Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - April 15, 1970, Yuma, Arizona SUN SUN 26 Pages and ARIZONA 10 Cents Yuma Arizona Wednesday April 15 1970 Telephone SENTINEL Issue Year By OSBORN The People Will Decide This One After 15 years of effort to regulate by state law the boards that now clutter tia's highways 15 years which produced not a single measure of restraint the ple who are most concerned about Arizona's outdoor beauty are taking the question to the people A committee known as for Billboard Control ABC has been formed It has drafted a proposed law and hopes to enact it into law by the initiative procedure This means first of all that S tures must be collected on hundreds of petitions Then it would be placed on the ballot to be voted on directly by the A people The law if enacted would allow all existing signs to re- main in place for five years in order to recover their cost of installation Then they would have to come down Cities and towns would late signs within their borders as they see fit The Arizona Highway Department would provide public information URGENT Apollo Craft Off Course Corpses Float Down Mekong LEUNG Cambodia AP The bodies of hundreds of Vietnamese floated down the Mekong River in southeast Cambodia today many their hands tied behind them It appeared to be the biggest mass killing yet revealed in Cambodia A police official at the ferry crossing 36 miles southeast of Phnom Penh the Cambodian capital said he had counted 400 bodies this ing But still they came and more could be seen for a mile up the river until it The stench was ing and passengers on the ferry gagged as the boat through the bodies Some women were among floated by tied together Cambodians along the bank including the police said they had no idea where the bodies came from The government leaders who deposed Prince Norodom have been whipping up an campaign directed not only at the sands of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops who operate back and forth across the border with South Vietnam but at the Vietnamese who live in Cambodia The Khmer people of bodia and the Annamites of Vietnam have been traditional enemies for centuries and planes dropped lets in Phnom Penh Saturday reminding the people of a toric massacre when Khmers once rose up and killed DEAR GOD PLEASE the slain but very few Most signs to assist the traveler with were men ciad sign plazas at appropriate shorts One group of eight all Annamites on Cambodian tions The highway bodies including one woman territory in one night ment and the Department of Economic Planning would cooperate in the placing of tourist information centers near the various en- trances to the state Signs re- lating to activities on the site Women kneel in a pew in New York's St Patrick's yesterday to pray for return of the astronauts President Nixon stood in silent prayer at a White House dinner and Pope Paul VI said a special prayer during this morning's mass for Apollo safe return Congress also asked persons to pray for the three-man crew last night during the crucial maneuver that sent the disabled capsule heading toward earth AP would be exempt from tion But no longer would Arizona of signs boards in the great open alongside our main intruding iato some the most and beau- scenic the worlds No longer would our expanses of and forest become merely a backdrop for commercial signs and boards No longer that is if the signatures and the votes are forthcoming Sturdivant Is Reelected Head Of Theatre Unit Sturdivant of Yuma has been unanimously elected for the third consecutive term iS as president of The National Association Theatre Owners of Arizona He also is vice president of the national organization and chairman of the NATO Justice and Order Coordinating Com- Recently following a speaking tour by Sturdivant more than theatres across the country pledged their talent and ties lo Attorney General John N Mitchell in the fight against crime Coordination is being effected by him in Washington with Deputy Attorney General Richard G bert G Klein of the White House and Richard W Velde associate administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration The American Bar Association the ing Council and the American Judicature Society are among other entities which are joining in the effort halt the increasing incidence of crime and Yumo Librarian Gets State Post Mrs Betty Thomas director of the Yuma brary was named of the Arizona State Library Association at a recent convention Seven officers were chosen at Uie meeting April 10th and i in Tucson Mrs Thomas was the only Yuman elected to j serve Council Checks V Charter Voting The Yuma City Council held a special two-hour session to canvass the vote on the charter amendment per cent excise tax elections A few minor changes City officials are busy this morning attempting the procedure so that resolution can be adopted this afternoon to send the material to Gov Jack The issues won't become law until the questions have been approved by Gov Williams and the State al filed with the secretary of state and the charter question finally recorded by the Yuma County Recorder Mayor Thomas F Allt said the Yuma City Council in- tends to hire a city tor this year However the timetable is not set because ol the unknown time element in sending materials to Phoenix for approval by the state of- Further the city ad- position would have to be provided for in a new budget Budget hearings will begin soon adoption of the budget occurs in July and gust City Councilmen yesterday took 24 sacks containing re- turns and studied the figures and checked those figures against poll lists and ballot stubs Several precincts ed discrepancies in the figures and councilman resolved those discrepancies The occurred mostly in voided ballots Two resolutions were ed by the City Council ing the canvass of the vote on both the charter issue and the excise tax issue For the excise tax issue the yes vote amounted to Arabs Storm Embassy By THE ASSOCIATED Part of the Will Come lo Yuma with ASU Geologist I- Arab demonstrators stormed Embassy in the of Jordan then and set fire to the American center protesting the im- pending visit of a U.S envoy to Amman the capital ed windows the embassy and ransacked its offices Three embassy vehicles were ed The demonstrators hauled The no vote amounted to 755 down the U.S flag on the em- There were 36 ballots voided bassy roof and replaced it with the Palestinian colors At the cultural center The total vote was The voided ballots amounted to 1.48 per cent On this issue 38.9 per cent of the registered voters went to the polls Regarding the charter tion the City Council read into the