Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - June 22, 1972, Yuma, Arizona 00 DAVID HILL OLD OH OH 44691 SUN SUN Issue Year 10 Cents 24 Pages and ARIZONA SENTINEL Yuma Arizona Thurs June 22 1 972 Telephone SENTINEL Issue 100th Year Sign Changes Justified The traffic engineer of the Arizona Highway Department conceded yesterday in Yuma that some changes in the signs on the segment of Interstate 8 would be No firm promises were made however Garlic Bowman traffic neer came to Yuma from Phoenix yesterday to meet with Yumans and hear their suggestions for new signing along He was accompanied by Milen Livesay district en- gineer for the Yuma District of Arizona Highway Dept Bowman and Livesay met for about two hours at the Chamber of Commerce with a special committee of the Yuma Assn Mayor Thomas F Allt State Reps Elwood Bradford and Jones Osborn Chamber Manager Jim Bjornstad and others The new segment of was opened to traffic on June 7th Within hours businesses ing tourists and truckers along 4th Avenue south of Street noticed a sharp drop in business They told Bowman and Livesay that the existing signs are misleading and con- fusing to the tourist They pointed out that bound motorists are not fully advised that they should leave in order to reach the full range of Yuma's motels and service stations along 4th Avenue Instead the unknowing motorist remains on until he reaches the Street exit then remains on Street until he reaches 4th Avenue At this point he is not advised that many tourist services can be reached by turning left Instead all traffic is directed to the right or north If he finds no motel vacancies between Street and the river he keeps driving west Tourist business is re- ported sharply increased in El Centro as a result motorists are also missing the tourist vices south of Street Driving south on 4th Avenue the motorist reaches Street where he is directed to turn left or east in order to reach Phoenix and son There is no indication that he can remain on 4th enue and still reach Phoenix and Tucson via Jules Laurey president of the Assn and Sheridan Rutledge of the Chamber fur a new sign at the first off-ramp east of Yuma to Motel Trail They cited similar signs in New Mexico and in San Diego Mayor Allt was asked whether 4th Avenue could be officially by the City to become Motel Trail The mayor said that would be a decision the whole Council would have to look into man said it was highly ful the state would post such a sign unless 4th Avenue was Even after ing he said there would be n serious question about posting such a sign The group has agreed to meet again at 10 on June 27 at the Chamber At that time said the way Dept hopefully would have concrete proposals to make regarding changes in the signing Guard on Alert Rip x Area TWISTER AT ELOY A tornado dipped out of a violent summer storm late yesterday cutting a wide swath of destruction through Eloy Police said seven persons were injured in the area AP Wirephoto Firemen To Float Aid Station in Tube Race The office placed the National Guard on alert and the Air Force began Bending into a able of Phoenix today us the second straight day of swamped parts of central Arizona If need men from the guaid they can have Boh Macon press The Yuma Fire Department officially joined the World's Championship Inner Tube Race yesterday when race of- accepted their offer to provide a floating first aid tion complete with tor and siren Firefighters Joe Reynolds and Harley Williams outlined a proposal wherein six off-duty firemen would follow the tubers on a specially built float designed for both service and fun Dressed in red and fire hats the fire ment crew expect to include a water pump for those who become dried out during the Deputy Testifies Identity Attempt Made After Arrest PHOENIX AP A Mari- copa County sheriff's deputy testified Tuesday an attempt to identify a suspected Ohio was made only after the wrong man had been ar- rested Sgt William Ward testified during the opening day of a trial involving a false arrest lawsuit The suit was filed by mond Williams 35 of Phoenix Ward said Williams was ar- rested by deputies last De- cember on the basis of a report received six weeks earlier from Ohio authorities He said the report named a Ray liams but included no cal description of the man Ward said after it appeared the wrong man had been ar- rested Ohio officials were sent a description and fingerprints of the man they held He said a week later Ohio authorities confirmed the wrong man had been arrested In other actions the tube committee set for the official Honor America flag raising ceremony to take place at the Territorial Prison with color guards from MCAS Official starting times for the various classes were also released at the session with family groups to commence paddling at followed by teams of not more than eight persons 30 minutes later At the 36 plus and 26 35 age groups will begin the downriver trek lowed by the category The year olds will splash down at with the final contestant group of years at 9 o'clock The Fire Department