Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - January 29, 1963, Yuma, Arizona EDITOR'S Some Who Didn't Trust The Congress ly JONES OSBORN The United States Supreme Courl is a perennial target of zens who believe that the court has too much authority The court so the runs should no interpret laws of Congress nor should it be permitted to de- clare laws This kind of authority does in effect make Supreme Court rulings the law of the land and this disturbs people those who agree with the court's rulings Yet it is interesting to note tha our Founding Fathers came close to giving the Supreme Court even MORE authority the er to be shared with the dent to VETO an act of Congress even before it became At the Constitutional Convention James Madison our fourth dent believed a veto power was needed to check legislative tice and encroachments Alexander Hamilton wanted the President to have an absolute veto not subject to being overridden It was Edmund Randolph who proposed that the court share the veto power with tile President James Wilson agreed He said judges should have the power to defeat not only unconstitutional laws but laws that were dangerous or de- Many of our Founding Fathers were not at all convinced hat the elected representatives of the people would behave in a re- sponsible manner George Mason agreed So did James Madison who said the veto would enable the ary department the better to de- fend itself against legislative en- Imagine if you can Uie storm of controversy that would be ing today if the Supreme Court could actually VETO an act of Congress which it considered un- just unwise dangerous de- But tlie proposal was defeated The veto was confined to the President and can he overridden by a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress From Washington through man bills were vetoed Only 71 were passed over the veto Robert Frost Poet Laureate Dies at Age 88 BOSTON UPI Robert Frost America's unofficial poet laureate whose warmth and honesty bridged the gulf between nations torn by cold war hostilities died early today at he age of 88 Authorities at Peter Bent ham Hospital said the craggy while poet a friend of President Kennedy and a ly rival of Soviel Premier kila S at EST Frost's death apparently caused by blood clots which his lungs ended a battle against a series of critical com- which arose from jor surgery to remove a blockage of the urinary tract last Dec 10 Up until then he elderly poet winner of more Pulitzer Prizes than any other writer of verse had enjoyed relatively good health But shortly after the operation he suffered a hear! attack which loft him near death His recovery from the heart seizure was ther complicated by a series of pulmonary embolisms blood clots which to fill his lungs and cut off his breathing THE WEATHER Highest yesterday 71 Lowest tills morning -13 Temperature nt 11 today 56 Relative humidity at tl Average high this date 70 Average low this date 44 FORECAST to Wednesday Partly cloudy with little change tn today through Wednesday High expected today 70 low 47 rise tomorrow sunset VOL 24 20 PASES PER COPY lOc YUMA ARIZONA TUESDAY JANUARY 29 1963 PHONE SU ARIZONA 24 Gov Fannin Calls for Economy JFK Asks Doubling of U S School Aid Spending Education Package Presented WASHINGTON UPI dent Kennedy today offered Con- gress an education package that would double present federal school aid spending He said it would give every American a chance to learn more earn more and live better The President asked for a catchall school aid that would provide new assistance about equal to the 51.5 biHion already being spent on education each year by the federal government AH Requests Covered The some no- table every d uc a t i o n request Kennedy has made since taking office two years ago It also carried most of the controversy including the sitter school dis- pute that killed off the entire education program in the last Congress The legislation outlined in education message would lelp pay for new classrooms laboratories libraries and shops provide higher pay and better training for teachers and open new sources of funds for college students Unofficially its total cost over three to four years would be 55 billion Makes Concessions The program was tailored to meet some of the congressional objections that have dogged school aid proposals from both cratic and Republican presidents These changes may get some of Hie program through Congress it carried little promise for an end to the fight aid to grade and high schools Cennedy asked for a four-year 1.5 billion program to help public schools build classrooms and raise eacher nay The program was smaller and cheaper than in 1961 Unlike past requests he did not his reasons this time for seeking no direct aid to private and parochial schools However the President made it clear he regarded