New Mexican (Newspaper) - October 6, 2004, Santa Fe, New Mexico Locally owned and independent Mexico for 155 years INSIDE TODAY Acts of preservation For thousands of years people have developed many ways to preserve food from salting and pickling to drying and canning Taste Cl On the defensive Bush administration officials defend their Iraq policy after former Iraq administrator Paul Bremer says Bush failed to heed his warnings that the United States had too few troops in Iraq Nation A7 vl sister soccer act Haley Lumley have driven each other to be better soccer players to the benefit of the soccer program Sports First debate fires up readers After last weeks presidential debate New Mexican readers sent in scores of letters commenting on the performances of candidate Sen John Kerry and President Bush Letter writers overwhelmingly were impressed with Kerry Check out what your friends and neighbors had to say in todays Letters to the Editor Opinion A9 A10 Todays forecast Cloudy scattered showers High 62 low 37 Page B2 INDEX Annies Mailbox D7 Movies Business D5 Mutuals B2 D5 Classifieds C4 Obituaries Comics D8 Opinion A9 Crossword P7 Police notes B2 Horoscope D7 Scoreboard D2 Local news Bl Lotteries B2 Taste Cl The Wests Oldest Newspaper Four sections 36 pages 155th year Issue No 280 Publication No 596440 Late paper Classified ads News tips Main office 9840363 98630OO 9863030 9833303 WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 6 2004 FIFTY CENTS Healthy wont get flu shots Vaccine shortage means supply will be used for people who need it most such as lads By DEBORAH DAVIS The New Mexican If you are a healthy adult forget about getting a flu shot in New Mexico this year The state Health Department had expected to receive shots for adults from Chiron Corp That was before British regulators forced the company to halt production Tuesday The state will still get doses for children from Aven tis Pasteur the sole remaining manufacturer of flu shots for the United States said Steve Nickell who runs the states immunization program The Health Department distributes vaccines to public health offices across the state News of the national shortage had health officials scram bling to determine the extent Inside People who are deemed at risk can get free flu shots Page A8 How the nationwide shortage happened Page A8 of New Mexicos vaccine sup ply among healthcare clinics that buy shots directly from the manufacturers Nickell expects to make tions today about who should get shots This is a fairly dramatic change in plans because half the nations supply is no longer he said Its going to require a little creativity on our part to come up with a set of state recommendations about who should get it and who should The federal Health and Please see FLU Page A8 Cheney Edwards trade jabs senators courtroom style keeps Cheney on defensive but vice president hammers on Dems credibility By DANA MILBANK The Washington Post CLEVELAND Vice President Dick Cheney and John Edwards turned the debate here Tuesday night into a courtroom drama The Democratic challenger reprising his former career as a trial lawyer ANALYSIS Photos by Luis Sanchez New Mexican A debate between Dick and Fe Community College on Tuesday night About 100 people watched the debate and some later took part in a forum Debate draws By STEVE TERRELL The New Mexican Though some say the debate is merely a sideshow of the debates between the presidential candidates the party at Santa Fe Community Col lege on Tuesday attracted about as many people as the first presidential debate did last week However Tuesdays event seemed to have a much larger number of sup porters of the John John Edwards Democratic ticket than those support ing Republicans George Bush and Dick Cheney an unsurprising fact in a county where Democrats outnumber Republicans by better than 3 to 1 The audience of about 100 watched the debate on a large television screen in the colleges Jemez Room Mike Simons of Santa Fe speaks in support of Cheney to Dupuy of Ellen Dupuy wife of radio announcer Dupuy laughs at a Cheney comment Despite the request from organizers not to turn the event into a many people couldnt restrain from applauding when Edwards made strong points against Cheney There were loud guffaws when Cheney claimed hed never suggested connec tions between the terrorist network and Sad dam Hussein And several hissed when Cheney men Democratic Sen Zell Millers speech at the GOP convention This is typical for a lib eral Democratic Santa Fe said John Dendahl a former state Republican chairman who attended Tuesdays event We did not sneer at Edwards and there were plenty of oppor to do But Elizabeth West a Kerry supporter said I thought a very friendly She pointed out that Kerry supporters were polite and listened attentively to local Bush supporters who spoke after the debate As for the outbursts dur ing the debate West said I think Cheney sets this up Hes an angry controlling man behind a weak presi Please see MIND Page A5 challenged Cheney mercilessly as if a cagey and possibly defendant all the while charming the jury the viewing pub lic with a winning smile The Republican incumbent obviously disdain ful of the prosecutor responded by ques the prosecutors credentials as if lectur ing a dense student The jury is still out of course But Cheney and Edwards both represented their sides for e fully in the 90minute session here engaging in a sharp and frequently bitter exchanges Unlike the presidential debate the barbs were not only about Iraq and terrorism but also about more personal issues as Cheneys tenure at Halli burton and Edwards attendance record in the Senate Both men had clear aims and pursued them relent Please see DEBATE Page A5 Inside Polls attempt to answer the ques tion Who won Page A5 More than 300 Santa Feans turn out to vote early Page A5 Kerry to prepare in for final debate Page A5 Storm might herald a wet El Nino By HENRY M LOPEZ New Mexican The worst of the storms that have drenched Santa Fe and dusted higher elevations with passed but that doesnt mean an end to the wet stuff for the week or if the area is lucky the next five or so months The heavy stuff has said a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in que But it wont be completely dry for the rest of the While other parts of the state were hit hard by rain hail and strong winds downtown Santa Fe received about 45 inches of rain by 6 Tuesday lifting the total to inches At Jane New Mexican Jordan Rice and his dog Ruby hike up the ski basin Tues day afternoon Rice planned to ski if enough snow Please see STORM Page A8 lated on the mountain Illegal treks into hit 3year high By LESLIE HOFFMAN The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE Arrests of illegal immigrants have hit a threeyear high in New Mexico increase here since a decline following the Sept 11 2001 terrorist attacks Apprehensions are up by 26 percent over last year in New Mexico and have increased by 17 percent across the Border Patrols El Paso sec tor which encompasses New Mexico and West Texas according to preliminary figures released by the federal agency this week The Border Patrol tracks statistics by fiscal years ending Sept 30 The preliminary totals for just ended provide a snapshot of a busy We dont really have a barometer to tell us whats caused the Border Patrol spokesman Doug Please see BORDER Page A8
