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

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

Needs, desires run the gamut in diverse mix of Distric 6.
September 30, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH @ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 VOTE '99 This is the third in a series of profiles of City Council districts with contested races in the Oct. 5 elections. Tuesday District 2 Wednesday District 4 Today...

Johnson appalls own party with latest drug talk.
September 30, 1999... Byline: STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Gov. Gary Johnson's call to legalize marijuana and heroin drew severe criticism from some Republican Party leaders, one of whom said the issue "undermines" Johnson's ability to be effective for the...

Downtown secures14-screen theater.
September 30, 1999... Byline: Leanne Potts lpotts @abqtrib.com / 823-3676 By Christmas 2000, Downtown Albuquerque may have a gleaming 14-screen movie theater, complete with stadium seating and digital sound. Plans for the new multiplex, which will be the...

Activists blame prison troubles on harsh treatment, profits.
September 30, 1999... Byline: J.M. Barol JBAROL@ ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3612 When Peter Cubra first visited the Penitentiary of New Mexico in the late 1970s, he said he witnessed prison officials beating inmates with ax handles, saw prisoners stored for days in...

City candidates pipe up on noise questions.
September 30, 1999... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich @abqtrib.com / 823-3623 Quietly, the Citizens Noise Advisory Group of Greater Albuquerque mailed out questionnaires to the 14 candidates running for four City Council seats in Tuesday's election. ...

GOP criticizes Cummins for support of Democrats.
September 30, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The state Republican Party has fired a broadside at one of its own. The GOP has sent out $3,000 worth of fliers criticizing Tim Cummins, a Republican candidate seeking re-election to the Albuquerque City...

Special master appointed in animal services case.(Local News)
September 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF The civil case against the city's Environmental Health Department chief Sarah Kotchian and Animal Services Manager Bob Hillman over claims of animal abuse at city-run shelters has been delayed....

Judge upholds Esther Beckley's sentence.(Local News)
September 30, 1999... Byline: Leslie Hoffman lhoffman @abqtrib.com / 823-3610 Esther Beckley isn't going anywhere. A judge has refused to reconsider the 95 1/2-year sentence imposed on Beckley, a partner in Albuquerque's most deadly mass killing, the...

Bill would limit efforts to save silvery minnow.(Local News)
September 30, 1999... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn @abqtrib.com / 823-3611 New congressional rules, if approved by President Clinton, will limit the federal government's ability to buy water for the survival of the Rio Grande silvery minnow. A bill...

Aspen revival.
September 30, 1999... Byline: Jason Gibbs JGIBBS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3625 Once endangered, aspen are flourishing again on the east side of the Sandias,and this weekend is the best time to see their fall colors. Albuquerque residents in search of fall colors...

So you wantto be a Ph.D.? You could be by May.
September 30, 1999... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 You only have to be on campus for one day at the commencement ceremony next May to receive an honorary doctoral degree from the University of New Mexico. UNM is seeking...

AG, trustee at odds over Superfund site.
September 30, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE A contaminated waste site in Albuquerque's South Valley has become the center of a dispute between state natural resources trustee William Turner and Attorney General Patricia Madrid. Turner said...

PIPIN' HOT.(Neighborhood Trib)
September 30, 1999... Byline: Jan Jonas JJONAS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3627 Band members of the High Desert Pipes & Drums march into Scotland, brave the competition and snare a world-class trophy It's difficult to tell which is louder: the rattle of the...

Amy Biehl award finalist joyfully spreads her love of dance.(Neighborhood Trib)
September 30, 1999... Byline: Jan Jonas JJONAS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3627 Shira Greenberg is described as an inspiration to the community and as fearless in the face of challenge. The 25-year-old founder of the Keshet Dance Company was one of five finalists...

Kaufman and Broad post record quarterly profit.(Business)
September 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Kaufman and Broad Home Corp. announced record net income for its third quarter ended Aug. 31 of $38.2 million, or 78 cents a share. This compares with $28.1 million, or 68 cents a...

Health Care Horizons absorbs QualMed.(Business)
September 30, 1999... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem @abqtrib.com / 823-3675 Health Care Horizons of Albuquerque today inked its purchase of QualMed Plans for Health Inc. of New Mexico, creating a 123,000-member health plan focused within the state. "We can...

