Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - November 9, 1975, Yuma, Arizona ANTITRUST ACTION Breakup of GM Studied by U.S CELEBRATION Three children from Roosevelt School participate in the bicentennial celebration by painting one of the fire hydrants near their school to give a child's view of what a Spanish soldier of De Anza's time might look like The Daily Sun is celebrating the bicentennial with a special Destination Yuma 76 section in today's paper Second graders Marcela Valle and Roy Perez add finishing touches to their work of art while third grader Teresa Driver checks it against their drawing Groups of children at Roosevelt and Johnson will be painting other fire hydrants in the areas of their schools WASHINGTON AP The federal government is considering efforts to break up the giant General Motors Corp the world's largest automaker according to a government source S The Federal Trade Commission was reported to have recommended antitrust action against the giant automaker whose sales last year totaled nearly billion FTC Chairman Lewis A Engman declined comment on the saying only that we have a number of investigations going on Some are the responsibility of the commission and some of the Justice Department Bruce Wilson deputy assistant attorney general said of the Any industry which is structured like the auto industry is the subject of constant observation The Justice Department reportedly was close to filing an antitrust suit against GM in 1968 but was overridden by the White House NBC News said Saturday More than half the cars built and sold in the United States arc made by GM The FTC staff says that kind of dominance is tantamount to said NBC which reported it had learned that both the economics and the competition bureaus of the FTC have recommended antitrust action against GM That report was confirmed by a source in the federal government who did not wish to be identified Justice has been working on this for a long said Frank a GM spokesman in Washington I wouldn't know where the FTC fits in A spokesman for the Justice Department said the FTC refers its recommendations to the department which has 40 days whether to file suit At the end of that period the matter is returned to the FTC which can file suit on its own GM has been in antitrust trouble before In 1965 GM signed a consent decree with the Justice Department agreeing to make its bus engine axle and transmission designs and components available to any other competitor At the time GM was the only major bus manufacturer American Motors took advantage of the consent order and began producing buses last year A suit against GM would be the biggest suit ever handled by the FTC NBC said and the most spectacular antitrust since the government broke up Standard Oil in 1911 GM spokesmen in Detroit would not comment on the matter The firm's profits were up nearly times from last year's anemic levels to million GM reported record sales of billion during its quarter a 20 per cent improvement over September 1974 period Its earnings of 84 cents a share compared with profits of million or five cents share in the year-ago of million set in 1973 The profits substantially higher than analysts had expected were GM's fourth period and approached the highest for the quarter since record World War II 1 A l x A -1 i r i t SUN Issue Year SENTINEL Issue Year Yuma Arizona Sun Nov 9 1 975 Destination Yuma 76 Featured in Sun Today Californian 70 Dies after Crash Franco on Kidney Machine After Surgery on Stomach This morning's pa pur comes with n entitled Destination Yuma 76 It is a special edition that features four different sections and 12 categories that the progress in and vicinity Each section covers a different aspect of life in Section A carries u series of articles dealing with learning centers and cultural interests It also includes information on geothermal solar nuclear and desalting thai will have n tremendous effect on the future of our city The subjects of Section B include business industry trade center and transportation The stories in it range from the construction of the first bridges over the Colorado River in to the story behind the new wing at Yuma Regional Medical Center Section C is devoted to agriculture the military and outlying areas of Yuma Quechan greenhouses arc the subject of one story along with features on Somerton Wellton Gadsden San Luis nnd Parker History recreation tourism and sports can be found in Section D The Yuma Elks Lodge giant American flag is the topic of one story Another tells how Yuma's re-enactment of the historic Anza Expedition trek will put the city back some 200 years Destination Yuma is the people and the community Enjoy reading about Honorable Discharge Okayed For Yuma tady Marine Yuma Marine 2nd U Mary is being granted an honorable discharge rather than face a court-martial for allegedly having sexual relations with six enlisted men But the mother Jean Kickard of Southbury Conn says she still wants to see a congressional investigation of the Marine Corps treatment of her daughter Mrs wrote to three U.S senators and a New York representative protesting the isolation imposed on her daughter Lt who is divorced from a Marine faced martial when she was accused last July of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentlewoman by allegedly having sex with the six enlisted men at the Marine Corp Air Station here While none of the men were charged the specifications also accused her of fraternization with enlisted personnel on terms of military equality and charged her with sodomy Lt attorney Jay Jeffcoat said he learned Friday from a Marine Corps legal officer that her discharge would be honorable under terms of her resignation approved by the secretary of the Navy has called the case the most classic example of a denial of equal justice because none of the men were charged Loys Emanuel Votaw 70 Santa Fc Springs Calif died yesterday at Yuma Regional Medical Center where lie was taken following a motorcycle crash in California California Highway Patrolman Lance Kissel said Votaw's lungs collapsed while he was being treated in the hospital's