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92nd Year No. 345 64 Pages in Five Sections Tuesday Morning, December 11, 1973 Price: Qaily 10c; Sunday 25c Mama mith. IFikecl Fuel Saving Goal Trash Pickup To Be Halved Saavedra Quits As Chairman; Baca Chosen The City Commission fired City Manager Herb Smith after he refused to resign and reorganized itself in the early hours llBlill, fy ry. mm By STEVE PENROSE Once a week residential trash collection will begin in Albuquerque on Jan. 7, 1974, following the Qty Commission's approval of the fuel saving measure.

Also during their meeting in the City Commission Room at City Hall, the group approved an agreement with a Minnesota-based firm for operation of the food and beverage concessions at the Convention Center. oi tut morning. Smith was fired3-2, with Commissioners Bob Poole, Ray Baca and Vaughan voting against him and Commissioners Louis Saavedra and Nancy Koch for him. THE FTBWr. ram mnmpnte after tho mm.

I illllltfiiiSiliii1' missioners refused to give him a vote of confidence by the same vote. Asked by Poole if he would resign after the voce oi no commence, i Smith replied tersely, "No, sir." Poole immediately moved he be fired. Smith will officially I' I-'' steo down Jan. 1. I CALLING THE DIESEL FUEL situation "critical," Fred Goodman, director of services, said the state had notified the city its diesel fuel allocation had been cut by 20 per cent.

Goodman told the commission once a week collections would reduce the fuel used for residential pickups between 28,000 and 43,000 gallons. This, he said, would constitute about 10 per cent of the 20 per cent allocation cut. AN EXACT FIGURE on gallons saved, he said, would be dependent on allocation of working hours for refuse employes under the new system. "We would like to be more exact in this amount," Goodman stated in a memo to the commissioners, "but our union contract specifically allocates the working hours of the residential collection." "At the present time the employes work 10 hours on Monday, 10 hours on Tuesday, four hours on Wednesday, eight hours on, Thursday and eight hours on Friday," he said, noting that these hours set out in the union contract. "The union had indicated that they would be willing to go to a once a week pick up and agree that the stated hours should be better allocated." Immediately, Commis sion tnairman baaveara -announced he would no longer like to be chairman and resigned.

BACA WAS unanimously named the new Nancy Koch chairman on a motion by Poole, and Saavedra handed him the gavel and exchanged chairs with him. THii mr '-m Commissioner Saavedra, top left, Commissioner Poole, City Manager Herb Smith Long Discussion on Confidence in City Manager THESE NEGOTIATIONS, Goodman said, are in progress and should be completed in about two weeks. "If we cannot reach agreement with the un- Continued on Page A-2 Homeowner Complaints Answered i Jury Files 8 Fraud Counts Moments later Vice-Chairman Koch announced she resigned her office, again to the loud protests from the crowd. Poole nominated Vaughan for the vice-chairmanship. He was approved unanimously and exchanged seats with Mrs.

Koch. THE ACTION ended more than a week of speculation and five hours of dramatic debate Monday night over Smith's future. The controversial issue started more than a week ago when Vaughan announced he will run for re-election in April as a Unity Party candidate, thus siding with Poole and Baca, who had expressed reservations about Smith's performance. All other important items on the agenda what to do about Civic Auditorium, Coronado Airport Commissioner Richard Vaughan cast the decisive vote of "no confidence" against Herb Smith. His complete statement appears on Page A-8.

The other four commissioners had previously indicated their votes, Poole and Baca against Smith, with Koch and Saavedra for the city manager. NationaI Building were postponed untU THE 400-500 PERSONS at the meeting heavily supported Smith. County Pollution Advisory Issued around his swimming pool. Mr. and Mrs.

John G. McDaniels, 1540 Wheeler SE, charged that between July 1 and Aug. 1 they paid $1165 for a contract on remodeling and addition of a fireplace. Thaddeus Maloy, 6005 Arvilla NE, charged that between June 1 and July 1 he had paid $370 on con-Continued on Page A-2 set for the week of Dec. 31, Aragon stated.

Counts included: Between June 1 and Aug. 30 $1600 was taken from Dr. C. L. Womack of Moriarty for remodeling of his home.

Between June 1 and July 31, a total of $1470 was paid by Wayne R. Godfrey, 4913SimonNW, for construction of an enclosure through the DA's Consumer Protection Division. TWO OTHER men are also being sought on charges in connection with the incidents, Aragon said. The men could serve a sentence of up to from 12-to-60 years in the state penitentiary or a fine of up to $45,000, if convicted onf all nine counts. Trial for Alfieri has been A pollution alert was declared for Benalillo County late Monday night as an air stagnation advisory was issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) for the western half of New Mexico and southwestern Texas.

City Air Resources to Speaker after speaker paraded to the stand support the embattled city manager. Forest Service Recommends 13-Mile Sandia Crest Road Manager Harry Davidson said the alert was declared By SANDY McCRAW Eight counts of fraud and one of conspiracy have been filed by the Bernalillo County Grand Jury against two city men in connection with contracts allegedly entered into for remodeling and expansion of several homes and a business. Bruno Alfieri, 50, of 11523 Nassau NE, and Richard McCallum, no address given, both listed by the district attorney's office as employes of Acme Construction had been arrested in connnection with the incidents. THE PERSONS involved, in complaints to the District Attorney's Consumer Protection Division, had charged that work on the homes had either never started or was not completed. Alfieri had been released from the county jail by Dist.

