Arizona Daily Sun (Newspaper) - August 31, 1977, Flagstaff, Arizona 3322 SOUTH THIRD EAST ST 4 SALT LAKE CITY UT 84115 First Storm of Year Gulf States Brace for Hurricane NEW ORLEANS AP Hurricane Anita churned slowly westward in the warm Gulf of Mexico today packing winds of miles an hour and growing stronger as thousands of jittery coastal residents worried and watched Forecasters said the storm centered about 300 miles from both New Orleans and continue its slow drift across the Gulf toward Texas But there was no way to be sure and advisories were posted from Tarpon Springs Fla to Corpus Christi Tex Some coastal towns in western Louisiana already were evacuated Recommendations went out in early morning for people to leave lying areas on the upper Texas coast With winds less than 100 miles an hour the storm was put in the lowest classification of hurricanes but forecasters warned it would probably continue to strengthen during the day and push high ahead of it Neil Frank director of National Hurricane Center in Miami said there was no way to tell when the storm might reach shore Things can he said It's drif slowly west and the steering currents are still quite Police After Con Artists Flagstaff police are continuing the investigation of a reported con game after a plan to trick an elderly woman failed police said Ruby Yearous 72 402 E Cherry Ave told police two men tried to convince her to withdraw some money from her savings at a local bank The woman was told that a teller at the bank was believed to be passing counterfeit currency and that they as special police agents her to withdraw some money from a certain teller so the cash could be checked Yearous said OM of the men had a badge that said special police The woman called the bank and found that there were no weak A small change in the steering currents could have a dramatic effect on the course of the storm The growth of the storm from tropical depression to hurricane in less than a day wasn't unusual be said There's nothing to say either that it might not grow quite a bit stronger still A weather service advisory early today located the storm center near latitude 26.3 north and longitude west south-southwest of New Orleans Gales extended ISO miles to the east and 100 miles to the west Anita drove high tides onto the low-lying Gulf shore causing bayous and rivers to run over their banks and was within easy striking dis- tance of land if it veered north A total of offshore oil workers were evacuated to shore Tuesday and residents at vulnerable points along 430 miles of coast were advised to bead inland to avoid becoming trapped Hurricane watch status ex- tended from Louisiana's Vermilion Bay which lies south of New Iberia westward to the Mexican border with residents warned to be ready to move if necessary Multimillion dollar drilling rigs and manned production platforms battened down and closed stood deserted it the turbulent sea Emergency were doted on thousands of offshore oil gas wells That action stopped the daily flow of about half a million barrels of crude and millions of cubic feet of natural gas through underwater Even as the weather service an- hurricane witch Tuesday of Gulf coast residents moved Inland about 000 from Louisiana's sparsely Cameron Parish where ly 600 people drowned when Hurricane Audrey struck 20 yean ago Another left Grand Isle La 50 miles south of New Orleans before midnight high tides put the highway under water At Texas people whose homes are sub- ject to tidal flooding were that tides up to four feet above mal could hit them Official Newspaper City of Flagstaff and Coconino County con Man the bouse after finding she had notified the bank City police urge citizens to call them if it is believed someone is trying to use a con game to obtain money from them Carter Focusing On Cities WASHINGTON President Carter under growing pressure from black leaden and the urban lobby is directing his domestic policy advisers to finish work early next year on a comprehensive strategy to slow down the decline American cities Carter was more than a little by the ghetto looting in New York City during last month's according to one source He directed chief domestic adviser Stuart Eizenstat to take a personal hand in the work of a task force known as the urban and regional development group The group is developing the cities policy Patricia Harris secretary of Housing and Urban Development heads the task force She and Eizenstat planned to meet today with leaders of the National League of Cities to discuss the urban strategy A HUD official said the strategy may be completed for inclusion in the State of the Union address Carter will deliver in January The President is being hard for a strong program to aid the cities by moderate black leaders such as Vernon Jordan of the Urban League and Benjamin Hooks of the NAACP On Tuesday the AFL-CIO and the U.S Conference of Mayors weighed in to support the black leaders Alaskan Oil Reaches Panama Canal BALBOA AP Oil from Alaska's North Slope started moving through the Panama Canal today but the canal's chief planner says probably will take over the traffic eventually The supertanker Washington Trader entered the canal carrying of oil from the minal of the pipeline The Panama Caul mil it to bring a day tU to In Bator Rout La and other 22 PHONE FLAGSTAFF ARIZONA Wednesday August PRICE Parking Plan Nearing Fulfillment The City of Flagstaff is searing fulfillment of its June 7 promise to help improve the narking situation in the city's downtown district The city is currently soliciting proposals from engineering firms capable of performing a detailed study of the central business dis- parking needs The city council approved the expenditure of up to for the study June 7 Property owners in the central business district will be for whatever amount is actually spent The study to outline the ways and means of possible parking renovation in downtown Flagstaff City Planning Director William Kemp said earlier that the city staff does not have specific expertise to handle such a survey A meeting of the city staff and members of the Downtown Business Assn DBA was held last week to further discuss goals for the engineer's study Some of the prime concerns of the affected businessmen are an im- proved method of coming and going between downtown and U.S Hwy 66 and a better system for handling employe parking DBA President Rudy said his group was hopeful that Arizona's Great Weather THESE girls from Toledo Ohio think that Arizona Is just the greatest place Heidi 4 and sister Kathy 13 are the daughters of Mr and Mrs Joe Schradle problem would be incorporated into dne Of Economic as part of their summer Flagstaff's motel pools Planning and Development tjort In the background or before continuing their formed a study of Flagstaff's central Journey the big la another sister