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A-2 ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL Tuesday, January 27, 1976 $900,000 Total Given In Chuska School Suit 18 Buses At Kirtland Operative Iff welfare of the boys and knew or should have known that a failure to properly supervise children of their ages would cause or result in the students leaving the premises. Bratton said that although the testimony was "very conflicting," he found that the school had no supervision at all on the playgrounds from 3:30 p.m. when school was over for the day and 4 p.m. when the pupils were to report to the dorms. Bratton said the BIA had a duty to supply what.

he termed "reasonable supervision" on the Chuska campus. He said the school should have had someone on the play grounds immediately after school. And, although testimony indicated there was an individual on the playground at the time, Bratton found the individual was not in a position of supervising the children. The case will now be referred to the appellate section of the Justice Dept. in Washington to determine if it will be appealed to a higher court By CAROL COHEA A federal judge Monday awarded $300,000 each to three Navajo boys who suffered serious frostbite when they ran away from the Chuska Boarding School on the Navajo Reservation three years ago.

In his findings, U.S. District Court Judge Howard Bratton, who heard the three-day non-jury trial, determined that the government was negligent in allowing the boys to run away from Chuska Boarding School in January 1973. The boys, according to trial testimony, were lost for four days in a severe snowstorm which hit the area. As a result of the frostbite and exposure, all had to undergo amputations to both legs between the ankle and the knee. All now wear artificial limbs.

The original suit, which asked $1 million damages for each boy, alleged the federal government failed to assume proper responsibility for the Immunization Turnout Below APS Estimates By SUSANNE BURKS Inspections Monday turned up only 18 out of 60 buses serving the Central Consolidated Schools at Kirtland judged immediately operative, a State Dept. of Education official said late Monday. Bus contractor crews were expected to work through the night on items termed by Central Supt. R. E.

Karlin as "minor," however, and schools are to be in full operation today. Karlin said the district has asked local news media to ask parents of children in areas not served to please help get those children to school. The inspections were conducted by State Dept. of Education and state police personnel after the department shut down the bus system and the schools Friday and Monday The bus contractor for the area is Red Rock Transportation Co. Bill Loshbough, state director of school transportation, said late Monday the inspections revealed that "out of 60 units, including spare and activity buses, we have 18 units we will permit to operate tomorrow (today) morning unless some of the items found on the other vehicles are corrected overnight." Loshbough said inspectors found some vehicles on which "we had a question concerning the exhaust system, which would permit carbon monoxide into the vehicles.

Other defects found included broken shock absorbers and broken springs or spring hangers "which could cause a steering problem or loss of control," Loshbough said. He said six units "passed completely," 12 had defects of a non-safety hazard nature that did not "ground" them and 42 had defects necessitating "major repair" and grounding until they can be re-inspected. Inspections will be conducted beginning at 6 a.m. today of buses that Red Rock crews will repair tonight, Loshbough said. Train Tickets Mayor Harry Kinney buys the first tickets for the American Freedom Train's New Mexico visit on Feb.

3-5. Selling the tickets are Nancy Meadows of the Bicentennital Commission and Dale Richardson, district manager of Piggly Wiggly markets. Besides Piggly Wiggly, tickets may also be purchased at the Winrock Mall and the First National Bank. Tickets are $1 for children 3 to 12 years old, $1 for senior citizens 65 and older and $2 for adults. Children under 3 are admitted free.

an updated list of the non-immunized students to the State Health Agency within two weeks of the clinic as part of APS' compliance plan, developed after an initial survey showed more than 27,453 needing immunizations. Spokesmen reported the clinic Monday went smoothly and Miss Moloney said there were "very, very few" upset children although a special room was set up to handle them. The immunizations given were against diphtheria, tetanus, two kinds of measles and polio. Dog Nips Burglary Attempt Somewhere in Albuquerque a burglar is probably grimacing in pain, vowing he will never again enter an art gallery and wondering why he failed to heed the warning from a 150-pound Great Dane. The burglar was mauled early Monday by the Great Dane who guards the Schelu II Art Gallery, 3201 E.

Central. As burglaries go, this one began routinely. The burglar smashed out a window at the rear of the gallery and climbed inside. In the process, he knocked over a sculpture and pottery. Once inside, however, the burglar was confronted by the dog (whose name was withheld by reqnest of her owners).

door with a panic bar on it but couldn't. He then went upstairs and the dog chased him up." The building, formerly a fire station, is three stories with a "hose tower" at the top. The burglar made it to the hose tower, and so did the dog. "She cornered him in the hose tower and really did a number on him," Lusk said. "There was a lot of blood up there." The burglar, no doubt panic striken, managed to run back dowTi the stairs and slam a door, saving himself from more mauling by the dog.

The burglar ran out a back door, taking nothing but his wounded body with him. Lusk said the dog "was very proud of herself" when he arrived at the gallery Monday morning. "She was waiting for her praise because she did her job." Illegal Sales Tax Alleged County Attorney Joe Diaz Monday said he has received complaints that "several" businesses in the county, outside the city limits, are charging customers a 4.25 per cent gross receipts tax rather than the 4 per cent tax allowable. Noting the 4.25 Der cent tax is applicable only within the city limits, due to a measure adopted by the City Council last summer and made effective Jan. 1, Diaz said the overcharging is probably just a matter of not realizing the extra quarter-cent is not applicable outside the city limits.

