Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - August 8, 1968, Yuma, Arizona Editor's Notebook Across the Continental Divide By JONES OSBORN The fifth day of our six-day pack trip into the Rocky tains of Colorado was to be our longest and most eventful On the first six or seven miles of our ride that day we followed familiar the We are riding due north past Thunder M o u n t a in Jagged tain and Peak all to our left and all ing more than into the clear Colorado skies YUMA 276 18 Pages Per Copy lOc Yuma Thursday August 8 1868 ARIZONA 128 A MAJOR SURPRISE Nixon Our ascent is gentle until we pass Rock Creek and from there it begins to climb more we are now headed upward toward the Continental Divide the backbone of the nation Three or four miles ahead of us we see our Hunchback feet high Mountain there we spot deer a fine big buck with four or five does in his harem Like all deer they are curious They stand and watch us for several minutes before making their Way over the ridge Silhouetted against the skyline the antlered buck is a magnificent sight Council Babe Ruth Councilman Henry G the quality of water ell yesterday moved for Josephine commendations at the asked if the canal City Council meeting could turn salty Council approved both of Public Works Director Winsor said that was One commendation Mayor Thomas F Allt directed at the Recreation that at no time was Park Department and the ever a provision to Ruth Board a fine quality of water He ney which gave Yuma to other contracts with mendous government for water The other commendation at the Yuma Chief Arthur County Library and reported to the Council Mrs Betty Thomas for officers in the department the Ted Hollin Library The taken recent courses on brary opened for business accident investigation The climbing is steeper now with frequent rests for the mountain ponies But at last we reach the summit the where rainfall on the western slope runs toward the Pacific Ocean and on the s 1 o pe to t h e Atlantic Ocean the dividing point are at feet and there iih a great patch of deep snow from winter The little girls both natives of the desert x can't resist the urge to trade for a They slide down the pack using their ponchos as a seat it is cold up here on the ridge and although the view of majestic mountains in all tions is appealing the cutting wind is not After the usual of trail markers and signs we head down the other side toward Beartown mous old mining camp day Both Recreation and Parks Director Brent Marchetti and Mrs Thomas expressed their appreciation of Mitchell's com- UliI Resigns In other action the Council accepted the resignation of ward L Uhl Jr after 17 years of service on the Yuma County Library Board and decided to send a letter of preciation to Uhl for his vice In a companion decision the Council appointed John Olin to serve on the library board for a three-year term In another appointment the Council named John J Tschigg to serve on the Electrical sory Board The Council adopted a between Arizona GOP instructors training in raphy identification and crowd control Chief Fairbanks said the training was not taken be- cause of specific incidents nor was the department training for specific major areas of police duties rather it is a program to further train the officers for police duty On Reserves An ordinance was given ond anf passed to formalize the police reserves in the City of Yuma Two ordinances were given first reading for equipment for in the Public Works ment One ordinance will the call for bids and chase of a transistorized two- way radio system the other ordinance will provide for the pickup Agnew Choice MIAMI BEACH Fla Arizona delegates to the Re- publican National Convention said today Gov Spiro T Agnew of Maryland is an acceptable choice to them for the GOP vice presidential nomination Members of the delegation in- they expected Agnew to be neither an asset nor a ity to t h e GOP ticket in Arizona Agnew a governor is not known widely outside his Yuma County Water Users Association and the Department of Interior to supply East Main Canal water for watering Park The contract between the two local entities and the U.S Government sets forth that the government will two dump trucks ana a truck chassis Present at the meeting were Mayor Thomas F Allt Walter G Duncan Mitchell and Ochsner City Attorney John Wisely Jr and Acting City Recorder Marjorie Oliver Vii Disrupt Er SAIGON AP American and South Vietnamese troops have invaded the A Shau Valley for the second time in three and a half months disrupting the major Communist supply base again as part of their campaign to blunt the big enemy offensive expected in Base back across the nearby border U.S headquarters reported that 15 North Vietnamese troops had been killed in the first four days of the operation U.S losses