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r- WEAfHEB Partly cloudy -tonight and Frl-' dav. Moderate winds and colder Friday, 58-30. TEXAS INVADERS The Dawgs will take on torn gridiron invaders from Andrews, here tonight. Pag '10. AKLSBAD VOL, 1 1 NO.

52 18 PAGES TELEPHONE: TU Mill QARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO 88220, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 966 bund ti Second Out MMM Ctrtitad. New Mco. PRICE 10 CENTS Current-Argus hi Dim Chfoj Qmngs IFjgte Victim Is 1UJJ Etli J.i-lU IMf If If l-llf ll II II I Unit To El Paso Lusk Air Jdunf With Head Slated 1 Tomorrow Wound iVconrKrlsbacTair leave here tomorrow at 6 Three Carlsbad youths were shot, one between the eyes. in a gang fight outside a cafe near Alameda awl Bronson Streets eadyMorlayn Edward Granger, 18, of 305 Vela was taken to St Francis Hospital with a bullet lodged two inches of jthe easten partf thelate anifly into Albuquerque tomorrow afternoon. Ten planes and at least 4fjfrtembers ofjtasiness- C' men for Lusk are scheduled to go oiMhe air caravan.

S4il LKjy itadi urn. recently at the ROTC PROMOTIONS' CSHS Principal William Loot, left, and Mid High Principal Jtm 1 present Cadet Billy Robison with his Captain Ban at cer. cadefixreceived promotiom, academic standing and leadership (Staff PofolN Delay Says Loving Move endafion Today's Chuckle The only time a husband can be sure he's right is when he admits he's wrong. 3 Time Change If you want to get drafted, there'll be less time in which to get it done through the Carls-. bad Selective Service- Office.

-The- office has announced it i.will cut operating hours by one-half hour, Monday through Friday. The new hours are from 8-12 and from p.m. daily; Big Show Due Do you like singing, dancing and Dixieland jazz? This is what will be offered at Mid High School's auditorium Nov. 19 when the Big Sky, Chorus-presents Southern Belle. Tickets are to be sold booths downtown.

Prices Lowerx- El Paso milk prices" have been lowered from 8 to "10 cents on the half gallon. Three local dairies, Borden's, Whole- and Farmer's have announced a drop in wholesale prices and this is being reflect- in lower retail prices. Similar price cuts were announced last wMTvi by Foremost and Price's dairies. Voter's Guide Included in todav's Current- Argus is the New Mexico Vot er, a League of Women Voters i publication designed to inform the public about the candidates and issues in next week's general election. The Current-Argus is flistnbuting the publication as a public service to its read- ers.

ft v. Pecan Fiesta It's only 23 more days until Carlsbad Pecan Fiesta, Nov. 25-27. ft' ft Bears Repeating It was said in the St. Francis Hospital bulletin and it bears repeating: corporation may spread itself over half the world.

'It may employ a hundred thou- sand men, but the average person will usually form his. judgment on the action of a single employee. this person is rude or in-' efficient will take a lot of-kindness arid efficiency to overcome this one bad impres-spu Every- member of. an organization thus becomes the most, important' member of (See ARGUS Page 2) 1966 Program caravan for Gene Lusk will am on a vote-getting tour Sen. Anderson Hits Editorial In Lovington LOVINGTON JUPJ)-1 U.

S. Clinton Anderson, Wednesday denounced an editorial in the Lovington Leader which said he seeking reelection only to hold the office for the Democratic party, and would shortly retire. The editorial, written by "editor Graham, said then the Democrats could appoint another Democrat to the post. The story said the 'candidate is not physically able and does not intend to attempt to fulfill the responsibilities of the six-year office which he purportedly Anderson said there "ls not a word of truth" in the editorial, and added he "did not see why a person would publish such a complete lie. The editorial also said that If by some chance Republican 'gubernatorial-Candidate Dave Cargo should upset Democrat Gene Anderson would resign before the first of the year while the Democrats were still in power to appoint a new senator.

"Due to the tremendous pres: tige Sen. has accumulated through more than 30 years in public office, the-last 18 of which have been as a U.S. Senator, the perpetrators of this scheme deem it a safe bet that their candidate will easily win and they can fill the office with an appointment of their own choosing in a more propitious; moment." The Leader also criticized An derson for the operation of the Anderson Insurance Agency in Albuqueque, saying it "has writ ten for years insurance and bonds in six-figure amounts for customers who are obtained through contacts made in offi cial state and federal chni Miss Your Pioper? Dial 5-2KI before 6 m. week days or before 11 a.m. Sunday and your paper will be delivered to yoil.

stph M. Montoyasand will be Jpit Parish Hall, bg inning and Donna cmerson look on. I aand will Mfinnit ion loofe oi inside his skull. He was later transferred to jan El Paso hospital neurosurgery. His condition wasre-ported "aiTfair The other two shooting victims 'were identifed by Detective Sgt.

A. C. Rodriguez and Chief Deputy Sheriff LeRoy Payne as Joe Mata 19, 'and Tommy Calderon. Mala was -shot in the shoulder and Calderon iif the leg, Rodriguez and Payne said. The weapon used was a .22 caliber pistol.

