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Friday, March 28,180 Millions To NB Shuttle Bringing SHUTTLE LANDING PATTERN Artesia Wins Tax By STEVE BREWER Associated Press Writer WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE (AP) The coming of the space shuttle to New Mexico has brought thousands of people into the area and, with them, millions-of dollars. "It's having a spectacular Impact," said Arcy Horcasitas. "It's rsONICBOOM Suit Against State SANTA FE (AP) A district judgment in favor, of the city, court decision favoring a lawsuit prohibiting the department from SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS, 35,000 FT. 14 MILES NORTHRUP -tT3 STRIP ALAMOGORDO Astronauts To Be Inducted Into The Space Hall Of Fame Hall To Offer Free Telescope Viewing Of Landing Monday rithholdtngtax distributions. The Taxation and Revenue Department claimed that gross receipts tax distributions to the city included amounts that should have been reported as coming from construction projects outside thecity.

1 The applicable state law required the state to pay all municipalities an amount equal to 1 percent of the taxable gross receipts reported on business within the city limits. The Taxation and Revenue Department contended that $103,262.58 distributed to Artesia resulted from taxpayers' reports, which erroneously allocated to their offices in Artesia gross receipts that should have been reported as coming from construction work outside the city. The city complained in its suit that the department refused to provide it with the identity of the involved taxpayers or to give details of the alleged misallocation. The department argued that it has the implied authority to make adjustments in the allocations to the cities and therefore, may conduct its own investigation to determine whether gross receipts taxes have been reported accurately. "We disagree," said Supreme Court Justice William Federici Tuesday.

Federici said the applicable state law "plainly leads that! percent of taxable gross receipts reported are to be distributed to the municipalities." "In the absence of administrative rules timely adopted pursuant to statute, or of express statutory directive authorizing the type of action taken by appellants (the department), and in the ab- sence er strong policy 1 considerations such as the 1 iL i I. presence ui nauu ui a uu eai iu uie state general fund, Section 7-1-6 (D) must be Federici said. He added the Supreme Court concludes the Taxation and Revenue Department must be barred from withholding payment to Artesia of the sum at issue. Justices Dan Sosa and H. Vern Payne concurred with Federici.

ill "a great thing for the retailers and the businessmen." Mrs. Horcasitas is a marketing arwiolict tn tfca wivvuti tut urc IAII1VCUUUM OliU Visitors Bureau in nearby Las Cruces. i She estimates that the shuttle landing will result in between $6 million and $10 million being pumped into the city's economy. "We were doing all right on bur own, but this is going to be an additional shot in the arm," she said. The money comes from hotel rooms and meals for the technicians who deservice the shuttle and the hundreds of journalists who have flocked to the white gypsum landing strip as well as locally purchased equipment andservices.

Las Cruces, 25 miles west of the White Sands post, is the nearest town to the base. Also benefitting from the landing is Alamogordo, a city of 24,000 about 40 miles east of the base. i Both cities are accustomed to federal government money pouring into their economies. Las Cruces, site of New Mexico State University, is the home for many of the workers at White Sands and NASA's White Sands Test Facility. The main employer in Alamogordo is nearby Holloman Air Force Base.

1 Although both cities sport several hotels, the accomodations have been insufficient for the influx of people and some residents have been volunteering their homes for guests. i. Lucy Cacy, a clerk at the Alamogordo Holiday Inn, said all her rooms were reserved withta45 minutes after she got word the shuttle would land at. Northrup Hi -2 i 4L 1 1 Strip instead of the planned California. "It only took two hours to the whole she said.

f'Can you imagine all those people in ttjis littletown?" Also booked quickly were rental cars, said Bill Murphy, who nips an Avis outlet in Alamogordo. Murphy doubled his fleet by cars from other towns and still didn't have enough. "We've had the Avis shop here for 16 years," Murphy said. "This is the best business we've ever had." Deborah Giampietro of the Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce said 150,000 to 200,000 people are expected to come to the area to view the shuttle landing. She said the influx will bring money to the town, "but we haven't had time to dig into it and estimate a figure." Merchants in both cities have been hustling to obtain shuttle-related products such as T-shirts, buttons, signs and bumper stickers.