DISTRICT 6 on the ballot.(Insight and Opinion)
September 30, 1999... VOTE '99 Sept. 24 The bonds package Sept. 25 The City Charter amendments This week The City Council districts up close Tuesday District 2 Wednesday District 4 Today District 6 ...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
September 30, 1999... The Tribune recommends: on City Council races The Tribune today completes its endorsements in Tuesday's Albuquerque city elections. Tuesday: City bond issues Wednesday: City Charter amendments Today: City Council races ...

Johnson takes riskiest stand yet on drugs.
September 30, 1999... Byline: Barry Massey The Associated Press SANTA FE Gov. Gary Johnson, adopting a bolder position on a politically touchy subject, has voiced support for legalization of some drugs such as marijuana and heroin. Johnson's statements...

Carlisle overpass opens ahead of schedule.
September 30, 1999... Byline: Jason Gibbs JGIBBS @ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3625 This morning, memories of traffic tie-ups at the Carlisle Boulevard overpass were fading into motorists' rear-view mirrors. A month early, and on budget, the overpass work at...

Drug raids haul in 34 northern N.M. suspects.(Local News)
September 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF ESPANOLA Some 34 people have been arrested in northern New Mexico in drug raids that culminated a 10-month investigation. Those arrested Wednesday were charged in five separate federal...

Gaming board claims power to rule validity of compacts.
September 30, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE Arbitrators hearing a dispute between the state and three Indian tribes over required payments from casinos say they have the authority to decide on the legality of the gambling compacts. "The...

N.M. highway money runs out before projects.
September 30, 1999... Byline: Barry Massey The Associated Press SANTA FE State highway officials have come under criticism from lawmakers because there's no money to pay for the construction of four highway projects approved by the Legislature last year. ...

Hartz to join Teamsters' anti-corruption program.(Business)
September 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL New Mexico Court of Appeals Judge Harris L. Hartz will join the law firm of Stier, Anderson & Malone L.L.C. in Washington, D.C., as special counsel for the International Brotherhood of...

Morality lessons on jammies, doughnuts and golf with Rudy.(Sports)
September 30, 1999... Byline: The Linz THE GREAT ONE The lindsey line The Linz thinks it is time that The Honest One's high standards and scrupulous scruples were passed on to all mankind. Sorry, The Linz can't pass on his Fabio-like good looks....

Lobos to get visit from 6-6 Whitehead.(Sports)
September 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Small forward Luke Whitehead will have the first crack at the Lobos final scholarship in men's basketball for the 2000-2001 season. Whitehead, a 6-foot-6 senior at Oak Hill Academy in Mouth...

CROSSFIRE.(Sports)
September 30, 1999... Who should be the Lobos' starting quarterback? Edgar Thompson says Sean Stein: For Rocky Long the 1999 season isn't about winning games anymore. It's about saving face. It's about making a firm decision on his offense. Stein's the...

Lobos hope to remove bad tastes from their mouths.(Sports)
September 30, 1999... Byline: Sean McAfee smcafee @abqtrib.com / 823-3662 The University of New Mexico men's golf team may try to pretend that what happened last season doesn't matter. They may say it's old news, long forgotten, water under the bunker. ...

Former Lobo happy he landed with the Falcons, and so are they.(Sports)
September 30, 1999... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore @abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Catching up with... Winslow oliver It didn't take long for Winslow Oliver, who played his first game as an Atlanta Falcon on Sunday, to impress his new boss. "I thought Winslow...

Arbitrators say they can rule on casino law.(Local News)
September 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF SANTA FE Arbitrators hearing a dispute between the state and three Indian tribes over required payments from casinos say they have the authority to decide on the legality of the gambling...

Retired APD officer faces fraud, theft charges.(Local News)
September 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF A retired Albuquerque police officer, 46-year-old Philip Otero, has been arrested after being accused of impersonating an on-duty officer, stealing a motorist's money and trying to bilk a...

Suspect named in South Valley shooting death.(Local News)
September 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Javier Palomo, 17, of Albuquerque is wanted on an open count of murder in the shooting death of Florencio Pfieffer, 39, who was found lying on the porch of his home in the 1800 block of Corte...

CORRECTIONS.(Local News)
September 30, 1999... * In "District 2 on the ballot" in Insight & Opinion Sept. 28, Carlton Robert Pennington Jr.'s answer to the question, "Should Paseo del Norte be extended through the Petroglyph National Monument?" should have read: ". . . As the monument is...