Court Judge James A. Maloney on a $5000 bond while the district attorney's office said McCallum was being held in Phoenix, where he has allegedly waived extradition. Asst. Dist. Atty.

Manuel Aragon said investigation for the indictments was when carbon monoxide was measuredat 13.6 partsa dents were requested not to use fireplaces. Davidson also urged all residents to form car pools or ride buses to get to work or to school today. DAVIDSON SAID the air stagnation is expected to last until late today. A NWS spokesman said a high pressure system over the Four Corners areais expected to remain almost stationary until late today, causing warmer air at higher altitudes to trap cold air masses in valleys and creating a temperature inversion. The spokesman said the warm air aloft traps colder air in the valleys and lower elevations because of the near-absence of winds, and pollution mainly from open burning and motor vehicles does not idisperse; "Thereisnoairmove-I menttostiritup," he said.

million for the past eight-hour average. HE SAID an alert is del-cared when carbon monoxide reaches nine parts a million after an air advisory is issued by NWS. Some demanded the resignations of Poole, Baca and Vaughn. Another alluded to conflict of interest by Poole because he served as a lobbyist and representative of clients who appeared before the City Commission. Vaughan also was termed to be in conflict of interest because of his connections with the building industry.

OTHER SPEAKERS demanded a change in government, emphasizing a need for a mayor and districting. Others deplored secret City Commission meetings, calling for more openess by the commission in conducting city buiness. And, at least one person called for reconciliation, Continued on Page A-2 By CAROL COHEA The Forest Service Monday recommended the construction of a 13-mile-long Sandia Crest Highway in addition to proposing management direction on five units of land on the Sandias in a draft environ- mental statement released Monday. As its first of four alternatives in the transportation planning area, the Forest Service endorsed the construction of Sandia Crest Highway from NM-436 north to NM- 44 in Las Huertas Canyon. IN MAKING the an-, nouncement, Wally L.

Lloyd, Cibola National Forest supervisor, said the total length of the road would be 13.1 miles. It would be a two-lane paved highway with a designed speed of 30 to 40 miles an hour. The impact statement noted that the total area directly affected would amount to 90 acres. "Even if we do nothing When the air stagnation advisory was issued by the NWS, the Albuquerque -Bernalillo County Environmental Health Dept. ordered a prohibition on all open burning in Bernalillo County.

In addition, resi alternative four it would have some effect on the environment," Lloyd said. "The initial primary objection to the road when construction was begun in 1969, was the interference with the habitat of the Bighorn Sheep. It (the road) will in no way affect the habitat of the sheep." Lloyd indicated that studies show the sheep habitat is only on the rugged west face of the Sandias. "THE HIGHWAY is completely on the east slope and won't even be able to be seen from said. Lloyd explained the proposed highway "meets the objectives that we think ought to be met for managing the Sandia Crest area." He observed that the Continued on Page A-2 'Millions Tucked Away in Special Funds1 Universities' Accounting Scored deceiving the legislature," declared Sen.

C. B. Trujillo, D-Taos-Mora-San Miguel, LFC chairman. Journal Indexl Impact Study Vote Ends Try at Limit By PHIL MKLAUS SANTA FE By a four to three vote Monday, the State Council on Environment Qualify (CEQ) quashed an attempt by State Engineer Steve Reynolds to severely limit the proposed law designed to require environmental impact statements for actions by state agencies. Reynolds, who serves on the seven member council, made a motion that the requirement be imposed only on those projects which are totally state funded.

THE ACTION came as the CEQ prepared to make final decisions on the specific sections of the new environmental quality act, which will be submitted to the governor and the state legislature prior to the commencement of the next session Jan. 15. The move by Reynolds, who has long opposed the Continued on Page A-8 The report strongly criticized account- ing systems of all universities, stating they did not satisfy either the institutions' own internal and budgetary needs, nor, provide the legislature with reliable universities. The memorial stated there is a "credibility gap" between information sought by the legislature and that supplied by the universities. THE STUDY found $18.1 million of "unrestricted fiscal resources" available to the six universities on June 30.

The Board of Educational Finance, relaying information from the schools to the last session, had estimated cash balances would total only $384,967. The report broke the $18.1 million figure down into $12.9 million in "unrestricted" cash balances, $3.9 million of "unrestricted" income during the preceding fiscal year and $1.3 million which the Continued on A-18 By WAYNES. SCOTT Of the Journal's Santa Fe Bureau SANTA FE Six of the state's seven universities have millions of dollars tucked away in a number of funds with the, result only a small percentage have been reported to the legislature, the state auditor and the staff of the Legislative 1 Finance Committee reported to the LFC Monday. The exception is Eastern New Mexico University, which the report stated ended the 1972-73 fiscal year in the red a fact which did not appear on its year-end report, either. "THIS IS, in my opinion, a method of Action Line A-5 Around New Mexico C-4 Classified C-9-18 C-19 Daily Record C-S Editorials A-4 Financial C-7-8-9 Movies C-6 Obituaries C-20 People's Column A-5 Sports C-l-3 Today's Calendar A-19 TV Log, Previews A-19 Weafher Table C-20 Woman's World 1-3 The joint report, signed by State Auditor Frank Olmstead and Maralyn Budke, director of the LFC staff, was made at the direction of the legislature.

Senate Memorial No. 20, passed at the last session, directed the two agencies to make a study of the fiscal affairs of all.