Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - September 7, 1972, Yuma, Arizona Supervisor Candidates Answer Sun's Questions UIV CO o-O DAVID OLD i OH SUN ond ARIZONA x H SUN Issue Year Yuma Arizona Thurs Sept 7 1972 SENTINEL Issue 100th Year Eight Americans Slain At Virgin Islands Resort GLEN STROHM Incumbent Supervisor McCURLEY The Challenger your qualifications for the office you seek I have self-employed for twenty-six wars I have served on city and county government fur vents I im currently completing my fourteenth year on your County Hoard of Supervisors I have studied methods of holding the line against increased county taxation and have studied and implemented various state and federal programs created to sist county government through sharing and grants and cooperation This qualifies me lor this posit ion Political science major in college Fifteen vears of administrative budgeting and purchasing experience in both military and civil life Marine engineering graduate AMALIK St Thomas AP Police hunted today for four or five gunmen wearing green fatigues who eight Americans to death during a robbery in the golf clubhouse of a Rockefeller resort in the Virgin Islands Officials would not release the names of four of the No Tax Nixon 2 Some areas of Yuma County are growing rapidly yet the county has no zoning regulations Do you see any need for controlling and guiding this by means of for the City and County should he an overlapping program which should lie adapted to most advantageous uses needed by the Lily anil County I under- stand the need for in the areas where the City of Yuma is expanding however such must he done without being overly burdensome to lire A definite and major need for Yuma particularly in areas where tial danger from inadequate sewage al creates sanitation problems Protection of agriculturalists is needed against ness exploitation Fringe areas of efforts should he jointly undertaken 3 Stale law now allows the smaller counties to vote on the question of having a Board of Supervisors instead of three members as at Would this be advantageous for Yuma An increased number of would only add to a cost to the county taxpayer which at this lime is not tilled due to the amount of population we have li is my considered opinion that when our population nears the mark then serious consideration should be given lo increasing I he Hoard to live members Do you believe the present method the best interests of the The present method of hiring county I he method used in most sible businesses That is we the Hoard of attempt lo hire the most able and qualified men lor all the various county posit ions to be filled I feel thai this creates an atmosphere of responsibility and thus makes county employees direct ly responsible to the taxpayers We have always tried he hiring of man for the job Accusations of two-man board control has been made often under differing A five man board would eliminate anv such coalition in county government At present representation in the is not equal Distances involved prevent certain supervisors from adequately their constituents With recem re- disincline Hist Three has insufficient votes to elect a representative from the area of hiring county employees serves Hiring bv hoard action has resulted in numerous retired military officers being hired bv the While possibly qualified the lack of an evaluation hoard eliminates ot her qualified persons from employment 1 would desire that positions be advertised and the best man selected bv a board of evaluation rather than simple hoard vote I would desire an effort be made for employment of fied of v groups 5 In your opinion what are the three most serious problems now ing the Yuma County Board of B ot growth both here in the County of the to maintain good county government roads parts and other county facilities because of the ever increasing inflation and dens upon you 1 believe that preventing an increase in county lax rate is the most significant priority facing am Hoard of Supervisors the large narcotic traffic in our area is one of our problems because of Yuma's proximity to the Mexican border Another problem is the growing necessity for better parks and recreational facilities for our own use and encouraging tourism li Potential loss of lax revenue in both city and county when the Interstate N bypass is complete Loss of tax revenue from reduced business could force tax in- crease Feel a study should be made at this time to offset such potential tax loss and forestall increased taxes Study of fringe areas to provide needed to reduce cost to taxpayers in event of future annexation Need of a merit system to assure con- in county employment thus suring the best man in the best job with continuity from administration to 6 If goals would you have for the County of Yuma during the This quest ion must be answered within the context ol the previous question To provide better parks and tional facilities within sound ions I will continue to and obi am federal funds lor the projects MI thai can be effected without tional burden upon Yuma County ers In this vein I will assist local law en- loi in their to am c their problems and will fur and federal tion in the burden yon in all ot y To work for a five man board of super visors To work for decrease of county tax load To study problem of enticing industry To investigate the of a merit To work for county zoning and to In- a full time reflecting the and needs f the taxpayers of l he Tomorrow Last Day To Sign For Classes Friday is the last students have to register at Arizona Western College and receive official college credit