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Today's chuckle One of the advantages of jogging is that it gets you out in the open carry-; ing so little of value that the muggers leave you alone. Phoenix weather Fair, humid and warm through Tuesday. High near 108, low in mid 80s. Sunday high 109, low 85. High 45, low 21 Details, Page A-ll.

88th Year, No. 84 Circulation 271-8381 Classified 271-9111 Other 271-8000 Phoenix, Arizona, Monday, August 8, 1977 OX (Two Sections, 44 Pages) 20 cents The Arizona Republic Phelps Dodge and unions OK tentative pact ADAMS i IMIw: Bystanders watch as a Rural Metro fireman cuts into the wreckage of a plane near Falcon Field to 200,000 Mexicans are poised Republic Photo by Roy Cos way retrieve two of the bodies. Wife watches as crash kills to beat amnesty plan specifically what the settlements were with the other companies," Alvin said. He predicted quick union ratification and improved chances for settlements with strikebound Asarco and Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co. Phelps Dodge officials were not available for comment.

Alvin said union representatives accelerated talks with Asarco in San Francisco after receiving word of the Phelps Dodge agreement. Negotiators of 12 jnions are scheduled to meet today with Inspiration officials at Globe with the help of federal mediators. A settlement at that company would insure a return to complete operations at Cities Service, which depends on Inspiration for its smelting operations. Cities Service settled for the same wage-and-benefit package last month. The Phelps Dodge settlement came eight days after management bargaining agents backed off on their attempts to tie cost-of-living allowances to the price of copper.

Union officials had contended since last May. that copper prices rise and decline on the basis of situations created by the companies themselves depending on the condition of the world market, and do not reflect the firms' true economic status. Alvin confirmed the copper workers gained little in the cost-of-living area in the Pheips Dodge pact approximately 1 cent per hour for every three-tenths per cent increase in the Consumer Price Index. Alvin said that figure amounts to an average of $1.79 per hour in cost-of-liv. ing benefits, which is essentially what workers received under the old contract.

"We did have some problems with fringe benefits, which we solved," Alvin said. He indicated, however, that management fell, short of the unions' original demand for permanent increases in job security-layoff funds. Contracts at Duval Tucson and Kingman mines and at Cyprus-Pima Mining Co. south of Tucson expire next month. In all, 28,000 copper miners and refiners walked out July 1 against the nine major copper firms.

inside RAGING FIRES Fresh crews are flown in from around the country to fight forest fires in six states. Page A-5. VANCE TOUR Little progress has been made on the Palestinian issue as Cyrus Vance arrives for discussions in Saudi Arabia. Page A-12. at border New York Times TIJUANA A horde of destitute migrants from the Mexican interior, estimated by the police here to number 200,000 to 250,000.

is massed around this border city determined to reach the United States before Congress acts on an amnesty plan for illegal aliens that President Carter proposed last week. The migrants are prepared to pay professional smugglers, or "polleros," $250 each to guide them across the border and transport them to Los Angeles, whose teeming barrios are home to more Mexicans than any municipality except Mexico City and Guadalajara. For $300 or $400 additional, the smugglers are offering to obtain bogus, backdated documents, such as rent receipts, utility bills, Social Security cards and American work permits. to beat, knife and sometimes kill them for what little money they carry. Of those who start across, 900 to 1.200 probably will fall into the hands of the jeep-riding "Las Migras," to be dumped back into Mexico.

But for each one apprehended, three to five others can be expected to slip past the patrols, most of them along a desolate seven-mile stretch of the California border eastward of Tijuana that American and Mexican officials say is a funnel for more illegal aliens than any other spot along the frontier. Their places in Tijuana's waiting throng will be filled in a matter of hours by new arrivals from the interior, all determined to reach the United States and escape from the abject poverty and lack of jobs from which they have fled. Continued on Page A-3 By MARC Negotiators for more than 20 striking unions signed a tentative three-year contract with Phelps Dodge Corp. Sunday night, ending a 38-day walkout at the state's largest copper producer. Complete 'details of the agreement were not available, but union spokesmen said labor-management agreement over the nagging issue of cost-of-living allowance sealed the pact, which includes an 85-cent-an-hour wage increase through June 1980.

The agreement is similar to contracts signed by striking unions and Kennecott, Magma, Anaconda and Cities Service copper companies since last month. The pact is expected to send 4,000 employes back to work at Phelps Dodge's Ajo, Bisbee, Douglas, Morencl and El Paso operations this week, according the United Steelworkers spokesman Cass Alvin. "The problem a in determining All there is to know -and more By ROBERT REILLY Tidbits of free consumer information abound and they are close at hand. A leisurely jaunt in the downtown Phoenix area uncovered a wealth of useful and not so useful information. The would-be motorist would find "Common Sense in Buying a Safe Used Car," by the U.S.

