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Tbe ALBUQUERQUE Partly cloudy today, Afternoon breezy. Highs near 80, Lows tonight near SO. Details, G-8. NAIL Good Merely The Federal Budget Is Expected To Have A Deficit Of $37 Billion. Oh To Be Able To Live Beyond Your Means.

Jt0 JJNM JMfPage in EigfaTSections 1 0 1st Year No. 135 Friday Morning, May 15, 1981 Price: Daily 20c; Sunday 50c Young N.M. Scientists Get Nine Prizes Senate OKs Military Bill; Conferees Approve Budget 4 VX" Compiled From Journal Wires WASHINGTON The Senate approved Thursday the Reagan administration's request to spend $136.5 billion on military buildup ranging from resurrection of a World War II battleship to space laser research. The record defense authorization bill for the fiscal ear beginning Oct 1 was passed by a vote of 92-1 and sent to the House, where the Armed Services Committee has approved a slightly smaller version one for 135 6 billion, No date has been set for House action. The lone dissenting vote in the SeiT-alu was cast by Sen Mark O.

Hdtlidd, KOre Meanwhile, House-Senate rsday spl 1 1 -t hei yii ererices and approved a 4 hiK ti Avcft w. roi se budget that embraces I'rendent Re- "Senate conferees accepted, 9-2, the compromise resolution proposed by Sen. Fete Domenici, K-N with only Sens. Howard Metzenbaum. D-Ohio, and James Exon.

Neb voting against it. House conferees accepted it by voice vote Domenici, chairman of the Senate-Budget Committee and head of the joint panel, said the measure reach the House arid floors' for final approval next week There were few moves in 'he Senate to the Keagan military request A motion by Sen Carl Levin, D-Mich to eliminate $200 million of what he: described as wasteful expenditures; civil support activities for military;" bases was rejected on 2 liut Sen John Stennis, Miss, the Continued on A-2 Reagan 'Willing To Listen' On Tax Compromise; A-3 agan's deep spending'cuts The measure projects a ST 6 billion deficit for fiscal 1982, which will begin Oti-l, and aho makes room for He-- agai hx) billion tax cut The budget does not endorse" the he.H'an tax cut. but leaves adequate spjie in its reve nue figures for a cut ot to he drafted later. The Senate approved a S0o billion spending plan 'I ue-dd( six davs after -the a siinilar budget of billion. Both u-re p.iitern.'il alter Reagan's prupus.ii-.

to red'ii tne size of governnicnt The joint committee met for -only four hours before agreement There was little debate By BETTY CHILDERS Journal Science Writer MILWAUKEE International Science Fair competitors from New Mexico took nine prizes Thursday in the first of three awards assemblies. New Mexico's 12 representatives from regional and state science fairs are among the 482 finalists at this weeklong fair at the Milwaukee Exposition Convention Center and Arena. Thirty-three professional orgamza Hons presented the awards. Thursday night. New Mexico's winners were Karl A Saxman, Los Alamos; Jess Olivien, Albuquerque; Rex L.

Evatt III, Alamo-gordo; Adrianna Martinez, Albuquerque; Marchea Malone, Grants, and Sarah Catherine Way land, Albuquerque Saxman, Miss Martinez and Olivien took two prizes each The American Association of Petro Hospital Area Ruled bonds are the only way he can afford to put up a building on -properly he owns in thearea "Iu31 yearsl've watched the area go down and down," But Silver Hill spokesman'' David Ricks said, -We're talking about wiping out a whole neighborhood flat-" tening Ricks presented a study of his own: intended to coun'er a crv consultant's Journal Photo b) Richard Pipes Moraiounty snerui raiemon cnavezt front views urave Deputy Is With Him Near One Burial Site Bodies Found in Arroyo Robinson Friend Says Police Threatened Him Outside agon Mound WAGON MOUND L'PI Three blood-soaked bodies, believed to be those of two men and a woman missing from their Wagon Mound homes since May 2, have been found in scrubland arroyos northeast of town, State Police said Thursday. Two of the bodies were covered with loose dirt and the other had been left uncovered, said State Police Capt. T.J. Chavez. He said the bodies "all badly decomposed" were located within about a 200-yard radius Chavez said the bodies would be fingerprinted to confirm the identities and autopsies would be conducted at the Office of the Medical Investigator in Albuquerque to determine the cause of death.

However, he said there was little doubt that the bodies were those of Margaret Martinez, 27, Victor Gonzales, 37, and Juan Martinez, 31. Those leum Geologists; will pay Saxman's expenses for attending the University of Missouri's summer field training program at Camp Branson, Wyoming He. also won $100 from the American Meteorological Society. Both are first-place prizes A freshman at Cumbres Junior High School in I.os Alamos, Saxman's project is entitled "Computer Model- Continued on A-6 IimsMe Movw Tribute The Muppets salute the movies in an ABC television special. Entertainer.

Sales Manager Optimistic American car producers are over the hump and can look forward to brighter days. That is the prediction of Jack D. Duffy, the general sales manager for the Buick Division of General Motors. Page E-10. AG Sues To Stop W1PP SANTA FE The state attorney general has gone to federal court with a suit asking that work on the Waste Isolation Wot Plant near Carlsbad be halted.

Page A-6. Benefits Delay Rejected WASHINGTON The Social Secu-i rity Administration, a Cabinet secretary and the White House itself joined in rejecting a Budget Office suggestion to delay an 11.2 percent cost-of-living increase due Social Security retirees July 1. Page A-3, Crime Increased in April According to figures released by the Albuquerque Police Department, crime in April increased 3.9 percent jver the level of the same month last year. Page E-8. Jail Overcrowded Again An overabundance of prisoners and inadequate SDace are causing problems for the city-county jail again, Director Michael Hanrahan told District Court judges.

