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El Paso Times Filial March 15, 1991 pn Section 23 Deaths 2D Legislature 4D Comics 53 Editorials i City editor: Bob Locke, 546-6100 LLJLJ Plane wreckage ffo Pilot, passenger killed in crash ivL'l John Lslrd the plane missing with the two Hobb men aboard indicated a direct path between Hobbs and Hermosillo. The last radio contact with the pilot occurred about nine minutes after takeoff. Civil Air Patrol units from across the state scoured the mountains and deserts of southern New Mexico and West Texas, and the Mexican government also had begun a search for the plane in Mexico, Korzan said. the effort early Thursday. Childress said representatives from the National Transportation Review Board in Denver ancT Federal Aviation Administration in Albuquerque were to arrive in Carlsbad by today to help determine the cause of the crash.

"We will put a team together, and we will working with them all day to continue with the investigation," Childress Korzan said the flight plan of Eddy County Sheriff Jack Childress said the bodies had not yet been identified. Korzan earlier this week identified the pilot of the missing plane as Robert Stipp, 76, and the passenger as Blake Stanfield, 33, both of Hobbs. Darkness prevented teams from starting recovery efforts Wednesday. But Childress said search and rescue teams from the Eddy County Sheriffs Department and the New Mexico Search and Rescue unit took up Al Korzan of the Civil Air Patrol in Alamogordo said. Searchers confirmed Thursday that the plane was one that left Hobbs for Hermosillo, Mexico, March 5 and failed to return on schedule Saturday.

The Civil Air Patrol had been searching for the missing plane since Sunday. Rescue teams still were trying to remove the bodies from the aircraft late Thursday, and Associated Press CARLSBAD A small air- Elane missing a week and a half as been found in the mountains southwest of Carlsbad, and both people aboard were killed, officials said Thursday. An Army helicopter from Fort Bliss spotted the wreckage in the Guadalupe Mountains Wednesday afternoon, Lt. Col. 2 bodies found -at Afbuquerque residence Las Graces' KZIA El Paso cable system 7d tW1 i 0 ww 82.5 percent of respondents perferred programming on KZIA over KTTV.

The questionnaire was sent to about 10,000 of Paragon's ,90,000 cable subscribers. Slightly more than 20 percent of the 10,000 surveys were returned, said Henry King, the assistant director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Texas at El Paso, who conducted the survey. "That's more than we expected," he said. "That means people were very interested in this (survey)." King said he expected only 15 percent of the surveys to be returned. For Paragon to pick up KZIA, it had to drop a station on its lineup because the cable system is at its maximum capacity, John Neal, division president of Paragon Cable, said recently.

Because of the non-duplication, law, Paragon Cable had to black out some of the Fox programming on KTTV, including "The Simpsons," "Married With Children" and "In Living Color." Those programs are Please see Cable 2B By Renee Ramirez El Paso Times Paragon Cable subscribers in El Paso soon will be able to watch Las Cruces' Channel 48-KZIA instead of cable Channel ll-KTTV out of Los Angeles. Kim Curlin, director of community affairs at Paragon, said the change is tentatively scheduled to begin March 30. "This is a tremendous breakthrough for us," Robert Munoz, KZIA president and owner, said. Munoz had said earlier that being carried on El Paso cable was vital to the station's long-term success. "It means we've now opened up to all of the homes in El Paso that didn't receive us (before), particularly the West Side.

It gives us the opportunity to compete with other local stations in El Paso," he said. Some homes on El Paso's East Side and in Juarez can receive the Las Cruces station without cable, but homes on the West Side need cable to receive the transmission. Paragon decided to pick up KZIA after a survey revealed 5 Roswell native among 3 considered for judgeships Mother of all water battles was costly A backpacking companion of mine knows, many people who have allergies. On one hike, he plucked a small piece of growth off a tree, held it before me and thumped the stem. A golden cloud erupted and was whisked away by a gust.

