Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - January 17, 1956, Yuma, Arizona THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK JONES OSBORN What of the cloud that hover over Ed Kennedy is the man who score the 24-hour beat over the vest o the world on the end of WW2 Ed was no ordinary reporter At the time he was chief of th Paris Bureau of the Associate Press Today he is assistant editor an publisher of the Monterey Penin sula Herald south of San Francis I'd do it Ed told m here in New York where we ar attending a special seminar fo editors Back in May of 1945 Kenned was one of 17 newsmen allowed t witness the surrender of the Nazi to American and British officers a Reims France That was at o'clock on Monday morning Ma1 7th It is important to note who wa with reporters from Press International News Service Reuters Exchange Telegraph French and Russian news agen cies all American British Can adian and Australian radio n e works and two Army newspapers All were told to hold the long awaited news until SHAEF Sup reme Headquarters Allied Expe Forces released it Re lease time was set for IVa days lal er About 12 hours after the sur render Kennedy learned that German radio station had broad cast the news 24 hours before release time Strangely enough the station was then under SHAEF control So Kennedy decided SHAEF it self had broken the news and hi filed his story that gave Americans their first news of the surrender Oilier reporters scooped by near ly a full day complained that he the release and took unfair advantage of his colleagues The Army suspended him as war correspondent And when he came home the AP suggested he take a rest in Florida While he was there the AP deposited a sum of money to his bank account equal to his lated vacation pay plus ance pay They didn't say they had fired him Neither did they stand behind him in the about his news release To this day the AP has not said where it stands on the Ed Kennedy incident And so the cloud still hovers er him 11 years later But I'd do it said Russo-Japanese Peace Talks Resumed LONDON Wl The Russo- Japanese talks on restoration of t normal relations re- today at the Japanese residence after a month suspension Japanese delegation leader ichi Matsumoto greeted Soviet Ambassador Jacob Malik head of tho Russian delegation at the en- trance to the Embassy and the two shook hands and posed for photographers Newsmen were permitted to follow them into the conference room for more graphs Then the doors were closed and the secret sessions on how to bring about a peace treaty between pan and the Soviet Union ed erti Pyle return jtc Ar- arid seek the tics cf bcr James the I- C -re N Printed Tuesday Afternoon Published Saturday and 800 Madison Yuma Arli by the Sun Co and at tht Post Office at Yuma Arfi ai Second Clam matter Annual Subscription lUtit by mail YUMA 14 16 PASES PHONE SU YUMA ARIZONA TUESDAY JANUARY 17 1956 PER COPY ARIZONA 14 Aggressors Warned Dulles Repayment Contract Million Will Become Law When Ike Signs Yuma Mesa farmers finally pushed their repayment hrough the last congressional loop Monday when the U.S House of Representatives passed the fail by unanimous consent Congressman Stewart L Udal notified officials of the Yuma Mesa Irrigation and age District of the House action Only remaining action to make he contract law is the signing by the President The contract was passed by he Senate in the closing days oi lie last session in July but ed down in the last-minute ad- rush in the House Its passage yesterday marks the end of a concentrated three-year effort to work out an acceptable agreement between the ers and the government for ment of the Mesa project The contract calls for repayment of or 5282.48 per acre This averages out per acre A 56 million writeoff last July leared the way for acceptance by the mesa group Some 55 million the construction cost was en off on the grounds they ed from action beyond the control of the water users Another million was written ff as the proportionate shares oi costs of other ir- systems served by the Project works Judge To Decide Request Prison Term PHOENIX S u p e r i- r Judge Fred J Hyder will de- ide next Monday whether to grant le request of a youth hat he be placed in Slate Prison James Archie Williams was d on probation for eight years tier his trial in 1952 for in the death of his father ames Purdy Williams 45 at a otton camp near Marinette It then contended the boy had ought to defend his mother from n attack by his father A hearing will be held Monday Judge Hyder on grounds illiams has violated terms his by a series of minor barges against him Judge r was advised that the boy had old probation officer C R ird that he wanted his probation evoked and to be sent to the State rison 42 of 2461 nue was Injured yesterday when this water truck he was driving into a sewer line excavation and pinned bun underneath Ivanhoe was driving north in the 1100 block on 13th Avenue working on the job for Marshall and Haas Construction when the right gave way Hie driver attempted to escape out the right hand side of the truck but was only half way out when the truck rolled down the embankment Ivanhoe suffered a skull injury and an arm In- jury Sun Defense Secrets Found In Slain Man s Briefcase d in secret East Coast defense 1 Boston early today with the GEORGETOWN Mass His car was found prints were found today in the briefcase of a murdered engineer The body of Robert H Himmler 31 Cumberland Md an employe of the Bendix Engineering Co of Maryland had been found day night in a cemetery here ice said he had been shot twice at close range with a pistol Chamber of Commerce Banquet Tonight The annual banquet of the Yuma Chamber of vill be held tonight at p.m n the