Alamogordo Daily News from Alamogordo, New Mexico • Page 7

Page 8 ALAMOGORDO (NM) DAILY NEWS Tuescay, December 21, 1971 The emergence of China, the Calley trial, the Apollo moon voyages these are the stories that made history in 1971. Now you can have all the big news events of the year in one fascinating volume. THE WORLD IN 1971 is written by the people who were there, complete with hundreds of exciting black and white and color photographs. WORLD IN 1971" is a must for every family's library. Send for your copy today.

THE WORLD IN 1971 Alamogordo Daily News P.O.B, 66 POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. 12601 Enclosed is Plense send copies of The World in 1971 at $4.95 each to Name Address City and State Zip No. Moke Check Payable to The Associated Press THE WORLD IN 1971 ZIA GIFT Zia School Tor Handicapped Children received the designated gifts of the Combined Federal Campaign during special ceremonies held recently, as the drive, conducted in conjunction with the Ctoro County United Fund, was completed. Shown making tho presentations is, left, Col. Cunningham, 49th SCG commander.

Receiving for Zia is board member Jake Agnew. Next is Maj. P. R. Moulton, project officer for CFC, and Aileen McClung and Martin Carlson, CFC workers.

(Air Force Photo) Louis R. Bachicha. chairman- executive director of the Em- ployment Security Commission of New Mexico, is advising all emnloyers of the new changes in the unemployment compensation law of the state which will become effective Jan. 1, 1972. new laws, enacted by the 1971 legislature, will expand the employer coverage in this state to include those employers who had one employe in 20 different weeks during Bachicha said.

will become liable for the tax effective Jan. 1, if they continue to hire during The Commission also has announced that coverage under the law will be extended to: institutions of higher learning; all hospitals, including state hospitals, (except thase operated by po- itical subdivisions, meaning county and city hospitals which, under the law, are exempt); and all non-profit organizations that had one employe in 20 different weeks within the calendar year 1971 will be covered under the law. The hospitals, institutions of higher education, and non-profit organizations, will have the option to pay the cost of their unemployment for at least two years rather than pay the contributions required from other employers. They will also have the option to form groups for the purpose of paving this cost. Under the new law.

contributions will be due from all other liable employers on $4,200 base wages paid an employe during 1972 instead of the $3,000 base pay during 1971. Bachicha is urging all potential employers and non profit organizations which have not been solicited by the agency either to contact the tax representative in their area or the central offices of the Employment Security Commission, located in National Building in Albuquerque, by Jan. 15 so that registration forms can be sent or given to them. Any employer needing infor- mation also may contact a tax representative through the Ala- mogordo local employment of-. fice at 901 Alaska tele- phone 437-9210.

Santa Claus In Prison Garb Brightens Family's Holiday SANTA GOES TO KINDERGARTEN Old St. Nick has boon bnvy recently visiting various points around town, and one of tho places where he received a warm wel- como was Mrs. Ruth Allen's kindergarten, where shown greeting and being greeted by tho students. By BILL MARTIN Associated Press Writer ARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) For a fatherless family of five! in Reno, Santa Claus wears blue denims and a number: on his back.

The Christmas season has been brightened by inmates at the Nevada State Prison who have sent food, i gifts and even a Christmas; card signed, The Tho 400 prisoners in the maximum security facility decided that even though they faced Runnels Blames Criminals, Not' Gun, For Crimes WASHINGTON Congressman Harold Runnels has introduced a bill in Congress which would repeal existing gun control legislation and put emphasis on punishing individuals who commit firearm crimes. think we've been barking up the wrong Runnels said. of trying to control guns, we should be coming up with stiffer laws and more stringent penalties to control the criminals. must correct our approach to gun control by concentrating legislation against those who are committing the Crime and not mistakenly against the inanimate instruments of the Runnels added. Christmas behind bars, a needy- family on the outside could benefit.

