Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - June 4, 1971, Yuma, Arizona NOTEBOOK By JONES OSBORN DIV VID HILL OLD ELD RD 171 Year 10 Cents and ARIZONA x SENTINEL 18 Pages Yuma Arizona Fri June 4 1971 Telephone SENTINEL Issue While Garbage Cans Toppled When young people went to Washington last month to demonstrate against the war many of them got arrested At about the same time an- other group of citizens was also in Washington and they got an audience with the ident The National Council of Senior Citizens represent about 20 million voters above the age of 65 The group and the Senior Citizens go about their jobs differently The group declared its intention of shutting down the ment They had in doorways tried to block fic rolled garbage cans into the streets It made lively viewing on television But as an effort to influence the government it probably was a failure It might even have been The Senior Citizens employ a different approach They hired an old-time union labor organizer who had 20 years of experience with the AFL-CIO First off while the kids ed garbage in the streets and made everyone mad Senior Citizens got to sit down with the President Next they got more money for their branch of the That is the tration on Aging in the De- of Health tion Welfare Their budget was upped from million to million This is the agency which funds a number of programs that provides jobs and services for the elderly Third they got action from the House Ways Means Committee They got the com- to put a increase in social security benefits in the welfare That would be on top of this year's increase On their list of objectives are more Medicare though they prefer National Health You might say that the old folks are working within the system using traditional ways of achieving their ends While the kids may have made as many enemies as they did friends by last month's ex- cesses This contrasting of methods raises a Would the youngsters not all of whom can yet vote have achieved any more by ing within the In next year's federal tions will have he vote There are about 20 million of them under the age of 25 Same number as the Citizens My own view is that they will indeed have more influence once they begin speaking at the ballot box Billion Okayed for Space WASHINGTON House has approved a lion authorization for the U.S space program setting up the last two scheduled moon flights next year and ment of a space shuttle system The National Aeronautics and Space Administration measure was sent to the Senate Thursday on a 302 to 64 vote Attempts to trim lion for the Apollo 16 and 17 flights and million for the space shuttle were defeated by voice votes Vote 67 To 23 Senate Rejects Draft End Weather Stalls the Melons Cool weather is still stalling the 1971 melon deal The first few crates were shipped last Friday from merton while Hogue Co and Pasquinelli Produce Co got started with a slight effort this week Yesterday it was reported about 400 crates left the area Many shippers felt production would be going rapidly by this time with the spurt of warm weather in mid May but it didn't hold and the crop is ting farther behind According to the Market News Service prices can't be quoted until three shippers produce on the same day So far there have been three Yuma shippers but they have been working partial schedules and haven't shipped on the same day From the Imperial Valley the first market report crates of jumbo 36 s are going for while jumbo are going for Yuma growers should be getting these prices for their melons too Acreage this year is slightly above last year with over acres topping the 1970 total by about 500 acres As usual the early melons are coming from Southern Yuma Valley Hanoi Refuses To Accept 13 Freed POWs ABOARD U.S SHIP UPSHUR AP The U.S troopship Upshur with 13 disabled North Vietnamese prisoners of war aboard re- turned to Da Nang today after Hanoi announced its ment to accept the prisoners was off The prisoners appeared downcast as they were ed from the Upshur and taken to a prison camp near Da Nang They had been flown from the Bien Hoa prison camp near Saigon Officials said they would not return there but would remain at Da Nang The Upshur and Jier escort of 10 gunboats had circled off the coast all morning awaiting instructions The Upshur never entered the cease-fire area off the demilitarized zone where the transfer was to have taken place Inside Sun Churches Outbreak of Jail Fires Quelled at Co Bastille Several fires were started in the Yuma County Jail last night but within an hour all was calm Damage was de- scribed as very light THE WEATHER Highest yesterday Lowest this morning Temperature at 11 today High this afternoon Saturday Low tonight Relative humidity nt 11 Average high this date Average low this date FORECAST to Saturday Sunny and slightly warmer this after- noon and Saturday Clear and mild night Sunrise 84 58 80 88 92 59 66 Shortly before 8 p.m jailer William Matthews smelled smoke and found flames in cell 1 The area contained about 10 prisoners Sgt John R Phipps nal investigator and several deputies used fire hoses inside the jail to extinguish the flames The fire was ed to be in a mattress All the prisoners were moved out and cigarettes and matches were taken away Within an hour several other small fires were started in another cell block but there was no damage and the unrest ended without incident NIGHT OF THE GRADUATES With the lights of Doan Fie coeds wait and listen during are Margaret Weiler left In the picture at the right Had 334 Grads Some 334 Yuma High last night received diplo- mas at the school's al commencement at Doan Field Robert J Moody clerk of the Yuma Union High School Board of Education gave the commencement address and awarded the diplomas to the class members See Page 5 for list of graduates Willard Canode tendent presented ships and awards and gave cial recognition to one student who dropped out 33 years ago but came back this year to get his final two credits Henry Montague twice president of the Quechan al Council and star Yuma High athlete of the was handed his diploma by ode Montague had to drop out in his senior year to support his family Tom Clarkin completing his first year as principal pre- sented the graduating class to the Board of Education during the ceremony Kristi Vorland led the cation while Larry Slade led the benediction following the awarding of diplomas As their final effort as Yuma High students the members of the 1971 