The Daily Times articles about Patsy Taylor's homicide

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Living Standards in the U.S.Total output of goods and services divided by total population.In thousands of 1980 dollars

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Industrialized countries compared, 1990In thousands of 1980 dollars

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France $14.76

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Petition deniedSANTA FE (AP) An inm ate s re -

quest for early release from prison has bee n de nie d by Gov. Br uc e King de -spite a petition in his beh alf signed byabout 200 fellow prisoners.

Samuel Andrade is serving athree year sentence for failing to payoff subcontractors on Albuquerquehomes he built. He will be eligible for

par ole ea rly ne xt ye ar wit h good beh avi or, ac co rd ing to C or re cti on s De - pa rt m en t of ficia ls.

A King aide, Richard Maestas,wrote to Andrade on Wednesday thathe did not meet the criteria in thegovernors executive clemency policyfor early release.

Extradition waivedGRANTS (AP) A Grants man ar-

rested in California in connection withthe shooting deaths of his mother and her boyfriend waived extradition and will be returned to New Mexico, policesaid.

Grants police Lt. Steve Bell said two officers were sent to get KarlSanchez, 26, from Costa Mesa, Calif.,where he was being held on an opencharge of murder.

Bell said Wednesday he expected the officers back with Sanchez on Sat-urday.

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Volum e 103 Num ber 325 Farmington, New Mexico Two sections 35 cents

Let the sun shine in Police say

dead jogger was beaten

Joe Kennedy staff photo

For a few cents worth of tape and aluminum foil, Bill Spargo builds a half-dozen viewers for todays solar eclipse while his pet chicken, Mrs. Cluck, wanders around their Aztec yard. Spargo, director of San Juan Colleges Planetarium, planned demonstrations and a telescope with a solar filter in the colleges outdoor amphitheatre during the eclipse.

Roger Burr Staff writer

A woman whose body was found ona Valle Grande District street was

be ate n to d ea th . Fa rm ing ton fX)lice said today.

Patsy M. Taylor. 52, apparently wastaking her morning exercise when shewas beaten about the head and bodywith an unknown weapon. Detective Lt.Anne Otero said.

Police believe Taylor was killed about 5:45 a.m. because that's when

two screams and the soun d of a car driving away were heard by people liv-ing near the Camina Sol and CaminoContenta intersection where the bodywas found.

Otero added that an earlier opinionthat Taylor had been hit by a vehiclehad been determined to be untrue, and the body has been s ent to Albuquerquefor an autopsy.

Police Chief Richard Melton said."We need to create the awareness thattheres a really bad person out and that peop le ne ed to be mor e ca ref ul th anthey have been."

He told The Daily Times hes in the pr oce ss of form ing a ta sk force com - pos ed of p atr ol offi cers an d dete cUv es.

But while Taylors gray sho rts and light blue shirt were in disarray whenshe was found. Melton said it's im-

pos sibl e to s ay if h er kille r mi ght be thesame man who raped two joggers lastweek north of Farmington.

As news of the Taylor killing spread to residents of the neighborhood south

of the Bl'Kimficld Fi^hw : , :*':d lit r Farmin::*.on ar^'a th: rc w u a ic re :in the number of p"ip!o ut i r I .r mornin i walks ^ lay.

Instead ni exerciser ;, i . 1.. p ;; who were on the sire :! infr\ m,v;::; residents of ihr h i; k: A vvcH-krpthoUSfrb.

NoUng Uiat he hnnHrid ; wac co m-mitted in dayligh ;.iid i 1 an ^ sâbli'.ned neighborhood. Otero conlin q Uv ouid

be wise to exe rci se in ^ 'd 'hr ee suntil police have a sus pec t in . u lodv.

As ol this morning, poll rc ;iied having no description of a po îbhkiller or suspect vehicle.

Otero asked people with informationto call detecUves or San Jucn CrimeStoppers.

Wednesday night of last week, awoman jogger was raped nortii ol Farm-ington. and a man was raped tlie follow-ing evening by a person th e SheriifsDepartment believes to be the sameman.

As to whether there is any connecUon to ihe Taylor killing. Mellon said,"we are not making any conclusions;neither are we njling anv ihinc out."

