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itied 1879 WEATHER Partly cloudy skies with possible afternoon or eveiling thimdcrshowcrs today is the U.S. Weather Bureau forecast for Las Veg'as. Precipitation probability will be 40 per cent today and tonight. Expected high is 84 degrees, the low 54. At the FAA station at the airport Sunday the.

high temperature reading was 85 degrees, the low was 57 and no precipitation was recorded. Your 'Good Morning' Newspaper 88th Year No 168 Las Vegas, New Mexico Monday, July 1967 Phone 423-6796 Friends meet The last time Federico Roybal and Juan Martinez saw each other at San Geronimo Woodrow Wilson was president of the United Slates, World War I was in its opening rounds, and New Mexico had been a state three short years. Last week the two met again, and Roybal, now 65 sa ys he saw Martinez who is 67 years old sitting in an automobile, and recognized him. Martinez atid Roybal were born in the San Geronimo area and went to school in the village on Tecolote Creek. "We were good friends when we were boys" Roybal recollects, "but in 1915 Juan's i'ather moved the family to Cimarron where he was a lumber worker." Martinez says his folks then moved into Colorado and were in the San Luis Valley of the southwestern part of that state for many years.

"We moved from the San Luis to'near Rocky Ford and from there to Boulder in 1955 where I now make my Martinez says. He came here last week for the funeral of Caterina Gonzales, he adds. Roybal, a 'justice of the peace, and long-time resident of-West Las Vegas, gave the euology at the funeral. "Yes--it was a long time since I saw Juan," Roybal ruminates, "but I recognized him right away--Even though it was more than 50 years since we last met." Price: 10 Cents Per Copy Tijerina raises funds in Tecolote Land grant leader objects to violence Reies Tijerina, leader of the Society of Free City States, objected to violence and emphasized education for Spanish-Americans during a television interview day in Las Vegas. Tijerina was interviewed in Spanish and English at Clearsight Cable Television Company.

Children drown in tank Two youngsters, children of Mr. and Mrs. Juan Crespin, formerly of Las Vegas, drowned Friday in a stock watering tank at Triangle Co. Ranch about 20 miles south of Ft. Sumner.

Crespin has been employed at the ranch for the past seven months. Mrs. Crespin told officers she found '(he bodies of eight-year- old Leroy and six-year-old Sadie in the tank when she returned home. The bodies of the two youngsters were brought to Las Vegas by Gonzales Ambulance. Besides their parents, the tots are survived by two sisters, Ida and Guadalupe, a brother.

On- tjovertv uroeram Tiiprim was -esimopario; Newsmen Alfr.ed Nelson and Leon Lindsey made the inter, views. Nelson asked Tijerina what his reaction to violence would be. Tijerina emphasized, that he was against violence. "Our battle is totally with words, documents, and letters," said Tijerina. He explained that the Society of Free City States was not making an effort to claim land which is under private ownership, but land which is federally controlled.

Tijerina added that the spirit of the people is in the land -that is why he is fighting. He explained that with land, the people who are intelligent and have initiative can upgrade themselves economically and socially rather than having to depend on promises and handouts. Nelson quoted a story from The New Mexican in which a Rio Arriba County commissioner said that part of the fault of the violence in Canjilon and Tierra Amarilla was due to frustration in the people because of the government's anti- Land grant leader speaks in school By BUD JORGENSEN Associated Press Writer TECOLOTE (AP)--Reies Tijerina, in his first speaking appearance outside Albuquerque since his release from prison, collected $222 for legal defenses in the tiny community of Tecolote Sunday. Speaking for more than an Rescuers probing Forrestal Tijerina Speaks --Reies Tijerina, leader of the Society of Free States, addressed a crowd of 150 or more at Sunday afternoon. He collected 222 dollars to pay for his legal fees in the upcoming trial.

(Staff Photo) President, nation pray JUAN MARTINEG AND.FEDERICO ROYBAL and Mrs. Hilario Crespin of Las Vegas and Mrs. Apolonita "Ulifaarri of Las Vegas. Services will be this morning at 10 it Our Lady of Sorrows Church. Interment will be at San Jose Cemetery.

