Alamogordo Daily News from Alamogordo, New Mexico • Page 1

THI lAJaifina Waif By WEEPING WILLIE Snow Helps That four-inch snow falling in Cloudcroft and vicinity during the night, plus the gentle showers we experienced here in Alamogordo, lends us some hope the extended dry spell yet will break in time to give us a "season in the ground," as farmers say, and likewise to preserve the housewives from the choking dust clouds the experts say are due to rise in the wake of spring winds. Continued cloudiness today kept us hoping that more of the welcome moisture still may fall on us. Good rains or snows now could mean immeasureable amounts to Otero county, both in enjoyment and comfort and in cold cash when the crop returns are counted next fall. Alamogordo Satltf Wrma Vol. ll Alamogordo, New Mexico, Tuesday, January 17, 1956 WL of Dependability The Weather ALAMOGORDO: Partly cloudy today, possibly a few showers this afternoon Wednesday fair and a little warmer.

Low tonight 25. Price 5c Juvenile Traffic Missing Symbol Delays Candidacy Minus Ball Game lf you're sitting around the house tonight with nothing to do, you don't have to wait any longer to get in on one of the biggest basketball spectacles to hit these parts this year. We refer, of course, to the Alamogordo Tiger- TularOsa Wildcat clawing taking place at the high school gym tonight at 7 o'clock, when the Tiger and Wildcat squads open the evening's hassle by trying their developing fangs and claws figuratively speaking, of each other. The varsity teams tangle in the nightcap, beginning about 8:30. The Tularosa-Alamogordo rivalry dates back into the days when and always has brought out the best in effort from both sides.

a fine thing for neighbors to vie in sportsmanship, and you can do your part by coming out tonight to cheer your choice on to a noble effort, whether in defeat or victory. Old Folks Judge All set to throw his hat in the political ring this week, Justice of Peace Howard S. Beacham today was in a terrible predicament. Somebody stole his hat a lightweight brfcwn Dobbs model of which the venerable and kindly jurist was mighty fond and stole it right out of his office courtroom, at that. The judge is sure he knows who stole the hat and equally sure that the man thought it was his own hat and didn have any idea he was purloining a hat and complicating the Otero county political situation, particularly as regards the Democratic nomination for justice of the peace.

Political Hat If it been for the keet, perhaps the judge have had to put out an alarm over the state police radio network asking that redoubtable body of officers to please look for a man from Miami, on his way with his wife to make a new life in Las Vegas, Nev. "I think, in fact convinced in my own mind beyond peradventure of the judge told the state police, this Floridan has got my hat on. I think his own hat is on the floor of his car, but he probably know Of course, the thief who actually a thief in any sense of the word, even if he did take the hat. might send it back in time for Judge Beacham to throw it into the ring. Parrakeet to On the other hand, he might not.

In his capacity as justice of the peace, the judge had to fine William R. Beach, the migrating Floridan, $10 and costs for drunkenness. And wife, Lillian, drew a fine of $50 and costs for reckless and drunken driving. After coughing up $70, which is what the total of fines and costs came to, the Beaches might not feel like paying postage on a Dobbs hat, even though a light weight one. Mrs.

Beach blamed her predicament on the parrakeet. To stand about the parrakeet, we must go back several days to the evening the Beaches went across the bridge at El Paso to Juarez, to see what Old Mexico was like, as tourists are wont to do. With them in the car, the had Mrs. talkative keet. When they came back to the bridge on the return trip to the U.

S. the Beaches were told it was against the law to bring a keet across the border. we had him all the Mrs. Beach protested. even get out of the "Tried to Drown Sorrow" Nothing the Beaches could say, and nothing the parrakeet could See JUDGE, Page 8 66 Death Car Found Polio Vaccine Available To Children 1-19 Our recent baiting of the population claims of Roswell and two chunky Pecos Valley neighbors snarling at each other over a mess of a rise from The Carlsbad Current-Argus via the Page One column of Editor Jim Barber.

Under the heading of Barber writes: "Cocky Alamogordo, growling like a clump of Johnson grass in a lawn, is warning both Carlsbad and Roswell that they'll have to hump themselves if they want to stay in the running for tho title of No. 2 size city in New Mexico. Alamogordo Daily News says editorially it is chuckling at the race between Carlsbad and Roswell for the No. 2 spot. Said the newspaper: We chuckle also because Alamogordo been reckoned any place along the line as a contender for anything connected with growth or bigness in relation to others of the state.

We chuckle, because we know full well, and they seemingly that while counting their gains and spatting at each other. Alamogordo is going to grow up to their size and smack them both now, Junior, remember your blood Editor Barber chooses to overlook, in his friendly warning, that it's Hie aged, with subsequent hardening of the arteries and thickening of the middle, who have need to worry about blood pressures. The healthy, vigorous it person or such pitiful worrying to its elders, who have time to sit back and consider such things. Dr. James R.

