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Paul Dean Solar sleuth pins murder of Bob Crane on planets REPLUG ,1 CHASER Ex-curector of Fair is given 7-10 years on bribery counts The former director of the State Fairground, James G. Jones, was sentenced Tuesday to seven to 10 years in prison for accepting bribes from concessionaires in exchange for choice spots at the annual fairs. Superior Court Judge Robert L. Myers rejected a plea that Jones be permitted to remain free pending a second round of appeals and ordered him to begin serving the sentence immediately. Jones, 55, had been free on an appeal bond since his 1976 conviction on 10 counts of bribery, four counts of forgery and two counts of petty theft by embezzlement.

His convictions were upheld by the state Supreme Court in November. vjSAUT GLASS 1 mately four miles eastsoutheast of the place where it had last been used. It has been discarded in a place which is rocky, steep and hard to reach. It will eventually be found "Crane's murderer was a woman attractive, perhaps a blonde with either blue or gray-green eyes, which are large and have a dreamy expression. Very possibly she is divorced or separated from "her husband.

Most likely she is an actress "It may well be that police suspect her she will be or has already been questioned by the authorities the lady is not going to incriminate herself, and may never be brought to trial." SCOTTSDALE POLICE, obviously, have greater faith in polygraphs and legwork than on stargazing to catch a killer. Lt. Ron Dean, head of the Crane investigation, veteran cop, probably believes that the sextile of Mercury is a warning label on a can of tuna. So he couldn't possibly be interested in this latest star trek. "BUT 1 AM, somewhat," acknowledged Dean.

"I've studied all the astrological reports on the Crane case, have interviewed one author and have read through the American Astrology story and plan to go over it again." Then you accept astrology as a valid police science? "No," he said. "But some aspects of it have validity because it does represent common sense, logic and educated guesses. "I'LL LISTEN to anybody and read anything for insight because they just might say something I've overlooked or could steer me in a new direction." Do you think a blonae actress with big. dreamy eyes killed Bob Crane? "I don't "want to discuss the specifics." HAVE YOU interviewed or plan to interview a blonde actress with big, dreamy eyes? "I don't want to discuss the specifics." There was no point in pushing Dean. He's Aries.

That's the ram. Very stubborn. Seers and gazers continue to claim that the murder of actor Bob Crane was in the stars and in his cards. The latest expert to play crystal-ball Columbo is Hildegard Grycewicz who, in next month's issue of American Astrology, reports whodunit, wotdidit and howcum. Her five pages of detective work are based on solar and horary charts and are accompanied by full attribution to stellium in Cancer, the conjunction of Mars with Jupiter, the sex-tile of Mercury and transits of the day of death, all of which are mentioned as proof of the technical depth of this column.

Miss Grycewicz overlaps with previous astrological profiles of Crane's past achievements, last characteristics and final state of mind shortly before he was found dead in bed, his skull clubbed, in a Scottsdale apartment last year. Crane was a man of rhythm and humor, restless in pursuit of professional ambitions, tactful with strong family ties and almost preordained by Martian influences (ruling warriors) and Mercury (confined within the 12th house of Crane's solar chart) to succeed in a role where he portrayed a military prisoner of war. PLANETS DECREED a violent death. Others implied head injuries. Uranus, the planet of suddenness, dictated death to be instantaneous.

Then Miss Grycewicz makes like Miss Marple. "It does not appear to have been premeditated murder, but an act of unrestrained violence, performed in a blind fit of rage "Bob must have been under a tremendous strain mentally, emotionally and physically. It is even possible that under these circumstances, he actually provoked his attacker and a fierce argument may well have preceded the crime "VENUS DESCRIBES it (the murder weapon) as decorative and ornamental, heavy, useful, sober in style and color. It might have been a heavy glass ashtray, or a knickknack of wood, ivory, pewter or pottery "The murder weapon is "approxi I- fes The sentence included 14 concurrent terms of 7 to 10 years and two concurrent terms of six months. He could become eligible for parole after serving about 22 years.

Jones, who has been involved in commercial fishing off the coast of Southern California the past year, continued to maintain his innocence and vowed that new appeals would be filed. "We intend to take all of the avenues of appeal that are available to us," he said. He told Myers that he didn't steal money from the state and he disagreed with County Attorney Charles F. Hyder for calling him a "bad guy." The county attorney's office wanted Jones to serve 10 years in prison. Defense lawyer Thomas Rawles pleaded for probation.

The sentence was the only one to involve prison for any of three former fair officials who were accused of criminal offenses in connection with wrongdoing at the fairground from 1971 to 1975. Marino J. Guardalibene. former fair coordinator, was sentenced to six months' probation and John J. Hui-zingh, former fair accountant, received five years' probation.