Taylor had lived at the Executive Innon the Bloomfield Highway since her husband Lwin was transiened here bvan oil company.

Described as an athlet ic woman, shereportedly jogged or walked daily on the

pea cef ul st re et s so ut h of the inoielIt was reported tliat when she clidnt

return to the motel Wednesda\ morn-ing that Lynn Taylor went lookiiii: lor his wife, but police said lier })ody had already bee n found by anoth er jOi;ger.

Coal company plans vacationWren ProppStaff writer

Unseasonably cool weather and adrop in the demand for electricity to pow er air co nd iti on er s will me an atwo week vacation for employees of alocal coal mining company, a companyrepresentative said.

The cool weather has caused changes in the are as economic climateas electric generation and industries

that supply it arent seeing peak loadsas great as in the past, industry of-ficials said.

Nav ajo Na tion offi cial s a re co nc er ne d and one visited Arizona Public Service

Co. and BHP Utah International of-ficials Wednesday .

Elmer Lincoln, manag er of tribal and government affairs for BHP Utah, said tlie low use of coal by electrical generat-ing plants probably will require all em-

ploy ees to tak e a pa id va ca tio n at thesame time.

"We are contemplating having a va-cation period at the end of July a nd the

beg inn ing of A ug us t in re sp on se to ce r-tain curr ent economic condiUons." Lin-coln said.

The company d oesnt anUcipate anylayoffs, but may require another forced vacation later on this year, he said. The

pa id Ume oil is the Ume emp loy eesalready have accrued, he said.

The company, one of the largest inthe world, according to a recent sunêyof national and international com- pa nie s. took a sim ila r m ea su re th re e or four years ago. Lincoln said.

Lincoln and Arizona Public Sem ceCo. officials reported Wednesday after-noon they met with George Arthur, a

Nava jo NaUon Tri bal Co unc il del ega tefrom Nenahnezad. and a member of tlie Navaj o Na tio ns legi slat ive re so ur ce scommittee.

Arthur reportedly was concerned about rumors of layoffs in the energy

fields, but Lincoln and Brv'an Turgesen.of AlS. said the talks c entered on theeconomic climate and its impact on thetwo companies, the tribe and workers.

Attempts to reach Arthur were un-successful.

Lincoln and Turgesen said lavoffsarent anticipated.

Turgesen said changes in the opera-tion of some of ilie oilier Al^S power

pla nts , as well as the cool er we ath er earlier this summer, meant a change inthe base load operation of the plant,

bu t he do es n't belie ve tho se ch an ge swill affect emplovinent there.

Navajos review redistrictingMarley Shebala and Wren ProppStaff writers

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. A proposed redistricting plan for northwestern NewMexico will be presented to the Navajo

Na tion Boa rd of Ele cti on Su pe rvi so rs,which wants more Indian represen-tation in New Mexicos Legislature, anelection official said.

The board has called a special meet-ing today to look at a plan that might be

pr es en te d to the Nava jo N aUon Cou nci l.The Tribal Council ultimately will

recommend a redistricting plan to theLegislative Reapportionment and Re-districting Committee.

The board was to hear the proposed pla n fro m Ron Fai ch, a re di str ict in gconsulta nt from Albuquerque.

Bessie Tsosle, executive director of the Tribal ElecUon Office, said the

bo ar d is cal lin g f or the Nava jo Na tion tounite with other Indian tribes to work on a redistricting plan to include anadditional Navajo or Indian senator.

Were just trying to equal our chances at being more adequately represented, Bessie Tsosie said.

The board wants to work with theAll Indian Pueblo Council, the JicarillaApache NaUon and the Ute tribes, shesaid.

Currently, Sen. Joh n Pinto, a NavajoDemocrat from Tohatchi, is the onlyIndian senator. Tsosie said.

A member of the legislative commit-tee, Sen. Christ ine Donisthorpe,R Bloomfield, said she believes an addi-tional state Senate seat representing

Nav ajos ma y be likely be ca us e of changes in the population.