Planet Room of the dust Hotel Dr Stanley Jaks y known wizard will be the main speaker William K Hudzietz will e installed as the new chamber president The annual banquet is held in conjunction with the Yuma Valley Dinner Club case and ransacked suitcases in it After the slaying the car was used in a gasoline station holdup police said The gasoline station owner said he was sure he could identify the holdup man if he saw him again police said The FBI said the briefcase con- blueprints for various Nike and other radar defenses for East Coast It was not known whether any of the papers were missing Police said it was possible that Himmler was shot to death by a who did not know the value of the papers The victim's wife telephoned The Boston Globe to ask that lies be notified what her husband's briefcase contained The Globe said Mrs Himmler told a reporter her husband re- quested that officials be contacted in event of his death Yumans Disagree on Hiring Planning Director for County Zoning Program Yumans learned two things a- out county planning and zoning ast 1 That they disagree on r to spend much money on it ght away and 2 That the state law needs to e changed to strengthen the tory power of county zoning These points were gleaned from meeting called by the Board of Supervisors R R planning director and ming inspector for Maricopa served as the authority to sh out data on the subject Ho urged establishment of a zoning pinn for Yuma as as possible so that an y and planned growth can be before tho situation els worse Only two other Ics besides Maricopa have at county zoning Final has n overall zoning program and Ima hns undertaken gome ng by districts McGrew said county zoning Is because tho state law cks the teeth to provide ent For one thing the law docs ot allow for n county building Us such ns And it jls vogue In other respects that I leave action and reversal What zoning officials can control under present law are 1 lot sizes 2 distance of buildings from property lines 3 heights of structures and 4 the purpose for which a building may be used Actual construction of the ing itself though is outside the jurisdiction of county officials who must rely on standards ed by FHA and other loaning Deed restrictions also help in some instances A show of hands of the more than 40 people at the meeting brought no dissenting votes to the are you in favor of But dissension reared its ugly Girls Hurt in Car Crash Recovering Two Yuma girls who were in jured in the crash in Winterhaven Sunday afternoon are reported in satisfactory condition at the Yuma General Hospital day The girls are Sylvia Coston 15 of 680 9th Avenue and Myra shall 15 of 104 E Street Their car sideswiped one car and struck another hitting a gas station California Highway Patrolmen investigated indicated that Coston was the driver of the iar and would be cited for elling at an unsafe speed Two other persons injured in the rash Mrs Helen McDaniel and ler son Danny age 4 have both jeen released from the hospital We're going to have to move into this tiling very easily he pre- His stand was backed by com- ments such as let's do it out paying for and if we J want it bad enough we can work for it However others were of the opinion a trained planning tor should hired to launch the program with a volunteer com- mission C V Spencer dent of the Yuma County Farm Bureau went so far as to his organization on record Ing the director plan McGrew told the group there are that could be ed with a trained man steering kft Suspect Waives Hearing Thomas Flynn 50 of Ellens iurg Wash has waived hearing on a charge of grand and has been held to answer Superior Court under rand set by Justice of the Peace Byrd Flynn was caught by City ce as he attempted to leave the Drug Store with too ras in his possession Also in Justice Court 44 of Los Angeles has aid on charges of drunk ng and reckless driving Judge ended sentence Ford Stock Price Set At Per Share NEW YORK huge in- vestment banking syndicate today placed a a share price tag on Ford Motor Co stock The long awaited on how much the public must pay to buy an interest in the nation's owned company came shortly before 722 brokerage firms prepared to sign final con- tracts for the sale of shares of Ford stock Brokers expect the Ford shares to sell at a fast clip At a share the offering of shares will total making it the biggest offering in history The stock is being sold by the Ford Foundation It will go on sale to the public tomorrow through brokers on an over the counter basis Demand for shares is ex- to boost the above the original ing price A prospectus filed with the and Exchange Commission in Washington showed that the 722 House Minority Insists Bills Be Read in Full Twice PHOENIX Rep Charles Bloomquist leader of the House minority in its current fight with the majority said day we will continue to insist on and second readings of bills in full until we reach final ment Bloomquist made his comment after receiving a letter from Rep Harry Ruppelius D- on the majority post tion In effect Ruppelius o give ground on the matter o voting in committees ant of attaches although ng to start meetings on time anc o specify a time for resuming after recesses of more than 30 utes Bloomquist last Wednesday had for a roll-call vote on a ion to suspend rules and read ly number and title only The dly beat down the routine a t empt to speed up legislative and he indicated yesterday t would continue to call for the vote until the final ment was reached The legislative spotlight shifted rom the House ght yesterday for Gov Ernest V McFarland's message on the The total recommended brokerage houses which will sell the stock to the public will re- a share in underwriting discounts and commissions