The Roswell Daily Record from Roswell, New Mexico • Page 1

with a chance of rain today and Friday VOI. 91, NO. 129 IDailtj Utecori ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO 88201 THURSDAY, MAY 31,1979 28 PAGES TODAY 15c DAILY 30C SUNDAY Archbishop considers trip here to see photo By AL GIBES Record SUff Writer Archbishop Robert F. Sanchez of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe may come to Roswell to inspect the "bleeding portrait" of Christ, said the Rev. Albert Gallegos.

archdiocese communications director. And a statement released today by the archbishop said a preliminary investigation into the "bleeding portrait" will be launched Friday by the Rev. Kevin Moynahan. pastor of Assumption Catholic Church in Ros- wcll. Gallegos said he believes Archbishop Sanchez will come to Roswell to see the portrait for himself in the very near future, "if this thing gets any bigger." Kathy Malott, one of the four witnesses to the "flow of blood" that apparently came from the portrait, said her family has no objection to an inspection by the clergy, although the family has refused both a polygraph test and further laboratory testing of the "blood." "My husband and and my grandmother feel that whoever in the world wants to see it can see it," Mrs.

Malott said. "I feel that the picture is a message for everyone in the world anyway and a blessing for everyone who comes to see it. "The picture speaks for itself," she added. "We don't need to speak for it." The statement released by Sanchez today said: "I have been asked to comment on the image of Christ in Roswell, N.M., which is said to have bled. In all honesty, I cannot comment on this phenomenon since I have neither seen it myself nor has it been thoroughly investigated.

"However. I would make this observation: That the Catholic Church never regards phenomena such as this as an omen either of good or evil. Rather, we look on such indicator plunge sets record WASHINGTON (DPI) The nation's Index of Leading Economic Indicators took its sharpest plunge ever recorded last month, the government said today. That was one of two gloomy reports issued by the Commerce Department. April's slide of 3.3 percent in the indicators a major gauge of the economy was even bigger than the 3 percent dip recorded in September 1974 during the last big recession.

The Commerce Department said a major cause of the sharp decline was an abnormal) large drop in the average work week caused by the fact that Easier and Passover holidays and a trucking strike all fell during the April survey week. An hour later, the Commerce Department also announced that new orders to the nation's factories for manufactured goods dropped by $9.1 billion or 6.1 percent to $111 billion in April. That was the sharpest percentage decline in any one month since 6.6 percent in December 1974. It served clear notice the economy is slowing down. A large part of the decline in factory orders were composed of drops in requests for durable good such as non-electrical machinery, transportation equipment, primary metals and fabricated metal products.

Some economists believe that if the leading indicator index falls three straight months in a row a recession lies ahead. Others say that this is too simple a rule, especially since the index gyreates wildly and is frequently revised. Last month, the department reported the index had fallen three months in a row January, February and March. But today, the department revised the March figure from a 0.5 percent decline to a 0.3 percent increase. Eight of the ten indicators that make up the index declined in April average workweek, layoff rate, vendor performance, 4-month change in total liquid assets, change in sensitive prices, contracts and orders for plant and equipment in 1972 dollars, new orders in 1972 dollars and building permits.

Former city man mixes up own brew gasohol ByLEEDIXON Record City Editor Ex-Roswellite Bobby Joe Shoemaker, now of Amarillo, Texas, is kind of an independent type who decided he'd had enough of being on the wrong side of the gas pumps in a shell game. He was convinced, furthermore. that there was an incredible gulf between the actual oil situation and the crisis he kept hearing about. As an industrial truck and equipment mechanic, Bob felt that gasohol was a step in the right direction, but only a baby step. Most gasohol is a mere 10 percent alcohol the other 90 is still unleaded gasoline.

