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Carlsbad Current-Argus from Carlsbad, New Mexico • 4

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Prote stants 4 N.M.,Thgn(tay, July 1, 1171 Dismissal Fight- emarid in, 3 a II--. 1 1 TT "i DEALER Ireland. BotfcTrotestant and Catholic marches" have frequently touched off communal fighting in the past three years of violence. The UDA last weekend barricaded five Protestant areas to protest Whitelaw's refustl to in-. terfere with Catholic-only en claves policed by gunmen of the Irish Republican Army.

Later the UDA let the army take over the barricades' in one sector but maintained unarmed patrols behind them. While the IRA generally tiriued to observe the cease-fire that the guerrilla command declared last week, a wave of sectarian attacks iohtinued: Wednesday night a man was shot in the thighs in a Catholic district of Belfast and another was shot, in the shoulder in another Catholic section. A volley also was fired at an army patrol, but nobody was and the troops didn't return the fire. Eight men were over the weekend two Protestants, five-Catholics and a young Jehovah's Witness visiting from England. DEATHS Mrs.

A.C. Spiirr Mrs. Arthur Clinton Spurr, 77, died yesterday in Wheeling, W.Va. She was the mother-in-law of Marilyn T. Joyce Spurr, daughter of John R.

Joyce of Carlsbad. Mrs. Spurr is survived by two daughters and one son. verbal and written instructions, i.e.. you failed to submit a written report regarding the incident of one (name of individual by the Current-Argus) which occurred May 2.

1972. This is contrary to previous instructions that you submit full reports on all The letter of dismissal mentioned other cases, "You have failed to use good judgment in the handling of some of your cases, i.e.. (two names of females are given). On April 19, 1972, you had Miss (name withheld) handcuffed and carried off to jail like a common criminal in a very hysterical condition." The Quintana letter failed to mention what the female was charged with, or whether she "wasacorrmwncrirninah" The letter continued, "Even though you submitted a report, jio grounds have been established as to the reasons) why you ordered this girl detained." Similar charges were launch-, ed against Knowlton concerning a second girl and alleged conversations between Knowlton and the girl's mothers The letter -of dismissal continued. "The above are but a few examples of your bad judgement in the handling of your juvenile clients.

are hereby advised that you may appeal your dismissal to the State Personnel Board within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of discussion (June 29, 1972). This doesn't imply that you will remain on the Department's payroll." The Current-Argus questioned Knowlton about the charges levied against him concerning these persons, but Knowlton preferred to withhold comment. By law. the recently enacted Children's Code, he could not defend himself before the press by revealing any information con-' cerningjuveniles. Copies "of the letter of dis- 8mD BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) Militant Protestants today were demanding another concession from the British government in exchange for two weeks of cooperation in the tease-fire in Northern Ireland.

The Ulster Defense Association said it would barricade another Protestant section this weekend but after that would "grant 14 days of peace and grace" to allow British forces, "to deal with the deteriorating position." Britain's administrator for Northern Ireland, William Whitelaw, had warned that no morejxlLJOfoareaswould be tolerated. The UDA in effect was telling him he had to back down or face the possibility of an armed challenge to the army. The UDA, which claims it can bring thousands of armed fighters into the streets, also said that during their two-week "peace and grace" period, their men would be "standing in full strength to protect any afca" during the processions July 12 of the Protestant Orange Order. This was a warning to both the British and the Roman Catholics not to interfere with the parades, which the Catholic minority regards as. a provocative demonstration of Protectant domination in Northern Bob Fischer 'Apologizes' REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer cleared the way today for the start of the world chess championship match with a written apology to Boris Spassky for his "disrespectful behavior." -r Fischer's' letter was delivered by hand to the Soviet world champion this Fischer, whose delayed arriv al aouDiea tne prize moneyfor both him and Spassky but also started an avalanche of confusion, asked the Russian to "accept my sincerest apology." "I simply -became carried away by my petty dispute over money with the Icelandic chess organizers," he wrote.

The written apology from the American challenger 'was one of the chief conditions posed by I if 11 I If- at 511 S. Canal while commerce and Western Auto members of the chamber of officials look on. WESTERN AUTO OPENING Carlsbad Mayor Walter GerreDs officiated at ribbon-cutting ceremonies this morning at the newly opened Western Auto Store (Condoned From Page 1) eluded. Yesterday, when the Current-Argus approached Knowlton by "telephone concerning this letter. Knowtton said he would reserve comment until something definite had taken place in Santa Fe.

