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ARCHIVES 1 PU2LIC RECORDS DIV,

3110 FLOCR, SFATE CAPITOL
PslOENU, AZ. 85007

Stolen Bank Truck

Found Abandoned iocaled *fK) ttut tt via* carrying about
MUM AM |j«b.w* *h«j i! Je« f'towix Tuesday, but.
dtcliwd (uittM-i comment, saying the mat-
Uf * a* under un es! igation
disappeared while en route lo
«***•*» in central and northern
It* !( »as to have mad? lU first stop at «
tftr Hritern Hank branch in Prescott
a* I . about *ut miles. wutb of Prescott, of-
of *»td Bank officials notified UK ar-
tar company about 1 p m . that the
MS Mr 4|MM*0 4fMB It* truck bad failed ti> arrive
Miu-heli t«id the two employes In the
ftar *fe**< MM W* **>» truck »*rt Cecil Newkirk, S3, and Russell
*.«* , tt, both at Phoenix He said both
IB at* MMf* ** Arita'1 ***** < were Jrurfed employes who had been
* ilfc UK- company more than 20 years each.
Mttcbtii i-id the truck was. to have stop-
**** ped »i wveral banks in the Pretcott and
WK* »** flagstaff area* before returning to Phoenix.

Dutch Appeal ignored;

You Gof /r, Joe.'
Death Deadline Passes sti (e>chcf > m ih« school Seven other ter-
GRADUATING SENIOR Joseph Eddings is congratulated following corn-
men cement ceremonies for Casa Grande Union High School's Class of 197?
Tuesday night at Cougar Stadium. With 316 graduating, it was the largest
senior class in the school's history. See more photos on page 12.
(Staff Photo by H. Darr Beiser)
MM*. -T«* Jkritwrtwws* <*§** - CtfU**
HiTUt*. one ineiieved to be a woman, were
*»i«toi at le**t iS hostages on a hijacked
trmiB stopped in the middle of open
p«atur«ijind It) mUes north of here
few \ Earlier toda> the Asian militants spoke
with ketuor Dutch officials by leiephone for

(ASA GRANDE
PATCH
ftt*tan******* ft* a* * f> *> an hour, Kjet'ted a government appeal for
rcieafee ol ^he children and repeated their
u. t>* thre*i (6 stool hostage*
The gUMWfi. members of an immigrant
****** coftrouflil) from the former Dutch colony of Final County's
§**»*« **•«•*> att*«. the South Molucran Islands, now part of In
dooesu were demanding release o(21 jailed Doily Newspaper
countrymen and a jumbo }»t flight, with
boatagek from Amsterdam to an undisclos- 15' Per Copy
CASA GRANDE, ARIZONA 85222 WEDNESDAY. MAY 25. 1977 VOL.LXII1 NO. 123
ed destination

WJof Light to Be Early Victim of Energy Program Deadline Extended

««**»» «t t*rt*
»tU lot one of the
for the
mg the cook of the drudgery of striking a match.
Now matches are cheaper, or an electric spark.
But the pilot light remains a symbol of the carelessly sinful
'energy hog" ye*r» that led to the complications - political
aod technical - which now confront us. -
*tta»*. iw* innrti g»nar> h*»* ttwiiad over UK past When the pilot light was born, natural gas was the cheapest,
cleanest fuel in the world. It sold for only a few pennies per
mnnpg» imtr Mjirtt Imra J» t»W ya cert <rf the fa* thousand cubic feet. It was considered so worthless oil men
toj'lfc* tirartji MrtM* rmy tr nUirrr frr rr"f tore their hair when drillers hit gas instead of crude.
Drillers often simply set fire to gas whistling up the hole and
moved on to drill elsewhere, leaving behind a pillar of flame.
Sometimes it burned for years. Oil men called them Hares.
"At night, you could almost cross south Louisiana under
near daylight from the light of those flares." recalled former
Gov. Sam Jones of Lake Charles.
Some flaring still exists. In oil-rich Saudi Arabia, an
estimated eight billion cubic feet a year has been going up in
flares but the government is trying to get a belter grip on
things,
A man before his time, Jones lost a 1940s political fight to
On Drought Loans
By PETER F.JOHNSON
Staff Writer
The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Farmers Home Ad-
ministration has extended the deadlines for eligible
farmers throughout the state to apply for emergency
loans to cover physical and production losses caused by
drought.
The deadlines for loans to cover physical losses has

