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A I JiJ 1SS 7 riC1 i iivliivliili A PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER IN A GROWING CITY i i i i. a i i 1 A a' i i Tf 1 If 1 1 1 i I I i 1 I 1 IP. VOL. 76 MO. 236 CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO.

TUESDAY, JUNE 1962. 24 PACES Pries lCc DEADLINE -TONIGHT (0)M mw v44 -(ol i Entry Lists Filling For Annual Rodeo mjk i ler Brothers, Elk City, has arrived and is quartered lat the Santa Fe pens south of the Lynn Beutler, arena director, and his brother, who 'handles Jvestock feeding and are here. They said' their livestock, considered tops in the country, is in the proverbial of condition- for the Carlsbad rodeo; Converting the high school athletic field, where the rodeo will be staged, into a rodeo aena "was nearing completion (See ENTRY. Page sua i i v.v it ALGIERS (UPI) VA an French force moved Into the port city of Mostaganera todays in an apparent drive on leaders of the outlawed Secret" Army Organization (OAS). News of the operation followed OAS announcement that.

Us. four-day. truce with the Moslems was ended. The announcement aroused fears that a new round of terrorism would begin. Two Moslems were killed here early today, Reliable sources said the OAS is believed to have its headquarters in Mostaganem.

They said the sudden movement of troops and gendarmes into the area at dawn indicated French authorities may have received information Entries of contestants for the 15ih annual Elks Rodeo, which opens a three-night run- Thursday, are being accepted today, at rodeo headquarters in the Elks Building. Rodeo Secretary Jo Decker of said indications point to a full -list of contestants in the five professional contests and the special events, barrel racing and calf Deadline for entering rodeo contests is 6 p.m. today. All livestock for the rodeo, which will be produced by Beut- I A 11 fN lfft- An attempt will be made deadlock and end the five-day potash basin. Op I 1 -pn Ml elf of the whereabouts "of some of the OAS leaders still at large, All telephone and telegraph' communications in the port were cut.

It was announced that another meeting of potash com panies and four AFL-CIO unions will be held at 9 a.m; at the Knights of Columbus Hall' 4 munist-backed rebels. The rebellion at ths pava! base was smashed, atter hard fighting end. hundreds of casualties. (UFl Tlepheto) MOPPING UP Government troops with automatic weapons and backed up by: advance in front bullet-marked building at Puerto Cabello, Veneiuels, an attack on an oulpest manned by Com Odds Favor Nixon To' Yin. California Primary Today By United Press Internationa! Former Vice President Richard M.

Nixon's first bid "since his futile race'fof the "White House high- ugniea primary elections in live star.es Nixon vvas an odds-on favorite to win the Republican i The OAS proclaimed the truce last week in hopes of contacting toaders of the Moslem Algerian National Liberation Front FLN. 'It sought guarantees to continue as a political, force after Algeria becomes independent. Obseners believed the OAS failed to grt what it wanted from either the FLN or the provision al executive, which is ruling Al geria until the territory achieves lull independence. In. a broadcast, announcing the end of the truce Monday night, an OAS announcer said the terrorist organization would con tinue its "scorched earth" oolicv unless the FLN conies to an agree ment on the future.

The OAS opposes "Algerian inde pendence under domination of the Moslems, who outnumber the Eu ropeans nine to one. It has been conducting; a campaign terrorism to sabotage the peace accords which ended the seven-and- a-half-year Algerian war. Algeria votes July 1 in a self-determination referendum which is "expected" to result in overwhelming approval of independ- ence. Stanley Brasher Possible House Speaker Hopeful FE (UPD-State Rep. Stanley Brasher, Albuquerque Democrat, indicates he may run for speaker of the House' next year.

Announced candidates for the position include Albert 0. Lebfck, Gallup; Lawrence Goodell, Ros-well, and Bruce King, Stanley. The present speaker, Jack tyL Campbell', is running against Gov. Edwin L. Merhem in the November general election.

