Clovis News-Journal from Clovis, New Mexico • Page 10

10. CLOVTS NEWS-JOURNAL Wed. Jane 28. 1978 Historic Survey Set To Determine Needs WASHINGTON. D.C.

(Special Historic preset vationists' needs and accomplishments in a six-state area will be surveyed during the next 12 months by new full-time representative of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The representative is Ms. Cynthia Emrick, director of the National Trust's new Southwest-Plains Field Office in Oklahoma City. Opened officially on June 9. the office is the fourth in a projected network of six regional and field offices for the National Trust, President James Riddle said.

"An estimated 2,000,000 Americans are involved directly in historic preservation efforts all across the country, and it is imperative that we carry our services as close to the public as we can," he said. The National Trust was chartered by Congress in 1949 to facilitate public participation in preserving buildings, structures, sites and objects of cultural and historical importance to the nation. Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas are the states to be served by the Southwest-Plains Office. National Trust regional offices are situated in Chicago and San Francisco and a field service office for New England is located in Boston. Field Offices for the South and the mid-Atlantic states are projected.

In the coming year, Ms. Emrick will meet and work with various state and local preservation agencies and organizations in each of the six states. She will then determine how the National Trust may best provide specific assistance to preservation agencies and organizations in the preservation, restoration, maintenance, administration. programming and use of cultural pi ttfttn ties. -Historic' is a relative term," continued Hi remarks given in Oklahoma City "An original county courthouse is an historic building, even when the county is 75 years old rather than 200 years old.

-The citizens of Marshall County, Iowa, voted to rehabilitate and restore their 90-year-old courthouse instead of demolishing it and building anew. Their action, and that of Colorado and New Mexico in saving and restoring part of this Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway, are just as valid examples of historic preservation as is the saving of an 18th-century plantation home on the Eastern Seaboard." He also noted that the Washington County, commissioners are seeking ways to preserve their early 20th-century courthouse at Bartlesville. Funds for underwriting a substantial porton of the first three years' costs of the Southwest-Plains Field Office were subscribed by Heritage Hills" (Historical Preservation, three banks, the H.E. Bailey Foundation, the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma and a number of individuals in the area, Biddle said. Ms.

Emrick comes to her new position from Colorado, where she served as preservation assistant to the State Historic Preservation Officer. She is a graduate of Alverno Heights Academy in Sierra Madre, California; she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and French from Colorado State University, in Fort Collins, graduating in 1973 with Phi Beta Kappa honors, and she has studied in the Natural Resource Law Division of the University of Denver Law School. Plants Look Puny Due To Variety Of Causes LAS CRUCES (Special) If your plants look puny, the cause could be almost anything from a virus, to bacteria to a deficiency or excess of fertilizer, says Ricardo Gomez, Extension horticulturist at New Mexico State University. For example, virus disease is quite common in tomatoes. The virus is transmitted by an insect known as the leafhopper.

The insect over-winters on desert host plants infected with the virus and migrates to home yards during the spring and summer. It carries the virus in its body. When feeding on tomatoes, the leafhopper injects saliva to dilute the plant sap, thus inoculating the plant. The virus is translocated to all parts of the plant and causes the leaves to curl. The veins become very prominent and the foliage turns yellow and eventually dies.

Once the plant is infected it rarely recovers, Gomez says. If a tomato plant shows excessive leaf curling it should be pulled. You can control bacterial diseases more effectively than virus related diseases because the infection is a bacterial disease of pyracantha, loquat, apples and pears. On pyracantha the disease first appears on the flower blossoms and progresses down the stems. Blossoms appear to be water soaked and turn brown and later become black.

Infected stems often take on a black color resembling a burned limb hence the name fireblight, Gomez says. When discoloration of the stem becomes evident; the gardener should prune out the diseased wood immediately to prevent rain or sprinklers from washing the disease further down the stem or to other flowers. Prune out the diseased limbs approximately 12 inches tor .3 meter) below any sign of infected wood. Each time a cut is made the clippers should be dipped in a solution of 10 per cent household bleach to disinfect the cutting blades. Many gardeners assume that bacteria, fungus or viruses cause all plant diseases.