CORRECTIONS.(Local News)
September 30, 1999... * A story Saturday on the Amy Biehl Youth Spirit Award should have said Amy Biehl was killed in 1993 two days before leaving South Africa. The list of previous winners should have included Peter and Linda Biehl as the first award recipients...

Energy board blesses utility merger.(Business)
September 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved a merger agreement between an investor group and TNP Enterprises Inc. valued at about $1 billion. Shareholders last week...

Students learn energy savings from DOE expert.(Business)
September 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Rio Grande High School students conducted a lighting audit of their classroom Wednesday led by Doug Avery, the Department of Energy's Rebuild America's energy-savings expert. Avery...

German investigators arrive at Holloman AFB.(Local News)
September 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE A six-member German air force investigation team has begun its probe into the crash of two strike-attack airplanes near Carlsbad. Two European-made Tornado...

Court lets $2.7 million damage award stand.(Local News)
September 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF SAN FRANCISCO The California Supreme Court has left intact $2.7 million in damages to the Sierra Club Foundation from a New Mexico developer who sued the organization for fraud involving his...

Air Force seeks help to plug lab brain drain.
September 29, 1999... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn @abqtrib.com / 823-3611 A collaboration with business and universities might stem the loss of civilians from facilities such as the twoat Kirtland, the Air Force secretary said here.The Air Force is having...

Booming District 4 views itself as old keeping up with new.
September 29, 1999... Byline: Tim Archuleta tarchuleta@abqtrib.com / 823-3674 VOTE '99 This is the second in a series of profiles of City Council districts with contested races in the Oct. 5 elections. Tuesday District 2 Today District 4 ...

Expanded bus service aims to cut fiesta wait.
September 29, 1999... Byline: Jason Gibbs JGIBBS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3625 If one bus leaves Hoffmantown Church at 4:30 a.m. carrying 30 adults to the Kodak Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta and charges $10 a head, how much time will those passengers save...

Former APS officials sue Allison, school board.
September 29, 1999... Byline: Leslie Hoffman lhoffman@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 Three former Albuquerque Public Schools cabinet members are suing Superintendent Brad Allison and the Albuquerque Board of Education, claiming they were unjustly and illegally fired....

Commission votes to move ahead with effort to acquire Jones building.
September 29, 1999... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich @abqtrib.com / 823-3623 After absorbing another jolt of emotional opposition, the Bernalillo County Commission has decided to go ahead with a plan that could prevent the old Jones Motor Co. from becoming...

APS, teachers union agree to start negotiations sooner.
September 29, 1999... Byline: Leslie Hoffman lhoffman @abqtrib.com / 823-3610 In the wake of failed negotiations between Albuquerque Public Schools and the teachers union, all sides now say there is one thing they can agree on to start talking sooner. ...

Drug raids sweep across northern N.M. towns.(Local News)
September 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF A 10-month investigation into heroin and cocaine trafficking in northern New Mexico ended this morning with pre-dawn raids and the arrest of an undisclosed number of suspects from several...

Judge to decide if teen remains jailed.(Local News)
September 29, 1999... Byline: Susie Gran sgran@abqtrib.com / 823-3621 Bradley Jay Soza was the 14-year-old Albuquerque boy a judge once called "a dangerous man." The label was deserved, Judge Michael Martinez said, because Soza committed the most brutal...

About 70 powered paragliders to make fiesta debut.(Local News)
September 29, 1999... Byline: Jeff Simons THE ASSOCIATED PRESS It's the kind of personal flying machine the Wright brothers might have dreamed about. Light enough to strap on your back, small enough to stow in your closet, portable enough to haul in your...

Maximum-security prison needed, Perry says.
September 29, 1999... Byline: Barry Massey The Associated Press SANTA FE New Mexico's corrections chief says the state prison system has operated under a policy of inmate "appeasement" and recent violence was an "institutional temper tantrum" by inmates...

Grandparents' rights in N.M. might be changed by high court.
September 29, 1999... Byline: The Associated Press A case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court could affect New Mexico's newly expanded grandparent visitation law, a state family law judge says. New Mexico's law, like the Washington state law under...

Suspect says he was surprised by body in truck.
September 29, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE A man accused of killing an Albuquerque woman last year says he does not know how her half-naked, beaten and strangled body ended up in his pickup truck. "It was a shock to me when I found out...

