Tucson Daily News (Newspaper) - September 20, 1971, Tucson, Arizona Tomorrow Poll Times To By MICHAEL GOODKIND Citizen Political Writer Door-to-door on the luncheon speech circuit and between acts of Marcus Welby on TV 19 city primary candidates took swacks at each other and citywide lems during the past few months Election officials predict that about or 37 per cent of those eligible will go to the polls to whittle the 19 down to eight con- who will face each er in the Nov 7 general election Reregistration this year put the eligibility list of voters for the primary at and about of those are in the 18 through 20 age bracket not gible to vote City Council candidates will be nominated from Wards 1 2 and 4 they seats to join three other whose terms do not expire this year While council candidates wards in the primary ithe nees run citywide in general election Ward maps polling places on Page Polls be open from 6 to 7 p.m The races drawing the most public interest however are those for mayor nomination Three Republicans and three Democrats are on the Democrats are incumbent James N Corbett Kelley ings and Joseph I Brown Re- publicans are Harmon Harrison Lewis C Murphy and Robert Royal The two trios of candidates in the mayor's race have mixed their attacks on their primary opponents with doses of rhetoric reserved for whomever in the opposite party might stand opposite them on the eral ballot Incumbent Corbett 46 who says he is the candidate of the little points to an lion a year Model Cities gram implemented during his last four years as mayor He has accused Republican nents as well as Democrat ings of representing special in- terest groups consisting of wealthy downtown businessmen Rollings 44 a car dealer en- gaging in his first venture into public office calls for com- prehensive land planning and has accused the incumbent of using such official bodies as the City Planning and Zoning Com- mission to provide political for his friends Essentially they have their remarks to a wide range of city problems larly better housing and more jobs for the poor Corbett points to public housing projects and various training and job grams instituted during his ure while Rollings says many problems still need solutions In the background of Rollings rhetoric is the fact that for the past two years the City Council has operated with a Republican majority The third Democratic mayoral candidate Brown 63 Who is re- tired has been defeated twice be- fore for the post Brown in a re- cent speech quieted arguments between his two opponents by telling the audience we're starting to rip our party apart Brown who proposes to bring truth to city says he is the only candidate who has distributed a signed platform statement to the voters He has said street lighting and other lic improvements including a bus system should be implemented Republican Murphy 37 is Continued Page 8 iton FINAL STOCKS VOLUME 101 NO 228 TUCSON ARIZONA MONDAY SEPTEMBER 20 1971 46 15 CENTS LEGISLATION STUDIED Proxmire Wants Congress To Plan Rules By Wire Services WASHINGTON Chairman William Proxmire D Wis of the Joint Economic Committee is considering legislation that would in effect wrest the from President Nixon by having the Congress determine the shape of wage and price controls I think we should step in and formulate some sort of Proxmire said Other sources indicated mire and his aides already drafted a tentative calling for a stabilization board three members each from management labor and This nongovernmental panel would be empowered to draw up Tomorrow's city primary tion was placed in a state of con- fusion this afternoon when U.S Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart ruled that voter tration lists erased by the state In 1970 must be used Assistant City Atty Fred Dean said the city probably will both the old and new voting lists row with the High Court ruling after the election which of the ballots will be valid Santa Driving Restricted More than one-third the Coronado National Forest in and near the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson has been closed to off-road travel v Forest Service Ranger Jim Rivers order was sary to stop further soil erosion channelization and plant de- struction caused by four-wheel drive vehicles and trail bikes The protected area which in- cludes land to the east and northeast of Madera Canyon runs from the Santa Rita crest to the eastern forest boundary and from Hog Canyon to the northern boundary beyond Mt Fagen The order does not limit use of existing roads or jeep trails in the area and does not affect any private lands The Forest Service says the land is already riddled with cess routes Leland B Singer forest mation officer said off-road travel in portions of the area Patagonia Mountains and forest land near Nogales may also be restricted if the land is used more heavily Singer said Santa Rita District rangers will issue citations to any offenders The closing der signed Sept 16 by Regional Forester William D Hurst will remain in effect indefinitely The Candidates Mayor Ward 1 Councilman Ward 2 Councilman Democrats Joseph I Brown James N Corbett Kelley Rollings