"It is entirely possible." she said.Donistliorpe noted that the commit-

tees proposals for the n orthwestern pa rt of the st at e ha ve nt be en rel ea se d yet. but any proposals from the Navajosand other Indian tribes will be fullyconsidered by the comm ittee.

The proposals also will be heard du r-ing the planned special session of theLegislature this fall, she said.

Faich was the tribes former staUstician and developed a 1984 reappo rtion-ment for the Navajo NaUon Council

ba se d on the 1980 fed era l ce ns us ,which resulted in the number of coun-cil delegates increasing from 74 to 88.

Tsosie said the tribe received a copyof the 1990 Census last week and,

ba se d on tho se fig ure s an d a co mm un i-ty meeting of tribal, state and countyofficials last week, it was decided tohire Faich, "who has been known to

ba ttl e on be ha lf o f th e Nava jo Na tion onnumerous o ther redistricting plans."

Edison Wauneka, tribal electionsupervisor, noted tliere are four phases

to redistricUng and the third phase hasalready started.

"Be caus e of tha t, we need to act im-mediately. One of the things thats real-ly concerning me at this Ume is that if we dont get involved as far as the Nativ e Am eri ca ns ar e con cer ned , werenot going to be able to be effective.'Wauneka said.

The Rev. Paul Redhouse. tribal elecUon board chairman, said the involve-ment of Navajo and Indian people in

elecUon processes other than the tribalelecUons is "something inevitable." butit is beneficial.

Emett Tso. tribal election supervisor,said Navajo involvement also means afair share of state and county taxes,including gasoline taxes, which havenot been happening, as proven by somesurv'eys.

Tsosie noted. "Were not really goingout there to challenge the counties, or anyone outside the Navajo Reser\'ation."

"Were just trying to equal our chances at being more adequatelyrepresented." she said.


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PHOENIX (AP) A former NavajoTribe energy consultant has pleadedguilty to one count of racketeering andagreed to pay $79.500 in restitution tothe tribe.

Carlos F. Pimentel entered his pleaThursday in U.S. District Court before

Judge Earl Carroll.Pimentel was indicted March 14 by

a federal grand jury here along withex-Navajo Tribal Council ChairmanPeter MacDonald and his son PeterRocky" MacDonald Jr. on multiplecounts of racketeering, conspiracy tocommit extortion, bribery, mail fraudand wire fraud.

The indictments alleges the threedefendants sought to seize control of Navajo Technologies Inc.

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Police form task forceRoger Burr Staff writer

Farmington police have formed a

special task force to investigate thebeating death of a female jogger.

Sgt. David Gardner said five officers three from the patroldivision and two detectives are being assigned to identify a suspect inthe Wednesday morning death of Palsy M. Taylor.

An autopsy report today from thestate Medical Investigator's olTicesays Taylor was killed by beingstruck with a blunt object at the baseof her skull. Gardner said.

Me said the report shows Taylorw'as struck seven or eight times,although the other blows wouldnthave killed her. He said most of theblows were on her head and face.

Police said Taylor, 52, was killedabout 5:30 a.m. near the intersectionof Camina Sol and Camina Contentastreets in the Valle Grande Districtsouth of the Bloomfield Highway.

Gardner who will command thetask force and report to Detective Lt.Anne Otero said the squad wasformed so that every lead from thepublic can be fully investigated.

He said that while its unknownwhetlier Taylors death is related tolast weeks rape of a woman joggerand a male jogger the following daynorth of Farmington, the possibilitythat the same man committed all of the crimes hasnt been ruled out.

"We want people to call with anyinformation that might be related tothe homicide or sexual assaults regardless of how insignificant theymight think it is, Gardner said.

Something they think is insignificant might turn out to be a lead forus." Gardner said, in explaining thatpolice would rather run down a lot of ialse tips than be denied importantinformation.

He asked people to call him orOtero at 599-1005, or Crime Stoppers at 334-2023.


Farmington Police Detective Jim Mosberger interviews Valle Grande resident Jim Wiley this morning while going house-to-house in a search for Information in the Wednesday morning murder of jogger Patsy Taylor.

While Taylors clothing was in disarray when her body was found, Gardner said todays autopsy results indicate she was not sexually assaulted. However, he said chemicaltests need to be completed to de

termine absolutely that that is correct.

