Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - November 3, 1967, Yuma, Arizona Yuma Welcomes Arizona State Air Conference Editor's Notebook Growth Not Want By JONES is the month during which the United Slates crosses an im- portant line YUMA 41 The clock lalion experts believe it will cur on ember 20th At 11 o'clock on that morning the census c c k in W ton will tell us that the lation of Hie United States is 200 million And k just later the will tick off a total of That's il Our total population increases by 1 person every seconds Which is 250 more sons every hour THE WEATHER this T t 11 77 IN it II M tins ul In Mildly A little this and 71 misty winds this afternoon 82 Saturday Per Copy lOc 16 Pages Yuma Arizona Friday November 3 Phone ARIZONA Our rale has eased a hit From per tion during the Baby Boom of 1947 down to per But look out All those girls horn during the Baby Boom are now beginning to reach the age Thus the portion of women of ing age will jump If married couples would only 2 children per ily our population would hold stable at 200 million But we're not doing that We average 3 children per couple So in another 38 years the U.S.A will have 300 million or an additional 100 million sons We won't go hungry But many authorities think this in- crease will force the American standard of living downward They see a serious decline in the quality of life It will be seen in more tion of air and water more of schools more nile delinquency more racial and more big city tos with air the problems they seem lo bring PHEONIX AP A old woman was shot to death in front of Phoenix police quarters today and her husband was disarmed and taken into custody a few seconds later The victim was identified as Linda Lee Meredith address unknown who was dead on ar- rival at Memorial Hospital The victim's estranged band LeVoy Jasper Meredith 42 of Phoenix was disarmed of a 38 caliber pistol by an off-duty police officer after re- firing five shots Meanwhile Mayor Milt ham one of the passersby when the shooting occurred rushed into police headquarters and called for an ambulance Charles Owen the off duty policeman said he had just parked his car when he saw the shooting He said Meredith offered no resistance when he took the gun from him Romney To Announce His Plans Nov 18th LANSING Mich George Romney today said he will announce his presidential intentions at a meeting in Mich igan on Nov 18 Romney after discussing his cancellation of a proposed tele vision broadcast 15 told a news conference I will hold a meeting on Sal Nov IS in Michigan A that lime I will announce or I will or will not run Martin Luther King Jr nnd 3 other Negro mini- sters were freed from Jail a day early today by a judge he not to o hardship on four had served four days of a f King hna a virus condition Tax Expert Called By Arizona Solons WELCOME BOSS Janet Wilson hostess for anza Airlines pins a name tag on Edward Converse Bonanza president at a de-icer party Thursday evening at the Stardust Hotel The get-together kicked off the 2nd Annual Arizona Aviation Conference being held in Yuma this weekend In back from left are Charles Broman general manager of the Tucson airport Henry Newman director of the Southwest Region of the FAA Joseph Kyle Civil Air Attache in the American Embassy in Mexico City John Chapin Yuma man of the Chamber of Commerce aviation tee Richard Jacoby Yuma committee member and Dr Leslie Wichita Kan director of ning and research for Cessna Aircraft Sun Staff By K PHOENIX of the contusion over statewide reappraisal program may be cleared up next week when a national expert on taxation con- fers with Arizona legislators House Majority Leader Barr says Max Arnold of Denver has been asked lo meet wilh lawmakers to discuss a proposed change in the law under which the were made Arnold is architect of In s He said if that should turn lo be of the it's in for very rough Shift There is some controversy at the Capitol over whether at the end of thp long and costly gram Ihr rules are suddenly being switched in middle of Barr says no Other legislative leaders have million four-year Arizona indicated they don't -1 system He has proposed an ARCADIA Fla AP James Richardson was charged on a warrant day night with first degree der in the parathion poisoning of lis seven small children Richardson 31 was charged after a jury ruled he and other ons unknown administered the parathion feloniously ully and of his malice thought and with premeditated design I just say I'm not the fruit picker said er Sheriff Frank Cline read the charge to him Richardson who had been in jail since Tuesday night on a technical charge of child lect was accused of putting the deadly pesticide that affects the nervous food eaten by his children Oct 29 The in age