"Know what that is?" I said, "Yeah, it's pollen." He said, "It's also what helps pay for the college education of many doctors' children. Sometimes I think God created pollen just to make some doctors rich." In that way, sometimes I think God created water just to make a few lawyers rich. Water can be as simple as the definition uttered by Mickey Mouse in an old cartoon: "A colorless fluid that turns black when you wash your face." Or water can be a clear, liquid bonanza for lawyers. Indeed, legal eagles were the chief beneficiaries of the El Paso vs. New Mexico water dispute that was settled last week.

Unlike the Middle East war, the water conflict causes us to wince and wonder: Was all that combat really necessary? The spoils of war What did we gain from all the hatred and harsh words? Well, the lawyers gained about $15 million. For that amount, El Paso and New Mexico could've built and shared a dandy aquatics center, perhaps one built near the state line. El Paso gets more consistent, year-round access to its share of Rio Grande Compact water flowing from Elephant Butte Reservoir. New Mexico got rid of El Paso's applications to drill wells in New Mexico's Hueco and Mesilla bolsons. By now I think we've learned that state lines are meant for maps.

El Pasoans and New Mexicans are learning that it is futile to fight over water. A vastly more noble endeavor is not to argue over water, but to conserve it. Together. We have reached an important crossroads in the development of this area. While it's difficult to envision a lasting peace in the Mideast, the water war in this region fought to a virtual draw could foster a new respect among El Pasoans and New Mexicans.

Often I am asked to speak to groups in southern New Mexico. Water jokes flow frequently. The humor is growing stale, but I'm reminded at these functions that people in both states are more alike than either faction would like to admit. Time for cooperation Now that the water war is over, perhaps El Pasoans and Las Crucens can expedite the development of. a business corridor between the two cities, one that will capitalize on the new Santa Teresa port of entry.

Think of all the people who will emerge as winners. Think of the projects and prosperity available for our region. The only losers will be the water lawyers. Next time I "water up" on a hike whether catching the precious commodity from a spigot in the Guadalupe Mountains of Texas or scooping the gushing, plentiful liquid from the Pecos Wilderness near Santa Fe I will remember that water is to be shared, not disputed. In reality, water is "owned" by its creator.

Whether we are El Pasoans or New Mexicans, we are only its stewards. Next time, let's wage a cheaper fight. L-- Carr Sparks Associated Press MaJ. Glenn RImbey, left, and corrections officer Don Mangin, both dog handlers with the Penitentiary of New Mexico's canine unit, led Marquessa, a female bloodhound, around the front yard of an Albuquerque home where two bodies were found. Police still investigating bizarre case 2 El Paso lawyers also recommended By Benjamin Keck El Paso Times Two El Paso lawyers and a Roswell native who now practices law in Corsicana, Texas, are being recommended for three new federal judgeships in the 67-county Western District of Texas.

Sam Sparks, 51, and Kenneth Carr, 49, both of the El Paso law firm Grambling and Mounce, were recommended Thursday to President Bush by U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm. The third man recommended by Gramm was Terry Means, 42, of Corsicana. Bush is expected to accept the recommendations and send the names to the U.S.

Senate for confirmation. Federal judges are appointed for life. The three new judgeships for the Western District are among 11 new judicial posts in Texas created last year by Congress. Nationwide, 85 new judgeships were created. One of the new courts will be in El Paso, one in Austin and one in San Antonio.

"I am confident that the demonstrated legal talent and high personal and professional integrity of each of these attorneys will make each an outstanding federal judge," Gramm said in a prepared statement. "They each believe strongly that Congress, not the courts, should make our laws. And they are concerned about the rights of victims, not just criminals." Gramm's office said the Western District is traditionally second nationwide in drug and overall criminal cases. It currently has 465 pending drug cases involving 700 defendants, with a total of 643 criminal cases with 1,066 defendants. George Kassouf, director of the judicial selection project at the Alliance for Justice, a coalition of public interest groups devoted to legal policy issues, told the Associated Press he had not heard of the three judicial candidates.

