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Ilea Mexico El Pcca Friday. March 20. 1992 Supreme Court: Self-incrimination plea doesn't apply to corporations Associated Press corporations, the state Supreme first time." tified in the opinion only as John Doe, and the five corporations he owned were not named. No further information could be obtained from the court file because it was sealed. Fisher and Fugere said they could not talk about the case.

The business owner argued that his Fifth Amendment rights would be violated if he gave the commission information. In November 1990 state District Judge Patricio Serna in Santa Fe or dered the subpoenas enforced. The business owner turned over a small box of documents. The commission decided they were inadequate and issued more subpoenas in April 1991. District Judge Philip Ashby in Bernalillo County upheld the, subpoena against the corporations in July 1991, ruling that the privilege against self-incrimination in the and state Constitutions applies only to "natural persons" and not corporations.

"Allowing a corporation through its representatives to refuse), to produce documents or testify-would impede the Commission's power, contrary to the purpose of the (law)," said the ruling written by Justice Gene Franchini. And there is no indication the Legislature intended when it wrote the law to give corporations that privilege, the opinion said. Court said Wednesday. "It kind of solidifies the commission's authority to investigate and to exercise its subpoena powers," Ron Fisher, the commission executive director, c. "It's very helpful," said Albert Fugere, deputy chief counsel for the Department of Public Safety, who represents the commission.

"I think it gives us some clear guidance in New Mexico for the The case arose 214 years ago, when a business owner refused to answer questions at a commission hearing or turn over records the commission had subpoenaed. The commission was investigating the infiltration of organized crime and racketeering into the pornography business, according to the Supreme Court opinion issued Wednesday. The business owner was iden SANTA FE The Governor's Organized Crime Prevention Commission job will be easier because of a court ruling that says a corporation or its rcpre- sentative cannot refuse to testify or turn over documents to, the commission on the grounds that it would be exposed to criminal prosecution. That privilege against self-' incrimination does not apply to I fin Et Paso timts Clean Police arrest 13 in El Paso burglaries "We have cholera coming up here this summer, not in five years. If it gets into our colonlas' water, we'd have a large population at risk." Dr.

Laurance Nickey El Paso City-County Health and Environmental District Continued from IB water and toxic-waste pollution problems. The United States has earmarked' $379 million for the border cleanup projects through 1993. Mexico has allocated $460 million through 1994. Critics at the El Paso meeting said that's a fraction of the money needed. "I heard some good things, but there's much more to do," said Dr.

Laurance Nickey, director of the El Paso City-County Health and Environmental District. "We have cholera coming up here this summer, not in five years. If it gets into our colon-ias' water, we'd have a large population at. risk. Frankly, we need help, and I don't see it coming soon," Nickey said.

Several people at the meeting objected to the border plan's omission of regulations for nuclear waste dumps along the U.S.TMexican border, Two radioactive waste dumps are planned in Texas within the border plan's 60-mile-wide jurisdiction along the international boundary. One, a state-run low-level dump, is planned for Sier- -J $2,600 in cash, and military night vision goggles. "We're happy to get so many weapons in one shot before they were used in the commission of another crime," DeAngelis said. The items were found in "a Northeast home in the 10000 block of Obsidian and an apartment in the 2900 block of Van Buren. The five men who were charged with burglary of habitation were Ralph Childs, 18; Charles Lenoir, 19; Ruben Ochoa, 17; Charles Boggs, 18; Luis Guzman, 17; Robert Jack, 18; Kenneth Rozzelle, 21; and Dwight Chapman, 18; The three people charged with possession of cocaine were Jimmie Jennings, 25; Maglina Mabry, 23; and Rhonda Thompson, 31.

Michael Waldon, 19, was charged with theft over $750; and Arturo Blanco, 37, was charged with possession of co-. caine, possession of marijuana, theft over $750 and possession of a prohibited weapon. Waldon and Blanco are suspected of conducting a fencing operation, DeAngelis said. By Renee Ramirez El Paso Times Police confiscated $15,000 worth of stolen weapons and household items during an eight-week investigation that led to 13 arrests in 30 burglaries. Capt.

George DeAngelis said members of the Northeast Substation's Impact team and the Repeat Offenders Program worked together during the operation, which involved mostly Northeast homes. "Initially, eight were charged with burglary and the other arrests came about throughout the course of the investigation," DeAngelis said. "The others were arrested on other, related charges." The alleged burglars kicked in the front doors of the homes during daylight hours, he said. About 95 percent of the burglaries were in the Northeast and the rest were in East El Paso. Police recovered 20 packets of cocaine, four ounces of marijuana, 11 guns including a sawed-off shotgun and three pistols, a saxophone, a television set, a VCR, two cameras, Deaths in tho aioa Victor Calzada El Paso Times Sgt.

Bill Pfell of the El Paso Police Department examined confiscated weapons Thursday. Quadruplets may cost state $1.2 million Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE Quadruplets born to an Espafiola woman this week could end up costing the state Medicaid program $1.2 million or more, health officials say. Julie Salazar, 22, took a fertility drug and became pregnant before she qualified for Medicaid, the federal-state health insurance program for the needy. She qualified for the program when she had to stop working three months into her pregnancy, Rafael Salazar, the children's father, said. The four boys were born Mon liveries and usually a total of $10,800 to care for a high-risk newborn.

