Tucson Daily Citizen from Tucson, Arizona • Page 13

Don Schettie- Looking for women? Don't trust the signs He cringed. All 6 foot 7 of him. If there was anything Big Jim Griffith didn't need just then, it was a chronic complainer in the bunch, and it looked as though he might just have one. Big Jim more people call him that than doctor, even though he has a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology told the story the other evening at a meeting of the Tucson Corral of Westerners.

It happened, he told the Western history enthusiasts, about six weeks ago back in Washington, D.C., where he was involved in the Smithsonian Institution's Bicentennial Festival of American Folk Life. Jim was a presenter an MC of sorts and had helped round up the Southwest- em folk musicians who were to participate and was to act as their mother hen while they were in Washington. The plane carrying the group from the Southwest was a couple of hours late when it arrived in Washington and there was a problem with lost luggage, among other things, Finally, though, Jim got things straightened out and herded his group to the dormitory where they were to stay. Singing cowboy It was while he was neck-deep in the confusion of making room assignments that Van Holyoak, a cowboy from Clay Springs, "who happens to sing a bunch of old tunes," walked up to Griffith, stuck out his chin and said, "I want to register a complaint." That's when Big Jim cringed. There were problems enough without having a nit-pickin' cowboy griper.

Griffith braced himself and told Holyoak to have his say. "There's a door down the hall with a sign on it that says said the cowboy, a troubled look on his face, "and I went in and looked and there wasn't any!" The complaining cowboy Van Holyoak, by the way, will be one of the performers on hand for the third annual "Tucson Meet Yourself" at El Presidio Park Oct. -10. Griffith, who is coordinator of the project, describes it as a "festival of traditional music and food," and is convinced the three-day program is fast becoming one of Tucson's liveliest and most important cultural events. Even Van Holyoak agrees with him.

T-shirt trauma The current craze of wearing fancy T- shirts with funny pictures clever sayings on them is not without virtue. The other evening at Denny's on the Freeway, I spied a scholarly looking gent of middling years, bearded and balding, wearing a T-shirt that warned: EUPHOR- BIAS ARE EVERYWHERE. I got edgy and glanced around the place. Saw some tourists, some late diners, a truck driver, a few waitresses, but no EUPHORBIAS. At least that I could see, because I really didn't know what I was looking for.

Next morning I checked the fat dictionary in the Citizen newsroom. A euphor- bia, it said, is: "A large genus of plants of greatly diverse appearance, some being fleshy and like cactus, others leafy and herbaceous or shrubby, but all having milky juice and flowers without a calyx and included in an involucre which surrounds a group of several staminate flowers and a central pistillate flower with 3-lobed pis-, tils." Why, I imagine if a person were to read enough T-shirts he could get a pretty liberal Action, Edited by ROBERT C. McCORMICK He 'stiks 9 to his guns, and it may pay off in July QUESTION Here I am, another one of the gullible people who must depend on you to get back funds that shouldn't have been spent in the first place. On April 2, I ordered and paid for 16 packs of "waterstiks" from an Ohio company. I had planned to put these gadgets near my plants when we left Tucson for a month in July.

This was so the people taking care of my home would know when to water them. Well, July came and no "waterstiks" ever did. So I think I should get my money back. Anything you can do will be appreciated, and I promise to do my shopping in Arizona from now on. ANSWER The company claims it sent your "waterstiks" in May and they must have been "lost in the mail." Instead of refunding your money, it is "resending" the merchandise.

Maybe you can use it next July. QUESTION Last March, I asked for your help in locating the missing title for my new truck. You contacted the dealer's finance agency in Florida and it discovered that the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles had made a mistake and sent my title to a state bank that had nothing to do with the transaction. I then received forms to be filled out and sent back to the motor vehicle department so it could get my title from the bank. The forms were returned in July, but I still haven't received my title.

ANSWER The Florida Department of Motor Vehicles retrieved your title from the bank and sent it out in the addressed envelope you had provided. You had moved in the meantime, however, and the title, marked "unclaimed," was returned to Florida. After receiving your new address from Action, the Florida deprtment sent your title there and you told us you received it this week. QUESTION I filed for unemployment compensation on June 25. As of Aug.

31, I hadn't received a single check. No one down there can tell me why I have to keep filing new forms. I was told I was eligible for benefits two months ago and can't understand why I get no straight answer about this situation. Can you please find out what is going on? ANSWER "Incorrect information caused the computer to reject your claims for unemployment insurance, a department spokesman said. The problem has been corrected and'you have been issued checks for eight weeks of benefits, he added.

