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Flagstaff-Williams-GrandCan-' yon Peaks Reservation Area; Increasing clouds Saturday with a chance of afternoon or evening thundersliowers. Winslow llolbrook: Mostly sunny. DETAILS ON PACE 2. VOL. 26 NO.

302 PH. 774-4545 FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA PRICE 10' Friday, July 21, 1912 Dirty Air Ohio Plants to Close By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fears of increasingly dirty stretched to the air caused by the sleamingpall River valley and of smog hanging over the east ern third of the country led Ohio officials Friday to warn 125 plants lo prepare to close down. The National Weather Service predicted that a cold front would move down from Canada to provide relief over the weekend at least for parts of the Northeast, but this was of little immediate solace in the Ohk River Valley. While predicting relief over the weekend, weather service forecasters saw temperatures continuing in the high 80s to' middle 90s today, a situation that led to power blackouts and brownouts Thursday. The week-long heat wave aver the populous Fast was blamed on a Bermuda high that -V 5 tj 4 S3 lh 4 .71 4 SI -T 4 -j Festival Schedule TODAY MUSIC University Aud- ilorium, 8:30 p.m.

'Cellist Guy Fallot and pianist Emanuelle Lamasse join for a chamber music recital featuring the works of de Falla, Faure, Franck, and Debussy. Festival series tickets honored. Tickets onsale at door. Admission: S3. 50.

ART All major galleries open during the day. SATURDAY MUSIC University Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. Macslro Izler Solomon will be joined by 'cellist George Ricci a reading of the Josef Haydn Concerto in Major, with the Festival Chamber Orchestra. Festival series tickets honored. Tickets on sale at Ihe door.

Admission: $3.50. ART Harmsen Weslern Americana Collodion, A Main Gallery, onen9a.m.to4 p.m. watercolors and oils by Adrian Hansen, Flagstaff Art Barn, open 10 a.m. lo 4 p.m. SUNDAY MUSIC University Auditorium, 2p.m.

MaestroSolp- mon and the Festival Chamber are joined by Trent Kynaston. -ffaSseries Lickels hon- oj 'Tickets on sale al the Admission: S3. 50. NAU MainGallery 1 1 to 5 p.m. Art 1 -open from 1 lo 5 p.m; COMING A Chamber Con" Lowell Observatory, p.m.

jESDAY-- Film Classic, 8:30 p.m. Room 135, i (chemistry Building. EDNESDAY Festival S. -ptiony Orchestra con- miRSDAY-- Film i Mississippi pumped humid tropical air up from the Gulf. With the listless ail, pollutants tended to collect and increased to dangerous levels in some areas.

In tbe Pittsburgh area, a first stage pollution alert forced industry to cut back operations. Eye irritation and shortness of breath were common complaints, especially in the downtown section. Rain showers brought relief to the New York metropolitan area during Thursday evening, washing the air of many pollutants- and dropping temperatures to the tow 70s. The respite was expected to be brief. A spokesman for the New York Power Pool said it borrowed from Ontario, Canada, again Thursday to provide a potential supply ol 20 million kllowals.

Consolidated Edison Co. cut back voltage 5 per cent in N'ev York City and Westchester County for two hours in mWafl- ernoon lo prevent a massive llOneer blackout after a major power link tripped out 70 miles north of the city. The Philadelphia Electric Co. said that city's electrical demands set a record Thursday, but no breakdowns or difficulties were reported. In the Washington area, the Potomac Electric Power Co.

reported record output with electricity use up 10 per cent from summer's peaks. Finally, the "temperature reached 94 degrees In tbe southeastern Pennsylvania town of Chester Thursday, but it looked like Christmas. Dozens of cartons of just-delivered artificial Christmas trees were stacked in front of a department store, causing traffic patrolman Walter Hoyle to note: "Cooler weatber'must be ahead." He didn't say vhen. Inflation Slowed Output Hits 6-Y ear High Government in Action STEVEN J. FERGUSON (leFi), 3201 N.

