Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - December 11, 1972, Yuma, Arizona COP If 10 niv co I'M MILL OM WE IS Americans Touch Down In Sixth Lunar Landing SPACE CENTER Houston AP Americans landed on the moon today for the sixth and perhaps final time in this century Apollo lunar craft Challenger touched down in a rugged box canyon for the start of a three-day search for knowledge Astronauts Eugene A nan a Navy pilot on his third space flight and Harrison H Schmitt the first American scientist in space guided lenger over lunar mountains and down to the floor of the canyon called Exclaimed Cernan on Challenger has landed We is Cernan and Schmitt will spend To hours on the moon make three excursions in an electric car and collect about 200 pounds of rocks Apollo third crewman Honald E Evans remained aboard the command ship America Preparations for the landing went smoothly with America and Challenger undocking and separating as planned Evans threw switches in mi- dock the moon landing craft and Challenger sprang free Cernan and Schmitt began final preparations fora dive to a lunar touchdown at p.m EST and Evans started three days of solo moon aboard America Tlie astronauts awoke to music piped to them from son Control at EST after spending the ing 15 miles above the moon's barren surface Cernan and Schmitt donned space suits and started trans- ferring equipment and supplies into Challenger Evans will remain in lunar orbit aboard the command ship Hn will probe the moon from above with an array of science instruments and cial cameras p.m EST Sunday Eleven Ahead for Cernan and minutes later they fired mitt are three days of America's powerful service lion among the craters hills propulsion rocket engine to and canyons of a steep-sided slow the craft and valley called trow tie it into lunar orbit As the and lunar explorers they will walk and drive more than 20 miles over the valley floor searching among rock and soil for secrets needed to complete the moon history already partially re- corded through live earlier American landings America and Challenger still locked swept hind the moon and out of touch with Mission Control at As in past moon flights sion Control waited through the silence for word of a firing this time for 22 minutes Then the spacecraft shot from behind the moon and from a quarter million miles away voice crackled into t he control Thumbs up America has arrived on station for the lenge ahead LISTENING AT HOME Mrs Barbara Cernan wife of Apollo 17 commander and daughter Tracy 9 listen at home as the vehicle headed in for a landing on the All went smoothly as the Challenger touched down on schedule AP Wirephoto Air Search Fails To Find Car of Murdered Coed Slaying Victim's 1 i f and ARIZONA SUN 23rd Issue Year 10 Cents 16 Pages Yuma Arizona Mon Dec SENTINEL Issue 100th Year The light green 1969 Cougar owned by a young woman found slain near Yuma last week is one of the major clues being sought in the case cording to Sheriffs Sgt Jim Moore of the Winterhaven The body later identified as that of Susan Elizabeth Schuler 20 of Los Angeles was found Monday 200 yards south of Interstate 8 on Road which is 17 miles west of Yuma An autopsy showed she had been killed by a single bullet through the heart There were no other signs of violence or indications that she had been sexually We're still looking for her car but our chances for ing anyone in it have ed said Moore I went out Friday to search the entire area from the air to make sure the car hadn't been dumped here and it hadn't Miss Schuler's body was clad in a green sweater and a large orange beach towel wrapped around her body A green skirt matching the one she was wearing at the time of her dis- appearance from Las Angeles SUSAN SCHULER Slaying Victim a pair of shoes and personal papers belonging to her have been found in a trash basket at the Live Oak rest stop near Yucaipa Two detective sergeants of the Los Angeles Sheriffs Of- fice which is heading the in- have said that they were still puzzled as to a motive for what appeared to have been a While auto theft was ered as a possible motive it was noted that Miss Schuler was still wearing some able rings when her body was found Miss Schuler was apparently last seen alive Sunday Dec 3rd when she left her parents home in the fashionable Los Angeles suburb of Ladera Heights to return to her at the University of Southern California She was majoring in education at USC and was reportedly a good dent with an excellent tion When her body was found early Monday afternoon by a passing motorist it was mated later that she had been dead for 12 to 14 hours As to whether she may have spent some time in this area Moore commented I don't think so I think she was dead when she got here Moore added that the Los Angeles investigators aided by two Imperial County gators from El Centre have been trying to locate persons who might have seen her or particularly the car but so far with no success Arrested Here After Fatal Stabbing in Downtown Bar Nixon Seeks Extension Of Wage-Price Controls The Yuma Daily Sun Curtis Preston Barley 29 of Winterhaven was stabbed to death in the Turf Club 285 Main Street shortly after yesterday City