Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - May 3, 1964, Yuma, Arizona Editor's Notebook One Month From Today We'll Know By JONES OSBORN Two important primary tions occur in the next 30 days Important that is lo Barry Goldwater's chances of ing he Republican presidential nominee The first of these is the gon primary election on May 15th with 18 delegates as the prize T h c next is the big California primary June 2nd with 86 gates to bo pledged Most political ob- servers that if tor wins both egon and his nomination by the GOP is sured And many feel that California victory a lone enough lo put him over the top With these probabilities ir mind a survey of Editors across the country was made More than editors every state except Mis replied voluntarily to the poll The two key 1 Who will win the Oregon presidential SUNDAY Family Weekly Color Comics Latest News TV Magazine YUMA VOL 142 62 PASES YUMA ARIZONA SUNDAY MAY 3 1964 PHONE SU ARIZONA VOL 41 Girl Killed in Stairs Pileup Barry Pulls Steadily Ahead in Texas Connally Leading for Governor -7 Who will win the California In this primary there arc only two candidates ter and Rockefeller Anil there can be no for Lodge or anyone else If the editors Arizona's junior just wrapped up one today Jail Parker Officer After Shot Is Fired pet are right the senator will bout the month from Yuman To Head State Democratic Woman's Groups Mrs John Denlon was president Saturday morning of Arizona ation of Democratic Women's Clubs Election was held during stale convention held at Hamada Inn Tucson from Thursday through noon day Others circled to the of vice presidents were ces Gibbons Tucson Ant Sutherland Winslow second Pidgeon Phoenix third Mary Jane Kinsman fourth Ethel Hall St John's fifth treasurer foi group is Leota Jorgensen of Douglas and recording Norma Jean Gieto Safford Speakers for included Judge Lorn a Lock wood Rep Morris Udall am Howard candidate for U S Senator Mrs Denlon is a past pros of the Yuma Women's Club and has lieli several state offices She is cm ployed as a deputy clerk in th Yuma County Superior Courl Attending the wilh her from Y u m a wcr Rulh Willie Wagner Viola Coloman Maloney M e I 1 i c Hair mond Mary Gonzales Lois Mr Anna Maloney and Joso Burton president of Ih Yuma club DALLAS Tex AP Sen Barry Goldwater of Arizona scored a runaway victory day night in the Texas lican presidential preferential poll survey of voter opinion in the poll was Cabot Lodge who showed unexpected strength in amassing write-in votes Gov John Connally scored a smashing triumph in his bid for a second term His opponent in the Democratic primary year-old Houston Don conceded at 11 p.m DALLAS API Sen Barry Goldwater of Arizona moved steadily away from the field Saturday night as returns mounted in the as Republican presidential poll Henry Cabot Lodge not listed on ballot received a small number of write-in votes in ly returns but these appeared insignificant as Goldwater's tal rose With returns from 99 of counties had voles Gov Nelson Rockefeller Sun Margaret Chase Smith Harold Slassen 2.102 Lodge write-in Gov liam Scranlon of Pennsylvania Ml write-in Richard Nixon 897 write-in and George ney write-in In Texas governor's race incumbent John Connally showed great strength as the votes poured in and seemed to have a good chance of running away from opponent Don no relation to ator Leads bar amassed oles lo lib 103 counties reporting Also with 103 counties Sen Ralph a slim lead over nn holding voles 92 for McLendon More than million votes expected lo lie counted in le primaries Texans voted un- er sunny skies for candidates r some state offices Republicans nominated in each U S House dis- riels and the one al large ilion Twenty of the GOP House had no opposition in he primary Among the were Ed Foreman and Alger only Republicans the Texas House delegation Thirteen Democratic House drew no opponent in iw primary Rep Joe lid not seek A Parker policeman used his gun to scare a tender during a fight Friday night was booked into the Yuma County Jail yesterday on a charge of attempted murder William Belcher 34 was placed in jail on a complaint signed by Milford F Brown a bartender in a Parker tavern Justice of Peace Ersel C Byrd sol bond on the man al 51.000 Parker Police Chief John said that the shooting occurred after a fight between Soldier and Brown in the Blue Front Tavern in Parker Belcher went to the bar and involved in an nent and fight with Brown who was at lime A fight resulted during Belcher returned home to get his gun Chief Woodard said the cher fired a shot into the wall dropped his gun and was en into custody immediately afterward The policeman