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REPUBLIC MAIL The Arizona Republic Thursday, January 15, 1981 Pilot reported icy conditions before fatal crash Quickly State By John Schroeder Northern Arizona Bureau FLAGSTAFF The pilot of a single-engine plane that crashed Monday near the Grand Trio placed on probation in illegal dig for artifacts Canyon, killing all six people aboard, radioed that his plane was "icing up" and that he was losing control shortly before the aircraft went down, authorities said Wednesday. the site. The wreckage, McBride said, covered a 30-square-foot area. Brawley said the pilot, during a radio conversation with the the Los Angeles International Airport tower shortly after 1 p.m. Monday, said he intended to descend from 9,000 feet to 7,200 feet because of the icing problem.

The cliffs have an elevation of up to 6,500 feet. The weather in the area was largely overcast with periods of rain and snow, Brawley said. Poquette said an effort to reach the site Tuesday was unsuccessful because of muddy conditions. Deputies said the plane had left Hayward, earlier Monday en route to the Grand Canyon. co-pilot Daniel Bolware, 28, of San Leandro, Calif.

They said the four passengers were identified as Michael Bailey, 39, of Cambridge, England, and his sons, John, 17; Mark, 15; and Matthew, 11. Investigators said the pilot was Bailey's half brother. Bailey, a botanist, was on vacation with his three sons. Sgt. Wayne McBride, a Department of Public Safety spokesman, said the DPS officers who flew into the rugged Aubrey Ciiffs regions told him that the BE-36 Beechcraft Bonanza apparently smashed vertically into a canyon and burst into flames.

The DPS helicopter crew spotted the wreckage Tuesday afternoon and had to hike IVi miles to A ground team, led by Coconino County sheriffs Lt. Dave Poquette, worked its way Wednesday into the isolated, roadless site near TUCSON Three people were sentenced to probation Wednesday for illegally excavating Indian ruins in one of the first cases to be prosecuted under the Archeologi- Frazier Well, northwest of Sehgman, to recover the victims. Authorities identified the victims as pilot Gregory A. Mathes, 29, of San Bruno, and Treatment Arkansas prison escapee suspected in 2 Tucson murders on crime spree by 'healer' Judge must rule on mental fitness terminated United Press International United Press International TUCSON A woman with a TUCSON Pima County Superior Court Judge bizarre method of "curing" ill Harry Gin must decide whether an Arkansas prison escapee is mentally competent to stand trial for the 1980 killings of two businessmen at a motel here, attorneys reported Wednesday. ness was charged with practicing medicine without a license after she treated a county investigator Mike Twitty, a Mountain Bell spokesman, said the interruption in service began at about 11:30 a.m.

Service was restored to most customers by 4:30 p.m. Twitty said customers probably got more busy signals than usual during the interruption because it resulted in a backup in calls at all of Mountain Bell's switching stations. New attorney selected FLORENCE A new attorney has been appointed to defend Marcos Quintana Arce, 30, a Mexican who goes on trial March 17 in Pinal County Superior Court on charges he allegedly abducted an Aravaipa woman last month. Richard LaPaglie of Eloy was appointed to replace Gilbert Figu-eroa of Casa Grande as Arce's attorney because of a conflict of interest. Arce pleaded not guilty Jan.

5 to four separate counts of burglary, aggravated assault, kidnapping and auto theft. Arce is accused of abducting Inez T. Black, 67, from her home last month. Authorities said Mrs. Black was able to escape unharmed when her car, which Arce allegedly was driving, stalled near Mammoth.

They said Acre later was arrested by an off duty Department of Public Safety officer. According to the Pinal County Sheriffs Department, Arce is an illegal alien from Idapuito, Mexico. He is being held in Pinal County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bond. Study of Pima office sought TUCSON Pima County Su Donald R. Harding, suspected in a multistate crime for non-existent arm pains, authorities said Tuesday.

spree and six killings, could go to trial during late cal Resources Act or. 1379. U.S. District Court Judge James A. Walsh gave Mark A.

Brady, 24, of Globe, a suspended prison sentence of six months, provided he fulfills three years of probation. His wife, Delletta, 25, also of Globe, received two years' probation. Lavoy D. Hancock of Snowflake was given three years' probation. Randall Morris, 23, of Fort Thomas, was acquitted last De-i cember because of insufficient evidence.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Roslyn Moore contended Morris had helped the three dig for pottery. The Bradys and Hancock pleaded guilty to charges of damaging and changing archeological resources on Forest Service land 20 miles east of 5 Clifton along the San Francisco River in November 1979. The ruins belonged to the I-Mimbres Tribe, which lived in Arizona between A.D. 950 and 1100.

