Texas Dee. 23, 71 Nixon Signs Cancer Measure WASHINGTON- (UPI) Ident Nixon today signed into law a $1.6 billion attack on cancer, making defeat of the dreal killer a prime national goal. The initial three year proapproved in the authorion zation research, bill places but the also emphasis, programs for the early detoe: tion of oral, cervical, and breast cancers--and authorizes establishment of 15 centers for both treatment and The legislation, which emerged from Congress after months of debate on what Obituaries MRS. JOSEFA MARQUEZ MERCEDES Mrs. Josefa R.
Marquez, 72, died Wednesday afternoon in Knapp Methodist Hospital. A former resident of Mercedes, she had lived in Weslaco for nine years and was a native of Santa Clara, Mexico. Funeral mass will be said at 10 a.m. Friday in Our Lady of Mecry Catholic Church. Burial will be in Campacuas Cemetery under direction of Garcia and Trevino Funeral Home.
A rosary will be recited Thursday night in the Garcie and Trevino chapel. There also was a rosary service Wednesday night. Survivors include three sons, Macario Marquez of Mercedes, Juan and Leon Marquez of Weslaco; and eight daughters, Mrs. Carmen Cano of Houston, Catarina Solis of Kingsville, Guadalupe and Martina Marquez of Weslaco, Mrs. Celia Rodriguez, Mrs.
Maria Fernandez, Mrs. Juanita Galaviz and Mrs. Hermina Guajardo, all of Mercedes. Also surviving are 46 grandchildren and seven children. JOHN HENRY SMITH WESLACO Funeral, services for John Henry Smith 71, of 720 S.
Kansas will held at 1 p.m. Friday in the Clifford Jackson Funeral Home of Corpus Christi. He died Wednesday following a sudden illness. A resident of Weslaco three years, he was maintenance superintendent for Wesley Manor, Methodist retirement home, and for Valley Central Apartments as it now is known. Burial will be in Seaside Memorial Park at Corpus Christi, where he had been a businessman before moving to the Valley.
Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Ada Smith: a daughter, Mrs. Albert Harvey of Corpus Christi; a son, John Henry Smith I of Kingsville; a sister, Miss Jessica Smith of Quincy, Mass; and four grandchildren. MRS. BLANCHE CARPENTER Mrs.
PHARR Blanche Carpenter, 67, died sometime during the night Wednesday her home in Pharr. She had lived in Pharr the past seven years, moving there from McAllen where she had resided from 1915 to 1964. She was native of Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Funeral 3 services will be held Friday, at p.m.
in the Kreidler Funeral Home Chapel in McAllen, conducted by Rev. Doyle Morton, pastor of St. Mark's United Methodist Church. Burial will be Roselawn Cemetery, Wayne Wiley, Dee Edwards Dee Edwards Jr. Mark Edwards, Don Myers and John will be pallbearers.
Mrs. Carpenter, who was member of St. Mark's, is survived by one son, George W. Carpenter of McAllen: two sisters, Mrs. Hazel Brown of Pharr and Mrs.
Arthur Wiley of McAllen; one brother, Alfred Myers of McAllen: and four grandchildren. The family suggests donations be made to the American Heart Fund, 1500 Jonquil, McAllen in lieu of flowers. JOSE ALVARO PENA WESLACO Jose Alvaro Pena, 45, of 729 E. First was dead on arrival at Mercy Hospital in Brownsville about 11 p.m. Wednesday after being striken by an apparent heart attack.
He was an employe of the General Services Ado ministration. A resident of Weslaco for 20 years, he was born in Realitos, Tex. was a veteran of World War I and served overseas. Funeral mass 15 set tentatively for 10 a.m. Friday in St.
Joan of Arc Catholic Church. Burial will be in Highland Memorial Park. Garza Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Margarita J.