Huge suit filed BULLETIN A suit has been filed in the First Judicial District court by Miss Joanne McAdams of Santa Fe asking for damages in the amount of 390,000,000. The suit is based upon alleged wrongful arrest resulting from an emergency court order which itself was based, the plaintiff asserts in her complaint, on "the false and malicious medical reports of Beregere Kenney and Gene Roscnbaum two Santa Fe physicians. Named as defendants in the suit arc Kenney, Rosenbaum, Rudolph Bramanli, M. Dan Palmer, M. Lcc R.

Chutnow, M. Jerome Hasty, Marguerite McAdams Hasty, James M. Scarborough, Samuel Z. Mo.n- toya, Alfonso G. Sanchez, Norman M.

Neel, Leon Kare- lilz, James B. Thomson, Robert Elder, Frances Clark, Laura Mac Naylor, David Davenport. Diana Kerner, Perez Roybal, New Mexico Slate Hospital, and the Santa Fc County Grand Jury of Jan. 4, 1967. Miss Me Adams, who is not represented by an attorney in the suit relates in the complaint that she had come to Santa Fe to visit her mother, Mrs.

Marguerite McAdams Hasty, and her mother's husband, Jerome Hasty, and David Davenport, a friend of Hasty, induced her to consult Dr. Roscnbaum. As a result, she claims, the sheriff of Sazita Fc County, Perez Roybal, arrested her without a warrant and she was transported lo the-State Hospital at Las- Vegas, where she incaceratcd from July 28, 1965 to August 15, The a i i states in her complaint that Dr. Bramanti issued a false and malcious medical report "accusing the plaintiff of buing mentally ill," and recommended that "judicial proceedings be instituted against the plaintiff." Further, the complaint states, UK- ulaintift was held "incommunicado" five days; was refused a lawyer which she had requested: and that medication was "forced on her" against her will. Leon KareliU, the complaint says "was induced by other dcfcndenls and conspired with them to trick the plaintiff into signing a voluntary commitment paper on Aug.

12." A hearing was held before Judge James M. Scarborough, Ihe coiTiplainUnt says, without her knowledge or presence. When she left hospital Aug. 15, 19G5 release form stated die h--; been "admitted lo the hospital on July 28, as patient." The woman stated in her complaint was not able to obtain legal counsel; dial certain records and dockets wort missing; thai James E. Thomson gave her false and misleading information on the recommendation of Norman M.

Ncel, assistant district attorney. Finally, when Ihe plaintiff went to the Grand Jury Dwyer. The body of a man was found under a bridge near San Isidro late Sunday. Unconfirmed reports said the man, unidentified late Sunday, had been shot to deatb. Sheriff's officers were at the scene late Sunday and could not be reached for comment.

MrSc Arellanes died Sunday Josefita Arellanes 68, died Sunday morning at a local Hospital following an extended illness. Mrs. Arellanes, a life-long resident of Villanueva, is survived by her husband, Rdjelio Arellanes of Villanueva, three daughters, Mrs. Tony Chavez of Texico, Rita Arellanes of El- Cerrito, Mrs. TTermin Rosos of Muleshoe, Texas, one son Benito Arellanes of Albuquerque, one brother, Juacjuin Romero of El Pueblo, and 11 grandchildren and many other relatives.

Rosary services will be held this evening at 7:30 at the Gonzales Memorial Chapel. Tuesday afternoon the remains will be taken to the family home at Villanueva, rosary service will be held Tuesday night. Funeral service will be held Wednesday morning from the Catholic Church of El Cerrito. Interment will be at the cemetery of El Cerrito. Gonzales Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Four injured in smash up Four Texans Were injured Sunday afternoon in a collision between a pick up truck and a bus at Dilia about 35 miles southeast of Las Vegas. Taken by Gonzales ambulance to St. Anthony's Hospital at Las Vegas were Mrs. Claude Holmes, Craig Holmes, Glen Dwyer, and Mrs. Gene Dwyer.