lor classes this fall mester Tonight however is the last night for evening registration Registration will run from p.m in the registrar's office in the administration building on campus No additional charges will be made for late registration since these fees have been waived said Donald K college registrar dents may also register Friday during the day from H p.m Students may register for full time or part-time loads Late registrants however will have to makeup work that assigned since i he start of classes Inside The Sun Comies Crossword Editorial Food Markets Movies Sports Women 19 13 II 15 5 fi 1 YOU NOW HAVE THE WEATHER Toughened Hichl ni nicht l An drive to prosecute con- Dinner frauds will begin Oct the state attorney general's of- fu Jack attorney general said th aid law agencies t has enlisted in the ened McCormick aid the program wa- made from an amendment to sumer Fraud Act which will attorneys to bring charges and prosecute consumer fraud eases in their In the past the hafl authority He said local police and departments may in- consumer fraud cases and refer them to their or ihc attorney gen for ulion to register for H voting in the g 1972 General S Elections this g Register at Office of County Recorder g Yuma County Court House tims but Lt David Maas said they were believed to be tourists from the U.S land A spokesman for the feller family in New York said two of he victims were tenta- identified as Pat bert a girl who worked in the club's golf shop and John liver a He said the other two victims were electricians The gunmen opened fire late Wednesday afternoon in Fountain Valley Golf Club on the island of St Croix about 50 miles south of St Thomas Maas said Seven persons died at the scene and another at a hospital Ronald Tonkin the ry's attorney general said there were four or five men in green fatigues using automatic weapons The killers looted their victims pockets and cleaned out the clubhouse cash drawer before escaping into the overgrown hills around the course Gov Melvin II Kvans was called back to islands from Hilton Head where he had been named vice chairman of the Southern Governor's Conference This is the worst thing thai has ever happened in the Virgin Islands Maas who was act ing governor until return These men will be caught About police were ing for the gunmen WASHINGTON White House said today ident Nixon does not plan a request for tax increases should he win a second term but the possibility for changes in the tax system was left open Presidential press secretary Ronald L Ziegler told men We plan no tax increases and we contemplate no tax in- creases Asked what time period his assertion covered Ziegler ed In the second term The press secretary's tion followed an appearance at the White House by House Re- publican Leader Gerald Ford of Michigan and Senate can Leader Hugh Scott of- Pennsylvania Their message following a two-hour meeting with the President and other Republican leaders was that no tax increases would be asked through the next Con- gress appeared in a press briefing where he was queried on the tax issue Asked whether the President might not propose yet a fax program that not involve increases Ziegler said it was something 1 can't predict THE PRO SHOP Mayor Allt uses a golf club to show City Ad to an flic and Jim Clevenger the drawing of the pro shop specifications he building at yesterday s iiy Council for the city's new golf course The City Council gave meeting Koreans To Quit Vietnam New City Finance Dept Pro Shop Are Approved SKOUL AP The South Korean government has ed to withdraw the Korean troops still in Vietnam Hv HICK COOK between next December and The Yuma Daily Sun a high-ranking A pro shop for the cit v's new official said mrw Department were among the items gaining approval at several Yuma City Council treasurer acting as finance applications from American director The Department will Legion Yuma handle bookkeeping Lions Club and ihc Fraternal ing and financial mailers for Order of and the which an- now spread a- for a li of South Wednesday The Council gave final The South Korean govern alu approval to an withdrew troops a Cuv Finance An from Vietnam earlier tin year Department and gave reading and Park Commis Korean forces have been in ordinance adopting plans sion received first The since and have specifications for a pr been the second largest foreign golf course contingent fighting for the gun government venger showed the mined ar- with the shop for new lor months a and for pur commission will in an The City Finance Depart menl will be headed by the city and Phones Were Already Topped Soys O'Brien WASHINGTON Lawrence F on office today his by in for weeks was a room on the seventh floor of Democratic man and that an a In tempt was made lo hug In- Ion headquarters ol McGovern O'Brien now of as Democratic no- minee told a news the five 17 al party m Watergate Office Building in fad Irving a t in tap on and install new Howard Johnson across i from the Wa- and in form not ot information on hi h In- bin lo Hero's Photo Brings Arrest ot va Ohio wa- h lo two in a Also receiving first was an ordinance providing fur the purchase of a foot rm for lor Water Department Mavor Allt said the pump will Jim Mrs which broke down Gail John California's Climate Changing Says Expert 1 Sol S -i M Born on hat li He said at two were at D.-ino cratic and that of liaison man with O'Brien at wa- barging him will to hug Capitol Hill campaign of ill on May but was al of from th of- at IPI C St m a- John ol in wbo I pi in a w it b taking horn Inh a ot h l h rom a ini Ihc California in paM a aid the a- tar a- Kl a San