But Medicaid also picks up 90 percent of all charges once the bill tops $100,000. Martinez said total medical charges for one very premature baby were $542,603 and the Medicaid program ended up paying $302,773 of that. Multiplying by four, the state cpuld pay as much as $1.2 million for very immature quadruplets, he said. The parents had been told Salazar was carrying three children, but a fourth was discovered with ultrasound tests In addition to the ventilation system, the lawsuit says the building has problems with: A rooftop solar water-heating system that never has worked. Kitchen floors that were not built according to the design, so water does not drain.

I Garner said the county has been trying since November to negotiate a settlement with the architects, but they haven't been able to reach an agreement. ra Blanca, 90 miles east of El Paso. The other is at Kinney County. Both are being protest- ed by Mexico authorities. "The waste is produced far away and dumped on the border because it's sparsely populated that's the politics of it," Zaf-firini said.

An Environmental Protection Agency hazardous-waste expert, Joseph Schulte, said the dumps' siting is being monitored jointly by his agency and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. He said his agency has set up a working group to monitor dumpsite proposals. The federal officials encouraged those interested in monitoring the plan's progress to join a citizen advisory board overseeing the border cleanup. Nominations to the board are being accepted into next week. er, 87, of Deming died Tuesday (March 17, 1992).

Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today in Baca's Funeral Chapel, where the funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery. Survivors include, his wife, Hester Ann; his sons, Freddie Walker and Frank Walker; and his daughters, Ava Jo Henslee and Naomi Chadborn.

He worked at the Deming Air Base as a welder until 1946 5 when he started farming. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the National Rifle Association, and past president and member of the Old Timers Association. He was a longtime resident of Deming. Las Cruces Henrietta Sanchez Lopez, busdriver Henrietta Sanchez Lopez, 41, of Las Cruces died Tuesday (March 17, 1992). Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m.

today in Baca's Funeral Chapel. Rosary will be at 7 p.m. Friday in Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral, where the funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in St.

Joseph's Cemetery. include her husband, Arturo; her parents, Edward "Lalo" and Emma V. Sanchez; her son, Armando S. Gonzales; and her daughter, Ar-manda Gonzales. She was a bus driver for the Las Cruces Public Schools District and was a lifelong Las Cruces resident.

Ruidaco Tennyson Alex Lester, firefighter Tennyson Alex Lester, 36, of Mescalero, N.M. died Wednesday (March 18, 1992). Rosary will be at 6 p.m. today in St. Joseph's Mission in Mescalero, whore the funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m.

Saturday. Burial will be in Mescalero Cemetery, Survivors include his wife, Erminia; and his daughter, Tenya Lester. He was a firefighter for the U.S. Forestry Service and a lifelong Mescalero resident. Arrangements are by Grone Funeral Chapel.

Cthcr fcr.crcb tcday Rhyne, Ethel 2 p.m., Graham's Mortuary, 555 W. Amador, Las Cruces. Row, Jesus, 10 a.m., Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral, 1240 S. Espina, Las Cruces. Parkhlll, James 2 p.m., La-Grone Funeral Chapel, 900 S.

Main, Roswell. 1 Paso County sues architect firm over jail design Alamogordo woman sold Tupperware Patricia A. Martin, a Tupperware dealer, died Saturday (March 14, 1992). She was 61. She had been state president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, and served as chairwoman of the local VFW cancer aid and research program.

Martin had lived in Alamogordo 25 years. Survivors include her husband, Arthur; her sons, Robert Martin, Daniel Martin and Dennis Martin; and her daughter, Pam Jacobi. Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. today in Alamogordo Funeral Home, where the funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Burial will be in Monte Vista Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to V.F.W. Auxiliary Post 786 Cancer Aid and Research Fund, 700 W. U.S. Highway 70, Alamogordo, N.M.

88310. Artcsia Hilton W. Gillett, doctor Hilton W. Gillett, 88, of Mavhill, N.M., died Wednesday (March 18, 1992). Memorial service will be at 2 p.m.

Saturday in Third and Central Church of Christ in Lov-ington, N.M. Survivors include his wife, Myrtle; and his sons, W. Glen Gillett and Warren Gillett. He was a general physician, an Army veteran of World War II and a resident of Mayhill since 1985. Arrangements are by Terpening and Son Mortuary.

Maria B. Martinez, homemaker Maria B. Martinez, 82, of Las Cruces died Monday (March 16, 1992). Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. today in Baca's Funeral Chapel with the praver service at 7 p.m.

Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the funeral home. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery. Survivors include her sons, Benjamin Candelaria, Ruben Candelaria, Enrique Martinez and Ernest Martinez; and her daughters, Mercy C. Jimenez and Yolanda M.

