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SECTION B PAGES 1 to 8 Mrd., Ore., Thuri., March H. 1983 Missiles Common Thing In Mexico; Firing Welcomed By SAM MARLER United Praia International ' White Sands Missile Range, N.M. - IUPD - Missiles are no more disturbing than road- runners to some New Mexico residents who calmly antici pate another historic first this spring - firing of ballistic mis siles over their homes. Residents of the Alamogor- db area, known as the "birth place of the space age," heard the world's first atomic bomb blast in 1943. In May the first tests of military surface-to-surface ballistic missiles fired over American homes begins. The Army's solid-fuel Ser geant missiles will be launch ed from south of Dam, n.m. - about 100 miles west of tar gets on the vast White Sands Droving grounds. A United Press Internation al survey of .southern New Mexicans showed that citizens are not alarmed, and some are even eager for the tests to start. Missiles Common Rancher John Prather, 87, who lives on a ranch in the middle of McGregor missile ranee adjacent to White Sands, said, "Missiles have been flying over my head for years. They're just as com mon as a roadrunner down here." : (The determined rancher claims he will shoot it out ,with the Army rather than move. He has turned thumbs down on, the $100,000' the Army has offered him for the 15-acre ranch.) ; "I'm gonna stay here till I die," he proclaims. "They (the missiles) don't bother me a damn bit. No Criticism Alamogordo Mayor Richard . Stanley pointed out, "The Idea of firing long-range mis siles across the state has been favored by the New Mexico . municipal .league." Stanley said he had heard no criticism of the program. At New Mexico Institute of . Technology and Mines at So corro, Magazine Editor Teri Ray said, "Assuming the proj ect is conducted under con trolled conditions, damn the torpedoes go ahead!" Robert Huxford, a depart ment store owner at Grants said, "If necessary - tine!" Officers at White Sands said the tests are both neces sary and safe. A spokesman said although the missiles have been fired successfully over water, they could not be recovered. He said it was necessary to test gyro systems jn the rockets by firing them from angles and directions that can be attained only on land. The spokesman said a series of control instruments should be installed along the routes to direct the missiles. There is virtually no chance, he said, of a missile falling on civilian- owned land. July Test in Utah In the- first phase of the tests, three Sergeant missile shots will be made over a period of several months. In July, tests on the Army's Pershing missile will start from a launch site near Blanding, Utah, in the Four Corners area where Arizona, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico join borders. An experimental Air Force missile also will be tested from time to time in the next two years. 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