were two dead and 22 wounded while eight South Vietnamese were killed and 18 own state He will make a splendid vice said Gov Jack Williams He called Agnew a man of great sincerity and depth things I have heard about him have been verv said Mrs Forrest den Arizona's national next month or so A fleet of 200 helicopters ed more than soldiers of the U.S Air Cavalry sion and the Vietnamese 1st In- fantry Division in the valley in the northern part of South nam Sunday and Monday but announcement of the operation was withheld until today for curity reasons The U.S Command in Saigon said the allied force has met with minimal resistance so far Probably warned by the heavy air activity that ed the invasion the North Most of the delegates were disappointed that California Gov Ronald Reagan was not the Nixon running mate Barry Goldwater conferred several hours with Nixon and others early today about who should get the No 2 spot on the ticket Goldwater left Miami Beach before Nixon had reached a decision on two vii 30 to 100 oid I1 Vietnamese presumably pulled wounded In the air war Strategic Air launched 10 missions day and today against enemy base camps supply areas anc bunker complexes north anc west of Saigon in the centra highlands U.S flew 111 missions against supply lines in North Vietnam's southern pan handle Wednesday Pilots were hampered in their of damage by poor weather bu reported knocking out 10 an tiaircraft artillery sites and cut ting roads in 60 places m HAPPY WINNERS GOP Presidential Nominee Richard M Nixon center gathers his family around him today for a victory photograph At right Semi Viole Dies Roll GOP A man was killed north Fla AP Roll early this morning incidents were the semi rig he was today in an area of rolled as he was attempting Miami where the negotiate a first serious racial Lewis but Wednesday was driving 967 said bands of young with maize on the were roaming around road north of Roll when section in which white mo- accident occurred He was were stoned cars set elling towards and stores looted during As the road turned night The original north to east he apparently was triggered when plied his brakes but one massed at a Negro rally ailed to work because of 25 persons were injured aulty brake drum two Negroes who to Sgt Charles Wallace of said were shot by unknown Sheriff's Office in Wellton investigated the accident One set failing to grab as le was turning the corner 100 Negroes were mostly on charges of disorderly conduct leading to rioting lave been the cause of the truck to roll said Sgt Wallace jewis was pinned in the broke out in the predominantly Negro area about p.m several hours before and dead at the scene Sgt Wallace said he received the report of the accident at this morning but it could nave taken place as early delegates 10 miles away across Biscayne Bay on Miami Beach nominated Richard M Nixon as their 1 There were no The death brought the Police Lt Jay traffic toll to both of the men who were Coroner Witten of were in good condition He has ordered an autopsy The police have not fired body was removed by bullet ambulance Curry 25 was Funeral arrangements as he was being pending at Dixon's Yuma in a looting case Golden two shots rang out in the THE but no gunman was seen The other shooting victim CephUs Griffen was hit by a Highest Yesterday bullet as he walked along Lowest this morning sidewalk police said Temperature at 11 today 97 Relative humidity at 11 of the injured suffered Average high this date 106 low this dale from broken glass and FORECAST to Friday from rocks and bottles P a r 1 1 v cloudy through warmer days and said at least 32 stores humidities High this afternoon broken into and seven Low SO High Friday looted Three cars were VP Delegates To Vote From Floor MIAMI BEACH Fla API Richard M Nixon winner of the Republican presidential nomination today picked Gov Spiro T Agnew of Maryland as his running mate Nixon made the ment in a brief news con- ference at p.m He said some 100 party leaders had been consulted A short while later Agnew in his own session with the press said I am stunned I had no idea that this was going to happen It came as a bolt out of the blue He said he was pro civil rights but without the David Eisenhower with Julie Nixon his fiancee and right Mrs Nixon with their other daughter Patricia AP and two were damaged rocks Four newsmen were among the injured and a man driving car with a George Wallace bumper sticker as of Negroes circled his wrecked automobile Dazed and bleeding he was pulled to in a bar by two Negroes The violence ended after the Ralph David Abernathy leading his Poor People's at the GOP convention Gov convention Claude Kirk a delegate walked through the streets urging calm conferred with Negro eaders Here I Come MIAMI BEACH Fla AP When losing Gov Ronald Reagan