Department of Transportation, a handy item to peruse before buying. It advises: "Don't buy a used car at night, in the rain, or under any conditions that could keep you from seeing everything and examining everything inside and outside the car." Some cars look much better at night than they really are, it says. Stories of accidental house fires frequently appear in the media. One possible way to prevent such a tragedy is to read "Smoke Detectors, What They Are and How They Work" published by the National Bureau of Standards. The guide notes: "Since smoke rises, the best place to install a detector is on the ceiling or high on an inside wall just below the ceiling." U.S.

government pamphlets are available at the Federal Information Center, 230 N. First Ave nue. Inflation is pinching almost everybody's oocketbook. For an insider's view on how to keep aneaa or miiauon, tne Booklet "Investments for a Changing Economy," published by Merrill Lyncn brokerage house, discusses such financial opportunities as commercial paper, flower bonds. revenue bonds, RAN (revenue anticipation notes) and TAN (tax anticipation notes).

For the mileage conscious driver tne "Gas Mileage Guide" gives the estimated fuel economy of 1977 cars, station wasons and light trucks. The guide is printed oy me Environmental Protec tion Agency. Millions of American families get behind the economic eight ball eacn year because of illness. booklet, "How To Keep Your Loan Paid Up If You're Laid Up," by Tne CUNA Mutual Insurance Soci ety, shows a way to avoid falling deep in debt because of a sudden illness. Children like to at a lot of junk foods with little, if any, nutri tional vahie.

They may not listen to mom and dad but they would probably enjoy reading "The Thing The Professor Forgot," which tells with cartoons why it's good to have a balanced diet. "If you're going to be smart, be clever or shrewd, be sure to know there are four groups of food," the Continued oa Page A-4 Supervisors appeal ban on hiring lawyers Hyder letter rekindles feud ivith hoard husband, sons By BRUCE N. TOMASO A Phoenix man and his two young sons were killed Sunday morning in a blazing plane crash witnessed by his wife, the Maricopa County sheriff's office reported. William A. Downs, 34, of 5305 N.

33rd and his sons Eric, 7, and Todd, 10, died when the 31-year-old plane Downs had just bought hit utility wires on takeoff and crashed northeast of Falcon Field near Mesa. Downs' brother, Thomas, 31, was piloting Hie plane and was ejected as it crashed. He was taken to Maricopa County Hospital, where he was in guarded condition suffering from burns. Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration said Thomas Downs had landed the four-passenger aircraft at Falcon about an hour before the crash. He was delivering the single-engine 1946 Bellanca from North Mankato, his hometown, to his brother.

Thomas picked up William and the two boys, and they took off, possibly to test-fly the craft. Mary Downs, the wife of William and mother of the two boys, watched the takeoff and crash from the airport terminal, sheriff's officials said. Bill Provence, of 2602 N. Lema Drive, Mesa, said he was standing in his yard about 500 yards from the crash site when he saw the plane lift off. "It was taking off in a northeast direction," he said.

"It looked like it didn't have enough power, like it was struggling. It struck that power pole and disappeared from my view. Then this big cloud of dust went up." Investigators said the plane did not strike the power pole, but the wires Continued on Page A-4 SWANSON Most of us probably aren't aware, unless our lights flicker, that the juice coming into the house isn't always constant. Generators, lightning storms and changing demand can alter the voltage in your wires quite a engineers say. pend the taxpayers' money in the pursuit of an appeal of this matter." Campbell said Frank is not charging the board.

He said Frank, a Democrat, told the board Hyder would be selecting the attorneys to represent us. "I've got no confidence in Hyder to do that." Campbell said. "Where there is a conflict of consequence and Hyder can't represent us, the board wants to select its own attorney." Hyder said Cracchiolo had donated his services as a service to the Arizona State Bar. Continued on Page A-4 Page Page Astrology B-6 Movies A-17 Classified B-ll Obituaries A-10 Comics B-6 Opinion A-7 Crossword B-ll Radio Log A-19 Dean B-l Sports B-7 DearAbby A-16 TV Lo? A-19 Editorials A-6 Weather A-ll Financial A-13 Women A-13 With such documents, the smugglers promise, the illegal immigrants will qualify under the amnesty plan for "temporary residence" and immunity from arrest and deportation. The migrants here must wait, perhaps several days, for their turn to cross the border.

After darkness, the polleros will herd them, along with six or eight other "mojados," through tattered remnants of the border fence a mile east of Colonia Libertad, Tijuana's slum, up the ragged walls of Spring Canyon onto Otay Mesa and through the chaparral brush to a waiting truck for the 137-mile trip -over back roads to Los Angeles. Each night, 3,500 or more of the migrants massed around Tijuana attempt to make it across the border, hoping to elude "Las Migras," the Border Patrol, and the terrifying gangs of "banditos" who wait in ambush on the mesa, poised ing the supervisor's legality to hire their own attorney. Four Republican members of the board, including Campbell, have said they would appeal ruling that the board cannot choose its own legal counsel to represent them in certain situations. Hyder requested the supervisors authorize the county pay for attorney Daniel Cracchiolo to represent him during the appeal of the case. Campbell was critical of a letter from Hyder to Cracchiolo which was sent to the board members with Hyder's request letter.