But the short notice given for the change of landing sites has made it difficult to get the shipments in time. David Thorpe, who is stationed at Holloman, designed his own shuttle T-shirts and hats and set up business in an empty fireworks' stand outside Loving Begins Crackdown On Stray Dogs LOVING Robert Bailey, chief of police for the Village of Loving said the municipality has begun strict enforcement of its animal control ordinance. Bailey said the crackdown stems from the finding of a dog with distemper in the town last week. "At first we thought "it was rabies," said Bailey, "so we took it to the vet and discovered it was distemper." "We're really going to enforce the dog ordinance here," he said. Bailey said he wanted citizens to be aware that dogs running loose would be picked up and their owners cited.

The chief said Loving now has an animal control officer who has been issuing warnings and some citations td pet owners. Bailey said the Eddy County animal control officer will also be keeping a closer eye on dogs around the village limits. 40,000 SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS dq SPACE HALL SpKt gfptnci by W. I Wigorw pattern will take it straight across Alamogordo and over the International Space Hall of Fame at approximately 40,000 feet before it turns and glides down pnto Northrup Strip parallel to Hall of Fame view. Before shuttle landing day, yisitors are welcome to view pre-landing activity through the telescopes.

They will also find walk-through exhihlts and biographies of Hall of Fame in rfuptpPQ whn miahoH enoa research and exoloration to its present Shuttle Orbiter activity. Programs on view at the Space Hall TheatrePlanetarium include "To Fly," an Omni-vision film on the wonders of flight, and "Hail, a multi-media production on the Space Shuttle program. International Space Hall of Fame hours are 8 am to 6 pm. Admission -to the Space TheatrePlanetarium on Monday is also free. Counties May Sue The Stale LAS CRUCES (AP) Bernalillo County officials, are considering suing the state for a share of the gross receipts tax to pay for state-required services.

And county officials met here, Thursday with the New MexiCo Association of Counties' board of directors to discuss the possibility of such a lawsuit. Bernalillo County does not belong to the association, but board Chairman Jake Martinez said Bernalillo County representatives were invited to the meeting to exchange views on the matter. Martinez of Santa Fe said the purpose of Thusday's meeting was not to take action, but simply to gain information. Joe Diaz, Bernalillo County attorney, said the Bernalillo County Commission was considering suing the state for what he said was money due the counties. He said the county began exploring the possibility of a lawsuit when California counties sued that state for failure to provide sufficient revenue to its' counties.

But Diaz told the board Bernalillo County had not decided whether to sue and asked it to consider supporting the county if it proceeded with a lawsuit. Diaz said some bases for a lawsuit in New Mexico similar to the California suit would include -Inequities in collection of gross receipts tax where city and comity residents are subject to different tax levies; -Cost of mandated services" where the state cut funding to the counties for such services but continued to mandate increased services by the counties; -Unequal distribution of funds to counties for some services. by the city of Artesia to block the state Taxation and Revenue Department from withholding gross receipts tax revenues has been upheld by the state Supreme Court. Artesia city officials went to court after the Taxation and Revenue Department gavenotice in 1980 that it would withhold gross receipts tax distributions until it had recovered $103,262.58 it claimed was erroneously paid to the city. The suit was filed in district court jn Santa Fe and on July 30, 1981, District Judge Michael Francke issued a summary Clines Corners Founder, 92, Dies ALBUQUERQUE (AP) The founder of Clines Corners on Interstate 40 58 miles east of Albuquerque, Roy E.

