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Tbe Weather ALBUQl-ERQUE: Occasional high cloudiness today. High 60. Lows tonight, 25 Valley. 30 Heights. (Details on D-5.) Good Mornmj Circumstances Being What They Are, Perhaps Top Federal Workers Had Better Enjoy It While They Can.

NAL 92nd Year Volume 371 Number 23 Sunday Morning, January 23, 1972 11 1 Taxes in Llrven Seetion 4. Price 20c State Raids Met Pound. 8 Ot niuana 800 Ma Solid Pay, Benefits Officers Five Killed In Crash Of Plane Life Pretty Sweet Arrest 52 In 4 Cities For U.S. Employes pCjjl life LAS CRUCES LV) A twin engine aircraft crashed into mxwd hill oonntrv New Mpyiro law enforcement officials in separate investigative actions Saturday reported he seizure of about 800 pounds of marijuana and the arrest of 52 persons in four cities in ihe second about 30 miles southwest of Las Cruces Saturday afternoon, anna rent lv kiflintr ihe five persons aboard. Col.

Charles Nichols, southwest group commander of the New Civil Air Pa trol, said late Saturday. largest raid in state history. Two seizures accounted for the $65,000 worth of marijuana flown across the bolder from Mexico. One Came at an unmarked airstrip just inside the U.S. 1 about 35 miles south of Animas in Hidalgo county, where 360 Dona Ana Countv Sheriff Fdriio DiMatteo said the five victims in cluded two Albuquerque businessmen and three Las Cruces WASHINGTON Cfl The government's highest-paid employe can summon a helicopter to his lawn, go through stoplights, have the Marine band play at his parties and leave a magnificent public-owned mansion to weekend in a public-owned mountain hideaway.

The rest of America's 2.8 million government employes aren't as well off as Richard M. Nixon, but compared with the rest of us, they have it pretty good. Their pay, thanks to a pliant Congress, ranks favorably with private industry; their retirement benefits are the envy of unions; their vacations and sick leave are better than most. And then there's job security; not as enduring as commonly thought, but certainly no worse than in the outside world. THOSE FACTORS alone would indicate that the man who draws his pay from Uncle Sam is in an elite class.

Sometimes it's so; often it's not. The government giveth and the government taketh away. For instance: President Nixon announced last August his three-month wage-price-rent freeze and or dered that Jan. 1 Pay Raises for federal employes be postponed until July 1 "to check the rise in the cost of government." Federal workers howled they were being made sacrificial goats. The Cost of Living Council exempted them from controls, leaving the matter to Congress which restored the 5.5 per cent raise at an added cost of more than $1 billion in the January-June period.

The White House said that Nixon's opposition has not changed because "federal employes should set an example." Nixon ordered a 5 per cent cut in federal employment. In private industry pink slips would flutter. In government it's done mostly by attrition people retire, they're not replaced. SAID JOHN flRINER, president of the American Federation of Government Employes: "One of the drawbacks of the federal service, ever since we've been a nation, was the concept that 'father knows best," management was not to be questioned it's always right and the employe is always wrong. Continued on A-6 men he described as "prom inent.

Asst. Dist. Attv. Larrv Pickett kilo bricks or 700 pounds of marijuana was found. Value was placed at $57,000.

The other, a related incident said the bodies were being brought into Dona Ana Memorial Hospital about 11:45 P.m. He said there were fivo men killed in the crash. A spokesman for the Las Cruces metro police detail said he had received reports that occupants of the craft were in a continuing investigation into Mexican-New Mexico drug i traffic, was in a crashed plane I near Wilcox, just across the New Mexico line. i INSIDE THE PLANE, which had been reported stolen from Las Vegas, were 49 kilos of marijuana, about 100 pounds, valued at $7500. The narcotics raids In Alamognrdo.

and Las Vegas climaxed Trying out the Diane before purchasing it. 1 FAA spokesmen said the plane: left the El Paso airport Satur-; day afternoon, after "some' Phot tj Rsf Crj Mrs. Doretha Hill, Activist John Goldsmith and Attorney Leon Taylor Plea for Funds for Suspects' Legal Defense passengers got off and some others got on" at the airport. Eight Press Units Being Installed To Double City Dailies' Capacity five months of undercover work by State Police nar The spokesmen refused to cotics agents and local of release anv names because they said, they could not be City's Black Community Kicks Off certain of the identities. DONA ANA COUNTY ficers, Capt.

T. J. Chavez, head of the State Police narcotics division said Saturday. Chavez said the largest previous raid in the state was conducted last fall and resulted in more than 1 00 arrests. WARRANTS OR indictments nnerin ouicers said the acci Mrs.