He said Taylor isnt believed tohave been carrying money, and therewere rings on Oie bodys fingers.

Taylor was killed in an established

neighborho ina potential witness, he said that Taylor apparently crossed dally into theValle Grande D islri: t from the Executive Inn where :.he and husbandLynn had a suite.

Wliile her recular route wasn't immediately known. Gardner said thebody was found about a mile iVomthe motel on the Bloomfield Highway.

The pair had lived in Farmingtonabout a year since Lynn Tavlor. aconsulting engineer, had been transferred from Texas to Unocals fieldoffice in Bloomfield,

VVTien found, her body was clad ina light blue T-shirt witli a sea shellpattern and lettering: blue, green andpink running shorts: and white andmulticolored a inning shoes.

In the event the homicide is linkedto Uie two rapes. Gardner said deputy sheriiTs investigating the sexualassaults have asked other policeagencies to look out for a small,white, front-wheel drive passengercar.

And Bloomfield Police Chief A1Avey said he's assigning an officer toa task force formed tu investigate thewomans beating death.

This kind of invesUijation takes alot of foot work. " Avey C' >mmented.

In explaining his o'-opcration withFarmington. Avey noted that none of San Juan bountys cities are in avacuum.

A person who commits a crime inBloomfield might run to Farmingtonand \1ce versa, Avey said.

If one city has a rash of a certaint\'pe of crime, chances are thesuspects are also operating on tliecountys other municipalities, hesaid.

Tribe backs redistricting planMarley ShebalaStaff writer

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz., Redistricting plans for New Mexico, which wouldensure a second American Indian senator, were adopted by the Navajo NationBoard of Election Supervisors onThursday.

The Election Board is recommendingthe plans to the Tribal Council, whichis scheduled to convene its five daysummer session on Monday.

The board hopes to present theplans with the support of the council.Tribal President Peterson Zah and VicePresident Marshall Plummer at publichearings of the Legislative Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee on

Ju ly 25 in Shiprock and on Jul y 26 in

Gallup. The committee also plans tomeet Ju ly 25 in Farmington.

Since the plans also affect the Zuni,Laguna and Isleta tribes, an official delegation is scheduling meetings withthe three tribes.

Ron Faich, a redistricUng consultantfrom Albuquerque, noted that his impression from recent reports in The Dai

ly Times, "Is that theres a certainamount of apprehension in those communities about w'hats happening."

"Given the fact that Ive been drawing options for tlie Indian peoples thatmore or less surround Aztec, Bloomfield and Farmington, I am prepared tosay that tlie anxiety Im sensing int h o s e c o m m u n i t i e s i s n o twell-founded.

"1think Aztec and Farmington would

be pleased with the options of the v'ari-ous tribes that they are considering."

He criticized recent comments of Polling and Research Inc., "a f l i T n thatthe Legislature has contracted with forthree-quarters of a million dollars to dotliis work for the state. for creating theanxiety.

There was a recent article in The

Daily Times where Jim Williams whoworks for Research and Polling, saidthe San Juan-McKinley-Cibola countiesmight lose two representative seats. Iwould contest that seriously," Faichsaid.

I dont know whats going on.""Ive looked at the numbers. I have

more experience than Jim Williamsdoes with this sort of tiling because Imseven years older than him. And if he

tries to take two seats away from thosecounties, hes got a hdl of a big fightfrom them. I really don't undi rstandwhats going on tliere."

Faich also said that a Monday deadline by the federal Census Bureau willreveal whether or not the Secretar\' of Commerce will adjust tlie 1990 censuscount by as much as 3 million.

If the secretan adds to the cimnt, itwill not only afiect the redistrictingplans adopted by the Xavajo electionsboard, it will affect tlie plans of theLegislative Redistricting and Reapportionment Committee, he added.

But then again, he said, state lawmandates a redistricting and reapportionment plan be in place by the end of tlie year and there is a question of whether or not the stale legiilly has toaccept the adjusted count.

