Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - January 7, 1971, Yuma, Arizona JONES Cleaning the Editor's Desk from an tor's Arizonans are worried about marijuana and spend a small fortune trying to stamp out its use At the same time Arizonans 20 years of age or older are afflicted with some degree of alcoholism which coats million a year to business and industry Yet our society rejects one and accepts the other Snowmobiles have become man's newest assault on ture Beaver trapping in Maine is reaching dangerous levels now that trappers can race from trap to trap on snowmobiles Bobcats are being annihilated in certain areas by hunters who track them with snowmobiles So many hunters were running foxes down Minnesota passed a law forbidding harassment of animals by snowmobiles Some hunters chase moose and deer to exhaustion and death Sportsmen are get ting a bad image Surplus of teachers is ting serious especially in mentary and high schools cording to Labor Department And will get worse in the 1970s On the other hand the 1970s will likely need more chemists geologists geophysicists selors social workers urban planners and trained people in the planning and tion of city and county The Interstate Highway tem is a safer place to drive As more and more miles are completed the trend becomes clearly apparent Accidents invoking injuries are reduced m rural and in- city in rural stretches only imbe cities to non- public schools is certain to be an issue in the Arizona lature which convenes day Everyone is watching the U.S Supreme which for the first time has consented to rule on direct state aid to Catholic schools This case stems from a 1968 ia law which allots state funds for teacher salaries books arid materials for secular non- religious studies in parochial schools The Justice ment has filed a brief asking that the law be upheld Unless Nixon can halt tion babies being born today will by age 28 have to pay fur a car for a pair of shoes for a suit of clothes And today's in college tuition will then be Distraction The average Arizonan encounters about sales messages a day including advertising and all kinds of visual and verbal communications If you're ing to mobilize the public or mold public opinion you have lots of competition That's why so many well-intentioned appeals are widely overlooked or ignored Ml OHO DtV CO DAVID HILL OLD MENSFIELD KD OH 4469 J SUN Issue 20 Pages and ARIZONA SENTINEL Yumo Arizona Thors Jan 7 1971 Telephone SENTINEL 251 st Issue COLD TAKES TOLL Citrus Situation Is At Critical Point City To Send Extra Prisoners to County FREEZING END Border Patrol Inspector Charles Hobbe helps two Mexican juveniles from the Colorado River last night as a rescue ended their attempt at an illegal entry into the United States Four tried to swim the river but were stopped by the numbing cold Sun Staff Photo Bar Taxes Collected The City of Yuma collected during November the first month of the two per cent tax a total of Since bars motels and have a month in which to pay the tax the re- port of the total collection is not available until the end of the following month City Assessor David dan reported to the City Council tint a few persons wrote paid under protest on their checks Sheridan said no formal protests were received Red Rambo attended the meeting and pointed out that the city had hoped to col- lect about during a year which would make the monthly collection amount to He pointed out that November is one of the bar operator's best months Inside Sun Comics Crossword Editorial Movies Sports Women 16 15 4 15 Israelis Charge Cease-Fire Break TEL AVIV AP Four Egyptian bombers flew over Israeli tions in the Sinai desert the Israeli military command charged today in a complaint to the Truce Supervision Organization The incident was reported as special envoy Gunnar V Highest 45 rooming 27 it 41 47 60 Low tonight 39 humidity 11 13 FORECAST night f new tonight high to slightly through will la for pUnU It pipes Sunset twin The coldest spot in the world had to be along the banks of the Colorado River last night Four Mexican aliens tried to swim the chilly river last night but their at- tempts failed Two had to be by a combined effort of Imperial County Sheriffs Department and the Border Patrol About 11 p.m the four tried to make it across the river north of Andrade About half way across the numbing cold got two them and all sought shelter on a small island For two hours they sat vering in the 20 degree weather All were soaked by the icy water and two wore only shorts and light shirts Two finally swam back to the California side and went for help They accidentally tripped an electronic alarm de- vice used by the Border Patrol to detect aliens and Patrol In- spector Wayne T Mings re- After assessing the situation he called for assistance Patrol Inspectors Charles Hobbs and Robert Marquis Customs In- spector Thomas Coffman of Andrade and Imperial County Deputy Sheriff Charles mino responded to the second call A small boat was used by Coffman Palamino and quis to get the pair off the land The rescue was carried out without incident even the rescuers had to use pieces of lumber as oars to ride with the swift current After plucking the two off the sandy island the craft had to drift more than a mile be- fore a suitable landing spot was found An ordinance was given first reading by the Yuma City Council yesterday to use the Yuma County Jail to house city prisoners The city jail has more at times than we can Mayor as F Allt explained To use the county jail the city must have an ordinance to allow that The ordinance will cover those prisoners sentenced in Police Court but who cannot be lodged at the Yuma City Jail because of more than 120 persons in the jail Where the prisoner is housed will depend on the discretion of City Ad- ministrator Henry Rolfes Mayor Allt reported that the charge per day to house a prisoner at the Yuma County now compared to when city prisoners were housed there some years ago The new ordinance will fect persons sentenced on demeanor charges Those charged with a in the to the Yuma soon after they are booked at the Yuma City Jail Red Rambo who at- tended the meeting expressed surprise that the new jail is only two years old and we have to farm out He then wanted to know how far-sighted the city had been The overflow is Mitchell continued but it's still a saving to the taxpayers Levi Pace another bar ator who attended the meeting with Rambo asked about building a farm so that prisoners can pay their own way Mitchell said that Pace's idea undoubtedly has merit but no decision has been made Councilman John Peach pointed out that there had been a provision made to en- large the present jail In other action the Gave first reading to an to establish a