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I 4rt Ihtchtcald I THE NEW Mia MR MW MIIK MEXICAN (Till MR MIR the Time Weapons Get Smaller AH i Of the bright spots In an I detonate It." He hit the prim- ground. It landed hundred yards fram where we wen standing. "I wouldnt hav bellevod'lt tf I hadnt seen It with my own eyes." I said. "We haven't been standing still all these years," the Pro-fesser said. "We can now launch 16 miniature Polaris missiles from an ordinary bathtub at the same time.

"But If this la true." I said, we could aave billions of dollars a year." "You catch on very fast," the professor said. "Do the Russians have anything to match It?" I asked. They have a crude missile that can go about 500 yards, but they havent the sophistication to get It down to 100. Also, their smallest H-bombs still go bang while ours are the onlv ones that go pop Then were ahead of them in miniaturization of weapons" "Of course Whv do vou think hevre not Piling us any trouble in Berlin?" Well. 'thank, you very much for the demonstration." "Its perfectly all right.

Be careful there, you almori stepped on one of our rew Sherman tanks One otherwise gloomy picture of the arms race Is that war-making gear Is getting smaller and smaller. It has been reported that a soldier can now carry a guided missile with a launcher, a radar set, a secret code transmitter, and a gadget that could let him Jump to the ground from tall tree or a helicopter all weighing no more than a portable TV set. Miniaturization Is playing a great part In our war machine and It Is hoped that soon everything Including our weapons will be made on a much smaller scale. Prof. Heinrich Applebaum, who has been doing research on miniaturized weapons, told me his laboratory the other day that foresees, In the not too distant future, that our arsenal will be the smsl'est of any in the world.

Let me show you some of th thines we have been working on." he said proudly. He took me over to a table and picked up a tiny steel rvlinder the size of a flngernad Do you know what this Is admfed didnt It's the smallest hvdrocen bomb In the word Watch when er with a tiny gold hammer and the bomb went pop. A small mushroom cloud the size of tea cup rose towards the ceiling. Why, Professor." I ssld, that's marvelous. How did you ever do It?" We took a large hydrogen bomb and reduced it and reduced it and reduced until we got it down to this stze.

We hope to get It even smaller. Soma day we will be able to make It so small you won't even be able to hear the pop." "Its frightening when you think of It. But how will you be able to deliver a weapon that small?" "We have developed a miniature missile. Come outside. I'll show you.

He took me outside In the parking lot and brought a missile. the size of a large firecracker, out of his pocket Of course, I won't put on the warhead," he said as he took out his cigarette lighter and lit the fuse There was a woosh, a wisp of smoke, and suddenly the missile rose straight up. up, up into the air to 13 feet and then straightened out and headed for the Seymour Topping Regional Security Svstem Foundation I I 5 Organization of American States, which would assume responsibility for the defense of the region Such a move already is being discussed here and in other Asian capitals, but most observers believe its feasibility depends on a favorable outcome of the war in Viet Nam and that the appearance of an effective Asian organization is not likely before five to 10 years Imrredia'elv. Western officials are welcoming fVre new regional bodies as valuable support for the existing overall defense shield provided by the U. S.

and the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATOt The U. S. quietly has encouraged the development of regionalism The principal indigenous impetus has come from Japan After years of hesitation, the most powerful indus'ria! natiop in Asia has become engaged politically and economically on the continent. At a conference in Seoul la week. Japan joined with other nations to fo-m th Asian and Pacific V-though the member nations rH-vate'v have discussed Hre possible evolvement of ASP AC into a defense organization, it is committed for the present onlv to polifcal, economic and social roorere'ioi Bv reframirg from 'aV-rig on an am- communist rmiitarv chaTCter.

ASPAC left the door open to the entrv of he neutrals. Australia and New Zealand. But 1 AM MY SHARE OF THE LOAD. in joining ASPAC, signified their acceptance of an Asian identity. With Britain determined to whittle down her military commitment east Suez as quickly possible, the governments of Asia's two, white nations are putting more reliance on regional arrangements The other founding members of ASPAC are South Korea.

