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Show Thursday, March 4, 1976 Sun Chronicle Page 2 Washington - World military spending continues to skyrocket to the tune of almost $300 billion apnyally, according to a study sponsored by private groups concerned with arms control. An increase of almost $30 billion from studv figures gathered in 1974 was attributed to the rapid military growth of developing countries. INTERNATIONAL Former President Richard Nixon Peking San Francisco - The trail of Patty Hearst is continued his tour of China early last week by expected to draw to a close sometime this week chatting, laughing and shaking hands with with a possibility of the case being turned over to crowds as if he was a politician on the campaign the jury as soon as Thursday, according to trail. defense lawyers. While Nixon appeared to be well received by Hearsts attorney, the stylish Boston barrister to continued the Chinese, his controversial visit F. Lee Bailey, told a group of Standford draw barbs from fellow Americans. University Law students on Saturday that his On Wednesday, Sen. Barry M. Goldwater main line of defense was based on the belief that accused Nixon of breaking an American law, by Miss Hearst never became the revolutionary discussing foreign policy as a private citizen, Tania. and suggested the former president could to the Explaining further, Bailey said, If that in fact U.S. a favor by staying in Peking. occurred, we would be trying Tania, not Patty Nixon returned to California on Sunday and . Hearst, and she would be doing just what. Emily refused to make a public statement on his con- Harris told her to do jumping up ana aoWn ana troversial eight-datrip. calling the judge a pig. If I had been confronted with a flaming revolutionary, I probably would San Jose, Costa Rica - Secretary of State have turned the case down. Henry A. Kissinger reassured the Central American nations Tuesday that the U.S. would not permit intervention by Cuban armed forced in their countries. The Sun Chronicle and Clearfield Kissingers concern is reported to stem from are published weekly at Courier his suspicion that the rapid success of Cuban Roy, Utah, 5388 S. 1900 W. Mailing expeditionary forces in Angola might encourage Havana to intervene somewhere in Central address, P.O. Box 207, Roy, Utah America. 84067. Telephone y that the expeditionary force in Angola has won a complete victory, the question arises, what the next Communist move may be in Africa. Now Cuban-Soviet- y There are a variety of choices open. Rhodesia and Southwest Africa are both tempting targets, where a leavening of Cubans, mixed in with local guerrillas, and backed by Soviet heavy weapons, could be especially troublesome. Rhodesia is particularly vulnerable, since Ian Smiths white government has only limited military strength, no outside source of support, and extensive frontiers to try to defend. The situation may quickly turn ugly if the Rhodesian whites do not at last give in and grant majority rule to the blacks. But not to be overlooked are two other trouble areas. One is the former Spanish Sahara, which is being contested by Morocco and Algeria and where a local independence movement, the Polisario Front, may be getting Soviet military support. Then, on the northeast Africian coast, at the entrance to the Red Sea, there is Djibouti, an excellent port still ruled by France in what is now known as the Territory of the Afars and the Issas. This area is coveted by Somalia. Since the Somalis have granted ths Soviets naval and missile bases at Berbera, it is logical that they may call on the Soviets andor Cubans for help in this struggle. Secretary Kissinger is aware, no doubt, of all of these areas in which the confident Soviety-Cuba- n combination may feel free to meddle, having gotten away with it in Angola. Hence his warnings that the U.S. will not tolerate any more adventures. Angola-lik- e The problem is how to make such warnings credible. The rain will presumably come in until someone closes the window. Congress opened the window in Angola, but Ford and Kissinger kept it open by declining to draw any links between relations. So far, Angola and general we see no reason why the Communists should feel intimidated. U.S.-Sovi- et 825-166- 6. NATIONAL . New Hampshire - Although President Ford nipped his Republican challenger Ronald Reagan in the countrys first primary by ob- taining 51 percent of the vote, both candidates climaimed a significant victory in New Hampshire. Reagan, insisting that his close finish was a victory, said, No one has ever done this to an incumbent. Ford analyzed his success by saying, If we win a couple more, and I think we will, well be ready for the finals and I think well win there too. Washington - The Senate passed a bill Wednesday providing seven months of Daylight Saving Time this year and next. However, as a result of inaction in the House, the nation is not expected to observe more than the current six months of DST time this year. Washington All news and photographs for Thursdays paper must be in the news office before Mon- day at 5 p.m. Pictures may be included without charge, either taken in the office or submitted by you. J. Howard Stahle Owner-Publish- M. Glen Adams er Assistant Publisher Advertising Mgr. Editor Managing Editor Sports Editor Typesetter Staff Mrs. Bonnie Stahle Mrs. Pat .Sutter Bonnie Cantwell Keith Duncan Lonnie Reid Peggy Jo Adams Correspondents: Roy LDS Church and Roy Sunset News, Virginia Wursten, News and Sunset LDS Church News, Denise Clearfield Haramon, News, Adams, Marijane 825-664- 6; 825-947- 4; 825-063-8. President Ford announced his - nomination of former Pennsylvania Gov. William W. Scranton to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and reaffirmed a policy of standing up against Americas critics. Scranton is expected to adopt a firm but less flamboyant posture than his predecessor in the U.N., former Ambassador Daniel P. Moynihan. Washington - A House subcommittee issued a contempt of Congress action Wednesday against five federal agents who refused to testify on interception of cable traffic for intelligence purposes. The five, who include three present FBI agents and a former agent, told the committee they had been ordered by Atty. Gen. Edward H. Levi