Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - October 9, 1974, Yuma, Arizona SERVICE COPY MICrO PKOTO DIV CO DAVID HILL OLD PD OH FORD WARNED Fate of Surtax De pends On Taxpayer Reaction WASHINGTON AP Congressional approval of President Ford's proposed tax surcharge will depend on what constituents tell their con- gressmen in the next few weeks the administration was warned today The warning came as sury Secretary William E Simon took the case to the House Ways and Means Com- Ford proposed the surcharge generally affecting family in- comes over and ual incomes over in his economic message Tuesday He offered it as part of a broad plan also including peals for belt-tightening on en- ergy and proposals for unemployment sation actions to stimulate food production and to age investment The committee's senior Re- publican member Rep man T Schneebeli of vania told I think the fate of the tax rests on the American lic and what they tell us when we go home Congress is scheduled to begin a month's recess Friday Schneebeli was questioned on how many persons would be affected by the proposed surtax and ho the revenues it raises would be used to assist ness One ingredient in Ford's eco- nomic prescription is an in- crease in the investment credit which businesses may take on capital put into new productive facilities There were estimates that more tlian billion of the approximately billion raised by the tax program would be offset by the increased credit Simon said the Treasury 28 per rent of the tax paying public would be hit by the surtax Those affected might ber about 23 million he said This was hv SUN SUN Issue 70th Year Yuma Arizona Wed Oct 9 1974 SENTINEL Issue 102nd Year Kammann Tops Urtuzuastegui By for AWC Post WALT KAMMANN Blast Rips Rural School With less than of the eligible voters casting their ballots Walt Kammann won election yesterday over Charles Urtuzuastegui to zona Western College's Dis- Governing Board Kammann will represent Precinct Three by virtue of a victory margin totals show Kammann received 448 votes while finished with 351 Nearly voters were ble to cast ballots in the tion Three voting precincts gave Kammann his victory They were Pecan Grove Crane and Gadsden Urtuzuastegui finished well ahead of Kammann at the District 1 voting booth and edged the victor in ton Total number of ballots was 799 The Yuma Valley farmer will succeed Les Barkley of merton on the Board for a five-year term beginning in January Barkley chose not to run for re-election His term ends Dec Following the election Kammann said I want to ex- tend my heartfelt thanks to all of the many people who ed so hard on my campaign He singled out the Yuma County Educators Political Action Committee PAC for its endorsement of his election to the Board 1 am convinced that PAC made a big difference in this Kammann ob- served It is a hard-working group which uses good clean tactics in its entire procedure I have never seen a local group as dedicated in what it has set out to do Directing his attention to the job ahead Kammann said a top priority of his term would be to bring about a closer working relationship be- tween the Board tion and the taxpayer which in my view has been rather strained in the past year In a news release tegui said Once again our process has pre- and the electorate has voiced its preference The Somerton merchant wished Kammann the best of luck on his victory He added The many deci- sions and direction of AWC now rests with him and the Board 1 said when I ed my candidacy AWC has an educational mission and to us as taxpayers and to our students ability to the taxpayers is essary it AWC is to move for- ward I still believe that and I trust that Kammann and the Board will keep this foremost in their thoughts On behalf of my family I want to thank everyone who assisted me in this campaign Their allegiance and sincerity to me and my family will long be We worked hard and we all gave our full measure In CHARLESTON AP A dynamite blast aged a rural elementary school today and another building was slightly damaged by fire in the wake of the jailing of a minister protesting against textbooks state police ed The Wet Branch ry School in County suffered moderate damage from the explosion The sive had been placed at the en- trance of the building No injuries were reported Pupils from that school were shifted to classes at Midway Elementary School on Campbells Creek was ly damaged when what state police described as a fire bomb was tossed through a window The blaze was quickly The classroom ule was not affected Draftees Out Early WASHINGTON The Army announced today it will discharge its last draftees before Thanksgiving Some draftees could have re- mained in uniform until as late as next June 30 Pickets Visit Somerton For Speeches Rally Today Rep Charles Vanik who said that counting all family members the figure of 23 million is on its face vable This would affect the tyle buying power and ability to fight inflation of 60 million Vanik Although there was general praise for other Ford initiatives for relieving the depressed housing industry and spurring business investment many Democrats and some cans were critical of the proposed 5 per cent tax on family incomes above Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott suggested the tax take effect above the level Republican Sen Jacob K Javits of New York suggested House Speaker Carl Albert urged a staggered surtax Sen Paid Fannin ruled out the tax entirely until every effort is made to cut federal spending The special tax on als would bring in an estimated