Craig Holmes is a son of Mrs. Holmes. Glen is the son of Mrs. to obtain criminal indictments against Dr. Palmer and Dr.

Uramanti and Judges Scarborough and Monloya, District Attorney Sanchez and Ncel and others, the 'Giymd ignored ihe charges. in accord withvthe article and added that a lot of the money spent in the anti-poverty program is being used in organization and, planning rather than for the people in Rio Arriba and 'throughout the state. Tijerina emphasized that every Spanish parson should get a better education. He said the worst thing ever done was people trying to oppress the Spanish language. He added a bi-lingual Spanish person should not find it hard to live in an English-speaking society.

"It should be no drawback to him," said Tijerina. Nelson asked Tijerina if the violence in Canjilon and Tierra Amarilla would damage the relationship between the Spanish and Anglo people in the state. Tijerina said he did not intend for this to happen. He added Anglo people should understand that the Spanish people need better jobs, education, and opportunities. Lindsey asked Tijerina if a statement, quoting Tijerina at Tecolote, was true.

The statement as taken from an Associated Press dispatch said, "Tijerina said Negroes had become brave in their fight for equality, mentioning riots in Newark, N. and Detroit, Mich, Tijerina said now was the time for Spanish-Americans to become brave." Lindsey said Tijerina denied making the statement. Tijerina did allude to the Detroit riots, but did not mean that Spanish Americans should begin rioting, he said. Again Tijerina emphasized, "Our battle is -with words, documents, and letters not with violence." Tijerina went on to say this is another 'example of how news media distorts facts. He mentioned the need for newsmen to learn Spanish for proper interpretation.

Lindsey said Tijerina was seriously considering barring newsmen from other meetings of his group. Tijerina in his interview said a national convention for Span. ish-Amcricans was being planned. Tijerina said Governor Cargo has been invited to attend so that he could see for himself that there was no violence intended in the last planned meeting at Tierra Amarilla. He said cooperation is needed between State officials and the organization so that the land grant claims could be worked out peacefully through meetings and committees, for en to race strif WASHINGTON'' Johnson and members of his family went to church in Washington Sunday to pray for civil and racial peace.

At the National City Christian Church, The Rev. George Davis ied the congregation in prayer '-for the The accident occurred when, a bus, carrying a group of 16 Boy Scouts from Plainvicw, Tex. cither slowed down or stopped, at Dilia, and the pick- Aliss McAdams further states in her complaint "she up ran into the rear of the larg- ncver was mentally ill and all reports and statements in regard to i a condition were false and cr vehicle. Mrs. Holmes and Mrs.

Dwyer were in the pick, up truck. One, or perhaps both, boys svere iu bus. Traffic deaths The New Mexico Highway death toll through the first few months of 1967 stands at 231. The total a year ago July 30 wub 244. Weekend racial hot spots DETROIT (AP)--A Negro was shot to death by paratrooper gunfire early Sunday on Detroit's east side.

And there were reports cf other- isolated gunfire in the city, although none were confirmed. The shooting incident which marred the racial quiet occurred, an army spokesman says, when the Negro cut in front of a private who was firing at another, armed Negro. The armed Negro got away. New York City had racial quiet during the night. But up the Hudson at Ncwburgh, a Neo-Nazi rally was followed by a window smashing, rock throwing spree by bands of young Negroes.

Some 75 Negroes had walked out of the rally that had brought protests from the Negro community. Elgin, Illinois had racial troubles during the night Saturday. So did Lackawanna, in upstate New York. In Lackawanna, a beer bottle thrown from a passing car ignited skirmishing between whites and Negroes in the downtown section. However.

order was restored, and there were no arrests. In Newburgh, New York, City Manager Paul McCauley took personal charge of the city police force to restore order. When the violence bnikc out, a dozen members of the National Renaissance Party that had held the rally were given a police escort' out of town. The NAACP had planned to picket the rally, but refrained at the request of city officials. The rally was held over the objections oC county board of supervisors when a court ruled that ii had to be permitted.

