Albuquerque Journal from Albuquerque, New Mexico • Page 1

ALBUQUERQU JOURNAL 108th Year No. 266 68 Pages In Sections Thursday Morning, September 22, 1988 Copyright 1988, Journal Publishing Co. Daily 350 Sunday $1 ooongs Unleash loience Louisiana City Leaders Cite Economy, Racism THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PNM Boosts Power-Use Projection In Rate Plan By Doug McClellan OF THE JOURNAL'S CAPITOL BUREAU SANTA FE Public Service Company of New Mexico's plan to charge ratepayers for two-thirds of its nuclear investment includes a prediction that demand for PNM's electricity will grow faster than previously expected. PNM included the most recent projection, called a load forecast, in its request this week to charge customers for two of its three units in the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. Assistant Attorney General Randy Childress said, "We're not saying they've phony-baloneyed a load forecast, but they're trying to manufacture a need for Palo Verde." Childress added that his office has not had time to analyze the new forecast.

He said he was bothered that PNM used new estimates for its latest filing. The utility is proposing a 10-year increase in rates to cover the costs of the power plant. Rates would go up by about 37 percent through 1998, followed by a drop. The most recent projections reflect an annual increase in PNM's peak demand the amount of power it needs of about 3.5 percent a year between 1988 and 1999. PNM projections from October 1987 estimated a growth rate of about 2.4 percent a year.

Don Begley, a PNM spokesman, said the new estimates are based on projections of New Mexico's population and economy by other organizations, including the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of New Mexico. The new estimates "reflect a somewhat healthier economy than what the state had projected," Begley said. Begley said the increase doesn't stem from any one factor, such as a new industrial plant. "It is a general level of growth in the residential and small business marketplace that had not been anti- MORE: See PNM on PAGE A3 3 THURSDAY SHREVEPORT, La. Heavily armed police sealed off a 12-block area Wednesday night after hearing sporadic gunfire in a riot-scarred neighborhood where a white woman shot a black man to death 24 hours earlier.

An emergency zone was expanded late Wednesday night in the Cedar Grove section soon after police rerouted traffic off a busy thoroughfare where blacks were throwing rocks, bottles and bricks at passing cars. No injuries or serious damages were reported Wednesday night, and there were no arrests immediately reported in Louisiana's third-largest city. The white woman was accused of murder in Tuesday night's shooting and six blacks were arrested during the rioting that followed, police said. Mayor John Hussey said the strategy Wednesday night was to wait out troublemakers. Scores of police cars, a busload of camouflaged Special Response Team officers and canine units were stationed at a command post nearby.

"The shooting that we have is sporadic," said Hussey. "It's still very much in a local area. The idea is to seal off the area. If you seal it off, don't let any cars MORE: See FATAL on PAGE A6 ASSOCIATED PRESS Fighting Mad Olympic boxing referee Keith Walker of New Zealand including a security guard, stormed the ring after is protected by other referees and officials after boxer Byun Jong II lost a decision to Alexandar South Korean boxing coach Kim Sung Eun, left, and Hristov of Bulgaria. Referee Walker was hit by at his assistant attacked him.

Several South Koreans, least one punch. Story on C1 Belen Voman Deputies Search for Missin By Ed Pierce Wednesday, although Romero said a small aircraft was "up in the area for about an hour" before being forced down by bad weather. Officers from the Valencia County Sheriff's Department, the state Search and Rescue Team, State Police and Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office members were involved in the search, along with more than 25 volunteers. He said the woman told her par- MORE: See SEARCH on PAGE A3 there were signs of a scuffle. The cassette tape was found nearby.

"She would ride that route every single day," Romero said, and listen to tapes as she rode. "She'd ride south on NM 47 about nine miles until she got to the railroad tracks then turn around and come back." The search was called off for the day at 9:30 p.m. and was expected to resume at daybreak, he said. Heavy rainfall, high winds and poor visibility grounded an air search for the missing woman disappearance," Romero said. "We understand from talking to her parents and friends that it is totally out of character for her to turn up missing." The sheriff said some bicycle tracks were found Wednesday about four miles south of Rio Communities which looked as if a bicycle had been dragged off the side of the road and then back onto the road.