billion of the billion necessary to pay for vice jobs when the national unemployment rate exceeds 6 per cent and for other anti- inflation programs Sen John C Stennis D- Miss and Sen William Brock pledged for the surtax Other congressmen said they cannot further taxation of middle-income families until loopholes that allow the wealthy and the major oil com- panies to avoid their fair share of taxes are closed Business leaders applauded Ford's proposals We ulate the President on his broad program to win the fight against said Richard C Gerstenberg board man of General Motors Corp It sounds like a vigorous well thought out said Donald T Regan man of Merrill Lynch Pierce Fensier Smith Inc the largest brokerage house Sen Walter F Mondale D- Minn called the tax proposal outrageous Rep Bellr termed it a ri- House Democratic er Thomas P O'Neill viewed it as extremely un- fair An estimated 200 United Farm Workers strikers who picketed groves earlier this morning gathered in Somerton for a rally just before today They talked among selves and listened to speeches for approximately one hour Yuma County Sheriff Travis Bud Yancey said they didn't picket The rally nearly drained the groves of pickets While it was being held the sheriff said only two groups of 25 each were picketing the groves Yancey said the 25 who picketed today were the same group that was out yesterday He said no major problems or violence which could be buted to strikers were reported last night or morning To prevent vandalism age some growers have bought watchdogs While prowling growers property last night one deputy reported that a junk yard dog was under a bus He added You don't have to worry about it the Yancey said the usual group of pickets a group of 200 appeared near the labor bus loading zones at San Luis Ariz this morning pickets weren't re- ported in Yuma and the Bard area this morning Halts Aid to Turkey WASHINGTON AP De- a veto threat the Senate passed today a money hill spending military aid to key The vote cleared the item for President Ford's desk The President Tuesday called the Turkey aid cutoff reckless and misguided and said it would reduce U.S ence in seeking settlement of dispute in Cyprus Language in the continuing resolution adopted Monday by the House cuts off funds for further military aid to Turkey until the President certifies that Turkey is in compliance with U.S foreign aid laws and that substantial progress ward agreement has been made regarding military forces in Cyprus Sen Thomas F Eagleton said it is obvious key cannot be complying with laws limiting the use of foreign aid military equipment to de- fensive purposes until it agrees to remove its forces from the island of Cyprus Yuma to San Diego Air Intended by New World Airways By TERRY The Yuma Daily Sun New World Airways of San Diego yesterday expressed in- terest in establishing airline service between Yuma and San Diego Speaking at a Chamber of Commerce Aviation tee luncheon Lee Newhouse vice president of New World said the company's basic in- tent was to establish a route from Yuma to Blythe to Las Vegas and another route from Yuma to El Centro to San Diego The first step is to conduct a survey of the Yuma area to find out what are its tation Newhouse ex- And we do not want to supersede existing airline service already heto The spokesman asked for the assistance m conducting the survey which he hoped would begin in two weeks Format for the survey has been developed by San Diego State University According to Newhouse the survey would be mailed to proximately of the dents in the Yuma area He expected of these to re- spond and results to be within the next month Service could begin at that time Our desire is to build an airline that fits the needs of the community and the vey will give us input on those he said An airline cannot make it without com- munity assistance Chamber costs for pating in the survey could be refunded from a percentage of the fares when service begins Newhouse commented New World Airways was in- in 1972 after al years as a airline flying routes along the nia coastline As a commercial passenger line New World has four flights daily between Los Angeles San Diego and Las Vegas related Newhouse It flies only 10 and planes he said Art Johnson of the Stardust Motel and the Con- vention and Bureau tee informed Newhouse that there is a need for weekend flights from Yuma to San Diego Chamber manager Jim Bjornstad told The Sun today that the request from New World is under He contacted the Tucson Chamber of Commerce ing the luncheon because there is also interest in a Tuc- son to Yuma to San Diego Bjornstad said Bjornstad expects a joint meeting between the two Chambers and Newhouse next week to this route We have to do some ing and listening before we commit ourselves to the Bjornstad said In the past these routes were not eco- good enough for other airlines I don't think it's wrong to take a look I think we need it In response to a recent tion Committee inquiry Hughes Air West informed the Chamber that the company's planning department is taking a look at more routes for Yuma Cochise replied that it was actively pursuing a Yuma to San Diego flight Ford Plan Outlined AFTER GUILTY PLEAS Patricia Anderson and Jack Schlarp walk down the stairs in the Yuma County house after entering pleas of guilty to heroin charges yesterday afternoon The plea agreement resulted in dropping charges of conspiracy to commit murder Two Plead Guilty to Heroin Murder Conspiracy Dropped Jack Edward Schlarp and Patricia Ann Anderson ed guilty to a charge of ing heroin