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13. I072 Nixon Still Shuffling Staff For New Term South Vietnamese Soldiers Take Cover Recently Behind Trees In Ben The, About 20 Miles Northeast Of Saigon. (UPI) Fresh South Vietnam Infantry Units Pursue, Trap Fleeing North Troops SAIGON (UPI) A fresh South Vietnamese infantry regiment today Joined the chase of a fleeing 700-man Communist unit 42 miles norlh of Saigon, military sources said. The Communists were reported lo be among units that had tried (o infiltrate through lo Saigon. One battalion of the Norlh Vietnamese force was (rapped and crushed Sunday night and Monday.

The military sources said the remaining two battalions were found Tuesday and immediately put under heavy pressure. The new South Vietnamese regular infantry regiment of the 25th Division today joined a militia regiment of similar size lo try and break up the remainder of the Communist force. -The Norlh Vietnamese carried handkerchiefs imprinted with a slale- ment that they were to be the liberators of Saigon. The infantrymen found and destroyed a 20-bed Communist -ADA Ratings NJVTs Runnels WASHINGTON (l)PI-Hepubllcan Rep. Manuel Lujan Jr.

and Democrat Harold Runnels received the lowest scores in ratings handed out by the liberal Americans for Democratic Action organization. The organization graded congressmen on the basis of their voting records for against legislation supported by the ADA. The scores ranged from 90 to 100. Lujan scored only a rating of 13, voting in favor of ADA- supported legislation only on two occasions. Runnels received a rating ol 25, voting with the ADA on four voccasions.

U.S. Sen. Joseph Montoya, received the highest rating from the slate's delegation with a 45. He voted with the ADA position on 9 of 16 Issues. Retiring Sen.

Clinton P. Anderson received a rating of 25, voting with the ADA on five occasions. hospital in the rubber plantation jungle country south of Tay Ninh City, 50 miles norlhwesl of Saigon, and also destroyed a number of bunkers and hundreds of pounds of rice. Contact wilh Ihe Communists was sporadic and officers said they believed the North Vietnamese were trying lo get back to their sanctuaries in Cambodia, about 10 miles away. Far lo the north, South Vietnamese paratroopers and marines on the rain-soaked Quang Trl front killed 117 North Vietnamese in a series of bailies lasting for two days, military 17 South Vietnamese 'Were, reported wpundedln Ihe'figlits', tfle SaigorTcomfn'ahd One of the four U.S.

aircraft carriers offshore--the USS Ranger--was hobbled by a fire in the main machinery room today, Ihe command reported. Eight sailors were treated for smoke inhalation. The huge carrier remained on station while making repairs to some damaged pumps and wiring. An investigation was begun lo determine Ihe cause of the fire, Ihe command said. A Thailand-based U.S.

Air Force RF4 reconnaissance was shot down last Saturday by a Communist surface-to-air missile over Norlh Vietnam, 45 WASHINGTON I President Nixon's revamping of his second term administration continued unabated today wilh Ihe replacement of Iwo sub- Cabinet officials --Ihe director of Ihe National Institutes of Health and the head of the U.S. Information Agency (USIA). Dr. Robert Q. Marston notified his staff that Nixon had decided lo appoint a new NIH direclor "within the next few monlhs." It was also learned at the same lime lhat Ihe President's former speech writer, James Keogh, will be named to take over direction of USIA, the government's overseas information operation, from Frank Shakespeare.

In another development, Interior Secretary Rogers C. B. Morion appointed Ronald H. Walker, a special assistant to the President, to be new director of the National Park Service. No successor to Marston was indicated in his NIH staff memorandum.

Keogh, former executive editor of Time Magazine, headed Nixon's White House speech writing team at the outset of the President's first term in 1969. He left two years ago and subsequently wrote a book, "The President and Ihe Press," which criticized news coverage of the White House. Shakespeare was an executive of Columbia Broadcasting System until he was made head of USIA which includes the Voice of America. It had been reported previously he planned lo return to broadcasting. Walker was assistant to Interior Secretary Walter J.

Hickel in the early days of the miles southwest of the port city spy plane crashed after being administration but in June, of Thanh Hoa, the U.S. hit by a surface-to-air (SAM) 1969, was switched to Ihe White missile Saturday about 110 House where he organized and miles south of Hanoi. It was the directed presidential trips, in- Military sources said two 127th plane lost over North eluding those to China and the chopper crewmen were wound- Vietnam since heavy U.S. Soviet Union, ed when the rescue armada bombing resumed April 6 and Walker, a 35-year-old native Hew into a Communist ambush, the since 1964. Crewmen of Texas, will succeed George Unconfirmed reports from oth- missing from Ihe downed flight Hartzog who is being replaced er military sources said it was brought lo 912 the number of after nine years as parks believed Communist troops Americans missing or captured service head.

