Las Cruces Sun-News from Las Cruces, New Mexico • Page 1

SOUTHWEST MICROFILM Our Home Town 'Hive mothers, IKjhoo! will be starling soon. Weather ews VoliSO--No. 94 LAS CRUCES, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 21. 1970 10 PAGES--lOc LAS CRUCES AREA-Scatter- cd showers this afternoon and evening becoming widely, scattered Wednesday. Cooler today and warmer Wednesday.

Last 2-1 hours: 92 71. Low tonight: 68. High Wednesday: 90. Sunset tonight 8:11. Sunrise Wednesday Hurricane Becky Threatens Buenas Tardes Quick Look At the News By; United Press International Today is July 21, the 202nd' day of 1970 with 163 to follow The moon is between its full phase and last quaiter The morning star is Saturn.

The evening stars are Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupitei On this day in -In 1861, the first major engagement of the Civil War took place at Bull Run Creek in Vir ginia. In 1873, the world's first train robbery took place at "Adair, Iowa, when Jesse James held up the Rock Island Express and made off with 53,000 In 1930, the U.S. Veterans Administration was established. In 1954. armistice agreements ended the year -Indo-China war.

A for the day: Ernest Hemingway said, "All our words from loose using have lost their edge State and Locally MEN FllOAI the Las Cruces Bureau of Land Management, along with two crews of Mescalero Apaches, left Monday for Olympic National Park in Washington to aid in a massive forest fire currently raging in the area. Those now in the.field include Wes Danley, Bob Lawrence, Gerald Thygerson and Jack Albright; all said to be top-notch crew leaders in firefighting tactics. The debarkment sees all organized Indian crews in Southern New Mexico fighting fires in the Western U.S. A $13 MILLION school bond election to finance major expansions in the Albuquerque school districts will go before the city's voters Sept 10 TUB 1. L.

JACOBS Land Appraisal Firm of Chicago, hired Dona Ana County last year, rejofls that county appraisals.sares-in the stages According to a firm spokesman, all land emenfs and buildings in the county have been appraised and that final letters are due to be Sent to property owners within the next two weeks. A staff of'20 field workers, were employed on the project, but most have departed as only clerical work is needed-'to finish the year-long' project. The Jacobs firm to terminate in Doiia, Ana County by September 1. In the Nation KANSAS GOVERNOR Robert B. Docking, "Very much concerned" over the.

killing of two youths" in the racially tense college city of Lawrence today cut short an out-of-state trip to return to Kansas for a personal investigation. DEFENSE SECRETARY Melvin R. Laird said today the United States has no plans "to involve Americans directly" in the Middle East but will do what is necessary to maintain a military balance in the area. City Chiefs Pass UR Utility, Lighting Plan NEW LOCATION Alex Aragon, Rawson Home Builders, is shown using a new automatic nailing device at the former Safeway building, 256 W. Las Cruces the future site of the Las Cruces Sun-News.

Office personnel expect to be in the building in late fall. (Burns) Cost of Living Up Again, But Food Prices Down A resolution authorizing' acceptance of the proposal of R. W. Beck and Associates, consulting engineers, to provide service for the city in conjunction with relocation of underground electrical and telephone utilities in the Urban Renewal District was approved by Las Cruces City Commission Monday night. The resolution approved the firm's offer to do the work for an estimated $20,700, not to exceed $25,875.

The job also will include development of a plan of TM stieet lighting, including parking lot lighting within the urban renewal project. Another resolution passed will allow the Dona Ana County Chapter of the American Red Cross to use the Laabs Swimming Pool on weekday mornings from August 3 through 14 for its "Free Learn to Swim" program. The commission voted to condemn a house at 1007 W. Picacho owned by Louis F. Beauperthy of 3115 Titanic, El Paso, as a menace to the public comfort, health, peace and safely! Another resolution condemning a building located at 242 E.

Hail- ley owned by Cedric Bradford, was tabled to allow further study of-the economic feasibility of renovating the structure. A request for waiver of setback 'requirements by the Wesley Martin Oil Company was approved. At the conclusion of the meeting Commissioner Hcrculano Ferralcz expressed concern over the recent activities of U. S. Treasury Agents in requesting information from librarians showing who was reading subversive literature, including bomb making books.

Ferralcz suggested that the city commission draft a resolution to be forwarded to local and federal authorities protesting this action as an encroachment upon the civil liberties of all citizens. The commission approved his suggestion. Bus Driver Draws Seven Charges of Manslaughter NEW ORLEANS (UPD-- Tropical storm Becky whipped her 75-milc-an-hour winds into the first hurricane of 1970 churning to within 230 miles of the Gulf Const and threatening the Florida shoreline. Residents along, the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida braced against the first gale force winds expected to hit land tonight. "We're- battening down the hatches, shutting up and taking off extra men and equipment from offshore platforms," said a Shell Oil Co.

official in New Orleans. The Weather Bureau said winds at the center of the a reached 75 miles an hour, just barely hurricane strength. Gale winds of 39 miles an hour and above stretched 150 tnilcs to the north and east of Becky's eye. Hurricane warnings are posted from Fort Walton, to Port St. Joe, and gale warnings were in effect Ivmn Mobile, to St.

Marks, Fla. A hurricane watch which liad earlier been posted along the a i i a a coasts probably will be discontinued later today, the Weather Bureau said. The latest advisory placed Becky P.30 miles south vlf' Pcnsacola, Fin. The slorm was' expected to move slowly northward at about 10 miles an hour. The Weather Bureau said tides would begin to increase (See HimniCAME, Page 2) Around the World BRITAIN'S 47,000 striking longshoremen told port employers today "if there is a showdown, it will be a good showdown." BRITAIN'S CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer Iain MacLeod, 50, considered the most brilliant in the new Conservative government, died of a heart attack Monday night in London.