In the letter to Cracchiolo, Hyder said: "Unfortunately, when one deals with politicians who are more interested, in their self-gratification than they are in rendering the service law demands, and following the law, one is faced with having to participate in such matters to see that justice is done. "I would expect that you would bill Maricopa County for a reasonable fee for your efforts expended on the behalf of the citizens of Maricopa County in this suit." The supervisors are scheduled to discuss the matter in a closed executive session Monday and Campbell said there is a good chance the request will be denied. "When Hyder stoops to impugning the board of supervisors he really has reached the bottom," Campbell said. "He's Insulted us and he has questioned our integrity. Yet this is the same man who claims to defend us." In the letter, Hyder also said supervisors, "evidently under the persuasion of Mr.

John Frank (attorney representing the board), has decided to further ex- Today's prayer Thank You, Lord, for reminding us today that nothing can separate us from Your love, as You are always with us through our fears, our worries, and our joys. Amen. Claims that voltage suppressors cut use of energy spark 2 suits Girl dies in 60-foot fall from ride at Legend City; sister is critical By GLEN LAW The battle over whether the county attorney's office should represent the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has flared again, this time in an angry reaction to a letter from County Attorney Charles Hyder. Supervisor George Campbell said he was angered and insulted by the letter and that in the future won't go out of his way to discuss matters with Hyder. In the letter Hyder requested the board pay for an attorney to represent him against the board in a suit concern- at the park for the Dot Amusement which took over the operation of the park this year and opened its season March 25, said: "We do not want to issue a statement tonight.

As soon as all the facts are known an official statement will be issued." The accident occurred at 6:20 p.m. Two teenage witnesses told an Arizona Republic reporter that after the accident, the attendant on the ride "began walking backwards, then all of a sudden he took off" down a roadway through the park. Mike Marryat, supervisor for the night, said the "boy" who had been operating the ride was sent home after he talked to police. "He was distraught. He didn't know anything about what had happened." Referring to the attendant running from the ride, Wussler said, "The ride operator did leave the ride to notify somebody as quick as possible." The ride rotates vertically like a Ferris wheel.

At the same time, its enclosed cars spin freely on independent axes. Continued on Page A-4 By JACK The silver column of mercury is squirting out the top of your thermometer. The mind-numbing day-and-night drone of the air conditioner sets an edge to your teeth as you examine the five digits that make up the total on this month's power bill. Surely, you say to yourself in more descriptive terms, there must be some way to cut your power bill without turning your home into a furnace. TEMPE-A family outing at Legend City on Sunday night ended in tragedy when two young sisters fell from a ride, killing one and critically injuring the other, police reported.

Esther Urbalejo, 12, was killed and her sister, Inez, 15, was critically injured when they fell from the ride called "The Zipper," officers said. They are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Porfirio Urbalejo of 8023 S. 54th Guadalupe.

Esther died at Tempe Community Hospital. Her sister was at Scotlsdale Memorial Hospital. Initial reports of the accident were sketchy. The 'girls apparently were in a car which had reached the apex and other riders boarded at the bottom. When the ride started again, the door of the girls' car, fastened by a four-inch cotter pin, was flung open and the girls plunged about 60 feet to the dirt near the ride, according to two witnesses.

A seat bar, which held the girls Inside the ride, is attached to the door1. When the door opened, the restraint swung out with it. Raymond Wussler, administrative aide If the voltage varies enough it can shorten the life of motors and light bulbs. Proponents of voltage suppressors say the fluctuations also can cost you money by heating up your wiring, with the excess power being used as heat rather than energy. At least two Arizona firms began mar keting TVS's for home and business installation last January.

A Phoenix firm, Unity Power Systems, sells its units to businesses primarily and a representative claims the suppressors can reduce power usage by 7Mi to 10 per cent. A representative of a Tucson firm called Power Control Systems said his company will refund your money if you don't save 10 per cent. Such claims are misleading, the state attorney general said in two suits' filed Continued on Page A-4 Ah, there is, claim two Arizona companies which will put an electronic device on your home or business wiring which they say can save you around 10 per cent of previous bills. And protect your appliances to boot. Don't you believe it, says the state attorney general's consumer-protection division and the Better Business Bureau.

The claims and counterclaims are part of a nationwide controversy over a device called a transient voltage suppressor (TVS). The device, which has been around for at least three or four decades, is designed to even out the fluctuations in voltage coming' into your house..