dure to approve demands to conform with the charter These demands on the city are now listed by number on the City Council agenda and only those listed and approved by the Council at a meeting may be paid Appointed Councilman Henry Mitchell deputy mayor for the year 1971 Presented a plaque to Lopez a Yuma Police sergeant with 20 years of vice Lopez is now a Superior Court bailiff for Judge William W Nabours Lopez I what the city has done for me during his 20 years of service Gave second reading and passed an ordinance to rezone two lots on the northwest corner of 8th Place and 14th Avenue from single-family zoning to business Richard E DeVerse plans to demolish the present structure and construct a building for a repair shop Confirmed appointments of the following E Oliver city recorder John B Wisely Jr city attorney David V Sheridan city sor and Ernest C Stevens city treasurer Adopted a resolution setting Turn to Page 2 Crop Damage Revised to Million By NEIL JOHNSON The Yuma Daily Sun As the freezing weather has been taking its toll of ture in Arizona and California locally a critical point has been reached with the citrus crop Each day makes it more and more a grower told The Sun this morning Another five days and that would be it The National Weather Service doesn't have much encouragement as the cold snap is expected to last despite a slight warming trend Crop damage has been ed to over million and could run as high as million when the total affect is seen in about a week Trees appear to be weathering the storm with a minimum of wood damage Last night temperatures of- dipped to as low as 14 in Wellton and 16 in Tacna Turn to page 2 Tax Filings Are Due Natural Gas Councilman Henry Mitchell told Rambo that the City Council was aware that the Although two appeared in bad shape blankets and car heaters warmed them the enough to decline medical after it was opened It was not a question of ness or chell explained that a previous City Council had set aside in a fund to build a help Ambulance stood wasn't used According to Roger Bushner chief patrol agent the four would probably be re- turned to Mexico today be- cause of their age city jail and that was the money that was used Persons entitled to tax ex- must file affidavits with Otis Shipp Yuma County assessor between now and March 1st 1971 The affidavit must show the qualifications for exemption under the law Assessor Shipp may also re- quire additional proof of facts stated by the taxpayer who files an affidavit of exemption He warned also that failure to file an exemption when a Valley Bank Lowers Rate PHOENIX Jarring headed for Jerusalem in an effort to get his Middle East peace talks moving An Israeli communique said two jets streaked across the Suez Canal just south of Port Said about noon day then swung back toward Egypt At about the same time two PHOENIX The other Egyptian planes crossed prime interest rate charged the canal near El some borrowers at the Valley about 30 miles Port National Bank of Arizona was Said flew parallel to the wa- dropped effective today terway over Israeli positions The bank joined other and made their exit near mailia a spokesman said Diplomatic sources at headquarters in New York said Jarring agreed to go to lem after concluding that meaningful talks could not get under way until he conferred with Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban cial institutions across the country in reducing their prime interest rate from to 6VS per cent The prime rate is the red which is charged tho most borrowers moat of them large companies of national or international scope person is entitled to it or to file an affidavit or furnish dence required by law during the proper time shall cause the person to lose his exempt status The law says theat ure to comply shall be deemed a waiver of any exempt status Also persons may inquire now about their property until March 15th If a request for review is filed Shipp must rule on every re- quest for review filed within 30 days The action taken by the payer during this period sets the precedence for all further hearings and reviews by the County Board of Equalization and the State Board of erty Tax Appeals It is ered an important time of the year Shipp said Arizona Public Service Company's electric and customers will continue to receive an ample supply of electricity and natural gas to meet their needs The utility has switched temporarily to oil instead of natural gas as fuel at its Ocotillo and Saguaro power plants This was done in to a re- duction by El Paso ral Gas Company in the amount of natural gas it will supply to APS for generating purposes However the Yucca plant at Yuma remains on as fuel and we do not anticipate having to switch to oil in that plant In addition APS has ample resources from coal-fired electric plants to meet the needs of its customers ttt West Threatened By Fuel Shortage By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A record low temperature of 17 below zero added to the cold weather woes of Albuquerque today and Fraser in the mountains of Colorado tered 43 degrees below zero in the early morning vice reported the border to border and coast to coast freeze was fraying a bit in the Deep South and Southeast to the accompaniment of light rain and drizzle A warming trend was developing in a northward flow of air up the Great Plains No such letup For the second straight day was in sight however in record low was zona Colorado and New Mexico BURIED IN TUMBLEWEEDS Residents along 17th Place east of Avenue B have had enough of tumbleweeds Mrs George Place attempts to move tumbleweeds from entrance ways The tumbleweeds blow from a vacant lot across the street We've had this dozens of times she said Sun Staff Photo ken at Hawley Lake an Indian trading post on the Fort Apache Reservation and a 50 per cent loss of that state's rus crop seemed likely Arizona's record low is 41 below zero-two degrees under the previous mark set day A man who apparently fell on a doorstep froze to death in El Mirage near Phoenix Ariz and thousands of persons in the Southwest experienced acute discomfort because of failing supplies of natural gas for heating More than a dozen states lying between the Rockies and the western Great Lakes had another subzero morning The National Weather in Arizona Russell man of the Federal Insurance Corp said the record cold wave in the citrus area pears to be the worst we've ex- He predicted a 50 per cent crop loss if it ues The three major utilities in Arizona have switched from turbines to fuel oil because of natural gas backs by the El Paso Natural Gas Co Gas supplies were tailed because of the heavy de- mand for heat Magma Copper Co at San Manuel laid off workers because the gas cutback idled its machinery