ing first aid station will then launch to bv an estimated 350 members of the San Felipe Beach Tennis Club from San Diego Veteran race starter Hobe Lewis who has officiated at every tube race since 1967 an- that he would miss the 1972 race very but that he and Mrs Lewis have a to make an extensive trip to the mid-west to be present at the birth of an expected grandchild Lewis said he would mend that regardless of gender the child should be named Tuber Starting line official this year will be Sheridan ledge chamber staffer soon to take over the reins of the cott Chamber of Commerce Presiding at yesterday's meeting was Mike Avsharian of the C-B Radio Association Loan calls out Yuma hum keen curtailed be- cause uf the storm conditions in Phoenix Dean Mountain Bull district suid this anyone who busy on a long distance rail In keep trying at varied time intermix like every 10 or 15 minutes secretary to Gov lack liams We'll call them out as they're A spokesman for Luke Air Force Base said at least 11 trucks and an undetermined number of airmen have been sent to the Valley area in northeast Phoenix Police said high winds and at least three tornados have in- jured scores of aged or dest roved more t halt homes and sent loss mates soaring into the millions of dollars At least four breaks ill tion canals which run through Phoenix broke sending flood waters into vast tial areas Air Force and tional Guard helicopters were sent out to rescue victims stranded by the Col Carl N Smith slate director of emergency services area in north Phoenix received 4.2 inches of rain mostly since 6 The tional Weather Service ed inches Police in the resort Phoenix suburb of said the city would be cut in half as later poured down the flooded Indian Bend Wash which drains a large area northeast of Phoenix Police said there are no bridges across the wash The Weal her Service issued flash flood warnings lor half ol state today as the storm rumbled northward Police described the able Mountain area of Phoenix as a disaster area as rock and mud slides crippled traffic and threatened at least two sive homes Hains as ing commuters began leaving their homes The Highway Patrol said forced it to close the Black Canyon Freeway making it look like a parking lot its thousands of motorists were trapped on the fare Phoenix police snid traffic on sume roads was backed up 10 miles during the peak rush hour and an 20 per cent of the city's streets were closed The Salt River Project ed flood gates on its vast lem of irrigation canals in the Phoenix area in an effort to help drain the flooded city lice said the number of homes and businesses flooded would run into the hundreds In the east Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale an exclusive winter resort nn traffic was permitted into the area police said The Salt River Project said t here appeared to be no danger ol canals breaking as flood gates dumped water into the dry Salt Kiver bed south of Phoenix Arizona Public Service and the Salt River Project reported scattered power outages and traffic was snarled at tions in east and north Phoenix when traffic signals quit ing state Demos yuman Arrested with 300 of Pof in Vehicle Budget Hearings Set For County's Schools Yuma School District public budget hearing is for 4 p.m June in the Administration Building at 450 6th Street Yuma Union High School's will be at 8 p.m July 3rd in the Administration Building at 3150 Avenue A Public budget hearings for all school districts in Yuma County have been set by the district boards The proposed district gets will be advertised in a county newspaper before each hearing which is open to all residents of the district After the hearing the budget as proposed may be reduced but it cannot be increased Crane Elementary No 13 and Parker Elementary No 27 schools have held their ings on June 9th and re- Somerton No 11 will be at 8 p.m July 10th in the office Wellton No 24 will be at p.m July 3rd at the school The other hearings will No 3 9 July 6th at the school Quartzsite No 4 8 p.m July 3rd at the School No 16 p.m July 10th at the school library Mohawk Valley No 17 8 p.m July 6th at the school and Wenden No 7 p.m July 7th at the school Also Bouse No 26 p.m July 10th at the school lome No 30 8 p.m July 5th at the school and Gadsden No 232 8 p.m June at the school And Union High School No 50 8 p.m 10th at the school and ern Yuma County Union High School No 60 8 p.m July 5th at Parker High School Excluded From Vote WASHINGTON AP from nine states are not being seated for voting purposes at Democratic tional Convention committee meetings because they violate sex distribution guidelines States held not in compli- ance because they did not in- clude enough women among their committee delegations are Arizona Florida Georgia Hawaii Illinois Kansas Washington and West Virginia Democratic National Committee press secretary seph E said Convention rules contained in the convention call issued by the national committee require that each state's delegation to the Rules Credentials and Platform committees have equal