El Paso Herald-Post from El Paso, Texas • 17

vs Encouraging kids to read For the full story see Page B-4 Karen Brehm City Editor 546-6340 lEUPasolHffaldiPos 1 rldoySRecTinbeaiZllJli 'J- dr i iquipmemt for hotel in Juarez seized City report Detective's indictment could cost him a license the export to Mexico without a federal license of speech scramblers listed on the US munitions list with encouraging drug smuggling and investing the profits in two firms owned by Mollier WAM Enterprise and Walt Mollier Associates and with buying goods for Palace with the proceeds of marijuana smuggling Also in October the federal grand jury subpoenaed a listing of six pages of Mollier's records The subpoena called for and all original records pertaining to Gilberto Ontiveros and (his brother who is imprisoned in the United States) Cesar It also requested numerous types of investigative surveillance and counter-surveillance reports that may have been prepared for the Ontiveros brothers aircraft rentals and flight records and records of weapons purchases currency transactions and other types of business activities including any records detailing commerce in controlled substances So far Mollier has sucessfully resisted producing the records or giving a deposition in the forfeiture case Although a hearing is set for Jan 7 on the confiscated goods informed sources say the civil actions will probably be continued until after disposition of the criminal charges against Mollier By Joe Old El Paso Herald-Post Federal officials have seized thousands of dollars worth of equipment reportedly destined for a plush hotel in Juarez being built by drug lord GU-berto Ontiveros US marshals and El Paso police seized the property in October from a warehouse leased by private investigator Waltar Mollier 38 directly behind 3711 Admiral St where Mollier has his offices Mollier a former police narcotics detective and Drug Enforcement Administration trainee was arrested earlier this week with seven other individuals after being indicted on drug conspiracy and other charges The seizure a civil action taken under the Comprehensive Forfeiture Act of 1984 which allows authorities to go after the economic assets acquired through narcotics trafficking occurred in October Complaints filed in US District Court list the items and state that the property the proceeds traceable to an exchange or exchanges of controlled substances" Among the assets seized are color televisions TV stands refrigerators exercise equipment electronic equipment clothes washers and driers stoves and other furnishings ap- Lame duck judge still trying cases By Terrence Poppa El Paso Herald Post Metrol briefs Burglary suspect caught Police and a security guard captured a man inside the Downtown Bassett today after he allegedly burglarized six offices Patrolmen answering a bur-' glar alarm in the early morn-tug used a police K-9 dog to locate Rodney Dillon 24 of Tucson inside one of the offices trying to break open a safe they said He was charged with six counts of burglary Police said the office of law firms financial consultants and other businesses were' ransacked Inventory would have to be taken today to learn what was missing but officers said they found on the suspect $140 and more than $65 worth of postage stamps 3-yearold boy critical A 3-yearold boy was in critical condition today after being struck by a car Thursday Police said the victim Fernando Perez of El Paso? ran into the path of the car driven by Susie Archibeque 32 of Chamberino on Raynor Street near Rivera Avenue Archibeque and a neighborhood resident rushed the boy to Thomason General Hospital in car after the 11 a'ta accident Police did not hold Archibeque at fault Veterans borrow billions A record number of loans were guaranteed by the Veterans Administration in fiscal 1986 the administration announced this week During the 12-month period ending Sept 30 VA loans totaled nearly $22 billion The total value of commitments" was even greater at $35 billion Tumage said The commitments which are agreements by the VA to guarantee a loan if it is closed indicate the home loan boom will continue he said The total value of loans guaranteed almost double the $115 billion guaranteed last year exceeds by $5 billion the previous record set in 1979 In fiscal 1986 some 313469 home loans were guaranteed by the VA the largest number since fiscal 1979 when 364578 were guaranteed By comparison 178931 home loans were guaranteed in 1QR5 Burglaries Burglaries Residence 1700 block of Dale Douglas Drive two rifles pistol three shotguns VCR three TV cable control boxes four watches jewelry $100 Residence 8000 block of Valley View Drive VCR three