Thailand. The PVopires. Nationalist China. Malaysia and Souh Viet Nam In Southeast Asia, the opportunities for regional cooperation have been broadened by the establishment of an army-run government Indonesia, the rupture of the Jakarta-Pekirg axis 'orped last vear bv Present Sukarno, and the apparent end of Indonesia's military confrontation with Malaysia and Singapore. It was understood that Indonesia's foreign minister, Adam Ma'ik.

has indicated privately that his govemrrmet may join ASPAC when rext year in plenary ses'ion in Bangkok. Indonesia is also considering entering the Association of Southeast Asia which Is made up of Malaysia the Philippines and Thailand Officials of ASA who met in Bar.skok recently sajd that re o'gan, ration was being opened to ell the non-com-muniM sfates of Sotuheast Asia You may already be a winner In $100,000 Smothered in Money sweepstakes $100 000 Picnic in Pans Sweepstakes $2,000 000 worldwide family shopping spree You may have already won $100 a momh for life "Win a dinner for two at any restaurant anywhere in world "Win a swimming pool filled wirh soup and a ton of Saltims Thu is a sampling of the sweepstakes lures which recertiy have been crossing my desk in a voiume 'indicating that sweep-stakes and conests staged by U.S corporations are now reaching epidemic proportions In 1955 alone, corpcrationi. will give away a record $100,000,000 in cash and other prizes in 600 nationwide contests and sweep-stakes As an indication of the huge numbers of individuals involved, there were an estimated more than 30 million pntires Pepsi-Cola's recent $2 million World-iAide Shopping Spree sweepstakes Ahv the creze A key reason is that today. few contest promotions require that you write traditiczna! jingle or essay in 25 words or less This type of contest has gone into a decline because it encouraged semi professional contest followers, many of whom became perennial winners, and even resulted tn a special school which peddled mail order instructions on successful contest slogan writing Alro fading is porations over the past decade, is th fact that in today's fiercely competitive market, it's hard for an individual company to get the consumers attention Says Arnold, advertising and promotion agencies havs use every mgen'ous come-on." The mere act of sending in a lucky number. he adds, may win a slight edge for particular product in the battle for your favor.

And, of course, if the contest stipulates that you consult a list of "lucky numbers posted in a store, you'll probably least take a look at the product being promoted. How honest are oday's sweepstakes? you really have a fair chance to win particularly if you put your number in the slot which says no, I don't want to buy your product but I still want a chance win your sweepstakes" We have no evidence of dishonesty in nationally advertced sweepstakes, says a Better Business Bureau spokesman. Most of these promotions are run by big U.S. corporations and they go to great lengths avoid any possible charges of rigging. Also, notes Arnold, virtually all of the specialized outside judging agencies which select sweepstakes winners check thoroughly potential winners, after their names have been drown, to make sure there are company employes or other insiders among them.

It) tin Vrk Tim Newt Strvict BANGKOK The non-commu-mst nations of Asia are beginning to lay the foundation of a regional security system. Diplomatic observers see this trend In the creation of the Asian and Pacific Council (AS-PAC). the revival of the nf Rou'heist Asia CASA) and in other emerging muli'at-e a 1 arrangements These groupings initially are emphasizing economic and political cooperation but their long term significance is broader With the virtual breakup of the old African-Asian bloc. Japan and other nations of Asia fee! thev must speak wrh a new regional voice to gain a'tention in the United Naions and other world councils Through mutual assistance, the Asian governments are also trying to strengthen rieir economic and pohncal caacrv to resist communist sub ersion, which they say is the main threat to their security. Tb fear of overt Chinese Communist military invasion has subsided because of the United States commitment in Viet Nam and the feeling that Peking is becoming more preoccuped with its tntemal prob'ems Senior U.

officials believe that Asian groupings eventually can be encouraged to coalesce into new body resembling the James Reston F. N.M 14. 14 Atmosphere of Bigotry Fifteen member of the faculty of Columbia University law School. where Jamei Meredith ha been a itu-dent, have issued statement which place the shooting of thl dedicated young Negro In clearer perspective. What they have to say should ba disquieting to men of good will in both North and South.

