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SOUTH' 'EST MICHOFIN I'iOX 1.JJ54 EL FASO, TEX-79991 Alamngnriio latlg News Vol. 180 Al amogordo, New Mexico, Tuesday, July 31, 1973 18 Jail Bonds Bid Opening Set Thursday Courthouse Addition Is Included Bids will be opened on the $500,000 Otero county courthouse and jail bonds at 11:30 a.m. Thursday by the county commissioners, Dan E. Virden, chairman, has announced. The bonds were authorized at the Nov.

7, 1972 election. Bonds will bear the date of Sept. 1, 1973 and will be in denominations of $5.000 each. The official notice of sale states the bonds shall not bear interest in excess of seven per cent. Payments will begin Feb.

1, 1974 and continue semi-annually after that. Bidders are requested to submit bids specifying lowest rate of interest and premium, if any, above par at which such bidder will purchase said bonds; or lowest rate of interest at which the bidder will purchase said bonds at par. Proceeds from the bonds will be used to build a new jail facility and an addition to the existing courthouse. Some major repairs to the present structure are to be made. Voters of the county approved the general obligation bonds last November after a jail commission, appointed by the county and city commissions, evaluated the present jail on the third floor of the courthouse and found it inadequate.

Spurring the movement was language of the 1972 Code enacted by the New Mexico Legislature, requiring separate detention facilities for juvenile with boys and girls being separated, and separate detention facilities for juveniles charged under different categories of the code. Ironically, this requirement and terminology relating to detention facilities caused a months-long delay in sale of the bonds, completion of plans and start of the new structure. Officials were at a loss to know whether the code required an entirely separate building for juveniles, or whether they could be housed under the same roof as adult prisoners, but isolated from the adults by sound and sight. Conflicting interpretations were heard and District Attorney Norman D. Bloom.

Jr. instituted a friendly district court test case against the New Mexico Department of Corrections. The court held separate buildings did not have to be erected, and the Department of Corrections declined to appeal the ruling of 12th Judicial District Judge George L. Zimmerman. Otero county has bee awarded $230.400 in federal matching tunds through the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, for the new jail facility.

None of that money can be spent on adding to or remodeling the courthouse. First Child Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Busby of Alamogordo became the parents of their first child on Saturday, July 28, at Gerald Champion Memorial Hoipital. The little girl weighed in at Ox psunds and 11 ounces, and has been named Amy Lee Proud grandparents who welcome Amy Lee are Mr and Mrs.

Oliver Jordan of Alamogordo; Mrs. Wilma Busby of San Angelo, Tex. and Joseph Goforth of Kingston, N.M. Amv Lee also has some great-grandparents, Mrs. Mary Acklin of Alamogordo, Mr.

and Mrs. William Poppin of San Angelo and J. R. Busby of Roswell. Now if that enough grandparents to spoil the young lady, we miss our guess.

Shots Coming The Public Health Service office in Alamogordo lias announced that immunization clinics for area children will be held Tuesday, Aug. 7, in Cloudcroft and Aug. 14 in Weed. The clinic will be held at the school in each village, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Parents must accompany their children. Road Block White Sands Missile Range announces that a road block will be set Wednesday at p.m. on U.S. Highway 70, just east of the WSMR-Las Cruces access road and just west of Sec Past 1 Column 1 Co-Op Slates Annual Msel On Saturday Election of five trustees to the Otero County Electric tive will highlight Saturday's annual meeting in Cloudcroft. The co-op boasts 3,925 memners with 5,200 connected meters and a large part of those members are expected to register at the Cloudcroft school gymnasium starting at 9 a.m.

Saturday. The meeting itsell is slated to begin at 10:30 a.m. Trustees whose terms are expiring and who have been nominated for re-election are Mark Harwell of Cloudcroft. William Edgar of Capitan, F. it.

Chambers of High Rolls, Albert Montes of Hondo, and Arthur Blazer of Mescalero. Serving terms which are not expired are J. B. Runyan of Hope, George Sisneros of Capitan, Wayne Withers of Carrizozo, W. A.

Gage of Pinon, and A. I). Median of Cloudcroft Co-op members also will have the opportunity to vote on eight proposed by-laws amendments at the meeting, and to hear the annual reports of the officers. The noon meal will be served by the Sideliners, booster club for high school athletics. Exchange Visits Arranged For Nixon, Hirohito WASHINGTON President Nixon will visit Japan and Emperor Hirohito will come to this country on a formal visit, it was agreed today at a meeting between Nixon and Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.

The Nixon visit is expected to take place either late this year or in 1974 at a mutually agreeable time, Japanese Ambassador Takeshi Yasukawa said. visit to the United States will eome sometime next year, also at a mutually agreed date, he said. Earlier Nixon welcomed Tanaka to the White House as an equal partner for a cause to which we are equally devoted peace for the whole world." The greeting amid the pomp and ceremony of an official welcome marked the start of two days of talks between the two leaders. Tanaka said that relations between Japan and the United See Column 1 iiimttiiitiii Weather Scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers today and Wednesday. No major temperature changes.