Guardalibene pleaded no contest to obtaining money by faise pretenses and Huizingh pleaded guilty to obtaining money and property by false i'TlJ-rS mmmmm RouWic photo bv Charles Kreicu Signing on Electrician Virgil Worgh roosted atop a sign at 5119 N. 7th St. Monday while he searched for shorts in the wiring. Worgh, who works for the Doug Carr Sign said the job was difficult because the neon sign has six transformers. James Jones in 1974 Mesa official admits errors in backing trailer park plan The Arizona Republic City Engineer Pete Peterson, in a summary report to council members, said the department called for the resolution before completing plans "in order to save the time and money (approximately $50,000) it would cost to prepare the plans.

It would have been wasted if an opposition petition were submitted barring proceeding with the improvements." The Council's Utility Committee, composed of Chairman Al Brooks and members Don Cooper and Warren Steffey, met to review the Country Life dispute and make recommenda tions to the Council. The rest of the Council, except for member Elma Milano, sat in on Tuesday's meeting. After the two-hour meeting which included Sloan's statement, a detailed statement of protest against the district and about 20 pleas from Country Life residents for the improvements the committee made three recommendations for the Council to consider at next Monday's meeting. The recommendations were: That the Council rescind the Continued on Page B-8 crowd during a special Utility Committee meeting in council chambers, Sloan apologized for the blunder and called it "an opportunity for our department to, if you will, get our act together and learn the law we're working under." He said the formation of special improvement districts normally is so routine that Mesa officials have been doing it "practically by rote." He acknowledged after the meeting that procedures used in the past may not have adhered to "the letter of the law." probably will not be finished until March. Opponents of the district had accused city officials of "ramming the district down our.

throats," a charge denied by city officials and supporters of the district in Country Life. Sloan said advisory petitions that had circulated for six months indicated a bare majority of Country Life residents were in favor of the improvements, and that he believed he was representing the desires of a majority in urging the improvements. Speaking to a standing-room-only By ANN INSKEEP MESA Public Works Director Dean Sloan admitted Tuesday his department failed to comply with state law in urging the City Council to approve a controversial improvement district prematurely last month. Sloan said final plans and cost estimates for improvements in Country Life Estates, a mobile home park south of Main at 39th Street, were not filed with the city clerk as required by law when the Council unanimously passed a resolution of intention Dec. 4.

He said preparation of final plans section Pagel Wednesday, Jan. 17, 1979 PEANUTS 17 Lighted cross on South Mountain is denied MERE'S A BOOK I PIRATES SIR Parks board rejects TV station plan Groen said, "My personal opinion is that religious symbols belong on church steeples and altars, not on public property." About 35 supporters of the cross proposal crowded into the board's meeting room. Under the Phoenix City Charter parks board decisions on management of park land can be reversed only by the courts. Starr told the board "that Trinity Broadcasting may pursue such an appeal. Trinity Broadcasting bought KPAZ in 1977 from the debt-ridden Glad Tidings Church Inc.

By BRUCE N. TOMASO A Christian television station's plan to build a giant lighted cross atop South Mountain was rejected Tuesday by the Phoenix Parks Board. KPAZ-TV Channel 21 asked the board for permission to attach a crosspiece to its 174-foot-tall broadcasting tower and to install lights on the resultant crucifix. The board unanimously denied the request on the recommendtion of the city parks staff. Paul Crouch, president of Trinity HOll MEAN 6VYS WHO STEAL OTHER CflE'S REC0RPINSS? want us to return the donations, we will do so." Starr said the station is a nonprofit, non-commercial venture.

He said he didn't know how much money had been sent specifically for construction of the proposed cross. Barry Groen, parks board chairman called the TV towers on South Mountain "a necessary evil." He said the city's policy is that "any superfluous decoration that does not perform a basic function is not allowed." Broadcasting of Arizona which operates Channel 21, said in a Jan. 4 letter to parks officials that many viewers had expressed their desire to erect a lighted cross. "Some viewers have even sent in a donation to accomplish this," he said. Sam Starr, director of network sales for Channel 21, said Tuesday that if a cross wasn't built, donations "will be used according to the wishes of the viewers who sent them in.

IMhey Tucson pays $900 per acre for land, water rights I WONPER IF THEY MAKE TREASURE MAP5 TELLIN6 WHERE THE REC0RPIN65AKE Board to discuss policy of rating area's teachers By ART GISSENDANER A representative of the Maricopa County attorney's office will meet with the Paradise Valley School Board in executive session Thursday to discuss the district's controversial employee ranking system. The outcome of the meeting could determine whether the county attorney's office will alter its opinion prohibiting the application of the ranking system to the district's certificated employees. The meeting will delay until Friday further action on the ranking system by the attorney general's office. Board President Al Austin requested the meeting after he received a letter from the county attorney repeating a request for additional information on the ranking system. Last week, at the board's request, the county attorney issued an opinion on the system which called it improper.

