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ALBUO UERQUE JOURNAL .1 I 112th Year, No. 118 .122 Pesss la 8 Wedzasiay April 28, 1993 Copyright0 1993, Journal Publishing Co. Daily 500 Made in USA John Sanchez U.S. Marshal John J. Kelly U.S.

Attorney lrpa VCZ3USZ U.S. Christ Ju; U.S. May Get Tough; pkgaman FiciiQ Santa Fe Woman iFor Judge By Scott Sandlin Age: 40 Birthplace: Santa Barbara, Calif. Education: B.A.. J.D.

University of Notre Dame Employment; Partner in Jones, Age: 44 Birthplace: Albany, N.Y. Education: B.S., Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; Cornell Law School Age: 48 Birthplace: Albuquerque Education: B.S. criminol-ogy, University of Albuquerque Employment: Operations supervisor, U.S. Mar With i STAFF WRITER a Marshals shal's Service; with Service since 1975 Wertheim, Rodriguez Went-worth, 1931 to present; Assistant New Mexico Public Defender, 1979-1981; Michigan Migrant Legal Services, 1979 Employment: Managing partner, Hinkie, Cox, Eaton, Coffield Hens ley Offices: Chair, New Mexico State Personnel Board; Sandoval County Commissioner The all-male makeup of the federal judiciary in New Mexico is about to change. Sen.

Jeff Bingaman, on Tuesday recommended a 40-year-old Santa Fe lawyer, Martha Alicia -Vazquez, as the first woman U.S. District Court judge -in the state. Vazquez will join only two Hispanic women on the 'federal bench nationwide, both of whom were named in the waning days of the Bush administration. Bingaman recommended as U.S. attorney bis under-' graduate school friend John J.

Kelly, 44, the managing partner of a large law firm's Albuquerque office. For U.S. Marshal, Bingaman recommended John Sanchez, 46, a native of Albuquerque's South Valley and 18-year I veteran of the U.S. Marshals Service, Bingaman announced the selections Tuesday after- President, Lawmakers Discuss Military Action a By Ann Devroy and Daniel Williams THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON In private meetings with key members of Congress on Tuesday, President Clinton She will replace Judge Santiago Campos, who decided to take senior status. Bingaman said Kelly also has a reputation as an excellent lawyer who is respected for his managerial abilities and his "fair and balanced approach to MORE: See BINGAMAN on PAGE A6 noon after contacting the three.

He said he named Vazquez because of her standing in the legal community, because her ethics are "above reproach" and because of her reputation as a person of compassion who will consider the circumstances of each case in that light "She'll be a credit to court system and we'll be proud to claim her as one of our own," he said. Piping Up ftfc 77 "7.v' I W.i. 7V J.7t k'sf 77-C- made a case for what one senior adviser called "carefully constructed and limited" U.S. military action in Bosnia-Herzegovina. About two dozen legislators engaged the president at an afternoon session in a spirited 2-hour debate, voicing views that ranged from doing little more in the Balkans to committing U.S.

military forces and entering the war, Senate sources said. 7-: White House officials portrayed the meetings as part of a process of consultation likely to end by next week with Clinton making a decision. Senate sources said that Clinton offered no specific plan Tuesday. v' Some legislators left the meeting with the feeling Clinton favored exempting Bosnian Muslim forces from a United Nations arms embargo, a move that would require U.N. Security Council action.

Administration officials said air strikes against Serb positions are also still under consideration as a means of halting Serb advances and protecting the Muslims during the period when they would be rearming. But while Clinton appeared increasingly determined to spearhead a more aggressive international response, other U.S. officials continued to caution about the limitations and dangers of allied military action and to attach stringent conditions on deeper U.S. military involvement in the Balkans. Reflecting the deep skepticism that still prevails at the Pentagon, Adm.

David E. Jeremiah, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters that air strikes, one of Clinton's options, might cause civilian casualties yet not cripple the Serb threat. He warned that "it is not simple or easy" to bring airpower to bear against highly mobile Serb forces operating in mountainous, heavily forested terrain, noting that the military challenge in the Balkans is far more problematic than the one posed by Iraqi troops defeated by U.S. air and ground attacks during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. "You cannot assume you're going to get in and out with a quickie," Jeremiah said.

"If you think this is going to be a painless operation, it will not be, because there clearly will be collateral damage there was not in the Gulf War." An administration official called Jeremiah's remarks "ill-timed" and said they should not be "over-interpreted" as evidence of Pentagon foot-dragging on a military solution to the Balkan crisis. t.t'J7 -'H. i JO'S Baca Faces Difficulty On Stands Panel Asks N.M. Official To Return By Richard Parker JOURNAL WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON New Mexico Land Commissioner Jim Baca, seeking confirmation to head the Bureau of Land Management, was asked Tuesday to reappear before a Senate committee after a senior Republican senator questioned his previous criticism of mining and ranching interests. Baca has been an outspoken advocate of toughening laws governing cattle-grazing and mining on public lands.

Republicans on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee frequently singled out Baca from four other Interior Department nominees for pointed questioning. After a 3-hour hearing for the five nominees, Wyoming Sen. Malcolm Wallop asked that Baca return for more questioning today, Asked by reporters how he would vote on Baca's nomination, Wallop, the ranking Republican on the panel, said his mind still wasn't made up. "He has a number of answers to give," said Wallop. While Republicans are unlikely to defeat Baca's nomination Democrats control the committee and the Senate they could embarrass the Clinton administration by voting against Baca and reporting only a bare committee majority in his favor.

