The Albuquerque Tribune from Albuquerque, New Mexico • 2

July 6 1979 A-2 Compromise on liquor permits The amendment delegates the hearing officer the final determination regarding approval or disapproval of issuance transfer or reclassification of a liquor and the council deems as approved all findings and recommendations made by the hearing officer" to make the final determination in licensing cases "It's a lot better than anything we've gotten so far" Cottrell said "But I still think the city have to be involved It's imperative that we get some reform" during the next session of the Legislature THE compromise came before the Human Resources and Public Works Commit- tee in the form of an amendment sponsored by Cottrell to a bill that would have repealed much of the June 18 ordinance very optimistic about the new law and I think it is very workable" Albuquerque's hearing officer said about a compromise worked out between the state and the city over the issue of what level of government should handle liquor licensing The compromise would allow the City Council to delegate the authority to rule on liquor license proposals to a hearing officer and sidestep direct rulings on the applications ALBERT Chavez who now primarily handles public 4 grievances against the Police Department and will most probably be tabbed for the additional duty of hearing the liquor license matters added "With this com- rnise the state is happy City Council is happy everybody's happy I really have no problems with it" The City Council has been handling liquor lice nse actions ever since it passed June 18 when an ordinance implementing a state statute giving local governing bodies the final say on the issuance transfer and reclassi- fication of liquor licenses Since then several councillors including Marion Cottrell and Jo MacAleese have voiced deep reservations about the burden the council would have to bear if it were forced to handle the license requests "WE need additional responsibility as mandated by the state in areas we don't consider Mrs MacAleese said But "a showdown at the OK between the state and Albuquerque was averted Mrs MacAleese said at "an impromptu meeting'' of city and state officials Prior to the afternoon session of the City Council's COUNCILLOR Thomas Hoover told the committee that he had some doubts about the legality of the councd delegating authority to a hearing officer lie Works Committee Mrs MacAleese and state Liquor Director Jim Baca met at City Hall and and I said we both wished there was a way we could compromise on this" Mrs MacAleese said "AND JIM said 'Let me share with you what been told by the legal department in Sante Fe Mrs MacAleese said AT THAT point Cottrell and City Council attorney Gary Daves were called in and Baca told them itwas the opinion of Arthur Was-key a staff member in the office of state Attorney General Jeff Bingaman that the council could delegate to a hearing officer the task of dealing with the liquor licenses The compromise removes the City Council from acting on the estimated 60 cases a year but it do away with the city's responsibility Officials search for cause of fire bedeviled by the spectre of Human Resources and Pub- Changes in airport project the warehouse Dawsand manufactures wood parts for windows and turns scraps from its operation into wood chips and sawdust Warrick said a county front-end loader helped clear still-smoking debris from the building Thursday following an all-night struggle by as many as 60 county firemen and volunteers to keep the blaze under control THE FIRE was reported at about 1 am and it took about five hours to quench it he said Fire officials said they saved about half of the building including sections that housed Dawsand's finished parts But the roof middle portion and offices were heavily damaged by heat and smoke Warrick said the fire apparently began amidst a pile of wood blocks just north of the middle of the building County fire investigators today were looking into the possibility that an arsonist or a careless user of fireworks caused a huge fire at the Dawsand warehouse at 5307 Edith NE Investigators were also discussing faulty electrical wiring as a possible cause of the fire Thursday which gutted much of the 90000 square-foot building said Bob Warrick chief of the county's Fire District 9 which handled the blaze "WE REALLY know yet what the cause was Investigators are making some chemical tests and are mulling over two or three possibilities by the process of Warrick said Meanwhile Gene Garcia of the National Steel Co owner of the building estimated that damages ranged from $120000 to $150000 DAN BOWEN plant manager for Dawsand said he was unable to estimate how much damage was done to materials or equipment in (Tribune photo by Norm largra) Homes for Marti neztown approved spending $16 million for the expansion after Clyde Sharrer city aviation director said the cost for the entire project would be about $1 A million OUT OF THAT about $866000 was estimated for construction costs said Mrs Jeffers When the low bid from Bradbury and Stamm was received however they estimated the cost of the construction alone would be S16 million That does not include an additional $1 million for architectural fees a conveyor belt and a loading bridge i i I Jeffers said she is trying to find out what caused the delay in going out to bid Part of the additional costs over estimate have been blamed on overtime that will have to be paid to construction workers in order to finish by Christmas have two options we can go ahead with the project with some structural changes or we can scale it down and re-bid" said Mrs Jeffers MOST OF THE expansion will benefit Trans