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Solons Up in Arms Over Threat To Water Projects DENVER (AP) Colorado Sens. Gary Hart and Floyd Haskell are preparing a telegram to President Carter protesting his decision to recommend a delayun federal funding for a number of water projects, including three in Colorado. The two Democrats said day they will ask Carter to meet with them as soon as possible so they can present their objections to the proposed funding delays. An aide to Hart said 24 other senators from at least a dozen states are expected to sign a joint telegram expressing their concern about possible delays in federal funding of water projects in their areas. Administration sources said over the weekend that Carter will ask Congress to withhold fiscal 1978 funds from 18 dams and other water projects, most of them in the drought stricken West, pending a review of their usefulness and environmental safety.

The Colorado projects for which funding would be delayed under the proposal are the Dolores and Fruitland Mesa projects in southwest Colorado and the Savery-Pot Hook project along the Wyoming border north of Craig. The Narrows project in northeast Colorado is not among the projects which would be affected by the funding delay despite an earlier report that it was, a spokesman for Rep. Frank Evans. said Monday. Evans has said he is ready do battle with to keep the projects fully funded and moving toward completion.

Bart met Monday with Vice President Walter and alter the meeting he had reminded that storing of water for agricultural use critical to arid states like ours. water projects have made the development of the West Hart said. the years ahead we must have some additional storage ities in order to survive and to provide food for our urban State Water Resources Engineer C.J. Kuiper said the proj- erts be completed for at least five years and help the state recover from the current drought. But he said they would help prevent future water shortages.

thing is certain: nascent (infant) industrial economies have to start on an ascetic, a Spartan level." irik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn YOUR FREEDOM NEWSPAPER A Watchful Newspaper 105TH YEAR COLORADO NOS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 22 1977 ISc DAILY 35c SUNDAY TWO 32 PAGES Carter Asks $19.4 Billion Budget Hike Quake Jolts Border Area Of Nevada CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) A sharp earthquake jolted the California-Nevada border region just before p.m. oni Monday, but no injuries or damage were reported. i Residents of Carson Reno and the Lake Tahoe area, reported feeling a sharp jolt. Bob Stewart, of the Nevada office, described it as short, west-to-east rolling Seismologists at the University of California at Berkeley said the quake registered 5 on the Richter scale and was centered on a point 60 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe.

The Richter scale is a measure of ground motion as recorded on seismographs. (Report Furniahed by National Weather Service at Peterson Field) PIKES PEAK REGION Strong northwesterly winds 15 to 35 miles per hour with gusts: to 50 mpb along the mountains today. Cloudy with loweiing temperatures today with snow showers in the mountains and chance of rain showers lower elevations. Snow showers like ly tonight, ending by a 1 i Wednesday. Winds decreasing! tonight.

Low in the mid i 20s, high Wednesday around 40. i Precipitation probability 30 per! cent today, 50 per cent tonight, and 20 per cent Wednesday. HAPPY LANDING Balloon pilot David Levin, left, tells his ground crew how he and Tim Cahill (center) soared at 17,200 feet over Pikes Peak Monday, the first such flight in a hot air balloon. The 60-mile flight started at Gazette Telegraph Photo by JOEL DRAUT Divide and ended near Fort Carson. Co-sponsors of the flight were the Balloon Ranch of Del Norte, of which Levin is a partner, and "Outside" magazine, of which Cahill is associate editor.

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11 p.m. Midnight Maximui 9 a.m. TEMPEK.VrlRf:S AT GAZETTE TELEGRAPH Hourly Temperatures West Coast Soaked by Rain But More Moisture Needed CTuesdayF 60 15,21 a.m ............54 12.2 6216.7 2 a.m.5412.2 6216.7 3 am 5311.7 6216.7 4 a.m ...........51 10.5 58 14.4 5 a.m. .....51 10.5 54 12.26 a.m............ .50 10 .......5512.8 7 a.m.

51 10.5 51 10.58 a.m ............47 8.3 5311.7 9 a.m............ 5010 .5311.7 1 q't 5412.2 for 24 houns endintr at tixiay 63 17.8 1 for 24 hours ending at today 47 8.3 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PETERSON FIELD Maximum tor 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. toda.y 64 Minimum for 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. today ..................................................44 Maximum for a year ago .......................56 Minimum for a year ago 16 Wind velocity at 9 a.m. 24 miles per hour gusts to 31 Wind direction at 9 a.m.

Northwest Relative at 9 a.m. 38 cent Sea level pressure at 9 a.m. 29.26 and rising Precipitation for 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. .0 Precipitation for current month .03 Normal precipitation for current month ................................................34 Precipitation so far tWis year .32 Sunset tonight 5:44 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday 6:40 a.m.

