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The Gallup Independent from Gallup, New Mexico • Page 6

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Poge 6--The Gollup NM Independent--Friday, July 7, 1972 News of New Mexico King Will Have Sayso On Bicentennial Exec A A A new chairman of the New Mexico liicehlennlal Coin- mission says Gov. Bruce King will have voicomsolcclinglhccommisslondircclor. "Since the governor has a Die appointments lo (lie commission, ilscems lo me he should have quite a i to say a who i should he," said Sen Etlmumlo Delgado, 0-Sanln Fc. King named Dclgado as anc 1 chairman of (he commission in late June The commission is in charge of planning and coordinating New Mexico's a i a tion in the notion's 200th anniversary ir, 1978, an event a could bring millions ol ilollars to each state for development ol bicentennial parks. In mid New Mexico received a federal grant for commission ope- rn (ions, and this money will be used in a lo hire a director, Delg.ido said.

The l.as Cruccs Chamber of Commerce, which lias been the earliest bidder for New Mexico's i i a I passed a resolution recently a i a director not be appointed i i plans for the commission program arc developed. Uelgado said lie agrees with (do resolution i (lie a i i a i a i the selection should "proceed rapidly i cautious op'limism." Delgado said he and a a i Officer David King will go lo Washington, D.C., nexl Thursday and Friday to confer i federal bicentennial officials about programming in New Mexico. The senator said proposals similar to a i of Las Cruces a a arc being developed by Tucuni cari, San a Fe a nd I.a Vegas. He also noted the Gallup I i bal I i a Ceremonial Association has proposed thai.three cities he given parks to represent New Mexico's 1 NM (Continued front page one) and this can't he done. J.

York of Denver. a consulting engineer for EPNG, pointed oot Ilic interstate nature of Kl'NG. The federal Power Commission regulates i a commerce, lie said, and Ibis agency views from a broad a i a interest i i The a i plan developed by. must provide equal a all KPNC. customers in the several slates served, Dr.

i said. lie said New Mexico request for 10PXG lo amend its a i plan so lhat industrial users in Neiv Mcm-o would nol he affected would be asking the company to take sides In a the FTC considers a a i a problem. The New Mexico position is one of slates' rights, lie said, while the FPC follows a federal system. A. M.

Derrick, Kiw; vice president in charge of gas supply, explained bis company's proposal lo improve gas production from the Blanco Verde pool in norlh- i This a i approved, would increase immediate gas a a i a i i and lielp meet some of the market requirements, he said. EPNG has an application pending before the Now Oil Conservation Commission lo authorise Hie drilling of a second well i i the MO-ncre spacing of the Hlanco Mesa Verde pool. As hearing on (his application has been scheduled for Aug. by the OCC. Derrick presented figures a which showed increased i a i i a wells enable (he company to offset an annual decline in productivity from the pool About irells now arc in I lie pool.

Derrick said if an a i i a 1,000 wells wcrcdrilled.prorinclioncoiild lie increased by HM billion cubic feet i the 20 years. The productive i of the pool would be cu in half, 80 years lo abou 140 years, lie said. The task force will meet again 17, and hear recommendations from a subcommittee on the position il should lake on the KPNG application for San Juan Itiver wa icr lo operate lite proposed coal a i i a i a The task force will make recommendations loOov. King concerning a a i a i a i governor in will present his recorn- a i the I a a Commission. 1 Weather Fair i a a a and evening llum- dcrshowcrs.Twcnly per ccnI chance of rain.

lx)w SC anil high 00. Hour lemporalurociidiiij; 8a.m. Tbur.sday-Friilay, July 0.7, 1372 3:00 a.m. (M 0:00 p.in, 72 10:00 a.m. 7G 10:00 p.m.

71 11:00 a.m. 82 11:00 p.m. 70 Noon 82 Midnight 1:00 p.m. 85 1:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m.

