Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - July 29, 1969, Yuma, Arizona Editor's Notebook The Chief Instrument Of Crime By JONES OSBORN The Eisenhower boys have tackled some sacred cows in American life YUMA 219 18 Pages Per Copy lOc Yuma Arizona Tuesday July 29 1969 Phono ARIZONA 119 Ike when leaving the dency waa bold enough to say s o m e I hing thul no other public figure had dared mention We must guard against t h e acquisition of u n warranted i n f 1 u enco whether sought or un- sought by the i m i 1 it a r y- i n d u s t rial complex That remark set off a public debate that has not slackened even today SHROUDED IN SECURITY Visit Set by Nixon Now his brother Milt has gone after the band gun us the chief instrument of mine and violence in this country Dr Milton S Eisenhower chairman of the National Commission on the Causes Prevention of Violence says the hand gun should be rigidly con- trolled He believes hand guns should be restricted to police security guards small businesses in high crime areas and others with a special need for It in the ready availability of the hand gun so often a weapon of crime and so a sporting arm that is the most serious part of the firearms problem in this says Dr hower He wants stales to be given four years to pass state laws that would limit ownership of hand guns to persons who a legitimate need A federal censing system would go into effect for states that do not act Judge Ernest McFarland of Arizona was one of four out of 13 who dissented They say each state should be allowed to decide for itself what kind of gnn controls are right out federal intervention OLD GLORY ON MOON The United Slates flag placed on the surface of moon is shown in this picture taken from inside the lunar module The astro- footprints can also be scon on the The report mates there are 24 million hand guns owned hy private U.S zens Sales of hand guns have gone up 400 per cent since Homicide involving guns has in- creased 50 per cent since 1954 ami handguns arc the principal firearm used in crime Just as this report was made public the FBI released mony given by Director J Edgar Hoover before Congress last There were 76 enforcement officers killed by Criminal action in And 72 per cent were killed with hand Plane Hunt Ended It Crashed in Calif Transit System Finances Asked WASHINGTON Mayors and transit experts from nation's traffic-choked cities appealed today for a billion fund to finance vast new rail and bus systems Witnesses before the Senate subcommittee on housing and urban affairs depicted urban strangulation caused by in- creasing numbers of private antos which pollute the air and clog the Pittsburgh Mayor Joseph AT Rarr representing the National League of Cities and the Con- ference of Mayors testified in support of a by Sen son A Williams to establish a national trust fund for mass transit similar to the one which financed the Inter- state Highway System Inside The Sun Comics Crossword Editorial Markets Two Wisconsin couples ng since June 24th when their Cessna 182 flew over Yuma lave been found dead in the wreckage of their craft Yuma nas been the center of the search The small private plane was found on a mountainside bo- Iween Corona Del Mar and Beach on the Irvin? Ranch two miles inland from Highway 101 On Board The victims were Lloyd II his wife Wilma both of Columbus Wise ard A Olson 33 and his wife Lucy both of Rio Wise the children The couples had going to Disneyland calls were sibly leaving the and taking Mexico discussed and Olson was the reported pilot o the craft The cause of plane HI the bus trip into Wellton Lad Was Victim Of Heat Stroke A death certificate Brian Peterson 4 the crash is under investigation by the eral Aviation Administration Dick Uruchurtu of the KAA Flight Service here said the Wisconsin were flying without a plan and that contributed to the delay in left Rio on ing them The group had June 21st and had boen briefed at City on the 22nd The pilot is reported to have phoned his mother in Rio from El Paso Then they flew over Yuma and disappeared 10 Children Between the two couples they leave 10 children The berg's have six The babysitter reported that Mrs said they would be hack in seven days if the weather permitted Otherwise they might return in 10 days She also said that Mrs berg was going to call home every other night to check on for showing death by asphyxia from a heat stroke has received by Justice of the Peace C Byrd Judge Byrd said on had been performed but he docs not expect to receive the report for several days The boy was fount dead about p.m in an auto at Wellton last Thursday Al windows were rolled tip but closed doors were not locked Cameras May Reveal Mars Life Forms PASADENA Calif AP Mariner 6 has clicked its earner s at Mars snapping and stor ng for transmission to earth to night lie first 33 of a long series of pictures which may show life can exist on the red planet The space probe look ils first at p.m PDT Monday Scientists said th was working well Mariner G was scheduled to start transmitting the pictures more than 58 million miles to earth at p.m today Vice President Spiro T new who as head of the dent's Space Advisory Council advocates manned exploration of Mars arranged to be ai the Jut Propulsion Laboratory to watch the photographs come in The same radio commands which activated the cameras also started instruments de- signed to measure the surface temperature of Mars and to analyze the chemical make-up of its thin atmosphere LUNAR WALK Apollo 11 Astronaut Noil Armstrong backs away from the lunar module as he begins his moon walk July A huge shadow of the LM is cast on the moon's surface NASA Photos via AP Exposure of Mice Moon's Dust Is Delayed To Associated Writer SPACE CENTER Houston AP Researchers de- layed until Wednesday the first treatment of mice with moon dust to determine if lunar organisms exist which could threaten life on earth They had hoped to start the process today hut officials re- ported more time was needed for preparation including ng the lunar soil samples into uniform size for the ments Tiie opening of a second of rocks returned by the Apollo 11 astronauts was delayed by a rip in a glove that technicians use to reach into a caspd vacuum chamber The oilier layer of the right bond glove was lorn while removing samples from the first box If cut all the way through outside air could in and ruin the vacuum or nar organisms if present could leak out A new outer covering was being placed on the glove today and work in the chamber was expected to resume late