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40 NUMBER 45 1 HOBBS, NEW MEXICO, 8B240, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1966 Inside the Capital By CHARLES OULLl.M SANTA re Several stale employes have kicked about slalo auto accompanied by slato officer that have played a ralher active rule in current campaigning. A slate hlsliuay patrol i cer is nn loan lo the General's office. The cor he drives is licensed cml of lite state. And he spends full limi- --while using the car--in pur- ull of active camuaiKiiing former Slate Sen. Gene Lusk.

Every individual ought to U- able lo pick their favorite and contribute- their effort. But with a Demo Adininis. tralkm. such antics could well be frowned on. There's no point in the officer, because he un is beinc.

directed. But there is a dubious point in using a slate car and a slate employe lo further Ihe Intercut of any candidate. In the Uemo race fur the puber- nalorial nod. It's becoming meaner, but state money is spent in either direction, it should be noted by the people who pay the taxes. Which Side Is The Bread 'Peanul-Biitlcred' On To exclude any idea thai Ihis column is partisan, 1 read document last week concerning a butter and the van- Milne witness.

A lale hcuring before the Corporation Commission concerned unfair rates on motor transportation within N'ew Mexico. I'ormei Cov. John burroughs moved a massive peanut bul- ler plant to Texas, and cited ss a very IfgiliinHlr reason the a i transportation rales Into and out of New Mexico. Ilul when (he hearing transpired. Ihe former governor did not appear as a witness The cspecled decision could mean much for the stale of New Mexico.

It was no time for a former governor to be absenl. His testimony could i have been major club lo fwing at changing things In regard to freight rales. Later, there will be kinder things lo say. At this lime, these Iwo lldbils seemed worthy nf mention. Tlemo Itace On Collision Course The run for Demo nomination appears lo be on a collision course, however, and at i point any Information on either candidale will appear puny In regard lo a a i about each other.

Sheriff Suspects liiii fill NEWSSTAND 10 CENTS Play In Death Of Hobbs Woman Experts Predict 'Great Society' Cutbacks byLBJ A I (Al 1 Administration sources predicted iaday that IVcsidcm Johnson will i spending for some new "Gii-iil Society" programs it Concreis refuses lo make rec- nmmrmlrd cub in old pm-crnmcm programs. The forecast came as Johnson lo J'AIH- l-IXSWOKTH urclu'strul comluctur Hobbs Bands In Concert called proposals and projects on! programs which in hi? "could be foregone, or elimina-! led, or postponed, or slrrlchcdj out In hope of savinj; money." Johnson lold a news conference Thursday lhat he hopes to find areas where cutbacks will i case the shortages in labor, I a and comroodilles. Construction would be such an urea, he said. i This would impose on govern-; jincnl agencies the lypc ol jc-1 slrain! which Johnson asked: Wednesday nipht of business and Thursday of dly mayors cutbacks on spending ifor new plants, cuuipmenl, pub- works and buildings. I Johnson hinted a any sub- Istanlinl savings thus achieved jwould diminish the prospect of i i calling for pcncral in- icrease to prevent recent price advances from becoming spiral, Hut the signs so far from Cap Turkey Prohibits U.

S. Spy Planes A.NKAKA, Turkey (AP)-Turkey lias prohibited Hie use of air bases in this country for UMypc spy flights by Air Force- planes, an aiilhorilalive government official affirmed lo- iday. I At the same lime, Ankara has Washington for a review jof Ihe military anrj political as- pccls of bilateral agreements between the two countries and Body Found On Roadway Near Hobbs 3 Americans Killed by Terrorists SAIGON, South Viet Nam uvuuu 15:3 aim LIU UN inc fleam negotiations arc under way In of Stella last night and Bulletin Sheriffs deputies arreslcd Harle.y Vim Johnson, 42, of 1215 Cole early this afternoon In connection wllh the death both capiials. Turkey also has asked for a substantial increase in American military aid. In Washnglon, Ihe Defense Department declined comment.

(Other U.S. officials said min- viA, i' 7" or adjustments might be t0 'lL. ro lssiblc "SreemeL between Sheriff 0. I'ennell said first degree murder charges would he filed agatnsl son. No olher delalls were re- Jcased the sheriff.

The body of a -13-year- old jtiii-ec llnee H3 The of Americans and Viennese and and a killing al least Hoblis woman was on a country lls ori inali from the cily. Lea County Sher- WAVINC IN Till 1 BIIEUZIJ We're nol shoeing Old Glory because (he Fourth of or National i i i i ui Mae i ol i he told newsmen, Week. Our only purpose for Ihls picture IB Illustrate hov that Congress increase his Sm.B-bllllon budget instead ol reducing it. I I I a i i HOV slrong (he wind ttns here today. Federal Aiiatlon A wcalhcrnicn clocked giisls up lo 5S miles an hour loday (raiders i and after Ihe at, lack on the 10-slory Victoria Hole).