80 2:00 a.m. 07 3:00 p.m. 85 3:00 a.m. 65 p.m. 82 a.m.

5:00 p.m. 70 5:00 a.m. IX) 0:00 p.m. 78 0:00 a.m. CO 7:00 p.m.

78 7:00 a.m. GO 8:00 p.m. 70 8:00 a.m. C5 2-t i i a i i fl a.m. trace Temperature range Ihls dnlc lasl year was 19 02.

Temperatures recorded a I The Gallup recorded nl the Gallup 'Airport by Frontier Airlines. Forecast by National Weather Service. The ceremonial association proposes an Indian park al Gallup, nnd Anglo- American part nl Las Cruces nnd a part at Las Vcgasdepicting the stale's Spanish and Mexican heritage. (Continued from p.igc one) made nslrongsln lament at Thursday i chapter i against proposals to expand the area's skiing a i i i and lo develop housing below Ihe resort area, Indians and environmentalists have vigorously opposed ii promotion by Summit Corp. and persons wi th privale holdings in lhat area of the building of 2,000 resor I-type houses.

The chapter will meet again at 1 a a I the a house to formula le a resolution a a i the development. The chapter will petition the U.S. Fores I Service district office in Flagstaff, asking thai petilion he forwarded to Washington, D.C. A 50 persons a Thursday night's meeting. IIELKN, A The Uelcn City Council lias approved an i i i a allocation toward i of a $1.1 million watershed project lo provide flood control for Ihr city.

Tlie council agreed lo budget for the five-year project for fiscal year 1972-73. Federal sources are lo provide $800,000 for the project, and the city a i share Ihc a i i $.283,000. The decision was leached following a discussion of Ihe project by Jim 'FaHim. of the Soil Conservation Service. GHA.VT ANNOUNCED A I A A i recreation area in Carrizozo i be improved wilh grant, Sen.

Joseph Montoya, today. Moa- loya said Hie money will be used lo b'nild a lighted tennis court, baseball field, and service road, as well as to provide playground equipment and general improvements. TUHASUKEK NAMICl) I I A A Lorenzo, -Silver City deputy treasurer for more Ihan two years, was named a i treasurer by the town council Thursday! The council appointed Mrs. Lorenzo to the post on a trial basis In allow il In consider, her performance before a i the job permanent. She succeeds Mrs.

Frances M. ifclm, who resigned Thursday, ciling "differences between the i manager and myself." Her resignalion becomes effective July 3l. Obituary Thomas H. Sipe 28, Found Dead GALLUP Memorial services will be held a a a 2 for Thomas Howard a lOGi Gallup High School graduate ivho was found dead in his room in Las Cruces Ibis week. Sipe, who was a senior business jidminis- Iralion and computer science student al New Mexico Stale University, had died aboul 10 days before lie was fraud, appar- natural causes.

Horn in Gallup Sept. 20, I9-M, he was graduated from Southwestern Computer College in Albuquerque in February, I570. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. John Sipe of Gallup; bis ttviii sisters, Mrs.

i i a J. Morrison of Riverside, a i and Lawrence See of San Diego, Calif, his a a a a Harry M. a pioneer a a I Monte i a and aunts and uncles in Colorado, Arizona, and a a Sipe was a former master councilor Gallup Chapter, Order of DcMolay, and a member of New Mexico i Priory, Order of DeMolay, and of Lebanon Masonic Lodge, lie wasformerjy employed by IhcNcw MexicoSlale Highway Depart- Memorial services will be conduclcd by Hcv.JoeEmanuel of Firsl United Methodist Church at the Ilollic a Saturday al 2 p.m. Burial will be in Monte Visla, Monday. In place of flowers the family requests a i friends donate lo ily.

