The Albuquerque Tribune from Albuquerque, New Mexico • 3

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23 1988 THE ALBUQUERQUE TRIBUNE PAGE A3 LOCALSTATE UPDATE Air Force joins search for girl 7 ffr V5 I VA' TvY4 -Vi aVaj r' in illilul EILEEN WELSOME SUN reporter BELEN The Air Force has picked up the search for missing Tara Calico where the State Police left off The Air Force volunteered today to aid searchers In Valencia County Undersheriff Bill Roach said today Helicopters will be sent over the Manzano Mountains to scout for the 19-year-old college student while troops will walk the Bosque close to NM 47 where Calico was last seen riding her bicycle Tuesday do a lot of training on the Burris ranch (about 10 miles east of Calico's home) and they have links to the Roach said Dan Taylor spokesman for the Department of Public Safety said State Police pulled out of the search after two days because there was no evidence that Calico still was In the area have felt from the beginning that it was an he said was suspended basically because there are no clues that she is in that area but there are plenty of dues that she was He said the Search and Rescue Team was sent out in case she was lost in the desert were doubtful it was Search and Rescue mission from the beginning but did it because he (the sheriff) asked us to do it in a heavy-duty way He really wanted a search there" Roach said searchers today are at and looking for any possible leads Meanwhile the family average at UNM Valencia her mother said Iler daughter is fluent in French plays several I musical Instruments and is devoted to a healthy lifestyle Her bedroom has been turned I upside down by lawmen looking for clues to the abduction Snapshots teddy bears and rock posters compete for space with vitamins books and inspirational tapes A portrait of Albert Einstein is on a walL hear so much about kids running away That the situation in her Doel said worked since she was 14 She bought her own clothes since she was 15 She was very Her daughter coukl also be stubborn The desolate highway with Manzano Mountains to the east and wild sunflowers on either side has an imposing beauty But Doel who frequently rode with her daughter said she had stopped riding on the highway after a few unpleasant encounters with motorists She said she urged her daughter to do likewise said I run my life worrying about around every her mother recalled lifelong friend Bernard Nixon said he had urged Calico to arm herself with a can of Mace a knife or a small weapon for the long bicycle rides But she heed his advice would always sayj Things happen for the best If going to happen meant to said Jack Cole her boyfriend would always say Things happen for the best If going to happen meant to Jack Cole Friend of missing giri know it was Doel said Doel said she plucked the tape out of the mud the first night of the search The rain washed the mud off the tape and Doel recognized the cassette as her daughter's The uncertainty has been the most difficult part of the ordeaL mother sit stilL She cant sleep She forgets to eat Her heart beats when the phone rings Family members have been working side by side with the dozens of law-enforcement officials and volunteers who have been combing the high desert on foot and on horseback in airplanes and in 4-wheel drives in an effort to find the young woman husband John said that he believes the unsuccessful search means his stepdaughter is still alive longer it goes on the more chance Tara has of contacting he said Doel has good reason to have confidence in his resourcefulness She is a gifted student who began taking college courses her senior year in high school and now has a 33 grade point Tara CaDcoi missing since Tuesday continued their long wait mother Patty Doel said she has slept little since her daughter disappeared The UNM student left home about 930 am Tuesday for her daily 35-mile bicycle ride along a desolate stretch of NM 47 Tracks thought to have belonged to the bicycle Calico was riding were found about four miles south of her home The bicycle appeared to have been dragged up the embankment family and police officials said A cassette tape of the rock band Boston was found in the mud across the road from where the scuffle apparently occurred The exhauked mother believes the cassette was a clue deliberately left behind by her daughter know Tara would have had the presence of mind to leave something we could find and LOVELACE PSYCHOLOGIST Therapist gives up license A Lovelace Medical Center psychologist accused of molesting three male patients has surrendered his license to practice psychology to the District Court this week Waldcmar Leiding 62 7001 Shoshone Road NE was supposed to come before the New Mexico Board of Psychologist Examiners today to determine whether his license to practice should be suspended or revoked But the hearing was postponed after attorney Michael Vigil said in court documents that having a board licensure hearing prior to the resolution of Leiding's criminal and civil court proceedings could possibly hurt Leiding in-those cases Judge Gerard Thompson instead required that Leiding turn over his license to the court and agree to not practice psychology until the criminal proceedings are completed At that time the board can decide what to do with license JASPAR MURDER Judge to decide on new trial TUCUMCARI State District Judge David Bonem says he hopes to decide this weekend whether a Tucumcari man convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his ex-wife should get a new triaL Attorneys for Eusebio Jaspar 37 argued Wednesday that his trial attorney did not provide an adequate defense Jaspar was