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esident of the Amigos, and ryker, Las Cruces, Amigos ffice before the luncheon. xqver New Pad Spokesmen for both Mountain States Telephone Co. and the America were optimistic Wednesday that agreements would be reached on a new contract covering 14,000 CWA The present contract covering workers in seven states expired at midnight Wednesday. Negotiators for the union and the company declined to discuss the talks. Unofficial reports in dicated the union would seek a contract patterned after the new.vinstailors’ pact, which calls for wage increases of about 6.5 per cent a year over a three-, “We are hopeful of reaching company spokesman said he discussions, but that he was hopeful an agreement would be Both sides indicated negotiarshipitions would continue and work-, espp-'*’»lers would stay at their posts ( rhile negotiators worked out final details. Another contract between Mountain States m’d CWA covering about 600 work Houston’s three heart transplant patients died Wednesday from effects of the serum used to make his body accept his new The other two transplant recipients in Houston, including one who died on the operating table Tuesday before respond ing to his new heart, were reported progressing satisfac In London, doctors said transplant patient Frederick West, 45, was “tired and rest ing” but said there was no cause for alarm. JAMES B. COBB, 48, who last Sunday received the heart of a 15-year-old traffic accident vic tim, died early Wednesday after bacteria, set free by the anti rejection drugs given him, at tacked his lungs, kidneys and conducted three heart transplants in five days, said for a brief time he considered using the heart for yet another “It sounds like science fic tion,” said Cooley, head of the heart transplant team at St. “We dumped the garbage on every bit of it,” Lt. Col. James W. Stansberry of Kirtland AFB told diners at the Governor’s Safety Conference here The “garbage” he spoke of was radioactive material from four hydrogen bombs which scattered near Thule, Greenland, when a Strategic Air Command B-52 crashed last Banquet speaker at Western Skies Motor Hotel, Colonel Stansberry said the recovered radoactive plutonium was ship ped back to this country for COL. STANSBERRY showed a film which described elaborate safeguards in both James Stansberry nuclear weapons and in human Banquet entertainers, the Valley High School Double Quartet directed by Robert Sheets, drew prolonged ap plause for their singing. Earlier, at a luncheon meet ing, Harry L. Blair of Dallas, public relations regional itself had apparently not suf-jmanagor for General Motors, COOLEY SAID, however, that although the heart appeared to be normal in every way, there was a slight chance it could have been exposed to some of the bacteria that was affecting other parts of Cobb’s body. For that reason, he said, he decided against using the heart for Cooley said the body ap-i parently reacted to the anti-’ rejection serums despite the small dosages given Cobb. He said every person would react differently to the drugs, and1 called for tougher adminis tration of driver license laws. 14-year-olds to drive with restricted licenses and two states issue licenses to 13-yearare renewed by mail,” he add “Much remains to fee done in accelerating improvements in highways and in driver pereon will be Dr. Harold Fen ner, chairman of the Highway Safety Committee of the N.M. ■Medical Society. His topic is Emergency medical services will be the subject of a 1:35 dryson, acting dean of the UNM School of Medicine and chair man of the American Medical Emergency Medical Services. l and conclusions will b e Walter A. Cutter, of the Center for Safety Education of New York University. The con Fabian Chavez Coffee formance,” said Blair. Paradise Hills residents will The drinking driver is the hold a coffee for Fabian greatest single factor in fatal Chavez, candidate for the that there was no way to testjHe said studies indicate that smvenior May 19 startin" at 3 before the transplant becausejper cent of fatal highway acci-!: the patient was aimost always;dents. “We arc doahng with new: COOLEYS OTHER pm tents, Phoenix, Ariz., and John M. both made gains Wednesday, » Stuclavish, who received t’rc heart of a beating viclim Tuesday, was able to say a tew Safety workshops will recon vene at 9 a.m. today, SPEAKER AT A noon lunch p.m. at the home of Mrs. Gcno Romero. Assisting the hostess will be Mines. Jim Gilbert, Gilbert Kemm, Max Gonzales, Ann Romero and Elsie Mon-