The injured included 113 Americans, at least 18 hur! se riously. The powerful blasl also wounded a number of Vietnamese- women and children in nearby homes. II was one of the most devaslaling terrorist al tacks of lhc war police said Iwo A concert by Ihe a 1 mve lo junior high and high school Jol lson told orcheslnis of Hobbs will be prescnled tomorrow nielli in Ihe high school auditorium al 7 o'clock. 7 a.m. and a.m.

The averaged "If we can Impound anything. 4D miles an mosl ol the morning. The i was (any appropriated funds thai I "peeled to drop somewhat sflcr p.m. leday, and Ijy 7 Iwe dnn'i IIOVP in nr, r) trii p.m., the forecast said, Ihtngs will be. nearly down lo normal.

A high adminlsli iiticn source said lhc President recognize lhat Congress may add us mucl as $1 billion or 17 billion lo tola In the 1S57 fiscal yeir Ihe concert will climax an i by ils reludallc annual three-day ad so)me Mlns Iec clinic will, Paul EUsworth of, a i 0 Joh Mn Lubbock, director of Ihe Texas Tech Symphony Orchestra Ihe Added Comment On Cargo Sull There was added ccimtnent on the suil filed by Rep. Dave Cargo against Sen. Jimmy Pal- Ion Rep. Cargo, a GOP hopeful in the governor's race, has i i against PHtlon claiming a a can't do business the slate while he's in office. Some experts liave slalcd liial if llic Cargo suit doesn't hold, then Pillion could legally collect some $80.000 in up- pcri fiirnilure prices.

the experts also note that it'll cost the slalc al least dial much If bids on the contracts are re-opened. Others, however, figure i he worth IRO.ODO just find out who Is right. 35 guest c'lini'clan' and "conductor, j. Un ress lnslsls Coordinating Ihe clinic have Me Programs," Ihls Frank C'liilton. local 0 1 nf the three croups, mid: l.onis who assists with the slrine.

pi-ogram. I-llsworth studied at western University. American privately, have lo cu ion Ihe new piograms. "This is a lough situation, bu the Presidenl feels he has no No rtl that he will an( lc pro an pro Conscn-jjlory of Chicago, Hi Is- conUnue lhc dale tollejje and has w( k( cnnducling with Mwyn llomes' amo tlt of and Kurl Ovprhoff of thr i programs." i a SalAurc. Austri a He! Sllu rcs stimL ConRI css served a.

clmicimi nd- 1HJ nIll SOf pni lo judicalo; 1 in MichiRiin. I i a a (Contimjcd on Pm Texas Men Mexico. He violisl i i Ihe Tri-Cily Symphony, Soulh 'Bend Symphony, Michigan Cily Symphony, Abilene Symphony Orchestra. J.tibhncl; Symphony Orchcslra. Xcw Opern Cmn pany of New ol and the Aeolian Quartet.

has conducted in liie United Slates Still No Word Kidnaper iof the Music Kducalors Nnlion- A I A I BEACH, Kla. (AP) v.i'iiiiuv:ii:u 111 mi- i i i Tllcrc sli apparently Is no it a Mexico, lie is a nirmbrrj 1 i husky kidnaper of 18-year-old Daniel Goldman. The youth taken from his plush surfsldc home early Monday by a mlddle-BKOd gunman who demanded 120,000 from the Goldmn.i.5. Aflcr learning Ihe family had no money In (he home, Iho jjun- man a Daniel, forced him to dress al gunpoint and left In one of Uie family automobiles. He.

lold Ihr Goldmans he wanled in riinsnm and the would be doubled the readers who a enjoyed acconnls of r.irly days in this rexinn by "or Waddy" vsill he plra.srd lo know thai another story under his byline i appear Sunday In the News-Sun. "Of H'luldy," who really is Vivian U'liitlock of S'iin Fernando, moved lo whnt tcxlny Is County as a youngslcr before Die lurn of HIP cenlury. 'Jliis wns still open rante then and not long after the Indians had disappeared. Ills iitnrics-- he refers to Iliem ns "spasms" in letters lo the News-Sun-- nol only are authentic, bul also aru a i records of a happened lioir- in early diiys. His "spa.sm" this will Ijikc ll.i 1 n-jidi-j 1 buck In IS'JH and abnnl (lie i niiloinubil'; to miss I Cwmiy-- a clinuffeur-drivrin Pnpc Tnleilo and wlial hap- peiicd when lhc crank under a loujjli rool.

