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at. ofcooi FLY. Weather lagstaff-Williams-Peaks-Grand Canyon-Reservation area: Continued fair, warm days, cold nights. tVinslow-Holbrook area: Fair and mild. Details on Page 2 Thursday, March 27, 1969 FLAGSTAFF, AIU7() A Pritv 10 I'h.

7 uciear man Dee Kiva Queen WASHINGTON (SNS) The possible use of atomic explosives in water management will be studied on a cost and safety basis only at Wilkins Damsite about 20 miles south of Winslow. Announcement of the study, which is part of the joint state and federal Aquarius Study, was made today in Washington through the office of Rep. Sam Steiger, who said the study will be conducted under the supervision of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and the Arizona State Atomic Energy Commission. The Wilkins Damsite is located along Clear Creek and is about 20 miles south of the Winslow city limits.

The Aquarius Study is a joint State of Arizona and Federal effort to evaluate the potential of using nuclear explosives in conjunction with water management in Arizona. The study began in July 1968 and will culminate in a formal report in the latter part of the current year. Steiger said the area to be investigated, called the Wilkins Damsite, is on Clear Creek and is also under study by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as a potential feature of the Mogol-lon Mesa Project. The bureau is furnishing a cost estimate for a conventional thin arch concrete dam for comparison with possible nuclear construction methods.

Personnel from the AECs Nevada operations office will' examine the site to evaluate the safety aspects of using nu. clear earth-moving techniques as an alternative to conventional dam-building techniques. Safety of evaluation may also be conducted by other Federal agencies and private contractors who provide safety services to the users. He emphasized that the investigations are for safety and cost comparison purposes only and that no decision has been made as to the feasibility of using nuclear techniques for water management purposes at the Wilkins Site, or at any other location in Arizona. Keeping a Smog Log Completion of the freeway system in Northern Arizona is still a ways off but the State Highway Department is making major strides towards that goal with each passing year.

Main target at present is construction of Interstate 40 between Flagstaff and Winslow. Bids have been opened in the past several weeks on two pro-jects on that stretch of highway and two more are due for opening in the near future. Ttie by-pass of Winslow is several years away, however. The by-pass is divided into three units with work on the first unit scheduled to begin this year. The second unit is scheduled for construction starting in July, 1970, with the final unit to be started in November, 1970.

West of Flagstaff, an Inter- st state 40 project is scheduled near Williams this year that will bring the freeway up to the west edge of that city. The by-pass of Williams is programmed in two projects the first starting in January, 1971, and the second in January, 1972. Interstate 17, the Black Canyon Highway towards Phoenix, is also receiving its share of attention. Bids are to be opened in April for the stretch from Flagstaff Airport to Munds Park. This will be a stage project with grade and drain work this year and surfacing programmed for March of 1970.

Also in March, 1970, bids are to be asked on a divided highway from Munds Park to the Yavapai county line. Also a stage project, surfacing is programmed for bidding in February, 1971. It takes time to build highways and freeways, but the state keeps nibbling away. It wont be too many years before all the major routes east, west and south from Flagstaff will be four-lane divided highway. U.S.

Seeks Accord on Withdrawal WASHINGTON (AP) Secretary of State William P. Rogers said today the United States is prepared to withdraw troops from South Vietnam over a very short period of time if Hanoi will agree to do the same thing. He also declared that secret talks in out of the way places about peace in Vietnam have produced past progress and added were ready for more. Rogers talked guardedly about what kind of negotiations past and future and said detailed disclosure strips away the the hope of bringing it to a vote very secrecy which is essential April 8. to success.

