Tucson Daily News (Newspaper) - September 30, 1971, Tucson, Arizona FINAL STOCKS VOLUME 101 NO 237 TUCSON ARIZONA THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 30 56 PAGES 15 CENTS Photos Re Signed Someone taped this notice on the sign at the Sheriff's office that notes ithe change in com- mand with the resignation last Friday of Waldon V Burr Chief Deputy Michael S Barr is acting sheriff r CONNALLY ADDRESSES MONETARY FUND U.S May Drop Surcharge If Trade Barriers Lifted WASHINGTON AP tary of the Treasury John B Connally said today the United States will be prepared to re- move its 10 per cent import charge if other governments tangible progress in coming weeks to dismantle their trade barriers and permit the establishment of realistic rency exchange rates But pared for the annual meeting of the v International Monetary Fund discouraged proposals from the major ing nations that the American dollar tie devalued directly in terms of gold A change in the gold price is of no economic significance and would be patently a in to reduce if nate the role of gold in any new monetary said the U.S chief delegate to the monetary conference He went Removal of the surcharge prior to making substantial progress toward our objectives would accomplish nothing ward correcting our balance of payments deficit Connally deplored measures being taken by other countries to prevent their currencies from moving upward to realistic new values in the period of ing parities since President Nixon suspended the payment of gold for dollars Other controls restraints and subsidies to offset a revision of exchange rates also do not con- tribute to prompt and effective resolution of the impasse Con- nally said We must find more timely and more constructive ways to meet these economic and problems to avoid the contentious issue of the gold price to achieve the earliest possible removal of the charge and to help determine the size and distribution of the heeded exchange rate ment If other governments make toward dismantling specific barriers to trade over coming weeks and will be prepared to allow ket realities freely to determine exchange rates for their for a transitional period we for our part would be pared to charge Connally's keenly address was conciliatory in tone and optimistic in outlook v The world has come to nize that the nations together face an adjustment problem of substantial he said they recognize the need for broad realignment for taking other steps essential to the restoration of an American balance of payments and for the longer run for sub- the international tary system to far-reaching re- form including a lesser role at the least for gold Indeed we are now launched into an agreed program of work toward a solution in all these areas as soon as Con- nally said Draft Call Lowest Since 1965 WASHINGTON UPI The Pentagon issued a draft call day for men spread over the last three months of this year On a monthly average of it is the lowest call since ary 1965 shortly before the big Vietnam buildup began when men were called A Pentagon spokesman Jerry W Friedheim said the first of the new inductees would enter the Army in mid-October They will be the first youths conscripted since June signed a few days KIDNAPED IN VENEZUELA Woman Consul Is Held For Million Ransom CARACAS Venezuela UPI Thelma Frias of the Dominican Republic has been kidnaped and is being held for ransom of million minican Ambassador Rafael Bo- nilla Aybar said today The woman 56 was abducted yesterday morning near her home in Caracas and a note de- manding and signed by the Rudas Mezones Technical Combat was left beneath the door of the home The ambassador made the an- the kidnaping and ransom demand on Radio Caracas There had been earlier reports of her kidnaping but they were denied at that time by both the ambassador and the consul's adopted son Fausto Frias who arrived in Caracas Tuesday night from the Dominican lic There were some reports lowing the ambassador's an- today that the con- had been kidnaped by Venezuela's leftist guerrilla movement the Armed Forces for National Liberation The FALN has been com- inactive in recent years In its period of greatest activity in the early it naped two Americans Col James K and Lt Col Michael Smolen as well as a popular Venezuelan scorer er ago a two-year extension of the draft authority The old law had run out June 30 A Selective Service official said the low call for the last quarter means men with 1971 draft lottery numbers between 125 and 140 are probably safe Those with numbers above 140 are definitely home free a spokesman said Army officials say draft calls would remain low in the first three months of 1972 but rise again in April May and June Calls are then expected to trail off toward the goal of a zero draft by July Today's call means the ber of men drafted this year will all for the Army That is about the drafted in when in- reached the highest during the Vietnam war This year's total is the since 1962 when men were called During the height of the war monthly calls reached a high of in October 1966 Friedheim was questioned why the new draft call was so much lower than the cancelled July and August calls of each particularly since the Pentagon claimed all through the draft hiatus that the draft was essential to meet its power needs Friedheim cited such changes as the new military pay boost which will double the pay of a private and which goes into fect in mid-November Pentagon officials hope the added pay will spur volunteers HURRICANE