Low 66, high 89 lillliillllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllillllllillllllllllllllllllllllillUl THI (dalL Sy WILUE Laugh Lines Teenage lass to boyfriend: mind me going out with you. He thinks a girl." Death Notice The state Traffic Safety Commission continues to send out its monthly black-bordered notices concerning traffic deaths. Latest one reads: New Mexico Traffic Safety Commission regrets to inform you that during the month of June, 1973, 29 citizens were killed in New Mexico traffic crashes where alcohol was involved." a rather impressive story in a few words. Other statistics on the notice say that in TIP D1AL 437-2333 MiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiitiiiiiiiiHiiHiinniiiiffiitiniiimtnitiiiiiiiiiiiinurmra 1973 our record of fatalities stands at 283, and that alcohol was involved in 149 of those deaths. With seven months of the year past, the yearly figure likely is going to be quite a big one.

That ought to tell some people some things. Runnels Tour U.S. Congressman Harold Runnels, D-NM, will be in Alamogordo Thursday, Aug. 9, on the first leg of a two-part tour of the Second Congressional District during the period Congress will be in recess from Aug. 6 through Sept.

3. The congressman will start the first leg of the tour Monday, Aug. 6 at Portales, where he will speak to the Roosevelt County Farm Bureau. He will go to Clovis and Fort Sumner Tuesday, Aug. 7, Roswell and Ruidoso Wednesday, Aug.

8, and Alamogordo and Las Cruces Thursday. Aug. 9. tour will be an informal trip to 25 communities in the 18 counties of the said Runnels, which I would like to forego the usual political meetings and coffee in order to meet and visit with as many people as possible to get the benefit of their views." Moose Call A Moose Lodge call has been sounded for election of a new governor Wednesday. Election will be between the hours of 4 and 8 p.m.

tomorrow at the Moose Lodge on North White Sands Boulevard. Regular meeting will follow at 8 p.m. and new officers will be installed. Hal deman Charged With Leaking' Tapes WASHINGTON (API The chairman of the Senate Watergate committee today said 11. R.

testimony about what he heard on White House tape recordings is evidence." Sen. Sam J. Ervin D- N.C., said testimony would not be admitted in any court of law because the tapes still exist, and are the best evidence of what is on them. Occasionally chuckling, Ervin said testimony what I would call leaking the tapes." The Republican vice chairman. Sen.

Howard H. Baker said more glumly he hopes lawyer will help tlve committee gain access to the recordings. President Nixon is refusing ta honor subpoenas from the committee and special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Co. for access to the tapes. Haldeman said he listened to two of them, one while a private citizen after resigning as White House chief of staff, and concluded that they refute testimony by ousted White House counsel John W.

Dr'an Hi about two key meetings he had with Nixon. Under questioning today. Haldeman acknowledged that he proved last year a campaign budget for to be carried out by Charles W. Colson, another presidential adviser implicated in the Watergate affair. But Haldeman said he know what the projects were.

There was no elaboration, but previous testimony at the committee's hearings has been to the effect that the term was used to describe such things as political sabotage and campaign tricks. Haldeman. former White House chief of staff, said he recall being told of a $300 000 campaign intelligence budget, allegedly related to the Watergate iretapping. He denied testimony of a former aide, Gordon Strachan, who said Haldeman ordered him to destroy a memo mentioning budget and other politically embarrassing documents shortly after the Watergate break-in. Haldeman said he became aware, shortly after the break- in, that the White House was involved in raising money to pay legal fees and family for the defendants in the wiretapping case.

But he said he make any moral judgments about that, approve it or dis- approve it, and sure that the fund-raising would have been embarrassing to the President if it had become known earlier. Haldeman began answering questions alter telling the Senate Watergate committee Monday that he listened to White House tape recordings that refute the testimony of ousted White House Counsel John W. Dean III about two key meetings between Dean and President Nixon. Today Haldeman disputed testimony by Dean, Strachan and former Atty. Gen.

John N. Mitchell. See Pa9e 3, Column 2 NEWS BRIEfS Action May Have Jeopardized Nixon Position, Dash Points Out NEW POSTAL STATION Assistant Postmaster Don Hinkle demonstrates use of the weight scale to Fay Moody, owner of Ann's Flowers at 915 Delaware, whore a new downtown postal station opens Wednesday. The new station will observe hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Mondays through Fridays end from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. Assisting Mrs. Moody in operation of the station will be Delores Pogue and Susie Sage. WASHINGTON Contempt of Congress proceedings against convicted Watergate conspirator G.