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Las Vegas conserve Louisiana's gas resources. In those days an industry
could swing a long-term contract for gas at about six cents per
been extended through June 17 and the cutoff for loans to
cover production losses has been extended through Jan.
1,000 cubic feet, a unit of measure known in the business as an See Deadline, Page 7
mcf.
Kidnapers Nobody buys gas for a few pennies any more.
The Department of Labor says that, after a series of price
rises over a six month span, gas cost the average householder
3.6 Per Cent Rate Hike
about$2J5permcfasonastMarch.
the
The Federa, power commission _ FPC - let the price at
wellhead, where gas goes into a pipeline, move up from 52
At Hoemako Approved
LAS VEGAS <AP) - Extor-
tionists who threatened to kill . cents per mcf to $1.42 last October. It is now up to $1.45.
That's for Interstate gas, which is under FPC control.
Hoemako Hospital's request for an overall 3.6 per cent
a bank executive and his wife rate increase effective July 1 was approved Tuesday by a
by injecting them with a Uncontrolled intrastate gas sells for up to $2,25 an mcf.
Suddenly, waste is not nice, it is expensive. Worst of all, the
Central Arizona Health Systems Agency (CAHSA) rate
lethal drug have escaped with review:c6mrnittee.
a (1.2 million ransom, the FBI supply of gas seems limited.
However, when President Carter outlined to Congress his
The hospital requested the increase, which will affect
says. nursery,"surgery, intensive care, labor and delivery, and
Jack Keith, special agent in program tothe conserve natural gas, it gave a lot of gas company physical therapy costs, because present pricing in
charge of the FBI office here, executives sour burps, departments in which increases are being requested "do
said Tuesday that Reno N. going to have totone
"The over-all of his policy toward gas is that we are
shrink its market." complained George H.
not meet financial requirements," according to a CAHSA
Fruzza and his wife, Polly, Lawrence, president staff analysis presented to the review committee.
were taken hostage early of the American Gas Association - AGA Hospital revenue is expected to increase significantly,
Monday evening In their -In Washington. the analysis said, but only a sjnall percentage of the in-
fashionable home In the and"We are going to be lobbying Congress for some changes
we are going to have lots of allies," he said. ^Industry,
crease is due to prices; the majority js due to an increase
suburb of Rancho Circle. in patient volume.
Fruzza is a vice president of finance, even environmentalists will be on our side " Hoemako Hospital is a non-profit general institution,
the First National Bank of The carrot and stick program envisioned by President the policy of which is to cover all operating expenses and
Nevada, the state's largest, Carter would spur the search for new gas fields by fixing the debts, provide $50,000 yearly for the purchase and
and is manager of the bank's wellhead price for all "new" gas, interstate or intrastate, to replacement of equipment, and have each department
downtown Las Vegas office. $1.75 per mcf. function at a profit, the analysis said.
At least two men were in- Expensive new gas would be allocated to industrial use to The facility's last rate increase was in December when
volved in the scheme, in- keep commercial and residential rates from going much hospital rates increased 19.8 per cent and long-term care
vestigators said. higher. rates increased 17. L per cent.
Fruzza went to- bis bank About 30 per cent of the nation's energy comes from gas. To
more than two hours before reduce demand, big industries that burn gas to run their
regular business hours and boilers would be pushed to switch tocoal. •
filled two satchels with cash Using gas to fire steam boilers is considered great waste. Promotion Exercises
from the safe. Before leaving The Federal Energy Administration has directed 32 power
the office, he told employes of plants to switch to coal; 31 others have been advised they, too.
his plight and they called the are on the list.
FBI. Other big industries expect such notices soon.
Tonight at Junior High
Fruzza left the bank alone, • Worriers among gas'eitecutives wonder if they won't wind