Hill-Vines Defense Campaign dent was reported to them at about 4 p.m. by Bob Crawford, a pilot who spotted the crash when he flew over the area. Offices said the crash was not sootted until about 5:30 p.m. and the rueeed terrain slowed on information gathered in the Eight new press units, each capable of printing 16 full-sized newspaper pages simultaneously, or a total of 128 pages plus color, are being delivered this week to Albuquerque Publishing Co. to double the present pressroom capacity of Albuquerque's two daily newspapers.

The new units also will contribute positively to the internal working environment of the expanding Journal Tribune Bldg. at 701 Silver SW. They are equipped with dust collectors, noise and vibration controls and ink-suppression systems. THE NEW UNITS, products of the latest graphic arts technology, are of the Goss Mark Headliner series. They are capable, without special adaptation, of handling the new 1 ight-weight, shallow-relief, Photo on A-2 high-speed photo-mechanical printing plates soon to be used in the daily production of the Journal and Tribune.

Used in tandem with the Journal Tribune's present Goss Mark I press units, the new units will enable either of the two daily newspapers to turn out a 128-page newspaper in half the time now required. rescuerers trying to reach the sue. motion to withdraw Vines' plea to the charge of harboring of fugitives from guilty to innocent. "I believe he has a defense," Taylor said, "and if you don't believe it just come down and watch." Taylor said a hearing on the motion will be held Thursday. MEANWHILE.

$91.14 was raised for the Hill and Vines Legal Defense Fund. John Goldsmith of the Black Continued on A-6 ALTHOUGH THE new maximum capacity is slated in terms of the number of black-and-white pages, the newest units also provide some additional multi-color capability without requiring a reduction in the total number of pages. Sixteen heavy Y-columns to support the eight new units arrived late in December and were promptly installed in the pressroom. Paper reels for the eight new units arrived early this month. INSTALLATION OK the new units which will require about 14 weeks is not contingent on completion of the Journal-Tribune's present building expansion project.

Capacity and location for the new units were built into the pressroom during the last most recent undercover operation were slill outstanding Saturday night for 23 persons. The largest number of arrests Saturday were in Alamogorrio. with 21 adults and six juveniles apprehended in the biggest narcotics roundup in Otero County history. The Animas marijuana find was Friday, although it wasn't reported until Saturday afternoon by federal, state and Hidalgo County officials. Cuba Gets Request By BEN VSTILLO About 100 members of the Black community a disappointing crowd, according to rally coordinators gathered at the Model Cities Field Office Saturday afternoon to kick off a fund-raising drive for the legal defense of Mrs.

Doretha Hill and Johnny Vines. Mrs. Hill and Vines have been charged with harboring three suspects in the slaying of Slate Policeman Robert Rosenbloom. THE SUSPECTS -Charles Hill, Mrs. Hill's son; Michael Finney and Ralph Goodwin currently are in Cuba after hijacking a jetliner at the A 1 buquerque International Airport.

Several persons including Mrs. Hill and her attorney, Leon Taylor spoke at the gathering. Mrs. Hill said she did "what any mother would have done Charles Hill is my son Taylor reported he has filed a Union Official Seized I Journal Index Around New Mexico G-l Arts t-U At City Hall Classified G-7. 11-10 Crossword Puzzle Editorials A-4 Farm and Ranch D-4 Home Living Horoscope K-2 In the Capital A-l In the Schools A-5 Movies G-l ,5 Obituaries f.g Our Slant a-I People's Column A-5 Quality in Living School Menu K-3 Sports TV Log, Previews A-ll Wieck in Washington A-5 Woman's World Plus Parade and 2 big comic sections.

DEPUTY II I Kd Cramer said a plane was observed by Hidalgo County residents to land at an unmark- ed airstrip about 15 miles from I the Mexican border about 8 a.m. Several persons were seen (unloading bags from the plane. IThey fled in cars before police arrived leaving 18 burlap bags icontaining the 700 pounds of (marijuana. SANTA FE (AP) The government of the United States has been informed that the Cuban government has received documents pertaining to the requested extradition of three alleged skyjackers to New Mexico, A. E.

Manell, special assistant to the U.S. secretary of state, said Saturday. Manell made the announcement in a letter to the office of Gov. Bruce King. He said the documents were transmitted by the United States through the Swiss embassy to Havanna, Cuba.