Coaches: Pay shouldbe increased every year.(Sports)
September 29, 1999... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese @abqtrib.com / 823-3687 A salary increase approved this week is long overdue, Albuquerque Public Schools head coaches say, but still not enough. "This is just a start," said David Williams, head football...

The South rises early this year to test a Sartan team unafraid of a few hard knocks.(Sports)
September 29, 1999... Byline: Richard Stevens St. Pius X High School has won all five of its football games and, in the eyes of news media who cover the sport, has the third-best Class AAA team in the state. What does it mean? Nothing yet, but we'll...

Jaworsky could be the one to sit as Lobos rethink QB shuffle.(Sports)
September 29, 1999... Byline: Brad Moore and Richard Stevens bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 rstevens @abqtrib.com / 823-3663 The three-quarterback rotation at the University of New Mexico is over, head coach Rocky Long says. "By next week," Long said...

Family wants Mayfield suicide probe; NMAA says no.(Sports)
September 29, 1999... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 High school NOTEBOOK A Las Cruces family is asking the New Mexico Activities Association to investigate the football program at Mayfield High School in Las Cruces in connection...

Phelps Dodge may raise its bid for Asarco again.(Business)
September 29, 1999... Byline: Wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Phelps Dodge Corp., the biggest U.S. copper producer, is ready to raise its $996.6 million bid for Asarco Inc. after a Mexican rival made a higher offer, people familiar with the situation said....

DISTRICT 4 on the ballot.(Insight and Opinion)
September 29, 1999... VOTE '99 Fourteen candidates are vying for four spots on Albuquerque's City Council in next Tuesday's elections. The Tribune asked each one to state their stances on14 issues sure to bedevil the next council.Today, we continue publishing...

EDITORIALS.
September 29, 1999... The Tribune recommends: on City Charter amendments The Tribune today continues its endorsements in Tuesday's Albuquerque city elections. Tuesday: City bond issues. Today: City Charter amendments. Thursday: City Council...

Governor to honor 6 artists.
September 29, 1999... Six artists and a nonprofit organization are the 1999 winners of the Governor's Awards for Excellence and Achievement in the Arts. Gov. Gary Johnson and first lady Dee Johnson will present the awards Friday at the St. Francis Auditorium...

Former UNM president might head Florida school.(Local News)
September 29, 1999... IN BRIEF Richard E. Peck, former president of the University of New Mexico, is being recommended after a nationwide search as the interim president of the University of South Florida. USF, located in Tampa, is a campus in the...

Lobos jump to fourth in golf poll.(Sports)
September 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE The University of New Mexico women's golf team, after finishing in a second-place tie at their own Dick McGuire Invitational, moved from 27th to fourth in the nation in the latest rankings...

N.M. inmates making trouble in Va., Perry says.(Local News)
September 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF SANTA FE Four inmates transferred from a New Mexico prison to a Virginia lockup earlier this month in the wake of the Santa Rosa prison riot have been causing some trouble, state prison...

Enrollment up, grants in, accreditation done at UNM.(Local News)
September 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Total student enrollment this fall at the main campus of the University of New Mexico is 24,250 up 2.1 percent over last fall. After a two-year evaluation process, The North Central...

Intel to build Internet service center in Viriginia.(Business)
September 29, 1999... Byline: Wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Intel Corp. plans to put a $130 million Internet service center in Virginia that will employ 250 people. Intel Online Services, a new subsidiary of Intel Corp., will house more than 8,000 servers...

Water legislation passes Congress, goes to Clinton.(Local News)
September 29, 1999... A bill that would limit federal options in protecting the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow received final congressional approval Tuesday and was sent to President Clinton. If the federal government wants to take water it does not own...

Wrongful death suit filed against indicted doctor.(Local News)
September 29, 1999... IN BRIEF RIO RANCHO The family of a woman who was allegedly given a drug overdose filed a wrongful-death suit against the retired psychiatrist accused of killing her. Prosecutors allege Georges Reding, 74, of Galesburg, Mich.,...

Teachers to get their raises.
September 28, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 School board steps in to end decaying three-month negotiations At the end of months of standoff between the school district and its teachers, Clara Lopez went home to rest. "I...

New parking fee may further snarl traffic at fiesta.
September 28, 1999... Byline: Jason Gibbs JGIBBS @ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3625 Traffic gridlock has become as much of a tradition at the Kodak Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta as trading pins and chowing down on breakfast burritos. But the fiesta's...

