Alamogordo Daily News from Alamogordo, New Mexico • Page 15

Thursday, December 16, 1971 ALAMOGORDO (H.M.Î DAL1Y NEWS Pago 15 The BOYS, Me al whatare) YOU UP TO i 6Lir if TILL LACKS Al I (f JUST 50ME Tut Mam. -X ---POLLUTION CAR, MO, THAT REMINDS ME- I WEEK STARTS? DLCLMSER ALL OVEP VyTlTE WORLD (MORE OR by Bill Stevens Psychiatric Exam is Ordered For Son-In-Law Who Sent Poison Pie NOTE ro MUMADf FfOPl SMILING- 4L 'h MO Di rJ, SrNT wm Richard S. Huffhines of Dal- small bite Later Thursday. mined that the pie contained a las. has been convicted of dez took the remainder to the large amount of strychnine.

police station near his home and Gay Winberg, regional postal asked that it be sent to a labor- inspector, entered the case and analysis. He Huffhines subsequently was arrested and indicted. Witnesses at the federal charges of mailing a poison pie tor his father-in-law here, culminating a strange sequence of events occurring in August, 1970. His father-in-law, Jose Valdez, became violently ill after eating part of the pie. U.S.

Circuit Court Judge How- home and later in the day became violently ill, and was taken to Gerald Champion Memo- Witnesses at the rial Hospital for emergency trial in Albuquerque said Valdez treatment. The doctor also Bug- became violently ill after eating aid Bratton of Albuquerque or- gested the pie lie sent to the only one bite of the pie. Valdez dcred a psychiatric examination laboratory at Albuquerque for was hospitalized for five days, analysis. but both he and his wife rc- The analvsis check deter-1 covered. King Scion Gets Warm Reception LFC Endorses Reorganization Outline For State Plans Office for Huffhines.

A sentencing date will be set later. Bratton, who returned the verdict after a three-day non-jury trial, said. Huffhines was indicted on Charges of mailing three pieces of pecan pie filled with strychnine at the Alamogordo post office on Aug. 20. 1970, a Wednesday.

The pie arrived at the Valdez home, 610 Seventh, on Thursday, wrapped in plain brown shoebox wrapping paper with the pie inside a plastic container. Valdez ate a small portion of the pie and his wife took a By BILL FEATHER he can actually do Gov. Bruce King carried out time in years an over-all pro- King said also that he will SANTA FE, N.M. LP) Dav- what he says he can remains to a major reorganization of the gram design for a comprehen- not on independent outside id Kings plans to reorganize! be Hoover added, how- office last week, transferring sivo plan which the Planning firms to do work for the office, the State Planning Office were ever. two divisions and the former di- office is required to do bv All the necessary services will praised Wednesday by tie Leg- Young King, a nephew of the rector, Keith Dotson, into the statute The framework for the be provided bv the own isiBtive Finance governor, appeared before the office.

plan will be completed in one professional staff, which in the past has been a LFC with his budget Young King, who had been year and will be valid if input The Planning Office has severe critic of the state agen- request for 1972-73. 1 he warm deputy state planning officer, is received from all concerned $55,000 budgeted this year for c-v- reception he received was in was named acting planning ofti- line agencies. The plan will con- outside consultant services. This Some reservations were ex- marked contrast to the recep- cer jn charge of the four divi- sider population, resources, eco-: budget item will be reduced to ver. tion previous planning oiticers; sjons romainjng the Planning nomics, housing and environ zero next vear, King told the have received.

0ffice mental he said. document, the Voung caughtth, ntten- that the Planning Office be tl0h" abolished, and its functions that a prop- to other executive Oftice might take over some ot the state government watchdog I functions that have been pressed by Rep. Tom Hoover, R-Bernalillo, a longtime member of the LFC. Hoover said King obviously is a very intelligent young man and very articulate in expressing his hopes for the future op- transferred eration of the Planning Office, committee. Have you forgotten someone? It So, Send Telegram For Chmtmos WESTERN UNION AGENCY 16th ond White Sands Blvd.

