Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - March 2, 1973, Yuma, Arizona OO COPY DIV HILL OLD OH WOOLERY SAYS Mistake Made In Small Home Taxes Arlo Woolery director of the State Department of erty Valuations gestures during his talk before the Ki- WOOLERY GESTURES wanis Club here yesterday By DUNCAN OSBORN The Yuma Daily Sun State Valuation Director Arlo Woolery told the Yuma Daily Sun yesterday it was a mistake to use computerized mass appraisal on small cheap homes It was a he ex- to The Sun reporter They shouldn't have been in- cluded in this program But all I can say is let's get them corrected Woolery noted however that the hew system works fine for most range homes Woolery addressed about 55 members and guests of the Ki- wanis Club luncheon at the Yuma Golf and Country Club die yuMA ft SUN and ARIZONA SUN 91 st Issue Year 24 Pages 10 Cents SENTINEL Yuma Arizona Fri Mar 2 1973 SENTINEL Issue 100th Year Aiding Hanoi So Nation Will Have Stake in Nixon WASHINGTON AP President Nixon edging that postwar aid to Hanoi faces stiff opposition said today he views it as tial so North Vietnam will have a stake in peace This aid Nixon said at his first news conference since Jan 31 would all come out of the foreign aid and defense gets He said the troubles of the dollar stem from attacks by international speculators ing windfall profits by moving their money from one currency into another Almost at the beginning on the question and answer sion in the White House press room filmed for television use later Nixon said the question of aiding Hanoi was not part At a news con- of a ference Nixon also announced ment leading to the he will confer at the Western White House in San Clemente Calif on April with ident Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam And questioned about new attacks on the U.S dollar in foreign money markets Nixon We'll survive it There will not be another devaluation in the conflict there Nixon said there was opposition 25 years ago to aiding World War II mies Germany and Japan He said he voted for such funds sought by a Democratic ident Harry Truman because he felt the aid would promote stability in Europe and the Far East Nixon said he is equally con- now that Hanoi must be convinced that its future does not rest in military activity North Vietnam he said should have a stake in peace And he expressed confidence Congress would eventually go along with his thinking costs of peace are he said but the costs of war are much greater On other for Vietnam war Arguing that there could be no greater insult to the memory of those who fought and died in American uniforms Nixon said I think I made my position abundantly do not intend to change my position The chief executive said the United States will not pay blackmail to Palestinian guerrillas who seized the new American and other diplomats at a party in Khartoum day We cannot do so and we will not do he said Asked to clarify whether the tration intends to maintain a 5.5 per cent annual ceiling on major wage increases as ad- ministration spokesmen gested Monday Nixon said that even during Phase 2 of his economic program there were very few labor agreements that yielded a 5.5 per cent in- crease Looking ahead to 1973 wage negotiations Nixon said some will go a little higher some will go a little lower B Nixon reported that his former tary of the Treasury has ried out some private chores for him while traveling here and abroad especially in the field of energy policy While saying he would not comment on Senate hearings on the no- of L Patrick Gray III to be permanent head of the Federal Bureau of tion said the FBI chief must be a nonpartisan ure Padres Open Training The bright yellow of the San Diego Padres uniforms matched Yuma's bright shine this morning as spring training opened Everybody was accounted for as the Padres began their fifth Yuma spring training camp The morning workout started slowly Manager Don Zimmer had many chosen words for his squad as the first half hour was a closed session Then the Padres strolled out onto the bright green turf of the Desert Sun complex and spring training was underway Even that was a little slow as Manager Zimmer and his coaches divided the as to catchers pitchers infielders and outfielders More well chosen words preceded the actual warming up Plans for workouts at the complex at Street and Avenue A call for workouts from 10 to 12 noon and from 1 to 3 p.m The workouts are open to the public free Sunday will be press day and workouts are not expected to start until 1 p.m The Padres first home spring training game will be Friday March 9th at I p.m Opening ceremonies are set for p.m yesterday Here for two days Woolery conferred with County Assessor Otis Shipp during his visit Recent controversy has tered on Woolery after he mandated a new system of computerized mass appraisal for all Arizona counties Many owners of small cheap homes claim their valuations jumped several times over Woolery said every county assessor in the state is ly correcting the erroneous valuations placed on the cheaper homes He explained that the new system worked for of the homes but erred on the remaining He told the Kiwanians that every home in Arizona is pre- appraised at its full market value with less than disparity In 1963 this state had an appraisal disparity of Woolery stated There has been some really bad information disseminated that only the valuations are being increased That is not he stated He said his staff has updated the valuations on the state's big utilities and mines ly Woolery praised County sessor Otis Shipp He has to be the most conscientious sessor in he said He added that Yuma County had the best equalization of any county in the state Tax relief is in sight lery noted The Arizona State Legislature is duly disturbed about the problems of the those on fixed he said He explained that the state lature is working on a that would provide tax credits for homeowners Wounded Knee Row Wow Ended on Jarring Note WOUNDED KNEE AP Sen George S vern said early today that a negotiating session with of the 200 Indians who had taken over this ic hamlet ended on a jarring note when the militants were informed that the home of one of their leaders was bombed while the parley was under way Word of the reported bombing stirred them up pretty said Sen James Abourezk who was also at the negotiating session The senators said the tion before dawn was tense The new tension flared eral hours after the militants had released 11 hostages they had