Elder Lee Expected To Head Mormons A I A A a Lie a former cily commissioner, school principal and businessman was expected lo he a president of the Church of Jesus i of a a Saints today. lie would succeed 95-year-old President Joseph Fielding Smith who died Sunday of a heart a a Smith was buried Thursday, Al 73, Elder Lee would ho youngest head of (he church in -10 years, He is the senior member of the church's Council of the Twelve. Historically, the man holding a i post In Ihe three million-member church lias been named to Hie presidency, a i i position. I A I BEACH, Kla, A Sen. Kdward Kennedy will still have "first refusal" on Ihe vice presidential nomin.i- tlonif Sen, George McGovern captures the Dcinocralle presidential nod, sources close to the Soulh Dakota senator said today.

Respite Kennedy's repeatedslalemenls lie won't be available, Ihc offer will prob- nbly bo made because polls show he would a Mcrio'vorn-led i the sources said, Thesourccs discounted Ihe value of polls ordered by McGovern on other possible i males, declaring it is impossible lo measure Ihe value of possible candidates who arc nol so well known, such as Ciovs. Ilcubin Askew of Florida and Dale Bumpers of Arkansas. fio(h have been mentioned by McGovern as loading nos- sibililies. A i i in Ibis a i Dcmocralie Nallonal Convention city, which has been i i this week to advance logistical preparations by Hie candidates and a half- dozen prolesl groups, picks up loday as Ihe parley heads for an opening Monday. Most of Ihe major presidential candidates except McGovern fly here to a wooing arriving delegates In'lheir bid to overtake the frontrun.nlng Soulh Dakota senator.

Sens. Hubert II, Humphrey, Edmund S. Muskie and Henry M. Gov. George C.

Wallace; and Rep. Wilbur D. Mills all scheduled aflernoon arrivals. 1 McGovera is due Saturday aflernoon. the i lo'starl Monday night, two major credentials cases which involve IS) McGovern delegates California and 59 Illinois delegates led by.

Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley remained In a legal limbo. i i a extendedindefinilcly Thursday a delaying order in the case so he could consult wllh bis eight Supreme Court colleagues on wholhcr to call a special session (o consider appeals in the two cases. The two cases arc crucial, especially Ihe California one, in MeGovern's quest for. victory on the first bnllol.

Including tljc 151 California voles, The Associated Press count shows McGovern wilh 1,454.65 first NEW OWNERS OF VELMA'S CHILDREN'S WEAR al 117 Coal are TM P.5pn and Mrs. Robert McGeViee, a native of bollup. The store carries name brand clothing such as Buster Brown and Linderel a dresses for tols to (eens infant sizes lo sije 14 aribVcomplele line ol shoes lor infants to children size 4. (Conlinucd from page one) from North Vietnamese forces making a stand in a line of old Kronen villas. Scores of U.S.

Navy jets from 7th Fleet carriers off the coast scrambled into Ihe night skies lo attack Hie North i a ese, their tanks, artillery and a a i weapons. 11 was the first stiff resistance Ihe Soulh Vietnamese paratroopers have encountered since llicy began lightening their grip on Iliesouthern edges of (hocily (hrcc days ago. Associated Press correspondent Ilolger Jensen reported thai South Vietnamese tanks knocked oul two Soviet-built P'TO light amphibious tanks used by the North i a and a a a knocked onl a Ihird witha hand-fired a i a missile. Tdcollier tanks fled into heavy thickets. Associated Press correspondent Dennis reported Hut South Vietnamese paralroopcrs caplurcd three prisoners, one of them seriously wounded, and over- a i a field i a stocked i medical supplies.

By i i a were i exploding on the South Vietnamese front lines. i i i them coming i thai area," Capt. Gail Furrow, 32, of Urbana. Ohio, shouted into Ws radio as he directed U.S. fighter- bombers lo Ihe Nor Hi Vietnamese mortar positions.