graduating class sang the Alma Mater April Plane Crash Found Near Banning BANNING Calif The search for a missing former Tucson couple turned up a wrecked airplane day but it was a plane missing since April 19 The California Civil Air trol has been searching since Saturday for a private plane piloted by Maj Gen Richard 0 Hunziker 54 of Santa bara Calif Hunziker a former Air Force pilot and his wife Margaret disappeared after leaving Mex for Santa bara Searchers discovered the wreckage of a Piper Cherokee 140 which had been reported missing on a flight from Palm Springs to Santa Maria All four persons aboard were killed in the crash glow two Yuma High senior program last night The girls d who gave the invocation superintendent congratulates Henry Montague during a special ceremony Montague attended 33 years ago but didn't graduate until last night Additional photo and list of graduates on Page 5 Sun Staff Photos ease in Body Found WASHINGTON AP government reported today a rise in unemployment to match a nine-year high and another hike in wholesale prices cating trouble for President Nixon's hopes for an improving economy The nation's jobless rate moved back up to 6.2 per cent of the U.S work force to equal last December's figure and wholesale prices rose of one per cent largely because of higher steel and oline costs The jobless rise gave more political ammunition to crats who blamed Nixon's eco- nomic policies The return of the wide unemployment rate to the record high of last December a shocking and dismaying ment on President Nixon's continuing failure to deal with the economy as a problem that affects individual said Democratic National Lawrence F O'Brien Wholesale prices have risen at an annual rate of 4.3 per cent the past six months high- est for any six-month stretch since March of 1970 said the Bureau of Labor Statistics Air Sampling Shows lead Is Increasing WASHINGTON AP Air samples taken seven years apart in three big cities show sharp increases in lead according to a report released today by the mental Protection Agency Scientists have not mined exactly the effect of borne lead on humans but an EPA staff scientist said in an- other report earlier this week it might be the difference be- tween health and disease for some people He said the main source of the lead is motor hicle exhausts Today's report said samples taken in and again in showed lead levels at all but two of the 19 sampling locations in the Los Angeles Philadelphia and Cincinnati areas The report said studies based on blood samples taken from 872 women in the areas were still being analyzed and could not form the basis for any eral conclusions The study was conducted by the University of Cincinnati for the U.S Air Pollution Con- trol Office with additional support from the American Petroleum Institute and the International Lead Zinc Research Organization Inc Near Parker The body of a soldier who drowned last weekend was found by an unidentified erman early yesterday ing on the Colorado River near Parker James Ronald Hall 22 son of Mr and Mrs Jesse James Hall Palm Desert Calif drowned while ming with friends May He had been stationed at Ft Ord Calif He had been swimming in cutoff fatigues and tennis shoes off Red Beach on the river about three miles below Parker Dam when he in the current He drowned at about After recovery yesterday morning the body was taken to the Parker Funeral Home Investigating the mishap was Yuma County Sheriff's Deputy Arliss Carter Sr DOUBLE TROUBLE races were only a few of the many was filled with the youngsters and faculty Lunch and tive events staged yesterday when St Francis Catholic refreshments were served and prizes were given to event School held an picnic Sanguinetti Park winners Sun Staff Photo Asked Stop By July 1 WASHINGTON Senate voted down today a proposal by Sen Mark 0 field to stop all draft calls on July 1 The vote was 67 to 23 It then headed toward a vote on the posal by Sen Rich S weiker to limit draft extension to one year The House has already proved the administration's re- quest for a two-year extension Hatfield contended that the Nixon administration's goal of an all-volunteer military force by could be speeded up two years because of de- creased manpower needs and by switching jobs such as KP and grass cutting from soldiers to hired civilians Debate was marked by re- cesses and limited attendance by senators Sen Thomas F Eagleton delivered a lengthy peal to Senate war critics in behalf of a two-year draft ex- tension contending ending the draft will not end this war and it will not prevent future wars All it will do is make this and future wars the business of the poor Meanwhile Senate leaders worked toward an agreement for a June 18 vote on cutting off funds for the Vietnam war The agreement reportedly Thursday n twS limit debate on the over-all tension and its many amendments Under the reported limit agreement the Senate would take up next week the ment to cut off Indochina war funds after Dec 31 Republican sources reported some supporters of the measure are re- to back any debate cutoff before a vote on their amendment lost last year 55 to 39 and backers claim it has at least 40 votes this above the 34 needed to block any debate cutoff A two-thirds vote is re- quired to choke off a filibuster Senate leaders had planned to move for a debate cutoff after the vote on the Schweiker amendment If the extension measure isn't passed draft officials say they could call some of the lions of men in a deferred status including college dents In related Foreign Relations Committee scheduled an after- noon meeting to decide whether to approve the amendment or any other proposal aimed at ending or limiting U.S ment in Southeast Asia Leader Mike Mansfield said Monday is the likely day for a secret Senate session being requested by Sen Stuart Symington to discuss a staff report on Laos including reported U.S cial support of Thai troops Manner Course Correction Set PASADENA Calif AP Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory planned to nudge the speeding Mariner 9 craft toward a closer orbit of Mars with a small midcourse guidance correction today A burn of the thrust engine at p.m EDT when the vehicle is miles from earth will aim the probe so it will come within 750 miles of the red planet Nov 13 of- said The course correction will be commanded via a radio signal from mission control early in the mile journey to analyze and map the Mars atmosphere and terrain i