Gas official discusses pricesWren ProppStaff writer

New technology and a federal taxcredit helped get the areas natural gasand oil industry back on its feet after a

dramatic slump in the mid-1980s, anatura l gas company official said today.But current low prices for the natu

ral gas industry may take more thanfive years to stabilize. Ray Owen of Meridian Oil said during a Chamber of Commerce breakfast at The Inn.

"Did you ever see a price for gas thatdidnt increase? But. the price we arereceiving today is lower than we pro

jected." he said.Owen, vice president for regional

operations, said he believes a slump inprices may take longer than a

overcome.Owen's talk focused on the in-

dustiys current status a state thatexperienced incredible growth last yearin the San Ju ans coal seam gas. but isshowing signs of slowing to the level

experienced during the early 1980sbefore energy hit a slump.

Owen emphasized that the drilling inthe Fruitland coal seam bed has dramatically changed production. In 1986about 10 million cubic feet a day werebeing produced.

By 1991, that number had jumpedto 700 million cubic feet per day.

Three new technologies went to workin the late 1980s that gave the Indus trya kick start. Owen said. Thosetechnologies included horizontal drilling, resource stimulation, and drillingin the coal seam beds, Owen said.

many of the larger producers cutscosts and was recently extended until

Jan . 1, 1993.However, his company isnt depen

dent on the tax credit for maintenanceof its Increased reserves, Owen explained.

Overall the natural gas industiy hasinvested approximately $500 million inexploration of the Fruitland bed, a geologic formation that is under a part of tlie Farmington and the surroundingarea. That bed is considered the secondlargest in the United States, Owen said.

The increased activity in the coalseam bed means many producers havealready met or exceeded their top pro

jections, Owen said.Currently producers are producing

about a billion cubic feet per day of the

Unfortunately, ways of yansportingthe gas out of the area to profitablemarkets are about a year behind theproduction end of the industry', Owensaid.

Pipeline expansion is just beginning

to catch up with the needs of theproducer, he said.Another area the industry is con

cerned with is the impact Uie increaseddrilling, compression and transportation has had on the environment,Owen said.

Preser\'ation of the environment inthe Four Comers area is our top priority," he said.

He noted several ways the industryattempts to protect the environment,including greater protection at the drilling site, lower emission levels, and reseeding efforts after constructing well


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Power blastedThe Associated Press

Thunderstorms knocked out electricity to about 7,000 Public ServiceCompany of New Mexico customers inBernalillo, Placitas and portions of Belen, where rainfall also floodedstreets and homes.

Bernalillo and Placitas went darkat about 6:30 p.m. Monday, andpower was restored about three hourslater, officials said.

The outage affected about 6,000PNM customers in the two towns,

Leads draw responseLAS CRU CES (AP) - PoUce are sUU

working on new leads in the 1990shooting deaths of four people at a LasCruces bowling alley.

Officers said Monday they receivedsome response to their public requestto speak with anyone who found agun in the Las Cruces area the weekof the shootings.

On FYlday, police released a statement saying Investigators recently received information centering aroundthe weapons used in the massmurder."

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Rape concerns addressedWren ProppStaff writer

More than 80 people, predominantly women, discussed ways to avoidrape at a forum held this morning inresponse to a recent spate of sexualattacks and the beating death of afemale Jogger in the Farmington area.

The apparent random violence of sexual attacks the first week in Ju lyand the beating death of Patsy M. Taylor, 52, while Jogging last week hascreated concern among the public,said Lt. Anne Otero, a detective withthe Farmington Police Department.

Last year 28 rapes were reportedand investigated and 24 solved. But inmany cases, the suspects were knownto the victims. Otero said.

The reported rapes of two Joggers,in separate incidents during the firstweek of Ju ly north of Farmington, appeared to be more random than mostrapes reported here, Otero said.

She said the victims a man anda woman told police a white male,

approx imately 25 years o ld,5-foot-10-inches tall with sandy blondor light brown hair and startling blueeyes, threatened them with a gun.I^ t week Taylor was attacked andkilled while Jogging in a neighborhoodsouth of the Bloomfield Highway andpolice are still unsure if there was anattempt to sexually attack lier.