They leave no room for the complacent notion that bigotry and intolerance are confined to this or that area. The lav professors speak bluntly as follows: "It Is time to put aside self-righteousness and face the fact that Mississippi is not a place; It is an atmosphere. The atmosphere extends throughout the nation, taking different forms different places but everywhere marked bv too tolerant an att'tude toward bigotry." In support of this they add "The atmosphere over Hernando, Miss reaches us in New York, New Jersey Connecticut. The ugly fact is that James Meredith ould run into in buying a house next to 'vbete many of us live Tolerating that form and other, cer.teel Northern forms of bicotrv adds to the poisonous aura that 've'Mual'v soells shotgun blasts in Mis-sisGpre Tha is an inescapable truth and one no man should seek to escape All who believe in the cjyilized ideals of and fairness must do their part to implement those That involves more than simply reacting with horror when a James Meredith is ambushed, and j2v-'- pT-T-He jr- The CoLm.rv law faculty put it up to all of us. "We must take steps to cleanse the atmosphere that encouraged or inspired Merediths wounding The impure f--to ph, begins at home and so should the cleansing To which we can only add Amen Mr.

Citizen--' hat He Think (Cootribcwms to this column should be limited approx4-mately 238 words and the author must Include both his nam and address. Unsigned letters will not be published and tie editor sriD exercise the right to edit letlerx bt the Interest of brevim and good taste.) luchanged About Trail Routes The Editor Recentlv Norman Brown, geologist, late of Santa Fe, took me to taik fo- questioning the authenticity of a Taos branch of the Santa Fe Trail If I can cut through the ad hdmmern jibes of this 1 will try to show more evidence for the nonexistence of this fc-anch than my own say-so. It happens that I have had to do research on the social hisro-v of Northeastern New Mexico in the course of a derailed study of cattle ranching in the area 1 assure Mr Brown I will not cite maps from the fly-sheets of novels, no matter how beloved the author. Probably the be't reference to the particular problem of the forking of the Santa Fe Trail at Hoxie Junction is a very recent detailed study of the history of the Trail by the National Park Service. The National Survey of Historic Sites and Theme XV.

Westward Expansion and Extension of the National Boundaries, 1830-189S; The Santa Fe Trail," published In 1963 On Pages 104-11 and 105-11, there is the following: Santa Fe Fork. New Mexico. From the crossing of the Canadian River at Clifton House the Santa Fe Trail swung xoufh-southwest to the vicinity of present Hoxie Junction. The modem highway forks here, and so too did the Trail. The older, mainline of the Trail continued across the plans on a direct south-southwest line to Ravado.

An upper trail, little used until after the Mexican War, took a more westerly course along the foot of the mountains to Cimarron, then went south to Ravado where It reunited with the older trail. By the time Lucien Maxwell built his ranch on the Cimarron, in 1H64. the upper route bore considerable traffic. The Deo-ver-Santa Fe stage went this way Also, a wagon road to Taos via Cimarron Canyon was opened about this time, attracting more traffic to the upper route Today, the Santa Fe Fo-k is evidenced by the very plain remains of the acer tra.l cutr.ng acrot-s U.S. 64 jus? southwest of the place wAere the h.chway forks from US 85 Snould this not be er.t evidence, and a single source is always to fce accepted wire caution, then I refer Mr.

Brown to Lynn Pemgo excellent book, Out Spanish Southwest," published in 1960 On Pages 109-111. Dr. Pemgo describes carefully the rr.a routes and all the deviations from these of the Santa Fe Trail There is no mention of a branch through Taos. If maps are to he considered as evidence, then I refer Mr Brown to the very Old map in Jobiah Greggs classic, Commerce of the Pra.nes. published in or Stanley Vestal equally classic study.

