie of the Year award could be at stake for Albuquerque golfer Notah Begay during this weekend's Tour Championship. Begay and Paraguay's Carlos Franco appear to be the...

Academy, St. Pius X find motivation through losses.(Sports)
October 28, 1999... Byline: Sean McAfee SMCAFEE@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3662 One team's dress rehearsal for a coronation is another team's motivation. For St. Pius X, winners of six consecutive boys state soccer championships, including all five since the...

Mayfield's rally heralds tough march to playoffs.(Sports)
October 28, 1999... Byline: Pete Herrera THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS CRUCES Defending state champion Mayfield saved its playoff hopes last week in the final four seconds of its game against Gadsden. Other teams that hope to be playing well into November...

Menaul grid star makes a run at a Division I scholarship.(Sports)
October 28, 1999... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 Menaul School, a private school in Albuquerque, first opened its doors in 1881 and has been competing in athletics for most of this century. Derek Swofford is very aware that a...

Forget ghosts, goblins; here's what really scares The Jittery One.(Sports)
October 28, 1999... Byline: The Linz THE GREAT ONE THE LINDSEY LINE It's the time of the year to be scared. It's the time of the year to pull the bed covers over your head and weep like a baby. No, not because the Lobo football team has another...

Good news!(Sports)
October 28, 1999... La Cueva High School graduate Jaime Ricker was named women's soccer player of the week in the Colonial Athletic Association after scoring six goals and an assist in three matches. Ricker, a senior at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.,...

CROSSFIRE.(Sports)
October 28, 1999... Was Jim Gray out of line in his interview with Pete Rose? John Whitmore says yes: Jim Gray's "show no mercy" interview of Pete Rose was inappropriate to the occasion of honoring the top 100 baseball players at the World Series. ...

Begay in hunt for PGA rookie title.(Sports)
October 28, 1999... Byline: STAFF REPORTS The PGA Tour Rookie of the Year award could be at stake for Albuquerque golfer Notah Begay III during this weekend's Tour Championship. Begay and Paraguay's Carlos Franco, both two-time winners on Tour this...

UNLV coach sees team, league on the upswing.(Sports)
October 28, 1999... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Catching up with... John Robinson As soon as John Robinson accepted the challenge of reconstructing the Nevada-Las Vegas football program, credibility returned to the Rebel campus....

Urlacher named Thorpe semifinalist.(Sports)
October 28, 1999... Byline: Brad Moore University of New Mexico free safety Brian Urlacher on Wednesday was named one of 12 semifinalists for the Jim Thorpe Award, which is awarded to the nation's most distinguished defensive back. The Jim Thorpe...

Fraschilla names three first-game starters.(Sports)
October 28, 1999... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Competition remains for two spots in a Lobo men's basketball starting five that might feature only veterans. Three returning Lobos senior wing Lamont Long, senior post player...

State treasurer will seek 2nd District nomination.(Local News)
October 28, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF SANTA FE State Treasurer Michael Montoya said he plans to run for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 2nd District of southern New Mexico. Montoya becomes the second Democrat to...

2 men charged in death of Albuquerque resident.(Local News)
October 28, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Two men have been formally charged in the grisly slaying of a 34-year-old Albuquerque man, whose bound and burned body was found near the South Valley landfill earlier this month. Robert...

SBA wants nominations for small-business awards.(Business)
October 28, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL The U.S. Small Business Administration is seeking nominations for "Small Business Week 2000!" Nominations are being accepted for Small Business Person of the Year, Small Business...

Bank files as intervenor in court challenge.(Local News)
October 28, 1999... Byline: Wire reports IN BRIEF A New Mexico bank has filed court papers siding with ranchers in a legal attack on an important financial underpinning of ranching. Forest Guardians, a Santa Fe-based conservation group, filed a...

Spate of robberies puzzles Roswell police.(Local News)
October 28, 1999... Byline: Wire reports IN BRIEF ROSWELL A man wearing a hockey mask and a gray sweatshirt struck again in what authorities say might be his fifth holdup. Witnesses told police a man entered the Pizza Hut here and brandished a...

