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!W ener. the re* sdom to i a rea-lie,” heely only gy sup. energy have a id must se who ;ervation lity that I now *4uti-S?iiper Leader Telh How *It Can Happen Here*Pair Km“It can’t happen here/1 Hobbs Police Cpl;: Charlie Daniels told the Downtown Lions Club at its luncheon at Holiday Inn yesterday when he was discussing the Incidence or riol and sniper situations in U.S. communities and the vulnerability of police of/i* eers on routine assignments.Daniels pointed out that on Nov. 4, 1071* in nearby Carlsbad, an individual took two rifles, a can of black powder and a sack of ammunition, .ban'lelided himself In the tower o[ a school building, and fired 20 shots into a barber shnp and addllionai rounds at policemen responding to an alarm beforeg Crackdowii ied ID Papers- The hlng a icke out din# be-i papers. I. Saxbe rnject at ibout 6fJ md pri* ippointed In deter-problem ihdations )cal gov-‘ use of ipers aig prob-rificantly j crimeofficials avoid de-erpetrate ugh the tificates, assports, r identi-avc be-) obtain,certificate, and he uses that to get a driver' license, Social Security card and other identification/' he suid in an interview.The schemer usually tries to get the birth certificate of a dead person, making it easier to get the other papers and carry out transactions in that name, By impersonating a 11 v ing individual, (he schemer would risk being discovered when his own transactions crossed the path of the individual being impersonated.Getting the birth certificate is /airly easy because few if any slate and local record .keepers match death nolices with birth records, Muchow said.Rut the attorney said no one really knows the scope of the practice and finding out wilt be the committee's finit chore.MEDICS ASSIGNEDWASHINGTON (AP) Two New Mexico communities will be served by doctors from the federal Health Serviceti o n»i* nA^AMJihe was routed from his strong* hold by gas,. He also recalled that two New Mexico police officers, one in Albuquerque and one In Alamogordo, were'among the. 131 police officers, killed in the nation last year.JIc .said that 2S assaults on police officers have occurred in Hobbs this year, “fortunately,1 he said, “not wltli guns or kni-ves, but with fists, feel, boards and other' thins* subjects could get llicir hands on.”Assistant:commander ®f the local department's Special Weapons , and Tactical (SWAT) team, .Daniels was explaining why Chief of Police Jim Palmer and cily officials felt it desirable lor five members of the department to receive anti-snip* cr and. anti-riot training at tha FBI Academy aL Quantico, Va.r last year.Other members of the team, Sgt, Tony Aguilar, team commander; and Patrolmen Cary Barbaree, Bobby Frausto and Mike Johnson, were present at the meeting, and displayed the weapons in the use of which they have received special training: a 357 magnum handgun, a 223 rifle with a 2x7 variable telescope sight, a 182$ Thompson sub-machine j?un, an AR15 semi-aulomatic rl/Je, a sports version of the military M16; a 12 gauge pump shotgun which can fire either a slug or buckshot; and a 37-miilimeter gas gun.He said that in all their team weapons, SWAT members use ammunition especially designed to expand within the target to reduce the chance of wounding Innocent bystanders.Daniel’s displayed manuals which have been printed and distributed to subversive orga* nlzatlons such as the Black Panthers, the SLA, the Weathermen, and others, which give details about the organization of urban guerrilla units, descripHorn 6f gun* and . how to dtsi mantle and clean -them, and techniques for building and using bomb*, He said the complete training manual of t he Los Angeles Police* Department was found in an SLA liungout* declaring tha I such groups are ex-tremely well-informed as toi police procedure*, tactics, and weaponry.And he brought the guerrilla threat home to New Mexico, too by telling the group a Weatherman cache of bomb materials and wtipohi had been found near TucumcarLDaniels said the .local* SWAT unit is available to assist police departments in others towns in New Mexico and West Tex-, as, and that while it has not actually been called upon for such help yet, it bas been on standby alert on two uccusions.Ajuilar expressed appreciation lo Lions Club members and other local business men ▼ho contributed to a fund to buy combat boots and uniforms for the men who were going to Virginia to receive SWAT training* and said he was proud of his iirilt because of the smart appearance it made at the FBI school in contrast to the members of some of the other teams being trained at the same time.Harry Futor, president of the Lioni Club, announced that dub members will aisist the Salvation Army this year, as H hasin (he past, , to man Christmas kettles one day la December, and that a duty roster will be made up later,Tires Cut at HHS; Vamlul Reward SetFour tires were punctured on cars parked at / Hobbs High School yesLerday, and a *25 re* ward is being offered for the names of vandals who broke a religious statue in a front yafti,Leo. V, Sims, lt;23 East Baja, said two tiros were punctured on bis J973 Grand Am, and Bon* nie Baxter, 2936 Northwest Drive, said two tires were punctured on’het11970 Gremlin, both parked on the HHS lot. Police believed tire patches would repair the damage.William Polk Dellinger, 208 East Alto, offered the reward far information leading to names of suspects in breaking the lVSs-foot tall religious statue. He .valued the statue at |50, 'although it is worth-much niore to him because the family has had the statue for 14 years.OPPOSES ZONINGSANTA - FE, N.M. • (AP) -The Testiue Pueblo Council says it will protest the City of Santa Fe’s proposal to. zone land — including Indian land — on either side of the Taos high way. The proposed zoning would allow one home per acre.WASHINcruncli of continues cattle feelt;! will ease new Inven ture Dcpai As of N mm cat fed for sta Jor beef slt; per cent : last year.Officials new cattle ing Octob down 19 p earlier. Sa during the per cent fi The doe! has been lt;a year tCONINfOwoePERI119 TURN!
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Hobbs Daily News Sun
Hobbs, New Mexico, US
Thu, Nov 14, 1974
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