Las Cruces Sun-News from Las Cruces, New Mexico • Page 2

r' Page2--Section A--Sun-News--Las Cruces, New Mexico--Sunday, July 31,1977 Vance Set For Mideast Talks WASHINGTON I Secretary of Slate Cyrus Vance will piill on his haltered brown "good luck hat" Sunday evening and relurn to Ihe Middle East for another try at bringing the Arabs and Israelis to the peace table. still sees "a good chance" Ihe Geneva parley can be resumed as early as October. He indicated he expects Vance to make the i a arrangemenls during Ihis 13- day Irip to Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Compared lo President Arabia and Israel. Carter, Vance seems But Vance, on Friday, said pessimistic aboul Ihe odds for "a number of very difficult immediate success in U.S. questions" remain and he efforts to reconvene the may not be able to resolve all Geneva Middle East peace talks.

Carter, on Thursday, said lie of Ihcm this time out. He said he might have to buttonhole Arab and Israeli foreign minislers for more talks at the U.N. General Assembly session in late September. If so, thai would be cutting an October Geneva conference deadline very fine. Months back, Vance figured Ihis Middle East trip would wrap up final delails and lead smoothly to resumption of the Geneva parley a peace forum sel up after the 1973 Yom Kippur war, used once and recessed.

He did early sparicwork with a Middle East tour in political control. Begin's February. Each major Middle a a East leader then came to Plant Center On Show New Mexicans will have a chance lo lour New Mexico Slate University's Plant Science Research Center during an open house at Hie facility 9 a.m.-7 p.m. August 3. Location of the center is on the Rio Grande levee easl of Highway 28 near Las Cruces.

Dr. John Owens, coordinator of (he open house said signs be posted along the highway. Owens said the day will feature dedicalion of research facilities, a free barbecue lunch and informalion booth NMSU's admissions office, agricultural industry and academic departments in the College of Agriculture and Home Economics at NMSU. A number of high school students from throughout the stale have received special invitations lo participate in the open house. Also featured at the center will bcadisplayof the guayute planl, Ihe desert plant which, since as far back as 1910, has supplied about 10 per cenl of Ihe world's rubber.

The plant, which thrives in southern New Mexico, was responsible for supplying 50 per cenl of the rubber in the United Stales during World War II and recently has sparked a new interesl because of a prcdicled rubber shortage in (he 1980's. Wilderness came Washinglon to work out a common ground for direct Arab-Israeli talks. But Ihe exploralory process nearly collapsed in May when the Israeli Labor government, which had been negotialing wilh Vance and the Arabs, was ousted by Menahem Begin's conservative bloc. Thai development now has Vance hedging on his Geneva conference limetable. At his Friday news conference, lie said the principal obstacles on the road to Geneva are the same ones he found in February: The question of Palestinian representation.

The Arabs designated the a i i a i Organization to represent Ihe Palestinian people in Ihe ncgolialions. The Israelis say the PLO is a terrorist gang bent on deslroying Israel. To whom do Ihe occupied West Bank Jordan territories belong? When the Labor government was in power, both sides seemed lo support creation of a demilitarized Palestinian mini-state on the West Bank under Jordan's Police Seeking Missing Deming Man Band Boosters Get Under Way Area police are looking for a 24-year-old Ueining resident who disappeared last Saturday from Memorial General Hospital. Michael Harp was last seen trying lo hitchhike back lo Deming. He is six feel lall and weighs 160 pounds, has light brown hair and blue eyes.

Harp had been undergoing trealmenl for a mental illness for the last four years. Persons having information about Harp should contact their local police agency or the Doming police al 546-3011. Four flower shows will le held during the 1977 New Mexico Slate Fair. Continued From Page 1 lit- said the association is calling for two delegates for both the south and north districts to represent cow-calf operations, yearling ranchers and sheepmen plus one at- large member. He a i a larger delegalion is necessary for adequate representation because Ihe area includes approximalely 18.a i i acres and has varied a i a i a rainfall, which ranges from 10 are organized and functioning, to 15 inches annually.

Their purpose is to support The association endorsed a and encourage a superior NMSU plan a would band program al New Mexico provide a range analysis team Slale University, lo reward to render i a i a excellence and to boosl the assessment of range condition band toward Hie nalional on request. prominence now expected. The final resolution was a Al an organizational request for an addilional 60 meeting Wednesday evening days lo review and comment Ihe group started proceedings on a i a i for non-profit corporale slalus i "These com- as Ihe New Mexico Aggie i a i Pride Band Booslers, Inc. intensive study and rejects thai idea. The nalure of the peace selllement.