Bridge Play Awards Set By SUSANNE BURKS Officials reported 702 Albuquerque students out of an estimated potential 2000 received state-required immunizations Monday as a five-day clinic opened at the Civic Auditorium. The clinic is being conducted by the Bernalillo County Health Dept. with the aid of Albuquerque Public Schoois and is open to private and parochial students as well as those in APS. It will continue today beginning at 9:30 a.m. with students from primarily Northeast Heights elementary public schools scheduled to be bused to the auditorium APS officials had no explanation for Monday's low turnout.

Agnes Moloney, directorof APS Nursing Services, said 2000 was the potential and "we were hoping for much more than 702." Mrs. Ruth Hunnicutt, county supervisor for the State Health Agency, said, "We hope to put at least 2000 a day through," but added there is no way of knowing how many high school students will come. The schedule calls for elementary students to be bused to the auditorium the first three days of the week, junior high-middle school students to be bused on Thursday and Friday and high school students to come in their own transportation every afternoon this week. Ben Biles of the APS public information office said the count Monday was 560 elementary students and 142 high school students. Most of the elementary students bused in Monday were from APS North Area schools, according to Pat Vigil of the APS Transportation Division.

Miss Moloney and other APS spokesmen said some of the 16,645 APS students identified about two weeks ago as being deficient have brought in records showing they have been immunized. But she said she has no tally yet on how many were eliminated from the non-immunized list since APS is keeping count at the moment only for the busing operation by school. Miss Moloney said APS will submit is three years old and Lusk said the Great Dane "very even tempered." Dick Lusk, whose wife Doris owns the gallery, said the dog is trained to give a warning. "If someone comes through a window, the dog will not rush them," he said. "She backs off and barks and growls and gives the person a chance to leave." The burglar failed to listen and missed his chance.

"He came in anyway," Lusk said, "and she (the dog) got him." Based on indications at the scene, she got him a number of times. "There was blood everywhere in the building," Lusk said. "The burglar tried to get out a About $2000 worth of damage was done to the art objects in the gallery. "The sculpture the burgler knocked over was valuable and there is blood spattered on a lot of the wall hangings and other things," he said. Police were checking hospitals for a mauled man but had not found a suspect.

'Nosey' Of ficer Qty Boy, 12, Dies Nabs Suspect Yearly Costs Scholarships of $200, $100 and $50 will be awarded University of New Mexico students who place first, second and third in a duplicate bridge tournament for beginning duplicate players starting Feb. 9 in the UNM student union. Preliminary sessions tonight and Feb. 2 will prepare the players for the regulations of the program, the rules of duplicate bridge and the ethics, strategy and mechanics of play. All sessions preliminary and tournament will begin at 7 p.m.

in Room 231-E of the student union, according to Jean Hendrickson, chairman. The College Scholarship Program is sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) as the first of its kind for ACBL in college tournaments, Mrs. Hendrickson said. She said the ACBL has established the rules to limit participation to previously non-duplicate or beginning duplicate players, defined as having less than 20 registered master points. Participants also must be full-time college students in good standing and must remain in that status throughout the tournament.

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"The officer has quite a nose for marijuana and smelled a strong odor coming from the car," a State Police spokesman said. "He asked the driver to open the trunk and. when the driver did, he found the marijuana." Warren McEvoy, 26, of Springwood, 111., was booked into county jail for alleged possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Police said the street value of the marijuana was about $145,000. A 12-year-old Albuquerque boy died Monday after collapsing on the playground of Hawthorne Elementary School, where he was a sixth grade student.

Patrick Luna, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer "Bill" Luna, 1700 Valencia NE, was pronounced dead at an Albuquerque hospital after a physician worked for about 15 minutes to save him, Albuquerque Public Schools and other spokesmen said. The cause of death was listed on a medical examiner's report as cardiopulmonary arrest. A family spokesman said Fitzgerald and Son will announce funeral arrangements.

Hawthorne Principal Margaret Peke said the boy was playing touch football with classmates during morning recess when he collapsed. She said the office was WASHINGTON (LTD A typical American family paid a record average of $1876 for farm-grown food in 1975, with 72 per cent of the $126 increase going to middlemen, the Agriculture Dept. reported Monday. But department economists also offered some good news: Food inflation during the first half of this year is expected to run only about half the 1975 rate again, most of the increase due to increasing middleman costs. The $1876 "market basket" cost is computed on the basis of what a theoretical average household of 3.2 persons paid for a variety of farm-produced goods, aver-agedover the 12 months.

The average in 1974 was $1750. notified immediately and his parents and the fire department rescue squad were called simultaneously. Acting squad Lt. Frias Jesus said the call was received at 11:10 a.m. and the rescue unit arrived at Hawthorne, 420 General Somervell NE, at 11:14 a.m.

He said life-saving equipment was used in an attempt to revive Patrick and the effort continued as the boy was transported by ambulance to the hospital. Apolice report saidthe rescue unit administered first aid for approximately 30 minutes until an ambulance arrived. Mrs. Peke said Patrick was "a delightful child, an outgoing, marvelous, wonderful boy." Shesaidhisclassmates were dismissed for the rest of the day and will not have class today. Ford Says Economy Gains Special Sale Pack 99375 of inflation," Ford said.

He then signed the annual report of his Council of Economic Advisers before sending it to Congress. The president's report said inflation will remain at about 6 per cent through 1976 and unemployment will remain "distressingly high." WASHINGTON (UPI) -President Ford said Monday the nation's economy is improving from the worst recession since World War II. He predicted more jobs and lower consumer prices in 1976. "We are going to do better in unemployment. We are going to do better in the rate i CANVAS SALE BDLL'S Ml Mwkeff OPEN: 8 AM-7PM Sun.

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