Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - March 8, 1967, Yuma, Arizona Editor's Right T I To Privacy By JONES OSBORN For 16 years the question has been hanging fire Should members of Congress be required to disclose their financial i n t e Back in 1931 Sen Paul Douglas of Il- linois thought they should He introduced a ure but it was con- s Is shunned by Congress THE WEATHER JJ tMi Jl today 71 It im Avenue kith thl low date to ton ind thli so W it Sunrise YUMA 145 PER COPY lOe 22 PAGES YUMA ARIZONA WEDNESDAY MARCH 8 1967 PHONE ARIZONA 302 Icy Blast Hits New England Some may say that a con- financial affairs are not the public's business that he has a right to privacy On the other hand Congress holds the purse strings on regulatory agencies At the same time some con- gressmen have financial inter- ests in companies that are by those same agencies Many congressmen for ex- ample have a financial inter- est in radio and TV stations The broadcasting industry Is regulated by the Federal Com- Commission And Congress appropriates the ey which keeps FCC officials well-paid As I said the issue has been carefully avoided for 16 years But with each succeeding scandal in Congress it has gained more support Now Republican Senator Clifford P Case of New Jersey has Introduced a stiff dis- closure It would require members of Congress to an- reports covering all their and the sources of that gifts received or more nominal value liabilities Meredith Plans To Challenge Powell for Congressional Seat By GEORGE NEW YORK AP Negro leaders in Harlem and around the country reacted coolly today to James H Meredith's plans to run as the Republicans choice Democrat Adam Clayton Powell in a special al April 11 They gave him little chance of winning and some charged he was being used Meredith in agreeing to op- pose Powell Tuesday after being recommended by Republican leaders said he was aware that in running he might lay himself open to the fear and the scorn from fellow Negroes He said that Powell excluded from the House hst week had lost his influence and the people de- serve more than what they're getting Name Meredith's name was gested by an unidentified lem Republican leader last week Tuesday he was RHODES FORD CLAIM Postal Employes Were Pressured for Money n no and assets and all transactions In commodities real and sonal property House cracked down on Adam Clayton Powell for his transgressions as chairman of a powerful committee But will members balk at their own financial We hope not Enemy Found To Combat Pink Bollworm RIVERSIDE Calif AP Scientists report they have ly found a natural enemy of the pink bollworm voracious de- of the Southwest cotton The natural enemy they said Is a Peruvian wasp they plan to release in fields infested with the pink bollworm The pest that destroyed up to SO per cent of some cotton crops in Southern California last year The wasp about Inch long Is now keeping certain bollworm types at bay In Peru and California Experts at the University of California's side campus hope it can prevent the spread out California's million cotton industry Called trichogramma ensis the little wasp lays eggs Inside the eggs of cotton After a wasp egg hatches inside the pest egg the wasp larva kills the pest egg by eating it scientists said Millions of the wasps arc being raised for release California cotton fields The search for a natural worm enemy included insects from India Korea Egypt and Hawaii They were tested in the United States and MeNico but the Peruvian wasps had never been imported into the states WASHINGTON AP House Republican leaders charged day that a hammer lock was put on postal employes to con- tribute for an testimonial to Vice President Hubert Humphrey last fall Reps Gerald R Ford of igan and John J Rhodes of Ari- zona during a news conference produced copies of an office memorandum from Fred J O'Dwyer president of the tional Association of Postal Supervisors on the Oct 6 affair in Detroit Memorandum memorandum dated Sept 29 and directed to John W Sachs regional vice president of the postal union We have been requested to urge support and participation In a testimonial to Vice dent Hubert Humphrey to be held at Cobo Hall in Detroit on Oct 6 This event is under the sponsorship of the Democratic Dinner Committee and the con- Is per couple or for a table Perhaps you may be in a position to convey this information to your in the state of Michigan Ford the House GOP leader said the memorandum was sent in Dope Smuggler Leaves U.S Fast Someone tried to smuggle 217.8 pounds of marijuana Into the United States at the San Luis port of entry then fled to Mexico Customs inspectors said a 1961 Ford pulled up about yesterday and the custom inspector asked the driver to open the trunk The driver did but then fled on foot back into Mexico Officers said the 99 kilogram bricks were wrapped in brown paper The marijuana on the U.S black market would be approximately Each kilogram is equal to 2.2 pounds House Plans Hearing WASHINGTON AP A House Commerce subcommittee plans to hold a hearing next Monday on some 18 bills to pone application in some states of the uniform daylight saving time officials are of a lab test determine if a nog from Mexico Bard area last la All and bs reported be riot to stray o him by an unknown person Ford and Rhodes joined in ailing for divorcing the