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B-4 THE NEW MEXICAN Friday, September 14, 2001 Business group defends IAN Two-term lieutenant governor dead at 88 By BOB QUICK treatment of some small Northern New Mexican businesses, who denied partner, incorporate and establish e-mail and Web site with the of the a help Small Business Office at the lab. Businesses who have been unsuccess-ful in working with LANL might be partly responsible because they "were not fulfilling their end of the contract with the lab," he said. Tom Udall, sits on Manzullos committee, Contacted at his office in Washington on Thursday, Udall said he realized that members of the alliance have a good relationship with LANL," but other (small) businesses dont. And I think there is room for a great deal of improvement on small-business issues vis-a-vis the government. Udall said he might hold future hearings in Washington with Department of Energy people when we can get some answers to our questions" about the lab and small business in Northern New Mexico.

The University of California runs LANL for DOE. were the opportunity to bid on (Contracts with the lab. TYujillo said the lab is doing a fine job" in its work with Northern New Mexico businesses. But we definitely could use some more work in the effort to bring even more business to local firms, he added. We have made progress in leaps and bounds over the last two years with the new procurement program," he said.

The Small Business Office at the lab is working closely with our member businesses. Ken Beasley, who owns Accu-Blue-print and Copy in Espafiola, said, Things are beginning to gel between Los Alamos National Laboratory and small business. Its hasnt quite clicked yet, but its headed in that direction." Beasley has been doing business with several lab contractors. Thats helped us to grow," he said. In the last 24 months, Fve been able to buy out my The New Mexican The Northern New Mexico Suppliers Alliance, a 600-member group of businesses, held a news conference Thursday in Espafiola intended to set the record straight about the labs efforts foster economic development in Northern New Mexico, NNMSAs chairman said.

"We are in disagreement with published reports about hearings of the federal Committee on Small Business held in late August in Albuquerque and Santa Fe that were critical of the labs treat-'ment of small businesses in Northern New Mexico, said J.R. Trujillo, who owns an ACE hardware store in Espaflo-' la. He made his remarks in a telephone interview before the news conference. The chairman of the Committee on Small Business, Rep. Don Manzullo, said during committee hearings late last month that he was dismayed by the The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE -E.

Lee Francis was lieutenant governor of New Mexico for two terms and a trader in rural Ciboja County for most of his. life. Francis was elected by large margins in 1967 and again in 1969 because he was related to half of the citizens of New Mexico and the other half liked him, said his son, E. Lee Francis III. Francis died Tuesday at the home of his son, John C.

Francis, in Henderson, Nev. He had moved to Nevada several years ago. He was 88. After operating a grocery store and later a trading post in Cibola County, he decided to follow his father into politics. His father, Narcisso Francis, was a member of the 2nd New Mexico Legislature.

A Republican, Francis was Gov. David Cargos lieutenant governor beginning in 1967. His term got off to a tumultuous start. Cargo was in Michigan and Francis was acting governor when land-grant activists took over the Rio Arriba County Courthouse in Tierra Amarilla. Francis called the National Guard into action and directed the state governments response over several tense days.

He sent the National Guard up there, and he stated there would be law and E. Lee Francis was acting governor when land-grant activists took -over the Rio Arriba County Courthouse in Tierra Amarilla. order, Francis III said. Francis firm response was unpopular with plepty of people, but his son said his gregarious personality often won over his critics. Francis ran unsuccessfully for the U.S.

Senate after leaving the Roundhouse in 1970. He retired in Albuquerque and was a frequent golfer and card player at the Albuquerque Country Club. In addition to his two sobs, Francis is survived by daqgh-ters Carol Lee 1 Allen of Sedalia, Kathleen Ann Swanquist of Marblehead, and Paula Gunn Allen of San Francisco. A rosary will be prayed at Salazar Sons Chapel tonight. A funeral Mass will be celebrated Saturday morning at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Albuquerque.

qu Mastartach Auto Repair 471-1121 limit I TRUJILLO Continued from Page B-l court interpreter, analyzed a tape of the message and concluded that at least two men were heard talking one repeatedly identifying the other as Michael. The men were apparently driving when their conversation was recorded. But the damn cops arent watching you, the voice identified as Michael" says. Me always." The voices talk about finding possible places to hide. Later, the voice identified as Michael talks about the cross at Estevans.

Thijillo's brother Estevan Trujillo was shot and killed a few years ago after an Espafiola man discovered him having sex with the man's wife. The woman testified Estevan Trujillo had pressured her into it by threatening her family with violence. Julio Burciagas telephone records showing his telephone had been used to call the construction company. But Burciaga said he never made the calls. Speaking through a Span-ish-language translator, Burciaga said, I really cant explain it.