Congress as to face and resolve the dispute as well as others school aid proposals Says Prospects For Test Ban Better UNITED NATIONS UPI General Thant of the United Nations said today that prospects for a nuclear test ban agreement are much higher han al any fime in memory Thant made the statement at a news conference in which he ex- pressed the opinion that reports of a new Soviet build up in Cuba and of U.S forces in Viet Nam should not be debated further Man Wins Threading Crown BRADFORD England Roy Norton won the world threading championship Monday by pulling strands through he eye of a standard sized needle Tension Mounts over Rival Claims to Borneo TOKYO ed in Southeast Asia today over rival claims to portions of rugged Borneo the world's third largest island The dispute involved Indonesia Britain Malaya and The pines in varying roles Indonesian Army Chief of Staff Maj Gen Achmad Jani flew to in western Borneo for an inspection trip aimed specially at that section bordered on the turbulent northern segment of according to Radio In- donesia Island Divided Indonesia controls the southern two-thirds dominates through two Sarawak of Borneo England the northern third France Keeps Britain Out Of Market BRUSSELS Belgium Bri bid to enter the Euro- pean Common Market today ed in failure scuttled by dent of France France ignored a last-ditch peal from the United States in be- half of Britain and brushed aside the Washington warning that banning Britain from the market could imperil the Atlantic ance Talks among the foreign ters of the six market nations collapsed in failure after a series of crisis meetings Monday and today Five members of the European Economic many Belgium Holland and Italy wanted Britain in France did not The five failed to convince France that further discussions should be held on Britain's ad- mission De Gaulle fell that 15 months of talks were enough Wanted Treatment Britain wanted entry with cial provisions to protect its agriculture and trade France said it must come in without special ments When the long talks failed to make progress the other five members of the market proposed that the executive commission of he EEC recapitulate ments and hold more talks in a few weeks De Gaulle has said Britain is nol ready for admission now and wanted no more talks in the fore- seeable future Kennedy To Send Farm Message Thurs WASHINGTON UPI denit Kennedy will send a special farm message to Congress day it was announced today Speaker John W McCormack made the disclosure following the weekly meeting of Democratic congressional leaders with the President McCormack said no other special messages are in pros peel and North the rich protectorate of Brunei Reports from Indonesia said tens of thousands of volunteers have offered to join nationalist jungle units to liberate Brunei from British rule Britain alerted strategic re- serve troops in London for sible Southeast Asia duty if the situation gets worse Airborne British infantrymen were airlifted to Brunei over the weekend from Singapore In Malaya Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman told a news conference the British troop movements were connected with Indonesia's vitriolic attacks on Malaya and the proposed sia Federation Federation This Year The federation is scheduled for creation sometime this year It would include Singapore Sarawak North Borneo and sibly Brunei A rebellion broke out in Brunei and areas of Sarawak and North Borneo last month led by opposing both British rule and inclusion in Malaysia The Philippines which startled the British government by ing North Borneo late last year Monday formally presented the claim in London Staffer Resigns Assistant Post At Yuma Chamber John Stoner assistant manager of the Yuma County Chamber of Commerce resigned his posifion with the organization effective February 1st it was announced today by Ron Seymour general manager Stoner assumed his duties witli the Chamber a year ago and has been coordinator of the many committees within the tion On Feb 1st he will begin employment with he Harsh In- vestment Corp Portland Ore owner of the Stardust Hotel here Stoner will begin his duties as assistant to the general manager of the Stardust Hotel Charles Chuck Karl In his letter Stoner said May I say it has been a wonderful and rewarding experience being with such a fine tion I certainly have appreciated the cooperation that I have re- in whatever endeavors I have undertaken in carrying out by duties as the ager Seymour said arc no plans for a replacement at Ihc present time Seymour praised Stoner as having been an outstanding worker for the community News Strike Widens In Cleveland Ohio By United International The strike widened today against two Cleveland pers and talks were in the New York walkout as the wave of tabor unrest showed few signs of subsiding