Alamogordo Daily News from Alamogordo, New Mexico • Page 1

30'KST FILIi SERVICE 1302 Cl 79 02 Hearing Sparking Interest By CHUCK VIGIL Interest in the firing of Department of Public Safety Patrolman James Doran on June 21 because of a letter issued to the city commission criticizing the operation, staffing and funding of the Public Safety Department continues to gain public interest as a July 5 hearing date into the case draws nearer. The hearing, which is being held at the request of Doran, is slated for Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m. in the city commission chambers. The public is invited to sit in on the proceedings, but will not be allowed to interject any comments, it was IOaiiinq Wall By WUMN' WILUC Laugh Lines The most flammable wood known to man is the chip on the shoulder. Time Passes Homecomings and reunions are wonderful things.

Mere people had more fun in Alamogordo, we'd imagine, than at any time in the past, and there are just lots and lots of people here. We had something pointed out to us. One friend asked if we TIP DIAl 437-2333 knew wrhat the most often-heard remark was. And we Our friend told us what it was, and we then noted it. Usually it is made about someone or more persons, some distance away, and outside of their hearing distance.

Sometimes it was whispered. Know what it was? It was: "Don't they look old?" Well, years have a way of passing. When we think of the date of our own high school graduation, it makes us somewhat sad to think just how many years ago it was. There simply a thing we can do about it, and we might as well enjoy the years as they pass, and cherish the memories of things and people in those former years. Such a thing was evident, in abundance, this weekend, here.

4th Is Holiday give you one more reminder. Monday is a work day, and Tuesday is a holiday Independence Day. We take a holiday on that day. It is one of four days in the year when we publish. So, you can expect the carrier to bring your paper as usual on Monday, but he won't be there on Tuesday.

Wednesday, we'll pick up the regular schedule again. We hope you have a fine holiday, July 4. New Carriers The Daily News is proud to announce the addition of two brand-new carriers to its staff in Cloudcroft and the immedto'c area. Now on the delivery of the newspaper production chain are Philip Coulloudon and Paul Marez, who have taken over the routes formerly served by Scott Rogers and Eddie Medina, who have retired after more than two years of providing good service to Daily News customers in the hill area. "We are losing two reliable carriers, but believe we are replacing them with fellows who will continue to provide prompt and courteous service," Leo Schom, circulation manager, said in announcing the change.

Coulloudon may be reached at H82-2421 and Marez at 682-2735. Residents of Cloudcroft area are invited to call either to have The Daily News deliverd to their door each day. History Call Mary Lou Farnum is interested in getting in touch with persons who have any factual knowledge, humorous anecdotes, or pictorial scrapbooks concerning the history of the Sacramento Metlwdist Assembly. Seems Mary Lou is putting together a book of the history 10, Column 1 Sm Oon IB, Column 4 Probe Anon In Ruidoso Downs Blaze RUIDOSO State and local officers Saturday were investigating circumstances of a mysterious fire at the Ruidoso Downs residence Friday night of a Ruidoso police officer. Local law enforcement officials indicated strong suspicions of arson in the blaze which gutted the interior of the home of Patrolman Bobby Bradley.

Their findings were communicated to the state fire office, which moved immediately to join the investigation. George Gupton, assistant village marshal of Ruidoso Downs, reported he found evidences of arson in seven or eight separate areas of the home, which wras discovered ablaze by Bradley on his return from work at about 11 p.m. Friday. Mrs. Bradley also was at See Page 10, Column 4 latlg Nma Volume 152 Alamogordo, New Mexico, Sunday, July 2, 1972 24 announced by city officials.

Interesting sidelights resulting from the ouster have seen circulation of petitions for the removal of City Manager J. W. Harrison from his city post because of the action he took against Doran; entrance of the American Civil Liberties Union in the case in behalf of Doran; and most recently, the mass mailing of a postcard to citizens urging them to attend the appeal hearing on July 5 and describing the administration of City Manager Harrison as a is common knowledge among interested citizens of Alamogordo that there is widespread dissension among city charges the petition which has been circulated asking for the removal of Harrison. The petition goes on to charge, to recognize the problems of the city and its employes has adversely affected the safety and welfare of the citizens of Headway gained by the petitions being circulated in town was apparent immediately. Representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union were revealed last week to have made investigations into the matter and to have entered the case on behalf of Doran.

