Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - April 22, 1964, Yuma, Arizona Editor's Civil Rights And Public Education By JONES OSBORN Perhaps no local or state is guarded so jealously against federal interference as our public schools That is why I think certain accusations made against the civil rights now pending in the U.S ate have alarmed so many cans The charge is that the would deny to school boards both public and private and to colleges right to mine how their schools should be run and that it would give the federal government ed power over both ers and what is laughl THE WEATHER Highest yesterday Lowest 84 07 AND Temperature at 11 today 75 humidity at 11 high this dale 30 low this date JO FORECAST lo Thursday high cloudiness today through Thursday Wanner today and A cooler dav with custy south west winds miles per hour 80 Low 62 Sunset Sunrise YUMA 133 12 PAGES PER COPY lOc YUMA ARIZONA WEDNESDAY APRIL 22 1964 PHONE SU ARIZONA 32 Expected at Fair U.S Asks Russia To Hold Castro Back SUBORDINATE CAP: There IS a section on public education in the civil rights Fidel Will Be Given Big Arsenal Colorado Pushed Existing Use or It deals education ONLY with public Private schools are exempt from the provisions of this Since the Supreme Court ruled in 1954 desegregation of public schools has been I he tled policy of this country Tho hill Inns things about this First it would allow the At- torney General fo start a civil action to compel desegregation of a public school AFTER he has received a signed com- plaint and ONLY if the com- plaint is unable to bring legal action himself the Secondly il would make available assistance to public schools in dealing with the special problems posed by de- segregation This assistance is not forced upon anyone it would ho given only the specific request of the school In effect therefore the permits federal action only where public schools ately practice racial or discrimination And the notion is limited In thn areas Involving discrimination not tho curriculum Engle Denies He's Quitting Senate Race WASHINGTON AP Sen denied day that ho is withdrawing as a candidate for Engle's made public n telegram from Engle lo Stale Assemblyman Thomas Carroll of Engle's committee II You can dony thai I am withdrawing I continue lo remain a candidate for re- election lo the United Stales Senate Koep fighting Bosl lo you and all my workers ami supporters Tho ailing followed publication of a righted in Die Long Beach Calif Independent quoting unnamed friends to the that Engle to withdraw from he race in a manor of or days Blood Donors Are Needed The monthly blood drive here will be held tomorrow at the Eagles Hall 225 1st Avenue The Southwest Blood Bank will be at hall from 9 lo 6 p.m Persons wishing lo contribute for a friend should he sure and the friend's name so that may be given One special request has been made Mrs Levic Windsor of Yuma Is in need of ing 15 pints of blood to the blood bank By JOHN iM WASHINGTON AP The United Stales is trying to get Soviet Premier Khrushchev to keep a restraining hand on del finger when iie gives Cuban leader con- trol of a modern arsenal of anti- aircraft missiles in the near ture This is one of Iwo motives be- hind an unusual of public statements and secret diplo- matic moves warning Ihc bans against shooting down any of the U.S sance planes which ly fly over their island The other purpose is lo try lo got Prime Castro and ills advisers lo understand as one official here put it We just won't tolerate any ence with those overflights which arc essential lo our curity Officials here say privately that if Castro shoots down a U.S plane ho will have lo ex- pccl a quick and violent tion But so far no one in a position of authority has boon willing lo say what form such retaliation would take Planned At Ihc lime u U.S U2 photo reconnaissance plane was shot down wr tho missile crisis there was widespread talk in that if another such occurred the United Stales knock out the Cuban an- missile bases by bombing attack The of tho new ngs to Cuba came from dent Johnson Tuesday in ing lo a group of newsmen at Ihc White House II is essential thai wo tain surveillance and know whether any missiles arc being shipped into Cuba We will have lo maintain our and the President said Any action on their part to slop thirl would bo n very action Wo have so in- formed thorn and friends The President did not say what friends of Castro re- gimo ho bad in mind bul the implication was clear enough that bo was speaking of Iho Russians from Success Ironically Ihc present uneasy fears of a now Cuban crisis irise from the apparently im- minent success of the States in achieving one of its major objectives the from Cuba of Iho lasl nl Soviet troops which went into the island in 1962 Soviet Union was installing clear missiles with which i could have launched a direct at lack on the United Stales WASHINGTON ern California's Metropolitan Water District called today for a regional water development in the Pacific Southwest but opposed an Interior Department plan as inadequate Robert A Skinner fornia district's general mana- Union today their petition for higher salaries gcr also opposed authorization of the Central Arizona Project unless it is converted into an acceptable regional plan Skinner told the Senate mation subcommittee a al plan acceptable to the district 1 Make existing