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Show Central Utahns Share in Spirit of Christmas '69 By OWEN ZURO Central Utah received hs visit from Santa Cans daring the night cud boys and girls were happier this "morn-to- dAit forget just exactly where to stop. Parents were the next group up. that is, after their cmldrea had bounced out of bed. seen wht Santa had brought and then bounced into mommy and daddy's bedroom. And, gee whiz, what a surprise for a bunch ci sleepy-eye- d parents to see what Santa had dropped off! Anyone traveling through Provo today is liable to have an-nu- al g. The Christmas rush over, d even clerks and shopkeepers were able to sit down and enjoy Christmas day. Of course, those to arise earliest today were Santa's helpers, who made sure the little man sore-foote- trouble even getting a tankful afternoon of football on holidays and weekend?, will have their chance today at 2:30 p.m. when the annual North-Sout- h Shrine grid battle will be telecast on Channel Four. A basketball game will be telecast on Channel 4 at of gas. All the stores are closed and the gas station owners are even reluctant to keep their operations open. Undoubtedly, many of tht mommies will have forgotten some part of the fixings for the dressig or .'something else, but it'll probably have to be a day for borrowing from the neighbors. Dads, who usually enjoy an tourney. The Cougars will play the first game Saturday at noon against Cornell. The only two grojps of city employees working in Provo and Orem re the fire department and police department employees. AH others were home enjoying Christmas with their families. City employees in Provo will work Friday, along with county employees, but the Federal of 12 30 p.m. Brigham Young University's basketball team leaves Friday at 8 30 am. for the Quaker City Invitational basketball 97th YEAR, NO. 106 PROVO, UTAH, Clashes ".J j '7"1'",'' - : Break J' I By BERT W. OKULEY i SAIGON (UPI) CHARLES WARREN, Utah Highway Patrol Trooper wounded Sept 2, returned home for 24 hours Christmas Eve to the joy of his wife and family and their many friends and neighbors in Prison. Trooper Warren talks to his wife as their son Robert looks over the many trends gathered outside. Three Storms Trooper Is Home for Batter Nation Christmas Story and Photos By United Press International early Wednesday at Pellston, By PHIL SHURTLEFF at and 20 below Three winter storms lashed Mich., A Christmas mira PAYSOX and Massena, N.Y. The 3 p.m. the nation Wednesday to cle came of millions at Americans N.Y., Watertown, pass for a Payson reading promised what they were dreaming of a was 3 above, compared to a family Wednesday afternoon, white Christmas. balmy 78 at wwwusville, Tex Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Lake Tahoe communities, in It was a record 23 below zero Charles Warren came home. Sierras, got up to 2 feet of early WTednesday at Pellston,! Main Street was lined with 20 below and at friends of the returning wound white Christmas on the eve of Mich., the holiday. Massena, N.Y. The 3 p.m. ed trooper and the cold of a The heavy, wet snow built up reading at Watertown, N.Y., late winter afternoon melted on power lines to a diameter of was 3 above, compared to a away as the warmth of his wel 24 inches and utility company balmy 78 at Brownsville, Tex. come home spread. officials said 1,000 residents of As the last fringe of the Trooper Warren's wife met Incline Village, Nev., might front - running storm whipped the ambulance at the freeway have to use their candles for Cane Cod and Massachusetts' exit and rode through town with offshore islands, a new storm her husband who was critical real. the boiled up in the Midwest with ly wounded Sept. 2, as he stopBitter cold enveloped Northeast and upper Midwest snow in the north and freezing ped a suspected stolen car just in the wake of a snow storm ram or sleet in Kansas and VMt nf SnriruririllA that swept from &e Rockies to Missouri. the Atlantic seaboard. The storm moved out to sea Wednesday. It was replaced y an Arctic blast that was expected to carry the mercury to 20 below zero in New England and New York and to zero as far south as New Jersey. It was a record 23 below zero Oil Splotches Moving Away From Coast BARBARA, Calif. of brown crude Patches (LTD oil in the ocean which stained stretch sections along a of the southern California coast this week were reported mov ing out to sea Wednesday. The Coast Guard said s midmorning aerial survey showed the oil was "continuing to break up with