Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - June 27, 1972, Yuma, Arizona ulie y UMA C COPY Issue Year and ARIZONA SENTINEL 10 Cents 28 Pages Yuma Arizona lues June 27 1972 Telephone SENTINEL Issue 100th Year SALTY WATER SHUT OUT Gates Closed at Morelos Dam 1 Major Sign Changes Promised on Interstate 8 The Arizona Highway De- today promised to make 11 major changes in the signing of Interstate 8 in a gram to help Yuma businesses recover some of the tourist business they have lost Owners and operators of tourist service businesses along 4th Avenue expressed appreciation for the speed and cooperation of the ment for six additional changes are being studied by the Department Coming to Yuma from Phoenix to make the proposals were William N Price highway engineer and Carlie Bowmer traffic Since the new nine-mile ment of opened on June 7th tourist businesses on 4th Avenue south of Street have suffered a drastic loss of business One major motel re- ported a drop compared to the same period last year There was evidence that nearly all tourists ing Yuma from the east re- main on the freeway until Street where they are forced to leave it At 4th Avenue they are directed to turn right or north Hence they by-pass all tourist business situated south of Street Motorists approaching Yuma from California also are directed to by-pass South 4th Avenue starting at Struct Last week Bowmer red here with the Yuma Assn and agreed that some of the signs were misleading while others were inadequate This morning they made 11 proposals as 1 About 11 miles east of Yuma and two miles ahead of the first exit install a large new sign to Bus 8 Hwy 80 Yuma Business Route Exit 2 Miles Gas Food ing 2 Remove the existing sign which Yuma Next 4 Exits Gas Food Lodging This sign is misleading because all of those four exits do not lead to gas food and lodging 3 One mile ahead of the first exit install another new sign which Yuma Exit 1 Mile Gas Food Lodging 4 A bit closer to town in- stall a new sign which Yuma Exit 1 Mile Gas Food Lodging 5 At the first exit known as Exit 9 a sign will Bus 8 Yuma Lodging 6 Before reaching the Araby Road exit install a new sign to Exit Marine Corps Air Sla Yuma Intl Airport Next 7 7 After taking that exit and reaching Araby Road where there is a stop sign in- stall a new sign to Marine Corps Air Sta Yuma Intl Airport with an arrow pointing left 8 At the point where Araby Road reaches U.S 80 install a new sign which Marine Corps Air Sta Yuma Intl Airport with an arrow ing right For east bound traffic the engineers recommended these additional changes as traffic moves south on 4th Avenue approaching 9 About two blocks north of Street change the existing sign to To East Left eliminating the words Phoenix and Tucson 10 Prior to reaching St change the existing sign across 4th Avenue to To East Next Left on the first portion Phoenix and son The second portion would Bus 8 Hwy 80 Turn to Page 2 INTENT ON CHANGES Yuma 4th Avenue businessmen this morning heard promises of 11 changes in signs on Interstate 8 which are designed to help make motorists aware of service on 4th Avenue south of Street Two men with bucks to camera in foreground at end of table are Sen Harold Giss left and Jones Other clockwise around the table from Giss Rep Klwood Bradford Loyce Warmer Henry Bern Kent Chris Casey Ar- thur Johnson standing Jules Laury Jim Don C Wright Sheridan Rutledge Herbert Joe Llewellyn Rep Jones Osborn Standing William N Price Carlie Bowmer Gary Hunter and Fred U Jones July 3rd Deadline Set For San Luis Petitions The Yuma County Board of Supervisors has set July ird as date for submitting petitions for and against the incorporation of San Luis Incorporating the border community 30 miles south of Yuma first came before the board at their last regular meeting At that time backers of incorporation presented a petition signed by more than two-thirds of the resident real property tax payers asking that San Luis be incorporated Mayor Points Out Lighting City idea Mavor Thomas Allt dav pointed out thai the city has been pushing a complete lighting program throughout the whole for the past three years Actually Arizona Public Service is about a year or so behind schedule Mayor Allt said Allt was referring to the ar- ticle in The Yuma Daily Sun Monday describing the underway through Arizona Public Service The is anxiously awaiting to get the residential areas lighted the mayor said He said that had been to be completed some time ago That relighting program is a city program Allt said We expect to get the whole city relighted in order to cut down on accidents and make the streets safer for our citizens However the opponents of the move presented a petition signed by 47 of the signers of the incorporation petition ing that their names be taken off the petition In addition that opponents challenged the legality of a number of the natures The matter was given to County Attorney Michael Smith for study and an ion According to a letter issued today the Board will receive final petitions favoring and opposing the incorporation on July 3rd The Board will then take the matter under ment until it is determined weather there are enough valid signatures on the petitions and notify San Luis residents at the earliest practical date July 3rd is the next meeting Trusty Turns In Lost Check Mrs Bella gut her back yesterday Mrs husband lost her retirement check already endorsed on the grounds of the Yuma County Courthouse this ing when he pulled some out of his pocket When he arrived inside house and found the cheek was gone he returned home to make sure it hadn't been left there Mr and Mrs re- turned to courthouse and started looking with the aid of a maintenance man and one of the trusties When they did not find it they went home and notified that the