Sound off! DEAR ACTION: Twice in the last month, ambulances answered calls north of Tucson General Hospital. When the returning vehicles, heading south on Campbell, attempted to make left turns into the emergency entrance, the ignorance of many motorists was evident. In both cases, not one car slowed down or even pulled over. In one instance, a sher iffs deputy used his car to block the traffic and allow passage of an ambulance. How can we get through to people like this? If you have problem 10 be solved, write Action, care of Ihe Tlucson Dally Citizen, Box 2CT7, Tucson 85724.

PRINT your name, address, phone number. Tomorrow In Your Citizen AW PAP 15 WiLLINS TO 5ENPME TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL, BUT THE 1 ALL COST RX)K OR FIVE THOU5ANP DOLLARS Would you sympathize with someone who, threatened to lull you? Don't answer too 'quickly. A plane full of people to think those Creation nationals who skyjacked a jet liner recently weren't such bad folks. Georgie Ann Geyer says people have unrealistic views of criminals. On the Editorial Page.

I CAN'T ASK HIM TO 5PENP THAT MUCH MONEY ACE OBEDIENCE SCHOOL. COMPLETE TUJENTV-FIVE DOLLARS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1976 PAGE 13 Editorials Classified 3 3 i 3 11 A oaiyze Citizen pholos by Joan RennJcJc and Manuel Mlera Tucson Free Weekend Amy Schwartzberg, 5, has found a treasure trove of her favorite food at one exhibit among the many displayed during Tucson's Free Weekend. Ben Gomez, 12, also went home with a nice catch from the two-day event last weekend designed to publicize the attractions of the Tucson Community Center. Boy, 9, drowns in lake Desert vegetation rated dust barrier Firemen A 9-year-old boy drowned yesterday in Kennedy Park Lake, in a family outing that turned into tragedy. Divers found the body of Jesus A.

Varga at the east end of the lake at 12:05 a.m. today, after a two-hour search. His mother, Petra Garcia, 4101 S. 15th had reported the boy missing at 10 p.m. The boy's family had gone to the West Side park for a picnic.

A relative told police the boy was last seen diving off a catwalk and swimming in the lake. His body was found at the base of the catwalk. Tucson police, park guards and 49 members of the Pima County Sheriff's Department search and rescue team -including four scuba divers -took part in the search. The death was classified as a drowning, but county medical examiners said the exact cause of death won't be known until an autopsy is performed today. Neutralist party wins in Malta VALETTA, Malta (UPI) -Prime Minister Dom Mintoff's neutralist Labor party won a new five-year mandate today to maintain close links with Libya and China and steer this strategic Mediterranean island away from Western influence.

Labor supporters celebrated their victory by setting fire to several opposition Nationalist party clubs. No injuries were reported. Mintoff pledged to keep Malta nonaligned and neutral when Britain and its North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies withdraw from Malta's military bases in 1979. Although dust is a significant air pollution problem in the Tucson area, the amount of dust in the air won't increase measurably if water- pressed Tucsonians replace their iawns with native vegetation, Pima County's air quality control officer says. In response to an inquiry from City Council member Barbara Weyman, C.

Lee Fox, the county's air quality control director, said native vegetation if properly planted is just as effective at controling dust as lawns and other water-guzzling vegetation. Mrs. Weymann asked Fox for the report after a number of citizens objected to city suggestions that they cut back outdoor watering. Some residents said dust and air pollution would increase. But Fox says allowing lawns to die will not increase dust until the dead grass is worn away.

Replacement of lawns with gravel, rocks, cactus and other native vegetation is just as effective in controling dust as grass, Fox says. An undisturbed desert area emits very little dust, Fox says. But when vehicles are driven through the desert and it is disturbed by other human activity, dust increases, Fox adds. Air pollution studies have found that dust and other solid matter put about 100 tons of material into the Tucson-area air daily, Fox says, compared with about 400 tons per day of gases from vehicles. The concentration of dust in the air regularly exceeds national clean air standards at five of the 10 test locations in the Tucson area, Fox says, with the most dust measured in the North Alvemon Way- East Ft.

Lowell Road area, near an unpaved road. Goal is $2,55 million United Way begins drive Hoping for record donations this year, the United Way began its 1976 campaign drive today. At opening ceremonies this morning, the chairman of the drive, Albert H.J. Mueller, said he is confident that the drive will raise the goal of $2.55 million. Mueller, manager of the Hughes Aircraft missile division in Tucson, was vice chairman of United Way last year.

