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Tuesday, July 29, 1986 Page 1-B a.m. roundup 9 Gas-building deal put on hold Forecasters expect 100 into the flame building and constructing this month. In late May, Commissioners Court authorized O'Rourke to sign the non-binding memorandum of intent to buy the gas company's blue-flame building at the corner of Texas and Stanton, the International Building across Stanton, and three-fourths of the block surrounded by Kansas, Campbell, Texas and Myrtle, where Luby's Cafeteria is located. The plan offered by O'Rourke called for buying the properties for $10 million, moving county administrative, offices are saying we don't need it and can't afford it," O'Rourke said, adding that city bond issues of more than $100 million already face voters on the Oct. 11 ballot.

O'Rourke also said the gas company purchase could be a viable alternative later unless it were defeated at the polls in October. The judge candidates, Democrat Luther Jones and Republican Joe Divis, favor remodeling the existing City-County Building, an option that also gained support from county commissioners during a work session earlier By Michael Scanlon Times staff writer El Paso County officials Monday put their proposed land purchase from El Paso Natural Gas Co. on the back burner. "We have drawn back our memorandum of intent," County Judge Pat O'Rourke said after Commissioners Court voted 3 to 0 not to proceed with a $25 million bond issue to purchase three Downtown properties from the company. "Both of the county judge candidates a judicial complex and parking garage on the Luby's block.

But Architects Bart Fischer and David Hillis, chosen to work on Phase 2 of the building project, proposed remod- -eling the half of the City-County Building that faces San Antonio Avqnue and razing Liberty Hall to build a judicial wing in its place. Their report came while O'Rourke was on vacation, and commissioners authorized the architects to develop the plan further. ww hwum vmv MJ.mmi!'. ill for 3rd day in a row For the second day in a row, El Paso's temperature topped 100 degrees Monday. And if forecasters are correct, today should follow suit.

The National Weather Service at the El Paso International Airport reported a high of 102 Monday, one degree above Sunday's high. The low for the day was 70. Today's forecast calls for a high of 100 and a low in the upper 60s. No rain was recorded Monday and none is expected today. 2 charged with murder in Lower Valley shooting A 30-year-old man was killed Monday morning and two others were injured when two men opened fire on them with a shotgun.

Luis Campos, 30, of 7611 Mazatlan died at about 12:30 a.m. Monday of a shotgun wound to the chest, police Lt. John Lanahan said. Ruben Avila, 25, of 7533 Acapulco and Antonio Cano, 33, of 7518 Acapulco also were injured in the shooting in the back yard of Avila's home, Lanahan said. Both were listed in stable condition at Thomason General Hospital Monday night.

Arrested were Francisco Rodriguez, 24, of 7812 Phoenix and Rogelio Raucho, 21, of 1110 Prescott. Both were charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder. Bond was set at $100,000 for each, and both remained in the El Paso County Jail Monday night. Lanahan said the shootings were the result of an earlier fight at a neighborhood park in the Lower Coupon club study reopened by state By Robert Moore Assistant city editor IH Iron balconies bedeck the old Hotel Bristol. Rescue Mission displays hints of former glory 'I 1 The Texas attorney general's office has reopened its investigation into an El Paso coupon club.

An "emergency investigation" began over the weekend when the attorney general's office in El Paso received reports that International Smart Shoppers, an El Paso-based coupon club with about 77,000 members nationwide, was going to close its office and leave the state, said Louis Akin, a private investigator working for the attorney general's office. "We have received information that ISS has outstanding (financial) obligations and is planning to close its office, dissolve the company and leave the state. For those reasons, we have reopened the investigation on an emergency basis," Akin said. In addition to the alleged plans to shut down its El Paso operation, Akin also said he has received reports that Thomas and other company officers plan to set up a similar operation in San Diego to be called International Shoppers of America. Steve Thomas, International Smart Shoppers president, said those reports were "not true at all." "What we have is a company entity moving its corporate offices out of state," Thomas said early this morning by phone from Glendale, Calif.

He said his company has licensed International Smart Shoppers to a Nevada corporation, which will "honor all creditors." Thomas would not name the Nevada company, but said that company would continue to serve International Smart Shoppers through a corporation called Independent Shoppers of America. International Smart Shoppers will suspend all operations as a coupon company July 31, he said. Thomas emphasized that despite the changes, "customers will continue to be served." Earlier this year, the attorney general's office obtained a permanent injunction against International Smart Shoppers whereby the company agreed to change some of its business practices. The attorney general's office has issued a process to be served Please see Coupon, 3B Valley. Visitation for Campos will be from 2 to 9 p.m.

today in Hillcrest Funeral Chapel. Rosary will be at 7 p.m. 'today in Hillcrest. Funeral mass will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in San Antonio Church.

Burial will follow in Mount Carmel Cemetery. A lifelong resident of El Paso, Campos is survived by his wife, Isela. He was a copper refinery worker. Tax assessor-collector consolidates conditions El Paso County Tax Assessor-Collector Jimmy Hicks won't agree to a new tax consolidation contract with the city unless two conditions are met. Hicks told members of County Commissioners Court Monday he i wants the tax consolidation advisory committee increased by two members to 10 and he wants authority to refund overpaid taxes to taxpayers.