But Kassouf said he was not surprised that all three were Anglo men, despite a recent letter from the Bush administration to Republican senators saying efforts should be made to increase the representation of women and minorities on the federal bench. "The line that there aren't any conservative women or minorities out there just doesn't wash," said Kassouf, who investigates nominees to the federal bench. "There are plenty of people to consider, but I think it's the old boy, country club Please see Judgeships 2B northeast Albuquerque. March 5, police found the body of Goldia Taber, 81, in the garage. "It's really a bizarre case," Lowe said.

Police originally said Taber apparently died from natural causes, but Lowe said Wednesday the autopsy wasn't finished and the earlier information shouldn't have been released. The two men living in the house Taber'a son, Leon Taber, 60, and Fred Games, 53 were to be interviewed Tuesday, Albuquerque police spokeswoman Mary Molina Mescall said. Lowe would not say Wednesday whether they had been questioned nor would she release any more details on the case. Leon Taber, who has a long-term illness, could not be reached for comment. Games would not comment.

Police were told about the bodies by Bill Lloyd, who identified himself as Games' cousin. Earlier this month, Lloyd said, he heard that Goldia Taber's body was in the garage and went to the house to check. "I opened the door of the garage," he said. "It was facked full of junk. Boxes, urniture.

She was there." He notified police. Lloyd said he was told last weekend the body of an elderly man was buried in the back yard and called police again. Associated Pm ALBUQUERQUE Discovery of two bodies at an Albuquerque residence, one La the garage and one buried in the back yard, has left police with what one officer calls a bizarre case. "We're looking at everything," Albuquerque police Sgt. Ruth Lowe said of the investigation.

Police were waiting for the results of toxicology reports on the two bodies before deciding whether to search the premises for any more bodies. Officers Monday found the partially decomposed body of a man wrapped in plastic and buried, in a shallow grave in the yard of the home in Dona Ana County residents angry over proposed pet ordinance community oppose the zoning amendment. The amendment limits county residents' right to ownership and ignores why people moved into a rural setting, he said. "(Grier's) real intent is to define these animals in terms of their nuisance value," he said. "I never thought of a peacock as being a large animal.

"What bothers me is if we define creatures in terms of their nuisance value, we should put human beings as the largest of all." By Catherine Lazorko El Paso Times LAS CRUCES Some Dona Ana County residents are in an uproar over a proposed zoning definition of domestic animals that they say could restrict not only the number of dogs and cats in a home but also goldfish, hamsters and turtles. But county planner Kelly Grier says the zoning change to be considered March 26 by county commissioners would only affect the owners of four or What bothers some residents is a separate definition on Grier's list to be considered by commissioners. It defines domestic animals as including dogs, turtles, small caged birds, caged rodents, caged ferrets, fish or other such animals. "That makes me wonder if people can't have more than three goldfish without getting a special use permit," said Emma Panske of Chaparral, N.M., who owns seven dogs. "This just amounts to harassment to me, and I defend my right to keep my dogs without permits or justification." Grier said that while there are nine proposed definitions regarding animals, only the one defining private animal shelters would immediately affect residents.

Fred Sebastian of Chaparral said he has moved all but three of his dogs outside the county to avoid the proposed zoning regulation. Sebastian, who is editor of a new monthly newspaper The Chaparral Times said most people in bis more cats and dogs, who would have to get a special-use permit for a private animal shelter. There is a $100 application fee for a special-use permit. "Any responsible pet owner should not object to getting a special use permit," Grier said. The change defines an "animal shelter, private" as premises where "dogs andor cats andor other domestic animals are kept as a non-profit use, with no sales and'or grooming andor boarding andor breeding of animals taking place." Column tips? Write to John Laird at the El Paso Times, Box 20, El Paso, Texas, 79999, or call him at (915) 546-6160, or fax him at (915) 546-6415..