Agents said they found digging tools and parts of pottery in a truck occupied by Hancock and the Bradys. Larry Lingeman, an attorney representing Hancock, said his Lilient and the Bradys thought they were on private land when -they were excavating and had received prior permission from the "owner to dig. Prison bus overturns 1 SAFFORD Thirty six in-'. mates from the Safford Conserva-; tion Center near here escaped February, according to prosecutor Victor A. Wild Recella A.

Rolfe tried to re Harding, 31, faces first-degree murder charges in the move pain by "realigning mag shooting deaths of Martin Concannon, 33, of Tucson and netic fields" in a patient's body, Robert A. Wise, 35, of Mesa. Iheir bodies were found Under state law, if psychiatric reports determine a criminal defendant is not mentally fit for trial, a judge must determine whether commitment to a state hospital could return the defendant to a competent mental state. Under the so-called Rule 11 proceeding, a criminal charge can be dismissed if there is a determination the defendant never will be fit for trial. Harding is accused of two counts each of first-degree murder, armed robbery and kidnapping and one count of theft totaling more than $1,000.

Harding is wanted by other states, Wild said, but how many homicide cases are involved is unclear. "That's a subject of debate at this point because not all of the charges have been filed," he said. Wild said Harding had been accused of one killing in Phoenix, two in California and one in Arkansas. Harding is suspected in an 11 -state crime spree involving at least two dozen crimes, including homicide, robbery, kidnapping and auto theft, during his months of freedom. "Maricopa County has a hold on him," Wild said.

"So does California, Arkansas and Texas, and there may be according to a complaint filed by Jan. 26, 1980. Gin stayed the trial and appointed two psychiatrists to the Pima County attorney's office and the state Board of Medical Examiners. evaluate Harding's mental competency. Wild said one evaluation had been submitted and the other was pending.

Investigators said Ms. Rolfe Findings by Drs. David B. Gurland and John S. Lawall told them she charged $15 a visit, will remain confidential pending a pretrial hearing, Wild said.

Howard Fell, chief of the county attorney's consumer-pro Harding escaped from Pulaski County Jail at Little tection division, said there was no scientific basis to believe the Rock, on Sept. 17, 1979, while awaiting trial in connection with a stabbing death. He was captured at Northern Arizona University treatment would work. Authorities said the investisa campus at rlagstatt the same day the bodies ot tion was begun after the mother Concannon and Wise were discovered. He allegedly was driving a stolen car, police said.

of a 6-year-old girl suffering from leg pains complained about one or two others. Since his incarceration at the Pima County Jail, Harding has been charged with "deadly assault" upon a fellow inmate, authorities said. Concannon and Wise both were beaten and shot with a weapon, police said. Harding was arrested 13 'A hours after the slayings and allegedly was driving a car belonging to Concannon's Wild said Harding had spent the past year in the Pima County Jail in lieu of $1 million bond. treatments by Ms.

Rolfe in pervisor E.S. Walker has asked August. The motion to determine Harding's mental state at the timofnllegedly committing the crimes and his (fellow hnarrLmemhera Id study The investigator, posing as a work bus overturnedonaS road, Department of Corrections officials said. patient, said Ms. Rolfe diagnosed her by reading body vibrations and tested her with pendulums Prescott turns down state grant WORD-A-DAY and a radionics" machine.

elimination 01 me couiuy rersuii-nel Department as a cost-cutting move. The department has 19 employees and a $550,000 annual budget. However, Gail Topolinski, county personnel director, warned that $16 million in federal grants could be jeopardized. The department monitors equal-opportunity compliance, she said. Ms.

Rolfe provided treatment of $20,000 for police motorcyles with a device that was supposed to "realign magnetic fields in the body," the complaint said. I EXPECTED HIM TO HANDLE A MINOR DISTURBANCE WITH The woman also was subjected MORE TACT Councilman Jack Stephens questioned Chief Charles Middleton about the hazards involved in riding the cycles and about extra pay officers would receive. Middleton agreed there are certain haz to "an extractor sink" that was intended to remove "negative Budget worries police TUCSON Some police offi energy" from the body and put it in a jar of water, the complaint ards but said problems could be kept to a cers apparently feel insecure about the future of their jobs minimum by proper selection and training alleged. because of city budget problems. The department's last motorcycle officer "Practicing medicine without a By Ken Wayman Special for The Republic PRESCOTT The City Council here has rejected a $20,000 state grant to purchase two motorcycles for the Police Department.