lice said Less than an hour later no- lice arrested his ley Barley 32 1207 1st nue a half block away He was charged with murder this morning by police When arrested Stanley ley was wearing a blue jacket that had bloodstains on the right sleeve police said They added he was carrying a small pocket knife with a foreign substance visible near the hinge Del John Gross said the case is still under investigation and added he didn't know how the stabbing occurred We haven't even determined the motive he stated Gross did say Curtis was stabbed three times in the chest by a knife Curtis was dead on arrival at the Yuma Regional Medical Center This is the second time in years that Stanley Barley has been arrested for murder He was arrested on July 19 1970 and charged in the shooting death of Chester Antone of Winterhaven Antone was shot in the head twice with a 22 caliber rifle on July 7 1970 His body was found on the sidewalk of the building next door to the Turf Club Stanley Barley and another man Stuart Barley were later acquitted of the murder charges Levi Pace owner of the Turf Club told The Sun this ing I heard that Curtis was trying to keep him Stanley out of trouble Pace explained Stanley was reportedly thrown out of the Hofbrau 110 W 3rd Street for making a disturbance So Stanley came to the Turf Club and tried to get Curtis to go to the Hofbrau with him Curtis said something about having to fight me Pace said and the two men began to leave through the back doors Pace added Curtis had removed his shirt As they were walking out Curtis was stabbed It all very fast he continued Pace estimated that it ed in less than 30 seconds There was no argument and no loud he said It could have happened any place I don't think it could have been stopped because it happened so Pace added Pace said that his bartender Robert McDonald called the police In fact he called twice Once when the scuffle began and the second time when Curtis was on the he added WILDERNESS ORDEAL Eskimo Boy Kept Pilot Alive And Then Gave In to Death WASHINGTON AP President Nixon has decided to keep wage-price controls and will ask Congress for an sion of the economic tion law Treasury Secretary George Shultz said today Shultz also said that Nixon in a series of decisions on eco- nomic matters has ordered a freeze on government pay at the executive level and has de- to freeze new hiring and promotions until a new budget is sent to Congress in January Truman Has Restful Night KANSAS CITY heart of Harry S Truman con- to show irregularities in rhythm doctors reported today but the former president told them I feel all right and spent a restful night The Truman re- mained in serious condition this morning hospital officials said A morning medical report from Research Hospital and Medical Center said Truman was asked Sunday about 11 p.m EST how he felt and he I feel all right This came after his heart had developed irregularities Truman also was asked if he hurt anywhere and replied the hospital reported The next bulletin on his con- dition was scheduled for HI p.m KST In addition Shultz said the President has decided to keep federal spending at the billion level during the current fiscal year and will be making cutbacks to achieve that goal soon The secretary said the ad- ministration will begin tations both within and out- side the government on what form the new wage-price con- trol system will take Nixon has decided to continue the controls Shultz said ruling out anv return to voluntary guidelines The law under which Nixon imposed controls expires next April 30 Shultz said Congress should consider extension of the law as one of the first orders of business in the new session The freeze on federal tive pay will apply to top-level government officials Congress and the judiciary Shultz said He said it would last through 1973 WEATHER As for the ban on new hiring and promotions Shultz said that would be in conjunction with very substantial cuts in the White House staff Highest yesterday 51 Lowest this morning 41 Temperature at 11 today 46 High this afternoon 52 Tuesday 54 Low tonight 32 Relative humidity at 11 Average high this date 69 Average low this date 42 FORECAST to Tuesday Freeze warning tonight Clearing windy and cool this afternoon Clear and much colder tonight Increasing cloudiness and cool Tuesday North winds 10 to 15 miles per hour this afternoon SunSet SunRise Mistrial Declared LOS ANGELES AP The judge in the Pentagon papers case declared a mistrial today and ordered that a new jury be chosen to judge Daniel berg and Anthony Russo on charges of conspiracy nage and theft Hospital Bond Issue On Dec 19th southern Yuma County voters will go to the polls to vote on a million revenue bond issue for improvements and ex- at Yuma Regional Medical Center This space has been given to the hospital to answer questions concerning the issue Q Will the bond issue increase my A No The hospital will pay both principal and interest Q Will the bond issue increase hospital A No There is no projected rate increase to retire the bonds In the past 11 years regular income has been available to pay for previous bond issues and improvements Resource Nearer Reality YELLOWKNIFE AP Officials