ing The Foundation will actually re- after discounts and com- missions are paid The SEC is expected to clear the statement sometime today paving the way for of the shares tomorrow Brokers at once began orders from their tomers for the first time The stock will parceled out in small lots because of the tremendous demand for it The sale marks the end of Ford's history as a privately owned firm listed in McFarland's of those for McFarland in ng economy recommended a re- of from requests i the various state departments Air Force And Army Feud Grows WASHINGTON A new ait policy row between the Army and Air today an Air Force proposal to take er training of all Army helicopter pilots The Air Force proposal has drawn strong objections from members of the House and ate with the result that the De- fense Department has now a final decision on it the United Press learned The controversy involves the training of some 600 cargo copter pilots for the Army ly In tho background is the ng feud between the Air Force and Army over the increasing strength of the Army's Air Arm The controversy started late last Fall when army said it ned to turn over the primary If you try to run away from it if ing of its cargo helicopter pilo to private civilian schools as a economy move The Air Force ob and won a Defense Depar ment ruling that it should give th helicopter pilots their primar training U.S Ready To Defend Basic Moral Values WASHINGTON UP of State John Foster Dulles said today aggressors in adr vance that the United States would o to war if necessary to defend its vital Stepping squarely into the raging controversy over his recent brink of war remarks Dulles told a news conference it important lhat the world should know the United States is ready to defend its basic moral values and vital interests if need be life itself Dulles said he regretted the reaction to the brink of war article in Life magazine and said would not have said some things in the exact way they were written But he stood firm on the policy of warning that aggression could mean war I believe that the United States should adopt every honorable course to avoid engagement in he said Indeed I have devoted my whole life to the suit of a just and durable peace Dulles told his news conferences It is necessary to be patient it is necessary to be conciliatory it is necessary to make our peace a vital force for justice and man so that ipen will aspire to share that peace Dulles cited as a dividend oil the policy of deterrence a belief that Red China feels the United States will fight to defend Formosa and the Pescadores if the Communists should attack the offshore islands In the controversial Life zine interview Dulles had been quoted as to take chances for peace just as you must take Some say that were brought to the verge of war Of course we were brought to the verge of war The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art If you cannot ter it you inevitably get into war The Weather Highest yesterday Lowest Temperature at 11 today 6 Relative humidity at 11 Average high this date C Average low this date 4 FORECAST to Wednesday night Clear today tonight and Wed Cooler today with ly winds 10 to 20 miles per hour decreasing tonight Slightly warm er Wednesday afternoon Expect ed high afternoon C9 low to night lowering 31 in the lower colder areas head when the conversation got j the operation He said a good di- working un- der tho shadow oi court around to spending money Glen Strohm chairman of the Board of Supervisors picked up support from some of the large ers with his stand that zoning is desirable but should be by a volunteer planning ing commission With an eye on the county's dwindling treasury and expanding budgetary demands Strohm told the group he didn't t h o county is big enough to afford a professional technical along tho lines ot County's rector probably would cost in the neighborhood of a year The board was urged to get the program under way by appoint ing a county commission which could investigate the bring in recommendations for land use studies and other data ed program State law calls for the commission to be comprised of three members from sach supervisorial district Chairman Strohm said I ho would do something tho program in near future you are scared to go to the brink you are lost We've had to look it square in the the question of enlarging the Korean War the question of getting into the Indo- china War on the question of Formosa Arizona Water Co Buys Yuma Hospital Line Yuma County yesterday sold its water system to the Arizona Water Co The system consisted of a asbestos water line ex- tending along Avenue B from County Street to the Yuma County General Hospital The line vas installed in o provide city water to hospital at a imc whon Arizona Public Service lion owner of the local system did not feel justified in making he extension The Arizona Water Co only for the line will pay n three equal annual installments vilhout interest In other action Monday the made it official that they lave no objection to the Air orce naming Yuma Air Base in of Brig Gen Clinton ent Attending the meeting were hairman Glen Strohm rs Otis Shipp and M G lerk Bob and County At- Nabours BANTER thn record converse took over lust night nt thn end of first county zoning mill Edwin n Yuma Valley over planning problems R R second County director Hint Inspector unit left to right Supervisors lien Strohm M G and Sun Staff Board Meeting lated Wednesday The regular mealing of tho chool board of Yuma Union High has been rescheduled for night of this week The meeting date chunked rom tonight to tomorrow night of n conflict with the Chamber of Commerce banquet Dr A D lhal Iho would be it i p.m In the room ot the building