The phone was in the car, and I dont know if anyone took it from there. Ortiz, the office' manager, testified earlier this week that immediately after Trujillo called demanding money, she realized the office answering machine had taped another call. Ortiz identified one of the voices on the message as being Trujillos, speaking mainly in Spanish with another man and surmised that Ttujillo had inadvertently hit the redial button on the cellular phone. Jorge Dieppa, a certified Several Santa Fe lawyers, Vigils former friends, have been attending portions of the court hearings in Albuquerque this week. Among the other lawyers to attend court hearings this week are fellow Santa Fe lawyers Bob Sena, Juan Valencia and Dan Marlowe.

Marlowe, a well-known Santa Fe criminal-defense lawyer, said this week he was attending to show support for Andrea Vigil, Carlos Vigils widow. We all have strong feelings for her, and Carlos was a really good friend, Marlowe said. Thats what were here for. Testimony in the case continues 8:45 a.m. today in U.S.

District Court in Albuquerque before state District Judge Neil Candelario. ga testified he had no idea how repeated telephone calls to Rocky Mountain Framing Co. were placed on his cellular phone the day Vigil was shot. Deborah Burciaga, Thi--jillos sister, is married to Julio Burciaga. On the day Vigil was killed, the Burciagas had visited Gloria Trujillo, mother of both Miguel Thijillo and Deborah Burciaga, at the mothers home in Santa Cruz.

Miguel Trujillo lives nearby. Jacqueline Cooper, one of Trujillos lawyers, told jurors in her opening statement Monday that Trujillo was home with his mother and later in Espafiola at the time Vigil was killed. Prosecutors have the wrong man, she said. Prosecutor David Cunningham on Thursday showed ft -tw (Mr f. isfxur-w 1 Homo Delivery 034-0363 Researchers ask: What puts the fire in chile? i 1 th um NEYWIEXICAH l4i it.

W-e V- Jh 'J rfti. a i ha Newsday predators in the area, pack-rats and cactus mice, and fed them different fruits. The packrats, mice and birds gobbled up the proffered fruit of the hackberry, the most abundant fruit-bearing tree in the region. And the captive curve-billed thrashers readily dined on the hot Capsicum annuum peppers, but neither the packrats nor the cactus mice even ventured a nibble. Paul Sherman, a professor of neurobiology and behavior at Cornell University, said the theory that plant chemicals might have one biological effect on enemies but no effect on benefactors is an appealing and fascinating idea.

sicum annuum, which produces the feisty capsaicin chemical of flame-throwing chile and eye-watering salsa fame, and the potential consumers are the birds and small rodents of the southern Arizona desert. "The first question to ask was, Who. eats the hot chiles? and a related question, Who does not eat the chiles because they are hot? Tewksbury said. We needed to isolate the heat as the reason that these animals were not eating it." Tewksbury and co-author Northern Arizona University conservation biologist Gary Nabhan answered the first question by monitoring the chile plants. Surveillance demonstrated that only birds ate the chiles, primarily the curve-billed thrasher.

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Under the notion of directed deterrence, toxic chemicals in a plants fruit would keep them at bay. But good guys that actually promote the dispersal of seeds by excreting them whole through droppings should suffer no ill effects of the toxic fruit. Tewksbury said his study is the first to show that, indeed, a single chemical can completely change the evolutionary landscape in which the plant interacts with its consumers." In this case, the plant is the Chiltepine chile pepper, Cap To the unwary, the unwise or the undeterred, its famous for its tear-inducing, sweat-producing, lunge-for-the-water fire. Now, researchers are discovering why the chile jpepper produces its fiery flavor in the wild. In a study published July 126 in the journal Nature, scientists from Montana and Arizona demonstrated that a chemical produced by the ancestor of most chile-pepper plants selectively wards off unwanted diners while welcoming others the first dime this phenomenon has been demonstrated in the 5 Theres an evolutionary paradox as to why a plant would go to the trouble of making a fruit which is thought to be made to facilitate consumption and then fill that fruit with toxic that would stop consumers," said lead author Joshua Tewksbury, who com-pleted the research while in the Department of Zoology at the University of Montana.

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It is the of pleasure and distress which binds a community together. Plato, The Republic Inauguration Cancelled The St. Johns College community shares in the nations sorrow caused by the tragic events of September ii. For this reason, we have cancelled the inauguration events for the installation of John Balkcom as president of the Santa Fe campus. This includes the Inaugural Concert at the Lensic on Friday evening September 14 and the Inaugural Ceremony on Saturday, September 15.

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