Furroif is an adviser with one of the Vietnamese airborne a a ions. "We're i taking 82rnm mortar from a loeation," Furrow radioed as hestood on the clapboard wall of what was once an A i a a a He stood in a banana grove splashed i blood from wounded Vietnamese soldiers who bad retreated during (he night. More a a score of R52 streaked across Ihc demilitarized zone to attack rear North Vietnamese bases a U.S. officers say arc supporting the Communist forces i.i O.uang Tri. The Saigon commnnd said in a corn- munique that Smith Vietnamese marines rescued 800 refugees two miles easl of Qmng Tri City and moved them south lo Elsewhere, sharp fighting was reported on the southern front in the Saigon region a points 50 miles west anil 50 miles north of Iheeapilal.

The Saigon command claimed 102 North Vietnamese troops were killed in a i conseculivc day of fighting in the Parrot's licak section of Cambodia near the town of Kompong Ran, 50 miles west of Saigon. Kighl Vietnamese troops were reported killed and wounded. Two clashes were reported along Highway 13 of Saigon at points three and 10 miles south of tlie provincial capital of An lxc. FnrlyNorlh Vietnamese troops were killed, whlleSculh Vietnamese losses were seven men killed and 10 wounded, the Saigon command said. Military sources In Pimom Penh said a Cambodian general was killed during Ihc nlghl while attempting lo lead reinforce- menls into the besieged district (own of Anglassom.

These sources said the Takco Province subsector Gen. Kong Chhal, died aboard a helicopter after he wns wounded some six miles north of Anglassom, which is about 35 miles south of Plmom Penh. (Continued from page one) Turner, passenger on the flight, had volunteered to stay aboard the thrcc- cngined jetliner as a hoslagc i three crewmen after (he jet's 53 oilier passengers and crew were allowed off in San Diego. Earlier reports Ilia I In ere were two passengers being held as hostage were erroneous, the FBI said. U.S.

A a i a i a a i for a i piracy against bail. The Boeing 727-100, originally with with 58 persons aboard including Ihe hijacker, was seized while on a short i Thursday from Oakland to Sacramento. The plane was ordered 500 miles lo San Diego where (lie liijackcrgot the money and paracliu te, then ordered il lo Oakland, lie asked for a helicopter he had demanded lo be wailing for him there. Turner had volunteered a hostage i the was in San Diego. The hijacker allowed all hulTurnor, and three crewmen to get off there, Witnesses said Capt.

Jerry E. Rlakely. pilot of (he jetliner, and the '12-year-old highway palrol officer both were handcuffed before Iliey walked off the plane. It was believed they hail been handcuffed by Ihe hijacker. A A A A I a Ulibarri of Santa Rosa has declined the nomination for chairman of the Guadalupc County Republican Parly.

Ulibarri was i a for (he post at iho rcccni county GOP convenlion in Santa Rosa. He said he would i lo work in Ihc parly, would not serve as its chair man. Fire Does $1,500 Damage to Tool Shed OAI.LUP fire of unknown origin toa tool shed owned by Juan Dclgado'al mi church Rock Drive, Thursday al 2:30 p.m. Fire department personnel extinguished (lie blaze which a a a in the center of the frame and stucco building located the rear of the Delgado home. Gallup Fire Department also extinguished a small brush fire Thursday at 10:30 p.m.

The fire, near Scwaril Motors. was reported by Gallup Police. ballot just 54.35 short of the' 1,509 needed for'the nomihalloh. Failure to retain the i i through or i action, would leave McGovern more" than 200 voles away from (he nomination, a'fnr more difficult hurdle lo overcome. The APcounts'hows Humphrey a i a second i 398.55; Wallace wllh 307; Muskie with 21155; and 425.65 uncbminll.

led. The rest are McGovern crossed verbal swords'with Secretary of Defense Melvin It. Laird over Ihosenalor'sproposals (ocut U.S. defense spending sharply. Laird issued.an analysis of proposal for a $32 billion reduction by 1375 and called it "tantamount lo a white fins of surrender." McGovern rejected i i i characterization and said, "My proposed military budget will makccerlaln a the Unlled Slales is (he strongest nation in (be world." I i a i Reach, meanwhile, heads of three a black a i a i threatened to crash convention sessions unless 750 delegate seals arc pro- vldod for poor noojik 1 Tho tiiveals wcro inmlo liy Iho Rev.