World Airlines TWA is going to pay a higher rent and will pay back to die city over the entire cost of the project the next 20 years through an increase in rent city might re-bid on an airport expansion project that will cost about SI million more than it was expected to cost Ida Pearle Jeffers director of capital improvements said today she is compiling some answers for Mayor David Rusk who asked the Environmental Planning Commission not to hear a request for the additional $1 million RUSK SAID "We wanted to get some answers before we sent this on to another public agency (the EPQ" Mrs Jeffers is trying to find those answers and said not even sure yet what caused the project low bid to come in so far over estimate The City Council in 1978 City Councillor Pat Baca (left) and Mayor David Rusk turn a shovel together in groundbreaking ceremonies for a townhouse development in Martineztown east of Edith NE between Roma and Fruit Affiliated Mortgage and Development Co and Candlelight Homes are working with residents and the city Urban Development Agency toward the 45-unit project Knipfing wins suit to begin post was completed ana Mrs THE supposed before Christmas PROJECT to be Women prisoners to be moved adverse results when he volunteered similar information to (KOAT) on a previous KNIPFING HAD testified in court this week that he told KOAT General Manager Max Sklower in 1970 of negotiations with KOB-TV Sklower according to Knipfing then called officials of KOATs parent firm which he said in turn threatened KOB-TV that can play that tract but that Knipfing had no such limitation "HE DID however advise KOAT of his intention not to renew the contract with sufficient time so as not to place the television station in jeopardy in the selection and hiring of a Sanchez said Sanchez said Knipfing did not inform KOAT earlier of his plans of leaving because had experienced PRISONERS from Albuquerque will be transferred to the minimum-security institution for women at Radium Springs about 16 miles north of Las Cruces Inmates at the Radium Springs building a former hotel work at outside jobs during the day Rodriguez said Rodriguez said that all the inmates at the honor unit in Albuquerque are also minimum-security By PETER KATEL Tribune Status Ft Bureau SANTA FE The state Corrections Division plans -to close down its honor unit in Albuquerque at Ithe end of the month and move its prisoners to an institution near Las Cruces "We were counting on a federal grant that come through so we cannot operate both Felix Rodriguez Corrections Division director said today Continued from Page A-l but he added thought we were right and still think we were are no certainties in life and certainly not in Knipfing said Sanchez said in nis ruling that 1976 contract with KOAT was "substantially different" from two' earlier contracts does the 1976 contract provide that the noncompetition clause would be invoked upon the expiration date of the con- tract ie July 31 1979" the judge said SANCHEZ SAID the two methods by which the non-compete clause could apply under the contract were invalid in Knipf tag's case Sanchez bolstered his decision by rejecting KOATs claim that Knipfing should have given notice of his new contract with KOB-TV as early as last February The judge said that previous contracts gave KOAT 180 days to exercise its option to renew con Correction In a story mi the television anchorman Dick -Knipfing lawsuit The Tribune incorrectly quoted courtroom testimony ofMax Sklower general manager of KOAT-TV The story said that Sklower testified that he had not planned to renew contract or to give him a new one at KOAT when the contract expired July 31 In fact Sklower testified that he had planned to negotiate another contract with Knipfing at a higher salary The station was planning to renew the contract in June and was going to have discussions with Knipfing then Sklower said in court A FENCE WILL be built at Radium Springs which has no such barrier Rodriguez said really to keep the people out instead of the inmates in" he said Another reason for the shut-down in Albuquerque Rodriguez said is the closeness of the women's honor unit to the Youth Diagnostic Center The institutions are on the same grounds Rodriguez said he is concerned that the closeness may violate the legal requirement that juvenile and adult prisoners be kept from hearing or seeing each other The requirement is known as and sound THE RADIUM Springs institution has a capacity of 42 women 20 are there now and 21 will be moved in from Albuquerque Rodriguez said With the Radium Springs facility planned to he one prisoner short of full Rodriguez was asked where new minimum-security women inmates will be sent He replied that there is additional space at the institution that can designate as living quarters" LIVING quarters for women prisoners are scarce in the state correctional system The former women's unit at the state penitentiary near Santa Fe now houses male trusties Rodriguez said The penitentiary has been over capacity for years Rodriguez noted that there is a pending lawsuit challenging overcrowded conditions at the penitentiary NO MAXIMUM security woman prisoners now serve their sentences in New Mexico Rodriguez said Ten such women are kept in Colorado under an agreement with penal authorities there Another three female prisoners are on their way to Arizona to do their time The Albuquerque City -County Jail houses women ordered to undergo presentence evaluations and women in state custody who have been found guilty of breaking rules Albq couple fights for killer's son Albq animal center to be investigated Kelsey said Case is trying to get custody only of Spencie while four of