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Show er and dressed s China m cornels Seafe PROVO, UTAH, THURSDAY, APRIL 99TH YEAR, NO. 194 27, 1972 $2.50 PER MONTH - y D Pcaemc ITD 4.- -' PRICE 10 'A. 4 CENTS U.S . foWifhdmw 20,000 re Treops mm Vietnam -if ' - i - II r President Says Bomb Raids to End When Reds Cease Attacks WASHINGTON (UPI ) -DReferring to the peace espite the continued Commu- negotiations which resumed"Wein nist offensive, President Nixon Paris today, Nixon said has decided to pull another are resuming the Paris talks with a firm expectation that 20,000 troops out of Vietnam; but he said the bombing raids productive talks leading to as rapid progress on the north would continue will follow through all available channels." long as the attack persists. That phrase seemed to Nixon, ir. a nationally televised speech Wednesday, also indicate Nixon may have behind indicated he may have secret received some assurance as a result of assurances that Hanoi is now in Moscow ready to negotiate in good faith. Kissinger's meeting The new troop pullout would last weekend, at which time he of bring the U.S. force level to was presumably made aware the North Vietnamese what date -a 49,000 by July by which the administration be- wen: willing to do to get the lieves the Communist invasion talks started again. Nixon said the South Vietnaof South Vietnam will have run its course, according to pres- mese had shown great progress on the battlefield and "we can idential adviser Henry Kissinnow see the day when no more coincides The also date ger. with the rainy season during Americans will be involved at which time Hanoi would have all." But Nixon made it plain he difficulty waging the kind of ground war in which it is now was not going to stop the raids on the North as a condition for involved. resuming the peace talks. es 1- Arbor Day Friday In SALT LAKE CITY It (UH) Proposal Rejected flatly rejected," he said, "the proposal that we stop the bombing of North Vietnam as a condition for returning to the negotiating table. They sold that package to the United States once before, in 1968, and we are not going to buy it again "I have State -- will be Arbor Day and Bird Day Friday in Utah. The state's Arbor Day was set by the 1959 Legislature as the last Friday in April. State Forester Paul Sjoblom said Arbor Day in the United States is 100 years old. He said it was first observed April 10, 1872, in Nebraska as a day devoted to the planting of trees. Blue Spruce trees are planted in Utah on Arbor Day. Bird Day was set recently by a proclamation by Gov. Calvin L. Rampton. V J in 1972." Before Nixon's appearance, the National Peace Action Coalition announced plans for demonstratons Saturday in nearly 20 cities to protest the war and said there would be a nationwide campus strike next week. Referring to that and to similar dissent which has erupted since he resumed bombing Hanoi and Haiphong, Nixon said: "The Communists have failed in their efforts to win over the of South Vietnam people politically. General (Creighton (Continued On Page 2) w" ' WASHINGTON (UPI) G. Kleindienst, President Nixon's nominee to be attorney general, conceded today he probably talked with a White House aide about ITT's antitrust problems but said he could not actually remember the conversation. , He told the Senate Judiciary which will vote Committee, later today on his confirmation, that he assumes the discussion took place as stated by the White House Assistant Peter J. APOLLO 16 and three astronauts float under parachutes to safe landing In Pacific Ocean -R- ichard f iJ Nominee Returns To Stand n WITH HIS WIFE AT HIS SIDE, Sen. Edmund S. Muskle announces that he has withdrawn from the remaining Democratic presidential primaries. However, he kept himself available as a candidate for nomination at the convention In July. In making the announcement today, the Maine senator freed the delegates he has won so far. Available for Nomination ABOARD USS SAIGON (UPI)-No- rth Viet, namese troops attacking in great force closed in on Quang Tri from all sides tonignt and began firing anti - personnel shells that burst in midair and rained shrapnel on the defenders and thousands of refugees who were not allowed to flee the city. Hanoi Radio reported American planes bombing within 35 miles of the North Vietnamese capital and said six planes were and shot down Wednesday today. The U.S. Navy reported the destroyers Gurke and Anderson sank three attacking River Project Expansion Bill Moved Along