linlpli Ain'tTM thy, henil of ttiti Southern Clivislliin I.eiiili'vslilplViid'ronco; George A. illreclor of the National Wv.lfnro Organization; rind Jes.su (iriiy; illiwior Pi Hie National Tcimnls Qrij IliO convention man- iificr, snld nlU'i 1 inwIliiK wllh Ihe three ho IMS imiible to comply with 111 "liven use thovnles don't per- 1 mllll." In oilier developments: -A Ten ySnnfortl for President Cllizens Coinmllloo tobiHisI thecnndldacy of the fni'iuor Norlli Cnrollnn (jovornor was funned by group httulcxl by Ally, Gen. Andrew Mlllrrol Virijliiln. -Former Kndlooll Poab'qdy of I Mnssnc'husolls srdd hci luis one in four i clinnco of winning dm vice presidential I nomination next wwk. In Washington I Sen.

Miko Grnwlof Alnskn jolnott Peabody' 1 ns im noilvc coiilendor for the No 2 snot on ihe Democratic ttckot, Eye Doctors Hail Indian Vision Appropriation A A a by the House Appropriations Committee of an additional $400,000 earmarked for an expanded vision care program in (be Indian Henllh Service has praise Doc. Richard Hopping, president of the American Oplomclrle Association. In a a issued in Dayton, Ohio, the top elected official of (lie member organization called the Appropriations Committee "a breakthrough for the American Indian who must rely upon the Indian HealtJi Service for Ills vision care and other primary health services." Dr. Hopping pointed mil that the comm i a i represents a example of In-partisan action. He lauded (he Interior Subcommittee a i a Hep.

Julia Burler llanscn, and a committee member, Rep. Joseph M. McDade, who led the i for improvements in the Indian Health Service eye care program. The additional $400,000 for an expanded vision a for A i a I i a allows for Ihc addition of six more eye care professionals (optometrist and ophthalmologists) and necessary support a lo the U.S. Public Health Service Commis- sioned Corps, which supplies health manpower for the Indian Ifcallh Service.

Testimony presented lo the Appropriations Committee revealed thnl reports from eight major areas of concentrated Indian population show Ibal 38,595 Indian agerecelvoanmial vision examinations. This is only 20 per cent of the 177,007 ectncablo Indian children aged 1 0 Another significant factor in Hie approp- riatlons bill okayed by the committee last week was the It-million increase in funds for the Contract Health Care Program whereby services unavailable through the Indian Health Service maybe obtained for the Indian population on a contract basis from a professionals in cities and towns near Indian reservations. "We are confident the entire House of Heprcsenlalivcs and the Senatc'Approp- rlations Committee will agree with the importance of sustaining the House Committee's decision," Mr. Hopping said. "This is a major step toward providing our Amcriean Indian population with access lo professional vision care rnore nearly equal lo (be quanlit; and quality of care enjoyed by most Americans." News of World in Brief WASHINGTON (AP) Tliefateofabloc a i a i a i delegates a i could give Sen.

George McGovern a first-ballot presidential noini- a i rested today i the Supreme Court. The court must, decide whether lo trnn- vcnc a rare special session to consider an appellale-courldccision which returned to McGovern 151 California delegates he lost in a party Credentials Committee fight. Chief Justice WarrcnE. Burger Thursay suspended implenla lion of lliclower-coiir i decision while he a to poll the other eight vacationing justices on holding a special session. A A Calif.

