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Show Our Phone Numbers Clearer, Cooler News Tips Home Delivery Variable cloudiness with chance of light snow today and tonight. Cooler tonight clearing Sunday. Highs today 30 to 35 and lows tonight 15 lo 20. DetaiH. weather map on Page B-- li.foinution 524-441.- 0 524-24- 0 524-444- 5 Sports Scores 5 Classified Ads Only Editorial Offices 34 E. 1st South 524-444- S 521-353- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 5. VOL. 372 NO. 176 40 PAGES 10c THE MO U NT A WEST'S N NEWSPAPER FIRST SATURDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1969 f B lutsjj . as iv, 4.4, --V V.J?. f dS nr 4 In n & WASHINGTON -P(APi paid bv elder.v Americans for supplementary Medicare coverage will go up to $5.30 per month next July 1. a 32.5 per cent increase over the current $4 lee. remiums nr: S'' S C " O - t? ei r.T ti v N,vtr J3 'i-- t - ? e a- HM'" September per cent Social Security increase, and : ? j - p ' j? fciMtoafr; fra &&&&& $$' aJL ' m awfedisriStoteSBr A WirepftOO How Do You Like This, East? While the East 10 is digging out of heavy snows, Ray Olsen, Missoula. Mont., mowc his lawn during balmy weather spell in Didn't Play Viet Politics, More Than Two Feet Covers New England A Heavy snow piled up from the North Atlantic Coast to the Great Lakes and the central Appalachians. Travelers warnings vvere in effect for most of the New England area, where sleet la-- h major storm continued to eastern sections of the nation today with heayy snow ram and strong wind- -. . ? THE DECADE Man Soars I Man. technological master of his woihl. comes to the end of a decade at supersonic speed, his sights set well into the Seventies. lie may have been too reckless, but in he Soaring Sixties he made ur.parallelled scientific progress and introduced sweeping changes in his life style. In words and pictures the Deseret News today on Page A 3 concludes its review of the past decade, attempting only to chronicle its memorable highlights. This was no age ior "instant analysis." and freezing rain made highway travel hazardous. Snow depths of more than two feet blanketed portions of New York state and northern New England. Montpelier, Vt., had 39 indies on the ground while Glen Falls. N.Y.. counted 34 inches and Albany. X.Y., 29 inches. The Weather Bureau reported a second storm developing in the Southwest. Snow was falling through the Rockies with locally heavy accumulations in some mountain areas, .''tow also wa occurring across the north and ventral plains to Valley. Roads and hignways were reported treacherous all over the East. snowfall Fridays six-inc- h in New York delays in public transportation but a light commuter turnout prevented serious bottlenecks. New York Mayor John V. Lindsay flew back to the city Friday to oversee snow removal efforts, after directing crews Lorn the Bahamas in the early hours of the storm. Power was being restored today for thousands of Nonli rarolinians left without by a Christmas night ice storm which snapped many power line. The current was turned on Friday in about 5.000 Raleigh homes which were without electricity Christmas night. A spoke-ma- n Extra linemen were si:ll at said the aiding force hit Ras Gliareb, an work in the early hours today Egyptian army post on the to restore power for some 10.000 more customers from Suez Gulf about 115 miles south of Suez City. The gulf at Durham to Spartanburg Catolina North that point is about It miles highway wide. The Israelis hold the patrolrmn and sheriffs uepu-tie- s from Burke County reseastern shore. Israeli planes gave cover cued three carloads of travelers early today after their for the raiders by hitting military objectives in the area, a vehicles became stuck in spokesman said. He added all snow drifts two to three feet planes returned safely. dorp. post-holid- Israeli Commandos - e alightly wounded. More than 19 million Americans are now covered by Medicare, which consists of two parts a voluntary medical insurance program and the government - financed oasic hospital insurance. The voluntary program supplements the basic program by helping pav doctor bills and a variety ot (CPI) - Vue T. Agnew Spiro planned a military briefing with the Commander m Chief of U.S. Pacific forces today beiore leaving for Guam on his 37.000-miltrip to the Far e East. The vice president and his wife, Judy, spent the night at the guest house of Adm. John S. McCain Jr., U.S. Pacific commander, at Makalapa, a Navy installation adjoining Pearl Harbor. The place where Agnew was to stay in Hawaii had been kept rea-oa- s, secret "for according security to a who wish to escalate their personal incomes." Finch, m explaining the $1.29 per month premium booc , said 26 cents of it will go to cover an estimated increase of about 6 per cent in the level of physicians' fees. Cron, in a letter to Fircli, aid: "While you sav you estimate a 6 per cen increase in doctor fees next year, what vou have actually done is creases. invite doctors to raise their Association president fees no less than 6 per cent. Fir.