The Old Santa Fe Trail. 1939 The flyleaf maps in Vestal 'how the Trail stay.ng east of the Sangre de Cnstos, and Pape 256 also states clearly the route of the Trail down from Raon Pa-s to Te Mora River, tnen to San Miguel, then county seat of Sun Mgel County, on the Peco River I suggest that Mr Brown visa Fort Union National Monument, just north of Uatrous. and lk ar the carefully researched wall map of the Trail there. Should tins not convince Mr Brown that the Santa Fe Trail did not branch at Hoxie Junction to Taos and then continue down to the Royal City, then I appeal to hi geological sense, and to his economic or commercial sense, too. Imagine a wagon deliberately climbing up from the plains to Eagle Nest, then ascending 9.000-foot high Palo Flechado Pass, east of Taos, only to face rro-e hard climbing on the Trail from Taos to Santa Fe.

up US. Hill to Penasco, then down to the Rio Grande, finally being able to move along the river to Espanola and Santa Fe. Perhaps today's relatively easy drive to hyper-powered cars from Hoxie Junction over 64 to Taos fools us And the engineering that lei to a route, still 64. through the Rio Grande Gorge from Taos to Espanola makes us forget that wagon trains and stage coaches had to go around all this. No.

Mr. Brown. Im not quite a fledging historian, and I will eagerly dispute what he calls the fine work of Ruth Laughlin." I did not shoot from ih hip. he has done, and I'm not in an uncomfortable position, but I think he is. just the way several gentlemen of Taos were recently when they too tried to re-route the Santa Fe Tratl I welcome honest exploitation of the glorious history of the Santa Fe Trail, commercial or otherwise I'd appreciate not having my motives determined for me.

especially on such flimsv evidence as the map from a novel Mv chief mo-'tlve for even bothering to answer his letter is to set him straight. I only object to those commercial interests moving the Trail west of the mountains an old-fashioned grounds of plain honesty. As a 'fellow scientist Fm sure he too values highly truth, academic, historical or any other kind Thomas Maloney, Assistant Professor of Sociology M. Highlands University, iaa Vegas to a at Do to to on no The obvious drawback to you the participant, is that with hundreds of thousands, or even tens of millions, of entrants, your chances of inning any sizeable prize are infinitesimal. As one of my correspondents complained recently: "Ive sent more than 400 entries, without winning a nickel." But even the dismal odds against winning appear to be no deterrent to the millions who can't resist chasing the age-old dream of something for nothing.

the traditional proof of purchase requirement that you send in box tops, lables. etc. In a full 95 per cent of today giveaways, the participant needs only send his "lucky number or perhaps check his number against a list posted in the supermarket. Also behind the sweepstakes surge, says Stanley Arnold, a New York marketing consultant who has dreamed up more than $25 million worth of contess. sweepstakes and similiar "excitement for major U.S.

cor A Gleam of Light Shine? in Asia war between Indonesia and Malaysia has ended, and the British forces there will soon be free to help maintain order this critical area from the Indian Ocean to the Sea of Japan The fighting has ended, too. between Indian and Pakistan and more than that, President Johnsons correspondence with Prime Minister Gandhi and President Ayub Khan and his restoration of aid to their two countires have helped remove the danger of both famine and Look ing Rack A Trip Down the Old Santa Fe Trail in the Indian communal war sub-continent. government in Peking and are at least hesitating to act on the assumption that everything is going China's wav in Southeast Asia. The struggle for succession to the sick and aging leader and prophet of Communist China, Mao Tse-Tung, is now the most interesting thing happening in Asia, but again it is too early to assume that this will benefit the west. Most attention is centering in the press these days on defense minister Lin Piao, because recently he has been chosen, presumably by Mao Tse-Tung, to be the St.

Paul and proclaim the gospel according to Mao, and his doctrine, unlike St', Pauls, is war and more war and death to the heretics in Moscow as well as Washington. But Lin Piao, like Chou En-Lai, the most eloquent and elegant world traveler among tha Chinese Communists, is not in good health, and the China-watchers, not only within the U.S. government but among the best-informed diplomats tn the Asian embassies in Washington, think the most powerful man in China after Mao, and maybe even Mao, is Secretary-General Teng Hsiao-Pfflg. () fct Yrt Ttmt Httn rvve WASHINGTON One of the persistent complaints among officials in Washington is' that United States political troubles in Viet Nam are not balanced adequately by reports the press of the more hopeful political developments elsewhere sn Asia It is a fair complaint In Indonesia India a Pakistan. Japan, the Philippines and China itself there are signs of change that coud in the long run prove to be more significant than all the ng the streets of Siigon.

