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Show Friday, November Accusations Are Denied Corporate Profits Show Slight Decline, Commerce Unit Reports - Cor (LTD porate profits declined slightly WASHINGTON between July and September, the first quarterly drop in afterof American tax earnings business in nearly three years, Department the Commerce reported today. The department also said the while the economy's growth rate economy grew a little more is in the neighborhood of the and rose target the administration thinks slowly prices slightly faster in the third is suitable for steady, long-terquarter than was tentatively expansion. Other figures released Thursreported last month. The revisions did not alter the day showed that in October the fact that inflation remains high nation's economy cranked out automobiles, steel and other goods at a healthy clip and the foreign trade situation improved significantly. After-ta- x profits of corporations totaled $71.5 billion in the m quarter, a drop the previous three months, the Commerce Deartment said today. Profits had grown $6.6 billion and $4.7 billion in the firs; and second quarters of the year. Department analysts blamed the slowdown on a failotf in the production of automobiles and other durable goods in the summer quarter. In dollar terms, the GNP grew by $32.5 billion in the third quarter to $1,304.5 billion ($1.3 of $100 million from Stabbing At Prison HONOLULU - (UPI) A was stabbed late Ihursday at the Hawaii State Prison, scene of a riot by more than 180 inmates Tuesday night. William James Stevens, 29, was rushed to Queen's Medical Center. A police source said he was said in "serious" condition with stab wounds "all over his prisoner body." No weapon was recovered, but a detective said "we assume it was a knife or a sharp was Stevens instrument." stabbed in cellblock one, the man area involved in Tuesday's riot. He screamed for help to a guard, and then collapsed, according to police reports. Stevens would not say what or answer any happened questions, although he remained conscious. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital. Police also said that other prisoners refused to talk. Stevens was sentenced to 20 years in prison in July, 1970, for a conviction following robbery, an escape and another robbery while free. Police converged upon the where prison, national guard troops had been summoned Tuesday. trillion). (UPI)-Po- In Europe - W r; f t r " ' ' I - Connally WASHINGTON DETROIT (UPI) Negotiations for a new contract between United Auto Workers leaders and Ford reopened Thursday. Both sides are trying to revise an agreement they reached Oct. 26, but which was later rejected by Ford's 28.000 skilled tradesmen. The UAW presented new for an overtime proposals -Fo- rmer (upi) Treasury Secretary John B. Connally has told the Senate Watergite committee he knows nothing of allegations the dairy received favorable industry price rulings from the Nixon administration in return for a $127.500 campaign contribution. iter appearing before the committee in executive session for nearly three hours Thursday, Connally told reporters he also denied that he received $15,000 personally for setting up the dairy industry contributions. Connally and Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz have both been the questioned by committee concerning their knowledge of two favorable decisions granted the dairymen that were related closely in time to of payment campaign contributions. At the end of December, 1971, Nixon reduced import quotas on cheese and related products. The ruling was two weeks after he received a letter from a political and ally dairy industry spokesman pledging $2 million in contributions. The following March the administration increased price supports for milk. The move came three days after the dairy industry contributions began. lice Currency traders reported the dollar had improved on nearly all markets. The dollar closed in Tokyo at 280 yen, unchanged from but Thursday higher than trading earlier in the day. - WASHINGTON Presi(UPI) dent Nixon has questioned the account given by Elliot L. Richardson of the events leading to the firing of Archibald Cox as Watergate special prosecutor and Richardson's resignation as attorney general. The White House denied that the President suggested Richardson was lying or that he called for a Senate investigation of possible perjury. The difference of opinion from emerged Wednesday night's meeting by Nixon with a group of Republican senators on the Watergate situation. One of the participants. Sen. Wallace Bennett. quoted Nixon as saying that Richardson originally backed the President's decision to fire Cox but then changed his mind. 