Hours later, in mid-afternoon, Knowlton received his "notification of dismissal in writing" via the mail. He called a press conference as per his promise to release the information The letter he received from Quintana charged, "Specifically, you have failed to follow Stock- Market Report OVER THE COUNTER Capital S.W..... 6-7K Public Service N.M.... 20V20tt Wash. WW Atlac Con.

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14 U.S. Rubber. 17 U.S. Steele 29 Western Union ,..62 Westinghouse Elec. 52ft Woolworth.

:..37 Glidden Interior EQUIPMENT Specially Suitable For Farm Equip. Tractors, Trailors to Border Patrol Hassle Boiling the Russians before Spassky Vietnam, and the Gulf of Ton-would shdown at the chess "kin, bordered- by China and" board with Fischer. both North and South Vietnam. Ethel Choate Services for Ethel 'Choate will be held tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the Denton Funeral Home chapel.

Rev. John Ward of Bethel Baptist will officiate at therites. Stephens, Douglas Hughes, and Elmer Harmon will be pallbearers. Burial will be in Sunset Gardens. The South China Sea is shaped vaguely like a huge peanut with two large bumps along Id" western edge.

They are the Gulf of Thailand, bordered by the Malay Peninsula, Thailand, Cambodia and South Bill Bartlett, 1002 W. Riverside reported a ski missing from where he left it on the river. The ski was valued at 322. Mike Scroggin, 810 Valverde, reported a boy's bicycle taken from his carport during the night. The bicycle is valued at $40.

Earl Weldy, 312 Church, reported a chain saw valued at $80 taken from his car- whilft parked at the Bar Lounge. Ronald Geckler, 709 Alar meda, reported his car broken into while it was parked at the miners- parking lot on $outh Canyon. Taken was a tape player, speakers, case, and 25 tapes with a total value of $265. mi i is: internum The Weather -Elsewhere By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS High Low Pr. Albany, clear 60 90 64 76 73 .03 clear Amarillo, clear Anchprage.

clear Asheville. cldy Atlanta, cldy 78 62 76 54 -79 46 93 70. 6K.5J1 67 56 90 70 75 61 72 51 74 50 60 45 81 55 75 51 69 42 75.49 85 59 78 49 81 55 87 76 Birmingham, clear Bismarck, clear-Boise, clear fystwldy Buffalo, cldy Charleston, cldy Charlotte, cldy Chicago, clear Cincinnati, clear Cleveland, clear Denver, cldy Des Moines, cldy Detroit, clear Duluth, cldy Fairbanks, Fort Worth, clear Green Bay. clear Helena, cldy Honolulu, cldy Houston, clear Ind'apolis, clear Jacks'ville, clear Juneau, Little Rock, clear Los Angeles, cldy Louisville, clear Marquette, clear Memphis, clear Miami, clear Milwaukee, cldy ,01 .66 .58 71 50 94 69 80 55 88 66 76 54 67 51 77 58 86 81 70 52 76.53 feet either way." Heinecke said it was impos sible to.be sure because torn -woman, suspected of trying tor smuggle aliens into the U.S. crashed through the border fence while fleeing the patrolman, obliterating the line divid-' iug Mexico andjthe U.S.

The whose name was not released, grabbed the wom: an by the arm when she. began running back towards the United States, apparently in confusion as to her bearing. The woman was held for questioning- but was turned over to Mexican authorities Tuesday night, Heinecke said. The people in the car with her did not leave the vehicle and -were not arrested. In the second- incident' Wednesday, the officer in charge of the Immigration and Naturalization Service at the border said a Mexican policeman chased Mario Cardona of San Ysidro into' the States and fired at him, hitting the of Cardona's sports car.

Cardona reportedly was being chased by Mexican authorities" for a slapping incident involving a woman in Tiajuana. People In The News HOLLYWOOD (AP) Television actor Edd "Kooky" Byrnes, 38, must pay S300 in back child support for his 6-year-old son Logan or serve two days in county jail. The order was handed down Wednesday by Superior Court Commissioner John L. God-dard. A divorCe sit filed by" Byrne's wife, Asa Maynor, 29, is pending.

BOSTON (AP) The Rt. Rev. George A. Schlichte, 51, former vice of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Boston and a vice rector of the North American College in Rome, will resign, from the priesthood "in the immediate future," the Boston Globe says. Thenewspaper said Msgr.

