Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - June 13, 1972, Yuma, Arizona OH APPROVAL URGED Nixon Reveals Fine Print of Arms Pacts SUN Issue Year SENTINEL Issue 100th Year Yuma Arizona Tues June 13 1972 Caucus Set On Revenue By JONES OSBORN President Nixon will have a special guest in the White House this President Luis Echeverria of Mexico He will be there on Thursday and Friday It will be Pres Echeverria's first official visit to ton and one topic that is high on the list of probable topics is the salinity of the Colorado River By treaty the U.S agreed in 1944 to guarantee that 114 million acre feet of water from the Colorado River flows to Mexico each year When a Mexican delegation visited the White House a month ago its leaders put Mr Nixon on notice that they con- sider the salinity problem gent So that is almost certain to be a topic of prime ation when the presidents confer There is no argument about the salinity of the Colorado River Every time its waters are put to use and then re- turned to the river they be- come saltier And so by the time they reach Yuma and Mexico they have increased in salts The real problem began in 1961 In that year the drainage waters from the Mohawk project heavy with salts began to flow into the Gila River bed and thence into the Colorado River and on to Mexico Secondly the U.S Bureau of Reclamation began to exert more control of the amount of water going to Mexico We had been sending as much as 2 lion acre feet of water to Mexico to satisfy lion required in treaty Thus when the total flow of waler was reduced nearer to the treaty requirement and EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK when Echeverria And Nixon Confer Sharing when the drainage water from was added salinity did in- crease substantially The U.S took steps to im- prove the quality of water The by-pass channel was extended in 1965 This gave Mexico a make use of the waters or pass them into the Gulf of Moreover drainage waters from have declined in salinity every year since 1965 Yet the fact remains that the water going to Mexico is saltier than we would like it to be even though we have no legal responsibility for the quality of the water So it should not come as a surprise if Mr Nixon agrees to some further relief measures That may in fact explain why the federal government is so eager to see a powered desalting plant built in this region A likely site would be on the Mexican border south of Yuma Such a plant could process huge amounts of water from the Gulf not much more than 40 miles It could duce up to million acre feet of pure water a year enough to satisfy the entire Mexican contract By mixing its pure water with the waters of the Colorado the resulting ture would be eminently able for farm use anywhere with water left over to satisfy other domestic and tural needs in this arid part of the world So it is probably notan to sav that Mr Nixon and Sr Echeverria will very probably be discussing a desalting plant this Thursday and Friday in the White House State Sen Harold C Giss and State Reps Elwood ford and Jones Osborn of Yuma have been called to Phoenix tomorrow to sider the urban revenue ing proposal One version of the proposal calling for increased luxury taxes and higher state income taxes on corporations in order to provide million for in- cities failed in the final minutes of the ture last month It is understood that licans and Democrats will caucus on a new proposal to learn whether there are enough votes to assure its sage Gov Jack Williams would have to call a special session in order to get the WASHINGTON AP President Nixon disclosing some of the fine print of arms curb agreements negotiated with the Soviet Union urged Congress today to act without delay in giving its approval to the accords A treaty limiting the ment of antiballistic missiles two sites in each country was sent to the Senate with a request for early cation Both houses of Congress were asked to pass a resolution approving a companion tive agreement that would freeze the total number of offensive ballistic missiles in the United States and the Soviet Union at present levels While terming the ments an important first step in checking the arms Nixon told Congress they do not close off all avenues of strategic competition He said it was essential that we carry forward a sound modernization program to maintain our security and to insure that more permanent and comprehensive arms tation agreements can be reached Nixon revealed that the United States feels it would have a basis for withdrawing from the ABM treaty if tighter curbs on offensive arms are not negotiated within five years Either side can withdraw on six months notice The fine print Nixon sent Congress disclosed that the United States and the Soviet Union remain far apart in con- the question of ern submarines operated by U.S allies in the North tic Treaty Organization The Soviets take the position that should the NATO allies build additional modern subs over and above those now op- or under tion the Soviet Union will have the right to a increase in the ber of its submarines The United States took the position that it does not cept the validity of the raised by Moscow re- garding submarines belonging to third countries American negotiators had wanted to restrict intercontinental ballistic as part of the agreement on offensive arms hut deferred the topic in order to an agreement in time for Nixon's summit visit to Moscow last month However the United States has served notice it would re- gard the deployment of such launchers as inconsistent with the objectives of the executive agreement The Soviets sed no view on the subject The exact timing of hearings on the treaty and the agreement is still un- certain Chairman William bright of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman John Stennis of the Senate Armed Services Committee have in- they favor approval of the accords VALIANT BATTLE Firemen from Lynn Mass and nearby communities battle a church blaze Monday evening The flames won the battle and the historic Methodist Church in Lynn's City Hall Square was destroyed Arson is suspected AP Wirephoto U.S Blasts 2 Bridges 25 Miles from China Social Security Hike Polished Typhoid Outbreak Under Control MEXICO CITY AP Mexican health authorities said today a typhoid fever out- break may be considered under control The secretarial and welfare offered statistic data in an effort to disprove what it called rumors and said no tourist is in imminent peril in Mexico The authorities said the epi- demic reached its peak in April and began to diminish