New Mexican (Newspaper) - February 14, 1984, Santa Fe, New Mexico Copyright 1984 The Inc News in Brief 4ir i The record grounded SEATTLE AP A cal problem today foiled an attempt by six people to set a roundtheworld speed record for a light jet plane a project sponsor said We are not off Honolulu and we have gen problems and as a result our effort to break the record appears to have gone by the said Tom Grigsby programs mana ger for Flight International a Newport News aviation firm that sponsored the trip The crew was was about to leave Hawaii for Seattle in the journeys final leg when a gener ator on the Learjet 35 failed at PST Consumers go on spree By The Associated Press A consumer spending spree was renewed in January with sales by retailers leaping percent during the month the biggest in crease since last May the Commerce Depart ment reported today That buying fever has not spread to Wall Street however where the stock market is showing no sign of shaking off the jitters that have pushed the Dow Jones average of 30 in to its lowest level in 10 months But retail sales made a sharp rebound from the slight percent increase in December when harsh weather may have been a factor holding down some consumer purchases A resurgence of robust economic activity however has been a factor adding to Wail Streets worries Analysts have said investors cannot finance both huge defi cits and a rapidly expanding economy without pushing interest rates Floods hit Midwest By The Associated Press Rivers swollen by ice jams and runoff from a springlike thaw surged as high as 8 feet over flood level Tuesday in the Midwest forc ing hundreds of people to evacuate while a windy Pacific storm blew up to a foot of snow across the Rockies Rains of almost 4 inches in places also sent rivers out of the banks in the Carolinas and Virginia and dense fog disrupted travel alone the Atlantic Coast Hundreds of people fled tomes in nil spread from coastal Georgia to the Great Lakes during the night Ice jamming against a bridge in downtown Monroe on Lake Erie pushed the Ra isin River to a record feet feet over its flood stage Some families were forced to flee Easterners shed their topcoats in another day of warm weather Meat plant closed DENVER AP The Denver plant of a Nebraska meat packing firm accused last fall of unsanitary and illegal practices is closing down for good We had to pull in our horns because of the financial Rudy Butch Stanko said Monday as he announced that the Cattle King Packing Co is closing Just a skeleton crew of 10 had been working at the plant northeast of Denver since Decem ber three months after complaints about Cat tle King were broadcast on First Synfuel freeze asked WASHINGTON AP A bipartisan group of 12 House and Senate members today urged President Reagan to freeze spending on the nations troubled synthetic fuels program Led by Rep Howard Wolpe the lawmakers urged Reagan in a letter to keep the federally financed Synthetic Fuels Corp from making any further financial commit ments until Congress reviews and approves the companys longterm strategies Calling the fuels program highly question able and very the group asked Reagan to use his authority under federal budget laws to put a hold on the billion that the corporation has at its disposal The National Weather Service predicts a few snow showers for Tuesday evening with clearing skies to follow Temperatures will be cooler in Santa Fe through Wednesday Winds are expected to be north to northwest at 10 to 20mph Wednesdays forecast call for decreasing clouds and cool temperatures The high is pre to be in the low 40s with an overnight low in the Please see complete details on Page A3 Index 139th Yew No W N Two p Bridge Nation Obituaries Sports Slocks BU TV World A5 Al Bf Bt V Santa Fe Tuesday February A Gannett Newspaper The New Mexican Staff Officials at the Santa Fe Animal Shelter say they will be broke within the month if theyre forced to contin ue caring for more than 50 dogs and cats belonging to local artist Tommy Macaione Not only that but the El Rey Inn the shelters neighbor to the north has threatened to sue if something isnt done to quiet bark ing dogs by Wednesday El Rey owner Terrell White says he gave the shelter a deadline to elimi nate what he considers a nuisance He plans to sue the shelter if the ruckus isnt controlled by noon Wednesday We just will not tolerate said White The motel operator sued the shelter once before but withdrew his complaint after indoor dog runs were built Some of animals are being kept in outdoor runs because all of the indoor runs are full says a shelter spokesman White says he doesnt care whose pets are involved as long as the prob animals were im pounded at the privately funded shel ter Feb 1 and 3 by emergency proc of Mayor Louis Montano The animals were removed for safety reasons after a fire killed eight of the wellknown Santa Fe artists numer ous pets Plaza Recent warm temperatures have n toe late the Plaza a popular place for many afternoon Monday feeding pigeons on the Santa Feans to spend some time outdoors Shelter president Jacques Cartier says animals have cost the shelter nearly since their arrival Besides eating close to 100 pounds of food each day the animals create extra work for a limited staff The more vicious animals have bit ten several of the female