Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - January 9, 1977, Yuma, Arizona PRETTY POSE Tammy i hostess for thu annual Yuma Car Assn Show poses on the hood of a Lincoln Mark V on at Yuma Center Street and Avenue A The show will be open from HI to 1 p.m today its last day Additional photos on Yuma Auto Show runs until 6 at civic center More than -1.700 people had come to the annual Yuma New Car Dealers Assn Auto Show by closing time last night The show being held at the Yuma Center Street and Avenue A will be open 111 to i p.m today the final day ol a three-day run reported more than came to the show yesterday and about attended Friday night Attendance has surpassed last year's total when MIDI were counted during a two-day show also held at I hi convention center By the time the shou attendance will probably exceed the most optimistic estimates Mob Sack master show chairman estimated before the show began that between and would come Admittance to the show is free and tickets for chances to win Iron a money tree are given away to each who enters The money tree contains en- containing from SI to Jim Stowe the emcee for lie show reported alter closing last night that nobody has plucked clon from the tree yet He said the most won so far still have no envelopes the tree but we will give il nil away before we close So we'll lie away two or three at a lime all day long he said Stowe announces the winning numbers after hostesses draw tickets from a drum On in the convention center's Yuma are cars pickup trucks and cam per s look more like small ravel trailers inside and they are equipped with stoves tables and sleeping areas Outside the convention center is a free energy display The display consists of tuo mobile homes housing exhibits It is sponsored by the I and DC Administration and operated by the Northwest College and t v Assn for Science a consortium of educational institutions 11 om Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana Inside the trailers are animated exhibits of why America has energy how America uses energy where the energy comes from how electricity is generated and how to cut down on energy consumption Dealerships displaying vehicles at the show are Alexander Motors hM K Brnder Chevrolet Chevy Lane Motors 7th Ford NO I K M V alley Co jih A Varner h- Dodge F ami Yuma K St This is story about how beer turns o bum into a winner CHICAGO API Good guima a thoroughbred was jusi i bum until he started drinking The horse that likes a snort was bought loi the claiming price during at Colorado's Centennial race track The new owners Ha be Krajenke anb Stella now have him stabled at Washington Park Hilly McKerver trainer said he discovered liked brer a week after ho was claimed Since he has been on the suds he has gained pounds and has been into company We raised him to claiming and he won like the rest uere tied down said We kept right nn him up thr ladder and allowance pany MeKeever said junta's most impressive race was Dee 1 at Detroit in the Winter Green Handicap He went oft Ho was head and head with Kight Pocket of the MX recalls And him a length Kight Pocket is one ot fastest horses in the Midwest The trainer said Quinia used to around in stall sullen and drawn If you he away real su 1 figured had him probably him snid MeKeever I was holding a beer and looking at him ind all ni a sudden he comes over to me was first time he'd shown any and 1 put some beer in my hand He sucked it up and 1 swear he licked his lips MeKeever can easily a h- holds it for hiir What impresses me he never spills a drop snid He nn longer has thai dreary altitude and has become i lake charge guy on the track Escapees leave Tucson man bound in Denver area motel LAKEWOOD Colo API A year-old man taken hosing in Tucson Thursday night by four escapees from the Arizona State Prison was left bound and gagged in a motel room near Denver Colo Saturday Marvin Stark father from Colorado to say he was free and unharmed He was just a little shook up Cecil Stark said his son told him He snid Hi dad I'm fine just a little shook up the elder Stark said Marvin Slark told his father he first had been taken to Albuquerque Police had centered their search for the fugitives in that area alter two of the escapees were tentatively identified as the pair thai robbed a savings and loan there of Friday Police said Stark's license number and personal were also used by two men to register at an Albuquerque motel Stark inld his father one of the convicts some into his pocket just before lie was left bound in the motel room with Douglas 21 an Albuquerque man taken hostage on Friday Michael Hozio 52 owner of the motel where Stark and Keefe were found said six persons rented three rooms at the motel about Saturday He said late Saturday the men left after calling for a taxi to get to the airport said a short time later he got a call from one of the rooms that the caller wanted to speak to the police The number of convicts leaving the motel w as c o n f u s e d A n FBI spokesman in Phoenix said he un- all four left together But said police told him only three left together The whereabouts of the fourth was not immediately known said Stark and Keefe were lied to chairs with sheets and blankets The FBI said Saturday night Stark's c a r w as i o u n d a I a n d o n e d i n Albuquerque Police and FBI agents switched their search efforts to the Denver area Saturday night alter learning of Stark's release Tucson police searched Tucson area Friday for the escapees after a young couple reported being held by Study says Yuma favors Iowa Beef Most l uma reside ills in lavor ol the proposed Iowa 1 1 BP meal packing cast ol Yuma according ID n s study Initial figures m the indicate hat ol area residents the I BP pi mi study il nv very much in favor nt tlie plant ami il i are generally in In contrast only i surveyed were op- posed id constructing the plain here posed id constructing the plain here The study was conducted by John Power local business consultant who special in conducting business surveys During a survey being con- dueled for a local developer Power said he asked respondents questions Power asked the question in MO telephone interviews with heads ol households during December He says dunce of telephone numbers used a random selection method thai assures i representative sample of the Yuma area Hall persons were women and haft men The following responses Were based on an analysis of isf CM much in Livor Power said the survey included respondents in all income all adult and involved residents ot uma Somerton and a jn He said comments from persons in lavor of the IMP plant included li would bring unemployment down and make jobs for others md Mure businesses mean more revenue ami help for