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WrWtn bv HOMO W. 1171 WrWtn by Honci C.ttUy Wi 1171 VOLUME J5-NUMBER GREELEY, COLORADO MONDAY, AUGUST 1U3 THI: GREELEY REPUBLICAN WEEKLY TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED Hit Ruling Gives Dist. Judges Right To Set Court Pay A WATERY PROBLEM The excavation for the new Hested's building at 8th Ave. and 8th St. became a lake for the second time this month Saturday afternoon when a downpour hit the Greeley area.

Rainfall ranged to 2.45 inches in Greeley from three weekend rains. This huge crane was used to lift equipment out of the water and move it to dry ground. Picture was taken from the top of the adjacent Tribune building. (Tribune photo by Jim Hitch) Ditch Overflows in Downpour, Meeting on Problem Sought By JIM HITCH City Manager B. H.

Cruce said Monday he will ask City Council Tuesday night.to request a joint hospital area.flooded through tire ear of most the properties in ha' 1 area. Water, as usual, piled up at 8th Ave. and 13th St. Saturday. Water here came from overflows on the 3 Canal at several different points.

Cruce said water flowing out of the canal at 9th, loth am 1th Aves. and points in between all chaneled its way to that in meeting with the Greeley Irrigation Co. board to discuss the No. 3 irrigation canal. The canal, which severs Greeley from west to east, overflowed at every intersection between 7th and 16th Ave.

during Saturday's rain storm. Cruce said he wanted the meeting to discuss operational prob lem. of the ditch as far as storm water is concerned. 1.45 Inchti of Rain A weekend of rain poured up to 2.45 inches' ot moisture into thi Greeley area. Public Service re ported 2.35 inches during two separate ttorms Saturday and an other .10 during a rain Sunday evening.

Great Western Sugar Co. re corded 1.83 inches during the weekend deluge. Flooding In Many Spots Flooding was recorded at do? ens of locations around Greeley Cruce said he received the mos complaints from residents livhij The Weather ii 16th Ave. between 12th and 3th Sts. He said runoff water from the Excavation Flooded The most sever water problem occurred at the 8th Ave.

and 8th St. intersection in the excavatioi 'or the new Hested's store build ing. A storm sewer line ruptured am Filled the excavation to a depth about three feet. In addition heavy erosion caused portions 8th Ave. to cave in and tha street, between 8th and 9th Sts.

was closed off to traffic Saturday afternoon. Merv Miller, city engineer, sail Monday he hoped to be able ti reopen the block to traffic b) about 4:30 p.m. Monday. Work Lite Into Night Workmen Hensel-Phelp Construction Co. worked into th night Saturday to pump water ou of.

the excavation. Dick Frailej The temperature at 2 p.m. Monday was 83. Local for 24 hours ending 8 a.m. Sunday: Public Service: High, 76; low, 56; precipitation, 2.35 inches.

Local for 24 hours ending 8 a.m. Monday: Public Service: High, 83; low. 55; precipitation, .10. Great Western: High 80; low.j^ Miaia 55; precipitation, 1.83 over i take a degree at the school in its COLORADO-Partly cloudy to- 115-year history, day through Tuesday; widely was a Sunday in sharp con- scattered afternoon and evening Urast to the one almost 11 months thundersbowers; warmer cast when he arrived on the oak- day; a little cooler nortliwestlcircled campus to become the Meredith Graduates By BEN THOMAS OXFORD, Miss. (AP) Jame ivner of Jonesy's Cafe at 816 8t served coffee to the work until 11:45 p.m.

In West Greeley, flooding wa inch less severe than it was everal occasions a year ag rainage work being done by th ity throughout the summer a oared to have eased the situ Water did spill across U. S. ust east of the Wilshire Shoppi Saturday afternoon a vater ran in a small stream 4th Ave. from 12th St. Rd.

dur-! ng Saturday night's downpour. Central Around County The rain was general around he county, although Greeley ap- larently received the most. Eaton received .83 of an inch iver the weekend and Johnstown. 58 OL an inch. Windsor reported .93 of an inch The dryland country around Purcell and to the northeast also received a soaking, flooding was reported on Kiowa Creek in southeast Weld.

So far this month Public Service has recorded.3.85 inches of precipitation and Great Western, 3.07 nches. Average rainfall for the entire month is only 1.10 inches. This month's rainfall has moved annual total ahead from abnormally dry to about average. Average moisture for the first 3 Miners Found i Alive in Shaft gt. York Said Much Improved' NASHVILLE, Tenn.

lAP) ough old Sgt. Alvin York, still very much a battler at 75. was By JAMES V. LAMB The mine, of which Fcllin is a 'removed from ttie seriously ill HAZLETON, Pa. (AP)-Kescueico-owner.

is at Shcppton, in ad- list at Veterans Hosoital here workers lowered soup, medical supplies, head lamps and a re- uested cigar Monday to three coal miners trapped since Tues- ay near the bottom of a 400-foot oining Schuylkill County aboutjSunday. line miles from Hiulelon andi "He seems to be much belter ome 80 miles northwest of Pliila- today," a hospital spokesman lelphia. This is the heart-land of the aid. York. Medal of Honor winner la anthracite coal mining area.

