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Show Pcgo4 Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1976 V V V 4I ...rrS STILL OUT THERE 1NTKK NATIONAL Doha. Qatar Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Likud opposition asked for a no-condifence vote parliament. After Rabin fired Welfare Minister Zevulun Hammer; Interior Minister Yosef Burg and Religion Minister Yitzhak Raphael, all members of the National Religious party, the main coalition partner of Rabin s Labor party; tne , rignt-wing M Rflqjesr. , (Breaks in. have refused to abide by a two-stage, 15 percent oil price increase adopted, by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Despite a vote by the 11 other OPEC nations, the two dissidents say they will raise prices only five percent. Saudi Arabia's production accounts for 30 percent of OPEC's petroleum output and it has said it will hike oil exports to dilute the effect of the 15 percent price boost. . V Iraqi Oil Minister Tayeh Abdul-Karim accused Saudi Arabia of. attempting to "render the oil weapon ineffective" against Western governments and of trying to make OPEC "succumb to pressures from the oil monopolies and imperialist forces by perpetuating a price freeze." OPEC members claim the substantial price increase is needed to offset the effects of inflation on their purchasing power. ;: 1 ; Geneva Dissident author Vladimir Bukovsky of the Soviet Union was traded Saturday for Luis Corvalan, the Chilean Communist Party leader who had been held prisoner by that country's military government. The dramatic exchange took place at the Zurich airport. Accompanied by his mother, sister arid nephew, Bukovsky told reporters,"I am glad to be released." The author's denunciations of the Soviet: government as repressive Caused him to spend 11 years in labor camps, prisons and mental hospitals. Corvalan was imprisoned in 1973 when the military government of Gen. Augusto Pinochet Uagarte toppled President Salvador Allende. . Paris A jeweled sword made for King Charles X in 1824 was stolen Thursday morning from Paris' Louvre museum. . - The sword, which has 30 diamonds imbedded in its hilt,' was taken by three masked burglars who pistol-whipped two guards and escaped just before an alarm summoned police. A spokesman for the museum said the sword was not insured and that its value has never been determined. , ' London ,In anJsteifjpt j& iiBTin worst economic crisis in almost half a century, the Labor government Wednesday reduced public spending by $4.2 billion over a two-year period and raised taxes on tobacco and alcohol. The spending cuts will be aimed mainly at national defense, education, food prices, foreign aid, public housing, road construction and civil services. ' ; , Higher taxes on tobacco and alochol will not be enacted until January 1, following the Christmas holidays. Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey said the economic package, his third this year, would "ensure that the 1980's offer us the prospect of an economy fully restored to balance, with high levels of output, employment and real wages and an industry which is vigorous, expanding and profitable' ' " ' : . 1 - Healey's latest proposals were greeted in the House of Commons with shouts of "Resign, resign" from Conservatives and leftist Laborites. Madrid " Spanish citizens Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to start down the road toward representative government. Almost 95 percent of those voting endorsed the post-Franco monarchy's proposal to end four-decades four-decades of dictatorship in a heavy but peaceful referendum turnout. It was Spain's first national referendum in 10 years. Franco's successor King Juan Carlos and Premier Adolfo Suarez were the prime architects of the reform move designed to bring parliamentary democracy to Spain. Jerusalem Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin dismissed three of his cabinet ministers Sunday, causing him to loose his majority in The no-confidence vote was scheduled for last Tuesday and the NRP indicated it would support it when it came up for debate. - ; . y piv The three NRP cabinet ministers were dismissed after two of them abstained on a vote of confidence last week. NATIONAL 'Plains, Ga. President-elect Jimmy 7 Carter Saturday named Idaho Gov, Cecil Andrus as his Interior Secretary. . - , Andrus, . a 45-year-old Democrat, is a strong conservationist and environmentalist. The ex-lumberjack is thought to be knowledgeable of Interior department workings since 70 percent of Idaho land is federally controlled. Los Angeles Seven persons were killed and at least 50 injured Friday night when an explosion and fire devastated an 810-foot oil tanker in Los Angeles harbor. The blast occurred aboard the Liberian-registered Sansinena after 512,000 barrels of crude oil had been unloaded id the tanker was refueling and' being loaded wnh a cargo of fuel destined for Indonesia. Vince Perri, w ho