The Councilmen indicated they Rogers testified the adminis- would amend the sign code tration seeks mutual withdrawal drafts provisions prohibiting of forces as a major step toward roof signs and allow such signs easing and ending the war in in business districts providing Southeast Asia and is not the signs appeared to be an thinking in terms of a lengthy integral part of the building period for that withdrawal. and free from extra bracing I would think if the other or guy wires, side is willing that we ought to However, three councilmen have withdrawal as quicily as said they would support the con-possible, he told the Senate troversial code provisions out-Foreign Relations Committee, lawing all billboards except huge "Were prepared, if the other community interest signs side is prepared, to have a with- along the Interstate highways, drawal over a very short period The Councilmen said the proof time. vision should be accepted as Rogers set no specific time is because it would be easier limits on any troop withdrawal to ease the code at a future date agreement, but said he was not if it was determined that the thinking in terms of two or billboard prohibition was detri- INDIAN (Horn sociology major from reign as Queen of the Dee Ki 111-12 on the Northern Arizona Campus. Miss Kirk, along Mary Shane. Tuba City Dahe, Phoenix, was crowned igns Councilmen Billboard night from a field of six entrants.

This year's activities will include an arts and crafts show April 1(1 to he followed by the dance contest through April 12. The annual event is sponsored by the NAF Inter-Tribal Flub. (SI Nfolo by Jim Davidson) Kirk, freshman Flagstaff. Hill a dances April University with her attendants and Angeline Wednesday AIR FOLIATION CHUUK Bill Flolir, Flagstaff fireman, checks (lie air sampling unit installed on top of the lire station by the Slate Department of Health lor recordings of air pollution in the city. The recording device has been in use in the city for the past seven weeks.

Recordings of dust and hydrocarbons are taken along it the effects of acids and hydrocarbons on rubber. The instrument also tests the effects ol impurities in the air on steel, zinc, copper and nylon. Flolir said recordings show a high percentage of sand in the air although it is relatively free of man-made pollulenls. The air pollution unit will he kept at the lire station lor a year, then moved to another section ol the city. Flolir and fireman John Olson volunteered to maintain the and take recordings each week.

(SFNIolo by Larry Mann) Hammer Out Wrinkles; Elimination Gains Favor FCC Reveals Substitute For Flag TV Channel 9 The informal discussion seemed largely to rule out any possibility that the measure would be put to a vote of the people, except as a last resort. Now that the areas of controversy and compromise have been pinpointed, each Councilman will be left alone to decide if and where to amend the code and adopt it, or whether to reject it entirely. SUN NEWS The Federal Communications Commission has announced it will substitute previously allot-ed off the air reception television channel 9 for channel 2 in Flagstaff. The action, effective May 2, will give the Flagstaff area three off the air" channel allocations 2 and 13 for commercial use and channel 1 for educational use. The change was requested by Grand Canyon Television Co.

of Flagstaff, which is the potential applicant for channel 2. Spokesman for the firm Wendell E'liot, told the SUN today the change was requested to avoid interferrence with Tucsons channel 9 if the Grand Canyon TV Co. is granted FCC permission to telecast from Mormon Mountain, as planned. Elliot said the change paves the way for the firm to make its application for FCC per- Tliey on fed Furls LOS ANGELES (AP) The district Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday that 12,631 Southern Californians, who filed early in hopes of getting a speedy refund on their federal income tax, forgot to sign the return. The forms are being returned for the signatures.

have been issued permits could stand until 1975. No consensus seemed to be reached on a suggestion that the Council amend size regulations to allow business identification signs a minimum of 200 square feet, rather than the 100 currently set by the proposed code. But the Council did express its intention to urge city merchants to immediately remove portable sandwich-type signs that now dot the city. No Despite I Inj uries He Helped A mans reactions in an emergency can seldom be predicted, but rarely does he think of his own welfare first. RichardClark proved that Monday when he was severely burned in a fire at CampTownsend.

Clark, a service man for Northern Arizona Gas Service Company, was involved in what ordinarily would be a routine matter. He and his partner, David Pierce, were setting up a large tank of propane gas at the Camp Townsend Service station. The tank to be changed was located next to the station. Pierce was in the cab of a truck on which the tank was to be hoisted and Clark was in back when he noticed a heavy white vapor coming from the bottom of the tank. This meant one thing, a gas leak.

Clark crawled under the tank to see where the leak was coming from, and if he could stop it, when he saw a ball of fire coming at him. In a split second, the gas ignited with explosive force and fire was all around him. Clark crawled from under the tank and ran through the blazing gas to see if Pierce was alright. He found Pierce had already gotten out of the truck. Pierce didnt appear to be hurt.

