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DAILY--NEWSSTAND 10 CENTS 7 Mission into Orbit Capital SANTA FE Republican Richard M. Nixon shaded Democrat Hubert Humphrey at Carlsbad in our Inside the Capital poll and American Independent Party candidate George Wallace finished a strong third in the presidential race. The results: Nixon, 37.7 per cent, only 3.6 points ahead of Humphrey's 34.1; Wallace, 28.2 per cent. Vote totals were Nixon, 225; Humphrey, 204, and Wallace, 169, in our super market poll. The husky Wallace strength shows he is taking more votes from Humphrey than from Nixon in normal heavily Democratic Eddy County.

At Carlsbad Democrat Fabian Chavez outpolled incumbent Republican Gov. Dave Cargo by 9.6 points 54.8 per cent to 45.2. Chavez registered 297 votes to Cargo's 245. Chavez and Nixon also led Inside the Capital supermarket polls at Los Alamos and Espanola, reflecting heavy ticket-splitting. In Carlsbad incumbent Democratic U.

S. Rep. E. S. Johnny Walker of Las Cruces outpaced conservative Republican Ed Foreman, also of Las Cruces, by almost 2 to 1.

Walkers' percentage was 64.4 to 35.6 for Foreman. Walker carried all of the six Carlsbad areas polled. Johnny ranks well with Eddy County's heavy labor vote. Organized labor endorsed him. In Carlsbad Democrat Alex Armijo of Santa Fe ran a husky XJLZ-points ahead of Republican WfreoV Oberg, Tor- ranee County rancher, in our state land commissioner poll.

Armijo scored 59.6 per cent to 40.4 per cent for Oberg. Armijo also outdistanced Oberg in our Los Alamos and Espanola polls. Armijo carried five Carlsbad areas and tied Oberg in a downtown section. Carlsbad voters overwhelmingly favored a state constitutional convention more than 3 to 1 with 78 per cent approving. Los Alamos and Espanola polls also lopsidely backed a convention.

Humphrey polled a majority only in a Carlsbad Spanish- American-Negro area with many straight Democratic votes. Wallace ran second to (Continued Cm Page 5) CSW Chooses Candidates In an election held at the College of the Southwest this week, 13 students were chosen as candidates for officers in the new Student Body Association. Students selected as candidates for president are Roland Keith, Hobbs; Herman McElyea. Hobbs; Don Read, Jal; and Don Reese, Eunice. Candidates for vice-president are Ross Baxter, Eunice; Patricia Eafl- ene Guy, Lovington; Carl Hammons Hobbs; and Joe Tydlaska Hobbs La Verne Connally, Seagraves, and Brenda Followiil, Seminole.

Tex. were chosen as candidates for secretary, and Bill Atkins, Hobbs; Vincent H. Gourley, Hobbs; and Chris South, Seminole, were chosen for treasurer. Election of these officers will be held Monday and Tuesday at the college, according to Dr. C.

B. Wivel, dean. In addition to the election held to select candidates for the association, the students also voted to adopt the purposed Constitution of tne Student Body Association 844. GOP Headquarters To Open in Lovington Patriarchs Militant Open 11-Day IOOF, Rebekah Assembly The Patriarchs Militant, a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, will hold Its New Mexico department council in Hobbs beginning Sunday at 7:30 a.m. at IOOF Hall, 210 West Taylor.

The meeting Enemy Elude! Trap SAIGON (AP) American i a blocking the northwesterly invasion corridors to Saigon tried to trap some 300 enemy troops today, but the bulk of them apparently slipped away. heavy bombardment Flight Underway CAPE KENNEDY, Fla, (AP) A space veteran and two rookies rods the world's largest manned spacecraft Into orbit today on an 11-day adventure that could place America firmly on the path to the moon. Navy Capt Walter M. Schirra Air Force Maj. Bonn F.

sele and civilian astronaut business session at IOOF Hall (award, the late R. H. (Harry) ter Cunningham, dressed for the for the Patriarchs Militant, and Ralph L. Hendrickson. i moon in tn new bubble-topped will precede a four-day IOOF Grand Lodge and Rebekah Assembly in Hobbs, expected to bring between 500 and 600 persons to this city.