was passing the harbor when the? ship exploded, s.inl. "I thought it was an A-bomb thought it was all over, I swear. I thought it was the war.". ; Fire officials speculated that the blast was caused by cargo hold fumes ignited by a spark. ' ; V Park City Police Chief Garth Wilkinson reported Monday that "nothing new" has developed in the Bonnie Ryan murder case. ' Calling the investigation a "slow process," Wilkinson said, "It will probably take one good break to get us started in the right direction. In the meantime, there are a -hundred leads to follow." . : The chief added, however, that there are "two or three" leads that seem more promising promis-ing than the others. ' :. Mrs. Ryan, a 23-year-old expectant mother and Park City resident, was found shot to death in the back seat of ; her car on December 8 . The car was parked in a Granger, . Utah shopping mall. Mrs. Ryan left Park City the morning of December 7 to go Christmas shopping in the Salt Lake City area and was reported missing by her husband when she failed to return that night. . ' With robbery railed out as a motive, a Park City detective said last week, "This was no ordinary murder. This was an assassination." . . ' Local authorities have been in constant contact with Salt Lake County police and both departments are continuing to question people. Wilkinson said he also has been in touch with police in California who are "running' down things in that area." The police chief said anyone having any information pertaining per-taining ' to the case is encouraged to talk to authorities either in person or, by : telephone, "anonymously "anon-ymously or otherwise." ; Afo-Faro ms Hours Cut The hours of operation for Park City's no-fare transportation system Were reduced Monday at the request of City Manager Wayne Matthews. The abbreviated schedule is a direct result of the no-snow situation which is plaguing all local businessmen. Under an agreement worked out between the city ' and the First Park Transportation Company, the,, no-fare bus will run from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from,-3:30 from,-3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Records kept by the company., show that these have been the hours of peak usage since the bus service began a month ago. i ;. In conjunciton with the reduction in service, First" Park ; asked that it be allowed to discontinue its, "Dial . A Ride" service until "things pick up."? Matthews said this was acceptable to the city, J The city manager observed, "This will help usJ tremendously." By curtailing the no-fare hours, it is expected tha( local merchants, who are financing the system along with the city, will realize ! a 60 percent reduction in cost. The first of five payments tp Firsf Park has already been made and Matthews said last week's agreement should mean there will be "no problem in meeting the January payment." ! 31 S Hcrikfay ' Ranch Aeros rBougM by Part; Meadows Group The Park Meadows Devel-' Devel-' opment Company has entered enter-ed into an agreement to purchase 316 acres of .Hoik ..,.. ' x ' ' day Ranch property from - . ' ' I Unionamerica, Inc., realtor - Boston The conviction of Dr. Kenneth C. Edelin , Vic Ayers announced last for the abortion death of a fetus was overturned by . week, the Massachusetts Supreme Court Friday. . This latest purchase brings Edelin (was found guilty of manslaughter on J to 603 acres the total amount February 15, 1975. The prosecution had contended i of Holiday ' Ranch land the the doctor tried to asphyxiate the fetus inside the I controlled by PMDCv In mother and made no effort to save it after deliverv J addition, the PMDC pnnci- The defense had countered that the fetus had.(Uedls'I;Aye,an(!' eveig-thinionyicBbH, tf$ SOprfemeXour iil&toZl JSSSnaiSvQfraii d&ssMZ. actuated by no criminal purpose and committed no wanton or reckless act in carrying out the medical: procedures on Oct. 3, 1973.", v , - Edelin 's 1975 conviction had made many doctors! across the nation hesitant to perform abortions! after the first three months of pregnancy. Dick Smith alsorom the 25 acre Park JGity Racquet 'OCluh? ; Village site but undent an-arrangement an-arrangement separate from the PMDC holdings. According to .Ayers, , the purchase was made "to protect our interests in the area." Prior to - last ; week's announcement, PMDC controlled. 