Israel wants fullscale diplomatic recognition from and relations with the Arab stales. The Arabs won't commit them- selves'lotliat much. i-'ia. (UI l) Andy Koukoulis. Director of the Silver Springs Heptile Inslilute and one of Ihe nation's foremost experts on poisonous snakes, offers some advice on avoiding snakebites while hiking this summer: 1.

Use simple precautionary as carrying a snakebitekit and knowing how touseil. 2. Become familiarwilh Ihe idenlily of poisonous snakes in your -area. because a snakebile musl be identifiable for the accurate scrum to be uscdinlrealmenl. 3.

Look behind logs before stepping over Ihem. Examine weeds or underbrush before reaching out lo pick a wildflower or berries. 4. Areas, however wooded or cleared, thai are atlraclive to rats or mice are even more attractis'e lo Iheir hungry predator. POLICE DESTROYED more than $68,000 worth of drugs and paraphernalia Friday.

The a a burning ceremony destroys drugs and evidence seized in raids or found by police. Danny Garcia, evidence and supply officer for the Las Cruces Police Department, said this years burn included 847 items. Among those were kilo bricks of marijuana, small tins of heroin, several hundred LSD pills and all the paraphernalia that is part of the drug scene. At least four water pipes and several planters used for growing marijuana also went up in smoke. The boxes were first opened and torn apart by Garcia and officer Leo Borunda.

The pile was then doused with gasoline and set on fire. (Jose Lopez) Aggie Pride Band Boosters require review and constitute a major the grazing Michael Harp Aboul 30 persons turned out for Ihe first meeting and more change to the grazing in- have expressed interest. More dustry." lhan $1,000 was pledged for The presenl review period band support, granted by Ihe BLM is 60 The 26 persons who signed days. as incorporators elected Larry Dorbandl as president; Pat Beal, vice president; Lihby secretary- treasurer, and directors Patricia Wesley, Jack Nixon, Calvin E. Skellon, Sandy Beal, Don Frcdrickson, Margaret Scarborough, Dr.

John B. Savage, Pat Kroken and John Underwood. Membership fees are ex- peeled to be kept at a minimal amount. The exact amount will be announced laler. The boosters are looking for bolh members and con- Iribulors.

The lime and place of Ihe next meeting will be announced a bul interested persons may contacl any board member or phone Dorbandl at 524-9656. Animal Control Never Boring ByNESTOHGONZALES a i a control officers, Sun-News Staff Writer (ACOs), and their duties these "Leapin lizards and beer- days involve much more than bellied brahma bulls." Call catching canines. the dog catcher. Recently, ACOs a Dog catchers are now called Caslaneda and Leroy Nelson were dispatched to round up a a drought-stricken ranch in than their dog, and that's why terrifically large brahma bull Organ and had trekked down ACOs are hated so much, which had invaded Ihe city the mountain looking for fresh On the way to a local home and was chomping up on greenery. The lush lawns and recently, Castaneda talked scores of green lawns.

The beast had wandered off pretty flower beds of the Telshor district made a meal he couldn't resist. "I don't think he'd seen grass for three years," Nelson said. "That's why he didn't want to leave." about the person he was going lo serve the summons lo. The dog had been accused of tailing an old man, but the woman refused to leash her pet because she and Ihe dog were The bull's owner was finally supposedly "free spirits." contacted in Organ. "Is it Ihe grey one or Ihe black one?" Ihe two-bull owner asked.

This one was grey. "Oh, that's the nice one," he assured Caslaneda. "Unless" you bother him." The grass- eating beast was finally carled away on a trailer. An even stranger incidenl recenlly made Nelson somewhal of a celebrity in his department. Nelson is now known as the great lizard hunter.

"Well, 'Free Spiril' bil Ihe old man and we have to take him to the shelter," Castaneda said. Castaneda knocked at the woman's door and she opened it halfway. "We have a courl order to lake your dog in for ob- servalion," he said. "I'm not going lo courl and I don't wanl to hear any of your (expletive deleted)," the woman shouted back. Castaneda and Nelson were as slubborn as the woman.

The title was bestowed afler They lold her lhat either they Nelson was called by a frantic would take the dog or the old man would sue her. THE LITTLE VARMINT (which happens to be a skunk) hides under a rosebush, top photo, as Animal Control Officer Leroy Nelson tries to snare it, He did manage to trfcnquilize the critter, lower photo, but not before he and his partner, Juan Castaneda, and the surrounding neighborhood suffered a dose of the skunk's uniquely subtle perfume. (Jose Lopez) woman who said a lizard had invaded her house. Nelson went to the home and immediately realized this was the same woman who earlier in Ihe week had complained of fish coming out of her air condilioner. The woman made Nelson pull up the living room rug completely and kept insisting that cracks in the floor were actually lizards.