New Mexico Civil Liberties Union considers the firing of James Doran a violation of the First Amendment, freedom of expression and is particularly concerned with this case because it involves a matter of great public stated officials of the NMCLU offices in Albuquerque. Representing Doran Wednesday at the public hearing will be Charles Daniels, legal director of the NMCLU. Daniels has stated that if Doran is not reinstated by the city commission, the NMCLU will file suit in district court. Friday, selected citizens and members of the news media received through the mail a postcard asking concerned citizens Homecoming Festive Event Remembering Is Major Occupation Nostalgia Reigns At Reunions seen any of these people for 50 years It seems like yesterday She was head of the basketball team We used to wear bloomers and midi-blouses back then Every time I look around got someone else in his arms. Says he used to date them all He really a beau, but I got to ride in his flivver Members of the Alamogordo High School classes of 1911-1929 met at Mid High Friday night to go over old times, look at annuals, see how an old beau or girl friend did, see who was successful.

They ate cookies and drank punch prepared by the local alumni and listened to music played on the paino by Mrs. Nelle Cantelou. While Side, West You Beautiful All and Were the tinkled in the background, the oldtimers renewed friendships and remembered former rivalries with a chuckle. was the belle of 1922 Glad I left my wife at home This is the girl I married from Alamogordo Lived in the area since I graduated in Guess the only one here from my class good to see you again Look how he was in Color prints of Dorsey Lee Ranch painting were given to the three oldest graduates of Alamogordo High: Bessie Graham Tomp- and kins, 1913; and Pearl Frasier Harrington J. C.

(Curtis) Johnson, 1915. Copies of Calvin recording of Mexico, Ballad of the were given to H. H. Saulsberry and Lavaden Mitchell, 1916, and to Martha Edgington Hasl of Lacanada, who travelled the farthest to come to the reunion from the class of 1917. recognized him after all these years Men keep putting their arms around me and I have to look at their name tags to see who they are seen a soul I know The town was small then Such happy memories You forget how much you loved them till ycu see them light hurts my eyes not really crying; the News BRIEFS WASHINGTON Mississippi's regular Democrats Saturday night again were refused seating at the Democratic National Convention by the credentials committee.

The committee voted unanimously to seat the delegation of loyalist Democrats headed by Aaron Henry, which was also given Mississippi's convention seats in 1968. CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) The body of a Carlsbad teenager, an apparent drowning victim, was recovered from Lake Carlsbad Saturday. The youth was identified as Eloy Vasquez, 17. SANTA FE, N.M.

OP A 61-year-old Santa Fe man was killed at his home Saturday R. B. Holmes of the C-of-C Ambassadors greets Irena Baird, a retired Alamogordo High School teacher, as guests arrived- for last Homecoming Grand Ball at tha Holloman Club. Behind, Ambassadors Mike Glover and Randy Burroughs chat with Mr. and Mrs.

Weldon Wede as they arrived for the gala evening. being struck by lightning, police reported. Officers said Dan oGnzales, was on the roof of his heme repairing a chimney when the lightning struck. CHIHUAHUA, Mexico (AP) Thirteen railroad tank cars containing gas exploded Saturday at a station in Ciudad Jimenez, 186 miles south of here. First official reports said 250 persons were injured, 50 seriously.

NEW YORK OP American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer failed to show up of Kennedy Airport here Saturday night for passage on tho last commercial airline flight that could have taken him to Teykjavik, Iceland, in time for the scheduled start today of his world chess title match with Russia's Boris Spassky. TYLER, Tex. (AP) Two bandits made off with a cattle truck loaded with cattle Saturday after kidnaping the truck drivers and robbing them. Law enforcement officials said the truck belonged to the and Cattle Co. of Clovis, CEREMONIAL DANCER Hundreds of persons thronged the Mescalero Apache Reservation feast grounds Saturday to witness the first day of the annual ceremonials featuring presentation of the Apache maidens.

Pictured is one of the colorful Mescaleros as he went through the centuries-old Dance of the Mountain Gods Saturday evening. The ceremonies continue through Tuesday at the grounds located off U.S. Highway 70 in Mescalero. Dances begin at dusk each evening. Six In One Crash Eight Dead On State Highways By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Six persons were killed Saturday afternoon when the pickup truck in which they were riding collided headon with a tractor trailer truck loaded with diesel fuel on U.S.