America's most famous "We're all okay," shouted Dav- Fellin, 58, one of the trio, after a six-inch drill broke through into le gangway where the men had ed after the main shaft walls collapsed. The next step is to bore a 28- inch hole to bring the men out. Theri were various estimates on how long it would take. May Taki H. B.

Charmbury, secretary of mines for the state of Pennsylvania, estimated it might take anywhere from a day to a week. Ralph Ditzler, district mine in- eclor, however, said it would take two to three days. It took 22 hours to drill the six- inch shaft. Ditzler said he wanted to start he rescue digging, but had to raid up because the trapped men were too tired to direct the operation. All activity outside the mine stopped and most of the onlookers returned to their homes.

Silence ell over the area as the three men. now aware that rescue wa only a matter of time, slep leacefully some 400 feet below. After the first a micro phone was lowered. Fellin talked with his wife Anna, and son, Joe. Underground, as one expert has doughboy of World War had ut it.

the land is like a piece of. i taken a sudden turn for the worse Swiss cheese-- honeycombed with shafts. Pine foi-ests cover "riday after nearly six weeks in he hospital for treatment of bed- much of the ground. sores. Rail Arbitration Pact Prepared WASHINGTON (AP) Labor i The two maim- issues whicl )epartmcnt and rail and union fficials worked Monday on the orm of an arbitration agreement! solve Ihe two key Issues in the ailroad work rules dispute.

The carriers announced the Iraft of their agreement proposal ms been completed. Meanwhile, Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirlz arranged an afternoon meeting with union eaders.lo discsus their proposals 'or the agreement, to be signed by both parties. Last weekend, Assl. Secretary of Labor James J.

Reynolds discussed the matter with union at- To Copln A Labor Department spokesman said that if the two versions "Dave, Dave," she the arbitration aereement "how are you?" "Okay," he replied. "Are you sure? Can you heai me? Are you sick or hurt?" "I can hear you hollering a over. No I'm not sick or hurt." Fellin reported ihe and Henr when completed, appear reason sble the two groups will 1x called on to exchange copies. Both sides have a Wirtz's proposal to arbitrate th two key issues firemen's job and the makeup of train crews- Wirtz proposed be submitted to i six-man arbitration board involve 'iremen's jobs and train-crew makeup. The threat of a strike aros Qvcr the railroads' olan to DI new work rules into effect Auf that would eliminate the job of approximately 32.000 fircmer Air Ford I Wary of WASHINGTON (AP) Gel Curtis E.

LeMay testified Mo lat if the limited nuclear te ban treaty were still in the pi posal stage, "I think I would re ommend against it." LeMay, Air Force chief staff had joined the heads he Army, Navy and Marines recommending Senate ratificali of the pact but he differed them on whether he would su By GORDON G. GAUSS Iwhich may result. Tile increase DK.NVEIt (API--District courts was estimated by a committee iliave lire right to determine the.spokesman several weeks ago at isalarics which their annually but some com- jsliall receive as long as the pay isjmissioners expressed (ear the reason, the Colorado Su-iboost will be several times that prane Court held amount County commissioners, the high The Central Colorado County 'court said, are charged with rais- Commissioners Association has Jiiig the money to pay tlic salaries, called lor repeal the have no power to determine before it ever becomes el- fective but has received little sup: El Co. Appeal port from other sources. The high court ruling came in Hip I i 1 a tu conunit- case appealed by Hie Colorado tee, headed by Sen.

Carl Ful- County Commissioners Associa-jghum, H-Glcnwood Springs, will lion and the El Paso commis- meet at the capitol in Denver sioners (rom a ruling of District jJudge John N. Mabry in El Paso Aug. 30 In begin writing legislation it will recommend to the General Assembly next January. The high court approved Judgejlt plans to meet every oilier week Mabry's decision in the case it gets tle bills drafted. The a 6-1 vote.

Justice 0. Otto Moore ommittec wound up a series of wrote the high court's opinion. Dissenting was Justice Frank Hall. The decision is expected to come before a special legislative committee which is revising Colorado's courts system to carry out Constitutional Amendment No. 1 passed by the voters last Novem- Ibcr.

The amendment will become effective January, 1963. It abol shes justices of the peace and al- a reshuffling of duties of oth er courts. Appnhtniwn Esprtixd County commissioners have ex iressed apprehension over increases in cost ot operating courts Throne, 28, were in one section and Louis Bova, 52, separated from them about 25 yards by debris. Bova was hurt slightly, ellin said, but all three were in contact with each other. eight months in Greeley is 9.72 inches.

