Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - August 8, 1971, Yuma, Arizona COMP MICKO DIV CO OO HILL OLD MENSFIELD KD OH These Yumans Had Something To Last Week During Smile Week I j most of them did CLEVE CLARK ELAINE PRUITT ED FLORENCE FOURMONT MICKY WELSH PHYLL MILLER FRANK ACUMA SUEAN LYNN ROBY What's to frown Well he's just My draft 344 It's lunch at Desert Manor 1 got a new hat Gosh you really think No dogs today My killing EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK By JONES OSBORN Lobbyists and Their Meaning Are you ever struck by the notion that it really doesn't make much difference what Congress That no ter what laws are passed in Washington the nation will go right on just about the same as it was If you have ever entertained that thought consider Last year various segments of our nation were sufficiently concerned to spend lion in hopes of influencing the laws that Congress might pass That means that lobbyists in admitted spending nearly for each and every member of Congress That is the highest amount report spent to influence lation in the past 19 years Nearly everyone it seems wanted Congress to do thing for his own special in- terest Letter carriers and tal clerks for example spent The AFL-CIO spent The new Postal Cor- was being formed and labor laws can have an enormous impact on the union man Council for a Livable World spent They are ing for peace The Farm Bureau spent in quest of laws favorable to farmers Others who spent more than include the American Hospital Assn Natl Assn of Home Builders Savings Loan League the Record In- dustry and Disabled can Veterans A few who spent more than were the doctors stock producers postal super- visors fanner house builders National Cotton Council American Legion the Railway Airline Steamship Clerks American Trucking Assn the Teamsters and Common Cause Those are just a few of the lobbyists whose names cover 11 pages of small print And the money they report ing is only a fraction of the actual spending in efforts to influence Congress In 1954 the Supreme Court ruled that which do not it or receive money for the principal purpose of in- Congress do not have to report their lobbying As a result the lion which in 1970 is only a fraction What it all means of course is that the laws which Con- gress can pass do have reaching influence on all our lives That's what lobbying is all about Couple Hit A New York couple was re- ported in tion last Baptist Hospital after being struck by an automobile as they crossed 4th Avenue east at 2nd Street Yuma Police said Mr and Mrs Harvey Rodgers 69 and 68 respectively of Smithtown were struck hy an auto about driven by Richard Ross Sisson 23 MCAS Officers estimate that the Ross vehicle was traveling at about miles per hour north die TUMA SUN and ARIZONA SENTINEL SUN Issue Year 76 Pages 25 Cents Yuma Arizona Sun Aug 8 1971 Telephone SENTINEL Issue Year Moon Men Splash OK B Land Use Policy Is Big Need PHOENIX Special zona and Maine two of the nation's most scenic and states share with the rest of the country an urgent need fnr long-range land use planning preserve their en- Sen Edmund S Muskie of Maine and Rep Morris K Udall of Arizona said last night The two Democrats both leading members of Congress agreed that federal legislation probably will be necessary to force all the states to make in words the tough choices necessary to protect their environments and pre- serve natural resources Muskie and Udall made the comments during a statewide television program sponsored by the Arizona Democratic Party wide-ranging informal discussion Muskie and Udall also said President Nixon's decision to visit China is an ing sign that through a to seek understanding the major world powers can build the fragile structure of peace The nation's economy has worsened over the last few years and badly needs a ration of confidence The tion must come to grips with the inflationary problem or we won't be able to solve the un- employment Muskie said The international arms race and increases in military spending are nonproductive because they result in less security and divert re- sources from vital domestic programs The challenge of the will be the maintain a credible deterrent while re- ducing military Udall declared Tax Rate Hike Surprising Yuma Legislators Say Two legislators from Yuma County have expressed prise and extreme displeasure with the new stats property tax rate which calls for an increase of 25 cents The state tax rate is set by the State Tax Commission The Commission announced Friday afternoon that the nev tax rate would be for each valuation That is an increase of 25 cents over the old rate of I think it's said Sen Harold C Giss That's all I can say about it There's no need for it with the kind of surplus we have Giss was referring to the fact that the state ended the fiscal year with a surplus of million That money must by law go back into the state's general fund and be used to meet expenses of the new fiscal year which began on July 1 Rep Jones Osborn called the tax increase a breach of faith with the taxpayer The Legislature he said had ately curtailed spending in order to avoid any increase in the state tax rate Our taxpayers are already We trimmed the budget to protect the property owner from an increase So it is infuriating to have the Tax Commission adopt a tax rate that is 25 cents higher than it ought to be ly they want to create another surplus at the end of the year like this year's million surplus Rep Elwood Bradford could not be reached for comment By LES PHOENIX of legislative leaders to the cent increase in the state erty tax rate varied from mild surprise to extreme shock This is absolutely said Senate Minority Leader Harold C Giss It the homeowner is ting it wo in- values on homes and the increase itself With a surplus variously at million to million on hand Giss charged that surpluses are being built unconstitutionally for political motives Senate Majority Leader Dave Kret said he didn't agree with the sons behind the increase but added that he could certainly understand the reasoning A boost from the current per valuation to was approved Friday by the Arizona State Tax Com- mission I'm happy to see more of the burden shifted to the state's centrally assessed This is far more equitable to the ual homeowner Proponents of the higher state properly tax rate argue that it aids the homeowner by ing more of the burden to ties mines and pipeline values are set by the state rather than county assessors At the