WASHINGTON (UPI) --The cost of living climbed again in June by four tenths of one percent but food prices went down and the rate, of increase for some other things slowed noticeably, the- reported today. County Clerk To Attend National Meet 1 Mrs. Gladys Hansen. Dona Ana Comity clerk, will leave Friday for the 22nd Annual Conference of the National Association of County Officials in Atlanta, Ga. Mrs.

Hansen, president of the New Mexico Association of Counties, will represent the state as a delegate, while Santa Fe's Phil Larragoite, executive director of the NMAC, will accompany her. Larragoite has been selected to a special national committee to petition the Federal Government for a reimbursement, in lieu of taxes, for government land in the U. S. Dona. Ana County has over one million acres of government land and, if the committee's proposal of receiving 10 cents per acre per year in reimbursements is passed, Dona Ana County will profit by the tune of approximately $11,000 per annum.

The monthly consumer price index showed that food prices declined on a seasonally adjusted basis, as is customary in the summer. But higher prices for used homes i 'of consumer services increased to offset the lower food costs to put the general price level at 135.2. This meant that in June, goods and services that cost $10 in the 1957-1959 base period cost $13.52. The Labor Department which compiles tile index said coinmo- report also said "The rates of increase in prices of both. durables and 1 other (See COST, Page 2) ALLENTOWN, Pa.

(UPI)The wife of bus driver Hubert Dayc died of a stroke today shortly before her husband was arraigned on seven counts of involuntary manslaughter stemming from last Wednesday's crash that killed seven Long Island school children and i 52 others. Mrs. Henrietta Daye, 45, of Mont- dispensary at Allcntown General Hospital whore her husband had been confined until today. The hospital listed the unofficial cause of death as a "massive stroke." Word of Mrs. Dayc's death was received as the bus driver was being arraigned before Justice of the Peace Richard Lcvan and held under $7,000 bond.

He was not told of his wife's death and was taken back to the hospital and readmitted, while they awaited Burglar Takes Popular Store For $5,000 an Harris Road Struggle Continues County Said a'Garbage Dump'-Crack Down Set The Dona Ana County Commission wrote another chapter in the struggle to open an allegedly public road across property of J. B. Harris west of Mesilla at the board's regular meeting Monday afternoon in the courthouse. The commission was presented with an abstract of the tad on both sides, of the road--the abstract reaching back into the past before New Mexico was a state, indeed nearly before the territory was acquired by the United States. The commission, voted to se- lect a private attorney, present him with the abstract and seek his advice on the matter of the road.

A group of residents in the area of the road have, been trying since mid-March to have the road opened, They claim a portion of the road is now blocked by cultivated alfalfa. R. H. Sprcngcr, spokesman for the residents, expressed some displeasure at the commission's failure.to act and open up the "clearly public road." The commission, which had been advised by the district attorney's office that this was a private matter between the residents and Harris, reassured Sprengor if wanted to make sure 100 per cent that the road was public before taking any action. This, said commissioners, was the reason for consulting a private lawyer with Ihe abstract.

No reason was given for disregarding the district attorney's opinion on the road matter. In other action at the meeting, Fireman's Fund, through its local representative, Frank 0. Papen and was the apparent low bidder on insurance for the (See COUNTY, Page 2) Dayc, also of Montclair, N.J., was served with seven warrants charging him with the involuntary manslaughter after his surprise release today from the hospital where he had been confined since the accident. Upon his release, he was taken to nearby Wcscocsvillc for arraignment. The hospital said Mrs.

Daye, who was boarding at Ihe nursing residence across the street from 1 the hospital, complained of chest pains when she awoke this morning. She was taken to the hospital emergency room and they advised her to slay there. She said she was leaving, presumably to go to her husband's a a i then collapsed at the door of the emergency room. Since Daye could not post the bond, lie was rushed back to the hospital to be detained there i further deails could be worked out. Daye was in a coma for several days and reported in serious condition, although the hospital said Monday he was improved to the extent where members of his family only were permitted to visit him.

City police are looking for mi unknown culprit who the Popular Dry Goods of approximately S5.000 stortlyafter' midnight; Robert McMillan, store owner, lold police Hint approximately that amount in valid checks, coins and bills had been taken from a safe localed in the southwest wall of the secretary's office. Police said the burglar used a 20-foot ladder to climb to the roof of the building at 1119 S. a i SI. in Ihe early morning hours. The front plate of Ihe safe had been cut out with a torch and the fire clay chipped with a chisel, investigating officers said.

Officer liuhcn Montulvo was dispatched to Ihe scene at 2 a.m. after Merchant Policeman Henry reported ii burglary In progress. Officers a lluben Sedillos and Wilbur i a searched Ihe roof top in an effort to apprehend the suspect. In searching the roof, a door was found partially open. Officers found no one in the building i a thorough search.

On the roof, near the southeast corner of Ihe east section, police found a blnck bag containing a portable torch and a red plaid bag containing flashlights, screwdrivers, a and other tools essential In it break-in. STORM SEWER 1970, part of project being done this year in conformanco with Lns Cruces Ma; line which extends on Gardner Street from Locust Street to Frengcr Park impoundment into the park drainage system, immediately east of South Main Street. (Burns) Lns Cruces Master Drainage Finn, continues on schedule. Burn Construction Company 1ms the contract for the installation of the 60-inch impoundment area. There it will connect with an existing controlled outlet pipe which runs on Fnrney Road Ivom llio park unit (lumps.