The fire, fed by the escaping gas, began to engulf the truck and building. Clark ran back and proceeded to rescue equipment in the area. By that time the fire was intense. Clark went back to his partner and saw that he was burned from the explosion. He sprayed his head with a burn ointment which was always carried in their truck.

Then he sprayed himself as he could see his hands were hurt and felt his face and hair had been burned. Later it was learned that Clark had received first and second degree burns and had also received burns In his throat and lungs. He was placed under intensive care for 28 hours in the Flagstaff Community Hospital where he is still being treated. I .1 A A r-lit f-A JhJl ii SERVICE mission to operate the new live station in Flagstaff. We hope to get the station on the air by this summer if all goes well, he said.

Elliot said the station has not been assigned call letters yet, but all engineering had been completed for the station and stock sales were completed Dec, 23. Construction of the station could begin immediately after the FCC granted the firms application, Elliot noted. The changes will not immediately affect currently operating cable television channels. Ike fc Weaker WASHINGTON (AP) Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower continues to grow weaker, his doctors said today.

In a morning medical bulletin from Walter Reed Army Hospi-tal the doctors reported the five-star general is Sleeping for longer periods but when awake is lucid enough to converse with members of his immediate family. His physicians said late Wednesday his condition was deteriorating and he was not responding to treatment for the severe heart congestion threatening his life. curve off of Route 66 to Enterprise Road would be increased to 50 feet in radius over the present 10 foot radius. This would allow for trucks using the intersection with less danger to other traffic at that point. The study committee is made up of personnel from the State Highway Department, U.S.

Bureau of Public Roads, Coco nino National Forest and county and city officials. City Planning Director Denis Vogt is chairman of the committee. The committee is involved in various other traffic situations around the city. irrT Study Group to Request Intersection Improvements I mental to business. I believe we should leave the provision as is, Councilman Joe Rowan said.

We should constantly review and change the code if necessary, bu. it will be a lot easier to ease the code than to make it tougher. Councilmen C. Russell Turner and Elmer Hubbard, verbally agreed with Rowan. Turner said the liberal amortization policies would allow billboards to remain up for at least six years anyway and Hubbard said the overhead directional signs on the Highway would probably be effective in bringing tourists off the Interstate.

The provisions outlawing roof signs and billboards were key areas of community disagreement on the code, with business-men strongly fighting for retention of both and beautification advocates arguing just as loudly for their removal Even if the code were adopted as drafted, roof signs and billboards currently in use or that three years. Wreck Kills Flag Youth A Flagstaff youth is the latest traffic victim on the states highways. Nelson Begay, 20, died at 2:20 this morning in the Winslow Indian Hospital from injuries received when a pickup truck he was driving struck the rear of a semi-truck trailer about nine miles east of Winslow, Wednesday. The accident occured at 3:35 p.m. Begays pickup struck the truck as both vehicles were west bound on 1-40.

Tom Dempsey, 23, of Flagstaff, a passenger in the pickup, was treated and released at the hospital. Begays death along with four others in three separate accidents in Arizona Wednesday has raised the 1969 traffic toll to 132, o.ie more than on this date last vear. Matches Please! Flagstaff Area Transportation Study CoordinatingCommit-tee agreed Wednesday to forward recommendations to the City Council for improvements at the intersection of U.S. 66 and Enterprise Road. Bill Costello, of the Arizona Highway Department, and study manager for the committee, sub- mitted the report of the inter- section with the recommendations for improvement.

The plan calls for widening of Enterprise Road at the intersection to 40 feet and creation of three lanes for traffic on the road. Radius of the Wlihi VitA 4irti4irt-il4- Vi iinGifltl lark and Ills wile have live children. They have lived in Flagstaff since I It. VI when (lark was discharged from the Marine Corps. David Fierce, also injured in the lire, was treated and released at the hospital lollow ing the accident.

(Sl'Nfnto by Larry Mann i I.OSF FALL Richard Flack and his vv ilV Claudia arc all smiles today as she kidding-ly oilers him a pack of matches, hut Monday had its Icarltil moments when (lark was seriously horned in a lire at Camp Townsend. Clark is recovering from his injuries at the Flagstaff Community Hospital. i 1 li .1 .1.