THE COLORADO TE.MPEEATUBE8 Hi Lo Hi Lo Akron 64 35 Ft. Collins 64 42 Alamosa 57 33 Granby 58 27 Canon City .70 43 Grand Jet. 60 42 Cheyenne 60 36 La Junta 74 44 Craig ..............57 26 I.amar ...........76 37 Durango 59 38 Leadville 50 25 Crook .........74 30 Pueblo 75 44 121 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rain and snow from the first storm in weeks has soaked the parched West Coast, and more is expected because the stubborn high pressure ridge I blamed for the severe two-year drought has shifted south. Meteorologists said Monday the ridge moved to Baja California where it normally belongs this time of year, allowing this storm and probably others to penetrate to the coast. But the weathermen doubted that the storms would bring enough water to make up for the drought which has crippled winter ski resorts, ruined crops in most Western states and forced several California communities to adopt mandatory water rationing.

Snow-bound motorists in the Sierra Nevada and umbrella- THE WEATHER HI Lo Albany 29 -2 ,67 49 Amitif'io 76 42 Ashevilie ........42 19 Atlanta 50 29 Birmingham 58 44 Bismarck 50 25 Boise 50 32 Boston 32 16 Brownsville 76 65 Buffalo 20 14 Charlstn SC 53 41 Charlstn WV 28 21 Chicago 34 30 Cincinnati .31 28' Cleveland 24 21 DalFt.Worth 72 54 Denver 68 38 Des Moines 59 30 ELSEWHERE Hi Kansas City 68 Las Vegas 80 Little Rock 70 Los Angeles 70 28 24 35 13 41 15 .53 35 87 75 Detroit Duiuth Fairbanks Helena Honolulu Houston .........72 58 Inr'apolis 32 28 JcksVille 57 29 Juneau 43 39 Louisville Memphis 32 Miami 62 Milw-aukee 32 Mpls-St. P. 51 Kew Orleans 69 New York 32 Okla. City 75 Omaha 72 Orlando 62 31 Phoenix 85 P'tland. Me.

31 Ore. 53 Rapid City 65 Riichmond 44 St. Louis 51 St.Pr.Tampa 64 Salt Lake San Diego San Fran Seattle Spokane Washington welcoming the drought relief late Monday after more than 36 hours of nearly continuous precipitation. looks like going to have showers otf and on for the next few said meteorologist Keith Giles of the National Weather Service. Giles said he know if the showers signaled a break in the drought, but he added certainly going to Marin County, where strict water rationing started Feb.

1, received nearly inches of rain, but officials said the dry ground soaked up the water without any of the desired runoff. Up to a foot of snow fell in the Lake Tahoe area, stranding motorists by the hundreds and helping to cover naked ski slopes. The snow, when it toting city dwellers were still I melts, also could help fill ern California reservoirs which have been at one-quarter of their normal capacity. In Reno, rainfall turned to snow and more than an inch piled on the streets outside the casinos by early evening Monday. The rain make it to Colorado, where 17 Western governors and state representatives met with Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus last weekend to discuss the drought crisis.

Cloud seeding operations were expected to begin late Monday in the Vail-Aspen area, part of a $250,000 program approved by the Colorado legislature two weeks ago. In Washington, Gov. Dixy Lee Ray said cloud seeding would begin over the Cascade Range in line with a $125,000 project already authorized by the legislature. Officials in Idaho and Montana have said go to court if the Washington cloud seeding steals any precipitation from their states. A few scattered showers reached Montana on Monday and forecasters predicted more rain in the days ahead.

Earlier this month, state officials said that even if Montana received normal amounts of rain and snow late this winter and in the spring, mountain snowpack would remain below par. Some rain and snow were reported in southern Idaho. Sun Valley, the popular ski resort, received two inches by Monday afternoon with snow still failing late at night, Oregon soaked up one-fourth to one-half inch of rain west of the mountains with three to four inches of snow in the Cascades and Mt. Hood Hospital Price Lids Sought WASHINGTON (AP) President Carter today signed and sent to Congress his proposals for a $19.4 billion hike in former President Gerald R. 1978 budget, saying the increase will help the restore economic growth and make a start on his own programs.

Carter asked Congress to impose a ceiling on hospital charges, a kind of price control that may be the first step toward a comprehensive national health insurance program. He also proposed increased' outlays for education, housing and energy, and a small cutback in outlays for defense. He scrapped plans to cut food stamp, child nutrition and health programs. have been rejected that would have needlessly added to the burden on the elderly and those who depend upon Medicare, Medicaid and food Carter said in a message to Congress. But, he said, there has not been time in his four weeks in office to completely rewrite the budget that Ford sent to Congress three days before leaving office.

'Unneeded Bases' May Be Closed CURE Now Unsure About Downtown By N.4NCY JOHNSON GT Staff Writer Members of the urban renewal board sure what direction urban renewal will take I now that city council rejected I the Mondev redevelopment proposal for downtown Colorado Springs. have no idea what will said Ms. Dianne Ingels, chairwoman of the Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Effort (CURE) board. Mrs. Ingels said she does not expect Mondev to offer another proposal for the downtown area.

absolutely see no justifiable reason to ask Mondev to commit more funds after the city turned down the convention center and then the city council (decided not to support the rede- Ivelopment I CURE spent almost one year and $59,000 in money to find a developer for the downtown area. The money was used to secure the of Bud Holscher and of Santa Monica, consultants who selected Mondev U.S.A. as potential developer. According to Shelby Dill, executive director of the economic development arm of the Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber offers services comparable to those of Holscher aad Associates. He said the Economic Development Committee has similar contacts equal to (Turn to Page 2A, Column 8) WASHINGTON (AP) President Carter today proposed cutting nearly $2.8 billion from the final Ford administration defense budget, but offered no in military programs or strategy.