So far this year PS has recorded 10.82 inches, more than average, while GW has totaled 9.09 inches, just below average. I Rain has fallen in the Greeley' area on seven separate days this month. Kersey Board Gets More Time In License Case Judge Donald A. Carpenter has stayed for 30 days execution of a judgment ordering the Kersey Town Board to issue a hotel and restaurant liquor license to Bruce Ruth, doing business as the Kersey Inn. Judge Carpenter recently held the town board had been without cause and therefore avbi- trary and capricious when denied Ruth's application for the liquor license Nov.

5 of last year Cliff Dilka, Alvin D. Dusin, Ed Cox, George Peters, Vernon Smitl and Leland Young, as member of the Kersey Town Board, were while leaving lesser issues )ther means of settlement. The unions, however, atlachec a condition that procedure agreed upon on these other issue that they too would not have be resolved by arbitration. In a letter to House and Sen ile Commerce committees, th unions urged that issues othe ban firemen's and train crew obs be worked out by negotia ions by the two parties unde he watchdog eye of a specia louse-Senate committee to named by Congress. A union spokesman said Sun day settlement efforts were relty solid ground" after Seen tary of Labor W.

Willard Wirt expressed confidence in the goo 'aith ot both sides in working out a combined arbitration-negolia- mide for these and other safeguards. As the hearings moved into their econd week, Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield of Mon- icarings throughout the state with he meeting in Denver last Frilay and Saturday. Tu Ltvy One of the proposals placed be- ore the committee' would call for creation of a special tax levy on all property for judicial and law enforcement expenses. Tills would separate from the general fund of each county, which now pays tlie bill for those services along with other programs. Justice Moore's opinion in the El Paso case stressed the divi- iion of governmental functions among the executive, legislative and judicial branches.

The judiciary, he said, "is charged with the administration of justice and must be free to perform its functions without restriction or impairment by the acts or conduct of another department. To Procure Funds "Hence a proper procedure (would have been for the judges nvolved to have certified to the Board of County Commissioners a schedule of salaries fixed for the tana said he expects the Senate to ratify the treaty "with a few extra voles." Two Thirds Vote Needed Ratification requires a favorable ote of at least two-thirds 6(i il he 99 senators are present. There port the agreement if it had not one vacancy since the death of ilready been signed by the Sen. Kstes Kefauver, D-Tenn. Jnited States, Russia and Britain.

Sen. Strom Thurmond, asked LeMay at Senate hearings whether if he had considered the irovisions of the treaty before it was signed, he would have recommended its approval. No; Sure LeMay said he would have to qualify his answer by saying he Leaders have predicted about a s'cek of Senate debate aflcr thi learings end. A vote is expectec soon after Labor Day. The Irealy got strong backing Sunday from George F.

Kennati ormcr U.S. ambassador to Mos- Kennan, who resigned re cenlly as ambassador to Yugoslavia afler 29 years of diplomatic think I would recommend against Thurmond put the same question to Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, Army chief of staff, Adm. Davic L.

McDonald, chief of naval operations, and Gen. David The spokesman said union negotiators asked to meet with railroad attorneys today to discuss lion formula for seeking agree- sho coramandant of tne a- ment on the work rules dispute. rine Corps. Each said it woulc have made no difference in his declaration of support. All of the military men made main issues and negotiation Tuesday afternoon: low tonight 50s north.

55-65 south. 30s mountains: high Tuesday 75-85 northwest, 80s northeast and southwest, first Negro ever enrolled. That night, 322 days ago, thc campus erupted into a riot of gunfire, exploding tear gas shells and 85-95 southeast, 70s mountains. flying brickbats. i Two were killed and hundreds FIVE-DAY FORECAST jnjure( MmK troops Colorado-Temperatures to av-1 mnved jn 0 OT(ler and crage near or a little below cort the s)ightly quiet jonal.

Briefly cooler after mid- spokcn ymmg Ncgro lnroll reg Itesling treaty. week. Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms most numerous after mid-week. Afternoon istration. But Sunday was quiet.

Except thc newsmen, on hand to high temperatures mostly 80s but. cn( of a chgptcr jn (he locally 903 warmer days and cjvi Ms controversyi ing to (H to 75 in thc high moun-: as anv olh( co tains. Night low temperatures at com cnccnient and mostly 50s and low 60s at jk fT elevations to 35 to 45 marching dcgrce cloudy to With his parents, his wife, hi Hay through Tuesday with widely 3-year-ald son and several Negro scattered showers and in thp atirtiencp. Meredith storms mostly afternooi. and eve-walked solemnly through the out ning hours: locally warmer east door ceremony vilh more than today and tonight; cooler most oil350 other students.