uses of Colorado River water superior in water right lo the Central Arizona Project wilh ia limited lo 4.4 lion acre feet a year 2 Establish a development fund supported by power enues from all dams in the lower basin of the Colorado II Direct the secretary of in- lo report to Congress within a specified lime limit on alternate sources of water which might be imported into HIP Colorado River basin sufficient quantity to meet tho needs of all stales in basin Not Adequate The Pacific Southwest Wa- or Plan as proposed in the January 1904 report of tho Secretary 01 does not these objectives or adequately provide for of stales of the River basin Skinner The plan he said would nol bul merely vide for feasibility reports on substitution of water from California for Colorado River now under contract ir delivery to southern Furthermore ho said much greater of water must bo made available lhan arc discussed in the report II is apparent that to tho present development of bolh Arizona and California and lo provide for normal future growth il is essential that ad- water be supplied lo lo Lower Colorado River from some source outside the Colorado River ho said Conjuration Needed Tho interests of both Arizona and California require the de- velopment of a cooperative regional plan lo bring more water into the Lower Colorado Rivor In this way not only can Ihc usefulness of the Colorado River aqueduct of the itan Water District Iw pre- served bul also the present and future development of boll slates can be assured Skinner said a of 4.4 million acre feel yearly on California Colorado River use would provide enough water for only half the capacity of the aqueduct in which he said the district has -an investment of dollars Subcommittee chairman Frank E Moss said he hopes to complete the hearing now in its week Thursday so the subcommittee would be in a position to consider its of AGO To Ask Injunction Against SP PHOENIX Arizona Corporation Commission today decided to request the attorney general to file an injunctive action against lire Southern Railway Co for violation of a commission order The order protested dation of train schedules through Arizona John P Clark a commission member said It was tlic opinion of the sion that the people of Arizona arc to better railroad service than the Southern Co wants to give He said consolidation of foui trains into two trains also has the effect of reducing the mount of employment for rail road workers The attorney general's office said tile injunctive action would filed Railroad officials maintain they did not consolidate tho trains running Arizona but simply changed the schedules so tha the two trains previously in the same direction now operate on the one train with two names The railroad thai since this is a change n public hearing is nol necessary EVERYBODY OFF FOB THE there is a lot of pushing and jostling going on in the New York subways There was a lot more this ing as pickets tried to tie up subway transportation to the New York World's Fair Some officers and special guards were prepared to break up all demonstrations AP Wirephoto for Roads WASHINGTON AP Com- merce Secretary Luther Hodges allocated Tuesday for improvement of main roads I federal lands in Arizona Defense Funds Expected To Pass WASHINGTON AP The House is expected to pass a 546.8 billion defense tion today that would give Secretary of Defense Robert S McNamara almost everything ho asked Approval by the House may be overwhelming despite the criticism heaped upon mara and his policies by Rep Melvin R Laird and a few oilier Republicans Rail Talks in Crucial Stage Reedy Reports WASHINGTON AP were reported ing as negotiators gained with less than 72 hours remaining before the delayed deadline for a wide railroad strike Representatives of five unions and nearly 200 railroads were closely examining each other's proposals decimal point by decimal said While House press secretary George Reedy President Johnson voiced hope again Tuesday that Hie two sides in Ihc rules dispute would come up wilh a voluntary settlement be- fore Saturday's scheduled strike deadline Johnson was so ful of an- agreement by that time that he has not yet asked for any extension of the strike postponement he won April 10 Talks with mediators were going virtually around clock Sources close to both sides said talks wore in a highly crucial stage and that the out- come was still uncertain Reedy said the two sides were engaged in very thorough very exhaustive discussions based on an exchange of ing papers on their respective proposals i The involves a com- plicated system of work rules governing wages job tions and working conditions There is a narrowing of is a clarification of Reedy said son speaking to a group of editors and broadcasters ing Ihc White House Tuesday said We think lhal collective bargaining is hard at work Johnson continued to refrain from saying what action he might lake if the failed He said he was proceeding on n talks result in a voluntary tion before strike deadline HOWDY A brief handshake and conversation be- tween these two men made an interesting photo this morning President Johnson and Gov Nelson feller got together on the platform as they both helped open the New York World's Fair AP Wirephoto CORE Causes Trouble Although Fails NEW YORK AP Clashes between civil rights ors and police marked the swept opening today of New