Tanks for the memory Lee Dixon photo Former Roswellite Bob Shoemaker of Amarillo demonstrates his simple method of beating the oil crisis cutting his fuel 50 50 with alcohol. Bob just has gas put in, then adds an equal amount of the alcohol he buys in 55 gallon drums. When gasoline is a mere memory, Bob plans to run his car anyhow, by modifying it to run on straight alcohol. Bob and his friend Don Parker, also of Amarillo, wanted to take a giant step. So they modified their cars to run on a mix of 50 percent alcohol and 50 gasoline, which they still call gasohol.

Bob, a Roswell native here on a visit, told the Daily Record there are no modifications on his present car, a 1978 El Camino 350 V-8, loaded with power options. He has put 1,200 miles on it with the 50-50 mix, without problems. He said he has burned a 60 percent alcohol mix and it works well for highway driving, but tends to "diesel" in city conditions. The "diesel" surge, however, can be controlled by a minor adjustment in fuel pressure, he said. Other advantages he ticked off were that gasohol burns cooler, burns 30 percent cleaner and doesn't explode like gasoline.

Bob buys his alcohol in 55-gallon drums, paying $1.24 a gallon. He said if he bought in larger quantities, he could get it for $1 a gallon not too far off current gasoline prices. He keeps the mixing simple, just has gasoline put into the car, then pours an equal amount of alcohol into the tank with it. He said the mix can be used in any house and garden machine such as mowers that use straight gasoline. Shoemaker points out that the high-performance Indy racecars burn alcohol and that Germany used it for vehicle fuel in World War II.

The higher the compression, the higher the percentage of alcohol that can be used, he said. "It's not anything new, but people have been bellyaching that there's nothing they can do about the fuel shortage since it first began," he said. "If I have to pay road tax on it, that's all right, too." Determined to keep their cars mobile even if gasoline became scarce, Bob and friend did something. And their high standard has earned them chevrons in the energy conservation battle. Furthermore, very soon, they plan to assemble an engine that can run on 100 percent alcohol.

They really intend to have king's on, no matter how bad the petroleum situation gets. phenomena as simply another verification of our faith in God's abiding presence. "If we truly believe that God's spirit dwells among its people, then we should never be alarmed when his presence is manifested in visible form. I would hope that the general public would respect the privacy of the home of the family involved." Gallegos said he would be looking into the incident, adding that he too probably would come to see the portrait for himself. He said that Moynahan, who currently is in Albuquerque, has been contacted on the matter and will "look into it very quietly tomorrow." "We're not officially sending him," Gallegos said.

"We're just asking him to look into it. "The important thing the archbishop is saying is 'let's not Gallegos said. Meanwhile, more than 1,500 persons have visited the Willie Mae Soy more home at 306 N. Union Ave. since last Saturday, with "visiting hours" now limited to Sundays bet ween 2-7 p.m.

Xach Malott, one of the four witness to the "now of blood." said that he has received calls from radio stations across the United States and Canada, asking about the portrait. The family also has heard from persons in Massachuscls and New York, as well as 111., where a man asked the family to "pray to the Lord" so that his four-year-old daughter might be cured of a degenerating blood disease. "He said he thought the Spirit would be working for us," Malott said. "So we had a prayer service for her right here in our living room. "We're not faith healers, but we'll be glad to pray for everyone that wants us to.

We'll bring it to Christ and he'll do with it what he to," Malott added. Mrs. Seymore. HI. said she and her family have had a difficult time keeping persons from touching the portrait.

Malott told of one man who was studying the picture when he suddenly reached out and touched the dried blood, saying "he felt he had to doit." Mrs. Seymore told the Daily Record that she "doesn't want anything else taken from the picture" for future tests, saying it "wouldn't be right." Mrs. Malott, Zach's wife, who gave the portrait to Mrs. Seymore seven years ago, said the family would not go along with an offer to have a polygraph test administered to them. "I have nothing against the test but it would neither prove it or disprove it," Mrs.

Malott said. Malott, 32, admits to being "changed 100 percent by the bleeding portrait." "I want everyone to know what I used to be. I was a sinner and I still am a sinner we all are. I'm going to try my best to follow Jesus Christ for the rest of my life," Malott said. He added that he believes people should "pray to Jesus as to whether to believe or not that this is the sign he intended to leave.

