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Show im: Amusements Classified Comics Editorial Obituaries Society Sports ni vim i; PROVO-SAL- 22-3- 0 20 21 v 4 17-1- 8 i i i-i- ii- II y' ii 6--8 s s qv'jl M' PROVO. UTAH. FRIDAY. MARCH 25, 104TH YEAR, NO. 204 ii t; n ii i 1977 LAKE-OGDE- T N Snow decreasing with partial clearing tonight for the Provo to Ogden area; variable clouds Saturday with a chance of snow flurries mainly along the mountains; highs Saturday in upper 40s; lows tonight near 30. 14-1- 5 $3.50 - PRICE PER MONTH 15 CENTS At Utah Conference I. 0 ill! 1 1 11 HA B fy-Ofi- SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) - Western water officials have predicted agricultural disaster, forest and range fires, dry towns and a possible return to the "dust bowl" this summer because of record drought which has struck the region. "Our hand has been dealt; we will now have to play it," said Jack A. Barnett, executive director of the Western States' Drought Conference at the opening of a meeting Thursday attended by officials from 21 states. Barnett said that even if precipitation is normal for the rest of the year, there is going to be a drought "from Honolulu to St. Paul." He said latest 'figures from the Soil Conservation Service show the Columbia River will have only 51 per cent of its normal flow, the Missouri River 47 per cent, the Colorado River 31 per cent and the Humboldt River in Nevada 10 per cent. In California, streamflow predictions range from 21 to 53 per cent of normal, he said, because precipitation has been only 29 per cent of average in the north and 72 per cent in the south. Five states Utah, Idaho, Montana, have Washington and Wyoming above average water stored behind dams, but most states are well below normal. "California has only half its normal storage," Barnett said. The conference opened with a water official from each of the 21 states giving a brief outline of local problems day-lon- GERALD FORD, SITTING in a place familiar to him as President, is now in a visitor's role as he calls on President Carter, left, in the Oval Office at the White House. Following his first visit to Washington since leaving office, Mr. Ford noted he was getting "an update on domestic and international matters that concern a President and a former President." (UPI Telephoto) Visits With Carter Dimes March Ford Tells GOP Chiefs 'Maybe' He'll Run Again - WASHINGTON (UPI) Former President Gerald Ford met for two hours today with Republican congressional leaders and said afterwards he is optimistic about the future of the GOP. "Maybe," he said, he will run for the White House again. "I'm very optimistic about the party," Ford told reporters. "We came awfully close to winning (the 1976 presidential election)." Ford, as has become his custom since leaving office, left open the possibility he will run for president again in 1980. "I said maybe," said Ford, who met with President Carter at the White House Thursday afternoon. It is his first visit to Washington since leaving office. Asked how he sees his current role in the party, Ford said, "I'll be active in meeting with the party leaders ... not only in Washington but around the country. I'll be contributing in any way I possibly can between now and 1978 and we'll see what 1980 looks like." During his meeting with the GOP leaders, Ford discussed foreign policy, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance's trip to Moscow and domestic problems. He also met briefly with Republican National Chairman William Brock. Ford planned to spend the rest of the day in private meetings at the American Enterprise Institute, a social research organization headquartered in - n "very strong." As for Carter's planned clampdown on inflationary governnment spending. Powell acknowledged Carter's approval of White House salary increases totaling a half million dollars a year "probably is inflationary." Carter, meanwhile, is placing high Are Postponed Saturday's scheduled March of Dimes Walkathons in Utah County have been cancelled due to the weather, and will be rescheduled for April 1, according to Melba Carter, chairman of the March of Dimes Foundation of Utah County. Walkathons in Provo, Spanish Fork and American Fork will now start at 8 a.m. on April 2, she said. , Common Mart Marks 20th Anniversary Washington. No Plans For Controls On Wages and Prices WASHINGTON -(- UPI) President Carter has no plans to include wage-pric- e controls in the "very strong" package he intends to announce in a couple of weeks, his chief spokesman said today. White House Press Secretary Jody Powell said part of the program would deal with actions the government might take to reduce its own impact on inflation. Carter, he said, will urge greater consultation between the government, business and labor to hold down inflation. But Powell cautioned that consultation did not mean prenotification of or White House "jawboning" on wage and price increases. "The President has said on several occasions, and still believes, that wage-pric- e controls are not in the offing," Powell said. "It is necessary to involve a large measure of constraint ... in the public sectors." Carter told a news conference Thursday his antiinflation measures would be Walkathons - Leaders of.the EuroROME (UPI) celebrated the Market Common pean bloc's 20th anniversary today at a meeting marred by an angry dispute over whether the entire community should be represented at the economic summit meeting with nine-natio- n priority on fighting white collar and President Carter. The Common Market leaders organized crime and plans to tap Peter a congratulatory message received attorney deputy Flaherty, to head his administration's from Carter, saying the member nations "have taken impressive steps to effort. The President was wrapping up a realize the founders' goal of a unified to head busy week today and arranged Europe, more prosperous economies, with his family this weekend for Camp and better lives for all your people." After an anniversary celebration at David, his retreat in the western Maryland mountains. It will be Rome's ancient Campidoglio where the (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page 3) general-nomine- Officials Expect Heated Vance-Brezhne- v Talks - State WASHINGTON (UPI) officials conceded today Department likeSecretary of State Cyrus Vance is