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Show WATER FIGHT STILL RAGES Arizona and CaliXbrnia Still at Odds On Colorado River Problem PK.WElt, Colo.. A up. 24 (CD-While (CD-While representatives of the upper basin stales nltendim; the Colorado river conference here looked on. Arizona and California today continued con-tinued their private flht over how I much water they will receive. Utah. Wyoming, Colorado ami New .Mexico nro satisfied with tlie terms (pf ji previous compact allocating allo-cating water from Ihe river. Nevada's Ne-vada's demands can lie met ensilv. Only i 'a lifornia a nd Arizona remain re-main dissatisfied. Since the coiifc- ; ence opened Monday represent a -lives of the two slate have taken up most of Ihe lime on the floor, :-ach side explaining why it need more water Hum the other thinks It :loe.i. "Hands OIT Policy After a near impasse was rende'd bet ween t hem yesterday when Arizona Ari-zona finally reject '-d California's proposals', ropres'enl n't lvls of t he four upper basin stales niel in xecnlive session last nitibl and de-bled de-bled to adopt a "hands off" policy. It was derided further (hut II). upper slates would make no effort to adjourn I he present con fen 'ii'"1 until such time as the lower ha-dn it a tes feel satisfied with the remits. re-mits. La?-- night's nie"tinj;. held behind losei doors, wits n 1 1" tided by experts ex-perts from each state mid (Jovin-irs (Jovin-irs I tern. Ctah: Dillon, New Mexico; Mexi-co; Kmerson, Wyoming, ami Adani. Colorado. After the session most of them said they were still optimistic ovc the ultimate success of the conference |