convicted in June in the death of Cecilia Montoya Jaspar He also was convicted of carrying a firearm into a licensed liquor establishment a fourth-degree felony Authorities said Jaspar shot his ex-wife in the head while she was dancing then turned the gun on himself last November in a crowded bar original attorney Esteban Martinez was suspended from the state Bar Association for not paying his dues He wrote a check for the dues before the trial started but the check bounced after the trial Bonem said One of current lawyers Albert Mitchell said Martinez was not a licensed attorney at the time of the triaL WEST MESA FIRE No one injured in fire at home Albuquerque Fire Department arson investigators were investigating a west side fire today Battalion Chief Landsur Abukusumo said firefighters arrived at the home at 7304 Georgetown Ave NW around 11 pjn Thursday and found the roof ablaze By the time fire crews contained the fire most of the house had been damaged Abukusumo said No one including the owner Terri Minero 23 and her 3-year-old son were iijured in the fire occupant had been called out of her home just prior to the incident When she returned her home was on Abukusumo said He did not elaborate ABANDONED BOY Relatives may not get child back GALLUP Even if relatives of an abandoned hearing-impaired 1 boy are located by police the McKinley County social-services manager says his office will think carefully before giving back the boy police nicknamed David Gallup The 3-to 4-year-old boy was dropped over a fence into a church yard Sept 10 by a woman who then disappeared The child cannot speak well enough to tell officers his identity so they named him after the railroad paymaster for whom this western New Mexico city is named If relatives are not found in about a month social-services manager Myrrl McBride said his office will begin the process to sever parental rights If relatives are located carefully assess the situation which brought him into our McBride said not unusual for us to have the police bring children in who are found he said uniqueness is nobody for this child" He said children many from nearby Indian reservations are abandoned more often in Gallup than in other parts of the country but McBride says this ethnic background is not known SPACE HALL OF FAME Three to be inducted Saturday ALAMOGORDO The International Space Hall of Fame on Saturday will induct Scott A Crossfield James Henry and Christopher Kraft bringing to 96 the number of inductees in the halL Crossfield was selected for his achievements with high speed aircraft leading to manned spaceflight In 1953 he was the first pilot to fly at twice the speed of sound Henry was chosen for pioneering achievements in bioastronautics He performed research on animals in rocket flight and chimpanzee studies before the manned Mercury flights He also is credited with developing a partial pressure iit Kraft was named because of his accomplishments as manager of manned spaceflight programs for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration He directed the Johnson Space Center from 1972 until his retirement in August 1982 The induction ceremony is to begin at 4 pjn Mother tries to live with disappearance 'lentil evidence to the contrary we say linked at he said time they find a body or someone disappears it brings it all Lansdell said The Lansdells who live about 10 miles north of Belen in Peralta are convinced foul play was involved in their disappearance Nevertheless they refuse to give up hope 1 we have proof something to show that Debra is not alive continue to believe she is her mother said Most of the missing possessions are in storage shy of the 3-year anniversary of disappearance know what going through Hopefully find her alive the hard part not said Shirley Lansdell Debra's mother Three years ago Lansdell said she believed that she would be unable to live with the pain of not knowing what happened to her daughter thought I go through life not knowing but found that I can if I have she said Debra Lansdell was working as a nurse for the Lovelace Urgent Care Clinic on Isleta Boulevard Southwest at the time of her disappearance Her 1978 rust-colored Porsche was found in an apartment parking lot on Gold Avenue Southeast in Albuquerque about four or five months later Lawmen in Valencia County in August resumed an investigation into disappearance after new leads surfaced Authorities say what new information received Sheriff Lawrence Romero said he believes the two disappearances are coincidental at this point By EILEEN WELSOME on rapOnOr BELEN The recent disappearance of a 19-year-okl University of New Mexico student is a painful reminder for another family in this small New Mexico community Debra Lee Lansdell 29 the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Lansdell has been missing since Sept 21 1985 Tara Calico a sophmore at the University of New Mexico-Valenda Campus has been missing since Tuesday just one day City may widen probe into softball funds Other workers could be placed on leave in theft investigation By DENNIS DOMRZALSKI Sta reporter City Hall and the Albuquerque Police Department have launched an investigation into allegations city Parks and Recreation Department employees have been stealing money from an outside fund used to pay softball officials Two department employees have been placed on administrative leave with pay and several more may be placed on leave beginning today said Dan Weaks the deputy chief administrative officer for public services So far $600 from the fund has been reported missing said Mike Walker director of Parks and Recreation But the extent of the alleged misuse yet known Weaks said He said