The opinion said the system conflicts with the district's classroom evaluation process because each provides for the termination of teachers. The board disputed the opinion, contending it was based on insufficient information. The board refused to resubmit the system to the county attorney for a follow-up opinion, and hired a private attorney to check the validity of the opinion. Al Firestein, bureau chief of the county attorney's civil division, said a letter requesting additional information was sent to Austin by courier Friday. He said that instead of providing the infor- mation requested, Austin asked for a meeting between the county attorney's office and the board.

Firestein and Deputy County Attorney John Mayfield expressed surprise that the board would hire an attorney when the county attorney's office is the legal counsel for the school boards in the county. However, school districts may hire lawyers without permission from the county attorney. The board has suspended the ranking system as it applies to teachers until its legality has been established. Teachers have announced plans to file suit against the district and the board unless the system is abandoned. WU'RE HOPELESS, farmland was first purchased and retired.

When Tucson first began buying land, it paid $500 per acre. Until Monday's purchase, the highest price it had paid for land with water rights was $850 per acre. The city so far has spent $8.5 million on land. Brooks said there are 12,400 more acres of privately owned land to buy and Tucson hopes to complete these purchases for less than $15 million by June 30, 1984. Besides privately owned farmland, there are more than 7,000 acres of land owned by the state leased for agriculture.

Tucson also hopes to acquire this land. Brooks said he expects the purchase price for land with water rights to top $1,000 per acre before the city completes its acquisition program. Inflation may be an important factor in increasing the price. All of the land Tucson is buying is south of the Pinal County line and southwest of the Santa Cruz River. The city also is planning to build a second pipeline from the Avra Valley to Tucson.

The first pipeline went into operation in 1969 at a total cost of $3.6 million. Tucson can move a maximum of 30,000 acre-feet of water per year through the 16 mile pipeline to a 20 Continued on Page B-2 The CAP will transport water from the Colorado River to Pima, Pinal and Maricopa counties for municipal, industrial and farm use. The latter two counties are scheduled to begin receiving water in 1985. Frank Brooks, a management assistant in the Tucson Water Department and an aide to Cronk, said Tucson has bought 12,368 acres since it made its first Avra Valley purchase in March 1971. Of the total acreage, 10,527 have water rights, he said.

Tucson began buying Avra Valley acreage after the Arizona Supreme Court stopped it from pumping in the valley and moving water away. The court later approved moving water if By EARL ZARBIN The city of Tucson paid $900 per acre Monday for 290 acres of farmland with water rights it bought from Edward Anway in the Avra Valley in Pima County, The Arizona Republic learned Tuesday. Tucson also paid Anway $450 per acre for 140 acres without water rights constituting the rest of his farm, according to Gene Cronk, the city's director of water and sewers. The purchase of the farm was part of Tucson's planned acquisition of all the land with water rights in Avra Valley. Tucson is buying the land in order to assure itself a future water supply in addition to that which is supposed to reach there in 1987 through the Central Arizona Project.

1979 Med Community college district considers cut in building plans plan would not raise the operating budget, Eisner said. The largest project proposed was construction of a "scaled down" South Mountain Community College. Plans originally called for construction of a $14.5 million to $16 million college that would house 2,500 full-time day students. The current plan would cut enrollment in half and cost the district $8.4 million. That figure would include land acquisition, construction, and purchase of operating equipment, Flowers said.

By SUSAN CAREY A three-year, $22-million capital construction proposal for the Maricopa County Community College District was presented to the governing board Tuesday by Chancellor Paul Eisner and Executive Vice Chancellor Al Flowers. The plan is an alternative to a proposed $45 million bond election, which the board unanimously rejected in August. Designed to meet only the top priorities in the district, the new "Should South Mountain not have the ability to generate 2,000 to 3,000 full-time students, we would cap off that phase and go no further," Eisner said. He said he felt badly about the South Mountain cutback and added "that Is an area of the county that has not been served." Funds for acquisition of land in southeast, southwest and northern county locations was budgeted at $1.6 million. Eisner said the dis trict would buy "very small acreages" for future off-campus educational centers.

Funds for the construction, expansion and remodeling projects would come from state appropriations, district reserves, sale of revenue bonds, and state reimbursements for site acquisition and development. "Except for ($4.2 million in) revenue bonds, we will not be paying interest on any of the Continued on Page B-2.