The Albuquerque Tribune from Albuquerque, New Mexico • 2

January 12 1981 i Lise Thevenet of Albq winner a quits state pageant judges had the: I the MY KNOWLEDGE all the photographs were put up" he said it did happen this is the first time I have heard about think she did have a fair said Nancy Griego one of the nine had the potential She figure and the poise We get to interview her so I know what kind of speaking voice she had if she had stuck it out she might have mde the top Ms Gridgo said MISS MOYA WAS competing thit: year as Miss Aztec representing the town where her grandmother lives Miss Moya was crowned Miss New Mexico last February after the winner Texan Kathy Patrick was declared ineligible Miss Patrick of the Texas-New Mexico border town of Anthony regained her crown after a court order was issued in her favor Miss Patrick competed in the Miss USA pageant and finished in the top 12 distributed Miss Moya was the only contestant who did not have her spon-? sors listed beneath her name CASE KOWALL pageant director was quoted in the Las Cruces Sun-News as saying Miss Moya had pages of sponsors from several states and there was not room 'To list all those names would have automatically deleted two pictures of contestants" he said not fair to leave off two pictures to make room for her Miss Moya said she had only nine sponsors and there was plenty of room for them ALAMOGORDO had eight sponsors and they were listed I only had nine and I know they would have she said A display of the pictures in the Best Western hotel where they were staying did not include a picture of Miss Moya Kowall said if the photo was tom down he was unaware of it v- frVf i -V 3f -y x1- Z3 Lise Thevenet Miss New Mexico-USA By StiARI PHELPS Tribune Staff Writer Jr Albuquerque's Tonia Moya who last I year briefly wore the crown of Miss -New Mexico-USA dropped out of this year's pageant seying she had no chance fair competition" The 19-year-old professional fashion model apparently didn't notify anyone that she was leaving Saturday morning after practicing for the pageant all week in Las Cruces DON'T WANT TO make it hard on the other girls" she said today knew I didn't have a chance at fair competition I realized that I was fighting something I had no control of so I left" Miss Mesilla Valley Lise Thevenet 23 was selected as the winner of the pageant in the finals Saturday night Miss Thevenet a 1980 graduate of New Mexico State University is from Albuquerque MISS MOYA SAID the moment she entered the pageant the attitudes of the judges and pageant directors changed had tremendous faith in these people and they asked me to return and compete in this she said But when the pageant program was Hospital beds open Hospital beds are available today in Albuquerque temporarily easing overcrowded conditions Presbyterian Hospital where patients were waiting Saturday in the halls for beds reported 20 empty beds early today A nurse said these vacancies occurred Sunday AT LOVELACE-BATAAN Hospital 61 of 194 beds were empty today a nurse said University of New Mexico Hospital staff did not have abed count his morning Solar chemical energy testing finally off ground at White Sands (THh pfcew hy Al Ciel) Financially crippled Martha Ruiz who is getting ready to have surgery on a foot has some financial problems that hurt even more Faced with a shutoff of her electricity Mrs Ruiz said she doesn't know how she is going to eaten up and pay her utility bill Woman on welfare kept down by bills WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE (UPI) Solar chemical technology tests at the White Sands Missile Range solar furnace have finally gotten under way amid bubbling optimism about the potential of the system "The benefits of this kind of solar energy are impressive" said Dr Talbot A Chubb a principal investigator in the project people don't fully realize the very large amount of direct beam energy available can build energy orchards 10 miles on a Chubb said would produce one third quad of ener- gy- THIS AMOUNT he said is the equivalent of heat produced by burning 57 million barrels of oil Chubb said he believes the solar chemical process is cost than other solar energy approaches and that this type of solar energy could be feasible sooner than could other types He said solar chemical collectors do not have to remain stable and heavy concrete foundations are not necessary This means Chubb said that the collectors can be placed on varied types of terrain rather than just on flat SCIENTISTS from the Naval Research Laboratory and New Mexico State University had waited four days for enough sunshine to begin their tests During testing this past week high temperature solar energy was converted to chemical energy which scientists say is easier to transport store and handle than heat energy In the first test the thermo chemical receiver converted about 20 kilowatts of solar energy with about 75 per cent efficiency Dr James McCrary of the Physical Sciences Laboratory at NMSU said about 75 percent of the solar energy that entered the test cavity was converted to a chemical energy that can be stored McCRARY said economic studies on the feasibility of solar chemical energy encouraging" but funding for many solar energy projects is tight He said recent natural gas discoveries might make it even more difficult to get financial support for solar energy Chubb said if the government were to provide the necessary funding today think we could provide useful power in three years" bought shoes in years I got these used from the she said The mother who has raised seven children of her own and then four others under the Welfare program said her relatives nearby cant help much Her mother she said lives in a house without an indoor toilet or running water One of her brothers who lives behind her house in a small trailer is disabled Albq meeting still will be held Feb 1-3 President's aging panel activities may be cut SO SHE IS LEFT with the resp lity of brother whom she said is getting too tion and in fact I will submit it to The conference has been working in a number of ways to improve the status of older Americans including endorsing educational sessions on the aging process zoning that encourages intergenerational housing and opportunities for the young awl old to perform services for each other mean the termination of the conference Waldie said Waldie a Democrat and staunch Carter supporter expect to be reappointed by Reagan have been and remain a partisan Democrat supported by and supportive of President Carter and his he said president-elect rightfuly should reauest my resigna Furthermore Waldie said depriving the statesand regions of hearings would eliminate an