Several other top captured the pilot of the RF4 in the North. officials in Ihe Interior Depart- Phantom reconnaissance plane The U.S. command reported ment also are leaving, and forced him to call in a today that it was forced to cut Press Secretary Ronald L. lake position to set up the back airstrikes over North Ziegler advised reporters Tues- ambush. Those reports could Vietnam Tuesday to just 20, the day a further overhaul of not be verified.

lowest number in more than a Nixon's official family was still Military spokesmen said' Ihe in progress. Schob, "We are involved in a process' here," Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said. "The President will have many of his decisions completed by Dec. 15 but I don't want lo set lhat as a final date for all announcements." Ziegler indicated Nixon would complete his administrative appointments before leaving for Florida and a holiday rest Dec.

21. Tuesday Nixon named William P. Clements 55-year- old Texas oilman, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, the No. 2 man in the Pentagon. Clements is chairman and founder of Sedco, a Dallas oil drilling firm.

He was chairman of the Nixon reelection campaign organization in Texas this year. Clements has a reputation in public as a hard liner on defense. In 1970, he was a member of the blue ribbon defense panel set up to study the Defense Department. He and six other panel members filed a supplementary report which concluded lhat the Uniled States was on its way becoming "a second-rate power, incapable of assuring Ihe future security and freedom of its people." Clements said in Dallas lhat he would resign as head of his company but. did not intend to sell his stock, amounting lo a fifth of Ihe company, worlh slightly more than $100 million at its current selling price.

Clements said Ihe only business Sedco has done wilh the Defense Deparlment was "a very, very minor bit" through a West Coast subsidary. John D. Twiname, administrator of HEW's social and a i i a i service, the government's welfare chief, told his slaff in a memorandum he is leaving to give the newly- designed HEW secretary, Caspar W. Weinberger, Ireedom to choose his own team. What Do You Think About Hitchhikers? Would you pick up a hitchhiker? Have you ever hitch- hiked? These were the questions asked area residents by today's Sidewalk Survey.

Juan BenavldeE. custodian: "No, I wouldn't. In the first place it is against the law, and so many things can happen. Something could happen to me, my car could be stolen. I haven't ever hitchhiked either." command said.

Both crewmem bers were listed as missing. Juin Bcnavklcs Ruth Golden, cafeteria worker: "No. Years ago I picked one up but there are more things happening now than there were before. I have never hitchhiked myself." "Revealed Harry retired civil servant: "I did at one time but I haven't for lOyears. Itisn'tsafetopick them up any more.

1 used lo never pass anyone up. A lot of them deserve a ride but it is not worth the chance you take. I never have hitchhiked. If I (fldn't I just didn't A resolution calling for the election of two school board members Feb. 6 was passed by Ihe Las Cruces Board of Education during its monthly meeting Tuesday at Ihe school administrative office.

Terms expiring the end of February are those of Wm. Byron Darden, board president, and Carl Jones, board secretary. Terms of office are for six years. Declarations of candidacy may be filed in Ihe Office of the Superintendent of Schools, 301 COME SEE ZALES CHRISTMAS BRILLIANT DIAMONDS! cluster, 10 diamonds, Vi carat lotil weight' $349 Bridal set, beautifully styled i ft ttiamoruts, fashioned in -in elegant setting of 1-1 KAMI gold Elegant Christmas Wrap at No Extra Charge SI I Five i w.iys lo buy: hs Cli.ir, Z.ilc* Cli.upi- M.iMcr Clurso Uy.nv.iy We've got the whote world working for you." 11 3 S. Dmvnlmvn Ojirn I-He W.

Amador, beginning afler official publication of the declaration Friday, Dec. 15, and will continue to 5 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 2, according to the board. Under stale law, any qualified elector residing with the school district may file and, if he does so, he must indicate which of the two positions he seeks, the board members pointed out. According to the resolution, nine polling places will be set up--at Dona Ana School, Court Junior High School, the School Administration Office, Mesilla School, Mesilla Park School, Conlee School, Hermosa Heights School and Washington School, wilh a special polling place for absentee voting at the administrative office.