The three suspects face federal charges of air piracy for the hijacking of a TWA jetliner from Albuquerque to Cuba Nov. 27. Manell said in the letter he was pleased by the confirmation and would keep in close contact with the governor's office regarding future developments in the case. previous expansion of the building. The new presses, weighing a total of 315 tons, ill occupy a space 27 feet high and feet long when fully assembled.

They will be erected by Masthead, a professional newspaper press erection firm, under supervision of a representative of the manufacturer, the Goss Division of MGD Graphics Systems, North American Rockwell Corp. WASHINGTON (IP A vice president of the International Teamsters Union was arrested Saturday in Kansas City after being indicted on a charge of embezzling $16,000 in union funds, the Justice Dept. said. Atty. Gen.

John N. Mitchell identified him as Roy Lee Williams, 56, president of Kansas City Teamsters Local 41 and Joint Council 56 and a vice president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Williams was freed on bond, the statement said. The indictment charged that in January, 1967, Williams had a check made out to him from the local for $16,000 for his own use and without the necessary authorization of the local. AGENTS THEORIZED that the marijuana dealers spotted Continued on A-9 Father Changes Lifestyle to Aid Youth flll By CATHERINE LUTHER Shortly after Elwood L.

Lowe discovered his son's involvement with drugs in 1969, the former Alamogordo contractor changed his own lifestyle. First, he began working and talking with young people in trouble in southern New Mexico, and last year sent 14 teenagers to the Teen Challenge Center in Phoenix, one of several established by the Rev. David Wilkerson of New York City to help the teenager in trouble. LAST YEAR he gave up his contracting business and moved his family to Albuquerque. With Nathan Nelson of Roswell and Lafoy Parker of Lovington, Youth Life of New Mexico was incorporated to counsel and aid the young person or adult hung up on drugs or already addicted.

It is Christian oriented. Youth Life opened its residence house at 201 12th NW with a public open house Saturday. The open house continues today. The catalyst causing his lifestyle change was something "I thought would never happen to us. This type thing only happened to someone in a big city, or where there isn't a father to give strong discipline when needed.

My son got involved with the one thing that all parents should fear the most drugs," Lowe said. "It seemed everything was going great for my family. We were a family that was active in many things sports, hunting, fishing, skiing and the like. We were also active in church. I was raised in a Christian home.

My father was a minister." LOWE SAID instead of wanting to vent his feelings of anger and despair on those who talked his son into drugs, he "placed the blame on him. You see, no one makes our children turn to drugs. They choose to go with dope usually because of one thing curiosity. Ninety nine per cent of the time it is one of their best friends, not the person we call the pusher." Lowe sent his son to California for treatment and the youth has now returned to his family. After discovery of his son's problem Lowe said he "wanted to help." He said he "discovered some startling facts.

Without question, at least 50 to 70 per cent (of our youth) had experiences with drugs. Many young people, sometimes from the best homes, are bent on completely wrecking their lives and the lives of the parents who truly love them." Citing experiences with young people on drugs, Lowe said "the sad part about these kids is that their parents don't know about their habit and, therefore, really don't know why they are having problems." KICKING the habit, Lowe says, is difficult. "For one to quit using drugs, they must have a complete mental attitude change. Sometimes it takes months, but with God's help, I have seen this change come about for many youths in Alamogordo and Albuquerque." Lowe said since the organization of Youth Life, he has witnessed "miraculous transformations in the lives of individuals." Christian oriented, Youth Life is supported by private donations and not supported by any particular church it is interdenominational. "Individuals who sincerely desire help are invited to Youth Life to live for the purpose of rehabilitation," he said.

Life at the home includes devotions, household duties, and recreation. Also, Lowe and some of the residents, which now number six, have visited city schools to present personal stories and hold discussion groups. NO MEDICATION is given the withdrawing addict, Lowe said. "It's 'cold turkey' here." The home is being leased from the Uvelace Foundation. It is the former residence of the late Dr.

W. R. Lovelace. Lowe said there are indications juvenile drug offenders will be referred to the home, noting a youngster now at the detention home should be arriving there within a week. One resident, he said, was referred to the home by a judge.

LOWE BELIEVES Youth Life will be a success, filling a need in New Mexico for a residential center for young people and said one of the youngest residents was a 12-year-old boy, now being rejoined with his father. The youth, Lowe said, "had been on drugs since he was eight years old." Albuquerqueans who have joined the venture as the remainder of the seven-member board of directors are Richard Kehl, Claud Marsh, Clyde Dixon and Leroy Jones. -r's'l: i eil I.3 Journal PheLa Jea Youth Life Founder-Director Elwood Lowe and Young Resident unt; iUdRw jw. isiiiiuivii i urn iu irus.