New Mexican denies Nevada arson charges.(Local News)
October 28, 1999... Byline: Wire reports IN BRIEF RENO, Nev. A National Park Service worker accused of setting a fire at a Reno casino pleaded innocent Wednesday to charges of first- and third-degree arson. Steve A. Sandoval, 36, Santa Fe, N.M.,...

Space-laser project may move to Kirtland.
October 27, 1999... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 The multibillion-dollar Air Force research program to develop an anti-missile laseris currently based in Los Angeles.A $2 billion to $3 billion laser project could be coming to...

Tough rule to play by.
October 27, 1999... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 Anthony French, adrift and in academic trouble, found a needed home with La Cueva coach Mark Henry. But state athletic regulationsmade it plain: To return to the football field, French...

Downtown fund-raiser draws $241,000 in pledges from throughout the city.
October 27, 1999... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Downtown Action Team President Pat Bryan said today that new money pledged in support of Albuquerque's Downtown revitalization efforts proves the campaign is a communitywide effort. ...

Sun Health reaches a deal with its biggest creditors.
October 27, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sun Healthcare Group Inc., which filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this month, has reached a tentative payment plan with some of its creditors. The agreement between the Albuquerque-based nursing...

Frito Pie provenance comes into dispute.(Local News)
October 27, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF The origin of the Frito Pie has been called into question by a national publication. In Santa Fe, legend has it that Woolworth's restaurant worker Teresa Hernandez came up with the Frito...

Diabetes outreach focuses on Indians.
October 27, 1999... Byline: J.M. Barol JBAROL@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3612 When Lorraine Valdez went back to work as a professional nurse after spending five years raising her children, she was overwhelmed by the number of American Indian patients afflicted with...

Schools, union negotiating how to negotiate.(Local News)
October 27, 1999... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 From the wreckage of this year's contract talks, the Albuquerque Teachers Federation and Albuquerque Public Schools leaders are trying to salvage a better way to negotiate. ...

Tribune managing editor appointed editor of Texas paper.(Local News)
October 27, 1999... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF Terri Burke, managing editor of The Tribune since 1996, today was named editor of the Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News. Burke's appointment is effective Nov. 8, said Alan M. Horton, senior vice president of...

Payne says he's ready to battle complaints all the way to U.S. Supreme Court.
October 27, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Albuquerque City Councilor-elect Greg Payne says he is willing to fight campaign-spending violation charges filed against him this week all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. "The...

Supercomputing Challenge begins 10th year.
October 27, 1999... Byline: The Associated Press Hundreds of New Mexico high school students are embarking on months of math and science in the state's 10th annual Supercomputing Challenge. Teams from all over New Mexico will work on scientific problems...

Guilty plea might avert prison sentence on sex charges.
October 27, 1999... Byline: Leslie Hoffman lhoffman@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 Leslie Claar, a 31-year-old Albuquerque woman who plead guilty to charges of child sex abuse, might not spend a single day in prison. Under an agreement reached with prosecutors,...

Academy girls capture district title.(Sports)
October 27, 1999... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib / 823-3614 The Albuquerque Academy girls soccer team won more than a District 5A-AAA championship; it earned a rest. The Academy completed an unbeaten district season with Tuesday's 2-0 home...

Lobos lose recruit, cast eye toward his teammate.(Sports)
October 27, 1999... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 The University of New Mexico has lost basketball recruit Luke Whitehead to Louisville, but another of Whitehead's high school teammates could become a Lobo in 2001. The Lobos...

It's a big gamble, but improving UNLV is thinking bowl bid.(Sports)
October 27, 1999... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3660 In his first year on the job, University of Nevada-Las Vegas coach John Robinson says he isn't striving merely to bring respectability back to a Rebel football program that went 0-11 last...

Capital won't blame Bears for blowout.(Sports)
October 27, 1999... Byline: Rick A. Maese RMAESE@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3687 High school notebook The offense scored 12 touchdowns. The defense allowed only 23 yards. But following La Cueva's 83-0 stomping of Capital Saturday there was no celebrating,...