However, the cause of many disease-like symptoms include fertilizer deficiencies, weed killers, soil sterilants, insecticides and! excessive amounts of fertilizers, says While most diseases of plants are associated with fungus, bacteria and virus, diseases caused by excess chemicals or deficiencies are referred to as physiological disorders (commonly called physiological diseases). Symptoms of these disorders are quite varied. Some plants may show severe leaf distortion or leaves may drop suddenly after application of fertilizer or other chemicals. Symptom; also include blotchy yellowing of the leaf blade; burning of the leal margins deposits of gum in various parts of the branches. TOO, TOO MUCH COFFEE-TIM WttBlOW, by Nancijane Goodwin of CIovls, peers Into ner coffee cup and leans on Kathryn Troy, played by Broadway star Audre Johnston, after both have had their fill of the brew which was spiked with tranquiHzers.

Eastern New Mexico University's June 24-26 comedy of "Here Lies Jeremy Troy" stars Miss Johnston with Miss Goodwin playing a supporting actress. The 8 p.m. performance in University Theatre is under the direction of Patrick Rucker with Charles Rush ton in the male lead of Jeremy Troy. (ENMU Photo) Froth Register early PORTALES fofl registration sessions for incoming frnhmen at Eastern Hew Mexico University will be MM July and July 23-24. according to Kay Gunn.

dfrectoi of AuuHUftiwis. Incoming freshmen may register on tffe Friday of theft- chosen session from to a.m. to noon. A $10 registration fee is required and includes four meals in the cafeteria, lodging in a residence hall, admission to a movie, and refreshments during the scheduled breaks Included in the pre-fall registration sessions are discussions on student life and activities, information on Academic Affairs and registration, and actual registration for classes. Both parents and students are welcome to the sessions with additional information available by contacting Eastern's Office of Admissions and Records.

Official Treasure Hunt Slated Deficiencis of essential nutrients will cause stunted growth, leaf yellowing, sun- burning of leaves and lack of flowering, Gomez says. When seeking assistance in connection with plant diseases, you should always indicate what chemical or fertlizer was used just prior to having the sample analyzed. It is possible that the chemical caused the problem. We are entering the season of high temperatures. Gardeners should realize that diseases are generally more rampant in summer.

Medical Coverage Discussed NEW YORK, N.Y. number of persons in the state under age 65 who have major medical insurance as protection against catastrophic medical expenses has reached 427,000. According to the Health Insurance Institute, this was the number covered by insurance companies alone, as of the beginning of 1975, and is the latest available figure on major medical coverage in Mexico. Major medical guards against the impact of large medical bills by helping to pay for virtually all types of care proscribed by a physician, whether provided in or out of hospital. This includes ambulances, private nurses, drugs and medical appliances.

Nationally, major medical insurance through insurance companies protects nearly 90 million persons under age 65. With the addition of those who have catastrophic protection from Blue Cross-Blue Shield or high benefit basic packages, a total of 146 million Americans under 65 have some form of "catastrophic" private health insurance. That works out to almost 4 in 5 Americans in that age group. Major medical insurance from insurance companies have grown rapidly, the total number of persons so protected nearly doubling in the 1964-74 decade. Originally, major medical policies paid maximum benefits of $5,000 to $10,000.

But the trend has been to increase the maximum to keep pace with rising health care costs. A 1970 industry study of major medical policies snowed that 15 per f0nt of insured persons had maximum benefit levels of $50,009 or more. By 1973, this figure bad risen to 44 per cent. A1975 survey found that 8 in 10 yew covered by group midipaJ policies issued yegr or more. WHITK SANDS MISSILE RANGE 'APi A lot of people don't believe there's really buried treasure on Victorio Peak on White Sands Missile Range.

But somebody apparently be lievcs the legend enough to pay $50,000 to search for it. The U.S. Army, which controls the southern New Mexico range, steadfastly has refused to permit legal treasure hunts. But now an official search is being permitted. A Florida treasure-hunting firm hired by one of six groups who claim the supposed treasure trove is to be allowed to make electronic tests in the area July fi 14.