The council on Monday voted 4-3 to turn down the grant from the governor's Office of Highway Safety. Councilmen opposed to the grant said there would be hazards for officers riding the motorcycles and that officers would receive hazardous pay. In addition to funds for the motorcycles, money would have been available for uniforms and training for the officers selected to ride the motorcycles, city officials said. Ed Fleming, an aide to Police was Max Merritt, who is assistant chief. license is serious in nature and Merritt said the program was abandoned in 1967 because the motorcyle became a will be vigorously prosecuted by -tact Chief William Gilkinson, said 30 to 40 of the department's 562 officers had applied for work with the state Department of Public this office," Fell said.

Carolyn Robinson, state Department of Corrections spokeswoman, said the bus was going down a single-lane, curving road about a mile west of here when the roadbed gave away. Investigators said one of the inmates suffered shock and was taken directly to Safford Hospital. Two inmates claiming back injuries and one complaining of an ankle injury also were taken to the hospital, they said. Center Director Earl Dowdle said five of the inmates remained hospitalized late Wednesday. "It appears the driver (an unidentified inmate) got preoccupied looking down or something and (the bus) went to the right and the shoulder," he said.

Dowdle said the bus then rolled onto its top. Corrections officials said the prisoners were en route to work in Safford when the accident occurred at 7:33 a.m. Phone service interrupted TUCSON Telephone service to about 30,000 customers was cut for about five hours Tuesday when city workers cut through a cable connecting residents to Mountain Bell's Flowing Wells switching office, officials said. (takt) maintenance problem. Stephens, Mayor Jack Gillis and Council NOUN Ms.

Rolfe faces arraignment in Safety. Pima County Superior Court this Tucson officers can switch to THE ABILITV TO APPRECIATE THE DELICACVOf A SITUATION AND DO OR SAY THE KINDEST Oft MOST FITTING THING, DIPLOMACY men Gus Patrick and Ken Asplund voted against the proposed grant. Councilmen Bob Fashbaugh, Nat Green and Harry month. DPS jobs without losing retire Plumlee favored it. ment benefits.

Weed-control meeting SAFFORD Representatives from seven herbicide companys will speak today at a weed-control meeting here for farmers and the public. ALL SHIRTS AND Stan Heathman, a weed-control BLOOM'S JANUARY CLEARANCE STARTS TODAY ALL SUITS SPORTCOATS ARE SWEATERS ARE specialist from the University of Arizona, also will speak at the meeting at 10 a.m. at the Pioneer Restaurant. 20 20 off off Blaze destroys Flagstaff home of member of Board of Regents SAVE ON SELECTED GROUPS OF SUITS AND SPORTCOATS op TO 50 OFF SAVE ON SELECTED GROUPS OF SHIRTS AND SWEATERS INCLUDING NATURE KNIT DRESS SHIRTS 50 OFF ALL WINDBREAKERS ALL PANTS AND JEANS ARE burned to the ground, except for part of the garage. "It's awful," Tachias said.

"I haven't been without a home in 45 years that's how old I am. It's really a weird feeling not having a home to go to." Tachias said he was in Phoenix to attend meetings when he was told of the fire. He said his wife had taken their daughter to Albuquerque, N.M., to enroll her in a private school. He said the loss, which was insured, would exceed $100,000. Northern Arizona Bureau FLAGSTAFF An early-morning here destroyed a home owned by Tio Tachias, chairman of the Cocon-riho County Board of Supervisors and jftember of the Arizona Board of Regents, authorites said Wednesday.

i Fire investigators said a policeman spotted the blaze about 4:25 a.m. while driving near the "Continental Country Club. When the first fire -ionits arrived, the house was fully engulfed in flames, they said. I Firefighters said the house was (except 501 s) OUTERWEAR ARE 9. 20 off 20 'O off UP SAVE ON SELECTED GROUPS OF PANTS AND JEANS INCLUDING CORDUROYS Cabbies blow whistle when aliens try TO 30 OFF ON SELECTED GROUPS OF OUTERWEAR INCLUDING LEATHERS to take them for ride to Salt Lake City 50 OFF He said the cabbies took the $350 and called the police, saying their four passengers were illegal aliens.

iwi fiorthern Arizona Bureau FLAGSTAFF Four Mexican tiationals were in Phoenix and decided they wanted to go to Salt Lake City. So, they hailed a cab. Yellow Cab drivers Joe Johnson and John Turpin agreed to take for $600. But as they were gassing up i Tuesday in Flagstaff, the drivers 4 learned their passengers had only Capt. Pat Madden said.

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