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REPUBLIC The ArizonaRepublic Page 21 Friday, October 9, 1970 MAIL Chicanos tit PUHS seek confrontation on racial tensions One man's opinion 5-day cooling off period may be what voters need jap rt i ct. i By JACK CROWE An ad hoc chicano school board was formed last night to force a confrontation at 11 a.m. today at Phoenix Union High School over racial tensions between Mexican-American and black students. The ad hoc school board, to be chaired by Joe Eddie Lopez, defeated candidate for the regular PUHS board in Tuesday's school election, was designated by an angry and concerned crowd of more than 300 parents, students and sympathizers. By BERNIE WYNN Republic Political Editor Correction Tax question was answered by Grossman Sam Grossman, Democratic candidate for the U.S.

Senate, admitted he did not file personal Arizona income tax returns for the years 1966, 1967, and 1968 in a Tucson encounter Wednesday night with his Republican opponent. The Arizona Republic incorrectly reported in yesterday's account of the Tucson Press Club debate with Sen. Paul Fannin, that Grossman refused to answer the income tax question. The inadvertent error came about because The Republic reporter did not hear Grossman's admission. As reported in The Republic, Grossman did make several attempts to dodge the question, contending he Total control of every campaign, from selecting step of precinct pearances on the basis of computer printouts to organizing get-out-the-vote" drives on election day.

Sound familiar? Yep, that's the technique being applied to sell California promoter Sam Grossman in his bid to annex one of Arizona's seats in the U.S. Senate. And there are other candidates, of both political parties who are using segments of this approach. For example, James. Mack, a state Senate candidate from District 29, doesn't identify himself literature as a Republican.

Grossman refuses outright to put the Democratic label on his billboards. Raul Castro, Democratic candidate for 'governor, simply uses a donkey on his Outdoor ads. 'By the way, CPR identifies Grossman's, two California flacks as employes of the Winkle Co. of Los Angeles, Grossman also uses The Communications Co. of Washington for handling the media, Opinion Research of Los Angeles to conduct the polling and Owens Advertising of Phoenix for the plain advertising job, CPR reported.

All of which spells a large bundle of greenbacks jor such an array of experts on the technique of selling a candidate. So, pehaps a live-day; cooling off period would be of some help tc the overwhelmed voter. the, WC' Voter's Guide avai Mrs. Ed Grath, foreground, pauses to read a copy of Arizona Voter's Guide while Martin Rosenthal, in truck, and Clement W. Zandler continue to unload 80,000 copies of Voter's Guide at Mrs.

Rosenthal's home; The guides, provided as a public service by the League of Women Voters of will, be available starting today at the branch offices ot the Valley National Bank, First National Bank Arizona and The Arizona Bank. 1 "fv For political purposes Grossman accused of exploiting Siins Democrat Sam Grossman was accused yesterday of attempting to exploit the Phoenix Suns basketball team in be-ihalf of tis The charge came ftoni Fannin, Grossman's opponent in the U.S. Senate race, after Fannin learned Sw fsftis were being solicited to $2r for fa beef and booze" party on" behalf of Grossman. Fannin charged Grossman and entertainer Andy Williams, a Grossman supporter and part owner of the Suns, with attempting "to exploit the Phoenix Suns for their political purposes." Williams will attend the party at a private residence at 5737 N. Second Ave.

following the Suns-Detroit Pistons game on Oct. 17. A Grossman spokesman defended the fund drive on the basis of Grossman's Meeting in the Wesley Community Center, 1300 S. 10th the group politely requested that an Arizona Republic reporter covering the session leave early to insure this news story could appear this morning and alert top school, city and state officials to the meeting. Manuel Dominguez, director of the Valley del Sol Coalition, a Mexican-American self-help group, issued an ultimatum calling upon the following officials to be present at 11 a.m.

in the PUHS auditorium: Howard Seymour, PUHS district superintendent: Mayor John Driggs; Chief of Police Lawrence Wetzel; Weldon P. Shoftstall, state superintendent of public instruction; and all of the members of the PUHS district board. "We want them to be there," Dominguez told the crowd, "and if they're not, we'll see. what happens." With mothers and fathers complaining at the meeting that their sons and daughters continually have been harassed by Negro students over the years, there were open demands that violence provide the final solution. This view seemed to prevail mainly with younger persons in the crowd.

Others cautioned that "violence never solves anything," and this mood seemed distinctly to be that of the majority. But with some, as with Lopez, the breaking point appeared to be near. "I don't personally like violence," Lopez declared, "but I also don't like them to use violence against my children." Manuel Barragan, an economic field representative for the Valle del Sol Coalition, proposed the creation of the chicano school board for PUHS. "We'll have our own school board. When they sit down, we'll sit down too," he declared.