Ruben Romero Ramon G Vidal Richard Kennedy Republicans Harmon Harrison Lewis C Murphy Robert Royal William L Ruck Charles M Giles Harry I Goodley Mrs Nina Gregory Ward 4 Councilman W Dohrman John H McNeiil Julius Anderson Mrs Debby Jacquin Emmett McLoughlin and price guidelines and seek to gain adherence to them through voluntary means of flagrant violation ask the President to in- by backing its findings with the prestige of his office If this should fail the board could then go to federal court for an enforcement order Proxmire said enforcement would probably be confined to major concentrated industries Asked about the service sector where many inflationary Proxmire said he is thinking of special sions to keep medical costs in said he feels con- gressional guidance on phase H because the earlier authority the Economic Act of 1970 allowing the President to apply controls to prices salaries rents was much too broadly drawn The House Ways and Means Committee voted today to re- write the investment tax credit portion of the policy but it was unclear whether the new plan more or less generous toward business Nixon proposed that es be allowed a 10 per cent tax credit for new equipment chased after Aug 15 when he announced his economic plan The credit would be reduced to 5 per cent next Aug 15 Ways and Means com- decided tentatively that a flat single rate would better than a but did set cording to Rep John W Byrnes ranking in Brussels the Common Market Commission hinted today at a possible trade war with the United States if the 10 per cent import surcharge imposed by Nixon is not abolished soon Common Market officials said Franco Maria Malfatti dent of the market's dent executive commission urged the six market nations to reaffirm the reservation of their rights under Article 23 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GATT to take measures against the American import restrictions the officials said Harlan Rumored Resigning WASHINGTON UPI President Nixon today studied possible candidates for retiring justice Hugo L Black's seat on the Supreme Court while lation increased that another seat soon would be vacant Justice John M Harlan 72 entered Bethesda Naval tal in April for treatment of dis- comfort to his back which has persisted for years It was learned only last week that lan still was hospitalized Thursday he was transferred to George Washington sity Hospital which specializes in spinal disorders At least one report circulating said Harlan already had ted his It could not be confirmed Black 85 wrote a letter to Nixon that was to the White House Friday ing that he was stepping down because of ill health Nixon met with Atty Gen John N Mitchell and adviser John D man Saturday before flying to Camp David for the end to ponder a successor to Black BARR WAS AFFIDAVITS CLAIM Stepping For Geese AP Canadian honkers made The four-way stop Held to let the geese Continue on their HARSH BLOW TO ECONOMY Fuel Supply In Cambodia S Viet Base Hit By Reds SAIGON AP Enemy forces destroyed a large part of Cambodia's fuel supply today in an attack on the outskirts of Phnom Penh and dealt a sharp blow to a base in South Vietnam for operations inside eastern Cambodia Diplomatic informants in the Cambodian capital reported that as much as 40 per cent of the nation's available fuel stocks may have been lost They gave this figure after consultations with oil officials but added it was only an estimate Earlier reports said about two- thirds of the supply was gone Apparently slipping in on boats across marshlands about 30 enemy troops fuel tank farm at Phnom Penh with ets that set fire to millions of gallons of gasoline and oil in 15 tanks owned by ESSO and Shell The loss of the fuel could mean a harsh blow to an ready limping economy in bodia The attack on the South base was the third back for the Saigon command in three days Official reports said 21 South Vietnamese troops were killed Citizen 11 Charlie's Crossword and 64 wounded in coordinated mortar and commando attacks on the headquarters of the South Vietnamese 43rd Task Force and two other positions ranging from two to five miles northwest of Tay Ninh and about 10 miles from the Cambodian border The South Vietnamese com- mand said 52 enemy troops were killed and 25 weapons captured in a nightlong battle Tay Ninh 55 miles northwest of Saigon is the forward base for South Vietnamese operations inside eastern Cambodia It is 80 miles southeast of Phnom Penh Field reports said the 13th North Vietnamese and Viet Cong Sapper Battalion perhaps a total of 300 commandos launched the attacks around Tay Ninh early today after a round mortar barrage hit South Vietnamese positions The pers withdrew before dawn en of those who were captured identified their unit as the 13th Sapper Battalion Field reports said most of the South Vietnamese casualties came from the shelling attack against the permanent positions One infantry battalion of about 400 men suffered the most vere losses with 17 men killed and 43 wounded It was the third time in five days that South Vietnamese forces have been dealt heavy losses in coordinated attacks