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"Wt presented the issues and Their main objection was to a explored possible alternatives." provision which allows them to said UAW President Leonard be replaced by unskilled workers Woodcock. or outside firms if they refused to Although the Oct. 26 contract work overtime. was ratified by a more than two- The UAW also kept busy on two other fronts, continuing talks with General Motors for a new national contract and trying to iron out a contract deadlock with Caterpillar i i uv. vA. , v unit pi uiupi.A a strike by 32.000 union members in five states. The White House issued a Woodcock spent a few hours statement saying: "What the late Thursday at GM, the last of President told the senators was the big three without a new that there are .several versions of national pact. the events that led up to the However. Woodcock and UAW discharge of former special Vice President Ken Bannon prosecutor Archibald Cox and spent most of the day at Ford that Mr. Richardson was simply headquarters proposing changes of one those in articulating the objectionable overtime versions. provision. that the The two leaders met with "Any suggestions President accused Mr. RichardMalcolm Denise. Ford vice son of lying or called for a Senate president of labor relations, and investigation involving perjury Sidney McKenna, director of are simply not true. " labor affairs. Sen. Paul Fannin, A UAW spokesman said the who outcome of the talks with Ford was also at the Wednesday meeting, agreed with the White will be reported Nov. 27 to House account of the Presi- members of a UAW subcouncil in dent's presentation. Cincinnati. Richardson's Account Is ld X0S A NATIONAL Eg. starting GENERAL FiRST PICTURES ARTlSTSFIlM RELEASE C EVES RICHARD BENJAMIN rnmR by df t'lVF' ELIZABETH ASHLEY adam west I ?0ih Cmtufy mui i iuyu of a Young Stockbroker Patricia KEAL "DAYTEn" I MK til 'yirsl'P (IT rny 3:15 7:30 9:30 ALSO... lo piesenis lies 13 sub-lev- St M Utah-P- age Negotiations Reopened on New Contract Between UAW and Ford LONDON (UPI) The U.S. dollar moved upward again As a money market, New York today on European money is bigger than the next 25 City marKets with no major effect cities combined. apparent on the sale of gold. Gold trading remained at a restrained level two market days after the U.S. announcement that it and six European nations were dual halting the price system for gold. Gold opened at $91.50 an ounce today in both London and Zurich, Europe's two main free bullion markets. Gold dropped to about ENTER ONCE AGAIN this level immediately after the A WHOLE announcement the two-tie- r price NEW WORLD OF system was being dropped. The price represented a rise of 50 MAGNIFICENT cents in Zurich over Thursday's 25 MUSICAL of a rate and climb closing cents in London. ENTERTAINMENT today arrested the last of the three men accused of kidnaping the daugher of West Germany's millionaire "fried chicken king." They also THE FIRST 4.6 million cubic feet of natural gas is flared at recovered half of the $1.2 Rio Blanco, Colo., from an underground nuclear blast for million ransom paid for her gas, Project Rio Blanco. The underground well filled with freedom. natural gas was produced by detonation last spring of three Police said nuclear devices. Test officials said Thursday that they caught tube plumber Rudolf Mairhofer asa mechanical failure caused overheating in a mile-lon- g leep in his bed. Previously they that was pumping buried natural gas. The flaring of the well had arrested Hans Mittermeier was shut down because of the malfunction. and Peter Knapp who gave UPI Telephoto. himself up crying, "I can't take it any longer! A police spokesman said they would be charged with kidnapJahn, 22, ing of Evelyn h daughter of millionaire Jahn, the owner of the Wienerwald restaurant chain. Knapp, called police Thursday night and cried, "I can't take it any longer! come and get me!" He then led officers RIO BLANCO, Colo. (UPI) -- with natural gas was produced to the spot in a wood where he Test officials Thursday blamed a by detonation last spring of three had hidden $430,000. for nuclear devices by the malfunction mechanical mile-lon- g Atomic in tube a Energy Commission overheating pumping buried natural gas to ( ALC) and CER Geonuclear. the ground above the site of three Offici als said that pumping nuclear explosions last May. would not resume until tests "High temperatures in the were conducted to correct pipeline and valve system which within water fluctuating vapor brings the natural gas to the the that was pipe pump burned to be flared or surface blamed for the were encountered," said Rick tentatively PARIS (UPI) Frenchmen Price. "Shutdown occurred after overheating. could buy food from their local about 4.6 million cubic feet of gas stores and spend time at their was produced." favorite sidewalk cafes again Price, of CER Geonuclear in American fork today after an estimated 1 Las Vegas, Nev., said the pump Open 7 00 Show 7:15 million stores that closed for 24 was closed down shortly before hours to protest a government ill AfT UAMTAtlH morning Wednesday, some eight LUoi nuruLun hours after it began operations. . price freeze reopened. "Production testing will be reThe strike was 85 to 100 per cent effective, according to sumed when the mechanical difNOW news reports, but it was not ficulties are corrected," said clear whether the shopowners Price. SHOWING! The underground well filled gained anything. Frie-dric- the Shows Gain Kidnaping Suspects Are Nabbed Germany report, U.S. Dollar 111 MUNICH, a separate In department said wages, salaries and other income rose $9.2 billion in October compared to $11.2 billion increase in By THE HERALD, Provo, 18, 1S73, m ECKLUK0 I V 5:20 VNN IHEAIRES Cr! t iFOX'r; 374 5525 1 1 fib 1 |