Next, Nelson was made to search through the kitchen cabinets. "She had weed killer all around the cabinets and had dishes of lye all around Ihe house for Ihe lizard," Nelson said. In a final efforl lo appease Ihe adamanl woman, Nelson moved all Ihe kitchen furniture into Ihe living room lo see if he could flush oul Ihe elusive reptile. "I'm sorry, ma'am, but I gotla go impound a cat," Nelson said as he gave up the futile search. Other little-known tales of the daily hassle of the ACO's job include accounts of trapping porcupines, flushing skunks out of swimming pools, picking up dead antelopes and herding horses away from Alameda Street.

One very unappealing part of Iheir daily grind is serving courl orders lo owners of pels lhat have bitten someone. The animal has to be quarantined for 10 days to see if it is rabid. Yet, most pel owners would "Let him sue me," she said. "He get (explelive deleted) cause I'm a very broke person." She demanded lo see her accuser. "You can't see the man," Nelson said.

"Then you can't see the dog," she replied. "If you take my dog, I'm going lo raise (explelive deleled). How do you know my dog did il anyway? Have you got a witness who saw him do it?" By the time the argument was over, the watch commander from Ihe Las Cruces Police Department had been called in. Sgl. a Romero, a veleran of 12 years of soothing ruffled feathers, finally cooled the pet owner down and talked her into going to municipal court.

Strange calls and stranger assignments no longer faze Ihe two ACOs. Nelson and Caslaneda say they're used lo it. Last week, during a two- hour period, the men fished a skunk out of a swimming pool, served a court order to the free-spirited woman, answered a complaint about a man who was raising bees in the city and managed lo pick up Iwo dogs. "Hey Leroy," one city worker yelled at Nelson. "What's going on?" Nelson shrugged his Biker Hurt In Accident A Las Cruces motorcyclist, William n.

Drake, 36, 916 E. Arizona escaped serious injury early Saturday morning when his vehicle skidded out of control and hit a curb on South Main Street, Las Cruces Police reported. The accident occurred just north of Ihe intersection with Valley Drive. Police cited the rider for driving a motor vehicle while under Ihe influence of intoxicants and for reckless driving. II also was reported by Mimbres Memorial Hospital in Deming lhat one-year-old Melissa Lamb, survivor of an auto accident which killed her parents, has been released to her paternal grandmother.

The hospital reported Mrs. Maggie Lamb, Casas Grandes, has laken her granddaughler to Tucson University Hospital for further treatment. She will then take Ihe child to her own home. The girl's parents, Joe Lee Lamb and Bonnie Lamb, were killed Friday in a one-vehicle accident on Interstate -10 near the Dona Ana-Luna County line. In a Friday nighl accidenl, Dan II.

Slark, 19, 2940 Hun- tinglon Drive, was Ireated and released at Memorial General Hospital for injuries suffered in a collision on University Avenue and Jordan Street. His auto collided wilh a car driven by Teresa Utter, who was cited by Iraffic officers for failing to yield a stopping at a stop sign, the records show. Natural Gas Supplies rather give up their children shoulders. "Nulhin." Continued From Page I to at least one-eighth of the gas produced on state-owned lands (which account for about 20 per cent of the gas production in the state, according to one of Friday's speakers) the procedures for doing so are difficult. Each well must be treated wilh a separate application, according to O'Cheskey, and the Federal Power Commission has a serious backlog problem.

At least one member of the audience, Sen. Aubrey Dunn, D-Otero, questioned whether the Slate Land Office was doing everything it could to find Ihe wells in Ihe first place to gel the royally gas application process started sooner. "The land commissioners will be up for election soon," Dunn said, "and this should become a parl of llieirs and Ihe governor candidates' campaigns." But O'Chcskey' after the meeting said. "I don't see any indication thai the Stale Land Office isn't doing its job. It's nol a problem of not laking action." As for what amount of exlra gas Las.Cruces will receive, O'Cheskey said he couldn't even guess.

He said the ERB would first have to determine what amount of royalty gas would be available and then it would have to distribute that amount according to Iheneeds of the cities with ERB contracts. I Marriages David Nenez, 24, Theresa Trujillo, 23, both of El Paso; Manuel Gallegos, 18, N. Alemndra, Mary Lou Wilson, 18, 210 N. Solano; Roger Dish, 23, Rt. 2, Box 1268, Sp.

57, Sarah Apodaca, 20, 1945 Del Mar; Roberl Calhey, 24, Carlsbad, Nancy Jester, 20, 1013 Mulberry..