Brasher, an economic consult ant, said he haifnot decided if he will enter the House race. He is chairman of the House appro priations committee and vice chair man of the Joint Legislative Finance Committee. nomination for governor of California. -Other primaries were being held in Mississippi, Idaho, Montana and south Dakota. In the week's first primary, Sen.

Bourke Hicken-looper won the GOP rencrmnaticm in Iowa Monday, defeating Herbert Franklin Hoover, 'a distant relative of the InliaaiJC" I It 1 NEW VORlT (UPI) Investors hoped -an administration pledge of "top-to-" tax cuts in 1D63 would help bring; about a resurgence today a slump- ing stock market, Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon, in an "address Monday night to the New York Financial Writers Association said President Kennedy plans to present to Congress next January broad plan pf'tdp-to-bottom reduction in" the rates of income tax." Dillon spoke afier a day which saw traders drop more than SH billion in papr value of stocks, continuing -the -'downward trend of lat Friday. The slump "brought the stock'markt to'a point halfway from that reached May 2S, wheij the market posted losses almost equal to the crash year of 1319, Dillon told the financial writers the administration had made "no decisions on any of the details' rJ ,1.. 3 I did not specify whether the pro posal would mcludo fytfh. corporate and Individual toes. Predicts Higher Profits Treasury last week's tracing on the nation's exchanges as a case ii which "all vestiges of reason were temporarily pushed aside.N He predicted the United' States can loak forward to continued-economic progress which "should also bring with it a rise in -corpo rate'" profits." Dillon's -remarks appeared aimed jat settling thft nerves of jittery -trader and to boc-sf confidence- In the nation's economic future.

Volume Monday was shares, compared with on Friday "and a 9,350,000, turnover a week ago Monday. The Standard and Poor's inde of 500 stocks was off 2,11 to 57.26, and the Dow Jones averaza of 31 Industrials fell 17 points to 583 68. Dillon referred. frenetic activity" on Wall Street as "a phenomenon that should giv us all pause." "Despite the fact that over.ths (Se E.XFFCT Pags Three) State Slates On Eddy Road A Stat Highway Department survey, crew began work in the Carlsbad area Monday, C. IL Jvkchmore, Santa Fe, of surveys for the state road department, reported today.

Muchmore said the crew wilt be surveying possible alignments for the proposed improvement of between Malaga "'and Loving. 'The 5.6-mil'e" stretch," which the highway department has rated in critical condition, is scheduled for construction in the l-t-63 fiscal year, which begins July 1, A. A. Martinei is 'in charge of the survey crew, hith expects tj be in the area about 60 days. Another critical portion U.

S. 233, between Lakewood and Atoka, is currently being rebuilt. The State H'shwav Commission let contract on this siretch at. its M.iy mpeiing and a second project be swarded at thn June commission meeting, Survey Work Hostess Tells Of Moments Before Crash PARIS (UPI)Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. of Atlanta today talked "quietly for 10 minutes with one" of the two survivors of the jet air liner crash that kilicd more 100 of his city's most prominent citizens.

Air France hostess Francoise Authie, who with another hostess lived through the crash of the Boeing 707 airliner Sunday that took, 130 lite, told Allen, "I am very sorry ihat this has Miss Authie said, remrmber a little trLshe was-blonde ting in the front row. I gave her some candv." Mayor Allen listened quietly! asking only a few questions dur ing their 10-minute talk. He said he just wanted to, meet the" girl who was the last to see so! many of his friends alive. 1 Happy Together The hostess told the mayor "The group seemed very happy and were having pleasant conver sation and they all "seemed to know ops airline of firials said the victims' bodies will be' shipped home as quickhvas theyca iden tified. Air- France executives said the bodies will be returned at the air (See HOSTESS Page Three) THE LITTLE ARGUS Today Chuckle Those who complain about the way.

the ball bounces are a 1 1 the ones who dropped it. 4 -SwM. -t- Dim View Eunice residents took sort of a dim view of the Carlsbad Elks Rodeo booster caravan Monday. The Carlsbad boosters found that Eunice is having a rodeo on the very same days as the Carlsbad rodeo Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Deb Hubbard, a member of "the caravan, told the Eunice folks that just to show Carlsbad's good sportsmanship he a going to bring a carload of Carlsbad citizens over to Eunice to attend their rodeo; ft ft Band Rehearsal Eisenhower Junior High Band Director Dave Phelan announces that a rehearsal will be held at 1- pjn.

