Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - March 26, 1975, Yuma, Arizona OLD R OH 44691 MAJOR CITY Viet Cong Flag Flies over Hue World's Richest Monarch Buried in Unmarked Grave SUN and ARIZONA SENTINEL Telephone SUN Issue Year SENTINEL 10th Issue Year Yuma Arizona Wed Mar 26 1975 Watchful Eyes Kept On Teamster Strikers Yuma County sheriffs were keeping a watchful eye on produce trucks sporting lettuce in the Wellton area this morning No trouble was reported in the fields where the Teamsters are striking Produce Co of Somerton deputies said However as a precaution in the Wellton area or- dered riot gear this morning Deputies also said strips of nails weren't thrown on en- trances to lettuce fields this morning During the past few days many tires were tured on produce trucks by the large nails John Blake business agent of Teamsters Local 274 which is organizing local lettuce workers denied that any of his men scattered the strips of nails The people we have here are professionals and we don't need to use that kind of Blake said Blake said he believes the throwing of nail stripe can only hurt the union's We came here in November and since then we've had a good he ed We've gotten along well with the community of Yuma and some people have even welcomed us Blake said he didn't know who threw the nails But I've been in the labor business for a long time and I've seen em- and other unions do it just to make us look he said The Teamsters are no longer striking the Pete Pasquinelli Co Blake said We're ing with Pasquinelli and the meetings are going well He said yesterday the only company that the union is striking is Produce He added of all local lettuce growers have signed with the Teamsters NEW APPOINTEE Larry Mosley left was interviewed today by Ernie Bush of The Sun after Mosley was appointed by Judge W Nabours to succeed Bob Araza as chief probation officer of the Yuma County Juvenile Center Mosley presently is Superior Court adult probation officer Araza yesterday was confirmed by the Arizona Senate to serve on the Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles Larry Mosley Appointed To Succeed Bob Araza By ERNIE RUSH The Yuma Daily Sun Larry of the or Court adult probation office has been named to succeed Bob Araza as chief probation officer of the Yuma County Juvenile Center Araza was confirmed to the Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles yesterday by the zona Senate appointment was made public by Judge William W Nabours this morning tion rs is the presiding judge the Juvenile Center which is r his direction Although Mosley has been in the adult probation office for almost twu years he has an extensive background as a venile officer He was the first juvenile lice officer to Iw hired at the Police Depl After ing there for nine years he transferred to the Yuma County Juvenile Center where he served for three years as a deputy probation officer said he transferred Mosley to adult probation when the need arose but ia glad to be able to send back to the center as chief Mosley says he a lot more can be accomplished by working with juveniles rather than adults Young people are in their formative years when it is easier to set them hack on Da Nang Pounded By Red Troops BEIRUT Lebanon AP Thousands of wailing Arabs mobbed the coffin of King Faisal before the world's richest monarch was buried in an unmarked grave today It was the only public tion of the simple funeral rites proscribed by the Wahabi sect of Islam Bathed by Moslem holy men shrouded in a seamless white sheet Faisal's torn body lay in El Bid mosque in Riyadh the capital of Saudi Arabia while princes and com- chanted Allah God is great Faisal's brother the new year-old King Khaled wept as he prayed over the body He was flanked by members of the royal family and 16 other kings presidents and premiers Radio stations in Kuwait Egypt Syria and the United Arab Emirates hooked in with Riyadh state radio to cast live coverage of the event The wailing of the crowd outside the mosque could be heard over the chants of the muezzin the Moslem priest An radio announcer said crowds of mourners fought to touch the coffin before it was turned over to the Ulema the Moslem holy men for private burial without fanfare or a tombstone The Wahabis do not mark graves because they believe tion of the dead detracts from worship of Allah Earlier King Khaled and his brother Crown Prince Fahd received pledges of allegiance from princes of the royal family military com- manders Moslem religious leaders Bedouin tribal tains and commoners In announcing that old Prince Faisal Ibn Ibn Abdul Am killed King ASSASSIN AND FRIEND Christine Surma 26 of Los Angeles and Prince Faisal Ibn Ibn Abdul Aziz are shown a year ago when they were together Ms Surma said she lived with Aziz for five years and can't believe he shot and killed his uncle King Faisal of Saudi Arabia Ap Wirephoto Faisal on Tuesday Radio Riyadh called him mentally deranged The official Saudi Arabian broadcast gave no hint of the fate of the prince whose Prince Ibn Abdul Ariz was King Faisal's step- brother The newspaper Al said members of the royal ily frequently complained to king Faisal about the young prince's