Hobbs Daily News-Sun (Newspaper) - December 5, 1963, Hobbs, New Mexico I I Hobbs VOL 37 NUMBER 257 HOBBS NEW MEXICO THURSDAY DECEMBER 5 1963 10 CENTS Burned in Blaze North of Lovington Cities Oil Co suffered bums yesterday wHen an in a physician's office for firs degree burns on his face 1 miles The nu HARRISON'S received emergency A Hobbs gang foreman west of Hobbs on end of the truck received minor damage firemen said adding that the flames jumped to the pump and burned the returned to work today friends packing in if Cause of the explosion and fire have not yet been mined caught fire six northeast of Lovington pusher Wallace A Cox whn said Property loss from the blaz included damage to a 1 Chevrolet gang truck and to th wellhead Oilmen here sot th toss at about The blaze was extinguished b the Lovington Fire within 15 minutes after arrival Iof equipment and 13 voluntee firemen The flames were snu fed out with foam Chief Rusty Woodwar said A spokesman for Cities vice here said the fire occurred at p.m at the company State AP No 1 well The cnr had pulled up to the site an Wallace bled off the pressure from the casing preparatory t reseating the pump The well the repor said and there was an sion followed by a fire The blaze burned the rear o the crew truck destroying th tires damaging the bed Th SANTA FE December i passed without Gov Jack Campbell or Joe Montoya drawing a mary opponent and that's important Politicians have come to look on Dec 1 as about the latest possible date to start running for any of the big of- fices They can start Inter but its a stumbling fiO OTHER DEMO WAS Campbell who looked last spring like he would not only bare opposition but might get knocked off is in a fair way now to become the first governor in the history of the primary to so for re- nomination without an ent All the hid it John Miles John J Tom John Simmi John roughs MONTOYA GETTING BIGGER BREAK More remarkable than bell's prospective free ride Is the dear path that seems to hare developed for U S Rep Joe Montoya's nomination for the Senate U S Senate ta American politics out- tide of the presidency would be expected to attract a Mg field of powerful aspirants There been such an opening since when Clint Anderson quit Harry Truman's cabinet to take on John J for the place that Sen Carl Hatch was quilting to go on tin federal bench STRONG FIGURE IN THE rARTY There ire three big factors In Montoya's prospective free fide to the Senate nomination He is a powerful political figure in his own right who would be mighty hard to beat He has Clint Anderson on his side who has the most un- usual influence in keeping ple from running for office in New Mexico And he has a party ing convention to screen dates which would be mighty hard to crack for any but a super candidate TIME TOO LATE FOR IDEAL RUN If any serious candidate is scheming a run for governor or senator he would just about have to be out In the open by now to be ready for the ary convention When Johnny Walker the present land commissioner who is going for the House place against two opponents tried for the Senate against Dennis Chavez in he ed late and never stopped stumbling until he was ed out to Walker had considered ning for that year and couldn't make up his mind un- til the was well On J Oil Blaze Fatal to Two ODESSA Tex Special Two Odessa oilfield worker were burned here Wed when flames flashed through a drilling rig The dead were listed as James Jones 37 and James Wilson Both suffered burns all over their bodies A third victim Z P Trues dale was listed in critical con dition in an Odessa hospital Fumes from Gulf Oil Corp rig ignited from an open fire in a doghouse about M feet from the rig witnesses said Th fire shot to the rig floor where Jones and Wilson were standing Truesdale was running toward the fire when the fumes caught Scene of the blaze was south of Goldsmith a town about 20 miles west of Odessa Driver IK Pickup Gets teavy Damages Property loss estimated at occurred yesterday in Lovington when motorist was stricken by Illness and his ip truck went out of control The vehicle traveled nearly a mile out of control and struck a parked pickup truck and a utility pole In its erings The driver Byrum 58 if McDonald was not hurt bui ic was taken to Lovington Lea General Hospital for tion He later was released Police said the mishap curred at p.m at Second and Ave Q Byrum's rolet pickup left the street and raveled 510 feet before ng with a parked 1962 Ford truck owned by B E of Houston Tex The Simmons truck continued ng in a largo semi-circle police aid for another feet cross a vacant area before it truck a utility pole owned