numbers of men and women The Rules Committee began meetings today with tions from the states not allowed voting Four men were arrested and several hundred of marijuana confiscated in four separate incidents here day A Yuma man Joe Salazar Olivia was Yuma City County Narcotics Task Force and U.S Customs officials 24 miles east of Yuma on Interstate K yesterday allegedly had pounds of marijuana in his hicle He will be charged with smuggling anil conspiracy In another case two men were arrested and 350 of a substance identified as marijuana confiscated in the desert east ol San Luis dav Task Force and Border Patrol officials arrested the pair after they came out of the desert The two are Jose Crux 30 San Luis Son and Miguel Vivar 30 Tijuana They will be charged with smuggling and Joseph Michael Cobb Santa Barbara Calif was ar- rested around mxm yesterday by Customs officers after what appeared tn be marijuana was found in aluminum foil in his station wagon Cobb was stopped by Yuma Police Officers at 3rd Avenue and before the case was handed over to Customs He was to appear before eral Magistrate F Lewis In- graham late this morning Yesterday morning an 1064 Ford was found in a parking lot at Street and 4th Avenue Upon 100 kilo bricks of marijuana were discovered in the automobile No arrests were reported The Yuma Narcotics Task Force handled the operation Revenue Sharing Poised For Easy House Approval THE WEATHER Lowest this morning Temperature at 11 today 90 this afternoon UN Friday tonight Relative humidity it 11 m Average this tin It- low 72 FORECAST to Friday Variable cloudiness Friday Slightly winds 10 to 20 miles hour this frill WASHINGTON AP A program of federal aid to states and cities appears poised for easy passage in the I louse The opposition broke Wednesday when it was unable to force the open for amendments The vote was 223 to 185 and the margin for sage later today is expected to be greater One of the opposition lead ers Rep John W Byrnes K- Wis said the procedural vote pretty well decided the tion I'm not going to kid myself that anything I say is going to change the Byrnes told the House later Although it is uncertain when the Senate will take up the measure Chairman Russell R Long of the Finance Committee said he will try to begin hearings before the July 10 Democratic convention Long predicted the will easily win Senate approval though probably with some changes It would distribute initially billion a year to the states billion to cities and other local governments The state share would be increased over the five-year life of the gram Tax effort especially state income tax would IK the key element in dividing the states share The local governments would get their ments under a more ed formula taking into account population urban tion and poverty The would provide also on an optional basis for joint collection of state and federal income taxes Inside The Sun 14 IB FOP Aims Its Guns at Use of Deadly Weapons ONLY 21 left to DAYS I I REGISTER I f for ffi Take 5 minutes to visit office of the County g ff Recorder and become eligible to Yuma County Court House Ground Floor Resolutions and new state officers were announced as the annual ternal Order of Police ence drew to a close here Five resolutions were ed by the 200 delegates The longest resolution called for the FOP to go on record urging passage of lation requiring mandatory in- creases in penalties for persons convicted of committing crimes involving the use of any deadly weapon and for such suspects on their bail bond and recognizance The resolution reads Be it resolved that the Arizona State Fraternal Order of Police hereby declares itself to be unalterably opposed to the concept of registration of common firearms and other restrictive firearms legislation by either our State of National legislatures Another resolution com- mended Frank Eyman warden of the Arizona State Prison and former officer for over 50 years of long and out- standing service He is ing Other resolutions included a thanks to the Yuma FOP Lodge for hosting the confab and the calling of seminars on various aspects of police work A thanks ladies auxiliary was also resolved Among officers elected at the conference Carl Cansler Yuma detective was ed as state conductor He has held state and local posts with the FOP and lived here for 17 years James Birmingham retired Yuma Lt Detective was elected stale trustee for the local lodge state officers include Ed Broad of Phoenix Brady of Flagstaff vice president Maurice Kiter of Phoenix secretary Fred Grantham of Tempo er Buck Buchanan of Prescott guard and Hollis Campbell of Douglas lain FOP OFFICERS The new slate of st alp Order of Police officers were announced as their convention wound up here At left is Kd Broad of Phoenix new president congratulating Carl Cansler of the Yuma Police De- new state conductor Rest of the new tive hoard are from left Brady of Flagstaff vice president Maurice Riter of Phoenix secretary Fred Grant ham of Tempo Treasurer Buck Buchanan of guard and Hollis Camphell of Douglas chaplain