SLAMS CAROLINA COAST Thousands Flee To Higher Ground MOREHEAD CITY UPI Massive Hurricane Ginger slammed into the North Carolina coast today with 90 winds which windows ripped down power lines and kicked up high tides to flood low-lying More refugees from the storm are housed at 16 Red Cross emergency shelters in schools and armories along the Bulletin WASHINGTON AP Tie Senate voted today in favor of total U.S withdrawal from Indo- china within six months if all American prisoners of war are freed The vote was 57 to 38 The action marked the second time in less than four months the Senate had taken such action Baja Storm Dumps Rain On Tucson Take umbrellas Out of storage skies Cane More than an inch of rain fell on most of Arizona and much of Tucson yesterday and the weatherman sees no letup of thundershowers until the end Cattlemen blessed and cotton growers cursed Hurricane Olivia in southern Baja whose effects continue to spill into the state It came later than we'd like but the rain will rejuvenate a lot of grass that wilted under the Rain Scoreboard Rainfall This year to Normal to date 8.82 Last year to date 9.82 hot August said William Davis executive secretary of the Arizona Cattle Growers sociation However the heavy rains could cause damage to the state's multimillion dollar cotton crop said an executive of the Arizona Cotton Growers ation The Little Colorado River rushed four feet deep with water which crashed through a dike at Holbrook at 2 today and forced temporary evacuation of families on the south side Tucson overnight rainfall ranged from 1.32 inches on the East Side to a mere 10th of an inch downtown The National Weather Service at Tucson in- Airport recorded of an inch Rain continued to pour in parts of the city this morning The weatherman said there's a 70 per cent chance of heavy but scattered thundershowers tonight dwindling to 30 per tomorrow Moderate breezes are ex- Winds gusted to 41 miles an hour at noon yesterday but left no storm damage Yesterday's high temperature of 85 degrees dropped to a low of 60 at midnight and will be lucky to reach 86 tomorrow The low will stay at 50 degrees Rain readings around the Mi Lemmon 80 Indian Ridge Estates Holier er and Oracle roads 47 and and Wilmof 75 35 coast There were no known in- juries or deaths The National Hurricane ter said the center of Ginger was 20 miles off shore at 10 EOT and moving slowly westward The center was ex- to reach shore shortly ter noon The eye of the big storm crossed the coast in the head City area at about noon EDT after stalling several hours during the morning just off the coast While stalled it pounded the coast with gale and cane force winds The hurricane unusually big with maximum winds spreading out 75 miles in each direction from its eye was moving slowly to the northwest The storm's highest winds hit the area around Morehead City resort town of population about dawn and knocked out electric power and telephone communications It then stalled for more than three hours with its center 30 miles offshore before edging slowly in- land again Heavy rains and high tides caused flooding of streets near the waterfront at Morehead City and the rising Neuse River flooded many downtown streets at New Bern where the first floor of the Holiday Inn was covr ered by three feet of water Lucy Hardy radio operator for the Morehead City police said the storm ripped the roof from the city garage and that many plate glass windows are out power lines are down and trees are down and some of the streets are flooded near the wa- At sea meanwhile the storm was kicking up strong waves which posed a danger to a foot cargo ship Caribbean En- which reported trouble with shifting cargo The Coast Guard said however the ship was in no danger of sinking Weather forecasters warned of tides rising to seven feel above normal in coastal areas in Ginger's path Portions of the highways on the Outer Banks a thin stretch of coastal islands off the North Carolina shore were reported under water or washed away New Bern Mayor Cecil King said some low-lying streets were covered by four to six feel of water About one-third of the downtown city streets were re- ported flooded in various depths the worst being the area along the Neuse River I've been through a number of King said This one is not severe just long and drawn although it's vating Inside Today's Citizen Dr Alvarez 36 Bridge 9 Comics 27 Crossword Puzzle 7 Deaths 39 Editorial Pages 30 31 Financial News 54 55 Movie Times 25 Public Records 37 Sports Dials 26 Weather 35 Woman's View Welfare Couple Pays Rent Held On Pot Counts A Tucson couple who an official says was on welfare rented a house for a month and filled it with worth of furniture yesterday was arrested and charged with possessing 500 pounds of marijuana The couple Enrique Gomez Verde 21 and his Aileen 19 of Road were arrested along Salvador Jimenez 19 of Ariz All three appeared day before U.S Magistrate Raymond Terlizzi Acting on a tip Customs agents said they followed Jimenez car from Rio Rico just north of Nogales home on Road where delivery of 400 pounds of marijuana was accepted by Verde The agents said Verde's wife arrived while he and Jimenez were being placed under arrest pounds of marijuana was found near the Verdes house Bond was set by Terlizzi at for Verde for Jimenez and for Mrs Verde Terlizzi denied a plea for a lower bond on the Verdes by Tucson attorney Michael Lacey after Asst U.S Atty David Hoffman said that paratus for compacting marijuana into bricks a marijuana