Scott, district health officer, has announced through the Otero county health office that polio vaccine now is available from private physicians or at the county health department clinics for children from one through 19 years of age, and for pregnant Relatives Return From Rites For Fatally Burned Children Rebekahs Meet With New Officers Tonight The Rebekah lodge will hold its first meeting of the year under the direction of newly elected officers tonight at 7:30 at the fellows hall. All members are urg- women. Private physicians currently are receiving approximately 75 percent of the available polio vaccine, with the remaining 25 percent supplied to county health departments, Dr. Scott explained. is to assure that all children will be able to have polio shots regardless of their ability to he added.

The Otero county health department is located at 10th and New old bank building. Parents are advised to call at the health department offices or to telephone 293 for an appointment for their children to receive the vaccine. Parents bringing their children to the health department clinics will not be required to prove they are not able to pay for the vaccine, department officials said. The recommended schedule of immunizations consists of three inoculations, with the second inoculation given one month after the first, and the third inoculation seven to ten months after the second. the poliomyelitis immunization series should be started as soon as possible if you wish to give your child the greatest protection possible before the beginning of the poliomyelitis season next officials noted.

High School P-TA Meeting On Monday The high school P-TA will hold its regular meeting next Monday, Jan. 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the Central school auditorium. All members are urged to be present and all parents and other interested persons ed to atend this important session, are invited. Lawks, Cassandra, That's No Job For A Bloomin' Lydy! LIVERPOOL, England British navy withdrew the rear end of a cow today from a land- sea exercise because she (the rear end) is a lady.

Just would not do, old boy. The lady is, in fact, a naval lady named Cassandra Cornelius, a third officer in the Royal Navy Service, or Recently a call went out for two volunteers to play the part of one cow- in a forthcoming exercise which will involve some 700 reserve sailors, soldiers and airmen. The phony bossy will mingle with a herd of real cows and spy on troops coming ashore at Abersoch, Wales. Third Officer Cornelius, who is 33, volunteered and was assigned to play the rear part. But the planners reckoned without Ll.

Cmdr. Roy Jones, commanding officer of the Merseyside Naval Division. When the skipper heard that the cow was going to be coeducational, so to speak, he put his foot down. has jumped the he told reporters. idea was not submitted to me.

There will be a fhock cow, yes it will be played by two men. What would parents think if the service allowed a woman to be alone like that all night on a Said front half Sutherland: far as I know still in. Only the female element has been thrown Said former rear half Cornelius: a bit of a tomboy and mind doing crazy things. I would have been quite happy in the A number of Alamogordo relatives returned last weekend from attending the dual funeral in Bisbee, of two seven-year-old girls who were fatally burned when a house was destroyed by fire there a week ago today. The victims were Martha Irma Garcia and Cecilia Esquivel, the former the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs Raymond Garcia, owners of the home, and the Esquivel child was the daughter of Mrs. Billie Esquivel, a student nurse. Cecilia was staying with the Garcias while her mother attended nursing school. Raymond Garcia was born in Alamogordo. His parents, originally from Carrizozo, lived here for a time.

Through efforts of the Red Cross, the American Legion post, the churches and generous citizens, a fund of more than $500 was raised in Bisbee to aid the Garcia family, which lost everything in the fire. The funeral for the girls was held Saturday at 9 a. rn. in Sacred Heart church in Bisbee. Among those present from Alamogordo were: Mr.

and Mrs. Hilario M. Maes, their son Lucio and their granddaughter Helen, and Mrs. Eulojia Madrid. Other relatives here are Mrs.

Petra Hill, of 223 Maryland avenue, and Mrs. Patsy Dolan Smith, of 205 Delaware avenue. Late Bulletins DENVER ranging up to 17 inches blanketed southwestern Colorado today as a storm front which brought snow and rain elsewhere in Colorado and Wyoming moved slowly into New Mexico. WASHINGTON iff of State Dulles said today the United States must take calculated risk for when its vital interests are challenged by a potential aggressor. WASHINGTON price of $64.50 a share was placed today on tomorrow's vest public offering of Ford Motor Co.

stock. The USO Committee Personnel For Year Revealed Chairman Robert Seller of the USO operating committee named standing committees to serve during the coming year as the operating board met Monday for its initial meeting of the new year under the new chairman. Named to committee posts were: Program Conley Chappell, chairman; W. Barmie Caton, Duncan Campbell, Wendell Henry, Fritz Heilbronn, Mrs. Eber McKinley, Walter Wade, John L.

Wilson. Religious aud educational Dr. F. Lee Willshire, chairman; Chaplain (Maj.) Mark Gress, Irvin A. Menger.

Bonnell, Bill Gaines, Mr. Menger, Mr. Seller. Tom Charles, chairman; Mrs. Lillian Bagwell, Brig.

