Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 13, 1972 Page: 3 of 10
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fletfciesday. December 13, 1972
Luminarias brighten
New AAexico yule
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SHOPUFTfeRS Will be arrested
On UEAViWG THE ST&RB . . ^ .
away with it. Shoplifting is a
kick. They think it's rfurp, es-
pecially the kids, until they’re
caught,” said one department
store official.
mok amateur snopwiers
— the prnfeorinnals are the
ones who make it their voca-
tion — are not really crimi-
nals,” said one security offi-
cer. “They are overwhelmed
by the temptation to take
something for nothing.”
In order to arrompnah this,
the amateur has to have two
things going for him, accord-
ing to the officer. He moat
have the opportunity to take
an item and he must have the
assurance that he can suc-
ceed.
To cut down on the chances
for success, many stores have
switched their security em-
phasis from detection and ar-
rest to prevention.
‘’We do all we can to pre-
vent, discourage, deter people
from the temptation to be dis-
honest,” said a security man-
ager.
"We want to keep people
honest,” added a store offi-
cial. Even when a shoplifter is
apprehended and the item is
recovered, a store cannot put
it back in stock until the case
goes to court.
"But by then the Item’s not
in season any more,” said a
department manager. “So we
still take a loss.”
More stores sre relying on
human rather than electronic
eyes. Sales personnel are
trained to watch for suspi-
cious Rooking shoppers. Some
shopping centers are on an
alert system whereby one
store can warn another that a
suspect Is working the area.
No one shops alone any-
more. Someone is always
watching from the moment a
shopper enters a store.
One well-dressed matron
picked ig> an $11 item from a
store and wafted out. De-
toured by the store’s security
officer, die offered to pay the
$11, sweetened with a $100
bonus if the officer would for-
get the whole thing.
When that didn’t work die
tried the same $100 bribe on
the arresting officer.
"In almost every case the
amateur shoplifter has funds
on him or sufficient credit to
cover the amoimt of an item,”
said the security manager for
a large department store
chain.
"They all offer to pay," said
a store manager. “They al-
ways have money on them.
Some even have a credit card
for the store in their purse.”
So why lift the shop?
"Very seldom does the
amateur shoplift out of neces-
sity,” observed a store owner.
“They want something for
nothing and they think they
can get away with it.”
Of course, once appre-
hended the shoplifter can
come up with other reasons.
The prices are too high.
Service is bad. One woman
claimed she walked out with-
out paying when she couldn’t
find a clerk to wait on her. An-
other took a sweater because
she didn’t like the colors
available and she wanted to
punish the store.
Another told a store man-
ager she was a good customer
and difti’t think the store
would miss ore small item.
After all, she said, she had
spent a lot of money there in
the past.
"We’ve had people admit
that they did it just because
they thought they could get
New Mexico's early Spanish
settlers left a legacy which
exerts a strong influence on
modern-day New Mexico’s
yuletide festivities.
Throughout the state, com-
munities stage classic folk-
plays such as "Las Posadas,”
which dramatizes the Holy
family’s search for lodgings
that first Christmas. The
search ends when a warm-
hearted family finally grants
Mary and Joseph shelter for
the night and a party involv-
ing cast and spectators en-
sues.
Another traditional drama
presented at Christmas is
"Los Pastores,” (“The Shep-
herds”) which depicts the
classic conflict between good
and evil.
Coupled with the Spanish
and American Christmas cus-
toms are the winter fiestas
held in many of the Indian
pueblos. The dances at Christ-
mas are winter or animal
dances with deep religious
significance to the Indians.
They have been danced to the
Indian gods or to specific
plants and animals long be-
fore the birth of Christ.
Today these rituals are first
performed to honor the Christ
Child. Then the Indians dance
to their original deities. The
rituals — half Christian, half
pagen — continue throughout
Christinas day.
This heady blend of pagan-
ism, pageantry and pinatas is
the product of a tricultural
“mix” which personifies the
spirit of Christmas and
brotherhood. And adds to the
charm of Christinas in New
Mexico.
Christmas in New Mexico is
a unique blend of "Season’s
Greetings” and “Feliz Navi-
dad."
In New Mexico, as in other
areas of the United States, the
holiday season combines di-
vergent cultural customs and
traditions into a kaleidoscope
of lights, pageantry, good
times and solemn momenta.
As in other sections of the
United States, New Mexicans
take great pleasure in deco-
rating their homes with lights
— but that’s where the simi-
larity ends.
Here, the Christ Child’s
birth is heralded by thousands
of glowing luminarias, softly
glowing lights which guide the
"Santo Nino” or Holy Child to
the homes of the devout.
This custom was originally
started by the early Spanish
settlers who used tiny bon-
fires. The bonfires have been
replaced by votive candles in-
serted in sand-weighted
brown paper lunch sacks. The
sand holds the luninarias
steady and snuffs out the
short, squat candles when
they bum down. The tops of
the sacks are folded down to
make a cuff which prevents
the sacks from closing.
Luminarias are used to line
rooftops, walls, walkways and
driveways. They are usually
set in place a day or two be-
fore Christinas Eve.
The Hebenstreit mansion in
Albuquerque is annually dec-
orated with more than 6,000
luminarias. The candle-lit
house is the highlight of a bus
tour of luminaria-decorated
residential areas of the city.
ALL SHOPLIFTERS
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lesson, a London school teach-
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what they thought could be
done to improve recruitment
for the Prison Service. A 12-
year-old girl answered: "Get
a better class of prisoner."