Grieving golfers try to focus on Tour Championship.(Sports)
October 27, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports Although the show will go on at the PGA's Tour Championship this week in Houston, players and fans said it won't be the same without one of golf's greatest showmen. U.S. Open champion Payne Stewart, one...

AOL call center to hire an additional 200 people.(Business)
October 27, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL America Online plans to hire an additional 200 people at its call center in Albuquerque to support the recent launch of the latest version of its software, AOL 5.0. The new...

Turn of the Century.(Turn of the Century)
October 27, 1999... Byline: Compiled by Kelly Brewer, Randy McCoach, Bob Widdicombe and Frank Zoretich of The Tribune. Special thanks to Library director Judy Pence. 'On the Growing trust" Whence We Came It was an age of vanishing frontiers and...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
October 27, 1999... Fair panel's nondisclosure takes public for scary ride The State Fair Commission is taking the public on a ride through a house of horrors in its handling of a new midway contract. The company awarded the deal B&B Amusements is scary...

UNM seeks volunteers for stroke study.(Local News)
October 27, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF The University Hospital Stroke Team is seeking volunteers for a research study on hand and wrist spasticity in stroke patients. The study will determine if injections of the drug BOTOX are...

FAA certifies locally made Honeywell flight device.(Business)
October 27, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL The Federal Aviation Administration has certified that Honeywell's XS-950 S/I Mode S/IFF transponder meets requirements set by the FAA for operation in commercial airspace. It's the...

Southwest earnings off a bit in third quarter.(Business)
October 27, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Southwest Airlines reported third-quarter net income of $127 million, or 24 cents, compared with $129.6 million, or 24 cents, for the same period last year. Revenues of the Dallas...

AT A GLANCE.(Business)
October 27, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Furr's opens new store: A new Furr's opened today in Rio Rancho at 7800 Enchanted Hills Boulevard. The 55,000-square-foot store will employ more than 140 people and will feature...

Sophia Loren to be honored guest at artfest.(Local News)
October 27, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Actress Sophia Loren will visit New Mexico as the guest of honor Thursday, Nov. 4, at Weems Artfest Preview Night, a benefit for Children's Hospital of New Mexico. For the past eight...

Coleman-Willis to speak at leadership conference.(Local News)
October 27, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Noted author, speaker and radio/TV talk-show host Linda Coleman-Willis will be an honored guest at this year's New Mexico Black Leadership Conference in Albuquerque. The theme for this...

Officials, lawmakers to tour Colorado prison.(Local News)
October 27, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF SANTA FE Corrections Secretary Rob Perry and some key lawmakers are preparing to tour Colorado's Canon City super-maximum-security prison. "The purpose of the trip is to introduce some...

Kirtland airmen in critical condition after crash.(Local News)
October 27, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Two airmen from Kirtland Air Force Base were critically injured in a car crash near Flagstaff, authorities said. Airmen 1st Class Leslie Rodriguez and Chad Fraley, both members of the...

N.M. senators hail signing of Pentagon spending bill.
October 26, 1999... Byline: WIRE REPORTS The $268 billion Pentagon appropriation just signed by President Clinton will result in about half a billion dollars for New Mexico projects. Sens. Pete Domenici, an Albuquerque Republican, and Jeff Bingaman, a...

Scot schools strike chord with N.M. visitors.
October 26, 1999... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 Lessons on Learning from Scotland The business leaders and educators who went to see Scotland's school system were pleasantly surprised at what they saw there. They also...

Ethics complaints target GOP's election role.
October 26, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Ethics complaints have been filed against two winning City Council candidates and two other candidates who were defeated. The complaints, filed with the city clerk, deal with the role...

Scientists come chasing 'glowworms in the sky' during annual Leonids.
October 26, 1999... Byline: Larry Spohn lspohn@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 The "glowworms" are coming to Albuquerque's skies next month, and Air Force astronomers here are determined to figure out what gives them their eerie celestial shine. Called...

SunTran proposes to extend service.
October 26, 1999... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 The hours of night bus service on 19 city routes would be extended from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. under a SunTran plan submitted to the City Council's finance committee. The committee...