a reduction in the overall size of the slick area which apparently is moving in a southwesterly direction." The combination of winds and currents in the Santa Barbara Channel had the effect of slowly pushing the oJ obliquely away from the coast SANTA 22-m- Warnings of one to three inches of snow were posted for parts of Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. In the West, snow spread inland through the mountains and high plateau country. rraveiers' warnings were up and northern Sierra Nevadas eastward to southern Idaho and Utah. Up to 4 inches of snow fell in the Colorado Rockies. Heavy rains fell in northern California. Blue Canyon got more than five inches in 30 hours. light. The Allied forces declared a cease fire over Christmas, the Viet Cong a truce. Despite the fact that the Viet Cong truce began 17 hours before tiat of the allies, Communist artillerymen launched mortar and rocket six tagU-.mh.io.- . Fellow troopers escorted the spokesmen said four of the attacks caused damage or lights flashing and a siren wailcasualties. and him ing greeted warmly as he was transferred from the cKesemen sam1H. mey couni--r vehicle to his home. A spec''! ed bed was waiting for him in the among the 47 incidents oi living room, near the Christ- fighting. mas tree and the many packShortly before the allied cease fire became effective, a ages surrounding it A happy wife, children, par- Communist mine killed four ents and friends gathered Americans and wounded five around the officer who respond- others in a 23th Infantry ed in a soft, but unwavering Division unit patrolling a road voice to their expressions of near Truong Lap, 24 miles warmth at his return. northwest of Saigon. See TROOPER, Page 4 In another reported violation, South Vietnamese spokesmen said, snipers fired at a self-defense force outpost near Go Vap, six miles northwest of W1 ? Needy Youngsters Receiving Free or Inexpensive School Lunches to Triple in 1970 WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Pres would be made eligible for the ident Nixon's special hunger school lunches in the 1971 fiscal consultant predicted Wednesday year three times the number that the number of children who were being fed in June. Mayer, who presented receiving free or inexpensive next report on the recent govern- school lunches will Saigon, wounding DECEMBER 25, 1959 - Allied and Communist forces clashed 47 times during &e first 12 hours of an allied Christmas truce that began Christmas Eve and coincided with a cease-fir- e also declared by the Communists, military sources reported Thursday. The biggest battle began three hours after the allied truce became effective, thev said, when a force of about 60 Communists attacked a 1st observation Marine Division post 11 miles souGwest of the northern coastal city of Da Nang. The Marines called in artillery support and repulsed the attack, counting the bodies of 31 Communists left behind after the 25minute fight One Marine was injured. Seventeen Communists were killed one and American wounded in the 46 other incidents recorded in the 12-hour period that began at 6 p.m. (5 a.m.EST) Wednesday, tie hour the allied cease fire became effective. South Vietna mese casualties during the same period were described as be. THURSDAY, of new snow Tuesday night and was planning to open Friday if more snow fell today and Friday. Law enforcement agencies were urging all motorists to use the utmost eare in driving. With the rain that fell Wednesday and the possibility oi more today and Friday, many slick spots may crop up on the roads. if ft - iI - . .,,1 i ' i s, s Gather for Festivities s M i 0 1 By United ;T Pres International A troubled world celebrated Christmas Eve Wednesday while the guns of war chattered m the Holy Land and a holiday o truce brought a welcome surcease in the war in Vietnam. Israeli troops guarded Christian pilgrims who poured into Bethlehem where Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, was born almost 2,000 years ago. Americans at home wen' to church many to pray for peace and gathered at family hearthsides for traditional holi day celebrations. Santa Claus was the busiest A LITTLE BIT OF CHRISTMAS at the war front is enjoyed by SSG James R. Walker, left, man anywhere all around the of Clarksville, Tenn., and Sp4 Dennis Johnsons of Dearborn Heights, Mich., in the form globe. Most department stores of field dinner beside a machine gun near Quan Loi, Vietnam. A small Santa hangs around the nation gave footsore clerks the night cff. from the barrel, lending