Cline, has died after a lengthy illness. Cline died Monday at a nursing home in Albuquerque at age 92. Cline stared Cline's Corners service stations at two other sites before moving to the current location in 1935 on land bought from the state. It was sold by Cline in 1938. Asado Dinner Parents Fnr PVWoHnn Pnm.

mittee are sponsoring an Asado dinner Sundav at the St Fdwarrte gym from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are $4 for adults and $2 for children under 12. Drinks are included. Benefit Dance The Carlsbad Quarterhorse Club is sponsoring a fund-raising dance Saturday from 9 p.m.

to 1 a.m. at the Otis Scjjool gymnasium with Billy Grandi and the Country Playboys providing music. The publis is invited. Smorgasbord The Altrusa Club will hold a smorgasbord Sunday, March 28 at the Senior High Cafeteria. Tickets are $5 and proceeds will be used for local service projects.

Singles Meeting The Carlsbad Christian Singles will meet Saturday at 7 p.m, at the Victory Baptist gym to play volleyball. For more information call 885-5166 between 8 and or 887-1925 after 5. Forest Dry Visitors to 1 Lincoln National Forest this weekend are asked to be especially careful with fire because the forest is extremely dry and the danger of fire hazard is "moderate to high," says the UJS. Forest Service. The Guadalupe Ranger District near Carlsbad has reported gusty winds recently.

Visitors should stay aware of changing weather conditions by calling 885-4181 for information. Road conditions in the district were reported as good. KOfCDrive The Knights of Columbus Council 2719 will have its annual Tootsie Roll drive for the mentally Retarded. Proceeds will be donated to. the Carlsbad Area Retarded Sitizens Farm.

Members will be in ifferent locations around town Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Bene fit Dinner A benefit dinner sponsored by the House of Prayer, 713 W. Monterey is scheduled Saturday. Price is $3.50 per plate and features choice of barbecue beef or turkey and dressing.

Free delivery is available by calling 887-7765. Little Argus knowledge of space through research or exploration. King's office said Thursday the induction ceremony will take place afrNorthrup Strip, shortly after the astronauts bring the space shuttle back to Earth after a flight which began last Monday. The previous inductees include space pioneers from 14 nations. Neal Armstrong, the first man on the moon in an early Apollo flight has been honored, as has New Mexico's U.S.

Sen. Harrison Schmitt, who also went to the moon as an Apollo astronaut. In Alamogordo, the International Space Hall of Fame announced it is throwing open its doors to shuttle watchers on landing day, Monday, starting at 8 a.m. There will be no admission charge. The space complex, located on a high vantage point 15 miles from the shuttle landing site at Northrup Strip, will have telescopes positioned on target for public viewing.

The shuttle's landing "Vl wxmmivm SANTA FE (AP) The astronauts aboard the space shuttle Columbia will be inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame when they land at Northrup on i "White Sands Missile Range Monday. Gov. Bruce King will preside at the induction for Jack Lousma, flight commander, and Charles Fullerton, pilot. The governor also will present Lousma and Fullerton with the International Space Hall of Fame's Pioneer Award. The only previous reciPients tnis ward are Maxie Anderson, Ben Abruzzo and Larry Newman, for their October 1978 trans-Atlantic balloon flight.

King's office also has prepared certificates making the two astronauts colonels-aide-de-camp to the governor. Lousma and Fullerton will become the 59th and 60th inductees into the Space Hall of Fame." Since the Space Hall of Fame was opened in 1976, it has honored 58 individuals who have expanded i- V- pnp mm litliilii Jill SUllpbotabyjlmCMUia April 17, 24 and May 1 will be held at IMCC's Willow Lake. The cost of the course is $25 and only six persons can be accommodated. For furthur information or to register, contact Mary Harrell at 887-5900. SAIL AWAY Dale Pryor starts the process of rigging his sailboat in preparation for an upcoming course on sailing being offered.through NMSU-C.

Pryor, along with co-instructor A.L. Rose, will begin the class April 16 with 1 hours of classroom instruction at the college. Subsequent sessions.