You'll be ciitorimncri, amused nnd educated when you -ad 01' Wnddy's nr-coiint nf "The First Aulo Mishap." In Ifolihs IVmvs nmounl next The car was found lalcr thai morning. There was no slfin of the kidnaper or his viclim. Police, including FBI agents, hud no connncn! on Ihe ciisc. IF YOU HAVfN'T I YOUR A PAPER ON YOUR PORCH BY Call EX. 3-2123 Moit 6 p.

m. No calli taktn 6 p. m. IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED YOUR SUNDAY PAPER ON YOUR PORCH BY A. Coll EX.

3-212? 8:00 end 9:30. No cold token oflcr 9:30. LOVINOTON Cull MU. Siintloy 8:00 lo 9:00 o. m.

Doily to p. in, no Today's winds, which lltled Ihe with fl.vln^ du.sl, nere out of the nurtheast. Even whipped by a sandstorm our flag itlll Is 8 thrilling sight, Isn't II? -Staff phnlo by Jim Kawls KBIM Television Tower Is Toppled KuKinccis today were Irying lo determine a caused feel of a television IrunsmlUlng tower for Iloswell Station! KBIM-TV to fall Ihis morning. Only 39D feel of Ihe original 1 740 foot structure, situalcd 35 miles wcsl ol Lovin lon, remained upright today. Two Men Cited i a In Accident men speeding from the scene on a motorbike were arreslcd afler their vehicle overturned, Police sources said one admilled tak- UK part in the attack.

The explosion ripped the ho- jlel's three lower floors apart, jsmashed windows throughout the building, shatlered oulside walls as high as the fifih floor, unloosed a torrenl of water from a rooftop lank and lefl a huge craler out front. The water probably prevent a brief electrical fire from (urnlng (he building into lan i leaped injury by ducking Into complicati man Demlrel. An American U2 pilot, Francis Gary Powers, crashed in neighboring Russia in IWO after he had taken off from Inclr- lik Air Base In southern Turkey. List December, American HB67 two-man plane crashed under mysterious circumstances In Ihe Black Sea off the Turkish coast. The plane, an up lo dale electronic version of the old U2, also had taken off from Inclrllk.

Ullisl politicians and press are highly crillcal of De- mirtl's friendship wllh America. Cars Damaged In Collision A two-car accident caused approximaWy fn damages .0 two cars yesterday In the "suspected play in "ic woman's death." The viclim was identified by members of her family as Mrs. Slclla of 210 Sunset Dr, She was identified by her husband, C. D. Martin, and a son.

The body was discovered four miles' Tiorth and wesl of Hobbs at 6:05 a.m. by Wesley Swanson of 163G Chama Dr. Swanson was on his way (9 work at Southern Union Gas Co. He told reporters he had turned west off Knowles Road onto Teague Koad. "I saw something black lying on Ihe road and thought someone had lost something from i Iruck.

1 stopped and said to myself, "My gosh, it's a person!" A closer look disclosed woman was dead, he said. Swanson said he drove half mile, back to a and called police. "She was lying (here, fiighl i i lo uvo cars yesterday In the dl Many of Ihe Americans es- 1M l)locl; ol South Shipp, accord-: 1 3 lUed iTlilHV lw Hlirl-inw tO DOliCe. W1 on Uie road. It looked like someone had dumped her from a car or she had fallen from a morning, according to Jucl Ho-! berls, executive vice-president of KBMI-TV, Cliaimel os well.

Two men were cited by slate Palm Services messing and distribution of 10 iVpalms at St. Helena's Catholic Church at 7:30 a.m. this Sun- the annual Holy Week observance for Catholics one car accident 1 ruled out as Kord driven by Charles Eugene Seed, 2, of 1000 East Llano alemptcd to back away from Uie curb, police said. The car driven by Winbish struck Hie left rear of Uie car driven by Seed. 'Hie 1957 car received i broken windshield and in damages.

The 1966 Ford incurred J400 in damages, iuiies in the accident, was charged with drunk and (allure secure a current vehicle leg- straiion Mitchell was charged with driving while intoxicutcd no valid operator's license. State police said the 1K1 Rambler, driven by Mitchell, negotiate a 80 degree vision manufacturer's represen-! 11 1 '-or'i's Supper, the Hev. liitive climljer ascended Ihe M' llat1 Brown, O.K.M. Conv. tower yesterdav.

iirronlinp in "id- The chuidi will remain turn nl J4th nnd Mnriand, jusl possibility of wind damage east of the dly limits. The car struck large rock. Police said he automobile wns removed 'roni the scene of the accident. Cily police found the car, with hold men apparenlly pnss- Seed for failing to jield right of way and lo Winbish for (Wring without a license and dcfecu've- equipment. No in juries were reported by police, yesterday, according to Hoberls.