The great bulk of recommended reductions mostly slowdowns in major missile, bomber, warship, fighter plane and other weapons programs would, affect spending levels in future years. Only $357 million in actual spending would be saved next year. Defense Secretary Harold Brown said a cut in B1 bomber production from eight to five planes and a delay in kll-scale development of the big new mobile MX missile would allow time to resolve questions about their value and to weigh possibility of further arms limitations with Russia. recommendations, if accepted by Congress, would reduce national defense spending to $111.9 billion and total budget authority to $120.1 billion in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1.

Both levels are better than $10 billion more than Congress voted for this year. major review of U.S. de fense policy and military programs has been initiated, however, and results will te reflected in the 1979 Carter told Congress, implying the possibility of major spending reductions later. Brown said he intends to develop a comprehensive package: of proposals to yield significant long-range savings in personnel costs, which now swallow 55 per cent of the defense budget. the long run.

convinced where the real savings will Brown said. Brown said he hopes to revamp military retirement, which will cost $9.1 billion next year, close unneeded bases in the United States and abroad, prune reserve forces and trim other personnel-related costs. Carter disclosed he will name a special commission to recommend possible changes in military pay and retirement systems. In general, he said, preliminary assessment is that the currently planned force structure be generally consistent with our defense needs but that the efficiency of our military programs can be He said it essentially still President budget At a brief Oval Office signing ceremony. Carter signed two copies of the 101-page budget amendment one each lor the Senate and House.

Leaning over his shoulder to his budget director, Bert Lance, Carter quipped, you keep a 1979 budget down this small. appreciate The President then went on to say that he looks forward to implementing a budget-making process as he begins preparing his own spending plans for the 1979 fiscal year that will go to Congress next January. He emphasized that it would entail the zero-based budgeting concept he used as governor of Georgia, meaning that every program will be examined from scratch just as if it had not previously existed. Carter proposed increasing 1978 spending to $459.4 billion, compared with the $440 billion Ford recommended. After subtracting revenues of $401.6 billion, there would be a deficit of $57.7 billion.

Ford recommended a deficit of $47 billion. Spending during the current 1977 fiscal year is estimated at (Turn to Page 2A, Column 6) INDK, Amusements 6-7B Astrological Forecast 10A Business-Financial Classified 8-158 Comics 10-11A Dear 8A Dr. Brothers 8A Editorial 12A Helolse lOA Lifestyle 8-9A Maverick 58 Sports 1-4B TV Log 16B Vital Statistics 4A Weather Map 4A Today's Gazette Telegraph consists of 2 main sections, 32 pages. If your paper is not complete, please call 632-5511, Ext. 316 between 5:30 7:30 p.m.

weekdays, 7:30 12:00 a.m. Saturday Sunday, Canon City 2752772. Gen. Chidlaw Dies at 76 Gen. Benjamin W.

Chidlaw who headed the Continental Air Defense Command here from 1951 until 1955, died Monday at his horne, 1 Upland Hoad, Broadmoor. He was 76. Funeral services will be an-1 later by the Law Mortuary. Gen. Chidlaw served years in the military, and was considered by his peers as the! builder of the Continental Air! Defense Command which later became the Air Defense Command.

In 1963, the headquarters! of the ADC was dedicated in his honor, being named the Chidlaw Building. After his retirement he be-: came a vice president ot Thompson Products, a leading manufacturer of aircraft and automotive parts, in Cleveland, Ohio. He returned to Colorado Springs in 1962 for Thompson and was responsible for the evolution of the firm to TRW Inc. He retired from the! company in 1966, as a vice president. Gen.

Chidlaw was born Dec. 18, 1909 in Cleves, Ohio, and in 1922 was graduated from the S. Military Academy at West Point. Two years later he was graduatwi trom the Air Corps GEN. CHIDLAW Flying School and subsequently studied at the Air Corps Engineering School, the Air Corps Tactical School and the Command and General Staff School.

He became aircraft design and aeronautical engineer at Wright in 1931 and later was with the 2nd Bombardment Group at Langley Field prior to the outbreak of World War II. He served as chief of the Material Division, Air Staff, Headquarters, Army Air Forces, and as deputy coramand- 1 general, Mediterranean I'heatre, 1944, later assuming commana of ail Mediterranean allied tactical air forces. Gen. Chidlaw was rated a pursuit pilot, command pilot, and senior combat observer. He directed the testing of the B-17 bomber, one of the workhorses of World War II, and was one of the first men to fly Jet planes.

Besides being commanding (Turn to Page 2A, Column 8).