by County Electric tive Inc Loss to Byrum's pickup truck was estimated at Loss to he Simmons truck was d at No citations were issued Assassins Slay Laos Chief of Intelligence 3 2 1 CITY COMMISSION shows wards into which tie city Is In the dty commission election ed Jn H Although is by wards voting is U be filled la the flection are for Ward 1 MW hcM hy Walter Ward 2 BOW held by Ed lin and Ward 5 now held by Mrs A A Kemnitz Wards 2 and 4 held by Randall Montgomery and 0 H are terms not expiring this year The commissioners will be elected for four-year map by Raymond F Waters Official Shot From Ambush By Riflemen VIENTIANE Laos Premier Prince Sou vanna gence chief Col Leuang was assassinated early day as he arrived at his home on the outskirts Vientiane The unknown assassins re escaped in the dark Leuang was the chief of the Deuxieme second Bureau the coalition government's gence section lake Prince Sou vanna he was a member of the neutralist faction which in the ory governs Laos in coalition with the right wing and the Communist Pathet Lao There was no immediate indi cation of the motive for the slaying The assassins reportedly opened fire on auto- mobile with at least three auto- matic weapons Leuang ently was killed instantly The killers fired about 10 yards away from the colonel's louse which is in an isolated area overlooking rice fields Kiwanis Offers Merchants Flag Raising Service The Hobbs Kiwanis Club Is offering a new service to local merchants which club President Roy S Harvey said is hoped will be of genuine assistance also provide club funds for use in its community service program The Kiwanis Club in a letter i merchants is offering to dis- lay the American flag on holidays in front of asd it in storage until the next holiday Merchants subscribing to the ervice will pay the club an- The letter lists 14 days in the Hag will be displayed These are New Year's Day birthday Feb U birthday Feb 22 cr Sunday Mother's Day nd Sunday in May Armed Day third Sunday in lay Memorial Day May 30 Flag Day June 14 ence Day July 4 Labor Day rst Monday In September Day Oct 12 ns Day Nov 11 ig Day fourth Thursday in No- ember and Christmas Day Tec 25 The club will use the nt's own flag or if none is vailable It has flags for sale These also are available to in- who do not desire the splay lervice Harvey said The flags Including staffs are priced Harvey said with costs depending n and quality Doggone Deadline For Dog Tags Near hether Leopold Princess or just plain if it's a dog and lives within the Hobbs city limits it must be wearing a dog tag by Jan 1 Dog tags are now on sale in city clerk's office at city officials announced A city ordinance re- quires that all dogs kept within city limits must have licenses Dog owners must bring a certificate showing that theirl pets have received rabies within the past V2 months before licenses will be issued Licenses will cost for malej and spayed female dogs and for unspayed females Viet Nam Troops Arrive TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE first of American servicemen o be withdrawn from South arrived late day It's Recipe For Trouble You take three cans of cuits a carton of cigarets a bottle of barbecue sauce and a fudge brownie and put them all together and what do you Well if you are like the year-old retired woman who was said to have done just that at a Store here Wednesday you get a lifting charge and a night in jail She did Store manager Dale Peden claimed the woman picked up the items but did not pay for them Moments earlier she had purchased a package of cigarets and a loaf of bread he said He added that the assortment ed to about worth of The woman was arrested at p.m at the store Or there was the case of the sticky A woman told the manager of the McClellan Store in the Bel Aire ping Center that the reason she had a pair of slacks den under her jacket was be- cause she had laid her jacket on a counter and then picked it up not knowing she had acquired the slacks in the process But she was booked at the police station on a shoplifting charge anyway Brazil Senator Shoots at Foe Kills Bystander BRASILIA Brazil senator fired three shots at an opponent in Brazil's Senate chamber Wednesday and missed his target but killed a third lawmaker The innocent victim was Sen Jose who died while un- surgery from the western state of Acre was struck in the stomach by one jullet fired by Sen Arnon de Melo Witnesses said De Melo whipped out a pistol and took aim from the speaker's ortn at Sen Silvestre Pericles Pericles 67 a man known for lis violent temper had said he vould shoot De Melo if he rose o speak Both are from the state of