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1 VS THE ALBUQUERQUE TRIBUNE Tuesday September 28 1999 A3 Local Regional News IINIBRIEFI Aerospace will rule military generals say Christine Anderson who heads the Space Vehicles Lab Directorate in Albuquerque organized fee conference which is co-spon-sored by the Air Force Research Laboratory and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Anderson said about 750 people involved in space systems technologies and policies are attending fee conference at fee Albuquerque Convention Center The conference runs through Thursday In its new Global Engagement strategy fee Air Force estimates feat over the next decade it will spend $230 billion cm new spacecraft are going to replace every (satellite) constellation that we now have on said Air Force Lt Gen Gene Tattini commander ofthe Space and Missiles Center in Los By Lawrence Spohn LSPOHNffAflQTRlBCOM 8233611 If you are in fee military and not in space not in as simpler as feat the top military space commanders said today in Albuquerque at fee opening session of the Space Technology Conference and Exposition good news forNew Mexico where many of the space- research facilities are located from missile testing to developing advanced radiation-hardened computer chips Increasingly the officers said the war-fighting and defense capabilities will be ruled from fee heavens wife a dizzying array of new space technologies Those will allow the United Stales to quickly marshal its forces on fee waves in fee air and on fee land and In fee keynote address early today National Rccamrissance Office Director Keith Hall spoke about fee pressure on fee military to stay several steps ahead of adversaries in fee dominance of space would have thought that you would have spy-quality remote imagery available today on fee open he said Army Lt Gen Jack Costello noting two recent successes of its Theater-Air Defense missile at White Sands Missile Range said the Army is making significant progress in integrating space into every aspect of battlefield command and control operate today without (being in) he said in fee next century we be able to maintain our (battlefield) information dominance without should help American soldiers outmaneu-ver and outgun adversaries The Air Force which officially is becoming the Space and Air Force is demonstrating its commitment to space by dramatically increasing its research resources from aviation to aerospace over the next decade Air Force Maj Gen Dick Paul said can see from these Paul told the opening conference session between now and 2005 our budget will shift from committing 13 percent of our resources to space research to 32 Paul commands fee Air Force Research Laboratory headquartered at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton Ohio Two of its space-research labs are based in Albuquerque fee Directed Energy Lab and fee Space Vehicles Lab Blessing the ground APS buildings equipment hit hard Iqr vandals Albuquerque Public Schools officials are cleaning up tbe mess and taking stock fter vandals struck at two schools At Truman Middle School vandals caused $38)00 worth of damage in eight portable buildings spraying computers with fire extinguishers and maldqg off with several VCRs and television I sets according to APS spokeswoman Jennifer Dunstan At Albuquerque High School vandals broke windows and turned over furniture in several portables Anyone with information about either incident may call Crimestoppers at 843-STOP Newspaper truck crash sends driver to hospital A crash involving a newspaper truck left its driver in critical condition and traffic on 1-25 snarled for miles authorities said The crash occurred about 9:47 am on 1-25 and Jefferson Northeast an Albuquerque Fire Department dispatcher said The unidentified driver was in an Albuquerque Publishing Co truck which delivers both The Tribune and Journal newspapers Shooting leaves woman in critical condition Three men are in custody today in connection with the shooting of a 32-year-old Albuquerque woman that at least one of the suspects says was in self-defense Valerie Vigil had been listed in critical condition at University Hospital after surgery Monday to treat numerous bullet wounds authorities said Her family has requested that no further updates on her condition be released to fee public Charged with attempted first-degree murder conspiracy and tampering with evidoice are Henry Batancourt 18 Clifford Garcia 20 and Kevin Lesperance 18 The shooting occurred about 2 am Monday in the 600 block of Desert Lane Southwest Albuquerque Police Department Detective John Walsh said Youth expelled from McKinley for having gun A 13-year-old boy was arrested by police and has been expelled from McKinley Middle School after