pistols Apartment 4015 Alameda Ave camera binoculars two radio cassettes 25 tapes TV rifle Charged witti driving while Intoxicated: Ricardo Guadalaiara 1901 Corona Ave No 2277 Ruben Hernando 14 net Septiembre Drive Jeffrey Michael Morale IW Lewd Ave Darrell Scoff 44 797 Mobile Ave1 Arinin Quintet 11 7544 Gateway East No ISI Malcolm Timothy Hutcroff 25 III 79 Padu cah Ave Carolina Vela 27 175 San Gabriel St circumstances allow the board to suspend or revoke a private detective's license Nicolas said These include: being convicted of a mis- demeanor involving turpitude being charged with a violent crime or being indicted with a non-violent crime he said will conduct an investigation on it and work with the local authorities in El Paso" Nicolas said Nicolas added that if there is evidence of a violation the board will hold an administrative hearing to determine whether to rewrite or suspend license which is currently valid until July exhaust fans Also seized was a baby grand piano held in name at Schroeder Baldwin Pianos and Organs in Pebble Village Shopping Center 10780 Pebble Hills as well as a 1985 Corvette registered to Mollier The criminal indictment alleges that Mollier and co-defendant Elva Lovato 30 owner of Downtown Secretarial Services aided and abetted in apartment -Those displaced were Lyla Sa-muelson and her son' in whose apartment the fire began William James Carpenter his wife Rosa and their two children and Paula Michelle Luther The Samuelsons and Carpenters were placed in other homes located for them by the American Red Cross while Luther moved in with a friend Jackson said He said investigators found the child had set fire to a toy truck the flames spreading to a furnishings will light El Lame duck Justice of the Peace Walter McGhee said today he has not stopped hearing civil matters in his Northeast El Paso Precinct 2 court Responding to an El Paso Herald-Post story that he closed the doors of his court to civil suits Nov 28 McGhee said he has continued to hear pending cases but added he has not accepted new civil cases for the last two weeks week so far heard five small claims suits for amounts of less than $1000 18 eviction suits and seven truancy cases All of them were pend: ing McGhee said Northeast El Paso residents had complained McGhee has quit working a month before he exits office on Dec 31 McGhee said he simply has quit taking new cases that would take time to resolve and said Thomas Rosas District 3 justice of the peace has been accepting small claims and eviction suits for him A state regulatory board plans to launch an investigation of Walter Mollier to determine whether his private detective's license should be revoked Mollier who owns Walt Mollier lc Associates 3711 Admiral St was arrested on federal drug con-spiracy charges Tuesday Ken Nicolas acting chief of the license division of the Texas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies said the agency will conduct an investigation of Mollier in the wake of his indictment on drug conspiracy and other charges re- vealed Wednesday: Under board rules numerous parentiy destined for use in Cesar's Palace ltly i ce in Juarez Construction on the six-story edifice near Rio Grande Mall was halted when Ontiveros was arrested by Mexican authorities on drog charges in April There are large quantities of some of the fixtures seized in warehouse consistent with outfitting a hotel for example 116 louvered pine doors and 116 magnetic latches 56 bathroom and 100 kitchen faucets 79 people from Fire Marshal Hubert Jackson said a 4-year-old child playing with a cigarette lighter started the fire at 10891 Edgemere Blvd Mecklin said smoke damage was done to several other apartments but didn't render them unlivable as far as he knows A resident Evelyn Ball was taken to a hospital and treated for anxiety then released Martin Valverde apartment maintenance worker was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation but hospitalized Mccklin said Peace torch By Betty Ligon El Paso Herald-Post Texas will still get a piece of the International Peace Run action Two El Pasoans Sharon Ferrell Rios and Judy Shapiro plan to step off a plane at 4 pm Sunday at the El Paso International Airport and bring a flame from the recently completed round-the-world Peace Run It marked the 40th anniversary of UNICEF Ron Marks who volunteered to spread the information about El Paso's involvement said the flame will be used to symbolically light the annual Star on the Mountain and to floodlight the statue on ML Cristo Rey will be a short ceremony at the Marks said At 4:30 pm celebrity runners like El Paso County Judge Pat and KVIA-TV Channel 7 general manager