by the end of that month They reported cases of typhoid fever were reported this year in Mexico City and neighboring states WASHINGTON AP The Senate Finance Committee completed work today on a measure ing the greatest expansions of Social Security and welfare in history The would raise Social Security benefits 10 per cent for 27.8 million recipients im- pose strong new work ments on many welfare ents and make many changes in the Medicare and Medicaid health programs Winding up 11 months of consideration of the mental the panel adopted new Social Security payroll tax schedules raising the levies for the 96 million Americans who pay them The new schedules would mean a tax year as compared with 1972 for persons earning or more in 1973 Chairman Russell B Long D-La reported that his panel had finished its work on the measure but did not take the final vote ordering it to the Senate floor for debate This will come after the members have had a chance to take a look at the final draft of the legislation he said Long said it would be sible to start the floor debate until after the Senate resumes work following the Democratic National Convention which meets July 10 in Miami Beach THE WEATHER Highest yesterday Lowest this morning Temperature at 1 1 Hinh this afternoon Wednesday Low Relative humidity at 1 1 Average high this date Average low this date FORECAST to Wednesday Mostly clear through Wednesday ly higher humidity this afternoon erly daytime winds 10 to 15 miles per hour SunSet 47 Sun Rise 10 SAIGON AP U.S pilots reported they knocked out two more railroad bridges in North Vietnam within 25 miles of the Chinese border Monday a few hours before Peking broadcast a strong protest against can air attacks along China's southern frontier Military spokesmen said laser bombs brought down the two bridges on the northeast rail line to China and that they had not been hit before They were 55 and 60 miles northeast of Hanoi U.S planes have bombed North Vietnam's two railroads to China repeatedly in the past week at points 20 to 30 miles from the border The Chinese Foreign Ministry in a ment broadcast Monday night said the air raids threatened the security of China and were grave provocations against the Chinese people The U.S Command said American pilots flew more than 290 strikes against targets in North Vietnam on Monday bombers battered North Vietnamese supply dumps north of the demilitarized zone today for the sixth successive day North Vietnam claimed its gunners shot down a U.S Phantom jet northeast of Hanoi on day The U.S Command said it had no plane losses to report hut it disclosed the loss of the third observation copter in two days 13 miles southwest of Hue One man was reported missing and one wounded in the crash Monday The South Vietnamese com- mand said 51 North ese were killed and 105 pons and 15 field radios were captured in a series of clashes Monday at An Loc and south of the city along Highway 13 Nine South Vietnamese were reported killed and 24 ed Field reports indicate the South Vietnamese are ning to break through the siege at An Loc a provincial capital 60 north of Saigon But U.S ad- visers say the siege cannot be considered lifted until way 13 is open It is the only overland route to the city Supervisors Nix Wilderness Plan The Yuma County Board of Supervisors is opposing ing a wilderness area out of the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge Yuma will be the site of a special hearing on the ness question on Saturday July 1st at 9 in the County In a letter to the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife the Board said turning the uge along the Colorado north of Yuma into a wilderness area would permanently remove the land from the county's tax base The letter pointed out that only 6.7 per cent of Yuma County's land is privately owned This includes 1.5 lion acres in game ranges and wildlife refuges the board said It is the firm belief of the board that further als or acquisition of lands by state or federal agencies in any manner whatsoever is a catastrophic program for the future of this county and its said the letter The board said the plan con- with the proposed tional parkway along the river suggested by the lower do Land Use Office The letter also said the life refuge consists of small blocks of almost all of which have made scars YUMA WORK Million Set In Highway Plan Yumans To Join in Flag Day Celebration i Flag fliers will be in their glory tomorrow It's Flag Day the birthday of the American Flag And continuing in their forts to make Yuma the flag city in Arizona will be the members of the Boys Club of Yuma During the Memori- al Day holidays the club Inside The Sun in adding 135 owners to their list of flag fliers The goal is homes in Yuma The Boys Club offer is that they'll deliver and install heavy cloth flag with sewn on stripes and printed stars for just the purchase price of That phone number is The club is also selling flags through these 1st tional Bank's Catalina Branch 1st Federal Savings Street Arizona Bank's 4th Avenue Branch Valley National Bank's 4th Avenue Branch and Western Savings 4th Avenue and 17th Street During the next five years slightly more than lion will be spent for highway construction in Yuma County according to a recently ed Arizona Highway ment report During fiscal year more than million is scheduled to be spent within Yuma County Of this million will be spent to build the Interstate 8 bridge over the Colorado River Another million has been set aside for construction of the section of Inter- state 8 between and 4th Streets And million is programmed for construction of the Ehrenberg section of Interstate 10 Other construction grams during fiscal year 73 include landscaping and rest area facilities near ta and work on Highways 72 arid 95 near Parker Slightly more than lion will be spent in Yuma County during fiscal year with almost landscaping of Interstate 8 and more than million set aside for work on Interstate 10 near site Of the almost million scheduled to he spent in Yuma County during fiscal year million is for work on Avenue between MCAS and the Interstate 8 junction Almost million more will be spent to resurface Inter- state 8 near Aztec The re- mainder is set for landscaping of Interstate 10 near Turn to Page 2 NO PLACE TO GO A enant cyclist stops at the top of the unfinished portion of Interstate 8 here near the Territorial Prison A released budget plan of the Arizona Highway Depart shows that a total of million is budgeted for paving of this section as well as construction of the ramps and new Colorado River bridges
