Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - August 6, 1957, Yuma, Arizona By JONES OSBORN 1 always am about the people vvho arc spending the most money to influence Congress first of this year lobbies spent 51.8 millions That averages about for every member oE Congress wants to know much money is being spent to in- fluence its members And BO it re- quires quarterly reports People who lobby Congress want to change something to benefit themselves or are anxious to hold onto what they've got and so are there to protect that status quo Biggest spender in first six year was a group called Campaign for the 48 a group dedicated oddly enough to economy in the federal government They have spent The other big U.S Savings Loan League Assn of Amcr Railroads American Farm Bureau So States Industrial Council Natl Fed of PO Clerks Natl Farmers Union Amer Hotel Assn Other big lobbyists include the school teachers the AFL-CIO ma the American Legion the American Medical Association As I've commented before isn It a good thing that Mr Citizen holds the most lobby of vote Burglar Caught In Act but Makes Escape A burglar was disturbed in hi work at Bar 388 Madi son Avenue but escaped with an undetermined amount of cash Merchant Patrolman Jimmy Mil choll was the front dooi of the place at when he heard some pounding inside He turned his flashlight into the win dow in rime to sec a dark shadow head out the back door City Police investigating tlv burglary discovered that the thie had entered the rear of the build ing by pushing a cooler away from the window The juke box wa pushed from the front room be hind a partition and turned ove and broken into So was the casl register but nothing was A china bull behind the bar the burglar and the pool tabl and cigarette machine yielded undetermined amount of cash A search of the area failed to turn up any trace of the burglar 3 Named to Yuma County Welfare Board Positions Three men have been appointee to the Yuma County Welfare Boari by the Yuma County Board o Supervisors Supervisors yesterday named C C Dunhar and M G o Yuma and George McClure o Parker to the Welfare Board Th appointment is for one year Thi board works without pay in an ad capacity with the Arizon Department of Public Welfare ils Yuma County activities Miniken is also a member of th Board of Supervisors Joining wit him in making the appointment were Chairman Glen Strohm an Otis Shipp In other business yesterday Su heard a request from D B Fisher of the new Laboratories in Yuma to he allow ed to bid on county lab work Th principal item in this work is th supplying of lestin apparatus at about 512 apiece an the analyzing of those tests to apiece In a year's lime th work amounts lo about ac cording to Clerk Robert L In the past all the work went I the only local firm available Supervisors took the request unde advisement Big Cut Made in Down Payments On f HA Homes WASHINGTON UP ng industry officials today fore- ast a possible low-cost housing if lenders accept the new ow federal floor down ments At the same lousing Administration faced a u 11 congressional investigation of the boost in mortgage rates that accompanied he down payment cuts The Eisenhower administration Monday authorized a 25 to 57 per cent reduction in minimum re- 1 i o an con QB 9 i o n al leaders t acceptable id ent 3 v amendment t o AN EL Weather Forecast yesterday Lowest Temperature at 11 today humidity at u this dale low this date FORECAST to Wednesday clear today day Little change In temperature Lower humidity today Occasional dar wind Hish today 107 low 78 Published dally except and at ICuma Ariz by the Sun Printing Co and the Ariz -11 Second Mall Subscription Rotet by DMA 185 14 PAGES PER COPY lOc ARIZONA TUESDAY AUGUST 6 1957 PHONE SU 3-3333 ARIZONA 185 Millions for VAFB Okayed Housing Boom Predicted Due to FHA Changes For story cif how Yumans view the regulation changes page 3 quired down payments and a per cent boost in interest rates on government FHA The move aimed at putting new life in the lagging housing The new regulations mean that or the first time in history a man can buy a home with a down payment as small as 5900 under Uie FHA program Monday ic would have put down at least But there are two possible man has to find a lender villing lo pass out mortgage ey on the new low down payment terms -Interest rates probably will higher now on the mortgage regardless of the down payment required Must Wull And See Industry officials said the new regulations probably will not mean any building upsurge this vear because of the time lag in up housing However they said if the bring out more mortgage money into the market a low-cost lousing boom is possible Japan Urges Banning of HIROSHIMA Japan Japanese nation joined by its alty and the people of many tries appealed for an end to clear weapons today on the 12th anniversary of the atom bombing of Hiroshima Prince Mikasa brother of Em- Hirohito and Princess Mi- led at shima in paying respects to the memory of those who died in the world's first In Tokyo 200 foreign and anese opened an conference dedicated to ing that there would be no more Cal River Evidence Rejected SAN FRANCISCO Supreme Court Master Simon H refused evidence in the Colorado River suit excerpts from the records of the Arizona Legislature offered by California to show a legal history leading to the ratification of the Colorado River Compact by na in 1944 The evidence was offered by California Dep Ally Gen Charles Corker in