Richard Pearson will relay the torch from the airport to Chami-zal National Memorial There El Paso Electric Co President Event Wall plans to tip the torch into a bowl of fluid up Rey free are HwaM-Poit ptoto by Mika Levy El Paso firefighter Dan Rodgers administers oxygen to Martin Valverde a maintenance worker at Trevino Place Apartments at 10891 Edgemere Blvd Valverde inhaled smoke Thursday afternoon while making sure everyone was out of the burning apartments While resolving pending civil cases he said he remains available to law enforcement agencies to issue 55 arrest warrants for felony and misdemeanor crimes so far this month He said he also has handled 13 traffic citations issued by the El Paso County Sheriffs Department McGhee said he wanted to clear his court of pending cases to be able to take a two-week vacation not going anywhere going to clean out my office and still make myself available to law enforcement agencies who have to go to a magistrate for he said Sgt Jorge Ortiz shift supervisor of the Northeast El Paso substation of the El Paso Police Department said McGhee has made himself available for issuing warrants setting bonds and other criminal matters rs LY Paso's star Fallens' new high school to handle district's growth Fire forces By' Frank Ahlgren Jr El Paso Herald Post Seven people were in foster homes today after an apartment building fire Thursday afternoon Firefighters contained the blaze to two apartments in the East El Paso complex but the combination of flames smoke and water did enough destruction to make them uninhabitable said Fire Capt Don MeckUn Heavy smoke did the same to another The district has 1971 students enrolled Enrollment is expected to reach 2000 by September 1987 and over 2000" by January 1988 Casey said The high school is scheduled to open in January 1988 and will hold some 550 students in grades 10 through 12 The old high school will become a junior high and will house grades seven through nine The middle school will house grades four through six the elementary school will have grades two and three and the primary school will have prekindergarten through first grade Casey said The new high school will provide a growth cushion for the district into the 1990s when another construction program will be considered Casey said The new school is being built about three blocks away from the existing campus in Fabens where all the other schools are 7 igniting it at 5:55 pm Electric Co spokesman Henry Quintana said all goes right the star should light at the same KCIK-TV Channel 14 is sponsoring the lighting of Mt Cristo After the star is lighted runners will take the flame to the Bridge of the Americas where Mexican torchbearers expected to carry it on into Mexico The UNICEF run was completed Thursday The torch run began Sept 16 at the United Nations Budding in New York City and went through northern states to Los Angeles before continuing on through 50 countries Rios and Shapiro accompanied Angela Fernandez the Edgemere student who won a peace poster contest for UNICEF Her prize was a trip to New York to attend the final ceremonies A Making beacon -H El Paso Electric Co president £v' Evem Wall will symbolically light the star on Mount Franklin Sunday The star said an Electric Co spokesman is: vr 459 feet long 278 feet1 wide v1 'with 459 white frosted bulbs of 150 T- watts each1-1 VQ Visible for 25 miles on the -ground 100 miles in the air Scheduled to be lighted at 5:55 pm Sunday and 1 blaze nightly from 5:30 pm to 10 am: through an 6 17 Will be guarded for 24 hoursv try to shoot out the lights spokesman Henry Quintana said For the short ceremony before the lighting of the-star the El Paso High School choir will sing El Paso writer Conrey Bryson will read a poem he wrote for the occasion: Quintana said work to check damages to the light poles has been going on for weeks: By Michelle Martin El Paso Herald-Post The Fabens public school district started building a new 65000-square-foot high school this week Steady growth in the district prompted the $334 million construction project said Superintendent Eli Casey All Lower Valley school districts are experiencing rapid growth mostly from El Pasoans who are moving east of the city line Fabens is about a half-hour drive from East El Paso and is beyond the quickly growing school districts of Socorro San Elizario and Clint do not have one vacant space" in any classroom Casey said If more students move into the district before the school year ends the district will have to use portable classrooms Casey said Representatives from several cities will meet Rios and Sha-iro in Dallas and take a light the flame for similar ceremonies 1 A vl aMi.