District 2 isn't just the North Valley anymore.
September 28, 1999... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich @abqtrib.com / 823-3623 VOTE '99 This is the first in a series of profiles of City Council districts with contested races in the Oct. 5 elections. Today: District 2 Wednesday: District 4 ...

Five experts named by state to prisons' board of inquiry.
September 28, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Five out-of-state experts have agreed to begin an inquiry into New Mexico's prison system, state officials announced today. The panelists will be in New Mexico within the next two weeks...

U.S. House sides with N.M. law in minnow wars.
September 28, 1999... Byline: The Associated Press If the federal government wants Rio Grande water, it will have to play by New Mexico rules. That's the thrust of a bill engineered by Rep. Joe Skeen and Sen. Pete Domenici, both New Mexico Republicans,...

Bill would take back some welfare money.
September 28, 1999... Byline: Jessica Wehrman SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON A House subcommittee's decision to ask for $3 billion in welfare funds back from the states threatens a $51 million reserve in New Mexico and has earned the ire of the...

APS buildings, equipment hit hard by vandals.(Local News)
September 28, 1999... Byline: Tribune staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Albuquerque Public Schools officials are cleaning up the mess and taking stock after vandals struck at two schools. At Truman Middle School, vandals caused $38,000 worth of damage...

Aerospace will rule military, generals say.(Local News)
September 28, 1999... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn @abqtrib.com / 823-3611 If you are in the military and you're not in space, you're not in. It's as simple as that, the nation's top military space commanders said today in Albuquerque at the opening...

Blessing the ground.(Local News)
September 28, 1999... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO: b/w PHOTO BY: Evan Eile/Scripps Howard News Service At the groundbreaking today for the National Museum of the American Indian, Guadalupe Holgado and Carmelo Achangary Puma, both from Peru,...

Activists get hearing over their allegations of city animal abuse.(Local News)
September 28, 1999... Byline: Leslie Hoffman lhoffman@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 The city and local animal-rights activists will finally have their day in court Wednesday after a yearlong legal battle over allegations of inhumane treatment at some city-run animal...

Restraining order sought over Jones Motor Co. site.(Local News)
September 28, 1999... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich @abqtrib.com / 823-3623 The dispute over the old Jones Motor Co. building at 3222 Central Ave. S.E. will it become a privately owned pub or a county-owned center? moved into state court today. David...

Ex-candidate gets 17 years in prison.(Local News)
September 28, 1999... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger jglenn@abqtrib.com / 823-3603 An Albuquerque musician and perennial write-in candidate for everything from mayor to U.S. president was sentenced to 17 1/2 years in federal prison for sending threatening...

Council panel checks off on old AHS plan.
September 28, 1999... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich @abqtrib.com / 823-3623 An agreement between the city and a private developer to renovate old Albuquerque High School into a residential and commercial center has been approved by the City Council's...

DeLayo suggests rewriting entire contract next year.
September 28, 1999... Byline: Leslie Hoffman lhoffman @abqtrib.com / 823-3610 The morning after Albuquerque's Board of Education stepped in and directed the district to gives its teachers a hotly contested pay raise, one panelist is saying change is...

For the first time in 30 years, GOP governor to oversee redistricting.
September 28, 1999... Byline: Barry Massey The Associated Press SANTA FE Buried in population growth figures for New Mexico are hints of one of the biggest and most important political fights that will happen while Gary Johnson serves as governor. It's...

The 50 finest.(Sports)
September 28, 1999... No. 19 Nancy Neeld Sport Tennis; Woodrow Wilson High School, Dallas, 1944-48; North Texas State, 1948-52. Her claim to fame In Albuquerque, Neeld established herself as one of the nation's top senior tennis players. In...

Lobos jump to 4th in new golf poll.(Sports)
September 28, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE The University of New Mexico women's golf team, after finishing in a second-place tie at their own Dick McGuire Invitational, moved from 27th to fourth in the nation in the latest rankings...

Qwest vows better service for US West customers.(Business)
September 28, 1999... Byline: Wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL US West's 25 million customers can expect to receive better basic telephone service thanks to the Baby Bell's merger with upstart Qwest Communications, a top executive said. Qwest Chief...

Wrinkle was musical sheriff of Lea County.(Obituary)
September 28, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOBBS Ralph Wrinkle, the singing sheriff of Lea County for more than a decade, has died. He was 79. Wrinkle, who died Friday at his home after suffering from emphysema, heart problems and cancer, served...