Pena; a daughter, Mrs. Sofia P. Arce; and two sons, Juan Jose and Juventino Pena, all of Weslaco. I Also surviving are the father, Romulo Pena of Realitos: five brothers, Pena of Laredo, Amador, Abel, Arnoldo and Hector Pena of Corpus Price Board Decides Rents Can Be Raised would be the speediest way attack the disease, keeps program under the direction the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The measure gives President control over cancer research by creating a new, three presidential to act as a watching over NCI.
which is a part of National Institutes of Health (NIH). Congressional agreement the bill in the final days of session ended a spirited dispute over whether to keep program under NC1 or create a new conquest cancer agency largely independent of NIH. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, was chief sponsor the independent agency proach which was backed the American Cancer Society, while in the House, Rep.
Paul G. Rogers, opted retaining the NCI. Under the compromise the director of NCI will appointed by the President. will send his budget request directly to the office of without budget and management change, but subject to comment, by the director of NIH and the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. The White House originally supported the Senate concept by the President in a letter House-Senate negotiators said he would sign either version it meant breaking the impasse which had stalled action on the bill.
In a move expected to speed up research, the bill empowers the NCI director to grants up to estimated 40 per cent of all applications. Backers of this provisionwhich was insisted upon by the House -say it will free the existing National Cancer Advisory Board to consider larger grants, and contract, expands requests. the membership of the board from 15 to 18. The $1.6 billion authorized in the bill must now be actually appropriated by Congress. Nixon's Earlier this year, at request.
Congress approved an extra million for NCI. bringing fiscal year 8100, 1972 budget to. $337 million, There is strong sentiment in the Congress for approving the funds for the massive new assault on the cancer. According, to the estimated American Cancer Society, 345,000 Americans any will die of cancer next year and thousands more will be stricken. Christi; and three sisters, Mrs.
Sobeida 1. Ramos of Realitos, Miss Maria Pena and Miss Ida Pena, both of Corpus Christi. MRS. MARGARET INEZ KNOPS Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Inez Knops, 66, who died today at St.
Joseph's Hospital in Fort Worth, will be held Friday at p.m. in the Wilson Funeral Home Chapel. Dr. George Slayton, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, will conduct the services, with burial to follow in Roselawn Cemetery. Mrs.
Knops had resided in McAllen for about 30 years before moving to Henderson to live with a daughter three years ago. Survivors are one son. Oliver Bright of Dallas: one daughter, Mrs. John H. Hazel of Fort Worth: two stepdaughters, Mrs.
Leo Noser of McAllen and Mrs. Ray Stewart of Harlingen: one brother. William Gibson of Dallas; and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. 1 MRS. GUADALUPE MARTINEZ JR.
LA VILLA Funeral mass for Mrs. Diana Moron Martinez, 29. will be celebrated at 3 p.m. BROWNSVILLE-BOUND Bob Hoffman and his ville, where she is to be a Christmas present for wife, Sandy, owners of a suburban pet shop called Otis Whitaker's two-year-old daughter. The "pets" the Animal Kingdom, take care of "Susie," a 450- are biding their time at the Animal four-month-old elephant, a giant Asian tur- awaiting a flight to Texas.
Whitaker said Kingdom, he pound, toise and one of two large pythons, who along with thought the elephant would an squirrel, temporarily stranded in the baby. The tortoise and the squirrel also will Asian were make a cute pet for Chicago when they missed plane connections be- be family pets, but he plans to sell the snakes. cause of the rush of Christmas mail. Susie was en (UPI Telephoto) route from her birthplace in Thailand to Browns- Brownsville-Bound Elephant Arrives at Airport in Houston HOUSTON (UPI) Susie, misnamed baby bull elephant, arrived at International Airport today, but was reluctant to leave his warm wooden crate greet his 18 month-old owner. But Susie, or Sabu as Otis Whitaker calls him, squealed and came out of the crate after young Henry Whitaker offered share his milk bottle.
Otis Whitaker, who purchased the four-month-old elephant as Christmas present for his lifted the child onto the animal's back. A red ribbon; was around Sabu's neck, but Henry became frightened and started Friday in St. Theresa Church of Edcouch. She about 5 p.m. Wednesday Valley Baptist HospitalHarlingen after a short illness.