I II K WASHINGTON (UPI- )- Legislation to authorize spending of an additional $610 million to build water projects in the Upper Colorado River Basin was approved Wednesday by the Senate Interior Crmmittee. . The legislation would permit work to continue on projects in UPI correspondent Stewart Kellerman, reporting by telephone from the U.S. military compound inside Quang Tri South Vietnam's northernmost city-sa- id of the nighttime bombardment: "So many fires are burning on the southern edge of the city it looks like daylight." Eighty U.S. military advisers are in Quang Tri city. An explosion, probably an ammunition dump going up, shook the city where helpless refugees, their worldly belongings tied up in blanketed bundles, lined the streets, Kellerman reported. A South a on bill to continue work the projects but limited the authorization to $352 million to provide for further review of the units before they are A (UPI) pollo 16's astronauts landed safely and on today with target in mid-Pacif- the nation's fifth and moon landing adventure. "Just super," said Charles M. Duke. Young, Duke and Thomas K. Mattingly splashed down at 2:45 p.m. EST, within one mile of the recovery carrier Ticonde-rog- a. next-to-la- - PARIS (UPI) The Paris Vietnam talks resumed today k after a suspension but once again got nowhere. The United States kept the talks alive, however, in apparent hope that secret discussions would five-wee- U.S. Ambassador William J. Porter repeated warnings to the and Viet North Vietnamese Cong that the meetings would continue only if the Communists agree to talk about the North Vietnamese invasion and other main issues. st 'r anxiously. WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Sen. should feel free to reassess George S. McGovern as the new favorites for the nominaEdmund S. Muskie, considered their commitment." almost unbeatable four months "I have made the decision to tion at Miami Beach in Juiy but both were faced with strong ago, withdrew from the remain- withdraw from active participaing Democratic presidential tion in the remaining presiden- primary opposition from Alaprimaries today but announced tial primaries," Muskie som- bama Gov. George C. Wallace. he was still available for the berly told a news conference. Humphrey, the party's 1968 nomination at the convention in "I do so with regret, but I to have no choice. I do not have nominee, was expected July. Muskie most the benefit from Confronted with a series of the money to continue." bow-oinasmuch as both have losing primary contests, the Harris Backs McGoveni their campaign appeals pitched 'die Maine senator released to the political center, more His active from withdrawal 136 delegates previously than McGovern and Wallace. pledged to him, declaring "I competition firmly established want them to know that they Sens. Hubert H. Humphrey and However, the first repercussion of Muskie's action was an announcement by Sen. Fred R. Harris of Oklahoma that he was endorsing McGovern. Until recently, Harris had said he would endorse no candidate until convention time. THOMAS K. MATTINGLY Provo to Hold Gala Dedication of New City Center May 22 By N. L. CHRISTENSEN Provo's new City Center will be dedicated at an auspicious occasion marked by a fanfare of trumpets, outdoor program at a d stand, and an y tour of the new facilities located at Third West and bunting-bedecke- all-da- CHARLES M. DUKE Center. The event will be held Mon ' spacious south of the main City Center building, according to Mr. and Mrs. Victor J. Bird, general chairmen, "prologue" entertainment of nnH mnsip will nrerwte the dedicatory program, and City Center tours will continue through the day. wino preliminary plans for the dedication at a meeting of key the Communist offensive March had attacked Quang Tri from north, south and west and that tanks and heavy artillery were circling in from the east as well. 30 committeemen this morning. The general feeling was to "make it a big," with a large crowd present for the historic occasion marking, 14 J fill II LU k-f- as City Commissioner Ray Murdock put it, "a dream come true." The chairmen announced the appointment of key committee heads, including: Schools, Dr. Sherman Wing, Stella H. Oaks, and James Bergera; industry, LeRoy Johnson, Dr. Wendell Vance and P.E. Ashton; churches, the Rev. Raymond E. Ansel and Bill J. Anderson. City's History Provo history for the booklet, Dr. J. C. Moffitt; Chamber of still-inta- ct After the fruitless session were using them only as