Baca said he wasn't surprised by Wallop's insistence that he reappear for another day of questioning. "This is a legislative body. They have a right to have their questions answered," he told reporters. Wallop brought up one incident in which he quoted Baca as saying the MORE: See CONFIRMATION on PAGE A4 ALEXANDRIA KING JOURNAL Albuquerque Underground workers guide a 6-foot, Tuesday. The work on the Vineyard Channel is part piece of concrete storm sewer pipe of a city flood-control program.

Foreman Greg Into a trench along Jefferson NE Just west of 1-25 on Lovato, left, said the work should be done this week. A5 Air strikes won't end aggression Boys School Inmates Accused Priest of Sexual Abuse By Art Geiselman JOURNAL STAFF WRITER New Mexico and confronted him about his alleged abuse of their brother, Thomas Deary, nearly 30 years ago. Deary committed suicide in 1991. Complaints' of sexual abuse in Connecticut, where Bissonnette was working, caused the church to send him in 1962 to the Servants of the Paraclete treatment center in if there was a state investigation into the allegations or what action the archdiocese took. Portillos said the young men who said they were abused were provided psychological treatment by the state.

Bissonnette, who is reported to be ill and living in Belen, could not be reached for comment Tuesday. He was the subject of recent news stories when members of a Connecticut family tracked him down in liaison with the school, "assured me that Father Bissonnette would get psychological treatment." Portillos, now deputy secretary of the state Department of Children, Youth and Family, said he told the Archdiocese of Santa Fe about the' allegations and informed his supervisors at the state Department of -Corrections. Former Archbishop Robert Sanchez was head of the church in New Mexico at that time. He said, however, he didn't know After he left the school, the church gave Bissonnette a year's sabbatical and then returned him to parish work in Albuquerque. Robert Portillos, superintendent of the boys school from 1976 to 1990, said Bissonnette was dismissed as the school's chaplain after he was accused by "more than two" inmates of sexually abusing them, sometimes in the school chapel.

Portillos said the Rev. Sabine Griego, at the time archdiocese Roman Catholic priest Bernard Bissonnette was removed in 1978 after five years as chaplain of the New Mexico State Boys School because of allegations he sexually molested young inmates. He was sent to the school, which houses 230 boys aged 11 to 20, despite having a history of sexual abuse allegations against him. MORE: See BOYS on PAGE A4 tPjBMva AP Board Considers Good Morning Condom Distribution Amphitheater Gets Go-Ahead Commission Adds New Conditions To Be Met Before Construction By Isabel Sanchez Republicans are grilling the nominee for Bureau of Land Management Are they trying to soil his reputation? i --j -r 7 lr7'- :I.u, V'V JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Weather Partly cloudy today and slightly cooler with a high near 77 and southeast winds, 10-20 mpL Variable clouds tonight with a low near 48. Partly cloudy and cooler on Thursday with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms.

D11. the workshop. Dr. Caryn McHarney-Brown spoke for the part of the group favoring "Proposal which advocates an expansion of school-based health services to include distribution of contraceptives. The proposal also urges APS to emphasize counseling on matters of drugs, mental health and other "healthy life-choices." Lambelet spoke for supporters of "Proposal which calls for APS to teach "abstinence only" and keep it ban on dispensing contraceptives.

After the presentation, the board vigorously exercised its option to ask questions of Health Task Force members. Board member Diego Gallegos directed many of his to Lambelet. "You say our giving out condoms would promote what you call unsafe MORE: See APS on PAGE AS By Tracy Dingmann JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Opponents of the distribution of condoms at Albuquerque schools presented the school board with petitions bearing 5300 signatures during the board's first meeting on possible reforms to the health curriculum and services. The Rev. Tom Lambelet, spokesman for the anti-condom faction of a task force asked to look at the reforms, presented the petition on behalf of fellow task force member.

Tom Bozone. No public input was taken and no decisions were made at the 2-hour work-study session, which Board President Leonard DeLayo said he convened strictly for informational purposes. Members of the Health Task Force made cases for and against handing out contraceptives during An outdoor concert amphitheater, which generated hot opposition by nearby West Side neighborhoods, won support of the Bernalillo County Commission Tuesday after commissioners toughened requirements the project has to meet before it becomes a reality. The commission heard appeals to a decision by the County Planning Commission to OK a special use permit for the project on 95 acres near HD and 9Cth Street Commission chambers were packed with people on both sides, most of them arguing the arena threatens the peace of nearby residents and the visitor experience at the Petroglyph National Monument a half-mile away. The Ladera West Neighborhood Association and Friends of the Albuquerque Petroslyphs appealed the approval last month of a special use permit sought by MORE: Set AMPHITHEATER on PAGE A5 BUSINESS C8-11 HAPPENINGS C12 CLASSIFIED D4-10 HOROSCOPE 82 COMICS 012 METROPOLITAN PI CROSSWORD B2 MOVIES B4 DAILY RECORD C12 NEW MEXICO D3 DEAR AB8Y B2 SPORTS C1-6 DEATHS Oil STOCKS C9 EDITORIALS A10-11 TV BS FOOD B1-6 WEATHER D11 SPORTSUNE 821-1800 WEATHERLINE 821-1111 AARON WILSON JOURNAL Lcurtlvvcod Atsocton tr.cn fccra Vla Ccra, and Hera ezprcn cplr.bn it County Comrr.iixlon nxxtinj about an '-zx prepcerd far tha ZUZ3.

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