who treated for minor injuries and lo Yuma No injuries resulted lo Brown Torn the shot Jet Crash In Germany Kills Pilot Germany AP Hundreds of spectators watched a U.S Air Force pilot crash to his death in a jet fighter Saturday while giving an Armed Forces Day flying exhibition Witnesses said it he purposely did not hail out lo avoid plunging into the crowd The American was an in- attached to the West Herman Air Force the Defense Ministry said lie flying a jet of the West man Air Force The Department of Defense in Washington identified tile pilot Maj Thomas Eugene of Toledo Ohio The guy is a real said Alex Kruso of Dayton Ohio a retired U.S Army geant who was a spectator at the show The plane came down about 30 feel from a bungalow There is no doubt in my mind that the pilot decided lo stay with the plane SP Drops Request for Injunction AP A request by the Southern Pacific road for a federal courl tion against the Arizona ation Commission has been dis- missed hy railroad Southern Pacific officials said Friday they withdrew the tion because the commission hac lifted its order for the lo show cause for reducing its passenger train service in zona Southern Pacific discontinued two of ils four cross-country passenger trains through na on April 20 The commission set a public hearing for May 19 on the ation of full passenger service Railroad officials have con- tended they fall diction of the Interstate Com- merce Commission not the cor- commission Maricopa Votes On Bonds PHOENIX AP Maricopa County properly owners were voling Saturday on a loud issue for expansion of the county's junior college system The bonds if approved would permit the county to purchase Phoenix College from the Phoc- Union High System and would allow purchase of for two more junior colleges in the Phoenix area Tile County ers Association has approved the bond proposal but the Association ESCALATOR VICTIMS Members of the Baltimore Fife Department rescue help injured youngsters in the Saturday escalator accident at Memorial dium Some 40 were injured and one girl was killed The escalator at right ter damaged feet and legs of most of the injured AP Wirephoto THE WEATHER U.S Bureau nt Yuma Airport pre- it will bo mostly today find tomorrow warmer today and and mid cooler morrow The today is to be find the low normal high today is ami low Gl The high WHS and the low Sunset will br at and sunrise ho i Homeowners lias opposed H Giant Rocket Kills Itself EDWARDS AIR FORCE Calif AP A giant motor fired at the dedication of a new test destroyed itself in a pillar of smoke and flame The motor was a device de- signed as of Titan vehicle Tt was fired as the Air Force space systems division ed a new test-firing stand as tall 92 Injured in Two Train Wrecks in East By ASSOCIATED PRESS An were estimated injured in wrecks Saturday 92 t w o train one at La Porte and one west of Minneapolis One person ney Fargo N D injured in the Minnesota wreck reported There were no fatalities In the Minneapolis crash a Greal Northern passenger train rammed a derailed car west of the cily knocking 20 and five diesel engine units off the tracks An mated 32 persons were injured At La Porte Ind a speed Baltimore and Ohio senger train jumped the tracks at 75 miles an hour injuring ail estimated 60 persons The train was racing across the flat northern Indiana prairie None of those hospitalized were listed in critical The Minnesota accident in Minnetonka village west of Minneapolis as Hie Great Western Star bound for Seattle was picking up speed as it en- tered open country The engineer of DOWN AT THE STERN The USS Card floats low in the predawn explosion The baby flattop partially at the stern in her berth in Saigon harbor 10 hours at high tide Blast was blamed on sabotage after a blast ripped a hole in her Armed sentry stands guard in foreground All 73 crewmen escaped injury Gene Wicklund said his moving about li miles er hour when one of its cars de- ailed and flipped into path the Western Star fin the ad- double track Wicklund said ho f radioed No 27 the passenger rain but said it was coming round a curve and not lalt in lime No 27 was doing GO to 70 niles an hour and it couldn't said Wicklund Great Northern officials said that the speed limit or the area is 50 miles per hour and chances are he was nol going oven that fast The engineer of the passenger rain was William Brown of St aul The passenger train and one of its mail cars crosswise on tracks Railroad officials said a hoi journal box on the freight cai the original Thirteen passengers and one crewman were admitted to Dorle hospitals following the eras h libers were released after Ireal Turn ito Page 