attendants and the shelter was forced to pay the womens medical costs Cartier add ed See DOGS on Page All County budget healthy but has way to go By WILLIAM HEIMBACH The New Mexican Staff Santa Fe Countys budget while not up to state standards for minimum cash balance looks considerably healthier than this time last year the county commissioners decided Monday At its regular monthly meeting the board ap proved year budget adjustments that included an increase of to cover a previ approved onetime productivity increase for county employees Also approved was to handle a merit increase of 5 percent previously awarded to em ployees with a job rating of satisfactory or bet ter The countys projected cash balance for the fis cal year ending June 30 now is more than originally was estimated said County Manager Patrick X Ortiz Projections now show there will be a cash balance by the end of this fiscal year versus the originally projected said Ortiz and an increase of revenues combined to put the county in a markedly better financial position than last year when it operated with a deficit for more than half the year he said The state requires countys to maintain a cash balance of of their total budgets though and Santa Fe County still is nearly below that level said Ortiz Last year we had some problems because of the revenue said Rudy R Fernandez County Commission chairman after the meeting Everything is working very well this Fernandez said although Santa Fe County isnt meeting the state requirement for minimum cash balance for counties its doing a lot better than it has He said many other New Mexico counties fall short of the target Bernalillo states largest county operates with a cash bal ance of only of its budget he said Fernandez said the countys of 1 per cent tax which was approved last year by the Legislature made a major difference for county governments that were otherwise in financial straits Santa Fe County expects an April 1 check from the state for from those revenues he said See BUDGET on Page All Disorganization keeps city panel developer apart BV J llN I inn n 1 The New Mexican Staff A Santa Fe developer who again missed connections with the Historic Design Review Board to discuss de velopment of a site downtown said he is irritated at receiving less than four hours notice of a meeting Monday Lee Brown who wants to build an apartment and office com plex on the site that once was Arch bishop Jean orchard said he didnt attend a regular board meet Substitute gas considered By JUDY The New Mexican Staff Senate Conservation Committee members planned today to introduce a substitute to a natural gas pricing that would reduce its impact on consumers said the bills sponsor House Speaker Ray Sanchez D Bernalillo said the proposed tute would save New Mexico con sumers some million in 1984S5 The original would save New Mexicans some million The mea sure is aimed at equalizing the prices New Mexicans pay for instate gas with the prices paid by people outside the state A Public Service Commission study showed savings could be as high as million Those in the gas industry say million is closer to reality The industry opposes the measure See GAS on Page All ing Monday night because he did not receive notice until Monday after noon At that time he said he was in Albuquerque and was unable to re turn to Santa Fe in time to attend the meeting The agenda showed Brown was to give a presentation concerning an al violation of a historic ordi nance at 131 Cathedral Place John Griego city urban designer said Brown and his partner Grubesic violated a city ordinance by failing to acquire a permit before demolishing a wall in the lot near St Francis Cathedral The Archdiocese of Santa Fe signed a longterm lease with the partnership in November Brown de to say how long the lease ex tends Days after the lease was signed city zoning specialist Joe A Lopez wrote a letter to the Archdiocese It stated a permit had not been ob before a wall and fountain were torn down The Archdiocese said the matter The New Keller STILL NOT State Sen Wyatt Atkins DOtero chews patiently on an unlit cigar this morning during a meeting of the Senate Finance Committee was out of its hands and referred the city to Brown and Grubesic At the board meeting Griego said the partnership had not responded to city requests that a permit be ob This is the second time hes not here now for the Griego said of Brown Board member Felipe Cabeza de Vaca said Monday there was no point in asking the partnership to attend the meeting We have no tion he said See DEVELOPER on Page All Funding for projects has support A million Christmas Tree the measure that allocates severance tax bond money for proj ects statewide was endorsed by the Senate Finance Committee Monday Sen Eddie Lopez DSanta Fe said today he and Sen Joseph Fidel D were appointed liai sons to see that the package moves smoothly through the Senate floor and then through the House The capital outlay problem is re Lopez said The only place we really have a coalition is on the issue of House 2 and the tax pack age Everything else will stand on its own merits providing theres enough Lopez said the contains a plethora of capital outlay projects with some million to be funded with severance tax bonds He said another million worth of edu See FUNDING on Page All