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the largest .and> the spool
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Kissinger slates more
talks with North Viet
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representative Tho
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would return to
shortly and
Washington
Tlib. Thd <jfape>r ■"siaicK
Kissinger would then fly to
Saigon to present the agree-
U 5 ment to President Nguyen Van
said Thieu of South Vietnam.
High administration officials
in Washington told UPI diplo-
matic reporter Stewart Hensley
on Tuesday it was taking more
time to work out a pact at the
Paris talks than they had
expected at the beginning of the
month. The current round of
private Kissinger-Tho talks, the
22nd in the series that began in
August, 1969. started 10 days
ago and has spanned more than
32 hours.
The officials said Kissinger
and Tho had run into "snags”
that were delaying progress
and altering the previous
timetable, which called for a
pact signing before Christmas.
They told Hensley their predic-
tions may have been over-
optimistic and spoke in terms
of an agreement in early
January, although they did not
rule out a sudden and
unexpected breakthrough that
might still bring a cease-fire by
Christmas.
French diplomatic sources in
Paris, however, said Tuesday
that Kissinger and Tho were
approaching a compromise
solution to Thieu’s demand that
Hanoi publicly withdraw its
troops from South Vietnam.
And French Foreign Minister
Maurice Schumann predicted a
peace settlement by Jan. 3
when the U.S. Congress recon-
venes.
Tho But there was
Kissinger
—1 ” Washington
otfic ia Is in
they were certain no agreement
would come this week, j
Kissinger ordered hi? Air
Force jet to remain on alert at
Orly Airport in Paris and some
reports said his departure was
expected sometime later today.
The talks with Tho, which
followed more than 4—*/z hours
of negotiations Tuesday, were
set for 10 a.m. EST despite
reports Kissinger may depart
prior to the session. More
meetings by technical com-
mittees from both sides again
were meeting today at an
unspecified time.
A U.S. delegation spokesman
labeled the reports of Kissin-
ger's departure "pure specula-
tion" but the newspaper Le
Figaro, which has high contacts
in the French government, said
he would return to Washington
tonight to report to President
GREEN DOG HUNT
Nottingham, England, po-
lice ended their search for a
green dog recently when they
found and returned the terri-
er, who had played with a bot-
tle of dye, to its bemused own-
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Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Conaway Jr. on the
birth oftheirdaughter, Annetra Yvett, born November II weighing
7 pounds lounce. Herfather isa roustabout in the oil field.
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Montez, Rt. I. on the
birth of theirson, Richard Lee. November 3, weighing 6 pounds
8l/i ounces. The father is a farm laborer.
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Casme Rosa, Rt I. on
the birth of a daughter. Joaquin, born November II, weighing 7
pounds 3 ounces. The father is employed at a gin.
Congratulations toMr. andMrs. Randy LeeRowe.302 Houston,
on the birth of their daughter, Randi Jo, bom November 2,
weighing6 pounds6 ounces. The father is a welder.
Congratulations toMr. and Mrs. Rickie Dean Moses. 1513 Ave.
S, on the birth of their son, Daniel Joseph Moses, bom November
I, weighing 3 pounds9 ounces. The father is a welder.
Higher quality for
West Texas possible
GENERATOR THEFTS
Threats of a power strike in
England were blamed by po-
lice officials for an increase in
the thefts of mobile electricity
generators.
SPECIAL
SPECIAL
residual causes sharpdeclines in
the level of specific gravity and
total solids the next year in
vegetable crops and sharp
increases in the levels of
reducing sugars. In 1972 trails,
high incidence of tuber rots also
occurred in high nitrogen
treatments, especially with the
Red La Soda variety."
The solution? Proper balance
of nitrogenand phosphorus.
The effects ofphosphorus were
just the opposite from those of
nitrogen, Lipeexplains. Although
phosphorus did not significantly
increase yield as did nitrogen, it
did have advantageous effects on
quality. Specific gravity and total
solids increased slightly with
increasing levels of phosphorus.
Especially notable was a
decrease in reducing sugars as
the level of applied phosphorus
increased.
"ttisaacarenCLipe exhorts,
“that in OTdcr to maintain high
quality in potatoes, it may be
necessary to sacrifice some of
the yield with a proper balance of
nitrogenand phosphorus.”
Growers are encouraged to
begins good soil testing program
corralaled with fertilizer
response, in order to assure the
heat potato production for the
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West Texas potatoes can be had
for a slight sacrifice in yield if
farmers are willing to use less
nitrogen with more phosphorus.
This exhortation comes from Dr.
William N. Lipe. assistant
professor of horticulture at the
Texas AAM University
Experiment Station near
Lubbock.
In potato fertility research
conducted by Lipe during 1971 and
iv72. high residual nitrogen
levels coupled with large pre-
plant applications of nitrogen was
the primary cause of poor quality
in Wert Texas potatoes.
’The quality of a potato.” says
Lipe. is related directly to low
specific gravity (the measure of
density «fa potato), high reducing
sugarcontent,and low total solids
(solid content of a potato,
sometimes determined by drying
which takes awey water content
and leaves only the solida).
“Farmers sometime take the
easy aad cheaper roata to high
yield by asiag large applications
ofattrogen to cottoa, grata, sugar
baate aad vegetables. This
reaalta ia residual accumulations
of300 to 400 pounds of nitrogen in
fte anger two to four feet of soil on
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