The Santa Fe New Mexican from Santa Fe, New Mexico • 12

-y4 Wednesday October 14 1992 THE NEW MEXICAN B-5 Jt 'J fe w-w- v- 'vf Noss family gold search on schedule The Associated Press Byers took cars off rental lots detective says 4 y'Sj 4 The Associated Press Kitty Leaken The New Mexican A TIME TO REAP: Lucinda Vigil picks ap- orchards and backyards throughout North-pies recently in Medanales Many trees in ern New Mexico are loaded with ripe fruit WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE A search for a legendary hoard of gold at Victorio Peak here is on schedule and treasure hunters say they will not give up until they find what they are looking for are right where we thought we would be at this Judy Holeman of the Ova Noss Family Partnership said voluhteers are getting into the she said out there is very dedicated They all are volunteers and given up being at home with their families or working at their jobs and said not leaving until we get this accomplished this The group is searching for gold bars allegedly seen in a Victorio Peak cavern in 1937 by the late Milton Noss A team organized by grandson began searching at the peak earlier this year In the past few weeks 20 workers have been drilling bore holes into the peak and taking radar soundings Some of the bore holes have gone as deep as 400 feet but have not located the cavern where Noss said gold bars were like cords of Holeman said the next step is to do some blasting to gain access to caves She said the work is time-consuming and detailed and has to be planned and implemented carefully north of Santa Fe Police found photos of Byers along with baptismal certificates and official church seals in that car Flores said 1 Police said Byers and another man believed to be fellow escapee Ramiro Lopez fled the car in Tesuque after being chased by police They eluded capture despite a 24-hour search of the area involving at least 45 officers from eight different agencies four roadblocks and four helicopters Byers Lopez and Kip Wilson 29 escaped Sept 13 from the Sandoval County Jail by cutting a hole in a chain-link ceiling and climbing out of a fresh-air recreation room Wilson was captured five days later in Albuquerque It was second escape in five months from Sandoval County custody He escaped May 6 from the jail after ing into a three-piece suit and telling guards he was an attorney He was captured five days later near his house in Bosque Farms Byers pleaded guilty Aug 5 in Albuquerque to fraud and forgery charges He was sentenced to 16 years in prison by state District Judge Diane Dal Santo He had been accused of tricking homeowners out of credit cards and talking car dealers out of vehicles BERNALILLO Escaped con man Steven Byers stole at least four rental cars in Albuquerque last month but probably will not be taking any more Sandoval County sheriffs detective Ray Flores said Tuesday made the car companies aware of it so taken security he said Byers 29 who escaped from Sandoval County authorities in September for a second time went to rental agencies at the Albuquerque International Airport and simply drove away in cars that had keys left in the ignitions Flores said agencies usually leave the keys in cars on the lot and just take the last caf in Flores said of the time the rental companies know the vehicle had been Flores said Byers would return the car to the lot and take another The first theft was shortly after Byers escaped from the Sandoval County Jail on Sept 13 and the last one was Sept 26 Flores said know for sure of four he said He said Byers was linked to the stolen cars by witnesses and by papers and photos found in a rental car that he abandoned Fines dropped in toxic water case The Associated Press were from New Mexico three were in Oklahoma two were in Colorado and one was in Wyoming The penalties had been imposed Aug 3 The companies allegedly contracted with Inc a Carlsbad trucking and disposal company to discharge into Laguna Quatro in southeastern New Eddy County Produced water sometimes called oil field brine is highly salty ground water containing radioactive and other toxic The brine a waste product of oil production usually is injected deep underground where wildlife cannot be exposed The EPA alleges the discharges into Laguna Quatro violated a general Clean Water Act permit the agency issued in the spring of 1990 Alexander said Tuesday the general permit which covers all production in New Mexico states all such produced water must be injected underground He said that about a month ago he reviewed the actions against the companies ALBUQUERQUE The US Environmental Protection Agency has dismissed more than $4 million in civil penalties against 38 oil and gas companies accused of releasing tainted water into a salt playa attorneys for the 38 producers had asked me to review it That is what the decision to drop the fines said George Alexander regional counsel for the EPA in Dallas The EPA said 23 of the producers were Texas-based nine State to break even on National Guard jobs next year The Associated Press Cruces battalion will gain Rio Rancho guardsmen will be eligible to relocate to Las Cruces if their job descriptions fit openings in the new battalion but otherwise they can said Guard spokesman Tom Koch Las Cruces was- chosen for the new unit in part because of its proximity to White Sands Missile Range Baca said The headquarters unit and two batteries of the guided missile battalion will be stationed arral missile battalion The new unit will keep the same name The Hawk battalion will be activated Sept 1 1993 and will be completely operational by Sept 1 1995 Baca said New Mexico is one of the few states that is not losing Guard units as a result of Department of Defense cutbacks But he noted the other Hawk missile battalion which has headquarters in Rio Rancho will lose about the same number of people that the Las at a new armory in Las Cruces A third battery will be in Alamogordo and a new maintenance company will be at White Sands Missile Range Baca said the new battalion should raise the total annual economic- impact on southern New Mexico to $9 million The Hawk missile used since 1960 is a medium-range air defense guided missile designed defend against aircraft attacks I helping raise approximately $50 (XX) for our students: College of Sonia Tam Tsana's Sport Center LAS CRUCES New Mexico should come out even on National Guard jobs with a new Hawk missile battalion in Las Cruces and the loss of person-nel at an existing battalion in Rio Rancho the commander of the New Mexico National Guard said The Hawk missile battalion in Las Cruces should add about $25 million to the southern New Mexico economy Maj Gen Edward Baca said an a news conference Monday The battalion will be made up of about 700 full- and part-time guardsmen increasing the battalion strength by nearly 240 members in southern New Mexico he said 1 The battalion will replace the existing 2nd Battalion 200th Air Defense Artillery a Chap- SAMUEL WHITE DOG 7 and 9 SISTER ACT WHfKJI Pre-Mod 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