In New York City, Francis Cardinal Spellman celebrated Mass in the extensively Puerto liicau East Harltun area. reconciliation of this nation, for the binding up of ior the healing hurts." In churches and synagogues across the nation, there were similar prayers Saturday and Sunday--in response to the President's proclamation last Thursday. On Detroit's 12th Street, in the heart of the city's riot area, The Rev. James Cannon told ihe Negro congregation of St. Mark's Community Church, "life must go on," He added "this is not the time for pointing the finger of scorn.

This is the time for re-building." Army paratroopers pulled out of Detroit's riot areas Sunday. This left national guard partols and state police on duty in the city which last week saw the worst Negro rioting of modern American history. Mayor Jerome Cavanaugh said, however that unless Congress deals realistically with urban problems "we're going to have tilings far worse." The mayor expressed himself to interview- hour in the crowded Tecolote grade school, Tijerina compared the raid on the Rio Arriba County Courthouse to the Detroit riots. "The time is right for us to get rid of fear," he said, comparing the Spanish-Americans to the Negro residents of Detroit in the fiery speech interrupted several times by applause. About 150 persons heard Tijerina speak, but a majority were not members of his Confederation of Free City States.

He asked for a show of hands of confederation members at the start of his talk and about one quarter of the persons in the audience raised their hands. Tijerina also asked how many persons were from Tecolote and about SO people raised their hands. People of all age levels made up the audience. Tecolote, a farming community of some 100 residents that is not on most road maps, is located eight miles southwest of Las Vegas. Tecolote is also in the fourth judicial districtand outside the jurisdiction-of Santa -Fe Dist.

Atty. Alfonso Sanchez. Tijerina has blamed Sanchez for the events leading to the June 5 raid, saying it was Sanchez' actions that aroused the peo pie. Asked by the Associated Press, Tijerina said he did not avoid going into Sanchez' district for this first fund-raising meeting. 'If he wants to arrest me, he ABOARD THE CARRIER FORRESTAL A A the fire-ravaged U.

S. Aircraft carrier Forrestal limps toward the Philippines, rescuers work through her bomb-b'lasted decks in search of scores of missing crewmen. At count, 'bodies of 71 men had been recovered. Another 112 officers and men are still either in the depths of the ship or in the sea. And as of now they're presumed dead, even as the search goes on.

Damage may reach 390, million in lost planes and damage' to the big carrier. Famili es waiting for word ALBUQUERQUE (AP) At least eight Albuquerque families are still waiting for word can," Tijerina said. He said his- about next of kin who were ers. group plans a series of meetings like the Tecolote meeting at least two a week--and Tierra Amarilla will be one of the meeting sites. Tijerina was driven to the meeting by an armed driver.

The man who drove Tijerina's vehicle carried a sidearm partially concealed by his shirt and stood behind him during the proceedings at the Tecolote school house. Tijerina told the Associated Press he asked his followers not to bring arms to the meetings, but added he has advised them that if they are in the habit of carrying arms in their automobiles to not be intimidated against doing so. He noted that i Continued or rage 4. aboard the carrier. Forrestal when it was ravaged by fire in the Gulf of Tonkin.

Those listed from the Albuquerque area have been identified as: Dennis Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Adams. Fred Armijo, son of Mr. and Mrs.

David Armijo. David Clouse, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bei nard Clouse. Donn Green, the husband of Mrs.

Donn Green. William E. Lew, Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs.

William E. Lew. Frank Pinoco, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank'Pinoco.

Michael Sheldon, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Goodner, Jr. Albert Simoalla, Jr. son of Mr.

and Mrs. Albert Simballa. Damaging Fire Considerable damage bedroom, called the fire trucks. Firemen was done to one side of this new house, under construction at 7.15 Lori Lane early Friday. John Fields and his wit'e who were living in the house, were awak- remained on the job for more than an hour.

Fields said he had construction insurance on the property. Immediate investigation failed to disclose cause of ened by smoke and flames in the, back the fiie. (Staff Photo).