JUNIOR Lou Perching 12 sits upon Rowdy the horse she will ride in the rodeo parade as Junior Silver Spur Rodeo Queen She was crowned at the Jaycee Silver Spur Rodeo Dance The queen is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jerry Pershing 555 East Street Sun Staff Photo Parachutists Break Two Russian Jumping Records YUMA TEST STATION The U.S Army Parachute Team last night bettered two Russian held records on two consecutive tries Jumping began al the Yuma Test Station al 7 p.m and marked he cams attempt at night parachute records The first viet record which was set last March was a accuracy record from mclers or feel Each jumper on he cam Ihc Golden Knights averaged 8.72 motors from center on Udall and Senner Study Hayden River Measure WASHINGTON i the Glen Canyon Dam without the had I Democratic congressmen took a cautious approach on legislation designed to block con- struction of the Marble Canyon Dam Reps George Morris K Udall K Jr both and said they had not yet decided whether to introduce legislation to a introduced in the Senate last week by Sen Carl Hayden The would prohibit the eral Power Commission from granting a license o construct any dam on the Colorado River below specific authorization of Congress The prohibition would run until the end of Hayden it was in- the legislation to avoid any possibility hal the Central Arizona might be hurt by construction of the Marble Canyon Dam The legislation also was in cord with a proposal made by In- Secretary Stewart L Udall for a vast Lower Colorado River Basin Project along the lines of the Upper Colorado River Storage Project Both Udall and Seiner said they the senator and his staff However said they had nol yet decided whether they would sponsor the legislation or even support it if introduced by one else The was scheduled Body of Murdered Juke Box Man Found Wis The body of missing juke distributor Anthony J Tony his bound and a wire around his neck was found Monday night in a vacant house or lie abandoned Bong Air Force Base Sheriff's deputies acting under instructions from the FBI found Biernat's body in the basement of the house about 22 miles from Kenosha where he was abducted the night of Jan 7 Cold Wave Drives Wolves in Hungary LONDON today drove herds of landing The old Russian mark was 10.07 meters A few minutes later three bers of the team left the Army Otter aircraft at the same altitude md when all three jumpers ed the second Red record had fallen An average distance from get center for each of Hie jumpers of 2.799 meters or less was needed lo top the A distance of 2.796 meters was recorded by the team Earlier in the day an unclaimed day record was set by a man team who jumped from 600 meters or feet II was a de- accuracy record and saw some of tiie jumpers ing their parachutes as low as feel The from argot center was meters During he cams first five days of jumping al the Yuma lion five records have fallen and two unclaimed Cold Wave Death Toll Tops 300 Ry United Press International Temperatures dropped far below zero in lie Ohio Valley and clogged Northeast again today snow drifted east from the Rockies The death toll from the siege of bitter cold and heavy snow edged above the 300 mark Furnaces resumed operation and life returned to near normal at Sedalia Mo today with tion of gas service The town's residents had shivered through zero temperatures since Sunday without heat Mississippi River traffic from St Louis to Cairo 111 was at a standstill today as an ice jam described as the worst in 13 years choked off industrial shipments The ice jam is nearly 50 miles long north from Cairo 10 Below at Pittsburgh The mercury fell to 10 below today at Pittsburgh Pa ing a record low for Jan 29 Other low temperature records for this date were set at Philadelphia with 5 below lumbus Ohio with 13 Fort Wayne with 10 helow The lowest temperatures ed today were 25 below at Pa and 22 below at Cut Bank Mont Grand Forks and Glens Falls St Cloud Minn reported 2 inches of snow in six hours today Council Sets Evening Meet At City Hall Yuma City Council members and cily department heads will meet the public tonight in a Tell It to the Council session Meeting is scheduled for 8 p.m in the Council chambers at City Hall Everyone is invited to at- tend Mayor Thomas F the sessions will be held about every third month on the fifth Tuesday in that month Purpose is to low the citizens who work during the daytime and cannot attend regular sessions of the Council to attend and present their ideas for consideration The Council members will be open to suggestions for ment of the management of the city or of any of the departments Mayor Allt said II will be an official session and no cial business will be conducted Warns of Dangers of Spending By D United Press International PHOENIX UPI Gov Paul warning of dangers