-.Theodore O. Cron said the insaid that about 64 cents of the increase is needcreased premium rate demonstrates that the program is ed "just to finance the "to oe administered as a program at the level of curbenefit primarily for physi rent operations. cians N -- h Raised My Hands . . . And Then They Shot Me Down 1 MINN. Humphrey issued Navy official who would not elaborate. A local security office:' said "the orders came from Washington." Agnew was scheduled to depart for Guam at 1:30 p.m. HST (4:30 p.m. MSI) aboard Air Force Two. Agnew was traveling amid tight security on his journey to the Far East, where he hoped to get a reaction to the in foreign Nixon Doctrine policy. But like the President Agnew w as expected to make an unannounced trip to the Vietnam War Zone to visit U.S. troops. Besides Guam. Agnew will visit the Philippines, Formosa, Thailand, NepaL Afghanistan. Malaysia. Singapore, Bali. Australia and New Zea- sui-viv- ing of North Vietnam if elected. Through a spokesman, Humphrey said Friday I did what I thought was right and responsible at Salt Lake City. I did not play politics with Vietnam during the campaign nor have I played politics with this serious issue since then. that contended Johnson officials Soutn Vietnamese A handsome career soldier from Lawton. Okla., and formerly of Livonia. Mich.. Marshall suffered a broken leg from one of the bullets. He was found the next morning by a road mine sweeping team. concerned enough . . . They decided they would not go to the peace table until after the election, or that they would hold back. "So. for several days there, we had a very difficult posi- $ PS C f AP Wtrepfoo Nixon Reneges, Lawmaker Says BOSTON Richard (CPU D. v T' ture economic and mihtaiv four-foo- the road, Marshall related. They wore South Vietnam- ese army uniforms and a few M16 carried American-made rifles which South Vietnamese troops carry. But most, Marshall said, were armed with the standard enemy AK-4assault rifle. 7 After the initial volley. I was the only one alive," Marshall recalled. The jeep careened off the road into the elephant grass, be said. "They w ere all around me so the only tiling to do was surrender. Obviously, they didn't accept that. After they shot me they were very excited because they thought they got a 'dai Vietnamese word ter yu captain. Thinking I was dead, they unbuttoned my flak jacket took my dog tags, personal effects and watch. All I could do was breathe shallow and hope they didn't discover I was still alive he recalled. Luckiiy, they moved away without looking back." he said. For the next few hours I crawled away from the scene and tried to avoid the enemy w ho were all around with flashlights. When dawn came, Marshall crawled back to the road and waited for help. Rep. McCarthy, Y.. said today Nixon has gone back on his of on ban development Pre-ide- D-- nt waifaie chemical-biologic- (CBV weapons. McCarthy, in a speech beiore a symposium of the Federation of American Scientists, noted that Defense Department spokesmen recentiy announced that toxins were to be excluded from the President's ban. ti President Nixon's since the Nov. 25 announcement is most diretio-gressjo- sturbing," said McCarthy, independence for U.S. friends in the Far East. Agnew arrived at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii late Friday. He was greeted by McCain. Gov. John A. Burns, Honolulu Mayor Frank F. Fasi, Sen. Hiram Fong. and a small crowd of about 50 persons. Todays Thought Loxe an Khe, 15 to 20 Vietnamese suddenly opened fire from the t elephant grass bor Copt. John W. Marshall recalls Viet ambush when he played dead to escape being killed. m Agnevvs stops during the trip will be. for the most part, in countries President Nixon had to pas? by on his Avian trip last summer. He was Interviewed today at Tan Son Nhut airbase as he waited for a medical evacuation flight that will fly him to a military hospital in Japan. Marshall and the others had left Lai Khe, base camp of the 1st Infantry Division, for the artillery firebase where they were stationed, a few miles away. Three miles east of Lai had become tion, and the people did not have much hope of immediate prospects for peace. So I think it hurt us in the election. dering 1 raised SAIGON (AP) my hands to surrender and they shot me down w ithout mercy. Army Capt. John W. Marshall said today of a nightmare ambush he by playing dead on a narrow side road 28 miles north of Saigon. officer lived The 27 year-old to tell the story, but the three men riding with him in a jeep to a Christmas celebration Tuesday were killed by the ambushers. who wore South Vietnamese army uniforms. sta'ement Friday re ferring to remarks by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in an interview to be televised tonight that one comment cost him the few thousand votes needed to put him in the White House. At issue was Humphrey's Sept. 30. 1968. speech at Salt Lake City. Utah. In which he said he would halt the bomb- land. Nixon, explaining the purpose of Agnevv's trip, said the vice president would discuss plans with leaders of the nations he visits. The framework of the discussions will be the "Nixon Doctrine of emphasizing fu- By CHARLES RYAN Wv a Agrtew Stops For Briefing TIONNOLULU the increases in costs to medic, re patients, and the Nixon Administration has ( un tended the premium boo-should have been made betoie it took office. But a consumer health the American Patients Association, said Friday that the premium boo-- t itseif is lnilationarv and contradicts the administratio. 