state ment hoard it was missing Mrs said they had just finished notifying the re- board when they re- word from the County Office that check had been turned in The finder was Lloyd R Stenulson one of the trusties at the Yuma County Jail Senate Committee OKs Handgun Sales Curb The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved a to outlaw the commercial sale of small concealable type handguns not suitable for sporting purposes The measure sponsored by Sen Birch Bayh was approved by a 12 to 2 vote after the committee turned down by a 9 to 5 vote a rival measure of Sen Roman Hruska Three bills offered by Sen Edward M Kennedy to require the registration of all firearms or the licensing of both long guns and handguns and of only handguns were re- by one-sided margins The handguns used in the assassination of Sen Robert F Kennedy in 1968 and in the attempted assassination of Alabama Gov George C lace last month would IK ned from sale under the tion The shooting of Wallace during his campaign for the THE WEATHER 101 Highest Lowest this morning Temperature HI 11 this afternoon Wednesday Relative U am Average hich this Avenge low this lute In Wednesday Clear Wednesday warmer temperatures im 107 72 104 71 Slightly 10 I 0 ONLY 0 DAYS left to REGISTER I for Take 5 minutes to visit office of the County jiji Recorder and become eligible to Yuma County 8 Court House Si Ground Floor Democratic presidential no- spurred action by the committee on Bayh's which had been lying dormant for over a year The only two committee members who voted approval of Bayh's were 0 Eastland and Sen John L Clellan Hruska supported Congressmen Are Greeted In Peking TOKYO AP Rep Hale Louisiana House leader and Rep Gerald R Ford of Michigan I he House Republican leader were greeted on their arrival in China bv Chou vice- president of the Chinese Institute of Foreign fairs a New China News Agency report savs Boggs and Ford arrived in Peking Monday accompanied by a of 13 including their wives the Peking broadcast said were invited bv the foreign affairs institute At a banquet Monday night talked with Kuo vice chairman of the standing com- of the National People's Congress Chan ident of institute and other officials after his own proposal based on standards of safety and reliability for the sale of handguns was defeated proponents ar- gued as they have following the assassinations of other figures that the Wallace shooting was further evidence of the need for greater tions But the National Rifle the most visible nent of restrictions replied that new prohibitions would not keep guns out of the hands of a determined Voting with Hruska for his hill were McClellan and Sens Thurmond and Kennedy's proposal to re- quire registration of all firearms rifles and shotguns as well as pistols and revolvers was defeated by an 11 to 3 vote Voting with Kennedy for it were Sens John Tunney Calif and Hiram Kong Hawaii Rejected by votes of 10 to 4 were Kennedy proposals first to require the licensing of both long guns and hand guns and second the licensing of guns Sen Philip Hart voted with Kennedy Tunney and Fong for these proposals A principal target of Bayh's is what is commonly known as the night cial a cheap snub-nosed handgun frequently used bv criminals Water To Come from Yuma Wells Mexico Colorado Kiver flowing now inn Mexico will be only DM in Millon lanos after I lie gates Monday ill ill I 1111 fiver diversion into sally water hum I mid Drainage District of Mexico complained ii up 10 pans pel million An to bring alioni a to against sail pollution was re- in Washington ident Luis of Mexico and President Nixon A spokesman said shut tint off I he Wei water is an interim measure fanners in the Mexicali Valley claim il has mined and infiltrated snh How of the river lo pollute gation wells The United Slates will stitule of water or halt Wellton hawk return flow he said with water from drainage wells in area To return saline conteni Mexican officials say they are sacrificing from the million to which their nation is entitled under a HIM treaty We would rather throw that waier away than lei pollute Mexicali Valley's water supply any said Francisco Simla to A crowd of Mexican farmers cheered as gales of Dam swung down County Budget Hearing Friday Yuma County's budget will be placed on public view this Friday at a hearing beginning at 9 The tentative budget has been out in a of conferences the and the heads of the County Departments It mav still be changed day and iis final adopt inn The hearing will he held in the office of the Yuma County Board of Supervisors in the courthouse Sun To Publish Morning July 4th During of day period The Yuma Daily Sun will publish a regular newspaper on 2nd and on morning 4th There be no paper on this 1st or an Monday July The Yuma Sun's ness office he open all day That Big Bird in Yuma Sky Yesterday Was BIG ENGINES Several McDonnell Douglas employees examine the en- gines of the that is being tested at the flight development test facility here The Series 30 model is equipped with new engines General turbofans which produce pounds thrust The Yuma Daily Sun The first jetliner touched down at Yuma Inter- national Airport yesterday to begin flight development ing at the McDonnell Douglas Test Facility The Series model looks like the Series 20 However it is designed to fly 000 miles far ther The main difference be- tween the 30 model and the 20 is the engines The 20 is ped with Pratt Whitney engines while the 30 is equipped with General tric engines Hach of the three turbofans produce pounds of off thrust Cruising speed is expected to Ix1 mph and passenger ranges from in a typical first and coach class arrangement to as high as 380 in an ration Already 18 airlines have dered the Series model for their intercontinental flights Inside The Sun 16