from 2 to violently ill within minutes Six of them died that afternoon and the seventh died the next morning Testimony at the inquest Richardson had ed to purchase double in- insurance policies on each of the children the night before they were stricken The insurance agent Gerald Purvis of Palmetto testified son may have interpreted his remarks to mean the insurance was effective at once although the initial premium had not been paid The children's mother Annie Mae 29 remained in jail on a child neglect charge filed day She and her husband were arrested after they submitted to lie detector tests Air Cargo Story at Opening Session by DENNIS PEARCE The Yuma Daily Sun Aviation seminars ranging from international markets to air safely got under way this morning opening the 2nd annual Arizona Slate Aviation ence here in Yuma At the Chillon Inn William F Dobbins of the Foreign cultural Service of the ment of Agriculture spoke on world markets He said world for U.S products are rapidly growing To Private He gave particular mention to private commercial sales of products Dobbins said Fruit exports in 1956 were SI 96 million and by had reached 5327 million Dobbins said overseas export by air got its start in 1954 with passage of the Air Cargo Act which was to expand inter- national air cargo and Irade Iween nations He praised the extensive cooperation between private firms and the ment overseas work and pre- 58 billion in sales in 1968 The Story He said to tell the story ot U.S agriculture three methods are primarily used by the De- of Agriculture ts at trade fairs U.S Trade Center programs and overseas promotions In the first the department las had 200 fairs in 37 countries ie estimated that nearly 50 lion people have viewed can products by this method The trade center program permanent trade ters in major foreign cities At present he said six are in op- with agriculture ducts participating in throe With overseas in-store lion interested stores and store groups stage displays of and sell American products for a limited time with minimum U.S in the cost He said We have a ly expanding program in foreign trade and more and more U.S goods arc going into the world He gave several reasons in- more U.S firms are ting into the export market more foreign firms are ing U.S products a growing awareness of export possibilities among U.S farmers and a ing of American products abroad Dobbins summed up by ing Total farm exports are reaching new highs We hope to see more products from this stale and more firms ng in overseas trade Following Dobbins was as A Calk of TWA on the mechanics of air cargo shipping and handling In a frank of line cargo practices Calk said airlines are just now getting in- Tum lo Page 2 Col 4 please menl to the appraisal law which would declare that full cash value is synonymous wilh fair market value in ing property for tax purposes The value estimate shall not consider the highest and best use the reads When considering market data as an indication of fair market value the price paid for future anticipated properly increments shall be excluded in the tion process for tax purposes Fanners The amendment was proposed after many farmers complained bitterly earlier this year that their land was being valued too high because the appraisal sion had put heavy emphasis on urban influence The farmers say it is unfair to their land at the value which it might be sold for other than agricultural uses Barr argues that the not significantly change the gram He also contends it will not materially affect the data from the appraisal division which legislators must use in arriving property tax re- form program Steve Spear head of the Barr Spear division agrees says the data is the best possible and exactly what was called for in law undei which his operates Barr denies the proposed law change is special leg his to be the case but sec any reason to upsel about it if it should he Barr says Arnold doesn't think the basically what has already been dune in program The Re- publican leader said the would provide a better tion for public if they are going to take their before an appeals hoard Should the legislature wish to lowered figures for tural land Spear says bis division would provide some information by the first of the Claim Hike Value Farmers on the Yuma mesa law told the governor that new slate appraisals of farmland ire way too high They lay the blame onto non- farmers who have purchased Arizona farmland in order to take advantage of federal in- come tax laws In a letter to Gov Jack Hams the Yuma Mesa te Drainage District asks farm and ranch property be The letter drafted by Attorney Thadd er was accompanied by posed new language for state laws regarding appraisals Cash Value The Yuma Mesa district ar- gues that