York World's Fair An intended to block highway traffic to the fair tered out but picketing inside and outside the fairgrounds ar- rests disturbances and lered violence were constant James Farmer national di- rector of the Congress of Racial was arrested outside the Now York Pavilion shortly before President Johnson ar- rived by helicopter to dedicate the fair Police said Farmer blocked the pavilion entrance Demonstrators chanted civil rights demands earshot of President Johnson as he the United Slates lion Police reported shortly before 1 p.m they had arrested 103 demonstrators inside and out- side the fairgrounds Attendance by noon was below expectations The threat of the and a rain held down bolh automobile and ance at the fair Police fought with tors outside the main entrance of Ihc fairgrounds just as son arrived Atout 150 demonstrators near the entrance halted their ing and chanting at that lime and headed over a bridge leading lo a subway entrance They suddenly turned joined hands and headed back lo entrance Police rushed to Ihc gales and stopped them Shoving and pushing scone inlo a melee Police arrested one of the lors and manacled him The screamed and shouted in protest The police dragged man oss the bridge lo be taken a police station The kJrs followed at their an two of the policemen were see lo fall in the scuffling Farmer was one of a numb of demonstrators arrested f sitting on steps outside lie Nc York Pavilion Others include Bayard Ruslin a CORE exec live who was a leading orga izer of the civil rights march r Washington We are not preventing an body from entering if hey wa -0 climb over Ruslin sa just before he was arrested As police arrested demonstrators look places and were in turn rested More lhan 50 Schaefer exhibit Fifteen stood or sat c the bar and were hauled aw police The Sun Comics Crossword 4 Editorial 4 Movies 8 7 8 Women 5 Opening Is Attended by Dignitaries NEW YORK World's Fair today with its onal glitter undimmed by the dark clouds of rain nd racial protest The turnstiles 95 of them at ght gateways began spinning t almost two hours the official opening rain which featured President An St Peter's Col- ege freshman from New ey Turchyn of Jersey ily was named the No 1 ocr leading a throng expected o number half a million before IB day is over and 70 million y the time the fair ends its two runs Turchyn had waited in line incc Monday afternoon Exotic exhibits from around the world had transformed the of Flushing Meadow marshland into wonderland of un and fantasy recreation and past and present and Truman Talks Former President Harry S Truman went from Manhattan o Flushing Meadow to take part n the program and former resident Dwight D Eisenhower sent a message to be read Other speakers included Gov kelson A Rockefeller Mayor tobert F Wagner and India's Mrs Indira Gandhi Also special on opening day are the premiere performance of Grofe's World's by a lull symphony chestra presentation of first folders of the World's Fair com- memorative stamp by ter General John A Gronouski two band concerts and a rade including Miss America Miss Universe and Miss USA as well as antique cars an kan dog team a stagecoach folk dancers and innumerable bands The official ceremonies center around the huge globe called the the theme structure of the fair Spreading out from the phere are landscaped roads to all corners of the benches for the foot-weary In a space park sponsored jointly by ment agencies and the fair er the biggest collection of spacecraft ever displayed out- side Cape Kennedy In international area 43 pavilions show everything from Africa's famed Watusi dancers and drummers lo a tion of an old Belgian village State pavilions show off tures of each geography and industry and ig- loo from Alaska a coal mine from Virginia Dixieland from Louisiana Indian nrt from Montana Many of these about 75 per cent of the are free once the visitor buys admission to the for adults and SI for children 2 lo 12 LBJ Turns Prophet In World's Fair Talk NEW YORK Johnson prophet today at the opening of the New York World's Fair and said lhat peace not only is possible but coming nearer with all this means for the dreams and hopes of mankind The President said that the final direction of Ihc progress can be toward dance or ment or and is in Ibo hands of people of Ibo world In an address prepared for de- livery in Singer Bowl at Ihc fair Johnson said this vast tival represents Ihc most ising of our hopes It gathers together from 80 countries the achievements of industry the wealth of nations the creations of man This fair shows us what his most creative and is capable Johnson said But unless wo can achieve Ihc theme of this Through Understanding un- less we can use our skill and wisdom to conquer conflict as we have conquered then our hopes of proud go un- der the devastation of morrow I prophesy pence is not only possible I predict it is coming nearer Johnson said that if he is righl people will see at the next World's Fair an America as different from as we are different from 1939 when New York staged its last fair Ho said thoy will see ica in which no man must Iw no man is handicapped by the color of his skin no man will he discriminated against because of his religion or an- He said they will see an America solving the problems of crowding inadequate education declining national re- sources decreasing al beauty