not to testify. Three major drug companies Washington have stopped marketing sequential oral contraceptives as a result of new evidence that they may be harmful to women, the Food and Drug Administration announced on Wednesday. The birth control pills being taken off the n market are Oracon made by and Ortho-NovuCo., SQ by Ortho Pharmaceutical and Norguand by Syntex Laboratories. The sequential pills are used by an estimated 5 to 10 percent of the 10 million American women who take oral contraceptives. Mead-Johnso- m Talking government established that the nations economic future showed months. its strongest gain in six The two factors exerting the strongest upward influence on the composite index in January were stock prices and the volume of orders for new factories and facilities, which are the capital goods which expand job opportunities and foster more efficient production. Atlanta - Influenza hit epidemic proportions in the U.S. last week, claiming a total of 875 lives 3 ay aDove the epidemic threshold the National Center for Disease Control disclosed on Friday. e The heaviest outbreaks of the illness North-easwere reported in the Middle Atlantic, Pacific and Western Mountain regions. flu-lik- t, New York - The Italian Historical Society claimed on Friday that Antonio Meucci, not Alexander Graham Bell, invented the telephone. The Italian society claims that Meucci filed for a patient on the device five years before Bell but was denied because of feeling prevelent at the time. The group warned that perpetuating the Bel? n could endanger fraud and deceit relations. In an effort to avoid any undue confrontation with the Italian society, Americans are urged to pay for their telephone bills with a check made out to Ma Meucci. anti-Italia- n Italo-America- . i 1 When some Qf our representatives in Washington complained about what they alleged td be extravagant spending by the military, they left themselves wide open for counter-attacInterestingly enough, it was Senator Barry Goldwater from Arizona, the man U.S. News and, World Report described as frank on many subjects, who blew the whistle. In a Washington speech Feb. 4, Sentor Goldwater anti-defen- -- se k. f.i THE PONY EXPRESS was organized in 1860 and lasted until telegraphic communication between the East and West was established in 1861. The Pony Express riders changed horses every ten miles as they carried letters between St. Joseph, Mo. and Sacramento, Calif., saving about two weeks over the ordinary means of transportation. In the above illustration, an Express rider gallops past homesteaders and their sod house. said: Some of our rock throwers worry volubly about military commissaries, avoiding the fact that we have heavily subsidized Senate and House restaurants. Some attack post exchanges, conveniently forgetting our own basement stores, which sell at reduced prices. Like the military, we have free haircuts and free towels and even add gratis combs and hairbrushes. We, too, have fine gymnasiums and pools... The Commerce Department Washington on reported Friday the index compiled by the - i i Pictures for display in our offices are framed free of charge... our own side benefits range all the way from free shoeshines and haircuts to ascending amount for travel, greatly increased staff allowances, and political contributions available for special purposes. At the Captiol, legislators have fine medical offices, courtesy of the taxpayers. We have free no medical examinations on a priority basis are included... And free waiting. prescriptions We pay no income tax to the District of Columbia, even if we live within the federal city. And we are allowed a $3,000 tax deduction for living expenses away from our home states. Each Congressman is supplied with a $1,000 set of law books that are his to keep when he leaves office. Our parking garages are magnificent... Up here on the Hill, we have been increasing our staffs and our committees so but rapidly that we long ago ran out of room not money. And we have rooms for cocktail parties and dinner parties for free and help when we want it for free... Summed up, said Mr. Goldwater, we take pretty good care of ourselves. Of course, as Senator Goldwater commented, members of the military should not be above criticism, and any abuses should be exposed and corrected. But when it comes to complaining that the military fringe benefits are exlook whos talking! The antitravagant defense Members of Congress could, and should, start at home. Gam concerned with OSC problem Senator Jake Garn is asking Jack M. Eckerd, administrator of the General Services Administration to perU.S. (R-U- t) sonally look into the heating problem ter of the Internal Revenue Service. at the Ogden Service Cen- I have received a number of phone calls from cold, unhappy employees of the Ogden Service Center complaining about the working conditions, Senator Garn said. For some reason the sensible temperature appears to be much lower than the actual temperature. I have written to Mr. Eckerd urging his immediate attention to the problem. As one of the most outspoken members of the Senate regarding reduced government spending, I am pleased that Federal agencies are consciously making an effort to cut down. Efforts to reduce energy consumption and costs are needed and the energy crisis made us aware that we could function comroom. But it is a false economy when fortably in a workers are wearing gloves to do paperwork and are otherwise so distracted by the temperature that they cannot perform at optimum capacity. This problem should not have been allowed to rise to such proportions as to require help from the Administrator of General Services. The maintenance of satisfactory working conditions should be of utmost concern to any employer and especially to the F ederal government; they are always quick to impose countless standards on private businesses. There is apparently something about the location, construction, or main tenance of the Ogden facility that requires an exception to GSAs temperature regulation. If the problem is difficult to pinpoint or repair, then the temperature 68-degr- ee If the problem is difficult to pinpoint or repair, then the temperature should at least be raised to a minimum comfort level until the situation is cleared up. |