an attempt to show the intent of the Arizona Legislature as early as 1928 during debates on whether the 1922 compact should be ratified Relevant Necessary Corker argued that evidence was relevant and necessary to the understanding of what the tion meant when It finally came about in 1914 California has maintained that Arizona was a ly to the Colorado River Compact having ratified it years after the other six states in the Colorado River basin California has also questioned ratification Rifkind however ruled that the material was very very erous territory on which to stand an unsafe route a morass of un stable material whose funda mental good is so slight that it should not be received as dence Submarines Collide on Maneuvers NEW LONDON Conn UP Two Navy submarines underwater at dawn today in the Atlantic Ocean about 100 miles south of here but damage was minor and there were no injuries the Navy reported A spokesman at Atlantic Fleet Submarine Headquarters said the USS Tusk and the USS Cobbler were returning to port undei their own power The Tusk a New London basei craft and the Cobbler a unit o Submarine Squadron 6 out o Norfolk Va collided at the Navy said The two submarines were en- gaged in maneuvers at the time Each craft has a crew of 74 men and S officers The Navy said an investigation will be conducted into the cause of the accident The Cobbler Elec trie Board Division of General Dy Corp at nearby Groton was commissioned in August 1955 City of Yuma Adopts New Million Budget The City Council gave final tion lo a budget for the fiscal year but no in- citizens showed up to hear about it It took just about 45 seconds to complete the job of passing the final adoption motion The next step will be the setting of the tax rate now pegged at per assessed valuation That ing will be held Monday August 12th and will put the city in ness for the coming year The new tax rate is a jump of 4.3 cents over last year's and is expected 929.84 valuation in he eity limits is Despite the small increase in the lax rale the cily proposes to spend some on public works and seWer bonds Broken down this gives for redemp lion of sewer bonds for Iwo new fire stations now build encumbered for waler company survey This leaves for public works As compared to the new lax rate of here are the previous recent tax j'J.lfi.17 2.2583 2.007 2.2897 2.4357 Present at the meeting wer Mayor Hugh Faulds Councilmen George Brill Richard and George Cily At lorney John B Wisely and City Recorder Linwood Perkins Yuma County Supervisors are basking today in the warm praise of taxpayers for their get That budget adopted yesterday for a increase in ills county jump more than one taxpayer made it a point to praise the let A G Bennett was first to speak He said the Yuma Taxpayers sociation had studied the new strikes a fetching pose Com- pany L of the hopes will help win her the title of Queen of the Arizona National Guard Judges will have the tough job of over pictures submitted hy all Guard units and will then pick lift to reign over The Aug 17th during the summer encampment nt Ft Miss is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Arnold Ponce S Avenue Sun Staff Photo First Lady Operated On For Benign WASHINGTON UP Mrs Mamie Eisenhower underwent a two-hour internal operation by a gynecologist at Waller Reed pital this morning while the dent conferred in the White House with Republican leaders The White House would say only the surgery dealt with a benign not cancerous and had been planned for Amc ime It was not an operation The surgeon was Dr Number L Riva a colonel in the Army medical corps a gynecologist Mrs Eisenhower 59 was re- ported by White House Press James C lo be in good condition following the surgery She entered the operating room at Walter Reed shortly afer 8 a m this morning and was Continued on Page 3 Col 3 Taxpayers Laud Yuma Supervisors on Budget Drivers Ignore Citations Are Heavily Fined Two more truck drivers from out-of-state have learned lhat it doesn't pay to ignore an over- weight citation and then come back through Yuma Johnnie Delaney about 39 of Houston Texas has been caught at the Inspection Station for- ing to answer an tion issued in March He would have had to pay a fine for being overweight but justice of the Peace amount to 5300 for failure to pear William H Green 29 of mesa Texas was caught at the stalion Saturday night for failure to answer an overweight citation issued in April His fine would have been but he paid the fine after the truck was held overnight Also in Justice John Spence 40 ol 5100 fine for drunk driving Jose Cabrera 20 of 610 Main Street was fined 5200 or 50 days in jail for drunk driving reckless driving and no drivers license Delfino 29 of Glamis Calif was fined 525 or five days in for being a party to the crime as er of the car Cabrera was driving Wanda J Aucoin 25 of 199 Mesa Visa Homes had her bond set al for drunk driving and less driving and the case until Oct 5th She was involved in an accident on County 19th Street Saturday morning in which two cars were rolled into a muddy field and two persons injured Wellton Man Gets Lonely Calls Officer Tt gets sorl of lonely in ton late at night A man called the fice fmm Wellton at midnight last night and asked to see an officer Deputy Jack Carpenter in the area was dispatched to the scene which was a bar It turned out the somebody to talk to Carpenter an obliging fellow ed to him group of farmers scaled In lie appealed to the of with bridge