went before the Re publican convention today to endorse the nomination of Rid ard M Nixon the band struc California here I right back where I startee from Inside The Sun Crossword Editorial Food Movies 13 Sports 10 11 Women Rescuers Carry Out Dead Miners Ky AP Rescue workers began the slow process today of carrying out he bodies of nine miners re- ported killed Wednesday in a explosion in a coal mine shaft near here A mine employe who asked o remain unidentified said the rescue workers had found eight Bodies in one area of the mine The body of the ninth miner was found nearby he said The employe said it would take some time for the workers to bring the victims to the sur face because the shaft area was small The first body was dis covered at about EDT hours after the acci dent was reported Throughout the rescue opera tion and the reported finding of the bodies mine officials po lice and other authorities hav refused to discuss the with newsmen The entire area leading to th River Queen mine entrance wa cordoned off soon after th accident and newsmen have no been permitted in In Washington the U Bureau of Mines said it re a preliminary repor that the blast resulted from th accidental detonation of a car load of explosives being trans ported deep in the mine The mine owned and operai ed by Peabody Coal Co is jus south of this small community in Western Ken lucky GOV AGNEW condoning of civil disobedience and that this was one of the reasons he had been chosen to run for vice president Had he been president Agnew said he would not have allowed the Ressurection City encampment of the recent Poor People's Campaign in ton The selection of Agnew a onetime supporter of Gov son A Rockefeller of New York was a major surprise The Turn to Page 2 Col 4 Please iff Nomination Cotton Fashions Steal 1st Bale Spotlight FIRST BALE AWARD James Berkley Somerton farmer and Mrs Barkley right smile as they cept a check for from Miss Janet Kehl Yuma County Maid of Cotton Barkley who ginned the first bale cotton in Yuma County this year was guest of honor at the annual First Bale of Cotton luncheon Wednesday at the Stardust Don McCain man of the Ag committee assisted in the presentation ceremonies Sun Staff The presentation of to Somerton farmer James ley for producing the first bale of cotton in Yuma County this year w a s almost owed Wednesday by a showing of new cotton fashions Parading before an attentive audience of about 150 persons attending the third annual First Bale of Cotton luncheon held the Stardust Hotel yesterday 18 poised young women wore to advantage the large tion of cottons loaned for the show by local shops the Cotton Producers Institute and Call's patterns In the absence of Miss Judy Hickman the Arizona Maid of Cotton from Bisbee who was unable to Miss Janet Kohl Yuma County Maid of Cotlon the award check to who also winner of award last year In 8 Hours Barkley said the first bale ginned on July 17th was in about eight hours from ot cotton Sixteen arm hands picked the delta pine jhort staple cotton at a cost f about Barkley said this winning bale was picked me week earlier than last year The fashion show Cavalcade of was presented by he Yuma County Cotton Wives Fashions for the show were shipped here by air express romthe national Cotton cil in Memphis Tenn Introduced Mrs Evelyn Berryman dent of the Cotton Wives the models Mrs Gracie Hammons was narrator and Mrs Chris Layton at the organ provided the background music for the show Hits of the hour-long show were a purple velveteen mini- dress worn by Mrs Sue Monreal and a white evening gown created and modeled by Mrs Rosalie Crowe Don McCain chairman of the Ag committee ceed the event which was sored by the Agriculture Conv of the Yuma County Chamber of Commerce MIAMI BEACH Fla Everett Dirksen said today that Richard Nixon did not win the Republican party nomination on the first ballot It was a furniture salesman in Pekin 111 a cab driver in Philadelphia Pa an cs engineer in Los Angeles Calif a college senior in ville Tenn and scores of sands of unknown and ed party workers across this nation Sensing victory this No- the unsung doorbell ringers and the unseen party delegates who were never ed by the columnists nor seen on camera were unwavering in their loyalty to the former vice president They refused to be swayed by the polls or seduced by the glamor of Gov Reagan or the so-called appeal to the un- committed voter of Gov feller When victory comes to tha Republican party on Nov 5th as I am confident it will it will be a triumph not only of a man who comes closest to being the political ot this century but of the uncounted dedicated party faithful who never wavered In their faith in the future of their party and ot their nation I for one this morning saluted them as I shouted my approval of Dick