behavior but the king dismissed them saying May God redeem hir SAIGON South Vietnam AP Viet Cong forces ed their flag over the old rial capital of Hue early today the Viol Cong announced South Vietnamese troops abandoned Hue South nam's fourth largest city on Tuesday Most of the city's residents had fled er A statement from the Viet Cong delegation to the two- parly joint military sion in Saigon said Hue was captured after four days of repealed attacks and uprising The statement said South Vietnamese forces fled away in disorder to the coast but were intercepted by the tion army Our liberation army and people wiped out many enemy units captured many Saigon troops and a great deal of the statement said Many Saigon army units re- to the appeal of the revolution took sides with the revolution with all their ons The United began a massive airlift of refugees from Da Nang today and President Nguyen Van Thieu vowed his troops would fight to the death if necessary to defend the isolated northern city Thieu also urged the United States to take immediate and strong reaction and rapidly provide sufficient support for our troops to fight In Washington meanwhile Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger told a news ence today that his concern about Indochina was the betrayal of loyal allies if Congress goes through with plans to cut off aid to South Vietnam and Cambodia The fundamental question Kissinger said is whether we will deliberately destroy an ally by withholding aid In an effort to rally the ion after the loss of 11 of 44 provinces and half its territory to a North Vietnamese drive Thieu made two radio ad- dresses during the day He said he had ordered the army to hold all of the remaining land He acknowledged that the central highlands and most of northern South Vietnam in- the old imperial capital of Hue had been lost But he said he would draw the line at Da Nang against the North Vietnamese advance Thieu also pledged to mount a counteroffensive and vowed to stay in office until our complete victory The American evacuation flight which also flew some consulate officials began shortly after Viet Cong rockets smashed into the giant Da Nang air baso Army Chief To Saigon WASHINGTON AP Gen Frederick C Weyand Army chief of staff is flying to Saigon with orders from ident Ford to assess the tary situation and determine what additional help might be needed Weyand was the last can commander in Vietnam and was picked for today's trip because he has a wide quaintance with military and government leaders there said White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen Mayo Denies Resignation Was Surprise to Governor Congress Turning Its Back on PHOENIX AP William 1 Mayo taking issue with a statement made by Gov Raul Castro said today Castro knew three weeks ago he was ing as director of the ment of Economic Security Mayo held a news conference on the heels of his resignation Tuesday and questioned tro's statement that the an- was a surprise to him Dino DeConcini nor's executive assistant was aware it was coming three weeks Mayo said Mayo said he presented his resignation to DeConcini early Tuesday and did not see the governor if DeConcini made an effort to talk him into reconsidering Mayor said no One member of Mayo's staff Henry Diaz said today he will seek the director's position Diaz is in charge of all field offices Hal Brown Mayo's chief deputy who drafted much of the department's tion said he definitely will not apply Mayo said he was resigning effective March 31 because of the flagrant intervention by several among the Arizona state legislative leadership into the affairs of the executive branch of government Senate Majority Leader fredo Gutierrez said the comment part of Mayo's resignation statement was silly Gov Castro set up a probe of the Department of ic Security DES earlier this month without legislative prompting to look into the hundreds of complaints he has said Gutierrez WASHINGTON AP Sen Robert P Griffin chided congressional Democrats today for planning a Easter vacation without voting on additional military aid for Cambodia and South Vietnam By default and through caucus decisions of the ty party it has become ly obvious to all who watch in the United States and around the world that Congress is turning its back on allies in Indochina who are struggling to defend Griffin a Michigan Republican said in a speech prepared for the ate President Ford asked Con- gress in January for lion in additional military aid for South Vietnam and million for besieged dian government forces The Senate Foreign tions Committee earlier this month approved by a vote million in additional Cambodian aid for the next three months with an total aid off June 30 The House Inter- national Relations Committee has rejected a similar dian aid Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield said Monday it was too late to consider the until the Senate returns from an Easter recess April 7 RINCON ALLEY INCLUDED Guess What? To Close Sand Will Blow For Wafer Plant Expansion By DON The Yuma Daily Sun Yuma's Planning and ing Commission last night gave approval to the of Rincon Alloy and Gila Street from 1st Street to Jones