but FBI agents managed to up with a million miles of underground pipeline and distribu- Casa Grande Junior High School will hold eighth grade
trail him for a short time and tion mains without enough customers. promotion exercises at 8 tonight in the Casa Grande
saw him stop at several Their counterattack: shortages are due to price control.- Union High School Cougar Stadium, 10th Street at Casa
telephone booths, apparently Free prices on a free market would bring gasa'plenty Grande Avenue.
to get further instructions But President Carter's chief energy adviser. James R Seven students will be honored for outstanding"
from (he kidnapers, Keith Schlesinger, said recently that some gas. producers privately academic achievement. They are Isabel Estrada, Betsy
said. say they will make a lot of money under the administration's Guinn. Maria Harasha. Terri Holmes, Tami Livermon.
However, the agents lost new pricing plan. He said that representatives of unnamed RiehardSherman and Billy Wong
Fruzza in traffic, and he later companies favored a cap of prices rather than deregulation to There will be 403 students receiving eighth grade cer
switched.cars and drove to save them the embarrassment of a sharp run up in prices, tificates.
Pahrump, a small desert But David H. Foster, vice president of the Natural Gas The Wildcat Band, under the direction of Les Whipple.
community about 45 miles Supply Committee, took issue with Schlesinger's statements and the Combined Chorus.-tindcr the direction of Robert
west of here. and said that natural gas prices must be deregulated to give Strader, will perform.
Keith said that Fruzza told the industry an Incentive to discover and produce more gas The public is invited to attend, Principal Allen R
Investigators he was ordered What are the chances of Carter's plan passing Congress'' Its' Church said.
to drive to a lodge in fate seems linked with Carter Icgistaion on oil prices, pro
Pahrump, leave the money in bably the second most controversial part of the Carter
the back seat of the car, and package after his gasoline tax
go inside the lodge to await a Opposition comes mainly from the congressmen from the
phone call telling him where oil arid gas-producing states They don't like the plan's
his wife was held reliance on continued controls They and the Republican
Vacation Time Near
Keith said the kidnapers ap- minority are expected to launch a major assault on both
parently took the money from pieces of legislation.
the car and fled in a light In the end it seems certain that Congress witl .tllou some For Area Students
plane from an airstrip near price rises on both oil and natural gas. with the I Vmocr.iI it-
the lodge. The plane was later leadership vowing to fight hard for the Carter approach Summer vacation is comins for area students, as
spotted at the North Las How much gas is there is t'mted Stales fields' 1 There is school districts prepare to close
Vegas airport. . dispute between blue sky optimists and hardnoses Casa Grande Elementary and Union High School,
Mrs. Fruzza was later Lawrence is among the optimists Processes tor com ertmg Districts, Stanfield, Toltec, Maricopa and Sacaton
found handcuffed to a bed at coal into gas are being perfected, he said
He Got Hold of a Live One the Showboat Hotel, after the He also estimated there is "between KM ;md i.aw trillion
districts will all recess after classes Thursday
Coolidge Schools will close after Wednesday classes
vlrt-rt «,riiriinK n)M<l'v into Ihr air until Ihc FBI received an anonymous cubic feet of recoverable gas underground This guarantees .iiid Santa Crti7 Valley Union High School and Kloy
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Illrin^ii vrl/ill ll Hi »,lv mil ill|utcd I'lliild call between 40 and 60 years 'of additional Mipplj from domestic Klementary districts recess Friday Florence Schools
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(u()\nttK In T""i Kflli of Ihr Men ur\ Neither^f the Fruzzas were sources alone " . \\i\\ iiKoi'lpsiMuth Fndnv classes
|»** ***** in injured during the ordeal. Furthermore, said Lawrence-. l,20tMri)lioncuhic feet of u.iv
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Keith said