550 near Shiprock, State Police reported. The deaths raise New holiday traffic death toll to eight for the Fourth of July weekend which ends Tuesday night. Earlier accidents in the Las Holiday Traffic Toll Climbing By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The national holiday-traffic death toll neared the 200 mark Saturday as thousands of motorists continued to take to the roads for the long Fourth of July weekend. At 11 p.m. MDT, 160 fatalities had been counted in traffic mishaps thus far into the weekend.

The count of traffic deaths began at 6 p.m. local time Friday and will end at midnight Tuesday. The 102-hour period generally is considered four days. Cruces area Saturday claimed the lives of a motorcycle rider and a Mesilla youth, State Police said. Officers had not identified by late Saturday the six victims killed some 10 miles east of Shiprock in the northwest corner of New Mexico.

Police said the load of diesel fuel did not ignite, but the Valley, N.M., Fire Department was alerted because of the fuel leaking from the truck. Officers said the pickup was westbound on a straight stretch of the two-lane highway when it collided headon with the eastbound truck after trying to pass several vehicles. Witnesses said the semi was jack-knifed around the demolished wreckage of the pickup, in which two of the victims were pinned. All six of the occupants were killed instantly, officers said. The driver of the semi, identified as John H.

Pfinster, 32, cf Moab, Utah, was not seriously injured, officers said. Officers identified the earlier victims as Johnny Ochoa, 20, of Las Cruces, and Carlos Saenz, 19, of Mesilla. Town marshall Lou Campbell See Pm to. Column 2 stt imito rmrr OLDEST Wi fining Dorsey Bonnell prints at the Old Timers Reunion Friday night for being tha oldest graduates of Alamogordo High School present were Bessie Grahm Tompkins, 1913; Pearl Frasier Harrington, 1915, and C. Johnson, 1915.

Hundreds Participate In Reunion Nineteen separate reunions Friday night lasted far into the night as old friends re-met and hashed over old times. Then Saturday morning. Alamogordo High School graduates, gathered for the reunion, met at Heights School for the parade that conveniently ended near the barbecue at the Rodeo Arena. Official registration figures showed 475 people in town for the reunion, but according to Calvin Boles, co-ordinator of the project, between 1,200 and 1,400 participated in the individual parties Friday night. of the local people and some out-of-town people ever get over to the Desert Aire to register, but the turnout has really been Boles said.

An estimated 1,000 attended the barbecue sponsored by the Rodeo Association, and 700 were at the Grand Ball Saturday night. Close to 50 vehicles were entered in the Homecoming parade. Prizes awarded at the barbecue Saturday included a print of a painting by Dorsey Bonnell for the person who came the greatest distance for the reunion. Carol Robinson Dukes, who came from Charleston, S.C., travelled about 2,500 miles. Madaveme Carr Davis, in second place, came 2,300 miles.

The oldest graduates, J. C. (Curt) and Carol (Fetzer) son, of the Class of 1915, received an album of Mexico, Ballad of the by Calvin Boles and the Swinging Goodfimers. The Johnsons also received another album for being married the longest. The person at the barbecue with the most children, Bessie Baca Sanchez, who has nine children, received a painting print.

The committee also gave albums to the two persons they thought the least out of when they attended. Their nominations were McNutt and Carroll Sorenson. Fiddle music for the barbecue was provided by Bill Bates, Tom McBride, Hvram Posey, David Anderson, Scott Miller, and Tonya Miller. Jesse Moreno accompanied on the guitar. Power Outage Strikes In Two Counties An electric power shortage late Saturday evening reportedly affected all parts of Otero county and parts of Lincoln county.

Affected bv the shortage were Orogrande, Holloman Air Force Base, Tularosa, Cloudcroft, Carrizozo and Ruidoso. Personnel at Community Public Service Co. were not available for comment on the shortage but were reported working to remedy the situation. Fireworks To Light Skies In Tularosa Thousands of fireworks will light the skies of Tularosa Monday evening in the third annual fireworks display in City or Roses, scheduled for sunset. Sponsored by the Tularosa Optimist Club, the undertaking has grown each year in the amount of display and interest from the public.

The show is slated at the Tularosa Little League baseball park and there is no admission charge. WINNERS Winning Calvin Boies albums at the reunion for traveling the longest distance were Martha Edgington Hasl from the Class of 1917, who traveled from La Canada, H. H. Saulsberry, Class of 1916; and Lavaden Michell, Class of 1917. HiititiiiHiniimiinuiuiiiiiiintRituiiiHiiiiHiiiiiiiiiniuiiiitiiitiniiHi Weather Fair with occasional afternoon cloudiness through day.

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