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LANL team sees hope in new HIV vaccine
Treatment study shows promise of preventing infection in monkeys
By Staci Matlock The New Mexican
A vaccine developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers shows promise in preventing HIV infections and is a potential breakthrough in the long
battle against the virus that causes AIDS. The vaccine developed by Bette Korber and her team at Los Alamos is designed to help cells fight off the diverse strains of HIV-1 — human immunodeficiency virus — found around the
City code doesn’t limit campaign ties with PACs Some mayoral candidates using public campaign money oppose coordination with political groups, but city law allows the practice. LOcAL, A-5
world, the LANL team announced in a news release issued Wednesday. Researchers from LANL and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston studied the mosaic vaccine’s
Celebrating a tourney bid Santa Fe High girls to vie for Class AAAA title for first time in 14 years. SPOrTS, B-1
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Cutthroat competition at La Fonda
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Dispute heats up over city police schedule
Chief says proof backs claim that sick leave is intentional; cop accuses Rael of ‘witch hunt’ By Daniel J. Chacón
The New Mexican
La Fonda pumpkin-carving contest judges Christina Yamberla, right, and her son, Rafi, 7, score the spooky creations of hotel staff members on Wednesday. The pumpkins will be displayed in hotel’s lobby, outside the Fiesta Lounge. PHOTOS BY LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN
Hotel staff embraces spooky spirit of Halloween in annual pumpkin-carving contest By Robert Nott
The New Mexican
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he pumpkin carved by members of the kitchen staff at La Fonda on the Plaza paid tribute to Johnny Depp. The macabre result was part Willy Wonka, part Pirates of the Caribbean and a little bit Headless Horseman. The hotel’s ice sculptor, Gil Mesa, used a carving tool to make a horrific Chuckie-doll face on his pumpkin. And the sales staff paid homage to the hotel’s famed Bell Tower by making a Bats in the Bell Tower pumpkin sculpture.
The team also tried to psych out the reservations staff by taping a note to their pumpkin saying, “You can’t win. You suck.” Who would have thought that a pumpkin-carving competition could get so cutthroat? But that’s how it was as roughly a dozen different departments at the historic hotel tried to win the annual jack-o’-lantern contest Wednesday. The winners receive a pizza party. The two runners-up get buckets of candy. Everyone else gets pumpkin ravioli, one staffer joked. Lisa Bertelli, head of the human resources department
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‘House of Wax’
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INSIDe u Jean Cocteau screening of House of Wax shifts to Railyard venue. u Police offer tips for a safe night of trick-or-treating. PAge A-5
The La Fonda reservations department’s pumpkin, titled ‘Breaking Ice,’ was the winning entry of the hotel staff’s annual jack-o’-lantern competition.
Critics: Effort to tackle tainted chicken will widen abuse 1M birds a year boiled alive on high-speed lines, and USDA proposes to boost pace of processing By Kimberly Kindy The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Nearly 1 million chickens and turkeys are unintentionally boiled alive each year in
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U.S. slaughterhouses, often because fast-moving lines fail to kill the birds before they are dropped into scalding water, Agriculture Department records show. Now the USDA is finalizing a proposal that will allow poultry companies to accelerate their processing lines, with the aim of removing pathogens from the food supply and making plants more efficient. But that would also make the problem of inhumane treatment worse, accord-
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Santa Fe Police Chief Ray Rael said Wednesday that he has evidence to support his claim that officers in the department are taking sick leave to subvert his decision to move to a five-day workweek. “We’re in the process of conducting a thorough evaluation. But I can tell you that a cursory evaluation has identified some trends by certain officers that cause me concern,” Rael said. “There are sick leave usage indications where some officers are perhaps calling in sick in conjunction with days off more frequently than would be expected,” he added. Rael said there is a 30 percent increase in sick leave, but police Sgt.
ing to government inspectors and experts in poultry slaughter. USDA inspectors assigned to the plants say much of the cruel treatment they witness is tied to the rapid pace at which employees work, flipping live birds upside down and shackling their legs. If the birds are not properly secured, they might elude the automated blade and remain alive when they enter the scalder. Over the past five years, an annual average of 825,000 chickens and
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18,000 turkeys died this way, USDA public reports show, representing less than 1 percent of the total processed. Government inspectors assigned to the plants document these kills, which are easily spotted because the birds’ skin becomes discolored. “One of the greatest risks for inhumane treatment is line speed. You can’t always stop the abuse at these speeds,” said Mohan Raj, a British-
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Screening of the 1953 film starring Vincent Price with a costume contest with the actor’s daughter Victoria Price, 6:30 p.m., Jean Cocteau Cinema and Santa Fe Farmers Market Pavilion in the Railyard, $30 in advance at jeancocteaucinema. com, students $15, proceeds benefit the Santa Fe Film Festival. See Page A-6
Obituaries Glenn Carr, 57, Oct. 27 Jose Tito Duran, Oct. 31 Cecelia Martinez, 73,
Tesuque, Oct. 28 Tina McDuff, 92, Oct. 22 Sidney Silverman, 95, Fairfield, Ct., Oct. 29 PAge A-10
Today Mostly cloudy. High 53, low 31. PAge A-12
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