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Show DESERET Israeli Defenses Crimp Egyptian Batov Push' By LEO HE II, I AN Copley News Service quickly bered. outgunned ccts. There were rumors of an economic crisis. outnum- Western military attaches estimate the Egyptian order of battle along the canal at 100,000 troops, 1,000 guns and 800 tanks, plus another 50.000 troops, 500 EL KANTARA, SUEZ CANAL ZONE The Israeli army has once again confirmed the military dogma which proclaims that there Is a defense for every tanks and 400 guns in the vicinity Cairo and the Nile Delta. offense. has rendered very unlikely a Egyp-tia- n Batov push by Russian-traine- d forces facing Israeli defenders of the It Meanwhile, the armada of bulldozers moved up to the Suez Canal, and almost before the Russian observers knew what was going on, mountains, pyrwalls of amids and huge earth rose along the eastern bank. The feverish work is still going on. man-mad- r of g The Israelis deployed platoons and companies where the Egyptians kept and divisions along the ditch that was once one of the worlds most important waterways. These factors are what made Israeli officers that served with the Red Army in World War II suspect preparation for a Batov push when the Egyptians opened fire on Oct. 26, 19G8. The push is named for World War II Red Army Gen. Pavel Ivanovich Batov, who first employed it In October 1943 when he was ordered to cross the Dnieper River in Belorussia and break through German defenses on the western bank. Within closely resembled that the Suez Canal. Both along prevailing waterways had, the same width, depth and bank gradients. Then, as now, the Russians had 100,000 troops, 1,000 artil- tanks at their disposlery pieces and al but lacked air superiority. Batov diverted the Germans attention with a feint to hte left, then concentrated his 1,000 guns on the German center. He maintained a withering bombardment for howeight hours, using itzers and heavy mortars to prevent German reinforcements from reaching the breakthrough sector. His divisions crossed the river at right and seized the left bank without encountering serious opposition from the stunned Germans.800 30 . t - of Russian military advisers arrived in 1967 to bolster Egypts defeated army at the Suez Canal, they brought with them operational concepts as well as new ordnance. The Israeli canal contingent was When thousands Batov push. In November-Decembe- YOUR HEALTH r 1968 -- ,1 Ala-mei- n. rocket-launcher- . V( 1 7 O oO "The Israelis countered with a barrage. They destroyed Egypt's vital petroleum installations at Suez . . January I960, there was a sudden short- of tractors, bulldozers, eartiimovers and engineering equipment heavy throughout the Holy Land. Contractors, and in By GORDON ELIOT WHITE Deseret News Can Anything Dissolve Them? operators and skilled peared too. IN WASHINGTON Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON A charwoman at The Interior Department started with two strikes against incoming Secretary Waller J. Hickei because of th efuror and delay over his confirmation, but the slow pace of appointments has aff; tied most of the Cabinet departments. Only George Romney at the Department of has Housing and Urban Development moved in with a full crew and taken the Interior Department last week took down the names of the Johnson Adminis-- t officials r ation from the directory on the main floor. By GEORGE C. THOSTESON, M.D. Dear Dr. Thosteson: Isnt there anything that can dissolve a kidney stone? Here I am with a stone about one-hainch. One doctor says,' Operation, and another says, Wait H you can endure the pain. And so on. K.W. Reading from an o f ficial Interior order, she put up the names of Mit- lf Answer: Pain from a kidney stone can be one of the worst that man endures, and I understand your hope for something that will dissojve it. There have been attempts at this, but with rather indifferent success. This has been by irrigating the ureter (where the stone is trapped) with a dilute acid solution, introduced by a tiny tube inserted from below. This is a tedious process at best. As to taking something by mouth to dissolve the stone no, not for a solidly formed stone such as you have. Therefore, for practical purposes, I have to say dissolving isnt the answer. I can readily, see why your doctors are not in agreement If surgery can be avoided, that's best. But if there is no real promise that you can succeed in passing the stone, then operating sooner reduces the period of suffering. You mention that the stone is about one-hainch, but not whether that is the size of the stone or the distance it has moved into the ureter. I presume it is the latter. Melich chell of Utah as solicitor other and three nominees. Nixon She also took down Mr. White the name of hold- over Bureau of Mines Director OLeary, whose reappointment has been loudly sought by influential congressional find b. fsw RspublicfiH liberals on the hill. Dem-Aora- Some stones, when they have reached a point low in the ureter, can be grasped with instruments and removed or crushed and removed. . Other stones may have made enough progress so there is some basis for anticipating when they wall pass. The movement can be gauged by taken at intervals. At the