Dyer and John J. Barry, Tucson, exchanged views wilh Associate William H. Rehnquisl afler louring Ihe Supreme Courl. The two youlhs are among lOfl dclegalcs 10 llic Boys' Nation government program sponsored lliroufih Ihc American Legion. WASHINGTON (AP) The The department said the in- economy surged in the April- creased GNP in dollar terms June quarter to the highest rate amounted to $29.9 billion coro- of expansion in more than six pared with $31 billion in the years while Inflation slowed previous quarter.

With Inflation sharply, the government said figured in, the Increase figured today. out to precenlage rate of 112 The Commerce Department per cent, said that the second-quarter This brought GNP to a sea- Gross National Product, mar- sonally adjusted annual rate of ket value of the nation's goods $1.139 trillion, the department and services, advanced at a said. fist 8.9 per cent pace in "real" A Nixon administration econ- meaning economic omist, Harold C. Passer, growth with inflation sub- assistant commerce secretary, hourly pay and a half-hour infracted, said the Increase In the second crease in the length the av- On top of this, the rate of in- quarter was "prodlgltus." nation as measured by GNP He added that the 2.1 per figures dropped to 2.1 per cent, cent increase in the rate ofin- the lowest since the days of nation would have been the President Nixon's wage-price lowest since the fourth quarter The report, by the department's Bureau ol Labor Statistics, said the rise in living costs in the past year was 2.9 per cent, the first annual rise under 3 per cent in the past five years, The bureau also reported that average earnings of some 50 million rank-and-file workers- more than half the nation's work force-Rose $2.18 perweek to $135.39 for the rconth. This was due to a one-cent rise in LDS Anticipate Crowd For Yearly Observance Members of the Flagstaff Stakeof the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sajnts.are anticipating a crowd of people" for their big Pioneer Days Barbecue on Slake President WillisMcEuen said today that Ihe barbecue, which will be held onthepractice field at Coconino High School, would begin at noon and would feature four serving lines to make sure no one got hungry while waiting.

Tickets for the barbecue will cost $2 per person and the event will run from noon to 1:30 p.m. The Pioneer Days Observance this year marking the 125th Anniversary of thearrival of Brigham Young and his fellow Mormons in Ihc valley of the Great Salt Lake, in Utah-- will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday with a parade through the streets of downtown Flagstaff. The parade will feature an assortment ot floats, riding units, marching units, and novelty units from throughout the church's Flagstaff Mother, Son Are Killed in stlke Area Mishap A California woman and her young son were killed Thursday night in a head on collision four miles west of Williams. Dead are Bessie Evelyn Kirwan, 46, Torrance, and WASHINGTON (AP) McGovern made- a-special trip her 4 -year old son, Gary.

Senate has voted to boost the from his vacation retreat in Three other children were in- minimum hourly wage to $2.20, South Dakota to cast his vote, jured. a move that could bring bigger Tie IU extends coverage to Highway Patrolmen said the paychecks to millions of wort- 74 million additional workers, accident occured when Ihe car ers and more labor support for Including million domestic car driven by Jack Taylor, 46, Democratic presidential nomi- servants, 1 million chain store The parade will originate at City Park and proceed east on AspenavenuetoBonito street. II will go north on Bonilo to Birch. avenue and then east on Birch (o San Francisco Street. It will turn south onSanFrancisco, turn west on Aspen and return to (lie point of origin- Pioneer Days was observed for the first time in Flagstaff, wilh public ceremonies, in 24 years in 1971, alsowittiabignarade and a barbecue.

An added attraction that year was a rodeo, but that event is not on the schedule this year. McEuen said today that notonlyMormonsare welcomed at Saturday's celebration, but the general public is invitedaswelland Ihere will be enough Iraditionalweslernbarbecuefarefor everyone. Pioneer Days publicity chairmanWillardllar- key, told The Daily SUN earlier this week Please lo freeze, and less than half ol the 5.1 per cent rate that in. prevailed in the lirst three months of the The 8.9 per cent growth rale compared with an upward-revised per cent rise rale in the first quarter and it market! the highest rate of expansion of the economy, since the fourth quarter ot 1965. Coupled with a report by the Labor Department that the Cost of Living rise slowed toO.2 per cent in June, the GNP report was the best economic news the Nixon administration has had la a long time.