same lime Kret said he takes an opposing view to that of the commission on the outlook for Arizona's my The commission obviously took the pessimistic view thai the economy may suffer in the next year and that a lower re- turn in sales and income taxes would have to be said Kret My view is optimistic because the recent strikes weren't all that bad Kret added that the sion clearly did not share the confidence he feels or that of President Nixon in an ic during the next year Giss sees no merit in the opinion that a higher state tax rate offers any solution to the homeowner Any tax increase on the big companies is going to be passed on directly to the said Giss It was wholly un- warranted and should not have been undertaken until i gram was worked out Estimates varied between million and million as to the amount of surplus the higher tax would yield by next July 1 House Majority Leader ton Barr found the increase a clear example of the lack of tion between the revenue branch and the legislature This is extra confusing be- cause the finance Ted Hawkins leaves it uncertain whether a lion increase will come through normal growth or because of Turn to page 2 At Crane School students in Time Out program find that reading and learning can be fun Problem Students at Crane School Find Out that Reading Can Be Fun In discussing the ment Muskie a former nor of Maine said a Maine law might serve as a model for other states seeking to protect their environments The law the Site Selection Act gives 8 the state control over the tion of any new industrial plant or public utility Udall said fast buck land jj developers are rapidly Arizona's most vital re- source land and that jij ral legislation or a state law to Maine sis needed to it Inside the Sun Business and Last in a Series By GARY RICHARDSON In the Crane School District something is being done for those students with a low reading rate It isn't the Succeed or else Rather it is a sincere and educationally sound offer of help For the past five weeks selected students from Crane school have been attending the summer Time Out program While viewing the program one thing strikes the the kids involved are learning and enjoying it Nothing is taught to the tune of a hickory stick The program is entirely does this program work while regular school often turns kids off? One thing stands out Everybody involved with the program is kids aides teachers and especially Crane Superintendent He shows off the program with all the gusto of a proud father with pictures He watches youngsters in the program and smiles The students chosen for the Author of thin is Gary Richardson a member of the faculty at Kofa U.S where for the most part have had earlier problems They were not reading up to grade level or they were discipline problems in the classroom But the observer of the program would not realize this Because the program is not like regular school the kids do not behave as they do in regular school Learning by doing is the basis of the Time Out program and the children have done well The 6th and 7th grade students built a small building utilizing the same types of construction techniques that are used in the building of houses The girls are student art of every color and hue imaginable A film on the techniques of painting in perspective is being shown to the accompaniment of rock and roll music The students involve themselves in all types of artistic methods and happily chatter away And they do great work The students look forward to going to the reading not reading class but reading center Every student works at his own individual speed and makes progress at his own level There is no pressure and no fear of failure that makes many kids prefer not to try than to try and students don't have 10 taught remedial than Crossword 14 Editorial 4 but they da In fact in the other subjects He received his bachelor's degree with wood and ceramics The art class is an philosophy of the Gardener 15 increased as the from the University center is aimed at VEE Schedule 15 went on Students and recently student want and like Movies 8 not even enrolled in hit master's Aura Mae Savage's The student is Sports tried to get in on education from involvement runs to see the purpose of Women 5 The walls are to page Weather Map 2 Descent Chute Fails On Capsule ABOARD USS OKINAWA AP Apollo astronauts splashed into the Pacific Ocean Saturday to end a sion to a moon mountain ley The men returned to earth safely although one of their three parachutes failed to open properly in the final descent Everybody's in good said mission commander David R Scott moments after he and astronauts James B Irwin and Alfred M Worden splashed into the ocean aboard their space ship Endeavour They brought back a rock chip they believe is part of the original lunar crust and also the first detailed photos of the hidden side of the moon Splashdown came at p.m EDT right on time and within seven miles of the prime recovery ship the USS wa about 330 miles north of Hawaii Manned Spacecraft Center deputy director Christopher Kraft said the spacecraft can always land safely on two chutes but there's always a potential for a failed chute to spin and foul up the lines of the other parachutes That was a concern for us Swimmers tried to recover the failed chute in order to find out what went wrong but it sank He also said the failed chute deployed properly but then failed causing the spacecraft to splash in the ocean at 25 miles per hour about three miles faster than with three chutes A Soviet trawler was only a few miles from the Okinawa during the recovery operations but agreed to stay well clear of the American vessel At one point the small Soviet craft asked if it could he of any help The offer was declined Scott Irwin and Worden were quickly taken from their bobbing spacecraft into a hovering helicopter and ered to the deck of the wa We got it exclaimed Mrs Mary Irwin wife of the astronaut at her home near Houston just after watching the splashdown on sion It's a lifetime dream come said Mrs Lurton Scott wife of the mission er Mrs Merrill Worden mother of bachelor astronaut Worden said the splashdown was very much better than the launch It's all over President Nixon said in a statement that Apollo 15 brings with it new proof of man's invincible will to master the moment of his own In a salute to the he Well done and welcome home Kraft snirt at a news ence in Houston that Apollo 15 was probably the greatest mission that any of us have ever been associated with