She was a native and lifetime resident of Hidalgo County. Burial will be Highland Memorial Park under direction of the Garza Funeral Home Weslaco. A rosary will recited at 8 tonight in Garza Chapel. Survivors include husband, Guadalupe Martinez a daughter, Melinda Martinez; two sons, Omar and Gilberto Martinez; and her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Juan Moron. Also surviving are two brothers, Juan Moron Jr. Elsa and Baldemar Martinez McAllen; and a sister, Mrs. Blanca M. Harrison Waxahachie.
MRS. ROY L. MILLER Mrs. Roy L. Miller, 59, died unexpectedly at her residence on North Shary Road Wednesday afternoon.
She was born in Sugargrove, and had lived in McAllen since 1933, coming from Lawton, Okla. Survivors are her husband, Roy L. Miller, a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Crumpton of Duncan, six brothers, Yandell of McAllen, Clifford Yandell of Lindsay, Albert Yandell of Tec*mseh, Hayden Yandell of Edmond, Romie andell of Noble, and William Yandell: her father, W. R.
Yandell of McAllen. and a sister, Mrs. Gladys of Wanette, Okla: Services are pending and will be announced by Funeral Home. a himself. He was quickly retrieved by his mother.
It's Really Sabu "His name is really Sabu," Whitaker said. "They started calling nim Susie in Chicago H. when a pet shop owner needed a name for him and mistook him for a girl. But he's a to and will tusks eventually." 'The elephant, captured in Thailand, had traveling coma panions on the flight from Chicago. On board the cargo plane were a giant Asian tortoise, two On board the cargo plane were a giant Asian tortoise, two large pythons and a giant Asian squirrel.
The tortoise and tine squirrel will become pets in the Brownsville household of the in Whitakers and their nine children. The two 11-foot pythons will be sold. Sabu, waiting for the crate to be opened, stuck his head and trunk outside the slats. Henry was brought over and offered of his pet his milk bottle. Loves Live Animals "He's always feeding animals, wrapping snakes around his neck," Mrs.
Mary Whitaker said "It's the animals, not toys, that he really loves. He has a lot of toys already but he never plays with The menagerie, plus two longhaired Peruvian guinea pigs Whitaker loaded bought in in Houston were a rented trailer for the final journey to Brownsville, where Whitaker is a shrimper. "We have all kinds of pets in the house and I've always wantled a baby elephant," said Whitaker, a 30-year-old shrimper from Brownsville, Tex. wife wanted one, too. "It will be ideal to raise the elephant with the he said.
The animals were trapped in the Christmas mail rush and were forced to stay in Chicago Tombstone Fee Is Eliminated WESLACO An to has the been city cemetery ordinance, approved by the Weslaco city commission: The change does away, with a charge of $10 provided for putting up tombstones in the cemetery. POWs' Letters Touch Off Dispute Between Government, Peace Group WASHINGTON (UPI) -The arrival of 1,001 Christmas letters from American war prisoners In Vietnam has touched off another dispute between the government and the peace group which arranged the delivtry. After it was announced Wednesday that the Committee of Liaison with Families of Servicemen detained in Viethad- returned the letters from Paris, the Pentagon said: Department of Defense and the families have been deeply disturbed by the withholding of mail by North Vietnam and its allies particulary their unexplained inhumanitarian performance in A State Department spokesman added: a few days WASHINGTON (UPI) -After five weeks deliberation, the Price Commission has decided what to do about rents. The decision: Landlords may raise rents beginning Dec. 29 to cover higher operating costs, taxes and improvements but they must justify the increase to their tenants on paper in plain English.
Commission Chairman C. Jackson Grayson Jr. said the nation's renters could expect increases of 3 to 3.5 per cent; when all factors are considered, however, there is no firm ceiling and one of Grayson's critics said the increases might be as high as 30 per cent. The commission previously disposed of price increases for such giants as the automobile and steel industries within days after the wage-price freeze expired Nov. 13.