's efforts to hold down price in- a- -d 7 Flu Outbreak Fills London Hospital Beds London hospitals, jammed bv a wave of influenza cases, went on LONDON (AP) emeigencv status todav. the nwM urgent non-fl- u cases will be given beds in the 200 hospital- - m the Ixmdon area. The hospitals dealt with 1S6 emergency flu and bronchitis admissions on Christmas Eve and 107 on Chri.-tmday. "No one can ba-- e an optimise view of the course of the outbreak or tiie-- e figures." a siokesni..n for the London Emergency Bed Service said. "The fact that it was Christmas Day would appear to have more significance than the decrease itself." The service figured only those flu sufferers really needing hospitalization would apply on Christmas Day. Since Dec. 16 hospitals had been on a yellow alert which stopped all but urgent admissions. Todays red warning on full puls the hospitals Only a- President in cut of the hospital. Those enrolled in the supplementary program pav for halt of the cost of their and the government pa vs the rest. The premium increase isn't the only added expense avsait-m- g Medicare patients in the new year. It was announced previously that as of Jan. 1 Medicare beneficiaries will have to pay the first $32 of their own bill for an ordinary hospital stay of up to HO days an increase of SS from the current 544 deductible. The government has blamed escalating medical costs for AMBUSH SURVIVOR'S STORY Former Vice Presi(UPI) dent Hubert H. Humphrey says he difl not play politics with the Vietnam issue during the 1SS8 presidential campaign or since then. elec-trici- Strike Egyptian Post An IsTEL AVIV (AP) raeli commando force supported by aircraft struck an Egyptian army post on the Suez Gulf during the night and returned with four cap-fivEgyptian soldiers, the military command said today The Israelis claimed inflictseveral casualties on ing the Egyptian defenders. They said one Israeli soldier was The supplementary insurance cost the elderly only S3 per month when the program was launched in 1966. HHH Avows the area. MINNEAPOLIS, By The Associated Pre-- s 1970." other medical eteii-- e I , 4j ' ; Nixon last recommended a 3 i-- K Robert H. Finch, sec etaiy of Health. Education and Welfare. announced the increase Friday shortly after President Nixon hinted to newsmen that he would sign the tax reform bill which includes a 15 per cent increase in Social Security payments effective Jan. 1. at that time the President disclosed there would be a substantial jump in the supplementary medicare premium-- hour i the Morning, and you Kill be all day hunting for it. Richard Whatciy emergency basis. The government said 294 persons died of the disease in Britain in the week before Christmas and 52 the week before that. Statistics for tins week have not been announced. U.S. Forces Fight Biggest Viet Battle Since Nov. 13 - SAIGON (AP) l.S. forces fought their biggest single battle in a month and a half today. The American fones siku-teas many as 200 No: ih Vietnamese troops within two nules of the Cambodian border and S3 miles north of Saigon and attacked them wnu jet bombers, armed helicopters. tat.ks and armored pei sonnet carriers. The U.S. Command -- aid aerial observers counted at least 72 North Vietname-- e dead and 40 bunkers sma-lieA spokesman said that at la- -t still was report fighting contineng. The spokesman said there d d. vvere some U.S. but he described them as light. two of potted companies North Vietnamese troops nine mile- - northwest of the capital of Loc Nmh. near Highway 13 which leads from Cambodia into South Vietnam. -- dt-tr- Elsewhere, battlefield indicated onlv light activttv across South Vietnam tallowing the end of the ie Viet Cong cea-e-fi- Fremv troops shelled a town in the Mekong Delta and a South Vietnamese base near the demilitarized zone, communiques said. In one attack, two government soldiers were killed and four were wounded when enemy gunnels fired foui rockets into their camp af Dong Ha. 11 mile below the demilitarized zone. The other attack took plai e My Tho, the principal city in the Mekong Delta. Viet fired rocket Cong troops propelled grenades at government militiamen and pacification workers and wourdeJ some of them, reports -- aid. near -- What little fighting there as Friday took place near Da Nang. U.S. li oops from tie 196th Brigade lost two men killed and 11 wounded in a tight 23 miles south of the city. Two enemy were known dead. four-hor- n Inside The News He said it was tlie biggest American battle involving troops since last Nov. 12 and 13 when U.S. forces SECTION A City. Regional Comics Financial Obituaries Weather Map Action Ads Women's Page SECTION Church News reportd North Vietnamese killing soldiers in heavy fighting ju- -t below the demilitarized zone. Fifteen Americans were killed and 62 wounded then. 178 The spokesman said heli- copter crewmen of the 11th Ai mored Cavalry regiment SECTION bt B 1. 4 2 3 4. 5 5 3 -- C V .14 |