believe a year-old Eskimo hoy who couldn't hold out saved a life after their plane crashed in the Canadian Northwest and rescuers did not find them for 32 days The pilot Martin Hartwell 45 was rescued from the derness Saturday But the boy David Kootook died on the 23rd day of their ordeal haps from despair or more ly from chronic appendicitis Hartwell was reported in ex- condition today at a Yellowknife hospital with two broken ankles and a fractured knee He only suffered mild frostbite despite temperatures that sometimes were 20 degrees below zero at the crash site GO miles south of Great Bear Lake The plane went down Nov 8 while on a medical flight from the remote arctic settlement of Spence Bay to Yellowknife Also killed were a pregnant kimo and a nurse escorting the woman and young Kootook The nurse died in the crash and the other woman a few hours later Hartwell would not speak with reporters after the rescue But Cpl Harvie a paramedic who was among the first to reach the pilot said 1 think maybe during the first couple of weeks the hoy con- a lot to him being here now Copeland and others whu talked with Hartwell got these details about the Hartwell was unable to move after the crash because of his injuries But he supervised the boy who built a log frame over which canvas were draped to make a tent The boy kept a fire going They ate food that was on the plane and melted snow for drinking water Kootook also went fishing on a frozen lake After 18 days the youth to lose hope his spirits dropped and he appeared to give up Three airplanes flew nearby during the week out seeing the wreckage The youth died on the 23rd day Hartwell's firewood ran out and for the last three days be fore the rescue he did not have anv hot food Lunar Exploration Schedule I THESE FLAKES To PUT ME IN THE AND I'VE SOT II MORE DAYS Inside The Sun Comics Crossword Food Markets Movies News Sew Fashionable Sportu Women 11 10 2 10 3 4 7 5 WASHINGTON Nixon administration is ly considering creation of a de- of natural resources by presidential executive order Interior Secretary Rogers Morton in a dum obtained by The ed Press has asked his top sub- ordinates for recommendations aimed at solving problems in- in such an order Morton requested the t said he would review them be- fore deciding whether to sub- mit them to the White House Two years ago despairing of getting major reorganization through an opposition Con- gress President Nixon used an executive order to create the Environmental Protection Agency transferring major programs from the Interior Department the Department of Health Education and fare and other agencies An executive reorganization does not require positive con- gressional approval hut takes effect unless Congress votes to block it Congress has failed to act on a series of Nixon proposals to reorganize the Cabinet ing establishment of the de- of natural resources As proposed the department would incorporate all of the present Interior Department and would absorb the Forest Service from the Department civil construction activities from the Army Corps of Engineers and civilian development from the Atomic Energy Com- mission The highlights of the Apollo all Yuma TODAY p.m Cernan and miit start lenger in preparation for the first of three surface tions p.m Cernan becomes the American to set foot USDA To Review Civil Defense Emergency Plans WASHINGTON AP though it has not been a hold word for nearly a decade civil defense will get a new look by the Agriculture De- Agriculture Secretary Karl L Duty has signed an ment with civil defense officials outlining USDA in case of an attack Under the agreement USDA will review and plans for food resources farm equipment rural fire con- trol and other topic assigned to the department officials said on the moon's surface p.m Schmitt steps onto the lunar surface p.m A television era mounted on the lunar rover is turned on for nearly six hours of coverage of the lunar explorations p.m End of the first telecast Evans starts an eight-hour rest period aboard America p.m First tion period ends with of Challenger TUESDAY Oman and mitt start an eight-hour rest period aboard Challenger Evans ends his sleep period The two moon explorers end their sleep p.m Chalenger is de- again to start the second exploration period p.m Cernan and mitt turn on the rover's sion camera again for coverage of more than five hours of their activities p.m Television era is turned off Turning Point Reported In Vietnam Peace Talks PARIS Henry A Kissinger and Hanoi's Le Due Tim met for the 13th lime in three weeks today at what mav he a turning point in I heir cret negotiations on a Vietnam sett lenient President Nixon's security adviser and the North Politburo member in an American rented villa in suburban where they held several meetings last week Their talks were re- cessed Sunday while experts of both sides met to discuss de- tails of a possible cease fire agreement Except for a nine-day break Kissinger and Tho have met almost since Nov 20 when they began their current session to revise and finalize the agreement they drafted herein October During Sunday's recess singer's top aide Gen ander M Jr was in Washington conferring with Nixon