Currently, the city keeps overpayments for three years and if no valid claim is made, the money is -distributed to the taxing entities. Commissioners Rogelio Sanchez and Charles Hooten voted against the proposed contract, while County Judge Pat O'Rourke and Miguel Solis voted in favor of it. Commissioner Mary Haynes was absent. The tie vote meant no action was taken on the proposed contract, which also would need Hicks' approval. The current contract expires Sept.

1. Times staff reports An unusually narrow atrium allows light to filter through three floors of the old Rescue Mission, known in its heyday as the Hotel Bristol. Text and photos by Luis Villalobos Graphic arts editor It was in its prime when the nation traveled by railroad and vest-pocket watches could be set by the arrival or departure of trains at El Paso's Union Depot. The Hotel Bristol has fallen on rough times since those glory days of the early 1900s. Once the place for travelers to stay in El Paso, the structure most recently has served as a temporary home for the homeless.

The building housing the old Rescue Mission has been on the cutting edge of elimination since the remodeling of the Union Depot left the structure looking, in contrast, as an eyesore. The structure most recently was saved when the El Paso City Council stopped a demolition permit secured by Franklin Land and Resources, which now owns it. If it is razed, the unique narrow atrium that allows sunlight to filter through the hotel's three floors will be gone. Gone also will be the tin ceilings in the old restaurant and bar, where now voices are raised in prayer meetings or at mass feedings of mission residents. Rooms that must have been elegant and spacious for railroad travelers of the 1900s seemed claustrophobic to those last few mission residents who slept on mattresses after furniture was taken to the new mission at the former Centro Vida church on Paisano.

One area, built as a meeting room for the Hotel Bristol, had large windows to provide light. Now that room, along with others left at the hotel, has cardboard-covered windows and bare light bulbs. correction The directions in a map published with Saturday's weekend traveler article were incorrect. Carrizozo, N.M., is on U.S. 380 west of Lincoln, N.M.

Hondo, N.M., is east of Lincoln on U.S. 380. A semi-circular design dominates part of the hotel's facade. City official named to hall of fame 7 2-member task force leads Gore inquiry A i pressed Guevara about Chacon was Chacon's ability to get Ysleta students to return to classes during 1970s protests involving discrimination charges. As a school board member, Chacon influenced students to stop their walkouts and ensured some of their demands were met.

"She has a fantastic relationship with the young people in our part of the community," Guevara said. Chacon stands for strength, Guevara said. "I have seen Alicia in some of her worst times, like during family tragedies. She projects a steady and strong image," she said. "People like to see this in a leader.

Alicia is a strong person." Other winners recognized Monday and their categories: Science and technology: Ride, of Clear Lake, an astronaut and Please see Chacon, 3B Times wire, staff reports El Paso City Council member Alicia Chacon, astronaut Sally Ride, cosmetics company founder Mary Kay Ash and former U.S. Ambassador Anne Armstrong were among 13 women named Monday to the Texas Women's Hall of Fame. Also among those who will be inducted Sept. 18 are University of Texas at Austin women's basketball coach Jody Conradt and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Caro Crawford Brown of Corpus Christi. "These women, selected from hundreds of deserving can- didates, have made outstanding contributions to the state of Texas in their chosen professions and through public service," Gov.

Mark White said in announcing the selections. An 11-member panel, including White and members of the Governor's Commission for Women, and also served on the Ysleta school board and as El Paso County clerk in the 1970s before President Carter appointed her regional administrator of the Small Business Administration, making her the first woman appointed to that position. Chacon's selection came in the category of volunteerism. She has served on 25 boards and committees. Although Chacon could not be reached for her reaction Monday, one of her political allies credits Chacon for "dedicating most of her adult life to working for the betterment of her community." "She's a caring person, a very sensitive person to the needs of the minorities," Chita Guevara said.

"I would say that her biggest attribute in this great honor is her caring and dedication. That's the whole thing wrapped up in one." One of the first things that im By Lois Purvis Times correspondent A two-man task force working out of the 5th District attorney's office in Roswell is spearheading the investigation into the kidnap-slaying of 9-year-old Dena Lynn Gore of Artesia. Assistant District Attorney Charles Plath is in charge of the investigation, Artesia Police Chief James MacKenzie said Monday. "We had a meeting the other night and it was agreed that they would handle everything," MacKenzie said. A jurisdictional question arose when the girl's body was discovered in Chaves County Funeral being funded 3B after investigation into her disappearance was started in Artesia, in Eddy County.

"Basically the whole investigation will be handled by the DA's office," MacKenzie said. "The guys that are actually working on the case will report everything to them and they will handle everything that they get." City police have searched the home of the girlfriend of suspect Terry Clark, who is being held without bond in the Chaves County Jail, and the items seized were forwarded to the state crime laboratory. Please see Gore, 3B fit hit JjgM----Zt inr Alicia Chacon will join the women's hall of fame. selected the finalists from dozens of nominees. Chacon is a two-term city representative from the Lower Valley,.