Jenny 10 The three were enjoying the warm Rhodesians Electing Parliament SALISBURY Rhodesia AP Rhodesia's white voters electing c new parliament today were expected to give Prime Minister Ian Smith a mandate to negotiate with moderate black leaden for a cal settlement excluding guerrilla leaders Opinion polls indicated Smith's Rhodesian Front party opposed by whites and a small multiracial party would win at least the majority in the Legislative Assembly needed to amend the constitution Soldiers in camouflage fatigues and farmers clutching rifles were among voters who queued up at polling stations across the nation in the voting period The pattern of voting was ex- to be clear by late today although the final outcome was not expected until Thursday That's the day Smith is to meet with British Foreign Secretary David Owen and U.S Ambassador Andrew Young who are carrying a plan for transition to majority rule Smith indicated little chance he would accept the plan But he said he was prepared to study it and thai show his In an Tuesday Smith said he was not ruling out continued talks on the plan but be said reported showed an apparent determination to encompass our downfall The prime minister said he had some very positive propolis to offer Owen He made no reference to Young evidently because officially the is led by Britain the colonial power from which Smith broke in 1965 to preserve white rule Smith said in his television and radio address Tuesday that his proposals would be in keeping with the principles which we regard as fundamental to any settlement These he said were the retention of white confidence and expertise the maintenance of the present security forces and continued alignment of Rhodesia in the Western camp I would be misleading you if I were to express any undue optimism about his Owen's visit because I ready have seen the of the influence exerted on him by the called Smith said Tuesday American Diplomats Arrive in Cuba HAVANA AP American diplomats are in Cuba to set up shop for the first time since were broken between the two 16 years ago The arrival of Lyle Lane 51 the career diplomat aligned by dent Carter to head the new U.S Interest Section was low-key Tuesday in keeping with the limited upgrading of relations Lane accompanied on his trip to Cuba by aides arranged to visit the U.S Chancery today The sion he heads will be located in the building but a Swiss flag will fly out- side Switzerland has handled U.S con- cerns in Cuba since diplomatic relations were broken between the two countries in 1961 The former chancery as well as the ambassador's residence are being renovated Some of the Americans assigned to the interest section will live in apartments in the section considered the nest location in Havana Lane comes to his new post from Lima Peru where be was the No 2 diplomat for the United States He will run a staff of about 10 Americans in Havana As part of the agreement the Cubans are opening their own diplomatic office under a Czech flag Washington While the State Department calls it a procedural step to dealings between the United States and Cuba easier the interest section ment is seen as an important move toward the eventual normalization of diplomatic ties between Havana and Washington State Department sources in Washington have said the new interest sections will devote themselves largely to matters such as cultural and and will not deal substantive policy issues which divide the two tries Recent steps toward closer relations between the United and Cuba have included a tion of the U.S trade embargo against the Cuban regime the opening of Cuba to American tourists suspension of U.S flights over the island and new fishing agreements Earlier this month Cuban dent Fidel Castro after talks with Sen Frank Church agreed to allow more than 60 Americans to leave the country and take their with them Blackout Hits Fisherman's Wharf SAN FRANCISCO AP It was dinner by candlelight at Fisherman's Grotto restaurant after a transformer exploded knocking out lights on man's Wharf business district earlier this year re 11 While that did illustrate some it offered no remedies Assistant City Manager Leland C McPberson said today that the DBA interests would be a definite starting point for the city staff in review of engineering firm McPherson said the city manager planning director city engineer and himself would be among those in- in selecting the firms which will be mentioned to the city council He estimated that a staff dation would be prepared within three weeks Choosing the firm which will ad- minister the study will not involve a strict bidding process McPberson said Instead the staff will review numerous proposals and then inter- view the most likely The city council will make the selection as to who will be granted a contract for the survey said the city staff has been speaking with personnel in other cities in an attempt to locate firms capable of doing the job The engineer's study would be preliminary to a full-scale tion of a parking improvement dis- downtown Federal Employes Military Get Raises WASHINGTON AP collar federal employes and the will get a pay rate In tober President Carter will decide next month how much Carter announced Tuesday that be has decided to increase tafe pay for 3.4 million government excluding those at the highest come levels That exempts of Congress Their salary went w by nearly to a year in February The increase designed to make government salaries comparable to pay in private business Presently a GSS clerk a GSS economist a engineer and a bureau director the highest level affected Alan Campbell chairman of the Civil MICE said day that Carter is inclined toward granting a 7.06 per cent board increase recommended by toe commission the Office of agement and Budget and the Labor Department But the President said in a White House statement issued Tuesday be has received a second tion It is from the Federal Employes Pay Council and urges an 8.8 per cent raise Council members are federal employe union leaders The Civil Service said the 7.05 per cent increase would cost taxpayers billion and the White House said there an allowance already in the budget to cover the cost The commission added that the 3.1 per cent hike would cost about million more Talks Delayed WASHINGTON AP The United States and the Soviet Union announced today a delay in the resumption of top-level arms limitation talks to provide additional time to lay the groundwork for a new SALT agreement Sunspots Fire elation construction it slightly ahead of schedule page 6 v Cow puncher eire of wild burros page 7 Polke affidavit links a Phoenix lawyer and title company official to a Northern alleged land swindle page 10 Flagstaff police third obscene phone caller In two months page 16 Sunny Thursday Sunny Thursday but a little cooler with occasional breeziness