a little Christmas spirit. (Herald-UP- I TelepLoto) An estimated 10,000 pilgrims and other visitors, each carrying a special permit issued by the Israeli government, passed through roadblocks set up around Bethlehem to uard against Arab guerrilla violence. The Judean hilltop town where the New Testament says the Christ child was bom in a ifrom the East and shepherds manger was virtually sealed off By PETER D. LYNCH (UPI-An;f- rom BETHELEHEM the nearby hills followed a to all but "men of good wffl." WASHINGTON (UPI)-Pr- esstar to the stable to There was no respite in the brilliant 10,000. estimated Christmas ident Nixon and his family of all 'pay homage and present gifts Holy Land strife. Israeli planes celebrated their first Christmas visitors from bombed Egyptian military posi to the babe and its mother. the the world, including United, in the White House Wednesday me jaraeu wutim tow tions along the southern sector iriH, oiff rawninir and rami siaua, converged murbuay on in thP pvenimx around a !the tiny Judean hilltop town of .estimated it would be toe of the Suez Canal front early in n Cie biggest Christmas in BethltLem the day, an Israeli military to ' 1 birthof Jesus Christ about 2,000 since Israel captured the west spokesman said. spruce bank of Jordan in the 1967 war. Cairo reported Egyptian anyears ago. Everything followed family Israeli security forces kept Newsmen who visited Bethle- - tiaircraft gunners shot down tradition even with the Pres- - watch throughout the day, on hem before that war said the one plane and set fire to ident at the piano to lead the turnout was greater m, from another. Israel said all its ,.ine that it was the!by singing-exc- ept nave 2O,C0O to 40,000 when Jordan planes returned safely. first Christmas a member of warned that Christmas visitors held tiie west bank. But the The truce in Vietnam was the the first family was. missing. are not immune to attack in 'prewar inrongs inciuaea most 14th of the war. Shortly before of the 10,000 Israeli Arab the d Daughter Julie was in Brussels Jordan. allied cease-fir- e with her husband, David, and Only Close with special Christians w no were allowed by began at 6 p.m. Wednesday (5 his parents, Ambassador and permits issued by the Israeli Jordan to visit the holy places a.m. EST), four U.S. soldiers Mrs. John Eisenhower. government were permitted to and relatives on the west bank See FAMILIES, Page 4 Although Nixon wants to keep pass through roadblocks to take onlv during religious holidays, the gifts a secret, it was known part in the Christmas Eve such as uinstmas. that .us wile had asxed 6ama services in the town where the Claus for a diamond necKiace, New Testament s?vs the Prince ana expensive jeweiry is a of Peace was born in a manger. Firm It was cold but clear here, likely gift for her. like the night tie wise men Li. Nixons Enjoy 1st Yule in White House Throngs Jam City Of Christ's Birth parts .ilSS?7 one South; Vietnamese militiaman. w .5 Israeli-occupie- ur Commies Bar Visits Berlin Wall Remains Closed for Christmas ment-sponsore- t Cnn Families California Hits 20 Million Mark SACRAMENTO fornia, already (UPN-Ca- li- the nation's most inhabited "state, hit the 20 million mark in population 2 Policemen Pharmaceutical Warns Murdered; Against Drug Jury Rules :;. Agnew Hopes, for Side Trip To Vietnam on Asian Visit NEW YORK (UPI)-Ch- as. Pfizer & Co., the giant pharmaceutical firm, warned Wednesday against speculating on numan reaction to an experimental drug which has demonstrated aphrodisiac qualities in tests on animals. The effects of the drug, verdict CHICAGO (UPI)-- A of murder was returned by a coroner's jury Wednesday in the death of two policemen killed in a Nov. 13 gun fight with members of the Black PCPA, Panther party, and the death of were disclosed recently in an a Panther in the same fight journal, by Dr. Gian L Gessa, triple Candles their ties to their parents d conierence on BERLIN (UPI) year, bringing virtually every brothers and other Wednesday. Berlin win-- sisters, in West flickered v; y "Based on our growth the needy youngster under the r"a in East Berlin. a relative ""n'dows Wednesday night as program by Thanksgiving. .'past two years, California, was ruled justifiable homicide. svmoot 01 ine unuv 01 vens 01 dvi 1111 s .uici icm Killed in the shooting which ur. Jean ftlayer told news to ease the food problems of thousands of passes 20 million on Dec. 24,' Gen. G. Robert bvidant. Maj. families split men that 6.6 million children the needy "now this winter a vrounded Nels Rasmussen. ; said popula-eight other officers the Berlin Wall and barred by Ferguson, in a holidav mes when the need is acute." John Gilhooly state were the with lion policemen expert that the even from hope sage, expressed 'The results are dramatic," the Communists !and Frank Rappaport, Alleged next Christmas would see Department of Finance. visits. Ciristmas he summarized. Berliners "united in fact as That means one out of every Panther membe.