Pointing out that "the Negro is not the problem" and eschewing violence, Barragan declared: "It's not violence we seek, but justice. Establish your board of directors, back them up and we can force the school to solve our problem." Numerous parents charged during the evening that both school authorities and the police are "afraid" of taking forceful action against trouble -making Negroes. "They always arrest the Mexican when there's a fight (with a Negro)," they charged. It was pointed out that many of the parents in the group participated in last year's march on Phoenix Uniovi and City Hall to protest "grievances." At that time, complaints of Negro and Mexican-American racial tensions were muted. Last night the complaints were shouted, and vows to end alleged Negro harassment against Mexican-American PUHS students was vigorously applauded.

Other Mexican-American leaders present at the meeting, which was conducted entirely in Spanish and which Lopez said was called by "concerned parents," included: Sam Ramirez, president of Valle del Sol Coalition; Ronnie Lopez, director of Chicanos por la Causa, of which Joe Lopez is chairman; and the Rev. Frank Yoldi of Sacred Heart Catholic Chuuch. A Fld SECONDS, THE 6AME WILL REFEREE UJlLL PROP THE PUCK-. ONE MINUTE LATER I'LL BE IN THE PENALTY POX FAMOUS HOCkH FLAYER SKATINS OUT FORM FRST 6AME OF THE SEASON 7 3 AH, THE NATIONAL ANTHEM! Guy Stillman, democratic national committeeman for Arizona, suggested last week that the election laws be changed to cut off all political advertising five days before the primary or general election. Stillman, a candidate for the Arizona Senate from District 21, said the five-day moratorium would give voters a "cooling off" period in which to weigh the merits and demerits of the major candidates and the issues developed in their campaigns.

The five days could be spent in quiet meditation, Stillman noted, without hysterical charges and. countercharges being thundered over television and radift or grabbing ad headlines in the printed media. It also would prevent candidates, who believe they were falling behind from making wild accusations in paid advertising in an 11th hour bid to wrest victory, ri Stillman i would move the primary up to June, instead of holding it in September, so the candidates would have ample time to develop their theme songs well before the cutoff date. We think well of the Stillman proposal at first blush. Political campaigns tend to become razzle-dazzle, particularly toward the finish line.

And there is always the temptation for the guy who is trailing to utilize any means, fair or foul, to. make up his fie-ficiency. This is where dirty tactics often enter the picture. Perhaps "picture tube" would be a more accurate reference, since the new breed of politician is convinced that the most direct route to a vote is to brace the elector in his home via television. In a special report, the Washington-based Center for Political Research observed that this is the year of the freelance professional campaign director armed with the latest sophisticated techniques.

After a nationwide study 'of the major campaigns, CPR concluded the latest techniques of the PR flacks are: a candidate not so much to draw big crowds as to draw television cameras. Heavy reliance on polls, not to see if the candidate is leading, but to select glamor issues on which the candidate can make Brownie points with the unwary public. Independence from party structure so the candidate moves closer to his party if polls show that will help him and cuts his party ties if polls show the party label hurts. Williams Democrat advocates exterminating' pusher By WALTER W. MEEK Republic Staff Writer PRESCOTT Raul Castro charged yesterday that Gov.

Williams signed an unconstitutional law this year that will deprive many Arizonans of their right to vote. The Democratic candidate for governor also declared that drug pushers should be "exterminated" and that the efforts to eliminate them are weak: Castro, a former judge and county prosecutor, pounded hard on the themes of narcotics control and law enforcement before two overflow audiences in the Republican stronghold of Prescott. He drew a packed house of about 100 at a Kiwanis Club lunch and a sellout crowd of more than 200 at a dinner sponsored by the Yavapai County Democratic Central Committee. Castro criticized House Bill 4, the 1970 election law, at a morning appearance in Phoenix before a group of university women where Williams also was present. Williams should have vetoed the bill, Castro declared.

He said the new law will require all of the state's voters to reregister after the Nov. 3 election. At the same time, the law provides for a voter literacy test. These two requirements, he said, "will disenfranchise many Americans in the State of Arizona. "I definitely think it will be declared unconstitutional.

The governor should have vetoed the bill. If I were governor and that bill came before me, 1 would veto it in a minute." Castro told his Prescott audiences that the narcotics problem must be met first by drying up the source of drugs and that the governor should provide leader-Continued on Page 22 rejects Castro's marijuana I Republic photo by Lud Kealon this," Fannin said. "Colangelo is not responsible for It Grossman and 1 Williams who attempted to exploit the Suns for their political purposes." VHe said that Grossman and', Williams used the mailing' list bf Suns season ticket purchasers for their solicitation of campaign' contributions for Grossman. Winner said We list for mailing was that of Grossman supporters "and they may have mailed to other lists." He said he was not able to determine last night whether the Suns season ticketholder list was used. "It is obvious that Grossman and Williams have commanded the players to put in an appearance at the address on N.