A A young AWOL soldier seized a Pacific Southwest Airlines i for $450,000 ransom, which he said would be given lo groups ''involved In the i a crisis," and ordered the plane 1,000 miles up nnd down California before surrendering early today lo his hostage, a law officer, authorities said. The air pirate, who gave up a the jetliner landed at Oakland International A i a i i i i I a a cis Ooodell, 21, of AWOL two days from Ihc Army. was the second hijacking of a PSA plane in two days. A I Iceland (AP) nobby Fischer lost IhcdrawThursday night, giving Doris Spassky the first move, and the finally start next Tuesday. Theon-again-ofj-again meeting billed by chess lov e'rs as the ma I ch of Ih cen ury was delayed for months by disagreements over a site, prize money, and personal hurl feelings on the part of the participants.

LOS A A i i a i industrialist Howard Hughes is accused In a S51 million damage snll of slandering N'oah Dietrich, his 83-year-old biographer and foriner aide. I (he second slander suil filed as Ihc of a derogatory a allegedly made by Hughes in a televised news conference last January. Dietrich's suit, filed Thursday, charged a i Hughes a a a a associate and likened i i to a i i i a New Mexico News in Brief LAS CHUCES, A I Ituidoso Downs will Jiosl a twoday meeting of the New Mexico Cotton Ginncrs Association July lli-14. A New McxicoState University specialist. John Durkin, will address Ihc meeting and explain U.S.

Department ol Agriculture research i insect control. Oilier speakers include Tony Price, of Dal-las, executive vice president of the Texas Col ton Ginncrs Association, and F.M. Arlher of Gnjitonfa, SERVICE CONSIDERED SANTA FE, (AP) The Sta te Cor- poralion i i opens a a week of hearings on Initcd Parcel Service's license application. The privale delivery service is conducting a test program in Albuquerque. Unilcd Parcel guarantees delivery Vitliin a specifieil lime of parcels up to 50 pounds, for a set price per parcel, ralhern than fee based on the weight of the parcel.

The service Pol ice A a a a i a reported Thursday at 5:20 p.m. by Leslie C. Scbrimshcr, Trailer Court. The convertible (op of his iiulo had been slashed while it was parked at Con'tinenial Motor 20.1 S. IJurke Clarence Kevin of Twin Lakes, reported, an assault lo himself at Ralcomb Trading Post a at 12:40 p.m.

He was- a i nnd i by I i i a and a by a a lo PUS also'reported (hat Ills boots and hat find been taken. Harrison Ross, a a A i reported he was near Firsl and Coal Friday 10:40 p.m..' MikcCoslleyofJOSMarceLanereporled vandalism Big Mike's Car Wash Thursday at Damage to a vending machine was estimated at $30. already is operating in a number of other stales. A.MHULANCKS I A WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. A The Navajn Tribe will receive $70,800 July 17 lo buy seven ambulances for use on the rcscrva tion.

The check is to be personally delivered to N'avajo Tribal Chairman Peter MaeOonald by Arizona Gov. Jack Williams. DOCTOR I I I A A I National I i ol Health has awarded a University nf New Mexico mcdicalschool assistant professor ils i a Career Development Award. The award has been given to Dr. Itobcrl Otis Kellcy of the medical school's a of nnalojiiy.

It i Pay the researcher's full salary for Ihc next five years. Dr. Kellcy holds a $41.200 Ihrccycar I a for his research.He received a bachelor of science degree from Abilene Christian College and a masters and Ph.D. the University of California Berkeley. Ifc joined the a in Lightning Bolt Kills Trout Lodge Wrangler A I Colo.

A I head a for Rainbow-Trout Lodge 23 miles west of here, was killed Thursdav Hghlning while guiding a group of Ihe lodge near the resort; Conejos County Sheriff Amos Abeyla identified Hie victim as Luciano Saudoval of Anlomlo. Several of (hu guests were reported lo have been stunned and two'horses were killed when the toll struck, Alioytn said. He said the Conejos Illver area had licen bavlngseverccloctrlcalstornisforseveral.

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