Schlichte has accepted the post of president of Belknap College In Center Harbor, N.H.,- and has been serving in that capacity since June 6. "In my letter, I will state my reasons for the Globe quoted him as saying in an interview. "Let me make clear though that I still consider myself to be a Catholic." WASHINGTON (AP) Ken-neth B. Keating, the U.S. ambassador to India since 1969, reportedly will resign.prior to the Republican National Con vention.

Keating, a former con-gresman and senator, is said to have expressed a desire to senior Nixon administration officials to attend the convention: A State Department spokesman said he could not confirm the reporW CARLSBAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER DOWNTOWN UNIT ADMITTED: Mrs. Margaret Goad, Mrs. Tony (Mary) Hernandez, Mrs. W.T. (Carol) Martin, Robert W.

Martin, Vernon D. McKean, Mrs. Norma O. Morales, Mrs. Fern Weems, Arthur 1.

Weinig, James A. Williams, Jr. Paul Chaffin. Mrs. JoeFlorez.Jr.

NORTHGATE UNIT ADMITTED: Louise Amer-sek. DISMISSED: Consuelo C. Santos, Christopher K. Norman, Brookie Ashburn. POLICE BLOTTER Larceny missal were sent to Howard Leach, D.D.

Archer, Larry Pa-dilla and Bob Carteton. Knowlton was first introduced to corrections work in 1946. He retired from the Federal Probation Service, and is a-graduate of the Delinquent Control Institute in Arizona. He first came to Carlsbad on June 1, 1970, after being transferred; from his work as a employment counselor. He was again transferred to Albuquerque, returning seven months-later to Carlsbad in November 1971 Knowlton categorically 'denied the charges against him saying.

"Any evaluation to be objective should be based on total performance." He said state investigators had been in Carlsbad since January, interviewing his juvenile clients. Knowlton was one of five men applying for the municipal court judgeship two weeks ago when rumors first began' concerning his impending dismissal. A small craft warning for boaters is one red pennant displayed by day and a red light over a white light at -night, warning of winds up to 33 knots and-or sea conditions dangerous small boats. Exterior ENAMEL jl 49 Qt- 49 GaU LI Sq. Ft $Q89 4' i BIRCH PANELING Grade 4'x8' Sheets Up 885-8131 SAN DIEGO, Calif.

(AP) Border Patrol officials say one of their officers may have been over the international line when he arrested, a Mexican woman but they deny reports by their Mexican counterparts that he pulled the woman's hair and heli-her at gwpoint. Also under investigation by authorities on both sides of the border is a report by other U.S. patrolmen that a Mexican policeman crossed into the United States to fire a shot at an American motorist he had been chasing. In the first incident, intelligence officer James C. Heinecke of the U.S.

Border Patrol said the American patrolman who arrested the Mexican woman Tuesday could have been on either sjde of the border. "It's impossible to determine," he said Wednesday. "It could have been a couple of New Mexico In Brief TRUTH "OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (AP). -The Apollo Construction Co.

of Las Cruces will build a new Rio Grande Project office building and warehouse near Elephant Butte Dam, Rep. Harold Runnels, has announced. The construction is fif the IftW-, er Field Branch of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Rio Grande Project. Runnels 'said Apollo was the successful bid-, der with a bid of $169,731.

He said the building will be on the east side of the" Rio Grande; down river from the dam. SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) A proposal to consolidate the 85-student Causey Municipal School District with another district is to be considered at a July 10 meeting of the state Board of Education. A report on the district prepared by state education officials is to be presented to the board at the Santa Fe meeting. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

(AP) Albuquerque's Acting City Manager Herb Smith now is the permanent successor, to former City Manager Richard Wilson, who retired some months. ago. Smith ramed fnt city manager bv unanimous vote of the City Commission Wednesday on a motion by Commissioner Nancy Koch. He was named to the temnorarv VINYL ASBESTOS FLOOR TILE 01 12" 12" SMOOTH TILE BOARD VjL Yr til THEbri mm For Kitchen Bath 4 Popular Colors in Stock MAHOGANY PANELS Grade $979 hets Up 'mV i ft I TO CALL FOR THE BEST BUY ON YOUR INSURANCE rHJIirv UfUrriTD i 51 new AQQreSS' 104 South Canal fhone: 885-2547 STATE FARM Texas Street Lumber Home Owned She's Pam Wingo, who operates the train on weekends and works weekdays as a dental hygienist in 103 N. 6di (at Texas) LADY ENGINEER-Overalls, peaked cap and grease-stained face not withstanding, the engineer of the White: Mountain Scenic Railroad in Arizona is definitely female.

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