Ihe "state Tuesday; low tonight He took his degree irom Chan- lower elevation? to 30s moun- cellor John R. Williams, grasped' FUN FOR SOMEBODY At least the kids tains: high Tuesday 70s west, 75-JWi Williams' hand briefly, had fun during Saturday's doumpour. Here kids mountains. 'Continued to page i frolic through one of jthe many puddles that Meet The Press. would have to spend some time service, gave his views on NBC's on the question before being sure, but he testified: "1 think if it were still in a proposal stage--I Girl Killed At Summer Scout Camp compensation of the several cler- cal employes involved, whereupon it would devolve upon the ward to procure and furnish the to meet such schedules.

"In the event of its failure or refusal to do so, the court might properly issue a citation or rule directed to the board to show cause why an order should be entered compelling compliance with the schedule as so certified. Order Could Be Entered "Unless the board was able to establish that the schedule of salaries so fixed was wholly unreasonable, capricious and arbitrary, an order compelling compliance therewith could be entered." Salaries of 11 employes of the Fourth Judicial District were affected by the ruling. The case arose when the of the district met in October, 1961 and agreed upon a salary scale for 1962. County commissioners refused tu go along with some of the increases proposed. During consideration of the plan it was agreed the employes should DENVER (API A 16-year-old continue to receive their 1961 sal- Girl Scout counselor was found "ries but would have authority to slain in her tent and Coroner Ken aim any pay increase retroactively.

the mechanics of Wirtz's proposal dear, however, thal'their suppor for binding arbitration of the two for ralification of the treaty was! main issnps ntifl notTAfir.tmn nf nn safeguards found in a camp in the Pike Na-j D. Taylor, tional Forest about 35 miles south-! on he at en Maxwell chairman of the Joint Chiefs of west of Denver Sunday. Staff, had outlined in testimony last week. Their support of the treaty, a joinl public hearing of the Raynie of Jefferson County said Mon. that apparently she had been and sexually molested.

i The body of Margaret Elizabeth (Peggy) Beck of Denver waslTmcfipc I PflVP i Ik. I 3 1 I Senate Foreign Relations. Armed Services and Atomic Energy corn- Forest about 35 miles south- 1 CANON C1TV (A Two tru 5f en er Un ay 'Iks walked away from the Colo- Mrs Charles 0. Moore direc- Pcni i cntiar al Can(m cjl tor Mile Hi Girl Scout jSuml A Councils "Ruffit Camp' at lhej Flying Ranch, said the girl ir Jo 28 fl was found dead in her sleeping bag by her tent mate mittees, is conditioned on com- Shride of Jefferson County, prehensivc, aggressive and continuing underground ca permitted under thc Modern N-Facilities Lewis had been serving two to ml was rc- 10, 1W2. in preparation for returning home scrvir 'S thrcc lo jsix years (or forgery, was rc- with thc croup after a five-day ''ceivcd at the prison fob.

13, iLewis had been scrvinz Miss Minde had spent the lar the mfinnary because a h( l)rjsnn and relumed to the tent to pack; In addition, they said it is hnsedoutinB Wyse said the two were miascd mi maintenance of modern mi-! Mrs. Moore said Miss Beck had; clear laboratory facilities to her tent about midnight programs, a state of readiness loMtcr participating in serenade. ircsumc atmospheric testing, and Twcnty-fnur campers and throe i limprovcd facilities for sleeping in the arca.j nf violation of Ihe treaty and the nearest tent was 30, ls imaintaining knowledge of Sinu-' orl au I I 1 nuclear activity, capabili- 1 firsl believed that i I I i. 1 ities and achievements. dfc'i nstural raur.cs.

Secretary of Defense Robert 15 1 -TM said that tivc fir I jOUtn i i 'McNamar? IcEtified curlier in thplmarks on hr.r throat were mt 1 that provision would ntl1 'a tcr in thc Ha TOKYO rains Sheriff Harold Brav said there hit Kyushu Island in southern arc no suspects in the case. for the sixth consecutive day The victim's parenls are Mr. Sunday. and Mrs. Vincent Beck.

The fa-'. Eleven persons have died, 23 PHNOM PEN'H. Cambodia ther is an administration nfficer'werc injured and ihrce arc mijis- A Cambodian navy palmist the National Bureau of police said. At least 1.SOO fiie on an in Boulder. families have been made home- formed in Greeley.

This backup of waler v.as jjunk Friday killing three crew! Miss Beck the oldest nf Ic.s?. about 7000 houses were at 10th St. and Ave. 'Tribune photo by Jim 'members, a government commu- four daughters. She was a scniorifloclcd, 70 w.ishcd away and i-iinuc said i lit North Denver Hifh School, (destroyed.

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