the loss could involve thousands of dollars it occurred over The fund has contained up to $4000 Walker said A department secretary was arrested earlier this week on allegations she wrote a $150 check from the fund for cash Walker said He declined to release her name He did not identify the other position Both employees will be paid while on leave Walker said Department employees may be asked to take lie-detector tests before the probe is completed Weaks said The account belongs to the Officials Advisory Board a non-city volunteer group and is used to pay1 game officials Walker said Thursday The money in the account did not come from city funds Walker said Checkbooks and stamped signatures of the president and vice president were left in the Sports Office and may have been used by city employees to write checks for themselves Walker said The Officials Advisory Board aparently began leaving its checkbook with the Sports Office about nine years ago Walker said The board left it up to city employees to write the checks he said concern is that city employees in the-Sports Office were taking this money anti using it for their personal Walker said' feel like there has been some tampering with the checking Said Weaks: tolerate this kind of stuff are going to get on top of it It apparently involves criminal activity and we: immediately took steps to investigate it and track it The investigation began about a week agtv after Walker brought forth the information Weaks said The Albuquerque Police Department waa called in and officers turned over their-information to the district attorney Walker said The District Attorney's Office already is investigating allegations of financial irregu larities in Bernalillo Parks and Recreation Department District Attorney Steve Schiff Iras asked the state Attorney Office for help in the probe That investigation is centering around allegations that pay vouchers and time cards used to pay game officials were falsified WHAT HAPPENED? What happened Saturday night about 10:30 in the 200 block of Dorado Place Southeast? There were shots fired and police around the area Albuquerque police spokeswoman Mary Molina Mescall said Tom Otero 26 of the Dorado Place address was shot twice in the chest after a neighbor dispute Mescall said Otero had allegedly entered his apartment and was told to leave A neighbor Elizabeth Stevens 31 fired two shots from a pistol at Otero Mescall said He was taken to the University of New Mexico IIospitaL Otero was listed in guarded but stable condition said hospital officials Stevens was charged with aggravated battery Mescall said additional charges are pending State may revoke or suspend license Did you witness news event? Did you see no mention of it in The Tribune? Call our answer line at tell us about it and try to find out what it waa Each day The Tribune will answer as many of your questions as possible When calling please be specific Give as many details of the incident as possible including the name of the agency involved the exact time and the specific address or location of the event contract Adams has filed a complaint with the board based on audit of Bernalillo County in 1986-1987 Thompson said none of the five allegations made by the board have to do with the Bernalillo County complaint Montano was not available for comment today an office spokeswoman said Among the allegations: An audit of the Office of Military Affairs and state Armory Board in 1984 and failed to uncover violations Two aides to former Gov Toney Anaya John Ramming and Pete Mondragon were convicted in connection with the incident where the state was defrauded of $23 million Montano failed to comply with the terms of a settlement between him and the attorney general from an earlier complaint that the board considered That agreement called for the firm to provide at its expense By LYNN BARTELS Slal reporter SANTA FE A state board has initiated proceedings to revoke or suspend the license of an Albuquerque accountant whose firm failed to uncover irregularities in a state disaster fund The New Mexico Board of Public Accountancy on Thursday found of against Siegfried Montano doing business as Montano and Associates according to the Attorney General's Office which represented the board The board alleges five instances in which either state law or the state code of professional conduct were violated said Steve Thompson of the Attorney General's Office The firm was hired last June by Bernalillo County to conduct its fiscal audit for 1968 but state Auditor Harroll Adams rejected the 16 hours of continuing professorial education to its employees and to undergo a peer! review Montano attempted to deceive the board with its continuing education requirements by claiming sole authorship of magazine articles prepared with the help of a ghostwriter and others Montano failed to respond to a letter from the board requesting information about' a complaint I Thompson said Montano has 20 days tti request a formal hearing company most recently charged Bernalillo County nearly $83000 oiv what was to have been a $26000 contract to prepare seven monthly reports for the' county Treasurer's Office Treasurer Bobbin Bishop cridtized the work and said the reports were inaccurate She filed a complaint against' Montano with the Accountancy Board CORRECTIONS 1 In some editions Tuesday the name of Olympic gymnast Lance Ringnald of Albuquerque was misspelled in the headline of a page one story The error was made in editing His Albuousmue Wbuns wwnotV trim lo cored any emus in tad or cterity sny mwlwdinfl Honndion pMnminto raws columns To report an anor or nssd for ctanicabon phono 82M600 weektkys tan 8 to 4 pjn 1.