Meeting with the Patriarchs Militant will be the group's Ladies Auxiliaries (LAPM). The joint meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Also on Sunday's program, Mayor D. Eady will present a welcome address to the Department Council after a call to order by Col. M.

0. McCracken order being semi-military, uses military titles for their various officers. It is the only organization authorized by the Department of Defense to confer their highest honor on the unknowns who lie entombed in Arlington National Cemetery, the announcement said. This degree is known as the Grand Decoration of Chivalry and is usually awarded to members of the order who have rendered outstanding service to department commander. Scheduled at 11 a.m.

is a I have received this coveted Odd Fellowship. Two Hobbsans at the Hospitality Room of New Mexico Bank and Trust Co. main office for the LAPM. Installation of LAPM officers will begin at 4 p.m. at IOOF Hall after a business session beginning at 1:30 p.m.

A joint banquet for the groups I is scheduled to begin at 7:30 READY TO GO Shown this morning at Hobbs-Lea County Airport just before they boarded a plane en route to Minneapolis, where they will attend a convention of the National Federation of Grandmothers Clubs are two members of the Eula Grandmothers Club of Eunice, which was organized only 15 months ago. At left is Mrs. Sarah Johnson, who lives in Eunice but operates a cafe at Oil Center. Right is Mrs. Edith (Miss Edith) Fanning, 81, who taught school for more than 40 yean and is well-known all over Lea County.

--Staff photo by Jim Rawls. jp-m. at IOOF HaU with J. ijeir positions by jet fighter-1 McAdams of Hobbs bombers, helicopter gunships and artillery killed 26 of the enemy force before they got away. Flying to Convention Eunice's a Hardison Grandmothers Club, which was organized only 15 months ago, sending two delegates to the convention of the National Federation of Grandmothers Clubs, which is being held in Minneapolis, Minn.

Mrs. Edith Fanning, 81 years old, a charter member of the club and one of the best-known women in Lea County; and Mrs. Sarah Johnson, another charter member who lives in Eunice but operates a cafe in Oil Center, left at 8:30 a.m. today to fly to Minneapolis for adventure. "Miss as Mrs.

Fan- Our Tempo Wins Handicap Award A Hobbs firm, Tempo Department Store, today received the New Mexico state award of "Outstanding Small Employer oi the Handicapped" for its willingness to hire handicapped persons. The award was presented at a luncheon which ended a two-day meeting of the New Mexico Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped in Hobbs. mng is known to countless residents of Lea County who were her pupils in the more-than-40- r'ears she taught school, now ives in Eunice, but formerly ived on a ranch between Eunice and Jal where she and her husband homesteaded. She has a daughter, two grand daughters and two great grandchildren. Mrs.

Johnson, no newcomer herself, has lived in Eunice for more than 30 years and is the vidow of Ernest Johnson, who, before his death, retired from employment with Humble Oil She has five grandchildren. Mrs. Jo Helen Enyeart of Hobbs, who is national secre- ary of the grandmothers federation, will represent the three grandmothers clubs in Hobbs at he national convention. She left: or Minneapolis Wednesday. The award was received on behalf the Tempo store in Broadmoor Shopping Center by its manager, Lee Hain.

Another top award, "the Outstanding Large Employer of the Handicapped" in New Mexico," went to Thiokol Chemical Roswell Training Center. The citation was accepted by Irl Miles, manager of the Roswell Thiokol facility. Area citations went to Ikaord Furniture Store of Las Cruces. Jim Pace Insurance Agency of Alamogordo, and the First tional Bank of Roswell. The main speaker at the luncheon in the VFW hall was James M.

Macfarland of Washington, D. special assistant to the chairman of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. He told his listeners that "an increased coordinated effort on the part of employers and representatives of rehabilitation, agricultural, vocational guidance and welfare agencies is needed to provide the handicapped in areas such as this with training facilities and job opportunities which would enable them to become independent and self-supporting." Macfarland said that top of- On Page 3) Petty Thieves Ransack 18 Parked Vehicles Here Petty thieves went through 18 vehicles or. St. Anne, Cielo and West Silver, it was reported to police this morning.

Most of vehicles had the contents of the glove compartments scat- ersd, but reported nothing missing. W. R. Slaton of 119 St. Anne eported the biggest loss to po- ce.