I wish people would go to Jesus for the answer. Don't accept my word." First, a chassis Al Gibes photo Transportation Manufacturing Corp. (TAAC) workers put a chassis together among the initial steps in the assembly of a new Citycruiser. Additional assembly stages include side walls and roof sections and painting. Some 155 workers are involved in production of the Citycruiser, the first of which was unveiled today during ceremonies at the Roswell Industrial Air Center based factory.

For a closer look, please turn fo Page 10. TMC completes first Citycruiser Photos of Citycruisers being built, Page 10 A new transit bus, engineered for greater fuel efficiency at lower operating costs, rolled off the Transportation Manufacturing Corp. (TMC) assembly line at the Roswell Industrial Air Center today. The Citycruiser is a small heavy- duty transit bus inaugurating a new class of nimble, more practical transit vehicles, as well as airport and rent-a-car shuttles. TMC research revealed a need for an economical alternative to the 35- and 40-foot transit buses in general use around the country, the company reported.

These findings led to the Inside today's Daily Record Roswell Vietnam veterans, sometimes called the forgotten veterans, are being remembered this week. Page 3. Region Ruidoso officials agree to review the village's policy on building permit fees, after hearing objections. Page 12. The Hansens, parents of Siamese twin girls, have traded their months of doubt and agony for tears of joy and hope.

Page 27. Sports Confidence, not emotion, is motivating the Seattle SuperSonics toward the NBA crown. Page 15. Reading guide p. 3 Comics p.

26 Focus p. 23 P. 27 Obituaries p. 13 People in the news p. 2 Region p.

12 people p. Sports p. 15 State p. jy Television p. 26 4 Vistas p.

6 Weather p. 13 Bright side LOS ANGELES (UPI) Dick Winslow's problem was not exactly time on his hands. Winslow, 63, an entertainer, ap peared at Good Samaritan Hospital, complaining his throat had hurt for days. An ray found the problem: a Mickey Mouse watch no strap, just the watch lodged in his esophagus. Doctors managed to pull it out with a forceps.

Winslow said he figured the wat chworks must have been in a glass of vitamin pills he swallowed days earlier. Citycruiser, a highly adaptable vehicle at home in both suburban and urban applications from high- density traffic in congested central cities to lightly patronized suburban routes. In addition, the Citycruiser enables smaller cities on limited budgets to inaugurate mass transit programs, especially important as existing fuel supplies become more uncertain. The Citycruiser seats 32 and comes with a full line of accessories, including air conditioning, power steering, public address systems and special outside wheelchair lifts. It marks the entry of TMC, a subsidiary of The Greyhound into the transit manufacturing industry.

Special manufacturing and assembly facilities were constructed for the exclusive production of the Citycruiser. At a nearby plant, TMC builds the Americruiser II intercity bus used by Greyhound Lines, and the MC-9 used by other intercity bus companies. The Citycruiser's compact dimensions, shorter wheelbase and turning radius make it more maneuverable than existing larger buses. At 32 feet long, 8 feet wide and 9'- feet high, it weighs only 20,000 pounds, has a 15-foot wheelbase and a turning radius of 28 feet. Large, sealed, double-glazed, laminated safety glass windows are complemented by upper-level single-glazed sliding windows.

Two hatches are located on the roof and may be used for ventilation. Fiberglass insulation in both the side walls and ceiling not only maintain comfortable interior temperatures but deaden street noise. Unlike other small buses that are converted from truck chassis, the Citycruiser is built from the ground up as a heavy-duty transit bus. It incorporates heavy-duty components which are now used on standard 40-foot buses and is powered by a Detroit Diesel Allison 6V53 engine coupled to a four-speed automatic transmission. Heavy-duty air operated brakes, commonly found only on much larger and heavier buses, are used for an extra margin of safety..