a Porter told newsmen, "I sure propaganda forum. Porter said hope when Le Due Tho arrives today's talks were more of the here he can do better than they same. did today." "It was absolute boilerplate Tho is the member of the Hanoi Politburo who held 13 (stale "opy) from the past," secret talks with presidential Porta said of today's meeting. adviser Henry A. Kissinger. "The responses were such that The Hanoi delegation said after we had to read into the record today's meeting that Tho would that they refused to answer arrive "within the next few questions." He said he would give them a week to reply days." President Nixon broke off the "because we realize they do not talks on March 23 on the have the authority to reply off (Continued On Page 2) ground that the Communists at 10 ajn. in the area immediately day, May 22 Committee Meeting Mr. and Mrs. Bird outlined rized Zone (DMZ) at start of North Vietnamese infiltrating into the area below Quang Tri cut Highway 1, blocking escape routes. And just to the north, six North Vietnamese tanks railroad crossed the bridge at Dong Ha, eight miles below the DMZ, and were reported chasing South Vietna- civmans will also get KUiea. , mt3e RanBers down Highway 1 Kellerman said the North toward Quang Tri, 10 miles to Vietnamese estimated at two the south, divisions strong in their initial Four miles south of the city invasion across the Demilita- (Continued On Page 2) If the samples Young and Duke gathered in three days of exploration at their Descartes (Continued On Page 2) JOHN W. YOUNG ut allowed to leave." American troops speculated they were being forced to stay in the city to keep the North Vietnamese from attacking Quang Tri. "They're short of hostages," one GI said. "The North Vietnamese might not hit us too hard if they know a lot of white striped parachutes lower the seared spaceship into the sea. It was a successful conclusion to an mission that once tottered on the brink of failure. the astronauts As it was, returned a day early. The command module flipped upside down after landing on its heatshield, but flotation bap inflated as planned and righted it four minutes later. pounds of lunar samples they predicted would unlock Flanigan. Asked about an apparent still more of the moon's conflict in their two accounts, secrets. Kleindienst replied, "I have no "The condition of the astroTelevision viewers around the recollection of that phone call" nauts is outstanding," reported but in light of Flanigan's John W. Young, commander of world saw three orange and statement, it was "extremely probable" that it took place. "It could have been one of 40 Due Back Saturday calls I get in a day," the The three spacemen and their nominee commented. "I don't record cargo of surprisingly remember that call. But I'm unusual moon rocks, the first not saying it did not occur. ever gathered from the highlands, are due back at the Manned Spacecraft Center here late Saturday. The astronauts will undergo lengthy debriefings and the samples will go to the Lunar Receiving Laboratory, where scientists are waiting 245 t (Continued On Page 2) Talks Resume But Reds Again Refuse To Discuss Invasion, Other Issues Colorado, New Mexico, Utah follow. and Wyoming. The House has already passed TICONDERO-G- -A- Muskie Withdraws From Remainder of Primaries Vietnamese police officer said the police were ordered not to let them leave. "They want to leave, go down South, but we have orders to keep them here," a police officer said. "No civilians are CBS photo Astros Taken Aboard Ship In 'Outstanding Condition' Commies Attack Quang Tri, Rain Shrapnel on Defenders, Refugees North Vietnamese PT boats and damaged one. after successful moon expedition. via United Press International. Ghenaian Past President's Death Reported BRUSSELS (UPI)-Presi- dent Sekou Toure of Guinea, in a radio broadcast from Conakry, today announced the death of President former Ghanaian Kwame Nkrumah, a Belgian i Ji ., all pjn. tonight, IT'S MOVING TIME! By 5 business at the old Provo City Building will cease, but by that time there will be little left in the building. Files, desks, and furnishings are being moved by city trucks U the new : Provo City Center on West Center. Larger equipment will be moved by van. After being closed for Arbor Day and the weekend, city offices will open for business Monday at the new location. Foreign said. Toure Ministry spokesman no details of Nkrumah's death. Nkrumah, 63, gave had lived in Guinea since he was ousted in 1965 by military coup. |