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Newspaper
Taos News
Location
Taos, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1986
Page
1
Voters in Taos will choose a new councilor in a July 22 special election to fill a vacant seat. Candidates file May 27 and must resign or run again in the 1988 municipal election after Santistevan elevated to mayor amid infighting.
District Judge Caldwell ordered a new trial for Freddie and Tessie Prudencio who seek 6.5 million over Yolanda Prudencio’s death after she fell from a rolling school bus in January 1985. Affidavits allege bailiff Martinez, brother-in-law of two defendants, pressed jurors. Defendants include Faust’s Transportation owners Faustin and Flora Gonzales Virginia Valencia and her husband Merlin Valencia. The January verdict found no negligence by the Valencias but negligence by the Gonzaleses, with disputes over proximate cause. Martinez allegedly sought jurors’ foreman vote and met jurors’ families at lunch. The defense had argued the bus brakes caused panic and jumping.
The Taos area saw a warm spell last week with Monday reaching high 60s and Sunday at 22 degrees. The National Weather Service predicts partly cloudy days with breezy afternoons and above normal temperatures through the weekend.
An electrical outage left Penasco area residents without drinking water for days and forced baths in Taos. Officials set up claim assistance at the Penasco Senior Citizens Center May 1–2, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with potential additional visits if needed. National guard and co op support planned water delivery and a mobile power unit if needed as crews fixed lines damaged by heavy snow and splices in a 1974 underground section between Los Cordovas and Talpa. Power restoration occurred around midnight Monday after two crews worked through the night.
Taos County commissioners plan a policy shift on the bypass tonight at 5 15 p m promising questions will be answered and that a county wide planning moratorium might be discussed They also expect to fill the vacant seven seat planning advisory board with a candidate representing real estate interests and Pueblo representation efforts noted but sources say the board will keep a soft stance on the bypass while not withdrawing support. The current advisory board includes Fabi Romero Peggy Nelson Dan Cortez Jerry Quintana Garcia Middle School principal Fred Waltz Orlando Santistevan and others.
Holy Cross Hospital's board to hire a new administrator this week to replace Pete Trujillo who was fired Friday April 25. Board president Bob Sackson says an interim administrator will be sought since a permanent fix is not an over night search. The hospital has faced financial trouble for the last month and the board is also reviewing Ernest Romero's management contract.
Triad Western Constructors led by Thomas Gonzales reports a 10 inch water line is being laid from Camino del Medio west to Los Cordovas and toward the sewer plant. One dozen workers clock 10 to 13 hour days with one lane open and traffic stoppages for heavy equipment. The project aims to reach Los Cordovas by mid June and then extend toward Camino del Medio connecting with the Cordillera line. Taosenos will be kept posted on traffic snarls as work continues.
State official Robert Mares explains a standard five-year cycle traffic coverage count is underway on Taos County roads. The survey, lasting three to four weeks, gathers data to project current traffic and inform potential future design work, unrelated to the proposed relief route.
Frank Madrid of Taos Gravel Products Inc. was injured when a crane bucket fell about 20 feet on Thursday April 24. The Arroyo Seco resident suffered leg and back injuries, was treated at Holy Cross Hospital, then released.
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