The police also arent sure whetherthe rapes and Taylors beating deathare related. A task force investigatingTaylors death has been formed.

Kathleen Clarke, a Farmingtonresident, attending the hour-longsession said the information she received from Otero was helpful.

I exercise outside and work inpeoples neighborhoods at night. Weshould be aware of ways to avoid being attacked and know what to do inthe case of an attack.

Clarke said she plans to take aself-defense course as well.

Otero said after the session aFarmington Police officer is considering offering a self-defense course.

A second discussion session isplarmed for 7 p.m. Thursday at theCivic Center.

Several women expressed concernover the attacks and asked Oterowhether all rapes reported had beenreleased to reporters. She said all reports had been given to reporters.

Otero said after the session that arumor that another woman had beenattacked recently in the area north of College Boulevard had been circulating but police hadnt gotten a reportrom anyone saying she had been

raped.

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Lt. Anne Otero, during a rape seminar at the Civic Center today, discusses ways to defend yourself.

"It has to be reported in order forus to act on it." she said.

She also emphasized that anyoneseeing anything suspicious shouldfeel free to report It to police.

During the session, Otero discussed whether those fearing attackshould use weapons such as guns,Mace and other types of chemical re-pellants.

Otero said only those who are wUl-

ing and unafraid to use the weaponsshould carry them.

"If youre not confident enough touse it, don't use it," she said.

Otero suggested that thoseinterested in chemical repellants placea veiy small amount of the substanceunder their eyes to feel what the re-pellant does. Contact lens wearersshould remove them before tryingthis, she said.

Otero said those who want to carryguns shouldnt do so in response tothe attacks.

"Buying a gun for what is going on

now is an over-reactlon." Otero said.However, those who do buy gunsshould realize carrying them concealed is against the law and shouldask a someone with training in teaching about guns to help learn aboutthem.

She suggested that women shouldattend gun handling and safetyclasses.

Otero also noted that laughing ator aggressively confronting a potentialattacker may stop an attack, but maymake the potential rapist angrier andset up someone else to be attacked.

Otero emphasized that each individual must decide for herself how toreact when being threatened or attacked. She said women may hearfrom other sources that they shouldfight back or act passively, but neithermethod may be effective with everyattack or every rapist.

Instead. cauUon. common senseand creativity should be used to guardagainst attacks, she said. Womenshould also play what if by pretending how they would react if an attacksituaUon occurred.

Observation, acUng self-confidentand preparing in advance also are important

For example, she asked the groupto describe a man who had handedher a marker and then left the room

Just before the session started to helpthe participants develop their sense of observation.

Appearing self-confident by walking with the head up and acUng unafraid. such as looking people in theeyes, also helps guard against attack,she said.

Acting cautiously, such as keepingaway from strangers offering helpwhen vehicles break down and requesting police help, is another waysome women have avoided attack, shesaid.

Using common sense, such as locking car doors while in the vehicle andchecking the back seat before enteringthe vehicle also should be used, shesaid.

Otero gave the audience severalreal-life" stories from other states regarding how others had handledthemselves, stressing many womencome up with solutions noself-defense course could supply.

For example, an elderly womanwas raped and the rapist remainedafteru'ards threatening and harassingher. She offered him breakfast andwhile he was eating, she left the houseand got police help.

Secretary defends census decision

Who Had The Most To GainStates, including the District of Columbia, that would have gained the most if 1990census figures were revised to account for people who may not have been

WASHINGTON (AP) CommerceSecretary Robert Mosbacher today defended his decision not to adjust the1990 census as the fairest for allAmericans. but a black congressmansaid it was a disservice to people of hisrace.

Mosbacher announced Monday,under a court-imposed deadline, thathe would not replace the Census Bureaus 1990 national population countwith statistical estimates. The government has acknowledged that itscensus missed 5.3 million people

Ultimately, I had to come down

with a decision that is fairest for allAmericans," Mosbacher told theHouse subcommittee on census andpopulation. But he conceded the needto find a better way of countingAmericans in the future.

Rep. Charles Hayes. D-IIl.. toldMosbacher the failure of the census tocount many blacks did a great disservice to people of my race."