Sammy 20, of 1013 Chavez was arrested this morning and booked on three counts jf aggravated battery. Bond was set at $5,000. He was to be arraigned this morning. Rodriguez said the, shooting started after a brawl among about a half dozen persons near the cafe, at about 12:30 a.m. The fighrbrol up.

after the shooting. Police said Granger went to nis sister house and she took him to the hospital. The other two victims were not hospitalized. Storm Effects VMlri In((rnUonaI The Northeast today felt the brunt of a record-breaking surprise storm that dumped iip to, 15. inches of snow in.

a six-state area and caused at least 16 deaths. Cold and snowfall records" were set as far.west. as Topeka, and as far south as New Orleans. Overtaxed power sys tems failed in Kentucky and Michigan' Authorities reported" nearly 400. trucks stranded on U.S.

31 in central Kentucky where f-ighway crews labored to clear away a 15-inch snowfall. Cold air followed the snow storm through the Midwest today, dropping the temperature to one above at Hibbing and six above at International Falls, both in Minnesota. Topeka weather records showed today's low of 10 above was six degrees below the previous record established 30 years ago. Record also were recorded In the Iowa towns of Mason City, Cedar-Rapids Waterloo. In New Orleans a 28-degree reading became the" earliest freeze recorded, with records dating "back to 1871.

sons filing suits and, for defendants found They send .12.50 of the fee to the state, If a defendant is lound innocent, or the case" is oismissed, the state pays the JP $5, This system, the AAA feels, changes the emphasis of the courts to "quantity, not quality." The AAA office for New Mexico in Albuquerque says it has received complaints from motorists throughout the country, complaining of the JP system. "There has been a resulting untold loss to the state's second largest industry, tourism, because of this system," the AAA contends. "Enforcement of the law for personal or governmental revenue has no place in1 the American system of Amendment 10 wi abolish (See STAI TE Page X) '-i rnvi rHHiiini The Lusk boosters will fly to Hobbs, Lovington, Portales, expect to get into 'Albuquerque about p.m. The air caravan, headed by State Fincher Neal, will drum up, support along the way for Democratic candidate for -Tomorrow night the Carlsbad There is apparently jo basis to rumors which have been cir culating here that President Johnson i will visit Carlsbad Monday. A high Democratic Party source in Albuquerque said today that Johnson's only plans are to make a non-politi cal trip into Albuquerque to sign the aid to higher educa tion bill.

boosters, wearing gold coats and. red Go Lusk ties, will appear on a political telerama on an Albuquerque television station, and also meet with Luskx The group plans to return to Carlsbad Saturday, morning after another vote-getting stopover in Roswell. Businessmen for Lusk reported after the first air caravan for last that they received "tremendous support" in all the cities visited. The first, caravan went west, (See AIRCADE Page 2) 1 Viet Air Var SAIGON (UPI) The 1 United States- Intensified the- air war against North Viet Nairf Wed-nesday with a near-record number of strikes against the north. A spokesman disclosed the U.S.

7th Fleet Communist shore batteries in North Viet Nam for. the' first time of the war. The spokesman said Commu nist shore batteries near Dong Hoi, 50 miles north of 1 the demilitarized zone, fired on two destroyers-cruisiog in international waters in the Gulf of Tonkin on 25; One of the destroyers, the USS Mansfield, returned the fire with its five-inch guns, the spokesman said. No results of the -American (See VIET Page 2) will feature U. S.

Sen. Jo- Increasing Korean Raid Gain M0H PANMUNJOM (UPI) A U.S.. patrol ambushed by North-Korean invaders back so fiercely before it was wiped out that one of its members will be nominated posthumously for the Medal of Honor the nation's highest award for valor. Maj. Gen.

George B. Pickett commander of the 2nd Infantry Division, identified the hero Pvt. Ernest D. Reynolds, a gutty, 20-year-old from Kansas City, who had been in Korea only 17 days and who chose to. stay -and fight-rather than slip away to safefy -when the Communists attacked.

Six Americans and one South Korean in the UnltedJNatiaa fniwa want WiiliH inn' Wednesday attack a hall mile below the demilitarized zone. In a separate clash a few hours later South Koreans killed one North Korean and suffered no losseswhile turning back another Infiltrating force. Sole survivor of the ambushed patrol was Pfc. David LsBibee. He was wounded but escaped death by playing dead.

"The only reason I'm alive now is because I didn't move when a North Korean yanked my watch off my wrist," he said today from his hospital bed. Both attacks-occurred just as President1 Johnson was winding up an official visit to South Korea. He "had toured the vicithity of the attack Housewives Set Meeting A meeting of the Watch Committee of the Housewives for Lower Prices is scheduled for Friday night at 6:30 at the home of Mrs. Francis Coyr IN W. Francis.

'w'w- According to Mrs. Barbara Orteger, about 25 women art circulating petitions asking that trading stamps be abolished, and that the savings be passed along to the housewives in the form of lower prices. She said these women be" attending the meeting along with women who have making price comparisons and 'anyone else who wants to help out." "I know this," Mrs. Ortegel said, "people aren't impressed with the price cuts at the stores up to today." She said the women have been compiling newspaper advertisements which still indicate that, "Carlsbad prices are the highest anywhere." Mrs. Ortegel said one chain said its prices were the same in all its New Mexico stores, and the women have definite proof from the advertisements that prices are higher in Carlsbad.