Not only did the economy grow faster than it has anticipated, but the rise in prices in the second quarter was within the target the administration wants to achieve-by the end ol the year. at 1965 except for the low rate that occurred in the fourth quarter of last year because of the price freeze, Passer said the rate indicates that the administration's economic forecast for this year "will be realized or even exceeded." The rise in consumer prices, chipping two cents oil the value of each. $10 in June, was due to a sharp Increase in food prices and lesser Increases for used cars, homes and household services, the Labor Department said. The June rise In living costs pushed the Consumer' Price Index up to 125.0 of its 1967 base of 100. This meant it took $12.50 last month for every $10 worth of typical farailypurchases five years ago.

erage work week. The average weekly paycheck was up $7.82 or 6.1percentover the past year. After deductions for Ihe rise in living costs over the year, the gain was 3.2 per cent or about $3.90 per week in purchasing power. "This is the largest over-the- year increase in real earnings (purchasing power) any June since the series became available on a monthly basis in 1964," the bureau said. It added that much of the rise in workers' purchasing power was due to lower 1972 federal income tax rates.

The bureau said that, when the June rise in living costs was adjusted for expected seasonal factors, the over-all June price rise its one-tenth ol one per cent, the smallest rise on that basis in nine months. Please turn lo ECONOMY Page 2 .20 Hourly Wage Pact Is Given Senate Approval Bellflower, tried to pass a truck and struck the Kir wan George McGovern. PIONEER Page 2 REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer took the fifth game of the world chess championship Thursday night after a bad blunder by Boris Spassky and only 3 1 hours of play, evening the score at "II was Just what we expected," said Frank Skoff, vice- president of the U.S. Chess sion and one approved earlier Federation. "The general opin- by the House which provides a ion o( American camp Is $2.00 minimum pay scale: that Fischer will win--even The Senate approved the with the forfeit." measure by a vote of 65 to 27 Spassky was awarded the Thursday night after defeating second game by forfeit on July the Nixon administration's pro- Bobby Wins Match Tied at 2 13, when Fischer refused to Sunday afternoon.

With a win play because three movie cam- counting one point and a draw eras were stationed in the hall half a point, Fischer needs 12V? to film the match. The cameras points to take the title and with were removed before the third it $153,125 of the $245,000 prize money, while the Russian as the defending champion needs only 12 points lo keep Ms crown and collect the winner's share of the money. The champion appeared tired a draw. So in terms of actual and strained as he stopped the play Fischer now has won two clock to signify defeat, stood up games to the Russian's one. and shook hands with Fischer.

The sixth game in the 24- The audience of about 600 game series is scheduled for a with excitement. game, and Fischer has refused to play if they are brought back. Spassky defeated Fischer In the first game, then lost to him in the third, and the fourth was employes and 4.9 million feder- posal for a 52.00 minimum by a al, s'ate and local government 47 to 46 vote. car. Tbe increase from the employes.

Backers of McCovern Injured were Patricia, Dena, present minimum of $1.60 was It now goes to a House-Senate vote woul(1 improve his Image wilh labor. The $2.20 mln- $600,000 A id Okd and William Kirwan, and Tay- UK largest single pay hike In conferees to reconcile differ- lor. All are In good condition, i came after ences between the Seriate ver- i usic Will Debut This Weekend -l Music makes its 1972 debut at the Flagstaff Summer Fes- Jval this weekend with a chamber music recital and two ma', jjpr Chamber Orchestra concerts scheduled. 'Cellist Guy Fallot and pianist Emanoelle LaMasse will 'formally start a two week schedule of concerts and reci- today at 8:30 p.m. with a chamber music recital in Uni- Versity Auditorium.

Fallot, who was scheduled for three major appearances tbe two festival orchestras, will be playing under (something of a handicap thanks to a broken tendon in tbe small fliger on his left tend. He has been able, reports Pat Carry, festival executive 4 director, to "re ringer" the pieces be bad plaiwd for tonight's recital and for an appearance with tbe Festival Symphony Aug. 2. 4 Tonight, he and Miss LaMasse wUl play worksbyF reach composers Claude Debussy, Gabriel and Cesar Fraaek. They also will ofler samplings of Spanish composer Mnnel de Falla.