Salas. She was a homemaker and was a former Deming resident. Memorial contributions may be made to Mesilla Valley Hospice, 225 East Idaho, Suite 23, Las Cruces, N.M. 88005. Stonewall 'Stoney Walker, Armor Stonewall "Stoney" Walk day 2Vi months prematurely and each weighed about 2 pounds at birth.

They have premature lung disease, and three of the four rhilrlren Viavp hffn nri ventila tors, Presbyterian Hospital offi- cials said. Doctors said the survival outlook for the babies is good but that they could remain in the hospital for months. Larry Martinez, an administrator for the state Human Ser-t vices Department's Medicaid program, said the state has no experience paying for a high-risk delivery of quadruplets. He said Medicaid routinely pays $3,400 for complicated de Garner said. "When you have this many people locked up, it is critical that you have a self-activating system to remove smoke and fumes." The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in state district court.

The firm, Fouts Gomez Architects, designed the jail and was paid $111,540 by the county to watch over construction. Officials from the firm were unavailable for comment Thursday. office in Albuquerque, said items seized from the truck included things "that would suggest they were helping manufacture fake IDs," including a laminating machine, photos of the two men, and 15 to 20 driver's licenses "we assume are stolen." Agents said a search of the truck found credit cards, account numbers and information that would allow broad access to people's credit. The two men were arrested after an immigration stop on Nine Mill Hill west of Albuquerque last Friday. I Border Patrol Agent Hector Ochoa said he stopped the truck after it made an erratic lane change and the two men in it continued to look straight ahead when he pulled alongside.

He said he searched the truck with their consent, and found an "obviously counterfeit" Social Security card and eight pages of biographical information about people's credit history. A Secret Service agent who made preliminary calls to some of the people listed said one couple told him they had been denied a loan because of other people fraudulently using their Social Security and other account numbers. within hours of her admission to Presbyterian. Risjng costs and growing numbers of people living below the poverty line have strained the Human Services Department budget. The department recently announced it would have to cut some Medicaid coverages and payments effective May 1.

Julie Salazar had been taking a fertility drug called Clomi-. phene sulfate. Dr. Gary Aisenbrey, who specializes in high-risk pregnancies at Presbyterian Hospital, said many doctors prescribe Clomi-phene, for "ovulatory disturbances" as well as infertility. He said there is no connection between the filing of the lawsuit and a Texas Jail Standards Commission meeting next week at which the county will have to demonstrate it is making progress toward fixing the problems.

"There's a 10-year statute of limitations in cases like this, and that runs out 'later this year," Garner said. The $4.5 million sought in the lawsuit is the estimated amount needed to fix the problems, Garner said. the University of Texas at El Paso. Four posthumous awards were announced for various contributions to the community. Those honored were the late Herlinda Wong Chew, Polly Harris, Dru-sella Tandy Nixon and Hedwig Mathias Schwartz.

The ceremony was in the To-mas Rivera Conference Center of the UTEP Union Building. State Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, whose district includes parts of El Paso, was the keynote speaker. She talked about how she had to use her sense of humor to overcome sexist remarks from men in the Texas Senate. "If you don't laugh with the good ol' boys, you're in deep trouble," she said.

"My style is to always work hard, learn the material and overprepare and pray." "My special message to the boys and girls of (my district) is that "if someone like me, who grew up in the barrio Cuatro Laredo, can become a senator i then anyone of them can grow up and run for Texas governor or president and win. 6 inducted into El Paso Women's Hall of Fame By Michael Scanlon El Paso Times El Paso County filed a $4.5 million lawsuit against the architects who designed the 10-year-old county jail and supervised its construction, claiming the building is unsafe. The jail has failed repeatedly to meet minimum state standards, partly because of an inadequate ventilation system. "It's a safety issue," First Assistant County Attorney Gayle Nigerians can't bond out of jail Albuquerque case alleges credit fraud Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE Bond has been denied for two Nigerians arrested west of Albuquerque while driving a rental truck that federal agents said contained stolen mail and counterfeit identification documents. Sobanke Durojaiye Peters, 31, and Olusola Godwin Ay-inde, 29, both of Lagos, Nigeria, were accused of knowingly possessing 15 or more credit cards and account, numbers "with intent to de fraud." U.S.

Magistrate William Deaton, in denying bond Wednesday, said the men posed a flight risk because of serious questions about their immigration status and because they have no ties to New Mexico. Dave Saleeba, agent in charge of the Secret Service By Renee Ramirez El Paso Times The six new members of the El Paso Women's Hall of Fame each made a significant contribution to the community, President Bonnie Escobar of the El Paso Commission for Women said after Thursday night's induction. Those inducted were: Arts: Cynthia and author. Civic leadership: the Rev. Johnnie Washington, an ordained minister and president of the El Paso branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Education: Lyrline Hughes Coltharp, founder, of the Teachers of English tf) Speakers of Other Languages in El Paso. Political: State Sen. Peggy Rosson, who was re-elected last week to the Texas Senate. Professional: Elizabeth Hooks Kelly, founder of the El Paso chapter of the Girl Scouts of America and the El Paso Humane Society. Science: Romy Ledesma, coordinator of the Material Research Center for Excellence at.