showing a 45-caliber handgun to a classmate an Albuquerque Public Schools spokeswoman said Monday The student carried the unloaded gun in his backpack and had a clip of ammunition in his pocket said APS spokeswoman Jennifer Dunstan The student was arrested by Albuquerque Police Department officers and has been expelled from school fix' one year Dunstan said The boy was taken to die Bernalillo County Juvenile Detention Center Dunstan said Toddler saved from drowning hy friend A 19-month-old boy survived a near-drowning in a Northeast Heights pool thanks to die quick actions ofa friend who found the toddler and immediately began resuscitation efforts authorities said The toddler was listed in critical condition today at Presbyterian Hospital a hospital spokeswoman said The toddler is the son of a woman who had stopped by to visit fee housekeeper of fee home Walsh said The baby apparently fell into the pool which had been covered by aplastic solar sheet and was discovered floating unconscious by a friend of the homeowners Walsh said fast reaction should be credited for possibly saving this The homeowners were not at home at the time he said HAm staff and adra nparts CORRECTION To order copies of the Sun Healthcare Duke City Marathon results section published in Tribune call the Albuquerque Publishing Co library at 823-3490 between 8 am and 5 pm weekdays You may also order in person at 7777 Jefferson St NE The phone number was incorrect in the special section The Albuquerque Tribune seeks to correct fao-tual errors and clarify misleading Information as promptly as possible To report an error or need for a clarification you can contact staff reporters at the phone numbers or email addresses included with their bytines You can reach TrUxtne editors at the phone numbers or email addresses ttstBd defy on Page A2 or A3 or you can caB our Corrections Hot Line at 8233606 Evan ENaScrippa Howard New Service At the groundbreaking today for tin National Museum of tire American Indian making will be a showcase for American Indian culture and history The Guadalupe Holgado and Camwfo Ac hangary Puma both from Peru offer blessings director Is Richard West a former Albuquerque lawyer of Wyoming Cheyenne at the site on The Mall In Washington DC The museum over a decade In the ancestry Restraining order sought over Jones Motor Co site Activists get hearing over their allegations of dty animal abuse By Frank Zorotich FZORETlCHffAflQTRIBCOM 8234623 The dispute over the old Jones Motor Co building at 3222 Central Ave SE will it become a privately owned pub or a county-owned center? moved into state court today David Campbell attorney for Dennis and Janice Bonfantine fee owners asked 2nd District Court Judge Robert Thompson to issue a temporary restraining order feat would prevent fee Bernalillo County Commission from deciding tonight to authorize condemnation proceedings to acquire the building as a communityarts center Bernard Metzgar attorney for the county asked Thompson to ignore fee request Thompson was to issue a written ruling this afternoon just want the county to slow Campbell said not consider any resolution to acquire the building through negotiation or condemnation unless and until this court determines that it has the authority to do so and that it has first done what it must He cited a state law that he said prevents the county from acquiring fee property park without approval by fee City Council Other state laws he said prevent fee county from acquiring property on fee state register of historic buildings or to use public funds on such property there is no feasible and prudent alternative to such The Bonfantines who closed Sept 17 on an $850000 deal to purchase the building as the new home of their Brew Pub now operate next door in rented quarters They have begun renovation work on the building Metzgar said that although a bond issue was included in tire parks and recreation category of the ballot voters were aware that fee money was to be used to purchase and renovate fee building as the Route 66 Cultural Carter not to create a park Ex-candidate gets 17 years in prison along wife Ms Britton to meetings wife certain officials that nothing was going to happen There was denial and it continued to Tellier said Monday Assistant City Attorney Gregory Wheeler said foie civil case is not about supposed widespread abuse but fee use of one device control sticks which Britton andTellier simply like can be used humanely or it can be used excessively Their position is that it be used at Wheeler said Control sticks are used because they help ensure animals escape and they help protect animal handlers from harm he said Wheeler called the allegations about improper and inhumane euthanasia practices put our veterinarian on tire