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KICI10FILW 1302 K. Yandell El Paso, Texas 79902 Our Home Town With all the convention uproar, it's sometimes nice to know that it's 2,000 miles away from peaceful Las Cruces. Weather MES1LLA VALLEY-Scal- tcrcd afternoon and evening showers today and Tuesday. Little change in temperatures. I.AS CRUCES--Low tonight, 68, high Tuesday, 98.

Sunset Sunrise Vol. 92-No. 83 MONDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1972, I.AS CRUCES, MEXICO 12 Pages-1Oc BUENAS TARDES Quick Look At the News The Almanac By United Preis International Today is Monday, July 10, the 192nd day of 1972 with 174 to follow. The moon is new. The morning stars are Venus and Saturn.

The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. American painter James Whistler was born July 10, 1834. On this date in history: In 1938 American industralist Howard Hughes and a crew of four flew around the world in 91 hours. In 1953 Lavrenti Beria, Soviet chief of internal security forces, was executed on charges of criminal anti-state activiles.

In 1962 the Telstar satellite first relayed television pictures between the United Stales and Europe. In 1970 China released 79-year-old Roman Catholic Bishop James Edward Walsh after holding him prisoner for 12 years. A thought for the day: Canadian physician Sir William Osier said, "Tact is the saving virtue without which no woman can be a success." State And Locally THE MEMORIAL GENERAL HOSPITAL blood bank will be open Wednesday from 2 to 7 p.m. in the hospital's staff room. Those donors who are contributing to replace blood for patients are reminded that they should name the patient so that proper credit can be given.

This blood bank is an opportunity for family members and friends of patients to replace blood. Donors must be at least 18 years old and weigh a minimum of 110 Ibs. according to hospital spokesman. A NEW MEXICO Air National Guard pilot was killed Saturday in the crash of his FIDO jet fighter plane 30 miles east of Farmington during a training mission. Killed was 2nd IX.

John R. Kelley, 24, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent C. Kelley of Albuquerque.

NEW MEXICO SEN. Joseph M. Montoya, a democrat, said Sunday that the youthful New Mexico supporters of Sen. George McGovern would probably bolt from the parly in November if McGovern fails to win the Democratic presidential nomination. MISS TERRY WREN Prather, 19, Miss Carlsbad, was crowned Miss New Mexico 1972 Saturday night at Hobbs High School Auditorium.

Miss Prather was chosen over 10 other New Mexico women for the title. AN EXPLOSION EARLY today ripped out a drive-in window at a branch office of the Albuquerque National Bank in east Albuquerque. There were no injuries. A police spokesman said several sticks of dynamite bound together with newspapers were used in the explosion. THE ALBUQUERQUE City Commission tonight is expected to approve ordinance amendments permitting the establishment of cable television in the city.

If the action is taken as expected, a CATV franchise for Albuquerque will go to General Communications and Entertainment Inc. THE NUMBER OF armed robberies in Albuquerque have nearly tripled from 25 in April to 74 in June, police reported. June is usually the worst month for armed robberies, according to Capt. Lane Vance, head of the investigations division of the Albuquerque Police Department. In The Nation THE MOON'S SHADOW will sweep across the earth today at more than 1,000 miles an hour during an eclipse of the sun.

A total eclipse will occur along a 113- mile wide strip starting just north of Japan and ending in the North Atlantic as the moon conies between the sun and the earth. A partial eclipse will be seen in America. GEORGE WALLACE said today he has no plans to be a third party presidential candidate if dissatisfied with the choice of the Democratic convention. At the same time, the Alabama governor said he does not believe the Democrats can win the election without the help of those who support him. PRESIDENT NIXON will send his secretary of commerce to Moscow this month to work on a 'comprehensive new approach" to U.S.-Soviet trade, following up the unprecedented $750 million grain deal.

He will also bring up the old Russian World War II debt. Plans for the trip by Sec. Peter Peterson were disclosed by Henry Kissinger, Nixon's chief foreign policy adviser. FRENCH DEFENSE MINISTER Michel Debre starts a two-day visit to Washington today that could lead to a reciprocal arms purchase agreement and move France toward renewing its ties to NATO. Debre planned to spend the day in consultation with Defense Sec.