Post Office Department from politics Rhodes said the GOP Policy Committee which he heads orses a position on this ion which contains this Postal employes should not be placed In a position where obtaining a job or their future n the postal service is mined by the size or regularity of their political contributions Downtown Sidewalk Sale Starts Thursday annual downtown ulo will be- gin Thursday at 9 and run through Saturday This years sale Is to be and better than ever See section B of today's Sun for the bargains Stores will be opened from 9 to 8 p.m Thursday and Friday and from 9 to 6 p.m Saturday sored by the downtown chants Association nearly all merchants In the downtown area are expected to pate In the sale Among other things ers and shoppers will able to refresh on five cent lieer and hot dogs Many merchants Hill have sidewalk tallies set up to dis- play their sain Items mended by members of the Re- publican Executive Committee rom the 18th District His nation is expected to be made at a meeting of the Republican County within a Powell who has won the 18th District of Harlem in 12 elections by wide margins lad little comment when he earned of the announcement Hans To Hun We'll wait and he said rom his retreat in Bimini the Powell is taking court action in efforts to regain his seat but plans to run again litigation fail to settle the matter by April 11 Percy Sutton Manhattan ough president whose home district is in Harlem saic ic would support Powell lon a Democrat like most em leaders said in a While Mr Meredith has tainly earned his credentials as a civil rights hero I think the Republicans will find many in he Harlem community feel Mr Meredith Is an outsider by the Republicans ara outsiders to be imposed on the community moody Meredith whose desegregated the University o Mississippi in 1962 and off bloody riots is one of the most prominent Negro civi rights activists in the nation II a civi Missis Salaries Set for 4 Yumans Flooding in Midsection Continues By THK ASSOCIATED PRESS was shot last year on rights march Meredith told a news ence that he is an independent Democrat Now 33 he has been a student at the Columbia Law School here for two years He said that in the past he had faced the most brutal Westerners that is pians and Southern whites how could I let fear of the dis- pleasure of some Negroes deter me in my heart 1 know my divine responsibility calls for me to run The people deserve more than what they're he said Whatever influence Adam Clayton Powell once had he doesn't have any more The future of the Negro will be by what happens in this election I believe the people must have a chance to make a choice people should have to think about the issues and not go just on emotions LEAH Strolling along tho walkway of the County Library is Leah Burns a candidate for the title of Miss Yuma County She is 18 a freshman at Arizona Western ColIeRe and the daughter of Mrs Shirley Burns 2938 Ivy Lane She describes her talent as an oral presentation of my paintings Leah's sponsor is the Yuma Junior Chamber Eleven will compete for the Miss Yuma County title during the Yuma County Fair March 2nd Sun Staff Dirksen in Hospital WASHINGTON AP ale Republican Leader Everett M Dirksen of Illinois is at tcr Ueed Army Hospital fering from fatigue his office said today Dirksen entered the hospital Tuesday night The length of his stay there has not been mined At Ilow and Arrow Mr Mrs Wilton Lindberg Rimbey Alberta Canada AT Valley Trailer Mr Mrs Scott L Mclntire Torrance Calif Operatic Star Finds Yuma a Changed Place Salaries for four top ve officers in the county have been established the Yuma County Board of Supervisors One month ago at their Feb JIh regular meeting sors in a surprise move made our rapid-fire changes in They cited the or more manpower In their own office and the need to fil the position of county parks dl rector which had been vacan until then William B Under was moved from clerk of the Board of Supervisors to county parks director His salary has now been set at a month tops among the four For Odom Robert Odom who had re- tired as clerk of the board in 1965 20 years of was called out of retirement and made ler This places him In charge of all county financial matters Including the budget His ary has been set at a month the second highest among the four Kevin Selitto who was pointed clerk last month has a salary of a month fixed by state law Selitto a native of South Orange was at Vincent Air Force Base now MCAS for four ears ending in 1953 He Is married to the former Juanita of Somerton Jim Stone who formerly parks supervisor at month was appointed county director His new ry has been set at a month Agreeing on the salary ures was the full Super- visors Jim Fuquay and Clark I Yarwood and Chairman Robert K Record cold chilled the midsection today The mass of arctic air ed toward the East on the heels of up to 4 Inches of rain and JO Inches of snow Flooding continued In sylvania Ohio Kentucky Low temperature marks were shattered along the cold front from Upper Michigan to north western Texas Sault Ste Marie Mich re- corded its lowest reading for so late in the winter 21 below zero I can't believe it's the same exclaimed famous soprano Ella Lee here to sing tonight in the ity Concert Series at Post Miss Leo a resident of lywood and Germany visited Yuma in 1932 as a member