same time, some stones can become so tightly fixed as to impede the flow of urine, the causing damage to the kidneys (hydronephrosis). The physiciaq must be on guard against this and watch also for any sign of infection. These considerations have to be weighed along with the amount of pain you are having. ' By keeping the (trine more acid or more alkaline, depending on the type of stone (assuming that a previously passed stone has been analyzed), formation of new stones may be retarded or back-pressu- d. the wait bal- you. d I cant, therefore, give you any answer of yes or no in your case, it I hope you now have some better ea of the thoughts in your doctors bids. And you can be sure that they ill not let you suffer indefinitely, but ily as long as they feel there Is some lance of passing the stone without an off-in- ts The next day she was back, busily removing Melichs name and the other nominees who still had not received Senate confirmation. O'Learys name went back on the board, although the other top jobs were left unidentified. It is not clear whether OLeary is out or in, but reporting appointments by the Nixon Administration is beginning to resemble the way foreign journalists covered the upheavals in Red China last year by watching wall posters in Peking. disap-ag- e The government issued orders freez- ing all civilian and public building proj- - charge. The obvious comparison now is with the fast takeover by the Kennedys in 1961. Sargent Shriver set up a job clearinghouse here on Dec. 1st then, three weeks after John Kennedys election, and the Kennedy family, including Stephen Smith, Robert Kennedy, and the Irish Mafia, began a ruthless selection process that worked so rapidly that undersecretaries were often chosen before tt?i? bosses were named. P r e sident-elehowever, Nixon, sought a wide list of potential appointees and sent out 10,000 letters to influential citizens, asking their suggestions. As a sectio of the new result, the administration bogged down in applications. ments and has led to additional intrigue in the corridors of power. Ival Goslin of Utah has been in and out of the running for an assistant secretarys job three times, with the backing of Sen. Gordon Sen. Allott may have finalAllott, ly scotched Goslins chances with a bitter attack on Lower Colorado budget figures that left out five Colorado projects. Among other oddities in the appointment area, Robert Rand, a California Republican, was bumped off the Federal Home Loan Bank Board last week to make way for Preston Martin, another California Republican, who has been Gov. Reagan's savings and loan commissioner. Martin last year angered Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee which oversees the FHLBB. The Californian supported a proposal to have the Federal Reserve Board pump money into savings and loan corporations during times of tight money, a suggestion that iuaJiicSS. Bcimcit bciicVcS is clieap-iiiuiieIt would have been unwise for Nixon to have acted with the rapidity of Kennedy, and almost impossible if he had wanted to. The close-knKennedy clan was able to move in a way no other group of politicians could operate, partly because of their family bonds. Also, the Kennedys were based in Washington, while Mr. Nixon stayed in New York until the inauguration. He removed himself from the seat of power until it was too late to take over at once in full y it Large numbers of potential appointees were left after initial screening, and they enlisted members of Congress in pressure campaigns for themselves. This clogged the usual paths of top appoint- - strength. Dickson Symphony Given Premiere MUSICAL WHIRL By HAROLD LUNDSTROM Deseret News Music Editor The comMUSICIAN OF NOTES posing of a symphony is or.e prodigious task, but getting it performed is virtually a double gious ment. prodi- accomplish- Richard Dick-- a member ot the Utah Symphony Orchestra for the past 16 years, composed a symphony as one of the requirements for his Ph.D. Dickson degree at the Uniwho versity of Utah. And now Richard, titled his work, Classic Symphony, has by the Lafayette had it performed Indiana. in Orchestra Symphony The performance was conducted by Renato Pacini, associate conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. The program notes report: Richard Dickson, composer of the Classic Symphony, has been a violinist of the Utah Symphony Orchestra for the past 16 years. He studied with Dr. Leroy Robertson, Ned Rotem, John Montaine, and Aiexl Haieff. During his tenure with the Utah Symphony, he has performed witli many of the worlds greatest musicians. The Classic Symphony is his first symphonic work and was composed in of work leading toiuT i ia 1 fulfillment ward his Ph.D. in composition at the University of Utah. He approaches composition, he says, as a practicing musician, and not as an academician and theoretician. In his review of the concert given in the Sunnyside Auditorium in Lafayette, Frank Arganbright, music writer of the Lafayette Times, wrote concerning the performance of Mr. Dickson's sympho- ny: The local musicians scored very well on a first performance of Richard Dickson's 'Classic Symphony, the Symphony isnt far out in left field as most modern works always seem to be. It is a very difficult