147 acres to be developed as the Park Meadows subdivision, phases one through six. Phase one began construction construc-tion this summer and phases two and three have been approved by the city and are slated for development this; winter and summer. . PMDC also recently entered into an agreement ' with-Unionamerica with-Unionamerica to"buysl40" acres of Holiday Ranch land having a deed restriction allowing it to be developed as golf course only, bringing the total land area controlled by PMDC to 603 acres and the total area controlled by the Smiths and Ayers to 628 acres. ' Consulting engineer Jack Johnson told the Newspaper ' that his firm is currently developing a master plan for the newly acquired property similar to the one formulated for the Park Meadows subdivision. He said he envisions the land as a single family subdivision area. ti y .The original .Holiday RaiuwhidL wasjinaexecl lo. .Slin. till the city inl974, consisted of 918 acres. Of that 171 acres have been sold as Holdiay Kanchettelots, 40 acres were purchased for the new high school site, four acres are being developed for the moderate income housing project, 628 acres have been, purchased by the Smiths and Ayers, approximately 20. acres are' controlled by ' the Royal Street Land Company; and Unionamerica retains Vt acres. . Greater Park City Company originally held the mortgage! on . the Holiday Ranch property but Unionamerica took over the property deefli B spnngX1975iiUi! GPCC's default, along, with other properties such as "the Park Avenue condominiums. Atlanta Concern over a possible cause-effectf relationship between swine flu vaccine and a disease which results in temporary paralysis led federal health officials to, halt the nationwide; immunization program, on Thursday. . . . On Friday, health officials said swine fluf vaccinations would be suspended until the flu shots" are proved absolutely safe of an influenza outbreak! necessitates resumption f Dr. Theodore Cooper of the Department of Health, Educaiton and Welfare told a : Senate health- subcommittee that it could take a month toi determine if the swine flu shots are connected with! the Guillian-Barre syndrome. f Cooper reported that 107 cases of the paralyzing disease have been discovered in 18 states sinceC October and that of these, 5 8 had been vaccinated against swine flu, including all six persons who have died.-. . :; . ; Baltimore A small plane crashed into the upper! stands of Baltimore's Memorial Stadium Sunday! afternooni just minutes after 60,000 football fans hadf departed the Colts-Steelers playoff game. Don Kroner, 33, of Baltimore, was identified as the v pilot of the single engine aircraft and was reported; in fair condition after the crash. t Baltimore Colts officials said the same plane had r buzzed the stadium several times during the days; preceaing tne National Football League contest. BIug Church Now Histteric The "Blue Church" on Park Avenue Thursdav became the first' structure to be designated as an historic building by the city. The City Council unanimously unani-mously endorsed the Plann- U2 r i.-va.r-! y0 1 CUlijmtixir.i i u m 1 1 it uun rnj SALES & SERVICE KERRY W.GREEN C'oatBonHotol 649-9651 v Open Qvsryday 8 o.m.-8 p.m. THE mm SAtflfl .'-. ESTABLISHED 1972 Park City's Finest Dining Beef Seafood Lamb Top of Main Strttt, Park City, Utah OPEN EVERYDAY irvN 6-10 except Clown Day ''X. - x f- my v ' . -rr-7 rv n-7 vl - Fhoto:rrJnr3 ing Commission's recommendation recom-mendation that the designation designa-tion be awarded under provisions of the Land Management Code adopted several months ago. As an historic building, the Blue Church will display an official marker but more importantly to its owners, it is allowed greater residential and commercial usage than a non-historic building in the same historic zone. - Already approved plans call for five lesidential units and two professional offices to be constructed in the building. Normally, only three residential units would be permitted in a building sitting on the same amount of land. The higher utilization given . to historic buildings is designed to make it economically econom-ically feasible to preserve their, architecture while making them functional ' The Blue Church was built in 18)7 to serve as the LDS Meeting House and was rebuilt in 1904 following the great fire in 189 fire. The impressive structure was purchased in the spring of 1976 by Robert J. W Lewis, a developer from the Washington, D.C. area. i As stated by Lewis' partner, architect Roy Rey-1 nolds, who is overseeing the; renovation and will manage? the building, "We saw in the".! 'Blue Church' a potential to3 restore a major landmark of3 historic significance to nearj new condition and give it? new purpose and dignity rather than allowing it t63 remain as a Are hazard and watching it slowly decay and 2 disappear as some of the;; other fine old structures in 3 . . Mi town nave done or doing." -'. T r nJJilinn A lit. 1 aii auuitiuu iv bile rvsturtt?- tion work, ' in the ' spring,! Lewis and Reynolds plan to2 ' provide a landscaped park 3 and walkway from Main Street To Park Ave. between f the Blue Church and the Memorial Building. . 3 City Planner Van Martini said the Council's actions probably marks the first time I in the state of Utah that a H building has been given an historic designation which stimulates restoration by ' making use of the structures 3 possible economically. ' are3 1 IrMMm I ii . D O WREATHS c POINSETTIAS o MISTLETOE LIVE CHRISTMAS TREES ( PARK CITY FLORAL 511 Main 649-9192 IS |