Blacks. Hispanics and other in-ner-city residents were most likely to

be missed by counters in the April1990 tally. People in smaller communities, whites. Asian-Americansand Midwesterners were less likely tobe overlooked.

We thought there would be a littlemore fairness. said Rep. PatSchroeder. D-Colo. We want to hearif the devil made you do it. she said,questioning whether the White Househad influenced Mosbachers decision.

Officials in the states and ciUeswith flawed counts have promised toreturn to court demanding a revision.

Mosbachers decision will costsome states and urban areas millionsof dollars in federal aid. since an estimated $59 billion a year is distributedbased on population numbers decidedby the census.

To shortchange the Americanpeople In this manner and inparticular our nations cities, whichsuffer greatly due to the undercount is nothing less than statisticalgrand larceny." said New York MayorDavid Dinkins said.'

counted. The government on Monday rejected a proposal to revise the figures.

1990 cens us Revised Percent count estimate gain

District of Columbia 606,900 639,000 5.0

New Mexico 1,515,069 1,586,000 4.5

California 29,760,021 30,888,000 3.7

Ari zona 3,665,228 3,790,000 3.3

Texas 16,986,510 17,551,000 3.2

Delaware 666,168 687,000 3.0

South Carolina 3,486,703 3,590,000 2.9

Montana 799,065 822,000 2.8

Idaho 1.006.749 1,035.000 2.7

North Carolina 6,628,637 6,815,000 2.7

Tennessee 4,877,185 5,012,000 2.7

Wyoming 453,588 466,000 2.7

West Virginia 1,793,477 1,842,000 2.6

Virginia 6,187,358 6,353,000 2.6

Louisiana 4,219,973 4,332,00 2.6

Source; Census Bureau AP


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BriefsBush says no

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) PresidentBush on Saturday condemned re-newed fighting between Iraq and theKurds but said the current situationdid not represent the kind of trip wirethat would send U.S. soldiers back into battle with Iraqi forces.

Bush, winding down a weeklongoverseas tour, also pledged supportfor Turkeys milltaiy modernization asa reward for Turgut Ozals unflinching

partici pation in the U.S. led coalitionagainst Iraq. He pledged to seek m o n e y f r om C o n g r e s s f o r co production with Turkey of 80sophisticated F 4 fighters.

Police kill manALBUQUERQUE (AP) An Albu

querque police ofilcer fatally shot aman Saturday night, after the manallegedly fired a gun into a motel win-dow, police said.

The unidentified man died later atU n i v e r s i t y H o s p i t a l .

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Air time Welles trashes commissions waste policy

Carl Geers staff photo

Webelo Scouts Jason Sherman (left) and Sonny Mortensen take tire rider Michael Nix out for a spin at Talley Park north of La Plata. Sixty-seven scouts and their parents spent Friday and Saturday camping at the park to learn geology, surveying, first aid and the art of having fun.

Mark LewisStaff writer

AZTEC The County Commissionshould take a stand on Colorado gar-

bage being d umped at the C rouch MesaLandfill, a local state representativesaid.

Rep. Darla Whitney Welles. D Aztec.told commissioners this week she had expressed concern at the April com-mission meeting in Shlprock about theColorado trash.

She then asked commissioners whatthey plan to do about the situation.

Local government ofllclals, however,indicated there may not be much thatcan be done under current law to pre-vent trash being hauled from Colorado

to San Juan County.Acting County Manager TonyAtkinson said Senate Bill 2. which re-quires regional landfills, does not re-cognize state lines, only contiguouscounties.

Welles said San Juan County hasnot yet filed a regional landfill plan and the state regulations do not go into ef-fect until January.

Im not su re th e people of San Jua nCounty want to take Colorado trash,"she said.

Atkinson later said he was notthrilled about waste coming from Colo-rado, but there is nothing the countycan do to stop it.

Joe Schmitz, Farmington communi-ty development director, said when con-tacted Friday tha t solid waste Is puttinggovernments in a difilcult situation.

Senate Bill 2 encourages regionallandfills to prevent every small com-

munity from having its own dump.This shrinks the number of landfillsthat have to be monitored, puts gar-

bage in a licensed and environmenta llysound landfill, and spreads the cost of the landfill among more people.