The savage transformation of Indonesia from a pro-Chinese policy under Sukarno to a defiantly Vntf-commumst policy under General Suharto is. of course, tbe most important of these developments. Washington is being careful not to claim any credit for this change in the sixth most-populous and one of the richest nations in the world, but this does not mean that Washington had nothing to do with it. There was a great deal more contact between the ami-communist forces in that country and at least one high official in Washington before and during the Indonesian massacre than is generally realized. General Suharto's forces, at times severely short of food and munitions, have been getting aid from Washington through various third countries, and it is doubtful if the coup would ever have been attempted without the American show of strength in Viet Nam or been sustained without the clandestine aid it hts received Indirectly from here.

Thus the control of this large and strategic archipelago Is no longer ih the hands of men fiercely itostije to the Uj. The This probably could not have been done ithout the mediation of Premier Kosygin of the U.S at the Tashkent conference but President Johnson's adroit use of American aid in the crisis and his personal entreaties to Mrs. Gandr on behalf of Ayub Khan and to Ayub Khan on behalf of Mrs. Gandhi have been powerful factors in turning these two countries back to moderation. It is too early to say that Pakistan has been diverted from its pro-Chinese policy, but the ruling powers in Karachi are watching the present political turmoil within the Chinese I cities that El Paso has nothing to fear.

Other Santa Feans have been much worried over relatives living in El Paso. State Game Warden Trinidad C. de Baca has returned here after a business trip through the northern part of the state. Miss Marguerite Roberts, of Carlsbad, sister of Lieut. Eugene A.

Roberts, accompanied Mrs. Roberts on her return here from Carlsbad this week and will be a guest for some time at the home of Mrs. Robert! parents, Mr. and Mrs. Matthews S.

Groves. 25 YEARS AGO Blackout throughout New Mexico, chemical warfare equipment for the state guard and the marking of airport cities so names can be read from the sky are provided for in the military departments budget approved by the state finance board, which met Monday afternoon in Governor Miles office. Tom Pomonis has returned from El Paso. Mrs. M.

Ashton and daughter have returned to their home tn Little Rock, after a two weeks visit here. Mrs. Mabel Easley left today for Albuquerque, Mr. and "Bob" Hall are here from Talpa, Taos County. Mr.

and Mrs. Henry Culley wee In from their ranch yesterday. State Representative Albert Gonzales has returned from the east with a new Seeing Eye dog, "Vixen." Mrs. Arthur Cable arrived from Chicago, for seasonal residence at her home in Misses Patsy Multj, Doris Moore and Carolyn Street, returned Sunday from a weeks visit as the house guests of Mi Rosemarv Evans in Gallup. 75 YEARS AGO The ruling price for ice in Santa Fe, both for the natural and manufactured article.

is 25 cents per hundred. Down at El Faso is sells for $1 50 per hundred. Santa Fe has an abundance oi this congealed necessity and has a first class manufactory keep the supply from running short in case of a big rush. What's the maticr with Santa Fe supplying El Paso with manufactured ice? At $1 50 per hundred it would pay to run it through on "lightning express trains. S.M.

Hart is here from Las Vegas. John Morton has gone to El Paso to place orders for Santa Fe truck. Mr. H. Lindheim returned yesterday from a trip to Albuquerque.

Judge L. Waldo, accompanied by his two sons, left this morning for Kansas City. Mrs. Will Smith, Gallup, accompanied by her brighr little ones, arrived 'today on A visit to her sister, Mrs. Bush.

50 YEARS AGO "Calm yourself; there is no danger in El Paso. This is the message Mrs. Charles Wagner, of Water street, received today from her daughter. Miss Onofre Wagner, who is in El Paso. The message came in reply to two telegrams Mrs.

Wagner sent her daughter, urging her, to leave the city and come to Sana Fe bt view of the gravity of Hi situation along the 'border. Mrs. Wagner feared El Paso would be attacked in event of hostilities. Miss Wagner takes the i view that there is no danger and she said that hi hard to convince people in ocher THE NEW MEXICAN For irrvfct Ffwrwt I SANTA FE miM ESFANOLA HMM LOS ALA VOS Hl-i 031 TAOS 75 2241 CAS VEUAS 425-47V RotNrt M. WcKinntT.

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