Arizona Daily Sun (Newspaper) - December 20, 1977, Flagstaff, Arizona SALT LAKE CITY U 1 Official Newspaper City of Flagstaff and Coconino County Vol 32 117 PHONE FLAGSTAFF ARIZONA Tuesday December There will be variable high cloudiness today and Wednesday and breezy at times High today 40 low tonight 10 High Wednesday 44 PRICE Officials Meeting In Egypt CAIRO AP The defense ministers of Israel and Egypt met today at an airport near Alexandria Egypt the official Middle East News Agency said It was the first reported meeting between the two countries since President Anwar Sadat's historic visit to Israel a month ago The agency which did not cite its source said Israel's Ezer Weizman and met at Gianaclis airfield is also deputy premier MENA learned that the meeting took place at the report said No further details were given The reported meeting came as the two countries prepared for Sunday's Christmas summit between Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin in the city of Ismailia Egypt alongside the Suez Canal Sadat went to Ismailia Monday to oversee the preparations for the meeting The official Middle East News Agency said the meeting Sunday which happens to be Sadat's birthday was expected to last only a few hours Oil Price Boost Asked at Meeting Fire Damages 2 Residences Firemen responded to a pair of house fires early today A blaze at 1 Hideaway Trail caused about 5200 damage The Fire is thought to have been started because of faulty construction of a heating stove One unit and three men responded to the fire at the house owned by Lou Bader At 13 firefighters battled a baize at 3413 N Patterson Blvd which is thought to have been caused by faulty of a stove were at the Theresa Ortiz residence for almost two hours No one was hurt in fire which did damage Supervisors Accept Bid On Facility Work will begin before New Year's Eve on the first medical facility in Coconino County's history Fatal Accident CARACAS Venezuela AP Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez today asked the major oil exporting countries of the world to raise prices by 5 percent to 8 percent next year and dedicate the added revenue to paying off some of the debts of the poorest nations of the world Experts say a raise of 5 percent would boost the pump price of oline in the United States by half a cent In his opening address to the Organization of Petroleum Ex- porting Countries Perez estimated the poor countries debts total billion four times the total of 1973 The lesser ability of these tries to pay even the interest on these debts and the decrease in the buying power of the funds they do earn threaten a Perez said The 13 OPEC countries are meeting here to set prices for 1978 A MAN WAS killed In this 33 miles east of Flagstaff on Interstate 40 Monday night The name of the driver Is being withheld by the Department of Public Safety until notification of next of kin DPS Investigators said the driver apparently lost control of the pickup truck The truck then rolled several times ejecting the driver before flipping over a guard rail and catching fire by Hood Release of Son Will End A Nightmare for His Mother Gunman Robs Two Flagstaff Firms Two armed robberies both com- mitted Monday night by a gunman wearing a blue ski mask are under intensive investigation by Flagstaff police detectives today The gunman who pulled off two heists within 30 minutes last night fits the description of the robber that took about from the Husky vice Station 906 E Santa Fe Ave Thursday night Once again the Husky station was the victim of robbery Monday as the subject believed to be in his early 20s look some from the service station at about p.m After police were called to the scene of the service station robbery another was reported at p.m at Y Liquors and Sporting Goods 605 Mikes Pike In that incident the dit made off with The only difference in description and the method of operations in the two robberies was the type of coat the gunman was described as wearing police said At the Husky robbery police were told he was wearing a blue denim jacket and at the Liquor store he was said to have a brown suede or corduroy coat In both instances the gunman the clerk pulled out a revolver and asked for all the bills in cash register Ke would then tuck the money into a folded newspaper tell the clerk he had an accomplice watching his tions and warn against calling police or following him for at least five minutes Both clerks said the gunman had a dark or ski mask but that blond frizzy hair could be seen beneath the mask The liquor store clerk said he had blue jeans and blue knit gloves as well as blue eyes He is described as about 155 pounds with a slender build He carried the gun in his right hand and the newspaper in his left A man fitting the same description robbed the Husky station Thursday night In all robberies the man fled on foot police said BY PAUL TURNER Sun Staff Reporter Today's announcement from Paris that a Flagstaff man and two com- panions would be released by the Vietnamese draws near to a close the restless vigil of a local woman who has been thrust into the national spotlight Since word first came Oct 12 that Virginia Ward's son Leland man 29 had been captured off the coast of Vietnam life has not been the same for the instructor in Northern Arizona University's College of Business And now that the impending release of the three Americans has been officially announced Mrs Ward's Flagstaff telephone number has found its way into the notebooks of numerous national news agencies But through it all the thing the only thing that mattered to Mrs Ward was the safe return of her son We are really happy that they will release she said We continue to hope that they will be released by Christmas After there had been widespread hinting this past weekend that the Americans would be released U.S State Department officials said today the Vietnamese have ly said they will free the crew of the yacht Brillig While she has greeted the news with understandable enthusiasm Mrs Ward has been hesitant to make any specific statements When the crew is returned to the United States they may have their own statements to said Mrs Ward State Department sources in Washington said Monday that U.S officials believed the Americans would be freed before Christmas That the release will have taken so long to come about is little surprise to Mrs Ward Even in October she was saying We know it may be months Dickerman who was last in Flagstaff this summer is an NAU graduate He has been living and working in Asia for several years Receiving bits and pieces of mation