stand to talk about our procedures and how they are up to he said 1 Hillman said Monday he has worked in animal services for more than 30 years and would be fee last person to allow inhumane treatment in his division would not stand for having anyone on my staff who was inhumane to an animaL something just not he said Hillman said he is more than receptive to concerns about animal treatment in city shelters and pointed out that he voluntarily cat-handling procedures in response to initial complaints Tellier said those changes were more like an admission of guilt room for improvement but we were initially told nofe- By Leslie Hoffman LHOfFMANffABQTRIBCOM 8233610 The dty and local animal-rights activists will finally have their day in court Wednesday after a yearlong legal battle over allegations of inhumane treatment at some dty-run animal shelters ActivistMarcyBrilionandthe Alliance Against Animal Abuse want a judge to order the chief of tire Environmental Health Department and tire head of the Animal Services Division ensure that animal control centers are being operated in accordance wife the law and wife ac-cepted standards for the humane treatment and euthanasia of according to a lawsuit against the two of-ficials The case will go to trial in Albuquerque's state District Court on Wednesday Britton filed tire lawsuit in December 1998 contending that animals have been inhumanely handled by shelter employees poorly trained in the use of control sticks 6-foot poles wife nooses used to handle animals The lawsuit further alleges feat some animals have been euthanized improperly at shelters and then placed in freezers while they are still alive want Britton said Monday want them to stop breaking the law and stop animal Sarah Kotchian the Environmental Health director and Bob Hillman the Animal Services manager have denied wrongdoing saying they would be the last to tolerate animal abuse in their shelters The alliance joined tiie lawsuit earlier this year citing a concern over By Jd I ne Gutierrez Krueger JGLENNffABQTR1BCOM 8233603 An Albuquerque musician and perennial write-in candidate for everything from mayor to US president was sentenced to 1 7V2 years in federal prison for sending threatening and disturbing letters to a former flame Keith Russell Judd 41 was convicted in June by a federal jury in Midland Texas on charges of mailing threatening communications wife fee intent to extort US Attorney for the Western District of Texas James William Blagg said in a news release sentence announced Monday is unusually stiff four times fee normal severity for a crime of that nature because his criminal history placed him outside normal sentencing guidelines because the victim suffered psy-chological and because Judd mailed letters to jurors following his amviction tiie news release stated as a self-employed musician and band leader who championed the cause of the including tire homeless youth and gangs Judd has also stated publicly that he suffers from bi-polar disorder a mental illness until recently known as manic depression Letters received from Judd by a Tribune reporter as recently as Sept 8 are scrawled in pencil wife tire words Russell Judd for President ofthe The letters were sent from fee Midland County Detention Center In November 1992 Judd was committed to a mental-health centra- and banished from tire University of New Mexico after he was arrested on charges of carrying two firearms on campus during the visit of a vice presidential candidate news reports indicate In his more recent brush wife the law FBI officials said he began sending numerous harassing letters and making continual phone calls to a woman wife whom he had had a brief affair In addition to his prison sentence Judd was ordered to serve three years of supervised release not to return to the West Texas district not contact the victim or jurors and to make restitution of S20JXX) to the victim and $200 to a crime-victims fund tiie release stated WINNING NUMBERS i rmv Mexico: Mooday's Roadimner Cash 7 9 15 20 31 Saturday's Powarbafl VIIOIOOII 15 32 33 36 41 Powerbalf 7 estimated jackpot: $14 million Arizona lotto: 3 8 19 34 36 37 Colorado lottos 1 2 5 28 32 38 Texas lotto: 6 10 20 21 29 34 Judd most recently ran as a write-in candidate in the 1997 Albuquerque mayoral race in which voters elected Jim Baca Judd received 61 votes mg was she said Kotdtian was not available for comment late Monday The trial is expected to take a day and will be before state District Court Judge Robert Thompson He also ran in fee 1 993 mayoral race and the 1994 New Mexico gubernatorial race what president and co-founder Barbara Tdher said was an unwillingness by environmental health and anunal-control officials to change was obvious to us as we went I I himself 1.