7 Col 1 Please Senators Bit Terse On Rights WASHINGTON AP The Senate was practically terse Saturday It spent only lours discussing civil rights When the Senate is getting ready to vote the oratorical flow begins lo ebb A vote on a ivil rights amendment is in prospect Wednesday and the senators evidently decided sunny Saturday was a good time lo let up on speechmaking Bui there is no sign that the Dixie forces are about to give up their filibustering tactics So civil rights field marshal Assistant Democratic Leader Hubert H Humphrey of again raised the specter of a cloture move Only by gagging ers can anything but an version of the passed hill clear the Senale Inside The Sun Comics Crossword Editorial Movius Real estate Sports Women 40 Others Injured on Escalator BALTIMORE AP A year-old girl was killed and more than 10 other children were injured Saturday when a developed on a moving stairway in Memorial Stadium prior to the land baseball game A movable barrier designed to channel crowds single file down the reversible stairway after sporting events was in place and apparently ed to the jam at the top of the stairs Lois Teeter a teacher at Elm Junior High School in ick Md People were pushing from behind People at the top lost their balance There was a jam at lop People just kept ting chewed up by the steps City Solicitor Joseph Allen who launched an immediate in- said a preliminary report indicated the riding tbe stairs and four abreast were channeled inlo a wide exit in the upper deck Stadium Wall on Left The exit at the top of the slairs has a wall on the left and another wall and metal barrier in the front about 8 o 10 feel from the stairs The barrier on wheels held in place by bolts was on right William R Schmidt Jr ager of stadium said members of his crew had instructed Oriole employes how lo remove the harrier said the barrier was not in place prior to the first games of the season He said the mechanism had been in operation more than one hour before the accident happened The victim was identified as Annette of Baltimore She was pronounced on arrival al St Joseph's Hospital of head injuries Most of those injured suffered leg and foot wounds All lo be cut or scraped School Safety Patrol Day brought dren who wear the white belts of the Safely Patrol lo the dium for the game Their happy holiday in bright sunshine turned to tragedy on lie moving stairway in the left field area leading from the er deck to the upper deck of the stadium Coming Too Fust Melville Gibson 05 an usher standing at top of ing stairway said it appeared the children were coming up too fast for those at the top lo gel out of the way When they didn't clear they began lo panic and it looked like a cattle Gibson f ran over to the stairway and hollered lo slop them from coming up and 1 shul off the power It looked like there were about four or five on each step Terrorists Blast Ship Bomb Crowd in Saigon By PETER SAIGON Viet Nam AP Salvage crews labored Sunday to seal a hole blown in the hull of the U.S aircraft ferry ship lard below her by a massive explosion thai security officers attributed to the Com- munist Viet Cong American blood stained feet of pavement of a nearby boulevard from a tomb blast Saturday night similarly Warned on Red terrorism The bomb explosion wounded eight U.S of- and three enlisted men amid a of Vietnamese moving in lo at Ibe pled ship 11 her pier on Saigon River Ono fragment injured a mese Throbbing and a ing tide of the river had he Card from the om muck into which she led lor several hours after the inrush of water when hull was shattered at 5 Temporary Patches Divers installed temporary patches Rut the stern floated low All below the second deck were flooded and Capl Borge New Orleans La the master said no progess could be made in lowering the level until a ferdam patch is secured The U.S base at Subic Hay Philippines dispatched salvage workers in lo a call for help The blast came 10 feet below the alongside an en- gine room ripping a strip of to n only a font from one rnd o th Blatters Men were ed from their bunks and ond Mate Raymond Arbon 45 standing waleh was knocked down But none ot the civilian crow was injured U.S authorities launched an intensive investigation into the sinking which could mean the biggest setback in U.S tige since the United States stepped up its military backing if South Nam's war against guerrillas in December A U.S demolition expert speculated that a Communist band used poles to shove the charge against tin ship's side from under the adjacent com- merical wharf and tiler it electrically from a dis- tance The Card is the first can ship in the against the Viet Cong