held since taking over the village late Tuesday The 11 who were freed de- to leave the village pre- ferring to remain in their McGovern also a South kota Democrat said the report of the of the home of Aaron in nearby Pine Ridge became known as the meeting drew to a close is national com- director for the American Indian Movement whose members were prominent in the takeover here Pine Ridge is about 15 miles southwest of Wounded It was not known whether was among the tants still barricaded at Wounded Knee It was reported that sas1 wife was injured in the fire which caused moderate age to the rear of the building Police officials in Pine Ridge refused comment McGovern said the 15 Indian leaders who spoke with the senators were very disturbed about the but it underscores the danger that exists here McGovern said the Indians gave every indication that they expected to face charges The senator said they ed the Indians to meet with Department of Justice who have surrounded the tiny hamlet since Wednesday morning to discuss an end to the armed conflict Car Rips into Mobile Home And Right Out Other Side The Yuma Daily Sun A car ripped through one side of a mobile home just off County 14th Street near nue D yesterday and knifed out the other side Yuma County sheriff's deputies said The driver of the car Fidel Torres Dominguez 48 1st Street was injured He sought his own treatment for the injuries Deputies said Dominguez was driving a westbound 1964 Pontiac that was passing an- other car when it ran off the south side of the road The car traveled mately 250 yards through a field before striking the mobile home A gaping hole was made in both sides of the trailer It is reported that nobody was home at the time Deputies estimated the damage to the home owned by Gonzalo D Huerta at The speed of Dominguez's car was estimated at 70 mph Dominguez was cited for driving while under the ence of intoxicants During a crash last night on Orange Avenue just east of 7th Street a year-old boy was injured City Police reported Police said a 1969 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Tracy Lynn Fletcher 20 2020 3rd Street was northbound when it rammed a parked 1963 owned by Harold Glenn 678 Orange Avenue Her car bounced off the Pontiac and slammed into a 1961 Buick owned by Ray Fisher 1373 23rd Street police added A passenger in the pickup Darin Fletcher 3 2020 3rd enue was injured He was taken to the Yuma Regional Medical Center where he was treated and released Mrs Fletcher was cited for speed greater than reasonable and prudent During a crash near Street and Maple Avenue last night James Franklin Turn to Page 2 Gary Powers Finds Freeways Frightening Inside The Sun 5 Markets Movies Parker 14 15 Pasa WORD FROM THE MAN Manager Don Zimmer seen through Catcher Bob Davis's arm talked with his catchers this morning as spring training began here At left is Mike Ivie who has been tabbed for stardom with the Padres YUMA GRAND JURY Cong Threatens To Hold Up Release of POWs LOS ANGELES AP The U.S pilot whose name became a household word after his U2 spy plane was shot down over Russia in 1960 says he gets a touch of stage fright when he flys his Cessna Cardinal over the maze of Southern nia freeways Francis Gary Powers a former Central Intelligence Agency pilot now reports way traffic conditions at least four times an hour from feet for radio station Powers said in a recent inter- view that although talking to an audience of thousands can be alarming it is nothing com- pared to a CIA mission Thirteen years ago Powers was 2 nautical miles inside the Soviet Union when something exploded beneath his U2 My God I've had it he re- members saying As the jet went into a ing dive he managed to pull himself from the cockpit and parachute to earth almost landing on a Russian farmer The incident caused a West furor and resulted in the breakup of the 1960 Big Four summit meeting in Paris Powers was tried and convicted in a Soviet court on espionage charges He served 21 months in Soviet prisons before being exchanged for master spy dolf Abel Six Secret Indictments issued Indictments against six sons were issued after the first day of grand jury testimony here yesterday Presiding Superior Court Judge William W Nabours said the grand jury of 16 was chosen yesterday morning The judge ordered the grand jury after a re- quest from County Attorney Mike Smith The jurors were selected from the general jury list County Attorney Smith has said he hopes the grand jury will only have to meet once weekly to hear testimony and issue indictments of the county ney's office can present dence to the grand jury or the jury can order the prosecutor out and investigate on its own The grand jury can operate a maximum of 120 days and works in complete secrecy It takes 12 members for the group to meet and nine must approve all indictments issued The intended purpose of using a grand jury is to the preliminary ing in Justice Court The pre- liminary hearing stage is re- the in criminal prosecution When an indictment is issued the de- fendant is taken directly to Superior Court and charged SAIGON AP The U.S delegation announced tonight North Vietnam has informed it that 106 American prisoners will be released in Hanoi on Sunday but that the Viet The Weather Highest yesterday See list of 106 POWs on Page 9 Cong apparently have ened to withhold release of 30 U.S POWs captured in South Vietnam in a dispute over ex- change of Vietnamese ers A statement from the U.S delegation to the Joint Military Commission said the Viet Cong notified the U.S side that the 30 American prisoners previously listed would be released also in Hanoi Temperature at 11 today but refused to give the date of release A spokesman said this meant the Viet Cong were stalling The U.S delegation said ar- rangements for the release of 106 Americans and two Thais held by the North Vietnamese will go forward Antelope Loses PHOENIX Special Norman Brown pumped in a jump shot with three seconds left in the game to give St Johns a victory over Antelope here this morning in the Class B State Basketball Tourney The loss eliminates Antelope from the state meet And sends St Johns into tomorrow's championship game against Mohave a team Antelope beat twice during the year FORECAST to Saturday Sunny and warm this afternoon and Saturday Luis Martin collected 16 Mostly clear and mild North points with 14 of them coming winds 10 to 15 miles pr hour Saturday jn the second half for the 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