Second where the beef and booze will be served," Fannin said. "That's nonsense, the charge. Winner replied to Governor sees trouble as 'permissiveness' By BERNIE WYNN Republic Political Editor TUCSON Gov Williams declared yesterday he opposes reducing the-penalty for possession of marijuana because "the permissive approach is what has got this country into trouble today." Taking his campaign to Democratic-heavy Pima County, Williams, in response to a question, told members of the Pima County Republican Club he does not favor relaxing the penalties on marijuana. Earlier in the day, the Democratic candidate, Raul Castro, reiterated in Phoenix in a joint appearance with Williams that he favored making possession of marijuana a misdemeanor instead of a felony. Appearing on a panel show over KOLD-TV at Tucson, Williams was asked what he thought of Castro's suggestion.

"I hale to see us back up and become more permissive," Williams said. "I have talked with Warden (Frank) Ey-man at the state prison and he tells me that 99 per cent of those involved in hard narcotics got their start on marijuana." At the. luncheon of the Republican Club at the Tucson Press Club, Williams again was asked the question and rep-plied in the same vein, adding, "This permissive approach is what has got this country into trouble today." Williams, who started out early in the day greeting the Rex Allen Days queen, Cody Cowan, addressed the American Association of University Women, flew to Tucson for the television appearance, the luncheon speech and a quick handshaking tour downtown. He then flew back to Phoenix, did Continued on Page 22 I proposal had filed "all the documents required by the state" with the Arizona Tax Commission, the State Corporation Commission, and the Maricopa County recorder's office. a transcript of the hot and heavy debate before about 450 persons reveals the Democratic can didate did finally declare: "No, I haven't." in answer to the income tax question repeatedly posed by Fannin.

The issue relates to Grossman's campaign claims that he has been a resident of Arizona for six years, re peated by the candidate during the debate. Fannin asked how Grossman could list a net worth of $1.6 million in a financial statement he made public earlier without having paid personal income tax during the years he have been an Arizona resident. In apparent answer to that question, Grossman explained that family illnesses and deaths in California kept him there much of the time. Mesa approves Sears' plans for shopping center MESA A shopping center costing $35 million to $50 million will be constructed on a 120-acre site at Alma School Road and W. Southern Avenue.

Announcement of the proposed center, to be completed by 1973, was made yesterday at a meeting of Mesa city officials and officers of Sears, Roebuck and Co. W. F. Plummer, manager of Sears' Arizona retail district, said the shopping center is being developed by Homart Development a subsidiary of Sears, Roebuck. A $7.8 million Sears department store, comparable to the one at Scottsdale's Los Arcos Mall, will anchor the planned 1.2 -to 1.4 million square foot shopping center, Plummer said.

The remainder of the space will be available for lease to approximately 100 satellite stores, according to Plummer. The 120-acres for the shopping center were acquired from the estate of H. Clifford Dobson through Mesa attorney C. Mac Killian. Zoning application for the proposed use of the property was approved at the Mesa planning and zoning board meeting late yesterday.

Series on drug abuse enters second. week The second week of programs in the series "Your Child and the Drug Scene" will begin Monday. The series is a Phoenix Library-sponsored adult education activity for parents interested in learning about local drug abuse problems. Speakers will include police, health, rehabilitation and juvenile officials. All programs begin at 7:30 p.m.

The schedule includes: Monday: Palo Verde Branch, 4402' N. 51st Ave. Tuesday: Acacia Branch, 750 E. Town-ley, and Yucca Branch, 5648 N. 15th Ave.

Wednesday: McDowell. Central Library, 12 E. Thursday: Saguaro Branch, 2808 N. 46th and Ocotillo Branch, 102 W. Southern.

long-standing support of the team. "Grossman has long been friends with many" of the players and people on the staff of the Suns," said Chuck Winner, a consultant to Grossman. "This certainly was done with the agreement of those people who will be there from the Phoenix Suns." Winner said that Grossman made all the arrangement for the fund raising drive. He as no! able lo say whether Suns management was involved in the drive. lorry Colangclo, Suns manager, could not be reached for comment because he was at the Sun-San Francisco Warriors basketball game in San Diego.

Fannin urged the people of Arizona to continue their support of the Suns and Colangelo. "The players are not responsible for Republic photo by John Willard i vt wj if irTMi i KKVv v'v" A Xw Vv Gov. Williams introduced himself yesterday to Mrs. Mel Ames, 20, while the governor campaigned on downtown Tucson streets..