Wednesday at Eisenhower for the Alta Vista, Eisenhower and' High. School bands, who will play. in Thursday's rodeo parade. On Schedule "made all 10 stops on schedule because of die escorting service provided, by Sheriff Carl Hawkins and State Patrolman C. (Peter) Gunn, Chamber Manager.

Louis Whitlock expressed appre ciation for the entire group to the sheriff and Gunn for their excellent assistance. "We couldn't have made the stops en schedule with out them," Whitlock said. 1 it it YardVbrk Boy Scout" Troop 75, led hw Rill has takpn. on a worthwhile project for the summer jp-one that will keep them busy much of the time. The boys volunteered to See ARGUS Page Three) N.

M. Autocides, Since January 1, 1962 "165 Corresponding date 1961 a ma again Wednesday to break a old strike in the Carlsbad The unions went on strike at midnight Thursday when their con tract, on which they had been neg otiating, jointly, expired. Meanhile; upeotiations continued between company representa tives and the International Broth erhood of Electrical Workers. Whoe contract also expired Thurs day ri'ght but who have not gone on strike. 200 electricians "of" Lotal 703 work at four mines in the Carlsbad potash basin Potash Company of America, International Minerals Chemical Du val Sulphur end Potash Co and U.

S. Borax. Company negotiators met much of the day Monday with the- elec The electricians met again this morning with PCA and were to meet this afternoon with Duval on local issues. They were to meet with representatives of four companies at p.nu this afternoon. NeaT- Gohza'es, "business- manager of Local 763.

said today it appeared that some prbpress might have been made in Monday's "meeting. The four AFL-CIO unions Stoneworkers, Machinists, Operating Engineers and Boilermakers struck. lastweek afrjejotiations bogged" clown over contract 'phrasing regarding management rights, contracting out and arbitration-Some 25no union workers were off their johs in the first big strike in the haiin in almost 13 years. VEATHER FORECAST CARLSBAP, Artesia and Loving-ton fair tonight and Wednesday. No important temperature change Carlsbad-Artesia 63-92, Lonngton 60-90.

This was the chief reason he landed so far down range from his scheduled impact spot, in the Atlantic, he said. The President met the Carpenters in his office and escorted them to the adjacent White House room newsmen awaited thwn, Kennedy introduced the 37-year-old astronaut to members of the secretarial staff of 'the White House and suddenly found there were some teen-agers in the group of hand-shakers. They were six high school essay contest winners from West They had been escorted A6 the White House by Rep. Ken Couse former president. Iowa's RewiWtraTi A rk f.

Lt. Gov. Williatl H. was making his fifth try for the GOP puhernatorial nomination. Erbe will face state Coaftmerce Commission Chairman Harold Huges in -November.

Hickenloop- er's Democratic opponent will be Smith-of Iowa State University. Nx1n, who a close, rare to- Eresidcn Kennedy in 1360 faced conservative State Assemblyman Joseph C. Shelf of Is Angeles. If Nixon wins he -will face Democratic Gov, Edmund G. Brown in November.

Should Sbrll, wealthy' young oilman h') has been Rppublican of t.be..Aeislature'jK.Jov.er hotKta-for three years, pset (See ODDS Page Three) BOLACK'S ELECTION Bloody Revolt Beaten PUERTO CABELLO. Venezuela (UPI) The people of this stricken city mourned today for the dead of the abortive weekend revolt, second attempt in a nwnfh to overthrow President a 1 Betancourt. Although the complete toll of the two days -of fighting was rot yet known, government casualties alone were estimated at 120 dead and to 400 wounded. "The last resistance There was stamped Monday. The country was except for scattered incidents of terror bombing and hit-rjtw gun ba'tles in Caracas, the capital.