Page A-ll. KUNM Agreement Reached A compromise agreement on management and programming control of the University of New Mexico's radio By NOLAN HESTER Journal Staff Writer Neighborhood opponents said they' were not surprised by a unanimous ruling by the city's Metropolitan Redevelopment Commission Tnnrsday night that the area surrounding Presbyterian Hospital is blighted and should be redeveloped MRC designation before redevelopment planning could begin for the area bounded by 1-25 and Sycamore Street, Grand and Coal avenues. City staff had suggested the eastern boundary be brought in one block from Maple to Sycamore to lessen the impact on the Silver Hill neighborhood. Presbyterian is seeking the official designation and the low-interest bonds that accompany it in order to encour age private development in the area for the hospital have proposed construction of a 300 room medical-related businesses and multi-family housing for hospital em- ployees V-vr; felt it was a stacked deck from the beginning," said Bill Shiver, president of the North Sycamore Neighborhood Association. Silver Hill Association President Kim Armano did not question the MRC's sincerity but said the vote was expected.

Earlier in the meeting, opponents of the redevelopment plan presented the MRC with a 530-signature petition protesting the proposal. Testimony opposing the plan dominated the meeting, and four property owners spoke in favor of redevelopment. One proponent, Dr. Morris Haas, said Metropolitan Redevelopment Blighted report on the condition of the area. 'I hat report by Min Kantrowitz cited a number of factors contributing to the neighborhood's blighted condition, including an increase in Central Avenue businesses closing Ricks, a self-described businessman, said the slack economy has shut down businesses all over town and fho ctrurtrh rf Zi.ntrrjl AiranilA unthin Continued on A-6 ment in the Sept.

10, 1980, shooting of Chacon Assistant District Attorney Jacob Vigil attacked Vanzandt's credibility and in an apparent slip of the tongue referred to the black man as "boy." Vigil's remark sparked a murmur of anger among members of Robinson's family and friends who packed the courtroom for the third day of tesiimo' '(ny Vanzandt is facing criminal proceedings in District Court, He is charged with one count of residential burglary and four counts of receiving stolen property. Vanzandt had pleaded guilty to the charges, but later withdrew his plea and will stand trial. Vanzandt's various statements to police include these accounts; On Sept. 13, 1980, Vandzandt told Continued on A-6 Danger -Jl if APUierphoto By MARC SAN1 Journal Staff Writer Dwight LaSalle Vanzandt, a longtime friend of Van Bering Robinson, testified Thursday that police threatened him and offered him $5,000 and a change of identity to lie about Robinson's; involvement in the shooting of Albuquerque policeman Phil Chacon, Vanzandt, 20, pointed to Sgt John Maruffi sitting at the prosecution's table and named him as one of the officers who tried to coerce him into testifying against Robinson before the county grand jury. He also named Detectives Joseph Polisar, Klarence Kraemer and Clayton English and officer Kenneth Harris as others who attempted to force him to name Robinson as the killer, Vanzandt has given three different statements to police and the grand jury about Robinson's alleged involve i I i 1 -v three were last seen at the: Martinez, woman's home, arguing with Henry -Martinez of Rainsville about a bicycle, authorities said Henry Martinez was killed -May in; an exchange of gunfire with mvestiga tors when they arrived at the home of his ex-wife, hdwina Martinez, to serve a search warrant Edwina Martinez' home is next door to Margaret Martinez' residence and across the street from the house, where Gonzales lived Police aid none of the Martinezes were related.

Chavez said the three victims apparently were killed byHenry Martinez about the time they disappeared! "At one Henry' Martinez lived about two miles from where we found the Chavez said. He added Continued on A-2 I 1 '-ft Pope Reported Satisfactory, Not Out of Compiled From Journal Wires VATICAN CITY Pope John Paul II was reported in satisfactory condition Thursday, but still not out of danger, as Italian police broadened their investigation to check whether his assailant had ties with international terrorist groups. A day after the pontiff was shot while on the way to an audience in St. Peter's Square, doctors reported he was conscious and alert but would have to remain in the intensive care unit for one or two more days. One of the surgeons summoned to operate on John Paul said Thursday that the pontiff had come within a hair of bleeding to death after being shot.

station was reached among representatives of the radio board, administra- Dr.GiancarloCastiglionesaidthe tors and regents. Page A-2. pope's abdominal cavity was discovered to be full of blood as a result of injuries caused by a 9mm bullet that Action Une entered from the front.and exited gH? from the rear, close to the base of the BuiinessTinance F-l-3 P's sPlnal column' Classified F-4-G-6 Castiglione said the bullet missed ComicsHoroscope G-7 arteries and major veins by a tiny Crossword B-4 fraction. "Had it hit one of those, the Daily Record B-4 pope would have bled to death," he Dear Abby C-2 said. DeathsFunerals EditorialsComment A-4-S The pope will face further delicate Movies Entertainment H-l-24 surgery when doctors terminate a Religion B-5 bypass of his intestine that they con-Sports E-l-7 structed during S'-i hours of surgery Sylvia Port B-5 Wednesday night.

No date has been set Television H-l-24 -for the new surgery. Wettfcer What's Happening B4 The damage to his intestine, caused Word Sleuth lour Health B4 Continued on A-6 Crowd Of 50,000 Gathered Thursday In From Of Warsaw Cathedral To Pray For Pope.

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