resolution all yes and no votes from each precinct however the total yes and no vote previously reported are not expected to change sub- City officials were using an adding machine to check the totals this morning There may be some changes in precinct figures One election board added all yes and no votes in their total figures rather than showing straight yes and no votes apart from the vole on the eight tions a bomb was thrown first and then some in the crowd set the building on fire Three Jordanians one of them an official of the Al Fatah Arab guerrilla tion were injured by splinters from the bombing and by dom shooting Inside The Sun 12 Pieces of the moon will be on display in Yuma Friday with the public invited to see them and huar lunar materials research being performed at Arizona State University Dr Carleton B ASU professor of chemistry arid ge- ology who is one of the from throughout the tion working with the space program will speak at a dinner Friday at the 01 Trails Steak House starting at p.m He will have the moon rocks and lunar dust for the program The dinner is sponsored by tho ASU Alumni in Yuma and by the University's Extension Division The general public alumni and parents of ASU students may reserve for the dinner by sending a check able to Yuma ASU for per person to Ron Er- hardt Box 28 Yuma Also included on the program will be Dr George F Hamm ASU Vice President for Student Affairs who will talk about Conflict and Change in the Student Community He will also speak at a Yuma Press Club forum at 5 p.m Dr Moore who serves as director of Center for Meteorite Studies was the re- last month of the Uni- Faculty Achievement Award The award recognized his leadership in meteorite re- search and his work with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Apollo lunar program He also serves as of FROM OUTER SPACE Dr Carleton B Moore ASU professor who is a principal investigator of moon rocks and lunar dust for NASA will tell about his research and show samples of moon material at a Yuma dinner meeting Friday He holds one of the with which he works in ASU labs Nininger Meteorite Col- lection the largest in existence that is open for study by re- search scientists He serves as editor of the journal of the Meteoritical ciety For NASA he serves as a principal investigator of lunar samples and is the only person performing nitrogen and bon on these als The evening program is a part of a ASU Day in which will include a workshop on Community School Ecu cation a Public Ad- ministration Workshop for City of Yuma officials a cheon for civic club and appearances by Dr Moore at Yuma High Kofa High and Arizona Western College Feature Education Panels at Meet Opening Thursday PTA TALK Young Suzanne Lasich is finding out all about State PTA Convention that opens here tomorrow Filling her in are her father Lasich 1359 E Place who is president of tne Rolle School PTA and Mrs Gilbert LeClair Phoenix mental chairman for the state PTA Sun Staff Educational panels on dren's mental health problems will be a feature of the Arizona PTA convention opening here tomorrow Some 300 delegates are ex- for the two-day ing at the Stardust Hotel Among those taking part in the panel discussions will be a national PTA project director Mrs Laura Ganoung a pupil official from Mrs Farris national representative Mrs Gilbert LeClair Arizona State Mental Health chairman Dr Weldon P Shofstall state tendent of public instruction and Mrs Ronald Fuller of Yuma a nominee for western region president Arizona PTA President Marion J Porch will open the convention at 9 day Regular convention ness will take up the morning to be followed by the tion at noon The Uke up the entire afternoon with the con- vention banquet following at 7 p.m in the Palo Verde Room Mrs Vaden will give the keynote address ment will be by the to the World of ado High School Scottsdale led by Robert Frazier former Yuma High vocal instructor Friday will see a ship breakfast at and the second general meeting during the morning After lunch local units will delve into workshops from 1 lo p.m will be for first and second year presidents and chairmen of local committees including membership program parent and family life and health and safety Award of charters and an- of the 1971 con- vention site will close the gathering Friday afternoon Failure Could Be Disastrous SPACE CENTER Houston Control ed today that the Apollo 13 spaceship was off course and must make a midcourse engine correction tonight or Thursday if it is to return to earth If the firing is not successful the spaceship would mug the earth by 104 miles and probably would have no way to get home However officials noted that the chances of making the course correction were lent The normal firing would be done with the engine of the lunar module a powerplant that fired flawlessly Tuesday night A burn of only a few seconds is required to alter the course to aim at the desired landing area in the Pacific Ocean If the lunar module engine the astronauts could use the small control jets on the side of either the lunar module or the command ship Astronauts James A Lovell Fred W Haise and John L Swigert are scheduled to make the midcourse correction at p.m tonight However of- are considering delaying it until p.m Thursday Splashdown is set for p.m EST Friday There was no explanation K ow the spaceship veered off a trajectory which would have brought it back to a landing on earth even if no midcourse were ed The space agency had said that the Apollo 13 ship was on such a path And ahead lies the critical reentry when the crippled com- mand ship must carry James A Lovell Jr Fred W Haise Jr and John L Swigert Jr on a blistering dive through the atmosphere Tomorrow Is WASHINGTON AP For the millions of taxpayers who vowed I'll do it tomorrow is here This is the final frantic day for filing most tax returns The last of 77 million 1969 tax forms with some tions must be postmarked by midnight or the Internal nue Service can begin assessing penalties against anyone who delays Although almost two million more returns had beep filed by last Friday than the same time a year ago 25 million remained Yuma Postmaster Clarence de Corse an- today that the Main Post Office will ex- tend its postmark deadline to midnight for those mailing at the downtown branch only out as of that last count the IRS reported Tuesday It ex- 77 million returns Friday's total was 52.3 lion returns compared to 50.7 million at the same time last year a jump of 3.3 per cent Of those 32.7 million taxpayers will receive refunds compared to 30 million last year THE WEATHER Low 70 45 64 75 45 high thi date FORECAST to Siany and winner ud 86 55