Melvin Laird. Around The World NORTH VIETNAM'S chief peace negotiator, Xuan Thuy, flew In today to resume the Vietnam peace talks and said a quick settlement could be reached if the United States showed goodwill. Mixing tough talk with of a serious attitude, Thuy said he had no precise new peace plan to submit to conference which resumes Thursday after a two-month break. AMERICAN CHESS challenger Bobby Fischer slipped into the Reykjavik sports arena before dawn today for a minute inspection of the facilities provided for the start of Tuesday's championship match. See earlier story page 3.

JAPAN'S new conservative government said today it will steadily push ahead its plan to seek normalization of relations with China. McGovern Hits Rival Camps I A I BEACH I Georgc S. McGovern invaded the camps of his enemies today, seeking a key victory at tonight's opening session of the Democratic National Convention which could make his nomination almost certain and almost bloodless. His rivals still lacked--and i cohesion necessary for an effective stop- McGovern coalition in Wednesday's presidential balloting. They also lacked a unity candidate all could agree upon, and no new name surfaced.

Edward M. Kennedy's wife Joan, here to help raise money for the parly, said Kennedy's decision neither to seek nor accept the nomination was "final." Krom a i Port, where he went yachting, Kennedy said there was "no way 11 he could be convinced to take second place on the ticket. Maine's Edmund S. Muskie, Sen. George S.

McGovern refused (oday to attend a clixed meeting with the other candidates for the Democratic preilden- tlal nomination to try to avoid a bitter credentials fight at to- nlght't opening convention session. The froatruulng McGovern he uw "little to be gained once the front-runner, look on kingmaker powers at this least orthodox 3Clh quadrennial assembly of disarrayed Democrats. Rut Muskie was undecided whether to use those powers to coronale McGovern or to keep alive his own hopes of becoming a compromise choice. Aides promised a quick decision after Muskie's scheduled "solidarity meeting" this morning with his estimated 200- plus delegates. In the same flat, dry prairie voice with which he announced his candidacy 18 months ago-when he was unknown to most Americans--McGovern ex- See MCGOVERN, Page 2 King Predicts NM Vote Split MIAMI BEACH (UPD-- Gov.

Bruce King predicted today the New Mexico delegation would split 12-6 in favor of returning to Sen. George McGovern the 271 delegates won in the California primary. King, a non-voting delegate, said he believed Mrs. Dessie Sawyer of Crossroads, N.M. and at least one other delegate pledged to Gov.

George Wallace would vote for a full McGovern delegation. Kennedy Decision 'Final' HYANNIS, Mass. (UPD -While others worried about the credentials fight and his name was bandied about as a possible candidate at Miami Beach, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy went sailing off Cape Cod.

Hyannis was beseiged by reporters awaiting word from the Kennedy compound on developments at the Democratic National Convention in Florida. "There is no way I will take the''vice presidential nomination," Kennedy said Sunday. "I owe it to Joan (his wile), the children, my mother and sisters. There is no way 1 will take (he nomination Kennedy's wife went to the convention, and appeared at the Democrat's national telethon. She said her husband was not a presidential candidate and the decision was "final." However, Kennedy has been unable to dampen speculation all year-despite constant disavowals of his candidacy--and his name is still cropping up.

Kentucky Gov. Wendell H. Ford, for example, said Sunday night he could support a ticket led by Rep. Wilbur Mills, D- and with Kennedy as vice presidential candidate. Kennedy has been mentioned also as a possible running mate for Sen.

George S. McGovern. Kennedy, who attended mass at Hyannis with members of the family Sunday morning, told the Boston Globe he has made an "absolute and final" rejection of any draft for the second place on the ticket. The New Mexico delegation planned a caucus before the first session of the Democratic National Convention opened at 7:30 p.m. EDT.

The delegates were pledged 10-8 for McGovern and Wallace through the first two ballots. The shift by Mrs. Sawyer, Democratic National Committee woman, was expected. Last week she said she would switch to McGovern from Wallace after two ballots. King also echoed Sen.

Joseph M. Montoya, saying he believed there was little chance for total party unit in November no matter who won the presidential nomination. He said he expected that a nomination of McGovern probably would result in a dropout in campaign participation of supporters of Sens. Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Mus- kie. Monloya flew into Miami Beach Sunday to join the delegation, elected in New Mexico's June 6 primary election, and predicted that youthful McGovern delegates would give up the party if the South Dakota Senator wasn't elected.