But rent, a complex subject where emotions run high, has taken longer to solve. President Nixon appointed a special rent advisory board to help the commission draft a set of guidelines. The rules, announced Wednesday by Grayson, allow landlords to automatically raise rent three ways: -A flat 2.5 per cent increaseding to cover higher operating such as fuel oil, electricity and maintenance. -An unspecified amount beyond that to meet higher property taxes or increases in municipal services. for -Up to 10 additional capital improvements.
Such as new air conditioning or a Motor swimming pool, to the land-lert for lord's property. Taken together, Grayson said he expected rent on most of the nation's 24 million rental units would increase from 3 to 3.5 per cent: An angry member of the rent board disagreed. Mrs. Rose Wylie, chairman of the National Tenants Organization, said. "it will not unusual tenants to receive increases of 10, 20, and even 30 per cent over present rents." The controls "amount to boondoggle for landlords and a hoax on the.
tenants of this country," Mrs. Wylie said. call the tenants of this nation to resist the rent increase in every way As a safeguard, the commitsion said tenants. must be individually notified pt. rent increase at.
least. 30. days in advance. At time: must receive a written explanation "in layman's "language" spelling out the exact amount of the increase and why it justified. Tenants can then demand that landlord open hits books to document the higher charges and, if still unsatisfied, appeal to the Internal Revenue Service, the commission said.
But Grayson pleaded with tenants and landlords alike to give the IRS at least a week to digest the new regulations before asking questions. Smith Agrees to Hear wit at El Paso Grievances EL PASO (UPI) Preston Smith has to with representatives a agreed, Mexican at the University of Texas group, Paso to discuss grievances concernthe UT Board of Regents. Smith said earlier Wednesday he was helpless in trying to meet a request by, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) to have a Mexican-American put on the board of regents. lie had said, though, he would like to meet with the group. LULAC District Director RobPerez announced the meet- Bids Awarded On Four Police Cars in Weslaco WESLACO Weslaco Motor Co.
was awarded a contract for four 1972 police cars Wednesday on a bid of $10,983.26 with four trade-ins. Bids were opened Tuesday afternoon, but Dan Calloway of Weslaco Motors bid with tradeins, while three other dealers bid only on the new cars. A check of specifications showed the city had not bids with trade-ins, but city commissioners gave the other dealers time to give a price including trade-in. missioners instructed Mayor Pablo G. Pena and City Manager Cecil Massey to open the final bid from Motor Co.
today and award the contract to the lowest bidder. Knapp Motor Co. bid $12,230.76 and Donalson's was Charged to Appear a large crowd which gathered to disperse or be arrested for unlawful assembly. He said almost of the spectators left following the warning. Cook was treated a Knapp Methodist Hospital for broken ribs he received in the affray.
George said he was past the drive-in when he observed Cook being attacked by others in the parking lot. Police reports indicated Cook declined to file assault charges against his assailants. George said the disturbance Special Master Named In Districting Suits AUSTIN of (UPI) Texas A liberalcy." University Law School professor has been named as special matser to hear evidence on four redistricting suits challenging the constitutionality of Texas House and Senate portionment plans. U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice picked George Schatzki for the special post Wednesday and sail hearings on the consolidated suits will begin Dec.
31. "We are confronted here with a full-(ledged judicial emergen- in Melee in Court apparently started from a the disagreement in which some of suspects kicked the side of car occupied by a woman friend of Cook. Alexander, also was one of those -attacked, was accused of clapping loudly and taunting police after his assailants had been routed. Luera was, accused of the police chief and knocking a flashlight from his hand. Saul Mata and Hernandez also struck the chief as they were being arrested, officers reported.
Justice said at a pretrial conference Wednesday. "TE we are not to disrupt the political, process of this state, some decision should emanate from this three judge court before Feb. 7." Feb. 7. is the filing deadline for primary elections.
The four redistricting suits originated in Dallas, Tyler, San Antonio and Houston. A Dallas federal court consolidated the suits, and appointed threejudge panel to hear them in Austin. Schatzki, a Harvard graduate and member of the university's law school, faculty since 1965, will give his report the federal hearings to a three- judge, court headed by Justice, which will make the final ruling on the cases. The primary question to be settled by the suits is whether the five-man legislative redistricting board acted legally in setting up multimember house districts in major metropolitan areas or discriminated against minorities in either the House or Senate plans. Justice said Wednesday If Schatzki concludes either the House or Senate plan in stitutional, he will be instructed to draft a reapportionment plan for that house which meets constitutional criteria.