4370400 if ft -''-i' JL from your AIR FORCE REPRESENTATIVE John Turner First Notional Tower Suite 236 Las Cruces, NM 8S00I 523-5371 Government In First Step To Regulate Medical (osls handled in the past by the LFC. This statement brought a request for elaboration from Rep. John Mershon, D-Otero, the LFC chairman. Mershon said the LFC has had to serve as a watchdog be- By MARGARET GENTRY costs, while its goal for the cause no other agency has been Associated Press Writer economy as a whole is to keep willing to assume the task. WASHINGTON IAPl If price increases to a maximum you believe there should your doctor now charges $15 for 2.5-per-cent average.

be in the office a co- an office call, he can tack on were concerned with not ordinating unit to exercise a another 374 cents, but not a reducing the quality of health measure of control over all penny more unless the govern- care country." Grayson agencies to see they do not work ment approves it. sajd was very important cross Mershon A hospital which charges $50 j0 us asked. a day for a room can add $.3. The guidelines split the medi- the state have such a Tut no more unless the govern- caj field into two divisions, in- unit Mershon asked. stitutional and non-institutional Kine said no The Price Commission hand- providers, and set up different ed the medical profession those nrV5 for them guidelines Wednesday in what fn ti1(, fatppt WHITE STORES, INC "dfER VAV a this a cWfiite Christmas CREDIT PLANS When I ou I sc With MONEY SAVING GIFTS From And he added that he felt the the first category, which OJJfce is believed to be indudes hospitals and other in- to cany out these duties.

first attempt to regulate medi- stitutions. prices may be raised cal costs across the board in reflect allowable costs, the I mted States. offset by productivity increas- The American Medical Asso- pS nation, which has consistently But prices may not lx? raised think that if the Planning fought government regulation, t0 higher labor costs of shows this kind of uu- agei could you start to do Mershon asked. start King said. had no immediate comment more than 5.5 per cent, the Pav tiative a lot of problems can he pending a rwfew of the guide- Board (or permissible Planned and soK-ed comment- lines by AMA officials.

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Ph President Phase 2 economic program, limit increases in fees to 2.5 per cent a year and in hospital charges to 6 per cent a year. To raise prices even to those cutoff points, medical professionals must prove their expenses have gone up. And, to raise prices above those ceil Mother Of Mrs. Curran Dies At 64 Planning is nothing more than the application of thorough, factual and consistent analysis to the solution of practical King told the committee in his opening remarks. King said the office should review the plans of other state agencies and provide the governor.

the legislature, and the Department of Finance and Ad- Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Ginther, 64, mother of ings. they must request specific Mrs. Neil (Beat Curran of Ala- ministration with an analysis of government approval. mogordo, will be held at 11 a.m program activities.

Doctors, hospitals and others Saturday at Quinlan Funeral The information sys- in the health-care field may not Home in Turtle Creek, Pa. tern will be strengthened to pro -1 raise prices to give themselves Mrs. Ginther died Tuesday, vide all units of government larger profits, the commission Mr. and Mrs. Curran are there with accurate information on ruled.

for services, Mrs. Curran ar- federal grant programs, he said. The commission plan, how- rived before her death This will insure greater eoordi- ever, would permit health-care Survivors include her husband nation of projects funded with costs to rise twice as fast as of the home in Turtle Creek; federal funds, other costs. six daughters, including Mrs. -We will concentrate on ac- Chairman C.

Jackson Gray- Curran of Alamogordo and Mrs. tion-oriented planning that will son Jr. said the commission Dolores Harding of Las Cruces; produce tangible King hopes to halve the 12.9-per-cent one son; 25 grandchildren and said. rate of inflation in medical one great-grandchild. i will produ for the first Smarty Pants DOLL A good friend to every little 9he lisH ns to and hack! OFF EASY BAKE OVEN Battery Operated AIRPLANE Wow! Hakes brownies in to 16 Has A instructions! Remote control, lam mated wings, plastk prop and fusel.ig* Batteries extra.

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