in return for charges of conspiracy to commit murder being dropped day in Superior Court The two were involved in an attempt to smuggle heroin across the border at San Luis last Aug 9th which resulted in the deaths of Charles ami Kristin Pruitt in Mexico County Ally Mike Smith slated the reasons for agreeing to dismiss the conspiracy charges in his motion for dis- missal of the charges presented to Judge William W Nabours In the motion Smith moves this court to dismiss counts II and IV conspiracy in the deaths of each of the victims of the above entitled action on the grounds and for the sons that defendants have entered a plea of guilty to im- of heroin as charged an offense carrying n possible sentence of life imprisonment counts III and IV alleging conspiracy to commit murder carrying a possible sentence of imprisonment Only one t o 15 years are in fact part of the complete story of the importation offense and can be considered by the court at sentencing and further prosecution of hose offenses in light of severe evidentiary problems would only delay the administration of The ration of speedy justice requires a dis- missal of these charges The minimum sentence that can given in state prison for the heroin charge is five years with no reduction of that time for good behavior During the guilty plea proceedings bours had to ask Mrs son to speak louder so he could hear her He read from a long list of questions a judge is required to ask defendants who are ing guilty to make sure they understand the rights they give up in pleading guilty Schlarp said it was his un- the county ney will recommend that his federal courl sentence will run Turn lei United Fund Month in Yuma Is Proclaimed by His Honor WASHINGTON AP Here at a glance are President Ford's proposals to Congress for curbing TAX SURCHARGE A one-year 5 per cent surcharge on corporate taxes and on a portion of taxes paid by lies who earn more than and by individuals earning more tlian in 1975 This would raise an 7 billion OTHER TAXES Increase the investment tax credit from 7 per cent to 10 per cent and allow to deduct the dividends paid on preferred stocks EMPLOYMENT A two- stem program to extend ployment insurance benefits by 13 weeks and create additional public service jobs whenever unemployment exceeds six per cent nationally HOUSING Provide lion for mortgage purchases to finance about homes ENERGY Reduce foreign oil imports by one million rels a day by the end of 1975 through a variety of tion measures and other steps including deregulation of ral gas supplies and relaxation of some environmental laws In addition the elimination by oil-fired plants from the nation's electrical capacity FOOD all er supplies to enable farmers to produce to full capacity and remove all remaining acreage limitations on rice peanuts and cotton However his proposals will not have any impact on this year's crops meaning that next year's food prices will continue rising ANTITRUST LAWS enforcement of present laws with increased maximum penalties for antitrust tions from to million for corporations and from to for ual violators It's officially now United Fund Month in us per proclamation by Mayor Byrd and Ihu City Council The annual charity drive is way with having been distributed to businesses in the area Jim Stowe drive chairman stresses that if each employed person could contribute the equivalent to one hour's pay per month he Ronl of could be achieved Seventeen agencies arc being supported by United Fund Stowe explained A narrated slide show elling about each of the agencies is available for clubs and organizations to help educate the public as to just how the United Fund monies are being spent On Friday noon Charles Stein chairman of Charity Sunday announces a luncheon for representatives of each of the agencies and volunteers will be held at the Trails Charity Sunday will be conducted Nov 3rd on which day a door-to-door vass will be made to conclude the campaign Ted Moeller chairman of the advanced gifts has ed only about one-third of the expected amounts have been received Anyone interested in making direct contributions may con- tact the United Fund office 377 Main Street or phone 0515 STEPPING OUT Mayor Ersel Byrd steps out for United Fund by ing old-time shoes in proclaiming October as United Fund Month The shoos he said were loaned from a collection of Jack Walker distributor for Cannon Shoes Every little amount helps the mayor said in support of the drive p r et cetera photo weather Gram Deal yesterday m Lowest this morning 71 at 11 today High this afternoon ffi 91 Relative humidity nt 11 Mri to Thursday Mostly Runny with Urn and Thursday mild tonight Inside The Sun Parker Larger than Thought WASHINGTON Soviet Union was trying to buv up to six times the amount of corn and wheat for which it was believed to be in the ket when President Ford moved to halt Brain sales to the Russians last Saturday says Agriculture Secretary Earl L Blitz told the Senate nent investigations Tuesday his department had estimated the Soviets would be in the market for 1 million to 1.5 million tons of U.S grain this year within the range of what Butz said the United States could handle de- spite setbacks in production here The Soviets had failed to state how much grain they were trying to buy when it was discovered they had signed contracts to purchase 3.4 lion tons of wheat and corn from two American companies Butz said However checks by the De- of Agriculture cate the Soviet Union actually was negotiating to buy a total of fi million toas of corn and wheat at least he added