At least 5,000 volunteers are expected to participate in this year's campaign, scheduled to end Nov. 23. Thirty-seven organizations will benefit from the communitywide donations. This year's goal is 11 per cent above the funds raised in 1975, $2,326,843. During the last 35 years, United Way has raised nearly $30 million for local organizations.

rescue couple Tucson firemen rescued a couple from an apartment fire apparently caused when the husband, who was smoking a cigarette, fell asleep on a couch, Tucson Fire Department spokesmen say. Rescue workers treated Richard McClain, 60, and his wife, Patricia, 46, for smoke inhalation following the blaze at 7:30 p.m. yesterday at 3115 E. Bellevue St. Both were transported to University Hospital, where McClain refused treatment and his wife was treated and released.

Fire i a i officer James F. Grasham said fire fighter Don Wood, of Engine Co. 7, was told by a neighbor of the McClains that the burning apartment was occupied. Beaten back at first by smoke and heat, Wood then donned a respirator and entered the building, where he found McClain lying on the floor between the living room and bedroom. McClain was carried outside, where he told firemen that his wife still was inside.

Wood and fire fighter Mike Sutherland went back inside, where they Mrs. McClain lying on a bed in the bedroom. Damage, confined to the couch and a chair, was estimated at $500, Grasham said. Flap affects ASDB Official quits; transfer asked One administrator of the Arizona School for ihe Deaf and Blind has resigned -and another has sought a transfer to a teaching post, after citing what they contend is interference by the school's business manager. Bruce McDonald, director of the department of student personnel services for the past year, said his resignation will be effective Oct.

I3, while Karl May, assistant superintendent, said he has asked to be returned to teaching science. The two claimed Boyce R. Williams, the school's business manager, has been causing problems at the school by getting involved in affairs outside of the business area. May said Williams has been evaluating educational programs, questioning why certain persons are teaching courses and why some courses are being offered. "I think he should deal with business and finance, period, not education," May said.

McDonald, who was dean of boys before taking over as a department director, also claimed that School Supt. Ralph L. Hoag failed to take the necessary interest in his department. He added that Hoag has been helpful in other matters, however. Williams, who was unavailable for comment, joined the school two years ago.

Hoag, however, claimed the dispute between the two administrators and the business manager was a "personality conflict." He said Williams was invited to take part in discussions involving education, but only as a "bystander." The superintendent said he has received a letter signed by II administrators including May and McDonald -complaining about Williams. He refused to name the others who signed the letter. Hoag said McDonald's resignation was accepted "regretfully" and added that he saw no reason why May could not be transferred to a teaching post. The job change, however, requires approval by the school's board of directors. D-Mjet crashes; pilot dies Air Force officials are investigating the crash of an jet fighter based at Davis-Monthan AFB that killed a Puerto Rico Air National Guard pilot.

A D-M spokesman said 2nd Lt. Roberto Mendoza-Rivera, 24, of Rio Piedras, was killed when his one-seat jet crashed in an isolated area about 20 miles east of Cloverdale, N.M. at about 10:30 a.m. Saturday. He did not eject from the plane.

Mendoza-Rivera was with the 190th Tactical Fighter Squadron and was on temporary training duty at D-M. He was on a training mission, followed by an instructor pilot in another aircraft, at the time of the crash. Train derails HAWKINS, Tex. (UPI) -Four cars of a passenger train derailed in northeast Texas today, and at least two persons were injured seriously. Firm chosen for water study City officials have recommended a Kansas City engineering firm to review the water department's entire water financing system and the proposed program for developing new wells, reservoirs and transmission lines.

The decision to hire a consulting firm was announced Aug. 3ft, after an Arizona Supreme Court ruling that could shut off 28 per cent of the city's available peak water supply. The proposed development program was in limbo anyway, because of a City Council decision to repeal the controversial lift charge on water pumped to customers in higher elevations. Because of the reduction in the water utility's income and other uncertainties and problems, officials canceled a proposed fall bond sale, forcing delay of the planned improvements. In a memorandum to the City Council, City Manager Joel D.

Valdez said the firm of Black Veatch had been chosen from a list of five firms interviewed by a team of city officials. The team included Deputy City Manager William G. Ealy, Assistant City Manager Thomas R. Campbell, City Attorney James D. Webb, Finance Director James Kay, and Frank Brooks, head of the water department.

Ealy said yesterday that negotiations on the contract with Black Veatch for the planned 120-day study should be worked out next week, although changes in the scope of the study could occur later. He said the engineering firm has a highly specialized financial section that will be able to concentrate on the water rate issue. Valdez also told the council yesterday that he expects to have formed a 15-member citizen advisory committee on the water utility study within two weeks. Ealy said earlier that the committee probably would include representatives of various segments of the community, including those who have opposed the controversial rate system put into this summer. The rate system has drawn two lawsuits.

The August Supreme Court ruling on another lawsuit could reduce or halt Tucson's use of water in a Santa Cruz Valley area south of the city..