Police followed tracks to a place about 200 yards off the road where 6), southeast of Rio Communities toward Mountainair. When she failed to return from the ride at 11:30 a.m., her parents, John and Patty Doel, reported her missing. The family lives on Bragg Street in Rio Communities, a residential area east of Belen. Lawrence Romero, Valencia County sheriff, said "every available man" at his disposal was searching an area southeast of Rio Communities on NM 47 Wednesday. "We feel this is an involuntary JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT BELEN Searchers in Valencia County late Wednesday found a cassette tape belonging to a missing 19-year-old woman off a highway where she was last seen bicycling on Tuesday.

Tara Calico, a University of New Mexico-Valencia campus student, disappeared Tuesday morning after telling her parents she was going for a bicycle ride on NM 47 (old NM Judge Blocks Destruction of APD Files By John Yaeger JOURNAL STAFF WRITER The task force that established the new guidelines recommended that inappropriate files be destroyed by November. Davis and attorney Ray Twohig, who together represent the 13 lawyers and activists, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city, Mayor Ken Schultz and Police Chief Sam Baca seeking to allow their clients to examine intelligence files in which they are named. The group had sought to intervene in a pending lawsuit filed by former Intelligence Unit detectives, who contend their MORE: See JUDGE on PAGE A3 Hearing Planned Today On Intelligence Material city from burrrg the files at 2 p.m. The files remainecTunder guard at the Fire Department. The files were found to be in violation of guidelines governing APD intelligence gathering, and were marked for destruction following an examination in May.

The guidelines were established after an audit by independent counsel William Rior-dan found the Police Department kept files on people hot suspected of criminal activity. A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the city of Albuquerque from burning more than 1,300 Police Department intelligence files, just hours before the records were to be destroyed. U.S. District Judge Santiago Campos scheduled a hearing this afternoon to allow city attorneys to argue why the files, which fill nearly three dozen boxes, should be immediately burned. Philip Davis, an attorney representing 13 other lawyers and political activists, successfully sought a temporary restraining order shortly after 10 a.m.

preventing the i -rWv 1 i hi i i if, if' i it Proposed Smoking Ban Gives Schultz Hot Issue Mayor's Office Wouldn't Be Exempted By Jim Martin JOURNAL STAFF WRITER JIM THOMPSON JOURNAL Heels Over Head i 5," i i 4i It 1 I i jH'-JZ i A- I i 1 Jing Xu, 1 2, a member of the Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe, performs at the New Mexico State Fair. Xu is a contortionist with "The Incredible Acrobats of China," who perform 10 shows daily through Sunday. Elsewhere at the fair, city children got a close-up look at farm animals. Story on D3. Wiener said he realized after talking to Chapman the next morning that what he told the mayor was inaccurate.

"It was my fault, I misled him," Wiener said. "I didn't realize that only individuals' offices in the private sector wouldn't be affected." Although Wiener said he doesn't regret voting for the bill, he added that in his opinion, anyone should be able to smoke in a private office with the door closed. "If the mayor wants to kill himself smoking behind closed doors in his office, that's his business," Wiener said. "The intent of the bill is to protect people from the harmful effects of secondary smoke, not to unnecessarily punish smokers." Chapman, who sponsored the measure, said Schultz told him several weeks before the council voted that he has no intention of giving up MORE: See MAYOR on PAGE A3 Two city councilors said Wednesday Mayor Ken Schultz is concerned that a recently passed anti-smoking bill will keep him from lighting up in his City Hall office. Although Schultz wouldn't say if his smoking will influence his decision to sign or veto the measure, Councilors Michael Wiener and Richard Chapman said the mayor has told them he is worried about the ban's effect on him personally.

Councilors voted 8-1 last week to pass a bill that will require all city-owned facilities, including the mayor's office, to be smoke-free. Schultz has until Sept 30 to sign the bill into law or veto it. "The mayor asked me that night after we voted on the bill if he could still smoke in his office," Wiener said. "I told him he could because private, enclosed offices are Good Morning The mayor is pondering the fate of the anti-smoking bill. It's a hot issue that could be a drag.

Weather Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thundershowers. High in mid 70s. Low in the lower 50s. D11. ACTION LINE B2 EDITORIALS A12-13 ARNHOLZ A3 HAPPENINGS 04 BRIDGE B2 METROPOLITAN D1 BUSINESS C9-13 MOVIES 04 CLASSIFIED D5-10 NEW MEXICO D3 COMICS pi 2 SPORTS CH CROSSWORD B2 TRENDS B1-10 DEAR ABBY B2 TV B1 1 DEATHS pi 1 WEATHER D1 1 JOURNAL FILE PHOTO Ken Schultz Lights up in Council meeting.