emergency room Votaw sustained broken ribs in his left side a broken collar bone and broken left arm in the crash according to doctors Votaw was riding a 1975 Honda that was eastbound on Interstate 8 approximately one mile west of Hoad when it ran off the right side of the highway Kissel said Votaw apparently fell asleep while driving The motorcycle flipped when it ran into deep sand on the highway's shoulder Kissel said that Votaw was able to talk at the crash scene and it appeared his only injury was a badly broken Inside The Sun Business Comics Crossword Movies News Real Estate Sports Weather Women 24 23 15 12 left arm taken to the hospital by V u in a Ambulance Service He died at the hospital shortly after noon His body was taken to Johnson Mortuary where funeral arrangements are pending Votaw was born July 24 1905 Pilot Escapes Death Plunge Mo API A despondent ager chartered a small plane Saturday pulled a gun on the pilot and ordered him to n o s e-d i v e the plane authorities said The youth was killed when the pilot pushed him out of the diving plane The pilot Kichard Leibundguth said the young man told him he had been having family problems and was thinking of suicide Leibundguth 25 who pulled the plane out of the dive and landed safely said his passenger fired one shot SPAIN AP Doctors gave Gen Francisco Franco 14 pints of blood Saturday and sought to relieve his pain with sedatives after an operation for removal of twothirds of his ulcerated stomach A medical bulletin read by Information Minister Leon Herrera said the Franco's condition still was very grave but there was no operation He added that the generalissimo continued under treatment of a kidney machine to reduce toxins in his blood Surgeons who performed the operation Friday said the section of stomach cut out contained 11 ulcers and infected tissue The report added thai Franco's abdominal bleeding had been caused by the ulcers and if the operation had not been performed they would have provoked the death of the leader in very The surgery at Madrid's La Paz Clinic was the second abdominal operation on Franco in tour days His medical team said the general awoke from anesthesia in the middle of the night seven hours after the end of surgery and was given sedatives to block the pain and help him sleep again Two Transients Badly Beaten By Man Wielding Iron Pipe Two men were beaten with a steel water pipe during an attack in the jungle area near 91 li Street nnd the railroad tracks Friday night The man suspected of the attack was arrested County sheriff's deputies said they learned of the attack at about S yesterday when one of the beaten men James William Crosswhite Little Hock Calif called them Deputies said Crosswhite and Earl Newton Wells 57 a transient were unconscious all night long Both received numerous blows to their heads Both were taken to Yuma Regional Medical Center Later Wells whose skull was crushed was transferred to the Maricopa County General Hospital in Phoenix He was reportedly condition Late last night Wells was still being treated in the emergency room of the hospital Crosswhite was reported in satisfactory condition of last night Crosswhite told deputies that he and Wells were attacked for no apparent reason by Barney Sato Garcia 59 a transient At about noon yesterday Deputy Charles Miles arrested Garcia in the jungle area from a description provided by Crosswhite Under questioning Garcia said the attack wasn't unprovoked Instead he said he was fighting with Crosswhite and Wells Garcia said the fight broke out following an argument over an girl who was living at the camp A deputy Yuma County attorney told The Sun yesterday that two counts of assault with a deadly weapon will be filed against Garcia Citizen's Advisory Board Backing Million Bond issue The Citizens Ad- Board has endorsed nnd will work for the lion bond issue which comes to a vote Dec Hi Warren Bartholomew chairman of the Advisory Board announced the support in a prepared ment Said First of all many citizens of do not realize that the district's last issue was in Therefore 14 years have sed during which here luis been a significant increase in the number of high school Also there will an additional high school students entering high school during the next 10 years That is an average of additional students per year for the next 10 years The Advisory Hoard has involved in developing Warren Bartholomew these figures mid realizes that both rumpuses are ed beyond the recommended capacity at the present time With the additional students expected during the next 10 years it is time to begin a long-range building program We need a third high school now Most people don't realize that it takes wo to three years to plan nnd construct a new high school facility In tion there is a need to bring up to standard the Yuma and campuses in order to vide enough classroom space It just doesn't make sense to continue to ignore the problem and not to get out and actively support the bond issue Finally I urge all citizens who have any question about the bond issue to call the schools and make an ment to visit the campuses and see be facilities that will replaced as well as to discuss the need for the third high school If we ing in the future then those citizens who take the time to get the facts will realize that the bond issue would cost the average taxpayer mately a dime a day or the average homeowner in Yuma assuming that a home is the average home value in Yuma a year or per month for supporting the bond issue As we are in the midst of a Bicentennial year and looking back on the heritage of our country and the role that cation has played in our lives it would seem thai all of us should take a hard look at our conscience and concern for our country community and the education of our youth before entertaining any thought but that of casting a yes vote for the high school bond election BIG SCREAM As she her name called as Y Day queen at Yuma High Mary Florcs right lets out a big scream Tier four competitors check her reaction From left are Annette Tate Debby Osborne Norma Moreno and Pat Flores Additional photo on Page 3