The ciisine.ers traveled J.70D ftet up the Ion or in an elevator. HobeHs said mi additional $35,000 lo had been spent on tho tower lo eliminate the "We don'l know wlial dap. pcncd. Kngineers arc i out from Ihe liast Coast tn Investigate. No one knows what happened," lit said.

I I Hum men apparently pass- n-i i i A i cd out. one mile nl "eculivr said Ihe com- burial. The stops are of the al i) a vvolll(l kl cd in praylns sli of the accMr.il al his Slnte police were notified, and arrested Ihe Iwo men. liltt full Mrra, jour liitetfcowc ut effort to begin biundcasting wilh low power. Afd-cled by Ihe (opplint; towor WHS Ihe TV.

VM Undlo anil background music KHIM-AM radio Inmsmils from a differc-nl tower unil was nol affrdcd. Uoherls said siieclalors have bueii Ijiirrcrt from Ihr Thai fed of tower has lo fin wan! it fiilliiiK on someone." The vice, prcsidr.il said was no estimate lo the caused. "The tower Is In mess. All tangled like a bunch of Khellf." The liosii-rll lelevision i i i wenl on Ihe in mid-Kflt- open a services for adora lion, Itev. Mr.

JJioim said A liturgical service of the afternoon of the passion and deiith of Ihe is scheduled (or 3 p.m. on Good Friday. The service will be followed by the Way of the Cross. The priest explained that Ihe Way of Hie Cross represents the stops Jr.sns made from Hie (jme fie wns condemned to death, His lo ar-- stations around Uie church and deplcled by Philippine carved mohogs.ny by the lale Ramon Hocha. rcaslrr vigil services are si'lieduled for 7 Saturday all with Ihe blessing of Ihe ne.w fire din Paschal candle.

This will be followed by the kiiplism of new ccnvpj-ls, sing. in" of- Ihe i a and the of niomisrs by Masses Kasler Sunday will follow the regular Sunday schedule of 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 11:. 10 o.m,, 12:45 p.m. and p.m. Officiating at all services will lie Hie Htv.

Mr, Brown, nsslslcd by (he Hev. Andrew Mai5, O.l-'.M. Com: and the Rfv. Luke McMillinn, Conv, A 1357 Ford driven by Ralph Evans Winbish, 21, of 1319 Soulh anson said Ihe woman'f purse was lying by the body. man, i u.

ouuui A a "'as lifld at Jefferson, was souilij" 1 5 In determine Ihe on South Shipp when a 1966 causc of Dl A. W. police said. Police issued citalion lo Baugh, lioswell, a pathologist, was calJed by fnvesligation of lite death is being conducted by officers of the sheriff's dcpaitmcnl, headed by Penncll. The fact the woman was found In an Isolated area with no automobile or oilier means of transportation in tho area caused officers (o suspect foul play.

The molher five children, Mrs. Martin had been employ, ed as a nurse's aid at llobbj General Hospital. Martin is employed by Thomas Electric. Co. Steering Panel Is Named To Study Check Problem Fingerprints on checks? Fingerprints on special identification cards? Checks accepted for the amount of purchase only? No cherts cashed at Those are questions lo which group of Itobbi businessmen are seeking the answers, Approximately '40 persons, representing 17 Hobbs firms, at- lended en organbaflonal meet- ng at the Public lioom of New Mexico Bank and Trust yesterday' afternoon.

Also al(ending were Assli Bisl. Allor- ney Ray Poller, Undersheriff Hill Wood, Chief of Police Glv- ens Barley, and representatives of both banks. One. Roswell merchant altejid- cd tic meeting and told the group that businessmen In Roswell had heard of pliu for Hobbs merchants to organize and unllc In i plan to combat Ihe umiiljfi 1 ol bad checks in thli Uos- ttfi JI probably he organliicil there. A Hobbs merchant said Ilia Sioup has received inquiries from merchants in several oilier stales lo obtain information lo start a similar organization, Yesterday's organizational mecling was called after Ilirea previous meetings were held to uniie merchants in an effort lo adopt a plan to mako it moro difficult to pass worthless checks in Ihis area.

A collection man for a chain nl supermarkets told the jroupi "The Ilobbs area is known as a "soft loncii" to bad check writers In Ihls psit of (lis country. The word Is out in Tcsas and even Into Colorado." Ths cbllccllon man works- in the areas mentioned, as well as Ihe Hobbs area, Ray Pollor, asslslant district attorney, discussed retiinini checks from lesnl i i lie lold i i (lie propci' nUnuiil Oj Fuse.

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