- Jake Winters, out that the The city's U.S., British and well as in their He pointed thoughts and 10 Americans lives in Califor-- 19, was also killed in the battle Agriculture Department had Christmas messages expressing prayers." See 2 POLICEMEN, Page 4 nia. discarded red tape regulation the wish that the approximately that prevented private food 800,000 West Berliners with close relatives in East Berlin companies from bidding to might be able to see them next He said school lunches. Vice the WASHINGTON (UPI) subject 01 the vice supply has year. also the government President Spiro T, Agnew said president's trip to the Philip. For the fourci consecutive and techniequipment provided Thai Nationalist China, (UPI)- -I But in Tacoma. Wash.. Cie Gorton also said none of his today he will "make every pines, wiiich Christmas, the East Germans SAN FRANCISCO schools to assistance cal effort" to visit Vietnam during land, r'epal, Afghanistan, Ma San Francisco Mayor Joseph L. present attorney Slade Gorton, contacts with 15 public utility to issue refused holiday passes of Most without cafeterias tour to discuss laysia. Singapore, Indonesia are to enable West Berliners to Alioto confirmed Wednesday heidisputed Alioto's statements, districts who retained Alioto his 37.000-mil- o them in city ghetto areas. New Zealand Australia and the with Doctrine on the East paid $802,000 of $2.3 million in which were made at a newsl' have given us any reason to relatives their visit the Nixon Mayer reported that Fhuaaei Berlin side of the wall. The ibelieve" any of them were heads of 10 Asian and Pacific which will begin Friday and run legal fees he received in a conference in San Francisco, has set up a central phia 20. a Washington state anti-trucase Gorton claimed the former aware of fees shared with the rebuffed Communists through January even nations. kitchen which provides 10,000 was not O coiinell. ceneral Agnew was asked if he the International Red to the state's former attorney attorney President Nixo told newsmeals a day: Baltimore is plea by to Vietnam. side a wall during general and an assisant. Cross to the trip be to open authorized men Agnew will "discuss the planned to paid for work Alioto, who is expected to serving 30,000 free lunches Nixon Doctrine that I enunciate "I'd like very much to go to 33.000 diildren compared to the holiday to allow family Alioto said payment of the "which could not have b11 candidacy next month, and fees to public officials, who reunions. ed on my trip to Asia at Vietnam," he replied. "It's not in other than an O'Connell are both Democrats. 5,000 a year ago; Chicago is in as schedule and acted in the eas as private performed West on past Berliners, my my Guam" last summer, two million more than official involved serving no in candles capacity as an elected Gorton is a Republican. wrong attorneys, year, placed lighted Nixon and Agnew appeared at schedule Is tight I will make 1 Alioto. one of tbe nation's Utate ofiiceiv" ihejp windows to democstrateldoing.. ft fcEEBX, Page 4 urn. PRICE TEN Hope ml Suf Somber Note Marks Yuletide - Yule Truce V;- fices will be closed today and Friday. The post office will deliver mail at the regular timt Saturday. The weatherman was still vacillating on a white Christmas Rain was the forecast for Central Utah although the weather bureau said the rain might tin a to snow. Some of the areas in northern Utah had begun to get snow Wednesday night. Sundance ski resort had five inches - head of an experimental team at the National Heart Institute. Gessa reported that PCPA caused lengthy sexual arousal :n rats. Simultaneous use of another drug pargyline caused even more intensa arousal, he said. Alioto Denies Irregularity in Fee Payments st anti-tru- st more outstanding was $2.3 million lawyers, paid for six wars of litigation ending in 1967 shortly before la was elected mayor. He recov exed $16.2 million for the state and the utility districts from electrical equipment manufac turers. Alioto said he paid $530,400.50 to O'Connell and $272,413.66 to bis fesistaat George Filer, |