of the Los Angeles City College choir Since then her career has She has sung throughout Europe and North America In Israel and New Zealand where she is by the international sical world as one of the most exciting operatic recitalists of our generation While in Yuma Miss Lee is visiting her aunt Mrs Harvey Miller N 5th Avenue and her cousins Mrs Richard ler 361 10th Avenue Mrs Rich ard Fifer 157 N 15th Avenue and Mrs Etheridge Wright and her three-year-old daughter Avis of 1015 2nd Street Here with the famous prano is her mother Mrs Trent and her small son Tracy 4 of Hollywood From Yuma Miss Lee plans to return to Hollywood for a short rest before appearing fo a series of concerts in San Francisco She plans to go U Vietnam this summer For her concert at p.m Miss Lee has chosen selections by Beethoven Brahms Handel and Miss Lee's accompanist is Ed ward Schick Melvin Johnson is presiden of the Community Concert As sociation in Yuma Seat Warming May Later Hurt Brain MUNICH Germany a child on the seat of his pants ran lead to later brain damage a Vint man doctor says Hammer In a on the effects of cor- poral punishment said on the backside can tiny fatty nuy subsequently blood to riot In the A child may then suffer from headaches giddiness and of con- centration said Dr Hammer named all forms of corporal punishment Keating with a stick can cause a fatal shock she said New Lows New lows for the date were posted In St Joseph Mo with -5 Topeka Kan with -1 Tulsa Okla 6 above Amarillo Tex 7 above Oklahoma City 9 above Thermometers registered -28 In Hibing Minn -8 in Green Bay Wls and -7 In Paul The natural drain from much of the Hood zone the Ohio er was expected to reach 8 feet above flood stage by Saturday In the tucky area That cause lowland Hooding There was nine Inches of mow on the ground when Gov ward T visited dence Ky Tuesday but the people still wanted to know what the state was going to do about salt marsh mosquitoes the cause of a long standing complaint In western Kentucky In some parts of New England there were 20 inches of snow on the ground from Tuesday's storm After the storm blew out to sea temperatures plunged Into the 20s Some operators In Maine found themselves ular because they plowed In driveways of residents Melvin Roast of Portland Maine said one man threw a hammer at the cabin of his plow after he had dumped a pile of snow In the man's driveway Edward dan of Scarborough said another man similarly outraged charged his plow with a shovel and started beating the blade of the plow In Massachusetts Robert E Carlsen 29 an employe of the Port Authority was drowned mirn to Page 2 Col 3 please Inside The Sun Comics 7 Crossword Editorial Markets 5 1 8 6 SAYS YUMA Green Carders Aid Yuma Area Business Spend Millions Here in San Luis Ariz A Yuma businessman took sharp issue today with the Idea that Mexican green card holders are depressing the Yuma economy He asserts the opposite is true Joe Farkas owner of Farkas Radio TV Repair made his statement to The Sun as a private citizen But he has been closely acquainted with trade and commerce across the bonier for eight years As Chairman He serves as chairman of the international relations com- of the Yuma County Chamber of Commerce Is an honorary member of the cees at San Luis Sonora and represents the Mexican club as an International director laid he made an In- of Mexican trade In stores after he read charges by County Supervisor Clark II on Monday that greon card workers arc depressing the local economy laid Mexican workers a permanent resident alien or immigrant to the United States He is legally permitted however to commute across j the daily to and from his job Work January points out Wives of green workers shop in the side stores every day of the week he says One store hai on its books in charge In In January of vere 4.301 resident Mexico registered County Of this number 3.0511 trad and credit payments to cans he says In addition Farkas says from account for million annually in retail there aliens in were commuters who lived n Mexico but worked in stores Yuma shops and is subject to city as well as sales are holding cam should but live In week United States Most of them He said some stores re 3024 are farm workers I port I ha I IKT cent of their comes from Mexican Other manners re- as as 60 per cent Mexican says that Mexicans spend a year for auto ami tractor parts alone He said he it unable to valuo of farm Implement to Hut It will substantial he Mid Farkas says workers wlw re- side in San Luis pour millions of dollars into the Yuma ty economy In the growing community of says 50 million in re- tail trade U 53 per cent from Mexican citizens He said survey reveals th stores In San Ariz cash more from paychecks each so-called green Mexico where they M JG million in- Irado aUo results In annually paid in A green U oa state taxes 91.000 nro farms and of cotton Mow the der in alone Turn to Col 6 FAMOUS SOPRANO Ella Lee famous operatic soprano seated smiles In tho Yuma sun as she recalls her last visit with relatives here in th Miss Lee is her son Tracy -I and Yuma re hii yes from MO in Wright and daughter Avis 3 Mrs Richard Mrs M Her Mrs Reginald Trent of Hollywood Lee's mother and Mrs Richard Miller The soprano will present a concert at Tost Auditorium tonight at p.m for the concert Is the Community Concert Association