He said taken were a wrist 'atch for 17 years' service with chlumberger, engraved with his fact on the back of the a small fire extinguish- a small leather case con- aining two tooth brushes and a LOVINGTON hcadqquarters will formally here at Republican be opened 121 North Main, tomorrow at 10 a.m. Headquarters chairman for Lovington is C. Clark. To be present at the opening ceremonies will be Don Yarbo of Lovington, and William TV. GottshaU of Hobbs, candidates for the Lea County commission, tnd Wffliara F.

(Bill) White, candidate for sheriff. Coffee and doughnuts will be no wttle of aspirin: and a set of ire chains. Patrolman Ron Wylie found he extinguisner and case with contents in the neighborhood, and returned them to Slaton. Aiso checking vehicles in She area was Patrolman Roger Johnson. The city engineer, Joe Harvey of 300 West Silver, told police that a hand level whfch belonged to the city was taken out of his city car.

He said it was in a brown leather case and valued at $50. Clifford Crowe cf 2500 Cielo. hare twee taken trtm feii Vtifcu- wagen, although he said it might be at the office. L. M.

Virden of 319 St. Anne, told police a carton of cigarettes was taken from the glove compartment of his truck. He said many other items of value were overlooked by the thieves, believed to be juveniles. Mrs. H.

J. Sullivan of 232 West Silver said four vehicles parked in the driveway had been gone through, but all that she' believed missing was a tire gauge. Charles Lee of 220 SL Anne, said a large pack of colored pictures had been thrown in the front yard, and most were de- stroypd by exposure to the light rain which fell this morning. Postelection Nixon Trip To Europe? DALLAS (AP) Richard M. Nixon, predicting he'll "win big" in November, already is thinking about a possible poste- lection trip to Europe to meet with allied leaders.

Before flying to Dallas Thursday night from Akron, Ohio, the Republican presidential candidate met with former Gov. William W. Scrantou of Pennsylvania, just back from a 20-day fact finding mission to Western Europe on Nixon's behalf. It was Scranton who disclosed, at a news conference, that Nixon would like preinau- gural meeting with leaders of Western Europe should he gain the White House. Scranton said Nixon would want to talk personally with as many European leaders as possible, assuming he is elected.

The Nixon campaign rolled through Illinois and Ohio Thursday with one public appearance in each state. Speaking to an overflow crowd of more than 5,000 in a university field house at Akron, Nixon first tried to ignore antiwar chants by some 40 demonstrators. Then he said, as he had in similar situations before, that at a Nixon rally his back- The branch F. as guest Patriarchs Militant U.S. casualties were put at six men killed and 19 wounded.

The fighting swirled through rice paddies and thick hedgerows 27 miles northwest of Saigon, a mile from where American ground and air forces killed 147 North Vietnamese soldiers Monday and Tuesday. It is a familiar battleground, long dominated by the veteran North Vietnamese 101st Regiment and the Viet Cong Cu Chi Regiment. The fighting broke out Thursday morning -when about 400 infantrymen drew heavy fire from troops dug in along the hedgerows surrounding a hamlet near the district town of Trang Bang. Then 600 reinforcements rushed in and the Americans attempted to put a cordon around the enemy force, estimated to be a battalion. Fighting continued until night- but the bulk of the enemy force apparently slipped out under the cover of darkness this morning.

Five miles farther south, an enemy defector led other 25th Division troopers to two munitions stockpiles that yielded was organized about 1872 for members wishing to Officers currently in office who will conduct this week's meeting: Colonel McCracken of Roswell, commander; Lt. Col. Joe Harris of Alamogordo, department adjutant; Col. Lyle C. Garner of Hobbs, department quartermaster: Lt.

Col. Jack T. Abemathy of Loco Hills, inspector: Capt. Lloyd F. Crow of Albuquerque, surgeon; Capt.

Ed Snapp of San Jon, banneret; and Col. 3. R. Fulkerson of lunar suits, hurtled into orbit aboard the Apollo 7. If the flight goes well, it ends after 11 days and 4H million miles of flight through space.

Thousands of people lined Atlantic beaches as the Saturn IB rocket, the most powerful booster ever used for a U.S. manned flight, slugged the spacecraft jinto orbit, riding a tail of fire the length of a football field. The eight first stage engines, generating 1.6 million pounds of Roswell, equipment officer. wear a uniform and thus ad-. Another decoration awarded vertise Odd Fellowship.