Gen. L. I. Davis. During a discussion of immediate plans for the program the board voted to stage an observance of the 15th anniversary of USO with an open house on Sunday, Feb.

5, with a formal program to be held during the afternoon Jionoring the women volunteers who assist with carrying out the program of the local unit. The board also accepted the operating budget as presented for the year and conducted other routine business during the meeting. Ford Foundation will reap $642,600,000 from the biggest corporate equity financing in history. SAN FRANCISCO Engineers kept watchful eyes and constant patrols on the raging Feather River at Yuba City today as other areas in the state counted fresh flood losses. Major new damage appeared to be at two qoastal resort villages, Bolinas and Stinson Beach, both in Marin county, which yesterday was included in flood disaster areas by President Eisenhower.

WASHINGTON of State Dulles appealed to Congress today to provide authority to make long term foreign aid commitments in order to compete successfully with Russian aid offers, particularly in Asia. JACKSON, Miss. Gov. J. P.

Coleman told his state and the nation today that Mississippi will keep segregation without violence and despite the federal government. In all history cannot be found one single instance where a government has forced one race against its will to integrate with he said in his inaugural address. Supper To Precede St. John's Parish Session Sunday A western roundup-style supper at 6:30 p. rn.

Sunday, Jan. 22, will precede the annual parish meeting of St. Episcopal church. The vestry of the church will be hosts and the chef in charge of preparing the chili and beans will be Judge Howard S. Beacham.

Western or informal dress is prescribed. Following the dinner, there will be music on the new Hammond organ recently purchased by the church and the audience will sing old time songs. Business of the meeting will include the reading of annual reports of the various church organizations, the election of three members to the vestry and the selection of delegates to the diocesan convention to be held in Santa Fe in ApriL Men Who Left Auto On Utah Road Sought By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS State police said today the bloodstained car of a man found slain alongside a New Mexico highway has been found abandoned in Utah. State Police Capt. R.

L. Scroggins said is had on men seen in the vicinity of the 1955 model car which belonged to Ralph Henderson Rainey of Santa Monica, Calif. body was found alongside U. S. Highway 66 near Budville, west of Albuquerque, last week.

Sheriff Fay Gillette of Toelle, Utah, found the car on a highway west of Salt Lake City yesterday, Scroggins said. It was not identified as belonging to Rainey until today, however, through checks with the FBI at Los Angeles. There was blood on the front seat. Some clothing was found in the car, including a suit which contained in one pocket a card bearing the dead name and address. The vehicle had been stripped of its license plates.

Scroggins said people had been found by Utah authorities who had seen men near the car, which was parked near a town named Low. He said Utah authorities are attempting to locate the suspects. The officer said he is convinced that killing was the work of hitchhikers. lienee! Court Trials Ordered For Gross Offenses MRS. RALEY Rites Saturday For Mrs.

Lucy Raley, 77 Full Page Tells State Attractions In 'Holiday' Meg in A full page advertisement four colors proclaiming the scenic attractions of New Mexico appears in the February issue of Holiday, perhaps the leading travel magazine, a copy of which was received today at the Chamber of Commerce. The display is the first of a series which will appear in Holiday as part of the national advertising campaign being conducted by the Funeral services were conducted at the Raster Maxon Funeral Home in El Paso on Saturday for Mrs. Lucy Raley, 77, pioneer New Mexico resident and member of the widely-known Gililland family. Mrs. Raley died last Thursday in her home in El Paso.

She was buried in Restlawn Memorial Park in El Paso. Pallbearers were: Tom BelI, McDonald Leighton, Pat Simons, W. R. Tunnell, William Pierce and A. C.

Collins. Survivors are seven children: Mrs. Ellis Wright, Red Rock, N. Mrs. Lloyd Posey, Cloudcroft; Mrs.

Paul Holder, Alamogordo; Mrs. Emmet Ballou, Miami, N. Dick Raley, Cloudcroft; Mrs. Martha DeArman, El Paso and Sam Raley, Cliff, N. a sister, Mrs.

T. N. Miller, Thatcher, Ariz. and a brother, Dick Gililland, Alamogordo. Mrs.

Raley was born in Brown county, Texas, and was brought by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Gililland, to the Mimbres country north of Deming in 1885.

The family moved a year later to the Sacramento mountains and lived at Fresnal, now Mountain Park. In 1889 they moved to the Sacramento river. Lucy Gililland taught school on the Sacramento in 1899 and 1900 and was married in 1901 at Jarilla, now Orogrande, to Robert L. Raley. She moved from Orogrande to El Paso in 1943.

New Mexico State Tourist Bureau. Similar ads will appear in other magazines of national circulation. Pictured on the Holiday ad are Kit cave, Carlsbad Caverns, a mountain lake and a flowering cactus. Truck Case Will Resume On March 19 Beginning where it left off on Dec. 21, the joint board interstate truck authority hearing will resume in the Community Center here on March 19, State Corporation Commissioner James F.