A company official says the tests will cost $50,000. And, he said, they will determine only if there are caves in Victorio Peak and if there is any dense metal inthem. An official of Expeditions Unlimited, (EUD said the electronic testing equipment is similar in appearance to a mine detector. White Sands information officer Chuck Poisall said six to eight persons from EUI and the Stanford Research Institute do conduct the actual testing. But "at least a dozen media representatives have already called asking to accompany the search party," Poisall said.

The Army, the Museum of New Mexico, and each of the other five claimant groups are sending observers. The search party also will be accompanied by security guards "to prevent them from stumbling across a live round of ammunition," Poisall said. Boston lawyer F. Lee Bailey, who represents a group of about 50 claimants, said he's filed a protest against the planned testing. He contends the electronic search would reveal the location of the treasure to rival claimants.

Bailey contends the cache is known only to his clients. Poisall said White Sands hasn't heard anything about the protest from the Pentagon. The legend of buried treasure on Victorio Peak goes back to 1937, when an ex-convict named "Doc" Noss claimed to have stumbled on the cave during a hunting trip. Beyond a row of 27 skeletons, (including one with red hair), Noss said he found chests of ancient coins and jewelry, and gold bullion "stacked like cordwood." Noss said he spent several years trying to remove the treasure through long narrow tunnels leading from the cave. Finally, he said, he tried to blast it open and caved in the entrance.

In 1949, Noss was killed in a shoot-out with one of his ure-hunting partners. The resulting publicity brought Noss' secret to light. Soon more hunters were looking for the gold of Victorio Peak. Noss' wife, Ova, told the newspapers for yean that she was only "a few days" from recovering the treasure. Then, Jn 1955, the Army started using Victorio Peak for bombing missile practice and it was closed to the public.

The treasure claimants now include Ova Noss; Noss' second wife. Violet Noss Yancy, who reportedly is paying for the $50,000 electronic search; several men who claim to be Noss' former partners; and quite a few, including some former military men once stationed at White Sands, who say they found the treasure on their own. Some claimants have alleged the Army may already have removed the gold Even if next month's search reveals evidence of the legendary treasure, the Army says no atterttpt will be made to recover any high density material, such as gold. And if a fortune ever is drawn from the depths of Victorio Peak, years of court battles are expected over its distribution. The law is "generally, he who finds It, gets it," said Ernie Padllla, an attorney with the state Land Office.

Apparently, only Ova Noss and the Museum of New Mexico ever received official per- mtosion; to search for the gold affer Victorio Peak became part of the missile range in Or maybe there is no gold in Victorio Peak. The prison record of the man siald he discovered the treasure so many now claim, SOhtaiii this notation: confidence racket. brick 'and gold mine swindle and buried treasure swindle." ANNOUNCING: FACTORY REBATES ON EllSDN OIL HYDRAULIC IRRIGATORS a i REBATES AVERAGE OVER $1200.00 FOLLOWING REBATt SCHFDUU KECENT FACTOHY EXPANSION MAKtS, SIZABLE INVENTORY AVAILABLE ON IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Big Liquor Discounts 4:00 PM IO WEDNESDAY THRU SATUBDAT 14tl MAIN PM WE CHEERFULLY ACCEPT BANKAMERICARD ft MASTER CHARGE CARDS SCHLITZ 1 A A 12 OUNCE, 39 CANS OLD CROW BOURBON GAL 8 99 STOCK CALVERT EXTRA 8 39 GAL PANCHO VILLA TEQUILA 79 FIFTH 3 ANDRE COLD DUCK OR JCHAMPAGEli I I 79 FIFTH MATEUS ROSE OR WHITE 2 79 FIFTH GALLO HEARTY? BURGUNDY CHABLIS BLANC-PINK IMPORTER'S VODKA OR GIN FULL QUART 3 29 PASSPORT SCOTCH AlKIR i-jRED UBLE TIMES BOURBON GORDON'S OIN.