But. at the same time, there are nofederal regulations that limit interstatetransportation of garbage, so that whentrash is brought across state lines,

people get ups et. Schmitz s aid.The original intent of Senate Bill 2

was to prevent a large landfill fromopening near Lordsburg. he said.

Since New Mexico had very weak en-vironmental controls on landfills, the

Landfill: Estimates way off. Story, Page A7

Mrs. Welles should take steps to amend the law if she wants to stop trash coming in from out of state, said Bill Baggett.

prospect of s hipping the garbage fromother states attractive was ver>' attract-ive, Schmitz said.

However, once the new regulationswent into efiect. they gave the statesome of the most environmentallysensitive regulations in the nation, and the promoters of the landfill near Lordsburg backed out. he explained.

Schmitz said that according to astudy for the Northwest New MexicoCouncil of Governments, more than112.000 tons of garbage are dumped atthe Crouch Mesa Landfill each year.

Of that amount, it is estimated thatFarmington contributes more than53.000 tons. Aztec and Bloomfield about 16.5 tons, the Navajo Reser-vation about 12.000 tons, and about30.000 tons from unincorporated areasof the county not on the reservation, hesaid.

Those figures are estimates based onthe average amount of garbage

produce d per person durin g a year.Schmitz said.

County Attorney Bill Baggett said the onl>' way to legally keep the trashout is to change the wording of the law.

Mrs. Welles should take steps toamend the law if she wants to stoptrash coming in from out of state." hesaid.

Welles said she found such an at-titude condescending, adding that statelaw cannot supersede federal interstatecommerce regulations.

The lawTTiaker added that countygovernment should ask voters whatthey think of the trash hauling duringspecial hearings conducted throughoutthe county.

And commissioners should place theitem on their very next" meeting agen-da and vote to express their feelings.Welles said.

Sheriff reports suspect in rapesBill Papich

Staff writerTwo other rapes have occurred in

the general area" in which two people were raped ne ar Farming tonearlier this month, but the previousrapes were never reported, theSherifTs Department announced Sat-urday.

The announcement came at a pre ss conference called by Sheriff Roger Lasater, who also told re-

port ers his depa rtme nt h as a s uspe ctin the rapes committed earlier thismonth.

But Lasater said there are no plan s to arr est the sus pect , at leas tnot anytime soon.

Theres certainly nothing at this point in time to get any thin g solid onhim,th e sheriff said.

Lasater said investigators believe

the same man committed the tworapes earlier this month north of Farmington in the San Juan Collegearea.

The two people raped one onJuly 4 an d another on July 5 werea man and a woman who were bothJogging when assaijlted.

Both Joggers reported being raped by a white male with a gun. The at -tacker was about 25 years old,


Sheriff Roger Lasater speaks to the press about his departments investigation of the recent rapes in the county Saturday afternoon in his office.

5 foot 10 tall, with sandy blond or light brown hair, and blue eyes.

Lasater said investigators havelearned from interviewing people thattwo other people were raped months

beforet he ra pes of the Joggers.

He said the two previous rapesalso were in the vicinity of the college.

However, the victims In the earlier attacks who were both women.Lasater said never reported bemgraped and police may never know

who they are or the circumstances

surrounding the rapes.Lasater said investigators dontknow if the women were raped insideor outdoors.

The sheriff said the only infor-mation investigators have about therapes is from people these particular

people have talke d to."He added, however, that in-

vestigators have identified suspectsin the unreported rapes.

Sheriff's deputies have saturated the area" of the rapes earlier thismonth, with some deputies evenworking undercover on their owntime. Lasater said.

He said people to whom in-vestigators have talked are more an-gry than frightened.

The biggest thing I think weregetting out of this is the anger, abouthow could this happen in San JuanCounty." the sheriff said.

He said investigators hope anyonewho knows anything about previous-ly unreported rapes will contact theSheriffs Department.

"If people dont report thesethings, theres nothing we can do,"he said.

Lasater said investigators dont believe the two ra pes north of Farm-ington are related to the July 10 beat-ing death of a Jogger in Farmington.

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