opportunity to emphasize state and regional issues and would reinforce the belief that we believe all problems are to be solved in Washington" APART FROM sharply reducing its activities a funding cut probably -o' i By MELISSA ADAMS Tribute Staff Writer Sometimes Martha Ruiz thinks there is a curse on her which keeps her from rising above her financial and personal woes poor can we said the 42-woman who is supporting elf a brother and two teen-agers on welfare and food stamps THEWOMAN HAS two payment notices from utility companies one threatening a cutoff if her bills paid One bill is due Thursday around the same time she is going into the hospital for minor surgery on a foot Her brother who is 38 cannot be left alone because he is epileptic am I going to do? I am three months behind on my bills They may cut me she said Mrs Ruiz said she got behind in her payments because of visits to doctors and the gasoline it took to get there Even though she has medical cards that will pay for a majority of bills she still has to pay the balances HER RECENT GAS company bill is for more than S40 even know why it is so high All we use it for is hot water and we take as many showers in the winter as in the she said Her home is heatedby a wood stove where she saidshe usually cooks the only heat we have We drat have a she said it gets really cold we all sleep in here rathe floor She get help on paying that utility bill from the Economic Opportunity Board she said because they already gave her some firewood which last the winter if the weather gets colder her eyes as she talked into the hospital and so i about my little girls and what if they shut the power MRS RUIZ SAID HER operation may only keep her in the hospital for a couple days She said used shoes she was wearing might have caused a growth on her foot which is now swol- -v x''jaM' -v hard to care for She said that heisa Vietnam veteran who was given an honorable discharge in 1969 When he returned he began having seizures has medication but he still has the seizures" she said Her brother receives no assistance except food stamps so she had to let him stay at her house which she is renting THEN SHE SAID SHE took her brother to the Veterans Administration Center where he talked to a social worker about trying to find a home for him to live in told us it would be months before they could decide where he would go and maybe four years to find a home for she said She said they had talked to Jim Del-' but when contacted Delgado said recall the name without looking at medical records Mrs Ruiz said she and her brother visited the social worker several times Delgado said that he would set up an appointment and review past records if Ruiz would call him MEANWHILE MRS RUIZ is trying to get some leeway on her bills A Public Service Company customer service representative said that they usually try to work out payments with customers and try to avoid turning off electricity Gas Co of New Mexico said that if her bill was just for December she still had time to pay forit or have it put on the next month's bill 1v v)tV vjjmmsm Tribune Washincton Bureau WASHINGTON The White House Conference on Aging said today it may have to reduce important activities this year if the Reapn administration slashes $3 million from its budget Even worse the agency said the cut could end the involvement of low-in-come Americans in the program leaving only middle and upper-class representatives JEROME WALDIE outgoing con- ference executive director said such a development could negate the agency's mission to determine the needs of the nation's elderly and trans- late them into congressional action The results he said would be The conference held its initial 1981 meetings in Los Angeles last week with emphasis on the needs of Hispanic and black elderly Later this month sessions are scheduled in Washington DC Kansas City Mo Racine Wis San Francisco New York Alexandria Va and Philadelphia followed by a meeting concerning the urban elderly in Albuquerque Feb 1-3 Even if its operating expenditures are reduced the conference would proceed with those meetings Waldie said Regional summer sessions could be endangered he said ALTHOUGH PRESIDENT Cartel has endorsed retaining the S3 million he said incoming President Ronald Reagan hasn't taken a position In view of his commitment to slash spending Reagan isn't expected to support tv-funding request Waldie said the S3 million is denied a ver important aspect of the conference will be jeopardized namely the pai ticipation or low income people" said "The S3 million was to b-primarily used for transportation be tel and meal costs of the 2000 dele gates to the Without the oney he said delegates would be required to pe their own expenses producing a cor ference composed or middle-or high-income elderly AT THE SAME TIME Waldie said the fiinding reduction could force cancellation of four regional meetings beginning in mid-August and ending in early September a move would in my view seriously reduce the ability of the delegates to become familiar with the many issues confronting them and woutd reduce the capacity of those delegates to produce a thoughtful and well-considered national conference he said 1 "Ills EID oks Exxon project plication a urani LAGUNA (AP) Ana from Exxon Corp for (Trihunt phaM bp SI Cabral) THE PROJECT which would be approximately 15 miles north of Laguna would employ 23 people Exxon officials said Leach mining uses chemicals injected underground to dissolve uranium ore which is then pumped to the surface INJECTION of leaching solution would begin in mid-1981 and leaching tests would be completed in 1984 the company said project leaching chemicals will not seep beyond the perimeters of the area to be mined um leaching pilot test project north of here has been accepted by the state Environmental Improvement Division However Exxon must receive a ra-'dioactive material license from the EID before proceeding with the plans The license would expire five years from the date it is issued i probably will be a three- to four-month review period before the EID reaches a decision on Exxon's application for the license the agency said' Sandel of Farmington and Rep Tom Brown Jr of Arte si a The forum heard panels on Albuquerque-Bemalillo County needs prison reform tax reform and liquor law reform The guest speaker was William Tanner editor of The Tribune Plotting Democratic strategy Democratic Party leaders from around the state met over the weekend at a legislative forum to consider what issues will come up before the 1981 New Mexico Legislature Talking over possibilities here are (from left): Brad Hays of Albuquerque state Democratic Party chairman Rep Jerry i v-.