MAINE SEN. Edmund S. Muskie today again refused to drop out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Miiskic also urged his rivals to hold a special meeting to resolve the credentials fight before it reaches the convention floor this evening. (UPI) Muskie Remains In Prexy Race WASHINGTON (UPI)--Sen.

Edmund S. Muskie refused again today to drop out of the Democratic presidential scramble. He urged his rivals for the nomination to hold an unprece- King To Discuss Communications State Planning Officer David King and various members of his and Gov. Bruce King's staff are in Las Cruces today to review various local projects which have been coordinated through the State Planning Office. According to Parks and Recreation Director Sam Graft, most of the projects King and the other state officials will tour involve city parks projects.

These include the new ball park and (enniscomplex, the renovation of Apodaca Park and Young Park. Graft said the meetings are designed to establish communications between the State Planning Office and local officials. Other city officials who will confer with the Santa Fe group are Utilities Director Henry Gaines and Police Chief Ben Silva. According to Gaines, the city's water resources study will be coordinated with the participation of the SPO. Silva will give Norm Mugleston, the Director of the Governor's Council on Criminal Justice Planning, a tour of the Las Cruces police newly installed communications facilities.

County Manager Henry Read said today thai he hopes to confer with King on various parks pioposals within the county. King will be attending a dinner at the Palms Motor Hotel at 6:30 p.m. He will Ihen confer with members of the city and county commission and other local officials. Other members of the Santa Fe delegation include Keith Dot son, a member of the governor's personal staff; Gary Easton, from the recreation division of the SPO; and Gilbert Apodaca, an aide to David King. dented meeting to settle the disruptive credentials question before it reaches the convention floor tonight.

Without such a council beforehand, Muskie warned, the credentials challenges from California and Illinois could result in a political battle with a "horrendous" toll in political dead and wounded "and our parly and its nominee could be among the casualties." An aide to Sen. George S. McGovern, who has the most at stake in his fight to win back 151 votes in the California delegation, said McGovern would give "serious consideration" to Muskie's proposal. But the McGovern spokesman insisted there would ll be no compromise on California. 1 Muskie did not reveal how he stood personally or how he thought his delegates, estimated by him to total 200 to 300, should vote--on the California question when it comes to the convention floor tonight.

An endorsement of McGovern's position in the battle could have given the South Dakotan's forces the edge needed for victory in the complicated procedural questions, and i a in his quest for the nomination itself. Muskie told reporters prior to reading his statement that he would "be a candidate until this convention is ended." In the statement, he said the credentials question had been turned into something much larger than itself, being fought out by "two armed camps." Muskie suggested in telegrams to (he other candidates that they meet with Democratic National Chairman Lawrence F. O'Brien this afternoon. Muskie said he had some "specific recommendations designed to resolve these disputes in a manner which does not finally determine the nomination." McGovern invaded the camps of his rivals, including the Ohio delegation where he won a standing ovation even though a majority of its 7D votes are pledged to Sen. Hubert H.

Humphrey. "I am confident," McGovern said, "that if the delegates make their judgment tonight on the basis of their conscience and whal is fair, there will be no doubt about the results." McGovern has claimed to have enough support in tonight's voting to reverse the credentials committee action which stripped him of 151 of the 271 California delegates he won in that state's June 6 winner- lake-all primary. He was seeking a compromise on the Illinois dispute under which Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley and delegates in his bloc would be allowed on Ihe floor with reduced votes. North Strengthens Quang Tri Forces Lighter Side To The i Although HHH Pools Resources, He's Behind The Eight-Ball By WALTER WISNIEWSKI MIAMI BEACH UPI--Reporter's notebook at Ihe Democratic National Convention: Sen.

Hubert H. Humphrey lost the first test of his game plan Sunday. Democratic National Chairman Lawrence F. O'Brien beat him at the pool table in a game of eight-bali. Miami Beach residents are getting to meet Ihe more flamboyant members of the "nondelegates." Two elderly women wearing floppy hats and carrying a pink parasol were visiting the Flamingo Park campsite of the Yippies and Zippies.

They were welcomed by a boy with no shirl and hair to his shoulders. "Glad to make your one of the women said. "Are you a boy or -0-Al assorted places around (own, Ihe gut issues of politics were being settled during meetings of state delegations. Florida's pro-Wallace delegates shouted down an appeal Sunday by Sen. Fred Harris, for "fair play" and support of McGovern's "winner-lake-all" victory in California.