State spending for next year is already taking shape.
October 26, 1999... Byline: Barry Massey The Associated Press SANTA FE The boundaries of next year's budget battlefield have been staked out. Defining those preliminary boundaries is the job of a group of economists in state agencies and the...

Boyfriend arrested in shooting death.(Local News)
October 26, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF The boyfriend of a woman who was killed over the weekend has been arrested in connection with her death, Albuquerque authorities said. Gar Medina, 29, was booked into City-County Jail late...

AG's Office reviews State Fair contract.(Local News)
October 26, 1999... Byline: STAFF REPORTS Assistant Attorney General Patrick Lopez said today that State Fair officials are waiting on his advice regarding the fair's contract with a carnival company to run next year's midway activities, but he's not sure...

Police find three hungry toddlers covered in cat feces; parents arrested.(Local News)
October 26, 1999... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger jglenn@abqtrib.com / 823-3603 Three small toddlers covered in cat feces and cleaning solvent and left to eat only potato-chip crumbs were rescued after Albuquerque police stumbled upon their motel room...

N.M. paying most in region for gasoline.
October 26, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AAA New Mexico is reporting that New Mexico holds the dubious distinction of having the most expensive gasoline in the Southwest region this month at $1.32 for a gallon of regular self-serve unleaded. The...

Hispanic center draws money from corporate America.
October 26, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The campaign to build the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque is close to acquiring major financial help from some big names in corporate America. The Walt Disney Co., Coca-Cola Co. and...

The 50 finest.(Sports)
October 26, 1999... No. 15 Bobby Unser Sport Auto racing, 1948-81; Indy car racing, 1962-81 What he did Unser won the Indianapolis 500 three times (1968, 1975, 1981). His 35 wins on the Indy car circuit make him No. 5 on the all-time list....

Lobo recruit Dennehy could be a 7-footer by the time he gets here.(Sports)
October 26, 1999... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 The Lobos may get more than they bargained for in 6-foot-10 basketball recruit Patrick Dennehy. As many as four inches more. Dennehy, who committed to the University of New...

Soccer coaches kick up a fuss over schedule for state.(Sports)
October 26, 1999... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Some city high school soccer coaches are complaining about next week's state tournaments schedule, saying a break with tradition will wreak havoc with the routines of students and...

German company to build in Albuquerque.(Business)
October 26, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL A German company known for its stereo headphones and digital microphones has picked Albuquerque for its first manufacturing plant outside Europe. Sennheiser Electronics GmbH plans...

How to solve a murder with herbs.(Home and Garden)
October 26, 1999... Byline: Kate Nelson Susan Wittig Albert has not only done what I'd wanted to do turn a love of gardening into the hook for a series of murder-mystery books but she's done it with style. Her China Bayles books feature a...

EDITORIALS.(Opinion)
October 26, 1999... N.M. legislators, please open the door; the public wants in When state legislators entered into another round of sparring with the Corrections Department and Wackenhut Corrections Corp. last week, they left something out: the public. ...

Aragon, Chavez kick off Chicano leadership talks.(Local News)
October 26, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF State Senate President Manny Aragon and Speaker of the House Raymond Sanchez will discuss "Chicano Leadership in the New Mexico State Legislature" at 7 tonight in Room 120 of the University of...

State Fair carnival talks unresolved.(Local News)
October 26, 1999... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF The owners of B&B Amusements have returned to their home base in Yuma, Ariz., after failing to resolve contract issues with New Mexico State Fair officials. On Thursday, the State Fair commission voted to give...

Alcohol cited as possible cause in fatal crash.(Local News)
October 26, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF An 18-year-old girl is dead after a head-on collision in the Southeast Heights that police believe to have been alcohol-related. The crash happened just before midnight Monday in the 3800...

Homicide charge puts gang member back in jail.(Local News)
October 26, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF A member of an Albuquerque gang who was recently released from prison is back behind bars today after being charged with a homicide, authorities said. Eddie Garcia, 29, is charged with...

AT A GLANCE.(Local News)
October 26, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports Aragon, Sanchez kick off Chicano leadership talks: State Senate President Manny Aragon and Speaker of the House Raymond Sanchez will discuss "Chicano Leadership in the New Mexico State Legislature" at 7...