Through the Salvation Army, the Inmate Advisory Council located a young woman and her four children who the Salvation Army said were getting The family, unidentified by the Salvation has been without a father for nearly two years. It includes a 7-year-old girl and three boys ages 9, 2, and 4 months. The mother works three days a week in a Reno gambling establishment. are the type of children who really needed an army social worker said. mother is a little embarrassed about being helped by the prison, yet she is very excited for her children to be having such a nice Warden Carl Hocker said the prisoners got together $44 from the inmate welfare fund and individual donations, and will provide a basket of food for the family plus toys for the children and a sweater or coat for each family member.

In addition, inmates made a handtooled leather handbag for the mother and belts and wallets for the children. came through real said the warden. quite a touching the Salvation Army social worker said. Reds Say Mars Capsule Photos Were Duds MOSCOW (API The Soviet Union says the capsule it parachuted onto the surface of Mars sent signals for about 20 seconds and indicated that the pictures sent were duds. The disclosure Sunday by the Communist party newspaper Pravda was in a long analysis I of the missions of the Soviet space probes Mars 2 and Mars 3.

Mars 3 soft-landed a capsule on the planet Dec. 2. Five days later, the Soviet news agency Tass reported that the signals were brief and suddenly is too early to say what stopped the said Pravda. could be due to the local peculiarities of the landing area, which are absolutely unknown. or to the strong dust storm taking place at the Pravda said that during the brief transmission small part of a panoramic view was transmitted which does not reveal any noticeable differences i.i the contrast of This meant the picture was too blurred to show anything.

PILE OF PRESENTS Pictured are the contributions collected by the General Dynamics, Convair Aerospace Division, Fort Worth Operation employes at the Holloman Air Force Base Radar Target Scatter Site facility for their Adopt-a-Family paign. Judy Klump, welfare commissioner, center, is pictured with other welfare committee members, J. A. Apodaca, left, and D. D.

Taylor, right. R. J. Fate, RAT SCAT project manager, is shown reviewing the employe contributions. Chances Belter On Holiday (alls By Following Hints POOR PLANNING NOTTINGHAM.

England (AP) A coach trip to the seaside for 90 bus drivers and ticket collectors with wives, children and girlfriends went wrong half way there. Their buses ran out of will spend more than a million hours talking long distance on Christmas Day and many of those calls will be originated or received in according to Mountain Bell's chief operator here, Mrs. Reba Long. year, Mountain Bell expects to complete about 741,000 long distance calls on Christmas Day, up sharply over normal calling volumes. Each call is expected to last an average of more than 10 she continued.

Mrs. Long noted that there has always been difficulty with long distance calling at Christmas because everyone w-ants to talk at the same time but not to the places telephone lines have been engineered to handle the most Since so many customers will be using long distance circuits for extended conversations in such a short time, some calls 8as- may not go through initially. Mrs. Long offers these suggestions to improve the chances of completing the call: ahead by getting long distance numbers early. save time and avoid delays, dial your long distance calls direct.

you receive a busy do not immediately redial. Wait a minimum of five minutes be- i fore attempting the call again. with a steady rhythm, Most interstate DDD calls require that eleven digits be dialed so make sure the dial has completed its rotation before attempting the next digit. final tip is not to call on the hour or half hour in the evenings. Telephone traffic markedly increases during these periods since these times coincide with the beginning and, end of most TV programs.

One One One Book! Changes In Unemployment Compensation Rules Noted GREETINGS REDDY KILOWATT ALONG WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS AT COMMUNITY PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY HOPE THE HAPPINESS OF CHRISTMAS BE WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE NEW YEAR. REDDY WILL BE ON DUTY, DAY AND NIGHT, DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND ALL YEAR, READY TO LEND YOU A HELPING HAND WITH YOUR WORK AND BRIGHTEN YOUR LEISURE. COMMUNITY PUBLIC SERVICE Your Electric light Cowpsny DUANt BRYSON, Manager r51 71 An fqual Opportunity Fmployor.