The tons of war supplies. They included 53 carbines, 150 rounds of mortar shells, 450 hand grenades, 150 fuses for mortar rounds, 300 Chinese Communist Jlaymore mines, and about 8,000 rounds of ammunition for AK47 assault rifles. Troopers from the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division found two more enemy caches only nine miles west-northwest of Saigon. They contained a light machine gun, 74 bazooka-type rocket grenades, IS pounds of TNT, 100 blasting caps, 17,000 rounds of small arms ammunitions and a jundle of propaganda leaflets.

The caches were among at i least a dozen turned up Thursday by allied ground sweeps. CSW Is Made Center for Examinations Ask Boost In DA Pay for meritorious sendee, and which is conferred upon both men and women of the order who meet certain qualifications, is known as the Decoration of Chivalry. The conferring of this decoration is scheduled for 2 p.m. at the Holiday Inn under (Continued On Pige 5) Notice has been received by the College of the that this institution designated as an educational center to administer the National Teacher Examinations, it was announced today. As a regional center the college will administer these tests for teachers in southern New Mexico and west Texas.

The announcement added that the National Teacher Examina- CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (AP) The Apollo 7 astronauts, saying they're "having a ball," got the go-ahead today for two orbits less than an hour after they hurtled into space in the world's largest spacecraft on an 11-day flight. Navy Capt. Walter M. Schirra Air Force Maj.

Donn F. Eisele and civilian i astronaut Walter Cunningham reported all was well aboard their spacecraft. thrust--more power than 100 jet fighter planes--ignited at 11:03 SANTA FE (AP)-The Judi -f DT 0ared into the crys cial Systems Study Committee decided Thursday to sponsor legislation to raise district attorneys' salaries to $16,500 annually and prohibit them from private practice. New Mexico district attorneys now receive from $8,000 to nation as a method of measuring teachers academic achieve- the district. Their salaries as sky and curved downrange.

Schirra said shortly after ignition that the ride "was a little but six minutes later he said it was "riding like a dream." Eisele reported and navigation "go." Mission the guidance system wag Control Center said district attorney are set by law! the mightv booster rocket per- ers shout down Then he waved the his hecklers, hand in mock salute to the protestors while many in the crowd faced them with thumbs-down gestures. To a heckler-free crowd of 6,500 in a field house at Moline, the GOP nominee said: "We're going to win in Illinois. We're going to win in the nation. We're going to win big." Before his Akron rally, Nixon issued a statement aimed at breaking the traditional allegiance of labor to Democrats. "The rank and file of American labor is rightly resentful of the way some union treasuries are being emptied to support the sagging campaign of an ad- Other vehicles involved, but ministration that has proven to from which nothing WP.S taken: Ray A.

Wallach of 311 St. Anne; Kathy Bare of 323 St. Anne; Roy FairchiM of 307 West SU- be a false friend of he said. He said Democrats had broken ttieir contract with labor "by flifrt Inflation." professional preparation for teaching, and in the teacher's specialty. The examinations are used by universities for students in Teacher Education at the time student teachers graduate.

State Departments of Education made use of them in the process of certifying teachers. The tests are giving at centers designated all over the United States. Published by the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N. J. the Service draws on the advice of educators in many branches of the field of education.

Specialists in various fields assist in the selection and preparation of the examination questions. they from $5,000 to $7,200 serving as juvenile court attorneys. The study committee also ap- flawlessly during its 10 of powered flight, the spacecraft to 17,500 miles an hour and drilling it into orbit. proved proposed legislation to; Mission control announced establish a uniform juvenile) that the orbit achieved was 140 code. Three other proposals! by 1S3 miles, very close to the would define additional crimes desired path of 142 by 176 miles.

under the uniform criminal; "We're looking at the Canary code. One would provide for an of- Islands," Schirra reported to communicator a few minutes John after fense between simple battery Swigert and aggravated battery. Classi-! A 7 nad teen inserted into fied as a high misdemeanor, the crime would carry a penalty of up to one year in prison and a SI.000 fine. Another would make it a felony to jump bond. A third would create an offense known as vehicle homi- During the academic year cide 1968-69 these National examina- Rep.