Absentee ballots will also be mailed to those requesting them, Ihe resolution states. Anyone may vote in the election who is a qualified voter residing in the school- district, the board members said. The school district encompasses about (he middle third of Dona Ana County. In other action, the board --Approved bus contracts totaling $441,374.52 for 93 school buses and a feeder route. --Heard from John Stablein, superintendent of schools, that, while no report has been issued by the architect evaluating the district's school facilities, Ihe preliminary indications show a Ihere are "substantia building needs." Slablien indicated that the report might be completed by Christmas.

--Approved Ihe allocation oJ a surplus $5836 to Ihe financing of a special education classroom at Alameda Elementary. --Heard from Alex Sanchez, acting director of a proposed community college, on plans for budget approval and the submission of a tax levy question to area voters on the college. --Were notified lhat the State Board of Education has given accreditation to the school district without qualification and that all schools except Court Junior High School were approved without qualification. According to Stablein, Court was cited for a lack of qualified guidance personnel. --Gave permission lo school officials to work out a proposal for a summer Head Start por- gram.

Harry Green Bud Insurance agent: "Yes I have, depending on where they are and how they look. If I am driving 70 miles per hour I'm not going lostop, if they are standing on a corner where I can slop and ask them a few questions first, then I'll pick Ihemup. I hilehhiked quite a bit when I was going to college." Bud Richards Peggy Whalley. secretary: "No, 1 don't generally make a practice of it. I had a friend who had a bad experience with one (hitchhiker) fc once and it has made me steer clear of them.

No, I never have hitch- hiked," Peggy a Manuel I a retired Army: "No. I wouldn't and I never did. Why? Because 1 am afraid. In some stales it is against Ihe law. I never have hitchhiked because I was in the Army and had cheap transportation most of Ihe time." For The Indian Religion, Languages 'Powers' Dr.

N. Scoll Momaday, New Mexico State University's first distinguished visiting professor, told a campus audience Tuesday nighl that religion, arl and a a represent great I Stock Report Trading was moderate on the slock market today, officials at Quinn and Company reported. Nearly twice as many issues declined as advanced and at 1 p.m. EST, with slightly more than 10.5 million shares traded, the Dow Jones I i a Average was off 3.46. I A I US Freight i Fawrgt ISunch RCACorp AMEXMOST A I CMrrp.ooHamt i CMh Indvl I 31cfll Wjrd IJCflJ ft E.A'.cKK El Electr IS'.

Bid i AU powers for Ihe Indian because they help him understand the cosmcs. Addressing more than 200 NMSU faculty and students at the third Lincoln-Morrell lecture, Momaday said "To the Indian (here is no separation between religion, arl, language and humanity. They are all extensions of the house in which he dwells. They expand his awareness to understand all of creation. "The Indian Iries to bring his total being into Ihe expression of humanness.

It's not imitation but an incorporation or synthesis of all that touches him in his comings and goings." Momaday said the Indian world is informed with a kind of vision lhal is difficult for others outside thai world to understand. It involves physical sight and imaginative sight which combine into a comprehensive and total vision of the universe, he said. He said there is greal value in imagination because, "We are what we imagine. Our existence is in what we imagine." He also discussed Ihe future of the American Indian. He said lhal he was optimislic and considered "Ihe future lo be bright." He slat that he is impressed with Indian youth and their feeling of He also pointed out that the Indian world is rich in tradition and that the Indian has a well developed sense of who he is and a better sense of heritage than most Americans.

"This can't but help in the long run," he said. Local Death Notices I Pedro Cordero, 74, 608 Pinon, died at Memorial General Hospital Sunday. Rosary services, are set at the Dennis Gelz Funeral Home chapel al 7:30 p.m. today. Mass is set for 10 a.m.

Thursday at St. Joseph's church, followed by burial at St. Joseph's Cemetery. Mr. Cordero is survived by a son, Elsio, Los Angeles; a daughter, Mary Trujillo, Us Angeles; three brolhers, Felix, Las Cruces: Santiago, Salem, N.M.; and Jose, Albuquerque; seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Pallbearers are Dickie David and Max Cordero, Joe Herrera, Ernest Rodriguez and Richard Romero. Honorary pallbearers are Juan Manuel Garcia, Arl Chavez, Rudy Flores, Paul Jacques, Felix C. Cordero and Eliberlo Ruiz. Roadblock Road blocks will be set at 7:55 a.m. and Thursday on US.

Highway 70, east of the Missile Range-Las Cruces access road and west of While Sands National Monument, according to White Sands Missile Range officials. 0a blocks are subject to change..