Mrs. Ortegel reported that support of the organizations cause is. continuing to spread, citing ladies' activities in Newx San" Jose. "We have women working very hard for ns'in that area," she said 1:30 FAA Station 71 City Pump Station 74 American Bank 75 Carlsbad Caverns (always) .56 Victim May emoniej held Recomm students according to "achievement class ratingand were enacted following State Gl Forum charges descrimina-tion- in the LovKg school sys: tern. i Delayo said these changes were recommended as "anticipatory action," to prevent further' conflict and controversy in the Loving school area.

Panel Planning be held in the "Municipal Li- brary Annex, At noon, the Carlsbad Woman's Clu is scheduled to sponsor, aluncheon for the queen Lahd her court in the Woman's Club building. Rainbow Assem blies No. 29 and No. 42 will assist. During -the a style show will be sponsored by Xi Alpha Iota chapter of Beta Sigma Phi chairmanned by Mrs.

Kenneth Webber. Price for thispublic luncheon' is $1.50. Highlight for the day is expected to be the coronation of the Pecan queen by Dan Blocker "Hoss Cartwright" of television fame who was once a school teacher in Carlsbad. Entrance fee for the has been set, for $1. Jt will be followed by a "Coronation BalL Fun features are" expected for Saturday and Sunday.

These will include an (Autumn Fantasy parade sponsored by the Cham ber of Commerce; a barbecue at the beach manned bv Hori zon Club; Thunderbird Dancers- a cast iron bathtub race, canoe race and ski show. Planjied for Saturday and Sunday, a radio control aircraft fly-in- show will be at Carlsbad Airport, under the (See PECAN Page 2) Election TV Program Due Manager Jack Harper of Stor- er Cable Television Co. has an notinced that a special telecast of state and local election returns will be made Tuesday night from his office. Harper said" that since KAVE- TV is no longer telecasting lo cally, his company will offer the election return service over Channel 13. The special telecast will be gin at 7:30 p.m.

and continue until the returns are all in, he said. i KAVE programs presently are telecast out of Monahans. total of 23 based upon abilities. Was His By KENT BULLOCH Staff Writer State Supt. of Public- lastruc-j Hon Leonard J.

Dejayo ton- firmed today that. the changes made Tuesday in the public school system of Loving were originally recommended by' his office. The Loving school changes involved." the re-distributing of Pecan Fiesta Meeting of the Pecan Fiesta? committee will be held at 6:30 p.m.. today in the Chamber of Commerce office. Action taken is expected to include approval of a tentative program for the Pecan Fiesta to be held 25-27.

Opening the program on Fri-dayT Nov. 25... is a a.m. Gay Raricheros breakfast in the ElksClub "sponsored by the Lions Clubs of Carlsbad. This will be for the public and a fee of $1 per person will be charged.

Other events in the morning are the pecan show and exhibit, the' Pecan Fiesta Food Fantasy baking contest and the Old Settlers Reunion. All of these will held Saturday night at San at 6 p. m. Felipe Quesada Start Photo I Discussion Of Many parents have disagreed with the changes. As of this morning, parents had with' drawn 17 students from the Loving schools.

The school-principals report that other students are absent today and might be withdraw ing, but the 17 have officially, their books in." The state superintendent said he would personally be visiting the Loving schools in theliear future to 'inspect the situation. Delayo said he strongly objected to the activities, of 'the Washington Equal Opportunity in Education Agency, who made demands for reports directly to the Loving School District. "This problem is state problem'" Delayo said, "and if any federal agency wants to get into the act, they'll have to go through According to the superintend ent, the Loving activity is the start of "quite a movement in New Mexico." "I have not been oficiallyjtold this, but it-is my understanding that the GI Forum plans to begin a lot of ac tivity in thex New Mexrc-o Schools," he said. About 75 parents met yesterday afternoon in the Loving Elementary School cafeteria to discuss the situation with school officials. Most of tht-barents indicated they were very angry over the reallocation of their children, The parents, made numerous (See DELAYO Fage 2) By HENRY DELAHLNf of a Series) JThe Justice of the Peace system in New Mexico is a "flagrant violation of justice and has brought a shameful reputation for the state among motorists throughout the country.

This is the official position of the American Automobile which is solidly on record for the passage oTAmen'd-ment 10. "Traffic justice in New Mexi co and the state's image to dol lar-bearing tourists has been severely tarnished through the years by thefee the AAA says; The fee syestem, the AAA says, along with numerous opponents of the JP courts, in duces justices to hear as many Cases as possible to increase their income. justices of the Peace are paid $5 for each casejhey hear. They charge $7.50 court costs for per Auto Group State JP Z'J'v few V.W A Raps System IARBECUE TICKETS Barbara W.aver, left, lis a ticket" to the Lusk-Chavei Go-Go Barbecue to Regma Weaver, The barbecue mm.

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