his other minor children have not been sought MRS MCBRIDE said she believes Case wants to get Spencie back because the boy is the youngest child and because the other children have ref-' used to live with their father Case released from Stillwater State Prison in Minnesota more than one year ago could not be reached But nis attorney James Suk said from Rochester that Case is about the legal roadblocks that have been placed between him and his son SUK SAID CASE a retired US postal clerk a model citizen then (be-' fore the killing) and he is a model citizen Before Case went to prison Suk said he set up a $100000 trust fund for the education of his children That money is now being disbursed for that purpose to three adult children Suk said Suk said the strangulation was a desperate act committed in the heat of a protracted divorce suit filed by Mrs Case WISHES presumably will be determined in psychiatric examinations ordered of Spencie by a Rochester judge who also ordered them fen: Case Those examinations due within a month will determine whether Case is a fit parent and what effect witnessing the killing had on Spencie Kelsey said know if the kid his mother's death he said Olmsted County (Minn) Judge Harold Krieger said Case originally his custody rights to Spencie and the other children for the period of time he was to remain in prison Hie judge said Case's recent petition attempts to regain custody on the grounds that he is no longer in jaiL Whatever the effect of that petition McBride said he has done all he can da have to take it one step at a he said have to leave it up to the Continued from Page A-l had him longer than his family McBride said DISTRICT Judge Gene Franchini has given weight to the desire to keep Spencie In a court hearing with the boy and his foster parents Franchini granted the McBrides tempoary custody of Spencie and restrained Case from visiting Spencie or trying to move the boy back to Minnesota The McBrides said they took steps to get the court order out of that Case may come to get Spencie "I'VE BEEN shaking in my boots for two after learning of custody petition said Mrs McBride Despite order Mrs McBride said she is still "afraid to be too sure what's going to The McBride's attorney David Kelsey said the case is because "this is the kid who witnessed it" referring to evidence that Spencie saw Case strangle his estranged wife with a length of clothesline started asking questions Jack Scott director of services said the investigation should determine if the springer spaniel and other animals at the Center were actually stolen by a city employee Scott said procedures might have to be tightened Rusk said that if Parker determines there was criminal activity he would report directly to the district attorney's office "If it's just administrative changes that need to be made he would tell either Jack Scott or said Rusk The disappearance and reappearance of a springer spaniel puppy has sparked a police investigation of the city Animal Control Center Mayor David Rusk said today he has "no idea" how long burglary detective Sgt Mel Parker will be probing at the Center John Bettinger superintendent at the Center had been investigating problems there for some time Police detectives were not called in until the puppy disappeared one day and reappeared the next day when officials Chamber receives applications for post Safe stolen Trembly said THE COMMITTEE would be made up of six board members ana Chet Caldwell president-elect as chairman Trembly said As president Trembly is an ex-officio member of all committees he added The executive committee will present this proposal to the full board at its meeting at 11:30 am Monday in Wyatt's Cafeteria in the Coronado Shopping Center Trembsaid At least a dozen persons most of them from die Albuquerque area already have applied to be executive vice president of the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce GY Fails present executive vice president resigned last week effective July 31 The chamber executive committee will recommend that the chamber board of directors set up a seven-person screening committee chamber President Bill UNDER THE executive committee's proposed plan the application deadline would be Aug IS he said The committee would decide on three finalists and interview them he said Then he hopes the committee will be able to recommend one person by early September he said At least a dozen applications are on file now he said About three-fourths of those are area residents he added a (Tiln phMB br Svm) New wind turbine biades i Emil Kadlec project engineer for Sandia Laboratories' vertical axis wind turbine checks out one of the new aluminum blades for the turbine The new blades can be made less expensively and more efficiently I in a newly developed process The 55-foot diameter wind turbine is being developed to generate low-cost electricity gfh THE CHAMBER already is advertising in the national chamber executives magazine and several state chamber publications Trembly said Once the screening committee is set up it can decide whether to advertise in such magazines as Business Wckhesaid Officials are expecting from 20 to 30 applications Tn-mblv said Witnesses said a white van was parked at the rear of the business when the burglary occurred Police said the safe contained about $350 cash and checks and assorted papers The burglars also made off with a $450 strobe light and a $39 power drill A 3-f oot-by 5-f oot safe was hauled out of the Disco Display House during an early-morning break-in The burglars got into the business at 4118 Central SE breaking a bathroom window at the rear of the store and then unlocking a back door reports showed 1.