The Board has decided o appeal to Sen in Washington C to grf n extension on tho Army Corps o eers order o revamp or bridge -IS miles north of The limners spokesman W V Murphy ter over a document lor the supervisors to look over Sun Stall Photo county budget and had no est Instead he said they voted to compliment the Supervisors Next came kind words relayed jy Clerk Robert L Odom from wo of Yuma County's biggest Tax experts rom the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railroads had telephoned lo say lhat they wore satisfied with the county budget and would not be present for yesterday's lic hearing on final adoption Both companies had attended the pre- liminary hearing four weeks ago At that they gave the posed budget tiny The only protest came from C E Potter Yuma property owner of 633 Orange Avenue He objected to budgeting for civil defense activities in Yuma County Why anything for civil de- he asked We don't need it in any way It didn't help us in can it help us in Chairman Glen Strohm explain- ed that he 51500 Is used to assist the Ground Observer Corps in their 24-hour guarding of the skies and to help offset expenses in ing an organization of trained people who can respond In Emergency response he is not limited to wartime Continued on Page 3 Column Yuma Auto Dealers Shy From Bidding Yuma County dealers were conspicuous by their absence when the county set out to buy ten new vehicles Yesterday was the appointed day to open bids for the purchase of eight new sedans for the sheriff's office plus two new pickup trucks for county humane officer Only wo bids were submitted one for the sedans the other fpr the pickup trucks Biddulph Ford made the only bid for the eight new sedans He priced eight new Fords with two spotlights apiece and ers at He offered trade-in allowance on seven 1955 and one Chevrolet for a price of With city and state sales taxes added the total price came to C C Dunhar Chevrolet ted the only bid on the trucks The firm offered two new pickups for and allowed 51025 for a 1954 ord pickup now being used The net price on the two new trucks came to 52.900 Chairman Glen Strohm Super- visors M G Miniken and Otis Shipp and Sheriff T H Newman were present to open the bids and the contracts Funds for Yuma Base Get House Committee WASHINGTON House Appropriations Committee today approved recommendations for for construction at Vincent Air Force Base at Yuma Ariz This was part of some 515 millions in military construction projects in Arizona About 52 million dollars of the total for air force lations The biggest of these would be for Davis Air Force Base at Tucson Other air force expenditures would be Luke Air Force Base and Williams Air Force Base The Signal Corps installation at Fort Huachuca would get if the Congress acts on the committee recommendations President Eisenhower had asked for The committee recommended to the House an a cut of The lion's share of the request of tile funds allowed and of the cut were applied to Army Navy and Air Force plans for continued work on a worldwide system of defense bases The committee called for greater economies in this work and use of existing wherever possible projects are started Cuts recorded by the committee today if sustained by the House would bring lo total savings claimed by the House so far his year against budget re- quests totalling About all that is left to be con- are the annual foreign aid request which can't be considered until the aid authorization finally passed and funds for the Atomic Energy Commission also tied up pending congressional tion on an authorizing No doubt these requests will be cut too s However the claimed savings in appropriations don't mean that government spending will he cut by anything like the same amount At best the administration now hopes to shave President spending plans for the fiscal year ord budget that set off the con- gressional economy drive by only about one billion dollars Club Opposes Dam At Bridge Canyon SAN FRANCISCO plication by the City of Los An- geles to build a at Bridge Canyon ran into opposition here yesterday The Sierra Conservation Club asked the Federal Power sion to deny the application for the Colorado River dam on grounds it would destroy a part of the beauty of the Grand Canyon because waters would form a lake in the bottom of the gorge THURSDAY IS Cibola Bridge Builders Seek Help of Hayden An afternoon silent on the tele- phone to the Army Corps of has failed lo produce much encouragement to the la farmers The say the farmers are standing firm on their order that the illegal bridge across the Colorado River must be removed hy Thursday And so the farmers last night went to the lop by appealing to United States Senator Carl den Arizona Democrat In a egram the farmers asked Sen to help them secure n dny extension of order lo re- move bridge No reply been reported as yet morning Yuma ty Board of Supervisors joined the Cibola farmers in asking the Army Engineers for the ex- tension Guaranteed Nothing W Y Murphy spokesman for the farmers said the En- gave them no ment whatsoever for extension They're standing he said for removal of the bridge The Engineers did suggest one alternative That would be to tear out one set of pilings from the bridge Since pilings arc on foot centers removing one sot would leave a gap in the bridge This would be a tempo- rary answer to the problem of navigation in according lo the Engineers Then the ers were to make Continued on Page 3 Col 6