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La Mesa Directiva is group that has demanded the resignation of Dr. Gary Brooks, vice president in charge of student affairs at UTEP. The group claims Brooks enforced housing rules in a discriminatory fashion. Smith has gone on record as saying, in regard request for a Mexican- American regent, "No vacancy exists on the Uni, versity of Texas Board of Regents and none is anticipated prior to January 1973. It is not within the authority of the gov: ernor of Texas to remove board member, and I am sure you have would not want a governor to such because they missed a connectling flight at O'Hare International Airport.
The animals were housed in a Chicago pet shop. The people there tell me the animals are the tamest things they ever saw," said Whitaker. "If they weren't, they'd be tellbulling me the opposite." Whitaker will haul the animals to Brownsville today in a heated trailer. "This is just a hobby of mine, collecting he said. "I've been doing it for 15 years.
And of course the cost is nigh in shipping them. "I just love animals and I have to have them around the house to be he said don't drink or run around with women and I have to do something. I buy animals." Eight Suspects Are Ordered WESLACO Eight of nine suspects charged in a recent incident at a hamburger drivein at 1500 E. U. S.
Highway 83 are to appear in corporation court Jan. 3. Those to appear include James 1 L. Cook, 20, of 603 E. Eighth, disorderly conduct; Robert Alexander, 19, 620 S.
Illinois, Disorderly conduct; Howard Allen Talbert, 19. 815, S. Oklahoma, disorderly con; duct; Saul Mata, 30, 214 N. Palmas, disorderly conduct and drunk in public place. Also Rene Mata Luera, 23 of 305 Palmas, drunk and so, disorderly conduct and 'assault on a police officer; Jose Jesus Mata, 22, of 149 N.
Texas, disorderly conduct; Juan Mata, 21, of 210 N. Palmas, disorderly conduct and interfering with a police officer. Antonio Hernandez, 19. of 2818 Benitez, Donna, also is scheduled to appear. He already has entered a guilty plea to a drunk but is to be tried Jan.
3 on the disorderly count. Roy Tee Villarreal of 212 Ash, Donna. was fined $38. on a guilty plea to. disorderly conduct.
Police Chief Harold George said the nine arrests were made Sunday night at the drive in parking lot in the aftermath of several fights. He said police were unable to anrest all of those involved, when they ran away. At one point during the disturbance. George said he told THE MONITOR Founded In 1911. Published -each ternoon (except Saturday) and Sunday morning by The Monitor, Division of Freedom Newspapers al 1100.
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and Mrs. Gelipe De Jesus Jesus Elizondo, on the" birth of a son Dec. 21, at Suderman Clinic Christmas, this package of letters is an obvious tie It is unfortunate that families of the prisoners have had to have their emotions played with in this way. The liaison group, however. said the Pentagon's reaction was typical and failed to take into account other factors Mrs.
Cora Weiss, co-chair-1967 man of the New York, based group, said in a telephone interview that political motives were not necessarily behind the delay in some mail. She said severe flooding in North Vietnam: and continued bomb raids by the United States were more to blame since they had prevented any member of her group from traveling to Hanoi to: pick up mail. "Every year the Vietnamese provide a gesture of good will," Mrs. Weiss said. "And every year the U.S.
government attacks and rejects the gesture and abuses the North Vietnamese. The Pentagon -said one of the letters was from Marine Cpl. Alfonso R. Riata. Bell Gardens, who was listed in July as killed in action.
A spokesman did not deny there might not have been a slipup in listing Riata as a casualty but said the withholding of his mail, if he. is alive, is further evidence of the cruelty of the situation. Pentagon figures show that only 257 letters were received from POWs in 1968. In 1969, 942 letters came in and the number swelled to 2,646 last year. But this year, up until Dec.
15, only 499 letters had come in..