David Norvell, D-Curry, orbit. "You're making me jealous," Swigert replied. Success of the Apollo 7 flight may open the door for another Apollo crew to orbit the moon in December, a vital step toward landing men on the moon next year. The spacecraft was to remain mated to the booster second tions will be given at the of the committee, saidjstage, called the S4B, for about lege of the Southwest on charge would apply in fatal 9, 1968, and on April 12, 1969.1 pedestrian-automobile accidents JThe time designated for the i where speed is the sole factor Van Driver Injured Slightly in Mishap examinations on these days is)as the cause of the accident A 22-year-old Tulsa (Okla.) man was treated and released at Lea General Hospital yesterday afternoon following a one-vehicle accident about 12:30 p.m. 28.7 miles west of Hobbs.

State police said James Patrick Dignam was the driver of a 1965 Chevrolet van used as a produce truck when he went to sleep, the van leaving the road, striking a culvert and turning over one complete time. He was treated for lacerations on his back and forehead. The van was considered a total loss. Jury Finds Millican Guilty of Burglary LOVINGTON-- Edgar W. Millican, 19, charged with burglary, was found guilty by a jury sitting in district court here yesterday.

Judge Kermit Nash sentenced him to serve one to five years in prison. A second charge of burglary against lican was dismissed on recom-i mendation of the district attorney. The original charge of burglary against Millican was filed in connection with from 8:30 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. He said the New Mexico Su- and from 1:30 p.m.

to 4:15 p.m. preme Court has ruled a person Ross Kendall, director of involved in such an accident can Teacher Training at the College be convicted only of speeding. of the Southwest, is in charge of the program at the college. three hours, just as it will be on a moon flight. two orbits, the Apollo Command and Service module, which holds the crew, will inch forward and separate from the S4B.

The crew then flies in forma- Horse is Victim Sleeping Sickness Case Reported in Lea County A case of equine encrcphalomyelitis (sleeping sickness) In Lea County has been verified, according to an announcement made yesterday afternoon by Dr. Jiarian. he knows, the case on which he received laboratory verification yesterday is the only one in the county this year. The mare whose illness was verified was "getting better" the last time he saw her. Dr.

Kirk said. She lives on a farm six miles northeast of Hobbs. The veterinarian explained that encephalomyelitis is endemic in birds and is spread from one to another by mosquitoes or other blood-sucking insects. He added that it apparently is spread to horses by mosquitoes, and thefts from Jefferson E7e- but that the horse appears to be mentary School, Temple Bap-ja ''dead-end host," and the di- tist Cfrarch and Northside Bap-jsease is not spread froa tfst tH bt I hem tv matter. and not involuntary manslaugh-jtion with the spent booster for a ter.

I time before moving 83 miles out (Continued On Page 5, Apollo 7 Flight Facts. Figures CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (AP)' Here are the facts and figures about the Apollo 7 night: Astronauts: Navv Capt, Walter M. Schirra Air Force Maj. Donn F.

Eisele, 38: civilian Walter Cunningham. 36. Flight duration: 10 days. 20 hours, 9 minutes. Purpose: Check all systems to qualify Apollo ship for later flights to the moon.

Orbital path: From 105 to 282 miles high, between 31.59 degrees north and 31.59 degrees Jack F. Kirk, Hobbs veteri- Dr. Kirk says that as far as Humans can be bitten by a disease-carrying mosquito and contract the disease, Dr. Kirk said, but declared that he considers such cases "accidents," just as the infection of horses seems to be. He said that the mare in Lea County was kept in the lot with several other horses that ate the same feed and were subjected to the same conditions, but none of them was infected.

Dr. Kirk does not believe that the verification of a case hi Lea County is cause for orach concern this late in the when cold weather soon wffi, ff it appears on normal schedule, reduce the nostrrita population HMtttiffl south latitude. RKOCKET: Saturn IB two-sta 255 feet tall, first stage thrust 1.6 million pounds. Spacecraft: Before third orbit separation from second stage-115 feet finches long, maximum diameter 21.7 feet, 69.034 wfa. After separation--51 feet 4 inches tall; 12 feet Inches Cameler, 32,389 cost of.