A noise bomb in a cluster of tear-gas grenades was set oft Monday night in the Lido theater, "Caracas movie house, but none of the 500. hfaudjp'nrgt was injured. pprancourt blamed the uprising on Communists and rther extreme (See BLOODY Page Three) Trail Ride Under In Mountains The second annual Pecos Valley Trail Ride, a prelude to the Elks Rodeo, got underway caily today in the foothills of "the Guadalupe Mountains. vv There was no -communication with the riders as they wound their way through the rugged country, but it was believed that more than-SO were on the trail. They had breakfast early at the X-Bar Ranch before" startrnp on the ride.

Thpy to nHe all day today, 'tonight, and re turn to Carlsbad Wednesday. The trail rid is- sponsored by the Eddy County Sheriff's Posse and Jim Coleman is serving as trail boss. Jeff Farrell and Ralph Callaway manned the cook wagon. Rich Donaldson was co-chairman of the event. A trophy uill be awarded the rider traveling the longest distance to take part.

Trophies will also awarded the outstanding junior -girl and outstanding junior -boy rider. Way LITV Uft' LJri tnd" i. Of Storm -Zone iCarlshad is on one end of 38S-mile ling, 120-mtfo wide severe storm aming tone, according to a bulletin issued today by the V. 5. Weather Bureau at Albuquerque.

The warning, effect unHl UpVRlTflhjJTotecasts thun derstorms, large nan and dam 8gtg voids. Specifically cited was the area 60 miles either side of a line stretching from Carlsbad to Guymoh, Okia. Miss Your Paper? S-2I51 before 7 p.m. week days' or before 10 a.ni." Sunday "and your paper will be delivered to you. QK'D lieutenant governor's office.

Neither aie running in this 5'ear's elections. "We are ctrnvinl-ed that, for voting purpose's, there is nothing in our 'constitution, or in the sta tutes which prohibits an Indian from voting in a proper election, the supreme coBit said in thfc.de-cision written by Justice David Carmody. It was signed by Justices David Chavez, Irwin Moise and Dist. Judge JLuis E. Armijo.

Chief Justice J. C. Compton is a member of the SUte Canvassing Board fthith certified "Brack's" election (See N. M. Page Three) rinp'oi rpenter N.

M. Supreme Court Upholds Right Of Mavajos To Ballots. 11 '4 ecpyery His WASHINGTON (Uri) Astronaut Scott Carpenter visited President Kennedy at the White House today and later explained' why he overshot his recovery area target! by about 250 miles after his triple orbit of the earth on May 24. Accompanied by his wife Rene and his four children. Carpenter spent about 20 minutes with the President and then took off for New York for a lunch honoring Talking with newsmen at National Airport just before leaving, the astronaut said the space agency in a report just completed attributed his.

overshoot in land SO) First, he said, there was an error yaw and attitude" of the Aurora 7 spacecraft as it neared reentry into the atmo- sphere There also was slightly less thrust than expected from the retro, or braking, rockets when he fired them to slow his speed for reentry, he said. A third factor, Carpenter reported, was that the retro rockets fired a few seconds later than planned. All factors were "insignificant" compared with the yaw, or side- to-side motion, of the rpace cap sule as-it neared atmospheric reentry, the astronaut said. SANTA FE (UPI) The New Mexico Supreme Court today up-hfld the I960' election of Lt. Gov.

Tom Bolack and the right of Navajo Indians to. vote in state elections. The important decision rejected Democrat Joseph A. Monfoya's contest of his 279-vote tobs.to Bolack, The Albuquerque salesman filed his Dec. 23, I960, challenging the right of Indians living on the Navajo Reservation to vote in New Mexico elections.

He had run as the poor-mans candidate" against the Farming-ton oil man. who was- the first Republic in 3G years to He ing to several reasons..

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