in the day Meanwhile scientists ing rocks gathered on the moon w n NEW VOKK AT announced it will the Apollo II moon nn a special at p.m lime Tuesday Photographs taken by iner fi of Mars will lie on NIK p.m CUS ut p.m anil p.m and AHC nt p.m and p.m Tuesday all times Yuma Time -y LUC t e n by the Apollo 11 astronauts say the evidence is overwhelming that the lunar plains were creat- ed hy lava flows They also said mysterious black dust clinging to the out- side of the rocks contains a high percentage of lustrous spheres that may rained down on the moon after a tror plowed into the surface The experiment with the mice moon dust into the animals blood spray it in the air the breathe and put it in their food If III If the mice come down wit an illness which cannot be ex or controlled between now and the time the astro- period is to Aug II the spacemen and H other people with them will have to remain untouchables for a longer time Similar studies will be made later using plants insects man tissue cultures and sea creatures Excitement among ers examining moon dust and rocks was focused on nary findings of the physical properties including a real scientific surprise up In one-third of the moon dust is composed of the spheres The tiny range in color from dark brown to resulted from condensation of a gas or created hy the impact of Top Saigon Aides Fly To Bangkok liy FRANK Associated Cress BANGKOK AIM President Nixon will visit South Vietnam Wednesday and confer with President Nguyen Van Thieu sources reported today Details of Nixon's visit to the war zone were shrouded in curity precautions and White House spokesmen would give no confirmation But neither would they deny the report It was exacted that the President would be in Vietnam only a few hours Meanwhile Nixon's lop tary and diplomatic officials in Saigon flew to Bangkok today to review the situation in nam with the President Conferences After morning and luncheon with Thailand's coders on Southeast Asian and relations scheduled tin afternoon of the Vietnam war with Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker and Gen W Abrams Jr the commander of U.S forces in Vietnam Nixon has said these talks Will influence his thinking or withdrawals of U.S troops and his assessment of the battlefield lull in Vietnam now in iis sixth week Abrams told newsmen as he left Saigon the lull could be due to enemy preparations for an- other offensive lack of on the enemy's or an attempt by Hanoi to de- escalate the war but I don't think anyone really knows Khoman Thai foreign minister told newsmen after and Prime Minister Thanom met with Nixon that the American president stressed the U.S commitment to all obligations it has with Thailand and promised to port and assist Thailand in viding the necessary equipment to realize its national goals said Thai officials em- to Nixon that the Thai are conscious of their responsibility to maintain their independence and freedom with their meteor Dr Clifford Romney Wants Space Given Lower Priority SEATTLE AP Two bers of President Nixon's net have called for a lower priority for space expenditures but Vice President Spiro T says he still believes the nation should aim to put a man on Mars in this century We should stop Riving space a No 1 Secretary of Housing and Urban ment George Romney fold newsmen after the opening sion of the Western Governors Conference Monti ay Secretary of Health tion ami Welfare Robert Finch said space officials will have to show much greater ary restraint than has been the ease in the past called for to inject of Harvard University strength But 1st Cotton Bale Honor Won by Jim Weeks The first bale of cotton in Chamber of Commerce said he County weighed in at 102 fell that it ihp first bale this libs yesterday at p.m hi I year had also been Ithe Somerton Gin ill would have been retried Grower Jim Weeks of j earlier maybe earlier than last ton snid he about 12 acres on a field ls n cel county Kith and 17th streets on Avenue E j said they also told him the Thai people hope that tries with mutual interests like the United States will help them with equipment adequate to tight aggression effectively said Nixon told them he was pleased with Thai policy and the measures Thailand has taken to defend itself against Communist aggression arly to protect villagers in emote areas to be used for a major appliance or furniture for the home And the second prize i a certificate used for the same purposes To he eligible for the picked more cotton than he needed for the first bale he said and the rest of the i cotton was ginned into a second within 48 hours afte weighing 249 ihs jmp js reported Tile variety of cotton he the grower has to repor was the Delta j on Cotton Cotton head I First Bale committee FIRST BALE Jim Weeks of Somerton watches as ginner Alvin Wright weighs the first bale his bale of cotton in Yuma County A p.m when it was weighed the bale tipped the Somerton Gin scales at 462 Ibs Sun Staff of the of the j I Yuma County Chamber of Com- explained that the rules i had been changed somewhat this year Last year's first bale was This year the first bale had to be machine picked and weigh at least 436 Ibs I Also he added the same I grower is not eligible two years I in a row This year in addition i to Yuma County the Bard area was also eligible Year year's first was and reported on July 17th Jim of the When You See Bargain Buy It CITY Okla Troy Still service station operator knows a bargain be sees it Troy started u gas war with a station Monday liy his gasoline price to 21 cents a gallon ills competitor Ed ton his price to 11.9 n gallon Anil I took my truck across the street and hail him till he said Poll Indicates Voters Prefer Kennedy Stay BOSTON AP The Boston Jbbe said today that 78 per cent of the 517 Massachusetts voters in a telephone favored Sen Edward M Kennedy remaining in his ate seat A copyright story on the vey also said per cent of a representative sample of the Massachusetts public approve of the way Kennedy is handling himself in his job as senator Five per cent disapproved and per cent had no opinion The Globe said trained inter- viewers from the Becker Re- search Corp talked with the 517 Massachusetts residents 18 years or older between 3 p.m Saturday and 8 p.m Sunday THE WEATHER Highest yesterday Lowest morning at 11 today 07 humidity at ti Trace Average high this daV Avenge low this 80 FORECAST to Wednesday Variable cloudiness through Wednesday with a slight chance of thunder showers Gusty winds near Hlsh this noon MM Wednesday 103 Sunset Sunrise