with Soviet heated to face exchanges ly leader Leonid Brezhnev in Moscow over human rights and will probably make no quick breakthroughs on disputed issues. Vance leaves for Moscow late tonight to lay groundwork for a possible new strategic arms agreement and to discuss such issues as the Mideast, Alrica and the balance of power ir. Europe and the Mediterranean. At a briefing, State Department officials stressed the United States hopes to engage Soviet leaders in a detailed exploration of President Carter's proposals for curbing the U.S. Soviet arms race. But in answer to questions, one official conceded the initial atmosphere of the talks was likely to be one of heated discussion and uncertainty. He said he was sure the Soviet leadership was concerned over the direction the Carter administration is taking on human rights throughout most of the western half of the United States. "We expect a $480 million crop loss," said Jason King, special assistant to Gov. Dixy Lee Ray. He said the low streamflow would also force a cutback in hydroelectric power generation, which would cause the loss of 23,000 jobs. "We're facing a critical fire hazard," said David Hale, chief engineer for the New Mexico State Stream Commission. "Last year was the worst year for grassland fires in our history. Unless we receive some precipitation this spring, it's going to be worse this year," added Ron Affeldt, director of emergency services for North Dakota. Janet McLennan, drought coordinator for Oregon, said Gov. Robert Straub had recommended the states get together and work out emergency plans for firefighting this year. She said the low streamflows on the Columbia and its tributaries were also threatening the salmon industry because the fish couldn't get upstream to their spawning grounds. "We have 16 towns on the verge of having inadequate water in the next two weeks." said Lt. Gov. George Nye of Oklahoma. States sending representatives were Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska. Nevada, New Mexico. North Dakota, Oklahoma. Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. - The federal government can't solve the drought, it can only try to blunt some of SALT LAKE CITY Some members of Congress criticized Carter's plan because the bulk of the relief $550 million -would be in the form of loans at 5 per cent interest rates. They proposed that more money be allocated for outright grants to those hurt by the drought and that money should be restored for several western dam building projects shelved by the new administration. Stewart declined to discuss the water projects, saying they were outside his field of expertise. He said the President had gone as far as he could with other programs within existing financing. "What we are proposing is essentially a modification of existing authorities for providing disaster relief," said the White House staff official. "They are designed to provide immediate relief, not longrange relief." g problems which were similar Washington ie (UPI) its bad effects, a Carter administration official told water experts from 21 western and midwestern states Thursday. Rogers Stewart, a member of a White House drought coordinating committee, explained and defended President Carter's $844 million drought relief program at a Western States Drought Task Force meeting. Strong Quake Hits Turkish Province - A ELAZIG, Turkey (UPI) strong earthquake rocked mountainous Elazig Province in eastern Turkey before dawn today, killing at least 30 persons and damaging homes, schools and mosques, officials reported. Officials said rescuers recovered 30 bodies in the farming town of Palu, which appeared to have taken the brunt of the shock. They said the death toll might increase when communications were restored to outlying areas. The government mobilized troops to Sadat Plans Washington help in rescue operations and the Red Crescent,- - Turkish equivalent of the Red Cross, rushed tents, food and medical supplies to the scene. The province, about 375 miles east of Ankara, houses Turkey's largest hydroelectric complex at Keban Dam but officials said the quake appeared not to have damaged it. The Andili observatory in Istanbul said the quake, which hit at 2:55 a.m. (7:55 p.m. EST Thursday), had not registered on its equipment, indicating "it was very localized," an official said. Though the tremor's intensity was not announced in Turkey, a spokesman for the U.S. National Earthquake Information Center open-ende- xWork Visit' WASHINGTON (UPI) - Egyptian Anwar will President Sadat make "an official working visif'to Washington at President Carter's invitaApril tion, the White House announced today. Sadat will be the first Arab leader to meet with Carter since he took office, but the President plans to talk with other Arab leaders on the Middle East situation in the coming months. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzaik Rabin 4-- 5 visited Washington a few weeks ago. Carter and Sadat "will discuss in depth continuing efforts to move toward peace in the Middle East, as well as other matters of mutual interest in our bilateral relations," the White House said. at Golden, Colorado, said it was probably less than 6.5 on the Richter scale because it had not triggered alarms sensitive to shocks greater than that. Nevertheless, it caused damage to two schools, a mosque and many homes in Pula, the Independent Turkish News Agency said. Elazig, a city of 107,000 persons, is the administrative center for the copd per mining province. The quake hit an area some 220 miles west of Lake Van, about 60 miles north of the town of Diyarbakir. It followed by four months a killer quake north of the lake that left more than 3,000 persons dead and brought the total number of earthquake victims in Turkey to more than 100,000 in the past 20 years. Eastern Turkey straddles the giant earthquake fault running from Iran (Continued on Page 3) President Promises Open Mind' on CUP - WASHINGTON (UPI) President Carter has promised to keep "an open mind" until he gets the results of public hearings on the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project and other water hit list." projects on "the list." Carter was asked at his news conference Thursday about charges that "an environmental clique" in the White House had ordered the review of 30 projects without consultation with Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus. He said the Interior Department and the Army Corps of Engineers had "a veto over projects that would be reassessed," except for one in Arkansas and one in Georgia that he personally added to the list hit list is a list of "The will be meticulously that projects reviewed in public hearings where members of Congress, chambers of d commerce, governors, farmers, environmentalists and others who are concerned about each individual said. project can participate," Carter A five - member Interior Department review board held a day Lake long hearing Wednesday in Salt of the CUP, Unit Bonneville on the City one of two Utah projects on the endangered list. The other is the Lyman Unit on the Utah Wyoming border. A hearing will be held on it -- April 2 in Lyman, Wyo. "These projects need to be looked at very closely," Carter said. "I personally don't believe that any of the projects ought to be built, but I'll the keep an open mind until after is concluded review process complete and will then make my own decision as far as the president's position is concerned "It is a preliminary screening. The will conclude, for me. public hearings what my position would be." Utahns Protest Procedure of Central Utah Project Hearings By LARRY WEIST Only one member of Utah's Congressional delegation appeared at Wednesday's review hearing of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project, partly as a protest against the review and partly to allow time for a technical defense of the project. In a joint press release issued by the four delegates, they declare their full support for continuation of the Bonneville Unit and all other units of the CUP "as being absolutely essential to the continued economic of the State of Utah." Rep Gunn McKay, Utah's only Democratic member of Congress, opened the state's defense of the $774 million Bonneville Unit and said he spoke on behalf of Utah's congressional well-bein- delegation. He g asked the joint statement be entered into the record of the hearing "Senators Jake Gam, Orrin Hatch and Rep Dan Marriott remained tn Washington partly to allow the technical defense of the project to occupy the bulk of the time, and partly to underline the fact that we regard the entire proceedings as somewhat irregular," the statement said, Reclamation projects under attack by President Carter have been authorized by Congress annually, and only after extensive hearings, according to the statement which said that congressional approval was not given lightly. "It is simply Inaccurate to say that these are porkbarrel projects which can onlv be justifed on the basis of authorized by Congress "Our view is that the proper (oruin for a defense of the project is before the congressional committees which are already acting on this and other water projects." None of the Utah experts on the project were consulted before the President's announcement of funding cancellation, nor was the congressional delegation consulted, the release said "The environmental objections reflected in he statements from the Ciuinnl on Environmental Quality constitute nothing more than a issues resurrection of the often-hear- mutual back scratching." the from the environmental impact statements on the Bonneville Unit delegation said. The Utah delegation said that "Questions about those although It is proper for Congress to examine water projects, and for the administration to testily against them at hearings, the review hearing in Salt Lake City did not fit the framework for proper review of such projects environmental impact statements were answered positively by t! c courts as the statements have surcosfuHy survived challenges in the fe.lt'r.il district rnurl and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals," the delegation said. of water storage facilities that would Utah's members of Congress said the Indians with ample water there are more than 100,000 people in provide their lands upon completion to develop without a Salt Like County living lirm water supply These people are relying of the Central Utah Porjertis canceled, "If the Bonneville Unit on water to be delivered from the as President Carter proposes, resulting Ikmneville Unit, they added the legal action for damages against Sudden termination of the Ikmneville run to millions will federal government Unit represents a breach of faith with of dollars, and the courts are disposed the people who have relied on legal to look svmpatheticallv on the claims promises made to them by the federal of Native Americans,' the delegation the declared, delegation government, "At a time when the President is said President Carter's decision to use striving to restore faith in our environmental questions to stop the government, he has taken an action Ikmneville Unit after the courts have which is an abrogation of promises reviewed and approved the unit made by five previous administrations represents a decision to rule arbitrarilto deliver water to thousands of people y rather than by law the in Utah and all over country. "In effect, the environmental A warning about the consequences of of of a small group philosophy Ute the with an agreement breaking above elevated is advisors Indians also was sounded in the press presidential the law of the land We cannot alio release An agreement was made with such a procedure to be established." the ln.iuns in 1;C. with the Ute Tribe the release added of agreeing to defer development their Man is a part of the environment as water rights in return for development is wildlife, and from that standpoint the Bonneville Unit is clearly an enhancement of the environment, ac- cording to the congressional delegation. Failure to complete the unit would bring growth along the Wasatch Front to a halt, but it also would affect food said. production in Utah, the release "In order for a rich agricultural area such as the Sevier Valley to fulfill its be potential, irrigation water must continued developed and delivered," the delegation statement Electrical power scheduled for a feature generation by the unit is speaking in' favor of the project, according to the Congressional unit has representatives. They said the the capacitv to generate 400 million power at plants watts of on the Diamond Fork. Also, the release said, Utah Power and Light Co plans to contract for (Continued on Tage 3) |