the present method of assessment of farmland is un- fair Existing law says ty should be assessed at full cash value This lias bora interpreted to mean the price at which a ling seller and willing buyer can agree Barr says he sees the il program as a continuing and he is not surprised that changes may be in it points out that the appraisals must be updated lan PHOENIX Public ings he held by a tive committee in other parts of Arizona if the turnout is good at meetings week in son and Flagstaff Yuma and Casa being considered hearing Grande are But this method says the district results in a valuation which bears no relationship to farm income The district explains by As we all know the many gains features of the federal income lax law has re- in lie purchase by non- farmers of substantial amounts of farming and grazing land hi this stale This invasion of the farm world by seeking tax advantages has boosted the price of farmland beyond its to pay off the district declares Unjust To require Hie farmer lo pay out of farm income upon these artificially established values creates an unjust the district tells the governor district points out that the mining in Arizona has carved out over the years an assessment procedure which jf public doesn't show Jin some measure relates itself cange s K puc brought on by pressures j upi tholl UK public's fault to income from farmers or land House Majority Inside The Sun Churches Comics Markets Movies Sports Women 16 II 4 Stocks Welcome Winter copa He said he is hopeful there hi a good turnout next Thursday in Tucson and Shady Acres Trailer Mr and Mrs Helms Monte Vista Colo Mr and Mrs Howard I Mr mid Mrs Harry C on Hamilton Ohio and Committee invites oration citizens to voice views on tax problems and proposals Barr noted that public Tin ings were held several years attention Railroads utilities avid oil and gas corporations have the same the district asserts In these cases they say the erty tax hears a direct to income The ers would like the Increase Yuma district calls what happened to farm values in the recently com- statewide re-appraisal of ago when a budget director hill bring discussed but only a few persons showed up property Farm property zoomed I for the sessions at and I Flagstaff to Page 2 Col 3 please Launches PHOENIX AP Children's Day launched the 1967 annual State Fair on a 10 day run thousands of youngsters poured through the gates With children under 12 ted for a dime officials fore- an opening day attendance of up about from last year's opener Sunny ther and temperatures in the low 70s greeted the fairgoers Gov Jack Williams snipped the ribbons opening the fair at f and released some 700 homing pigeons lo spread the news to their home towns Afterward the governor and his wife were escaped in a horse-drawn surrey to open the first exhibit Comedian Bob Hope and Vic will headline the high priced entertainment night at bandstand Yuma police Chief Joe painted a picture of frus- tration for a suspect today as he discussed the case of the paint store burglary The frustration settled on Cornelio Correa 15 of 124 son Avenue Correa is a Green Carder although he has lived in the area a number of years and worked as a pointer layer and general man Victim of the burglary was the Plaza Paint Store and Madison where worth LOOT RECOVERED Yuma Police officers look over paint cans hey recovered Insl from a burglary suspect Chief Joe Mickey left Holds the money that was used to lure the suspect into selling the paint to Sgl Carl Cai s or ea At is Detective Penny Sim holo of paint brushes and related materials were heisted An mant lipped the police lo Cor- rea and a trap was set tive Carl Cansler was rioted out as a prospective buyer with in his pocket SUSPECT Cornelio Correa ponders things ter arrested last night in the burglary thai brought price down to Cansler met with Correa and resisted attempts to hammered mil a business dealM him lo turn over money before the loot was uncovered And when the deal was finished j Cansler produced his police j badge instead of the money and arrested Correa Fellow officers i hiding nearby helped make it i official Location of tte I deal was close to the paint j hidden in the alley in the ity of Kress's I Front Door Chief said that the i front door on the paint store was forced open and then the backdoor unlocked He said Cor- iva estimated that it took about four hours to carry the many cans of paint thinner brushes and trays out the back door and to the hiding place several hundred feet away Officers found the cans neatly stacked under a cardboard cover Aiding in the investigation and arrest were Detectives Penny Boh Phillips Lt Powell Elkin's and Sgt Lopez Correa was to be arraigned late this morning on a first de- gree burglary charge
