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ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL Thursday, December 1986 Work Crew Isn't Required To Notify Owner A city water crew came to my house and without my knowledge or permission dug up my flower bed and installed a large iron box in my front yard. I want to know if the city can do this? Has the homeowner any rights about being told about this? What further action can I expect? J.E., Albuquerque. Bern Gantner Louise Miller luc wily lias a icgai casciucui iui uisiaiiaiiuu aim paMnwi maintenance of meters and their protective covers, JJm2jil said Bob Padilla, shift supervisor in the Albuquerque If You Have A Problem Contact Journal Action Line. Call 823-3888 any time or write Action Line, Drawer Albuquerque 87103. Only the initials of each caller or writer are published, but Action Line requires a full name, address and phone number.

If You Need To Call Us Here are the people to contact and the telephone numbers of the major Journal news departments: For news information, and to reach staff members: Church Briefs Jeanne Garvey 823-3800 For general news items, and after regular hours: City Desk Tom Harmon 823-3840 ArtsEntertainment David Steinberg 823-3920 Business Harold Cousland 823-3830 Columnist Jim Arnholz 823-3930 Editorial Page Bill Hume 823-3861 HappeningsArt Calendar Maureen Rule 823-3920 Impact Magazine Pat Reed 823-3880 Las Cruces Bureau Joe Smith (505) 526-4461 New Mexico Fritz Thompson 823-3910 Photography Ray Cary 823-3991 Santa Fe Bureau Larry Calloway (505) 988-8881 Sports Dennis Latta 823-3900 Trends Steve Hallock 823-3936 Washington Bureau PaulWieck (202) 338-2240 Weddings Liz Otero 823-3922 If Your Paper Is Late Your home-delivered Journal should arrive by 7 a.m. If it isn't there by that time, call before 10 a.m. to: Circulation Customer Service 823-4400 from the sale of phone books and newspapers. Meals on Wheels has collection boxes throughout the city. Ruth Harris, program services coordinator.

Harris is responding to a Dec. 9 Action Line inquiry about organizations which collect and sell old telephone directories for recycling. The Meals on Wheels program, which delivers nutritionally-balanced meals to handicapped and homebound residents, has its headquarters in the Pickard Presbyterian Convalescent Center, 5900 Forest Hills NE, Albuquerque, 87109. The telephone number is 822-6000. I need the address of the Stihl Chain Saw Co.

to get an instruction book for my 14-inch saw. I have to make frequent adjustments on the cranking rope, which should not cause this problem. W.P., Cuba, N.M. The address for the Stihl company headquarters is Stihl Oceana West Industrial Park, 536 Viking Drive, Virginia Beach, Va. 23452.

There is a customer service toll-free telephone number, 1-800-528-6050. Ron Bernd, parts manager for the Sandia Power Equipment 4446 Anaheim Ave. NE, Albuquerque, said he may be able to help solve the problem. You may be able to obtain an instruction book for your saw through the Stihl dealer in Cuba, Vigil's Big A Auto Parts Co. sachusetts and Maine, which must use fuel oil? M.W.N., Rio Raacho.

Residents of all states use natural gas for heating, though in different levels, said Maurice Trimmer, vice president of the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association. Use depends on the availability of the fuel which is more plentiful in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and California. For more detailed information, you can contact Ellen Hunt, American Gas Association, ISIS Wilson Arlington, 22209, or John Paul Johnson, Natural Gas Suppliers Association, Suite 200, 1730 Rhode Island NW, Washington, D.C., 20036. Water Systems Division. If the water to the residence is to be cut off temporarily, the city crews must try to notify the owner or occupant prior to the the disruption.

Installation of meter boxes does not interrupt the flow of water to the residence so advance notification is not necessary, Padilla said. The city can request property owners to trim trees 2 and bushes if the foliage has grown over the boxes and interferes with routine maintenance and reading of the meters, which measure water usage. The city is replacing more than 5,000 deteriorating meter boxes throughout the city, Padilla said. The new units have metal lids and fiberglass bottom J- sections. The old metal boxes pose a safety problem, both to city crew members and the general public, since many have rusted and may collapse with the weight of people stepping on the lids, Padilla said.

The Albuquerque Meals on Wheels program is eager to get old telephone directories. We subsidize some of the costs of our meals for low income clients What states use natural gas for heating purposes as contrasted to cold weather states, like Mas- i UKo NOW Ranks States Over Legal Rights LTD lGCLa Me ppQo THE ASSOCIATED PRESS izn 1 II i i i j) WASHINGTON Washington ranks best and South Carolina worst when it comes to legal rights for women, the National Organization for Women said Wednesday in releasing a state-by-state comparison of laws affecting women. New Mexico was in a seven-way tie for 29th place with Florida, Indiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio and Utah. A "chronicle of sweeping legal is the way NOW describes its 523-page "State-By-State Guide to Women's Legal Rights," written by the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund and Renee Cherow-O'Leary. The book reviews laws on marriage, divorce, domestic violence, inheritance rights, reproductive rights, unmarried couples, equal pay, fair employment, credit, hous-ing, insurance and public accommodations for each state, and gives the state code citation for each law.

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