a city Those opposed to the plain were either generally negative about in Yuma or concerned about the 01 Sinatra plane believed down on Mt Gorgonio PALM Calif AP Authorities held out little hope Saturday that Frank Sinatra's mother or three other persons on a missing private jet might be found alive San Bernardino v iff I spokesmen said I hey believed the chartered jet had slammed into the level of Mt San which is 1 leet high Sheriffs Deputy Vic Brimmer said radar data indicated the plane had hit the mountain al about miles an hour i ou can make vour own guess about the chances for surviving a crash at that speed into granite he said Mountain climbers fought snow and high winds to search for missing jel on the highest reaches of Southern California's tallest peak A helicopter was sent aloft but was no word of any sighting Sinatra spent the day at his Palm Spring home near search headquarters waiting for reports from the search parties The white Lear Jet disappeared Irom radar evening on flight from Palm Springs lo Las Vegas Nev where Sinatra's mother Dolly Sinatra was going to watch her son's opening al Caesars Palace Also on the plane were passenger and a two-man crew Kocky trails on the slope are buried under six feel of snow and helicopter sent up look for wreckage reported heavy turbulence from winds The weather which hampered search efforts Friday had cleared somewhat through the night hough some thick clouds remained Brimmer speaking from com- mand post at nearby Airport said an search and rescue learn was near the mountain's top Another 22 to men awaited word from the team in an encampment al the base of the mountain Crew members of the flight identified as Donald J Weier pilot and Jerold Foley both nt Las Vegas the men for HI hours in their apartment See story on page 2 The four convicts fled the prison Wednesday night after overpowering two guards and taking a third hostage The inmates Michael Clary John Lamb -12 Paul Jorgenson and Kichard Benfield 28 were all serving terms for armed robbery The FBI in Albuquerque said Clary and Lamb apparently robbed the savings and loan office The search moved to the Tucson Friday morning when hostage prison guard John Smith M and a young Tucson couple Peggy and Carl notified police they had been held captive all day Thursday After the three hostages were left bound in the apartment police said the fugitives apparently abducted Stark who was lured from an eastside Tucson bar by a man who offered him for a ride SUN Issue SENTINEL Issue 104th Year Yuma Arizona Sun Jan 9 1977 Yuma motel group nixes Cochise plan vs A letter opposing to replace Hughes as the eil v's major an t has been by the Yuma Intel Assn Art Johnson ol t he a Asocial ion said a final version would be ready or ip proval at a meet i UK planned bn Tuesday The derided in write the letter to I S Civil PiiacH Hi last week A copy will be sent to the Yuma Council council voted last to the CAM to hold a hearing on Cochise's as soon possible The Dept ol ion has Kinie mi lecord in support of the proposal the Cochise plan would provide more to Phoenix and Los Angeles al lower lan-s lhan also said il won hi a maintenance and home base al least crews in Yuma the would generate a year in payroll and purchases filed its application in Washington I C in eai Iv I The CAB will let only one approved airline serve the city If Cochise is allowed in lights will be discontinued is certain to protest I lie application now serves as an mi r ale earner The Association's leller states its disapproval of inning service of and savs the association supports the continuation of regional airline service in Yuma In opposing plan association said various problems may be anticipated Johnson declined to elaborate saying a lull statement MM associal ion's objections would In- released aller talks with officials lie said the release would come be I ore Tuesday's meeting good morning Yuma AWC AM YUMA MICH both won a pair of basketball games this weekend in their respect ive eon I ere nee openers Page JIM is named vice mayor ol Yuma Arts to go with local talent this year I Business Real Estate Crossword 24 Sports Editorial Markets 12 Women 6.7 Seven persons are injured in 4 Yuma area accidents THREE CRASHES A Kurd nn the spot it stopped it was struck ihr i t up un Street of Avenue The car on the left side when it another cnr in the hack from a rear-end collision and on side after it skidded into the path of a station Seven people were injured in four traffic crashes which occurred in Yuma yesterday and Friday Three were injured Friday during a smash-up that involved three separate crashes lima Police Patrolman John Penney said the first crash occurred just east of Avenue on Street when a Ford driven by Solo ad N Hith Ave was lanes The Ford an driven I Tucker Kih Ave Penney said Solo managed to complete the hine change and get in of Mrs Tucker's cat Hut Solo didn't have the car under complete control Moments later the Huick crashed into the hack of Ford The second crash caused the Ford to skid across the renter line where it collided with a westbound Huick station driven by Jensen Sunrise Lane Jensen's wife Joyce 29 and their daughter Melissa as well as Solo's wife were injured All three were taken to Yuma Regional Medical Center by Ambulance Service but Mrs Jensen didn't seek treatment there Melissa was held at the hospital and Mrs Solo was treated anil released Soto was lor an im proper lane change Penney investigated a truck crash Friday evening in which the two drivers were injured Penney said Chevrolet pickup truck driven by John F Ill 711 Country Club Dr had been southbound when it skidded across the center line and collided with a WTi Ford driven by Valle 20 VIM Poppy St McCarthy said his pickup skidded out of control after he jammed his brakes to avoid a car that hud stopped in front of him where hi was treated and released McCarthy sought his own treatment was cited for driving while under the influence and failure to control Yesterday afternoon Penney in- a bicycle crash at Hitli Street and Avenue in which lirand IV St was injured Yuma Fire Dept bandaged Brand's arm lie sought lurther treatment on his own Penney said the boy's bicycle was and passing a car on the right Hut the car was tinning right and collided with the bicycle The bicycle veered oil and ran into another car snipped in a northbound bine During a crash shortly before noon yesterday at ath Avenue and loth Street Hert was injured according lo Patrolman Dennis Hellon his own treatment Helton said was a passenger in an east bound Dodge driven by 77 Casper that collided with a southbound Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Danny Joe Ti W Isi St Mrs was cited for failure to yield from a stop sign