Alagoas has a reputation for stormy politics Pericles a member of the Senate since 957 had opposed the election of De Melo a freshman Sen Joao Agripino told men he grabbed Pericles who vas about to return the fire and disarmed him His revolver was fully ed and hadn't been Agripino said Both men were placed in tary custody The Senate pointed an investigating com- Senate sources said the feud was personal with no bearing on national politics De Melo is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic party Pericles belongs to President Joao leftist Labor i party Thieves Get Hooch Supply Thieves who broke into the Country Club last night took nine quarts of Green Jack Daniels and nine en golf balls The burglary was discovered and reported to the sheriff's office by Fred Crocker today at Deputy Sheriff H Fort Jr said the whisky was taken from a liquor stock room in the club house The golf balls five dozen Titlists and four dozen Wilson Staff balls were taken from the pro shop The report said the thieves ransacked the pro shop ently searching for money Drawers were pulled out and their contents scattered Nothing was believed taken ex- cept the whisky and golf balls Deputy Fort said The country club is two miles east of Lovington Zoning Board Starts Work Picks Johnson as Chairman i was delegated explained 17 WAIN MILLER for the planning development City of Hobbs to the city planning and comMfetiM at the board convened in id firat Ing Wednesday night of the recently DM mission the five IM in your baadi lies or tbt if fte city leaders perhaps came 24 years than it of should a commissioner the realization of by district After hearing a summation of their duties which include detailed and plan the drafting of a zoning the ordinance and then the author NT tt that UNM maintained the members Immediately begin a Job which will take to HIT tor uie Natural Co and a for II ww elected chairman of the planning and toning group Miller MJ North mont an independent consulting engineer who nai lived in for M years was chosen by as vice chairman of commission Named ai secretary by a vote was L M Hill mi Yew district office for Mobil Oil Co He has lived in for four years and Miller were to four-year terms on the plaining by Mayor Ed and at codec an BERT WATT Wayt Enters City Race Bert Wayt widely known school teacher and dent counselor today announced lis candidacy for the city com- mission in the Jan 14 election Wayt seeks election as a of Ward I I have felt for a long time that school people should be- come involved in local affairs not especially as school people jut as citizens of the he said In my years here I have had the opportunity to get to know Hobbs residents in all walks of life and in many different eco- nomic and interest levels For hat reason I feel that I can represent the voters well in- those who perhaps feel that they have lacked full in the past Wayt said he is convinced that the city has made some ine initial steps toward city Janning and bringing in try I expect more to be done along that line and regard these as two of the important jobs of he city commission I he said that a member of the commission hould seek and listen to the of any citizen but have the ability to make up his own mind for the best of the community as a whole Wayt who has lived here ince August 1952 has been on he faculty at Houston Junior ligh School since that time He vas a teacher until this year he began full time work as a counselor He and his wife Marion Skip have three children tad 13 12 and Mark Continued On Fast S SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS SHOP FOR GIFTS IN OUR AD PACES NEW MEFTO-Menben of city aad zoning tar lint here night Shown from left are Wayae Chattel vice-chairman L M Hill W G Mike Jay photo by Miller Family in Need Of Food Clothes Here is a Hobbs family that deserves your help It is a man and his ailing wife and their three small children The man is anxious to work but he has no special training and is capable of doing only common labor He is constantly on the lookout for work but last month he worked fewer than seven days His salary was not enough to provide his ily the necessities of life Despite his poverty this man and his family are proud people They eventually were driven to apply for U S government commodities but only when they had food left for two days The children face dreary with prospects of the plainest meal They have little clothing to protect them against the cold and they expect no toys Would you help a family such as Mail or bring In your contribution to tlic Christmas Basket and Salvation Army Winter Relief Fund today received M tar