work, but the orchestra came through with flying colors. There vas some very good flute work as well as excellent work from the woodwinds, horns, and violins. Some of the horns had some difficulty, however. The form of the four movements adheres to classic or neoclassic traditions. There is also quite a bit of rhythm to the music. The third movement has drive and energy with some difficult work for woodwinds and strings. The chorale for brass in the triumphant final movement is excellently written, but it gave the musicians a bit of trouble at times. The opening movement of Dr. Dicksons Classic Symphony is in sonata form and opens with an extended introduction which creates an air of expectancy. The fourth movement is also in sonata form, and a brilliant coda, featuring a chorale for brass, brings the symphony to a triumphant conclusion. APPOGGIATURAS It was reported here yesterday that Mrs. Alpha Bolton, president of the Western Division of the National Music Teachers Association (NMTA), is attending the national convention in Cincinnati. Today we received word that Lucille B. Swenson, president of the UMTA, and Beulah Ford, past president, are also in attendance. by Brickman the small society In the unlikely event of Egyptian attack across the canal, the odds are they will never get halfway across. said Maj. Sven Johansson, a Swedish United Nations observer. The Russian shells will just dig up sand, but the Israeli artillery will blast them out of the water. MERRY-GO-ROUN- D THE Dear Dr. Thosteson: Is removal of a bunion painful? I was told a person is not put to sleep, that only the foot is numbed. Mrs. B.R. ' , Answer: Yes, bunion removal is painful although having a bunion and not doing anything about it can be painful, too. In my experience, patients feel the discomfort of the- operation is worth it. once the foot has healed. An untreated bunion can be misery, and it just keeps on and on. It cant cure itself. Usually, the patient is Vput to sleep, that is, a general anesthesia is used. Nixon 'Error': Emphasis On Europe By JACK ANDERSON TAPaYe FEAfrS THAT WILL Let N3 L0M6E6 confess - HIM HE JUST pown- wore. y THEY'LL Let HiM UP- f 1n- To Start That Ark - By 11ARRY JONES The Department of the Interior 'lias just released a few figures on water use-- . that might lie of some interest . People of the U.S. use an average ot 310 billion . . . that is billion . . . gallons of water each day. It includes public supplies, industrial and irrigation use. ; And with a lot of hippies bringing the av- erage down, it still works out to 1,690 gallons per person a day. But even so, the supply is far ahead of the demand in the form of snow high-up in our Wasatch Mountains. . You are going .. to get a lot of free,'' ! , , water whether you ; ; cSv want it or not . . ; 0(1 your lawn k ' in your garage 2 ! basement! you don't; ' ... , 7r think the danger! of flood Is great. the members Mr. Jones ' the Salt Lake Flood Control as group speak of the Spring run-osock it to me time! ff And if you are thinking of building an ark, a cubit is 18 inches long. Probably the most eligible bachelor iit ' all of our beautiful Valley of Salt is Peto I Ilaun. Pete is a former star football , player from up on Indian Hill. Pete js tall, blond and handsome at 32. He works in the Federal Court as a probation offi-- " cial. He has girl friends by the dozen, but 1 it is the men who keep popping the ques-- , tion . . . When are you going to get married? It used to bother him, but not any- - r more. He has found a good answer. ; Im going to get married when I get ; back from Australia, he tells them. X Oh, are you going to Australia? they always ask. Nope, says Pete and then walki. , ; away. WASHINGTON Chief tragedy rethe Paris garding peace talks and the recent bombing of Saigon is that President Nixon may have missed the boat regarding an early peace in Southeast Asia. Both career diplomats and Pentagon strategists who have no ax to grind concerning Democratic or Republican politics feel that Nixon has been too cautious, too bogged down with paperwork, too slow to move and too much concerned with Eu- rope rather thwn the theater cf war where an average of 200 American boys have been killed every week, with the number rising to 453 in the past week. As a result, he has ignored for seven weeks the opportunity to carry on private talks with the North Vietnamese in Paris. Cyrus Vance, the former under secretary of defense who served as No. 2 negotiator with Ambassador Averell Harri-ma- n in Paris, has recently returned to Washington and has given senators important inside information regarding Vance had remained in Paris at the request of President Nixon in order to help the peace talks get off to a good start under the new administration. Vance is a New York lawyer and nonpolitical government official, who, after he retired from the Pentagon, came back to serve in various emergency crises, including the Detroit race riots. In Paris, despite an ailing back, Vance slept in his office during one crucial period last October, because of the time difference, in order to be on the telephone with Washington during the early morning hours from 3 a.m. on which was about the time the State Department got busy with Vietnam problems. Some