brick several marijuana cigarettes a spoon containing heroin residue and adone tablets were found in the Verdes home Hoffman said that the home rented for a month and that receipts for furniture totaling and for jewelry totaling all within the r past six months had been found in it Verde was receiving welfare payments in spite of this They said marijuana was found in the car Verde told Terlizzi he made to a Mrs Verde was driving and that another 100 month repairing automobiles and selling pigs South Viets Claim Red Thrust Broken At Cambodian Border SAIGON UPI Lt Gen Nguyen Van Minh said today the thousands of Vietnamese troops flown into the Cambodian der region northwest of Saigon in fleets of U.S and South helicopters may have stopped a major North ese thrust into Soutli Minh told UPI correspondent Kim Willenson at this headquarters 50 miles northwest of Saigon that air strikes alone since Sunday may have killed 000 North Vietnamese and Viel Cong in the critical Now the situation is Minh said We surprised the Viet Cong very much Our tion was very quick Even my own staff didn't believe that I could do it He said the ning allied reaction hurt the Communists American and South ese pilots who flew the forcements into the border area today reported intense fire by Communist troops using antiaircraft guns and mortars One U.S Cobra helicopter ship was shot down and the two men aboard believed killed when they leaped out at 400 feet when the burst into flames Minh had been more tic earlier in the day when he said one North Vietnamese sion had crossed into South nam He explained that the sive reinforcements were flown in to block an advance into the west of Saigon Maj Van Tinh commander of the South Division said the heavy government troop forcements were moving in to block two North Vietnamese di- visions but that another sion has already crossed the border into South Vietnam That is why we sent so many reinforcements into northern Tay Ninh Province to block their he said The area is about 85 miles northwest of Saigon and ARVN military leaders said the Communists were trying to capture some populated areas in South nam to embarrass President Nguyen Van Thieu before day's election Efforts to whip up opposition in South Vietnam to Thieu and his one man presidential tion appeared to be running out of steam today A series of demonstrations and of vehicles by students Buddhists disabled veterans and opposition cians during the past few weeks diminished to the vanishing point today A radio call for renewed by a of the Viet National Liberation alsu fell on deaf ears His broadcast by the clandestine Viet Cong radio asked tion elements to unite against the bellicose tyrant In Paris the Vietnamese Communists refused a U.S offer for cease-fire negotiations today and with the strongest language ever used against President Nixon at the peace talks charged that his hands were stained with the blood of the Indochinese and American people The scorching harangue ered by North Vietnamese Nguyen Thanh Le and Cong spokesman Ly Sau apparently was sparked by U.S Ambassador William J Porter's earlier remarks that the Communists were further from military victory than ever in Indochina Le using the strongest guage on record at the talks since Nixon took office said when the President spoke with relatives of American prisoners of war he used fallacious words and calumny by accus- ing the Communists of being a barbarous people Blue Cross Might Not Cover Costs At Proposed Hospital By KEITH CAREW Staff Writer Arizona Blue Cross will not cover patient costs at a posed new hospital in Tucson if the company planning it flies in the face of local public ment A new or enlarged hospital unit built against the advice of a community or the Health ning Council in Tucson may not be approved for out special action of our board of said John Foster president of Arizona Blue Cross George Rosenberg council ex- director said today the group probably will oppose the construction of the pital by Medical ter Corp of Macon Ga If the council recommends against the hospital the com- pany would have to seek tal care insurance from other firms Blue Cross is by far the largest such carrier in the state with more coverage than the next three combined Foster said that the Blue Cross directors have indicated their intent to act cooperatively with properly constituted com- munity or area councils The hospital would be eligible however for Blue Shield cal coverage because it con- tracts with physicians rather than hospitals Council members attempted yesterday to dissuade Medical Center from building the tal at Grant and Craycroft roads Our position is that new pital facilities are needed on the Southwest Side not on the East Side said Rosenberg Nevertheless William ling president of the company told the council it will go ahead with its plans maintaining that a survey it conducted shows a need for more hospital beds here The council board of directors next month will schedule a lic hearing on the proposal The State Health Department also opposes the project ing Tucson already has a plus of hospital beds However the state would have to approve final plans if they are submitted before Jan 1 A new state law which next year would prohibit addition of another hospital in Tucson until there is a need for it Foster said that Arizona Blue Cross is not fighting private hospitals as such but we de- mand planning consistent with local needs A private hospital in Phoenix has contracted Blue Cross for many years