through myriad origins Mrs Ward knew of her son's welfare only through and third hand sources After news came that the three captives were being held in Ho Chi Minn City formerly Saigon it was revealed that the Vietnamese were investigating the possibility that Dickerman and his companions were either drug smugglers or spies Later through contacts at the United Nations Mrs Ward learned that the Vietnamese had dropped those charges and maintained only that the Brillig violated territorial water boundaries Then came word that the were preparing to release the prisoners possibly before Christmas Mrs Ward was happy but restrained The feeling one gets from speaking to her is that she will believe it when she sees it Hopefully her son will be with her soon Perhaps then and only then will this courageous woman know her nightmare is finally over The Board of Supervisors day voted unanimously to accept a bid of for construction of the new facility despite the fact that all bids came in over the anticipated limit of The successful bidder was Construction Co and the firm must stall work on the project and meet at least one payroll before the end of the year in order for the county to obtain 000 in federal funds to finance the project The federal money will come from the Economic Development Ad- ministration Supervisor Chairman Tio A Tachias Flagstaff said today the board decided after studying the various bids and plans submitted by Flagstaff architect Vince Hamant that the original estimate of cost had been way and that the county had a definite need for the facility which will be located south of the present County Health Department complex The only question on the Tachias said today was whether it was worth it Were we going to get our Tachias said the county will go ahead and get the in federal funds and then match that with 695 in previously uncommitted ty public works reserve funds The facility will be the first of its kind in the county's history and also the first of its kind in Northern Arizona It probably will regional facility be used as a Top Court Rules Against Press in Criminal Coverage Knight Is Chairman DAYS TO CHRISTMAS See today's gift guide pagas ALBANY AP The highest court has handed down a ruling which could sharply limit news coverage in some criminal cases allowing judges to keep the press and public out of pre- trial proceedings whenever the rights of the accused might be con- in jeopardy The Court of Appeals the highest in the slate ruled Monday to throw out a lawsuit by the Gannett Co against a secret proceeding con- ducted last year by Seneca County Court Judge Daniel in a case involving the slaying of former Brighton policeman Wayne Clapp The defendants Kyle Greathouse then 16 and David Jones then 21 were accused of shooting Clapp and dumping his body into Seneca Lake The case had received what the court called heavy publicity The two defendants successfully sought a court order excluding the press and public from a hearing into evidence they con- tended was illegally obtained In Monday's story announcing Dr J Otto Berg's nomination for the Arizona Daily Sun's 1977 Citizen of the Year award it was incorrectly stated that Dr Berg was chairman of the recent United Way drive Actually Dr Berg was president of the drive Lyle Knight was chairman of this year's successful campaign Giclas Nominated for Sun Citizen of Year Award HENRY GICLAS Henry Lee Giclas a Flagstaff native son president of the Raymond Educational Foundation and veteran astronomer at Lowell Observatory has been nominated for The Arizona Daily Sun 1977 Citizen of the Year Award Giclas 67 was nominated for participation in civic affairs and for professional accomplishments which have brought worldwide recognition to him his observatory and to Flagstaff Citizen of the Year and tion of the Year will bo selected by a panel of past Citizen honorees and will be announced in mid-January Names of potential nominees for cither honor can be submitted to the newspaper either by mail or hand delivery until Dec 31 Giclas nomination marks the cond consecutive year in which the veteran astronomer and civic leader has been a contender for the award In the intervening time Giclas has become president of the Raymond Foundation which annually gives almost to the furthering of in- dividual education and to charitable and civic improvement projects in Flagstaff The foundation was established by the late Dr Raymond pioneer Flagstaff and Northern physician Gielas is its third dent His predecessors were Dr Martin G Fronske and former Sun executive Plait Cline Prior to becoming president Giclas served several terms as vice president and treasurer of the dation Giclas was born in Flagstaff Dec 9 1910 and attended schools here He received a bachelor of science degree from University Arizona 1937 and has done advanced degree work at University of California Berkeley He began working at Lowell in 1931 and has remained at the famous observatory in a variety of capacities since that time In 1960 a minor planet discovered at Goethe Link Observatory was named for him to honor his work in minor planet positions and stellar proper motions Giclas is chairman and a longtime member of Flagstaff's Water Use and Utilization Commission and also is president of the Northern Arizona Pioneers Historical Society He is a member of the city's Historical Sites Commission He is a past member of the board of trustees of Flagstaff Community Hospital and also was a member of the freeholders committee which drew up Flagstaff's City Charter almost two decades ago Giclas is listed in the 15th edition of Who's Who in the and in the ninth edition of American Men of Science Giclas wife Bernice a longtime Red Cross volunteer leader was recipient of the 1971 Citizen of the Year with former Supt of Schools Sturgeon Cromer The 1977 Citizen of the tear will be selected by a committee of past honorees Past winners of the honor Walter D Bennett 1961 Emblen and lone McCauley 1962 Mrs Ethel and John G Babbitt 1064 Mrs Viola Babbitt 1965 NAU President J Lawrence Walkup 1966 former Mayor Rollin W Wheeler 1967 former Stale Sen Knoles Jr and attorney Douglas J Wall 1968 Dr Minnie 1969 Harry Brown 1970 Sturgeon Cromer and Bernice Giclas 1971 Dr Garland Wood 1972 Board of Regents member Ralph Bilby 1973 H Stuart Houston and Virginia Downum 1974 Dr Agnes M Allen and Dr John W Stilley and Platt Cline 1976 Names and details about suggested nominees who then will be screened by the selection com- may be mailed to The Arizona Daily Sun ROT 1849 Flagstaff 16002 or to the newspaper's office 417 W Santa Fe Avc