Gordon Liddy were approved by the House Armed Services Committee today 33 to 0. The committee voted to seek full proceedings but Chairman F. Edward Hebert, said this probably will not be until Congress returns in September from a month-long recess. no hurry." Hebert said. all in jail." LEAVENWORTH, Kan.

One guard was killed today as violence erupted at the federal prison here, officials said. Warden Loren Daggett said inmates were holding one to four hostages. The warden said he didn't know how many inmates were involved but said he believed the number was small. WASHINGTON fJfl Sen. Dewey F.

Bartlett, says that he has learned President Nixon may veto a bill to bar the Army Corps of Engineers from charging fees for daytime use of their recreation areas. WASHINGTON Rep. Harold Runnels, has proposed the creation of an office of solar energy research for the Department of Interior. Runnels introduced legist tion that would authorize SI25 million for a five-year program of accelerated research. LONDON UP The U.S.

dollar improved today in all key European money markets for the second straight day. It hit its best price in several weeks in Frankfurt. Paiis and London, but trading was light. WASHINGTON Former Rep. J.

Irving Whatley of Pennsylvania today pleaded guilty to charges of mail fraud and obstruction of justice. Whalley, 71, a Republican, served in the House for 12 years. He did not seek re-election in 1972, The government assuced him of forcing 17 staff members to kick back portions of their salaries. WASHINGTON UP The Environmental Protection Agency today took its first step toward curbing noise pollution be setting standards for truck noise and outlining what it hopes to do about aircraft and airport noise. The regulations proposed for trucks, effective Oct.

1974. will cost the industry between $10 million and $30 million and will affect some 190,000 vehicles, the EPA said. Falls Least in 85 Fog, Die FOR FALLING ROCK" That's what the signs say on the Cloudcroft highway and Monday evening these hardy specimens toppled onto the road surface to give authenticity to the warnings. State Police Officer Ken Thompson, directing cars past the rock slide, said heavy rains in the area earlier in the day triqgered the slide which closed one lane o' traffic fcr short time. BOSTON (AP) A Delta Airlines DC9 jet with 89 persons aboard crashed and disintegrated on landing at Logan International Airport in heavy fog today.

Police said at least 85 persons died. Two survivors were reported by Massachusetts General hospital. No other city hospital reported receiving any. An eyewitness said the twin- engine plane crashed on a runway about 1,000 teet from the edge of the water at the busy airport that juts into Boston Harbor. State police said it appeared that the jet struck a seawall at the approach to the airport.

A state police spokesman said there was a break in the lxk- foot high wall, indicating the landing gear had struck it. An observer said personal effects and parts of bodies were strewn all over the runway. lie said the plane, arriving on a flight from Burlington, seemed to have disintegrated on impact. He said the largest portion of the plane he could see was a 10-loot portion of the fusiiage. State police said a temporary morgtte was set up at the airport fire station at the airport.

Reports from the scene said numerous vehicles drove to the crash site to collect bodies from the debris and mud. Some of the vehicles became mired in the mud. A Delta ticket agent at Burlington said the plane, scheduled to leave Burlington at 9 a.m., made an unscheduled stop at the municipal airport in Manchester. N.H. He said he did not know the reason for the Newr Hampshire stop.

One of the survivors at Massachusetts General Hospital was identified as Leopold Chouinard, 20, of Marshfield, Yt. A hospital spokesman said he had third-degree burns over 80 per cent of his body. tified by the hospital as Ross E. Brown, 31, of Louisville, Ky. The spokesman said Brown had multiple injuries.

Both survivors were reported in critical condition. The craft was identified by the from Atlanta headquarters as Delta Flight 723. It had 85 passengers and a See Page 3. Column 3 The other survivor was idon- Finds, Returns $1,000 Scout Is Trustworthy By STAN GREEN One of the Scouts from Alamogordo on his way to the National Jamboree at Farragut, Idaho, has proved to be a walking example of one part of the Scout Law which states: Scout is Trustworthy." Randy Rabon, son of Mrs. Shirley Rabon, 1500 Jefferson found and returned a package of money amounting to $1,000 in $20 bills when he was with members of Jambo Troop 246 who went to a Safeway store in Price, Utah.

were getting a bunch of groceries for a meal." Jamboree Troop Leader Frank Swinson told his wife this morning. He recounted how Randy had noticed the money near a pile of trash in one of the aisles and had taken it to the manager, who said it. belonged to his store. did not get a reward, but he knows he did the right thing by returning that money." Swinson told his wife. Mrs, Swinson said the touring Scouts and leaders had been able to keep right on schedule and had had no problems with their bus to date.

They were lined up to be at the Jamboree site at 1:30 this afternoon. The 32 Alamogordo Scouts and four leaders will be a part of some 70,000 Scouts and Seouters attending one of two parts of this year's One part of the Jambo is being held at Farragut and the other at Moraine State Park in Pennsylvania..