Lamb notified The Alamogordo Daily News today. The hearing is scheduled to resume at 9:30 a.m. on that day and will again take up the application of Whitfield Transportation, of El Paso, for authority to serve Alamogordo and Holloman Air Force Base from the north. The joint board, consisting of Commissioner Lamb and Supervisor Jerry Murphy of the Interstate Commerce Commission, had heard operating testimony in the Whitfield application when the hearings were recessed. They had been in progress since Dec.

5, attended by some two dozen truck line executives and leading transportation attorneys. Hearing was completed on another application by the Whitfield line, to serve the city and military installations via El Paso, and on an application by Albuquerque- Phoenix Express to serve the area from the north by extension of existing routes. Follows Trend Over State A snowfall that had piled four inches on the mountaintop community of Cloudcroft was hailed by residents of this area today as possible indication of more moisture stocks to start the coming dry season. Cloudcroft reported the four- inch fall during the night and early morning hours. At about 9 a.

rn. today, the snow still was falling intermittently, a heavy overcast lending indication of more snow to come. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Snow, rain and sleet came down on nearly all parts of New Mexico arms by farmers and ranchers. It was the first real break in the drought, coming only a short time after weather experts had predicted one of the worst duststorm years in recent history. Motorists wrere warned by state police of icy road conditions in the northern half of New Mexico.

All roads were open, however. The Weather Bureau predicted light snow would fall in the east and southeast until tonight. Sharply colder weather also was expected. Precipitation amounts were generally light, although snow up to three inches in depth was reported. The Roswell area, fair with today and was welcomed with open light overcast early in the day, Jut er began receiving heavy snow.

Gusty winds also hit the area. Las Cruces received a slight amount of rain. Artesia was overcast but by midmorning had not gotten in on the moisture. State police said U. S.

Highway 66 was slippery from Albuquerque west. Highways 85 and 422 north from Albuquerque were also slippery, and hard snow was reported at mid-morning in the areas of Clines Corners, Santa Rosa and Tijeras Canyon. The Weather Bureau said temperatures generally dropped a few degrees overnight. Alamogordo was the warmest point with 47. Court trials of juvenile traf fie law violators were ordered today by District Judge W.

T. Scoggin, of Las Cruces, in a new policy designed to reduce infractions by young drivers and promote safe driving in the new generation of motorists. The new, stricter policy was voiced at a conference in the Otero county district courtroom presided over by Judge Scoggin and attended by District Judge Allan D. Walker, District Attorney C. C.

Chase of Las Cruces, Sheriff Carl Hansen, Chief of Police Clarence Walker, Justice of Peace Howard S. Beachem; Assistant Chief Probation Officer John Wall; Sgt. Arnold J. Smith of the state police and Attorney George A. Shipley.

Under the procedure outlined by Judge Scoggin, juvenile drivers cited for drunken driving, racing, causing accidents and other gross infractions of the law would be brought directly into juvenile court on first offense. When the offense was less serious, the violator would be cited to appear before the probation officer, accompanied by his or her parents, if it were a first offense. The juvenile officer would deliver a strongly-worded lecture on the necessity for safe driving and would seek the co-operation of the offender and the parents in maintaining traffic law observance. The offender also would be warned that a second offense would result automatically in his being taken into juvenile court. Once before the court, the offender, upon being found guilty, could be declared a ward of the court and as such could be compelled to surrender his or her license.

Costs of the case would be assessed against the parents, Judge Scoggin explained. "Fair Play" System As an alternate proceduce, where the court did not deem it advisable to declare the offender a ward of the court, the boy or girl could be asked voluntarily to surrender the license as a just penalty for breaking the law. will give the young person a sense of fair Judge Scoggin said. treating all cases alike, we will guard against See COURT TRIALS, Page 8 Meetings Tonight Focus Attention On Farm The Tularosa Pure Seed Assn. will meet tonight at the Tularosa High School to continue plans for promoting the raising of pure seed in the nearby farming area as a supplemental source of income for farmers.

Another meeting of importance to the farm community will be the kickoff supper at 7 p.m. at Steak House for this membership drive of the Otero County Farm Bureau. Tomorrow night, at the Cox Canyon school, reports of the membership campaign will be received. SCS Supervisors To Hear Reports, Draw Year's Plans The annual report will be read and an operations plan for this year drawn up at a meeting of the board of district supervisors in the Soil Conservation Service offices in the Federal building beginning at I p.m. Friday.

Members of the board are: Paul Klopfer, La Luz, chairman; Jack Danley, Tularosa, vice chairman; W. A. Gage, Pinon, secretary-treasurer and James F. Mahill and John L. Parker, both of Mayhill, members.

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