First State reports record quarterly earnings.(Business)
October 26, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL First State Bancorporation posted record third-quarter earnings of $1.43 million, or 44 cents a share, up 30 percent over $1.10 million, or 32 cents a share, for the same quarter last...

SBS sees higher sales, improved profits.(Business)
October 26, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL SBS Technologies Inc. reported improved financial results for its first quarter ended Sept. 30. The Albuquerque company, which is fourth among The Trib 10 most valuable New Mexico...

KCS Energy describes drilling program.(Business)
October 26, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL KCS Energy Inc. said it was successful in six of eight oil wells drilled this year in the Permian Basin. "The success of our Permian Basin program validates the company's strategy...

Intel unveils zippiest microprocessor yet.(Business)
October 26, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports WORLD & NATION Intel Corp. introduced its fastest-ever microprocessor Monday, a chip made by a novel process that shrinks its size and allows the company to recapture the lead in performance from a...

Albuquerque site on Superfund priority list.(Local News)
October 26, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF The Environmental Protection Agency and the state Environment Department have added part of an aquifer underlying Downtown Albuquerque to the federal Superfund national priorities list. ...

State logs $3 million in tribal casino payments.(Local News)
October 26, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF SANTA FE The state treasurer has received $3.27 million from three Indian tribes in the latest round of quarterly casino payments. Santa Ana Pueblo paid $1.67 million, San Felipe Pueblo...

Clinton ratifies help for N.M. chile producers.(Local News)
October 26, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF New Mexico's chile producers stand to get some federal help from the agricultural appropriations bill signed by President Clinton last week. It contains provisions that make specialty crops,...

Panel offers plan to fix N.M. health care.
October 25, 1999... Byline: Nancy Salem NSALEM@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3675 LAS CRUCES All New Mexicans should have access to basic health-care services, and the definition of that care should be determined at the grass-roots, community level. That was a key...

Union ends teachers' agreement at Rio Grande.
October 25, 1999... Byline: Andy Lenderman ALENDERMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3659 The terminated deal relinquished some union rights and gave the principal extensive new powers. A battle over the direction of school reform at Rio Grande High is under way...

Shuttlejack owner could be junked again.
October 25, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Federal agency asks Ray Sena for more information before considering his application to run an interstate bus service through Albuquerque. A bus company banned from operating in New...

Rare meteor showers coming in November.(Local News)
October 25, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Spectacular "glow worms" from fiery meteors will be easily seen over Albuquerque skies, Air Force astronomers said today. The so-called "glow worms in the sky" actually are the unique...

Velodrome heads to N.M.; where it lands, nobody knows.(Local News)
October 25, 1999... Byline: Jason Gibbs jgibbs@abqtrib.com / 823-3625 Bicyclists have long considered Albuquerque one of the hottest places in the nation for breaking cycling records. If the Southwest Velodrome Association has their way, next year the city...

A jet for Jefferson.(Local News)
October 25, 1999... Byline: Jan Jonas JJONAS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3627 Midschool gets a model mascot Even when Jefferson Middle School teacher Joel Miller was a student there in the 1950s the student body was known as the Jefferson Jets. But no...

New Mexico pales from a lack of blood donations.(Local News)
October 25, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE New Mexico hospitals could face a shortage of blood. "Right now we have virtually no blood on the shelves," said Elizabeth Waltman, community service director of United Blood Services in...

Two slaying suspects to be indicted today.
October 25, 1999... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger jglenn@abqtrib.com / 823-3603 Two 20-year-old suspects were expected to be arraigned today in connection with two separate homicides, both which occurred last month. Michael Quintana was arrested late...

Vacant office space increases.(Business)
October 25, 1999... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 Real estate Vacant space in Albuquerque office buildings has risen each quarter this year for reasons ranging from corporate downsizing to new construction. David Laney of CREI...

Home builders garner awards.(Business)
October 25, 1999... The Home Builders Association of Central New Mexico named the 1999 Homes of Enchantment, Parade of Homes award winners: La Encantada Award, Sivage-Thomas Homes; remodel under $100,000, Robert Slattery Construction; remodel over $100,000,...