of spending and calling for economy today made more than a score of specific proposals for action fay the legislature The chief executive's ranged from mental reorganization medical Benefits for the elderly race re- lations the disputed driver's point system traffic safety to revision of marriage and divorce laws In the second part of a State of the State address to the new Fannin also called for cooperation to protect the state's vater and power resources for the future The governor said nothing he said today should detract from lis specific tax recommendations made to the legislature in his first speech Jan 14 Pressures Cited said the legislature would be under intense pressures to spend more of the public money but that everyone must face certain blunt facts The first fact he said was that our taxpayers resources are not He pointed out if all current requests for ing were approved by the ture there would be a 40 per cent increase in the present ord high state tax rate Specifically the governor called or fiscal reorganization by lishing a State Department of nance with a Bureau of Budget and a uniform state purchasing system He favored creation of a State Department of Agriculture to consolidate most of the functions now being by nearly a dozen separate agricultural boards and agencies The Agriculture ment would be headed by a com- mission appointed by the governor with consent of the Senate and would employ a director Fannin said that while the state must cut all unnecessary tures and seek greater efficiency in government human needs vidual rights safety and ment of laws could not be over- looked Thus he recommended adoption of legislation to implement visions of the Act to provide medical benefits for zona residents over 65 who are not eligible for medical care as old age assistance recipients At the same time Fannin ed toughening of welfare laws to require recipients of state aid to show quarterly they continued to need help Taxpayers Group Urges Reappraisal of Property Lettuce Market Goes Stronger Yuma's lettuce market stronger and demand for a is pood will others slow is few the Agricultural Marketing News today The also said the demand was slow because cold weather in the makes unloading difficult Yesterday's shipments by rail were 12 and went by truck to go to the Senate Interior Com- hunting wolves into the Hungarian Total shipments to date are rail and 2.416 truck as com- plains As in today II was laid on the table or three days to allow senators to join as sponsors Already joining Hayden in soring the bills were Sens Clinton P Anderson Ala Bible Clair Englc and another roid UPI tives of he Maricopa County payers Association the Small Business Association nnd the zona Farm Bureau Federation Monday afternoon before Ihc Arizona House Ways and Means Committee The committee headed by Rep lohn Haugh is ing to formulate a tax program The Taxpayers Association ed for a reappraisal of all ty to be carried out by a slate agency It also urged ting household furniture from on homos The association recommended a special election asking the people to household furniture limit v f i e r a exemptions to substantially disabled by military service and limit exemption lo Arizona Hungary the to rail and truck weather remained in Switzerland Austria Italy and elsewhere But Britain's slow thaw continued The cold had killed at least five a year ago today Yesterday's prices for cartons of 24 head averaged to mostly with occasional sale persons in the past 24 hours with at Cartons of 10 head Frank MOM 1 dead seven missing and feared i aged to mostly with occasional sales at The Small Business Association called for a compulsory tion of property by property owners The association said this would provide an excellent start toward property tax equalization The group urge that the self appraisal approach br adopted be- cause it said costly revaluation surveys become obsolete soon after their Farm the Bureau representatives committee that ture has the highest cost of any business enterprise It also said agriculture has among the lowest return of any industry and warned against any tax program that would tighten what it called the cost squeeze position now facing the farmers Would Cut Property Tax The federation also suggested exploring possibilities of removing entirely or sharply curtailing ths slate properly tax Haugh said Our hearing today is a continuation of our gation and our committee and subcommittee action will proceed to development of information as fast as we can through the ance of the hearings we tentatively scheduled Although we realize that re- evaluation by itself will not mean an abrupt correction of the in- equities the small property and home owners suffer from it is beginning and the necessary Dm to the long process of assessment and taxation in an equitable