Street and to Jones Street from Penitentiary Avenue West to Main Street The Commission met with Ted Bowen chairman Gary Harry Moxon Perry Schuman Keck and Cathy members with Andrews of the ning Dept and Lois Moore secretary The abandonments were asked by the city to make sible use of the area for water plant expansion In another action the Com- mission rescinded an earlier alley abandonment in the area just north of 8th St and west of Avenue A which had been asked by Don Trigg The there was rescinded after it was found water and lines were running through the alleyway Ivan Koziak of 8th St er Park received conditional permission lo expand his park over to Magnolia Ave His plans were modified to allow street intersections with foot turning radius on the corners so that fire trucks can enter His lot sizes although not meeting the wishes of the Planning De- exactly were since no previous dards had been set Koziak also agreed to install a con- street at the end of his expansion so that traffic could move from one lateral street to the next to facilitate exiling The Commission agreed to initiate action on suiting of standards for mobile home park lot sizes ami layout so mobile home park net's could have guidelines by which to work in the future There are non now The lines arc needed Andrevs pointed out and the sion agreed to assure mini- mum health and safety for park users the right path he said lie said he has two children himself hut both are grown and married He also has three Only one lives at homo Edward Wright has been accepted ns a monk at the St Charles Wiory at Oceanside Calif said that although the Juvenile Center is located away from the court house it is still part of the Court and that's the way he intends it to stay He said Araza did areal fine job for the county and he thinks he will continue to do n good job for the state also Students Get Trip After All FREDONIA Ariz AP The Fredonia High School who decided to forego their long-planned trip to fornia and use the money they had raised for it lo help a mate with cancer will soon lie westward after all School Supt lin said Tuesday the trip is scheduled for May as a result of money voluntarily raised in California for the class following publicity of its sacrifice for the student The seniors presented Mike Hatch a check last day on his 18th birthday to help him meet expenses of his treatment The money was part of he class had been ing since the eighth grade to make the trip The money was earned hy washing cars ing raffles babysitting selling refreshments at hall games and sponsoring other fund-raising projects The class decided to use the other for a trip to nearby Lake Powell However for the school said a news account of the gift was read in La Jolla by Carl and Prank Doyle president and vice president re- of the Student Loan Fund Group Baber and Doyle were de- scribed as having worked on their own lo raise from civic and business tions mainly in San Diego to allow the students to make the trip The money is being for- warded this week spokesmen said Additional wind and blowing sand is exacted in the Yuma area this afternoon The National Weather vice NWS at Yuma tional Airport reported ed wind gusts up to 29 miles per hour from the northwest this morning Winds reached 40 mph at p.m yesterday The NWS forecast for Yuma calls for variable cloudiness with wind and cooler ture along with n slight chance of rain this afternoon and night It is expected to ly cloudy and cool Thursday Gustly west winds of 20 to 30 mph this afternoon ex- to diminish to 5 to 10 mph tonight with north winds of 10 to If mph Thursday There is a 2011 of rain this and tonight The NWS reported that it received a trace of rain up until 11 today The Uni- versity of Arizona mental Station recorded 04 of an inch The extended forecast for Friday through Sunday calls for fair weather with a ing trend Friday through day The highs should be near 80 and the lows near 50 Temperatures in the colder agricultural areas around are expected to ho near freezing tonight and Thursday night The high Tuesday 78 with a low of 51 reported this morning The high today is ex- to roach 08 with for n low tomorrow morning Averages for this date are a high of 80 and a low of 52 In the immediate Yuma area there are no travel ad- In California strong winds are reported with dust blowing between El Centro and Indio along California with some travel restrictions In the mountains going to San Diego rain and strong winds are re- ported Gusts up to 40 miles per hour have been reported In Arizona the Dept of Public Safety reported strong gusty winds on Interstate 10 in the northern part of Yuma County with some visibility Across the river from Parker snow was visible early this morning on the Whipple Mountains but it bad melted by 11 Also by 11 the wind was beginning to pick up sand Parker received no rain up until 1 1 On Interstate 8 from Yuma to Gila Bend scattered have been ed Winds are expected to in- crease this afternoon A winter storm advisory has Iwen issued throughout ern Arizona with roads around Flagstaff being icy in with additional snow falling Inside Sun Comica 27 Crossword 11 Editorial 4 Movies M Porker I Weather t Women 7