"We're going to play to win. That's what we're playing for," yelled L.L. "Red" Herring, of Baldwin, Fla. "Who ever heard of politics being fair?" --0-Hubert Humphrey had his morning briefing for reporters aboard a luxurious yacht moored on Indian Creek--almost. The briefing was called off at the last minute for unknown reasons.

One newsman who learned of the event only 10 minutes before it was to begin managed to rush two miles through heavy traffic and board the yacht on schedule, only to be kept waiting for nearly an hour before the cruise was canceled. -0-A vending machine operator has installed "Balloon-o-mat" machines in the headquarters hotel to dispense helium-filled balloons emblazoned with the name of the candidate of your choice: McGovern, Humphrey, Muskie or Wallace. --0-Les Waldroop, a gospel singer from Franklin, N.C., brought his a a "Jesus burros" lo George Wallace headquarters Sunday. The older donkey, which was hitched to a cart, wore a blanket saying, "I'm pulling for Wallace." The younger animal's blanket said, "Me Too." In some rases, this year's delegates are the poorest ever chosen, financially speaking. Mrs.

Ann Martindell, chairman of the New Jersey delegation, said her group was on "Ihe world's most limited budget, subzero." New Jersey's delegates are slaying at a hotel I I miles away from convention hall. -0-The committee for Ihe Reelection of the President, which has maintained such a tow profile hereabouts that most people are unaware of its presence, has opened a hospitality suite for reporters who crave respite from round of a i credentials i and rules disputes. SAIGON A 1,000 man South Vietnamese task force a moved into battered Quang Tri city last week withdrew to the edge of town today and allied officers said they except a major fight before recapturing the provincial capital from the Communists. The South Vietnamese said last Friday that government troops had occupied two-thirds of the city and the only major obstacle was the capture of Ihe walled, 19lh century citadel near the center of Ihe cily. However, allied officers said today the North Vietnamese defenders have received reinforcements and are prepared lo fight for the city.

"Quang Tri is going to be very hard to lake. The hunker complexes are unbelievable," a U.S. adviser told UPI correspondent Barney Scibert. "They are determined to hold Quang Tri. There is at least a battalion about 500 men in there." Kar lo the south, U.S.

Brig. Gen. Richard J. Tallman and three other Americans were killed by a North Vietnamese artillery shell near An L.OC, a provincial capital 60 miles of Saigon a has been under siege since soon after the current Communist offensive started on March 30. Two other Americans were injured.

Tallman, 47, of Honesdalc, and his party had just stepped out of their helicopter when a shell hit nearby. They jumped into a bunker, Ihen climbed out again and were running for a command post 100 yards away when a second shell exploded in their midst. President Nguyen Van Thieu landed in the same spot two days ago during an inspection lour but no artillery shells came withing 400 yards of Ihe Thieu parly. Tallman was deputy commander of the 3rd Regional Assistance Command operating in Ihe An I-oc area. He was the father of seven children and had been stationed in Vietnam for one year.

Al least nine U.S. generals, one admiral and five South Vietnamese generals have been killed in the Vietnam war. U.S. Navy officials said an American destroyer sank three barges Sunday that were unloading a Chinese freighter off Ihe coast of Vietnam. The freighter was not fired upon.

The 7lh Fleet said the incident occurred 33 miles northeast of Dong Hoi. Elsewhere over Ihe North, U.S. fighter bombers knocked out 28 water supply craft. Drug Charges Filed Against City Couple Two local persons were arrested shortly after midnight Sunday in a narcotics raid at their home at 535 Phillips. Both have been released on the recognizance of their attorney.

Mike Tarasoff, 22, and his wife Bonnie, 19, were arraigned Sunday on charges of possession of marijuana. According lo I.as Cruces Del. Ron Tarpley, the pair are suspected of selling large quantities of marijuana from Ihe residence. The raid involved seven Cruces policemen and two officers from the White Sands Provost Marshal's office. Bill Childres and William Pitzer.

According lo Tarpley, the drug materials confiscated in Ihe raid included approximately five pounds of marijuana, assorted drug parafanalia, smoking pipes, pills and seeds. Tarpley said the seeds could be used for subsequent marijuana cultivation. Tarpley said the provost marshal's office iniliated the investigation, which also was aided hy informants..