Oi Sateday, 'Cellist George Rieei, brother of festival violin virtuoso Roggerio Rled, wUl appear with Maestro (tier Solomon and tbe Festival Chamber Orchestra a( 8:30 p.m. in University IB a readtag of the Concerto in for 'Cello and Orchestra, by Josef On Sunday, OM of the most onnsml attnetions, in terms of mnsie, IB the Festival's sevei year history wfll take place when saxophonist Kynaston, a grad- nate of the University of Arizona and a snophoM soloist who has received outstanding nationwide recognition, loins Solomon and the orchestra for a reading of a concerto by Inert. At that same concert, the Festival audience will gel the chance to bear performances by two regular members of the festival orchestras. Violinist Gngeae concertmister of the festival orchestras, and first chair 'cellist Takayor At- swnt will join the orchestra for a reading of Johann Christian Bach's Sinfooia Cooeertante in A Major for 'Cello and Violin. Bott artists are on tbe faculty of Arizona State University, In aid both have been members of the festival orchestras since the summer event was founded.

Utcr this simmer, Lombard! will step oat of the first chair aad (ate over the podfim to conduct the symphony li Us annaal "popi" concert on Aug. 6. Other festival activity this weekend includes tbe chance to see two of tbe eveot's major art shows. The Harases Westcn Americana Collection, at tbe Northern Arizoaa University malm gallery, la tbe Creative Arts Center, will be on display from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday and from 1 to 5 p.m. Smday. At tbe FlacsiaJf Art Barn, the watcreolors and oils of Arizona artist Adrlaa Hansen will be on display from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Satvday and from one (o 5 p.a.

SB- PHOENIX Arizona with federal rules will lose 10 has received $600,000 in federal per cent of its federal funds, funds to begin removal of some In other action, the commis- 5,000 billboards within the next sion reported spending nearly five years, the highway com- $700,000 to erect 40 changeable- mission announced today. and compensate srte owners. Tbe Federal Highway Beau- imum was a key goal of tbe AFL-CIO in this legislative session, McGovern was not endorsed by the AFL-CIO executive council. The bill passed the Senate after two amendments post, poned the effective date of the $2.20 minimum to two years, instead of one, and eliminated one million employes in retail and service establishments doing less than $250,000 annual business. As approved, the minimum wage would jump from $1.60 to $2.00 for most noB-farm work, ers 60 days after enactment, and to tbe full $2,20 In two years.

Tbe present minimum of $1.30 for workers on large farms would be raised to $2.20 In three years. Tbe bin also repeals exemptions which now prevent many workers from getting overtime pay. Sens. Peter a DomloJck, R- ers today that abort 350 slew and Robert Tatt, R-Onio, have been removed from Art- sponsors of the administrafioi'c sona highways the pro- said the Democrats'pro- gram began sta naotbj ago. posal was tnflatfcaary Another 225 win be removed by would oodermtoe Nixon's eeo- tbe end of the year, he added.

Domic stabilization eflort. states thai fall to coolly Billboards Coming Down message signs on 1 1 0 When visibility is low during a storm, the signs warn, "Blowing speed." Yellow lights on the sign boards will flash to warn motorists of emergencies. ists of dust storms. In clear weather, tbe signs read "Interstate 10 East." When dust clouds appear, the to prohibit signs and billboards within 660 feet of interstate highways and state primary routes. Once tlUboaids are removed from rural areas, signs will be permitted In commercial and Ixdostrtally xoMd areas after five years.

Sam Lanford, assistant state told me commission- flrst of tne 40 signs is now in operation on I 8 near Casa Grande. The warning signals are to be installed every five miles along 80 miles Gusty of tbe dust storm zone on tbe two Interstate highways. Are You Registered To Vote? There is 1 Working Day To Get the Job Done Deadline is p.m., July 24. Go la (he Cmmty Recorder's Office year icarnl deputy refistrar!.

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