by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces They suffered 47 men and 97 wounded in three simultaneous attacks in the U Minh forest in the Mekong Delta last Thursday On the same day 26 South Vietnamese troops were killed and 25 were wounded out of a force in a double ambush 35 miles north of Saigon The South Vietnamese com- mand claimed 207 North troops killed in tered fighting from Saturday through today many of them by U.S helicopter gunships al and artillery South Vietnamese losses were 10 men killed and 13 wounded Saigon headquarters said The last action raised to 395 the number of North ese troops claimed killed in the U Minh fighting since last day South Vietnamese losses for the same period are at least 57 dead and 110 wounded Cool Nights Are Welcome Hint Of Fall Cooler nights Cut the fee We're paying Eve Breeze reached for the blankets last night as the skidded to 58 degrees tying a low record set in 1957 Little change is forecast in the autumn trend of cooler days and nippy nights Tomorrow's high is expected to level off in the with the low hovering around 60 The outlook includes skies today with a few clouds accompanied by winds moving in tomorrow The high yesterday at Tucson International Airport was 85 A brief but dampening thunderstorm blew across son Saturday night cutting on Interstate 10 In Case Of Selling Jobs >F6 Deputies Report U By NICKI DONAHUE Citizen Staff Writer Chief Deputy Sheriff Michael S Barr was to be setup as the patsy or fall guy in a ing conspiracy operated by civil deputy William Freed affidavits filed today in Superior Court lege The affidavits signed by state and Pima County agents who in- the Sheriff's ment prior to a Feb 17 county grand jury indictment of Sheriff Waldon V Burr and seven ties state the old man knows about this Freed's home telephone was monitored in a the affidavits state They also said Barr agreed to assist in the investigation of the Sheriff's Department when a transcription of the tape ing was read to him States one It and bribes been are and willf be committed by William Freed and that Related story Page 8 Freed has been is and will con- to conspire with Waldon V Burr to accept bribes for job ing At the time they paid Freed for their jobs the deputies were forced to sign affidavits saying the payments actually were made to Barr according to the affidavits filed today It is probable that ex- will be used in the form of false affidavits concerning Chief Deputy Michael Barr in violation of Arizona criminal says one affidavit Barr is on the way out We'll get the the vits quote Freed as saying to former Deputies Patrick hares Robert Sacina and James F Love All three testified for the state before the grand jury which in- Burr on 22 counts of con- bribery job selling and attempted perjury by tion The sheriff also was of corrupt and willful conduct in office Freed was indicted on 37 counts of conspiracy bribery perjury and attempted perjury by subornation Barr was not indicted nor did he appear before the grand jury An affidavit signed by hares stating he paid to Barr is attached to the vits filed in court today That affidavit along with statements by Love and Sacina were submitted to presiding Judge Robert 0 Roylston Jan 8 in order to obtain a court order to place a wiretap on Freed's telephone at Second St The affidavits were signed by Department of Public Safety Capt William Foster and ty attorney's investigator ard Smith They say their investigation shows Freed is Bridge Falls Into River CHARLESTON W Va AP A section of a way bridge which had been closed for six days slipped from its battered abutment today and plummeted into the Elk River Barr Freed probably guilty of conspiracy accepting bribes and extortion in the and plot against Barr According to Smith's affidavit Love recalls Burr saying to him in substance You under- stand the conditions on getting this Love told Burr he un- and Burr stated It won't cost you too much the wiretap order also court and extended the 5 prior to return of In the wiretapped tion on Oct Freed at one point told Linhares 12 15 guys had bought their deputy jobs according to the affidavit Freed to be tried Sept 27 and Oct 4 is represented by ney William T Healy who had scheduled a hearing day in an effort to quash the in- In the affidavits Love says he made a series of payments to Freed after being sent to him by Sacina hares who also said he made a of payments to Freed states in the affidavits that he was told by The fewer people who know about this the better off The old man Burr knows Linhares then states that Freed suggested drawing up an vit to protect Linhares by ing the payment was made to Barr Linhares said he was told by Freed the affidavit was to set Barr up Linhares to get the affidavit back according to the court filings The ing according to the affidavit quotes Freed as Nobody says you can't pay for a job In the tape recording Freed states to Linhares He's a real Continued Page 8 Inside Today's Citizen Dr Alvarez 15 Bridge 5 Citizen Charlie 18 Comics 21 Crossword Puzzle 22 Deaths 14 33 Editorial Pages 24 25 Financial News 31 32 Movie Times 13 Public Records 14 Sports Dials 20 Weather 14 Woman's View