of the Never Wash tribe were whooping it up over at the Federal Build-- . ing the other day. The hippies were , signs. They carrying a few were there to protest the sentencing of some soldiers at the Presidio in San Francisco . . . anything to attract a little attention. . Anyway, a couple of the Navy boys from the recruiting office nearby walked by the demonstration. One turned to the ; We ought to scrub the whole other. program, he said. .. . Ot the Disabled Veitti-George an's office over in the same building said the hippies filled him with righteous indignation. That's getting mad without cussing, he explained. Ccy , Did you see in last Tuesdays News , ; that the cost of dying is up 12.3 per cent ' since 1963? I tried to tell you guys a long-- ' time ago about the plan. A long haired beauty was walking -down the hallway of South Davis Junior High the other day. And Principal E.. LaMar Parkin called the student over.-- . I dont want you ever to dress like that again. Tomorrow you wear a dress . or dont bother to come to school, said;' LaMar with some authority in his voice. ! But the student protested . . . Im a ' boy! - . . ' The Girl Scouts are going to be o.ut this week selling cookies And please do buy some. Last year, the gals said, there were more wise crackers than smart cookies answering their knocks. door-to-doo- r. Wit's End The new shoulder safety belts may be but have you ridden uncomfortable a stretcher lately? ... Vance pays tribute to Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Harrimans succes- sor, as an able, dedicated diplomat He has reported that, though Lodge has been a hawk in the past, and a close friend of the military leaders of South Vietnam, this may make him a more effective negotiator. Lodge is being very careful to be nonpartisan, neither a hawk nor a dove, arid is anxious to carry out instructions from Washington right down the BIG TALK fVXV-K''- ' line. It had been agreed last November between the North Vietnamese and the United States negotiating team of Harri-ma- n and Vance that this was the most fruitful way to proceed. Some progress was made in December by private talks on the controversial type of table to be used in Paris. Since that time, however, there have been no private talks and no progress whatsoever, for two reasons: icration. - workers The new string of fortifications, erected in record time, is known as the Gav-is- h Line, in honor of Gen. Yrshayahu Gavish, the commander of Israeli forces in Negev and Sinai, whose brainchild it was. Vietnam. lf A- ', Sir'.... Playing Appointments 'Game Kidney Stones: About Time e artillery lmbardment. Batovs push has lost Its sting and tire Israelis have regained the strategic initiative without firing a shot. Thanks to the asphalt roads running along the earthworks, troops can now be moved quickly from one sector to another, without being observed from the other bank. This also provides countless possibilities for surprise and deception. As to firepower, tanks and guns can move from site to site, covered by W impregnable walls, to create an impression of great artillery concentrations. Above all, tire Russians and the Egyptians pa the other side can r.ow see nothing except for a few Israeli sentries on top of the pryamids. 1969 12, OUR MAN JONES Massive dikes with zigzagging canyons and deep revetments in between make the Israelis immune to aerial and minutes, 1,000 Egyptian artillery pieces poured over 15,000 shells into the clearly visible side of the canal held by the Jews. , United Nations observers called it the heaviest concentration of fire in Africa since the World War II battle of El Israeli casualties were not excessive 16 dead and about 20 wounded. The Israelis countered with a barrage of tank and battery guns. They destroyed Egypts vital petroleum installations at Suez, devastated harbor facilities at the Port of Ibrahim and razed entire quarters at Ismailia and Kantara West. But top Israeli commanders realized that this was no ordinary artillery duel. The Russians would like to secure both sides of the canal to reopen the waterway to their warships en route to the Red Sea, Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. The Israelis did not wait for confirmation of their suspicions of an impending The situation Wednesday, March hard-packe- d bri-gad- es Suez Canal. But once a stone lias formed, question of whether to operate or to and hope depends on some careful ancing of the factors Ive outlined to as well as A19 NEWS, K t i5-- 1. The South Vietnamese were stalling until Jan. 20 when their friend, Richard Nixon, hitherto a hawk, would become y- , .In. . ' Ok , K .y President. 2. Since Jan. 20, Ambassador Lodge has had no instructions from the new President to proceed with private talks. Meanwhile, American career diplomats point out that the North Vietnamese are probably escalating the war in order to demonstrate their strength to a new and hawkish President who has not accepted their willingness to talk privatel- j "Most city dwellers have nothing, to fear from air pollution as long as they don't inhale!" From pltofoj taken ey Lionel V. McNeeiy lor Utt Deseret News' popular daily Sabv Birthday leatqrt.,' Illll iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiuiniiiit |