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Show ini: Affluacmeott Business-Stock- 26-Z- s 22-2- 5 ii Comics Editorial Obituaries i7 near normal; lows tonight 4 Society Sports 106TH i:tii i:k Continued fair through Friday with a little high cloudiness at times for the Proo to Ogden area, temperatures cooling to 7 37-4- near 4U; highs Frid near l ight winds expected. 2 MS YEAR, NO. 63 PROVO, UTAH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12. 1978 $4.50 PER MONTH - PRICE 25 78. CENTS Cmtie? Calk hi? Umty QfAmb Mafsoms Israel, Egypt Open Talks In Washington - r IN A CEREMONY in the East Room of the White House, President Jimmy Carter formally opens the Middle East peace talks today. The negotiations will take place across the street in the Blair House. At left is Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan, and at right, Egyptian Defense Minister All Hassan. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance will play the leading American role in the negotiations Tax Compromise Steps Ex pec fed - Senate and WASHINGTON (UPI) House tax writers came away from a meeting at the White House today certain that President Carter is not bluffing about a threatened veto of an inbill. flationary tax-cut Compromise is the key, they said, expressing confidence an acceptable bill can be fashioned after "long, hard and tough" negotiations. Chairman Russell Long, D:La., of the Senate Finance Committee said Carter is absolutely opposed to only one item: the tuition tax credit. Long said Carter promised to veto the bill if the credit is included. However, chairman Al Ullman, of the House Ways and Means Committee added that many of the amendments will have to be high-coshaved to avoid a veto. "I don't think the president is bluffing," Ullman said. "I think one thing is clear, we'd have to cut back a large number of amendments that are inflationary. But I'm confident we'll get a bill the president will sign." House Republicans, claiming Senate Democrats have adopted a GOP idea, say they will fight to force conferees to $165 billion tax keep an extra bill. relief now in the Senate tax-cthe cuts are fact like the Republicans tied to restrained government spending and a balanced budget by 1982, and say that approach is an outgrowth of the defeated Republican tax plan. Senate and House conferees will k sessions at 2 p.m. begin EDT in an attempt to reach a compromise on their measures which are $12.8 billion apart. Ullman said they will be "long, hard and tough." "I think the president will be reasonable," Long told reporters. "My guess is that we'll work it out. The president thinks the bill costs much too much money, and he's right," said st five-yea- Long. "I think the president clearly indicated he wants a tax bill," Long said. "We want a tax bill," but, "we may have to talk further" to the president. conference will try The House-Senat- e to blend the Senate's $29.3 billion tax-cbill with the $16.3 billion House ver NAIROBI, Kenya (UPI) - Uganda troops had invaded southern Uganda and heavy fighting was under way. The report triggered speculation of a new coup attempt against President Idi Amin. The invasion claim by a military spokesman in Kampala came only hours after Amin, furious at President Carter's trade ban against Uganda, threatened to take "very drastic" action against some 300 Americans still living in Uganda. The two separate statements immediately fueled reports of major domestic trouble inside Uganda. The unpredictable Amin often in the past Manila Area Israeli-occupie- Signed By President Rep. Barber Conable, ing Republican on the Ways and Means Committee, said if Carter vetoes a tax bill that includes the combined tax and spending cut provision, Congress should return to session to override him. Several senators have said they examended to the main pect the plan to tax bill by Sen. Sam Nunn, be dropped because of the veto risk. But Long told reporters Tuesday he liked tying the cuts to lower federal spending. The Nunn plan would add an additional $165 billion in tax cuts over the next five years, tied to restrictions on government spending and a balanced budget, stretching the bill's total five-yereduction to $367 billion. a. ar - WASHINGTON (UPI) President Carter Wednesday signed Rep. Dan Marriott's ' National Family Week Bill, giving Carter authority to proclaim the third week in November in honor of America's families. said signing the Marriott, bill leaves only the official proclamation before the memorative week Nov. com- is named. He said the proclamation should come before the end of this month. The Utahn said, "The family is the most basic unit of our society. I urge all government, civic and church leaders to plan special activities centered around the family that week." 19-2- 5 Carter Gets His Way In Civil Service Act - WASHINGTON (UPI) The 1978 Civil Service Reform Act, now awaiting a presidential signature, represents almost all the changes President Carter had requested and a bit more. The act will bring a sweeping reform of the federal civil service for the first time protecting "whistleblowers," allowing workers to be fired for rudeness or inefficiency, and providing promotions for other reasons than length of service. While seeking the presidency. Carter campaigned strongly on the need for changes in the civil service that and sometimes stalls the operates American bureaucracy. He said when he became president he found the situation even worse than he had thought, and the bill was one of his top priorities. Jules Sugarman, vice chairman of the Civil Service Commission, and Wayne Granquist of the Office of Management and Budget, spelled out Uganda Says Tamanians Invade Southern Sector charged today that Tanzanian (UPI Telephoto) Bill rank- r, round-the-cloc- at the Camp David talks. Family Week sion into a compromise Carter can sip. to implement the framework for peace approved has used the threat of foreign "invasions" as a smokescreen to try to cover up the more than a dozen assassination and coup attempts against him. Two days ago East African capitals were swept with reports that Amin had, in fact, crushed yet another plot and highly placed diplomatic sources said "there definitely appoars to be something happening now in Uganda." Amin's threat against the nearly 300 American missionaries, technicians and businessmen living in Uganda came only days after Carter banned all tr?.de with Uganda, currently running at about $40 million a year, in a move to underscore his denunciations of "mass murders" and "genocide" at Amin's hands. WASHINGTON d'PIi President Carter, formally opening Middle East peace talks called to end three decades of hostility between Israel and Egypt, today urged other Arab nations to join in the negotiations and produce a comprehensive settlement. "This must be a first step toward a greater and ever larger step toward ... peace between Israel and all her Middle East neighbors." Carter said in his opening remarks. "For 2,000 years," the president said, "the people in the Middle East, the people have cried peace, peace and there was no peace. "The burden of war has lain heavily on this ground." The discussions will be led by Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayah, Egyptian Defense Minister Ali Hassan and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. "It is our hope and belief that we have reached the stage where we can accomplish a peace treaty," Dayan added in brief remarks. Both Dayan and Ali praised Carter for his efforts, with Ali calling the president "a full partner." The alternative to the threeway ministerial negotiations, Carter told the East Room full of dignitaries, "is drift, stalemate, continued enmity and perhaps another war." Carter again invited Jordan and the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza Strip territories to "seize this opportunity" to join in the peace negotiations. The talks are expected to produce a separate peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. Carter praised Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin for their agreement on a "framework for peace" in the Middle East at the Camp David summit. During the talks, Carter said, Egypt and Israel will "negotiate the terms" of the Camp David agreement "to define in a concrete way the terms of peace." He said their purpose is "to make peace and dignity a reality for all the people of the Middle East." "We have certainly not resolved all the issues, nor removed the risks," he said. "We have established, however, principles and procedures for resolving the negotiations ahead." "A peace treaty between Egypt and Israel should be complemented by progress toward fulfillment of the provisions of the general framework agi cement which was concluded at Camp David, dealing with the West Bank and Gaza and a just solution to the Palestinian question," Carter said. As Carter was speaking inside the White House, the Palestine information office released a statement denouncing the talks. "Peace in the Middle East cannot be for UPI Wednesday their assessment of the legislation. At present, an employee can be fired only if the government proves with a "preponderance" of evidence that the dismissal would promote the efficiency of the service. Under the new law, the government must have only "substanial" evidence that an employee was unsuited for his job for instance, that he or she failed to perform a critical element, such as a secretary who couldn't take shorthand. Or if a supervisor makes four reports in one year of an employee being discontinued on Page 5) County OKs Subdivision Moratorium In response to a request from residents of Manila, and a letter of recommendation from the county planning commission, Utah County commissioners Wednesday voted to impose a moratorium on subdivision construction in the Manila area. Commissioners designated the area specifically as being that which lies north of Pleasant Grove, east of American Fork, south of Cedar Hills, and west of the U.S. Forest Service boundary. In a resolution signed Wednesday afternoon, the three county commissioners directed the building inspector to issue no building permits for subdivisions during the moratorium. The action was requested by representatives of the Manila District Planning Commission, since that unincorporated urban area is in the process of determining which of several alternatives it will accept for the future. A large part of the property owners recently indicated their desire to be annexed into Pleasant Grove. Commissioners indicated yesterday that it was in the best interests of the county to declare the moratorium until a decision can be made by the property owners. Now You Know e d Smith Would Meet Insurgent Leaders - WASHINGTON (UPI) Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith said today he By United Press International The Chicago fire, Oct. 8, 1871, which is willing to meet with guerrilla incaused $196 million damage and killed surgent leaders "with absolutely no con300 people, was not the largest fire in preconditions" at an the United States or even in the ference on Rhodesia's future. "The only precondition is that there Midwest on that date; a forest fire near Pestigo. Wis., destroyed 1.280,000 be no precondition. What we are obacres, many buildings and there were jecting to is preconditions from the United States and Britain." 1,152 known dead. Postal Pact Approved by Two Unions - WASHINGTON Neither (UPI) rain nor sleet nor snow nor strikes will stay the postal couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds at least for this year. The American Postal Workers Union and the National Association of Letter the nation's two largest Carriers announced Wednesday postal unions their members voted better than to ratify an arbitrated contract settlelabor ment and end a nearly dispute that threatened to erupt into a nationwide mail strike. Special mediator James Healy's settlement gave 500,000 postal workers unlimited cost of living increases matched to the rate of inflation, substantial job security and higher pay raises. Healy's ruling was considered "final and binding," but the two largest postal unions had mandated their leaders to give members a vote on any contract keeping alive chances of a strike. imposed through American imperialist powers and through American-madIsraeli weapons and armaments." said a spokesman for the office. "Israeli military superiority and the Zionist and racist laws and institutions that discriminate against Palestinians must end." After the official opening, the 50 members of the delegation and their alternates walked down the White House driveway, through the brilliant autumn sunshine, across Pennsylvania Avenue to Blair House where the talks will take place. Carter put Blair Home off limits to the press and imposed on the participants the same stringent secrecy rules observed at Camp David. A spokesman said Carter impressed on the negotiators the "importance" of not (Continued on Page 5) BRUCE S. JENKINS Jenkins Takes Oath as Federal Judge SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) Bruce S. Jenkins took the oath of office Wednesday, becoming the second judge on the state's federal bench and only the sixth U S, District Court judge in Utah since statehood. Chief Federal Judge Aldon Anderson administered the oath at a brief ceremonial session in Anderson's courtroom. Jenkins, 51, succeeds the late Willis W. Ritter who died last spring. Ritter had been on the federal bench for 30 years. "I feel in all humility I should tell you there will be occasions later when some will not clap," Jenkins said, following an ovation from the judges, attorneys, court personnel and others attending the ceremony. "Good lawyers can create good judges. And I look forward to being instructed by the finest teachers in the world," the new federal judge said. Jenkins. Utah federal court bankruptcy referee for 16 years, said he still has some brankruptcy cases to clear up. But he will begin reviewing the federal court caseload immediately Gov. Scott Matheson. who attended law school with Jenkins, said, "We are fortunate to have a man of this caliber assume this post. He follows other jurists who have served well." "We are welcoming a highly disciplined legal scholar." Matheson said. "He is an asset to the bar and bench." Utah will soon receive its third U.S. District Court judge, the first time the state will have three regular judges on the state's federal court bench. 400,000 Students Out in U.S. Teacher Walkouts Still -l (UPI Telephoto) GENERAL OMAR TORRIJOS, left, acknowledges standing ovation from National Panama Assembly and guests at inauguration of new Panamanian president and chief of government, Aristldes Royo, right, at Panama City Wednesday. Torri- - jos probably will remain kingmaker as head of the powerful National Guard. Royo, 38, a lawyer and former education minister, is shown as he delivered his inaugural address after being sworn in after Torri-jo10 years in command. s' Striking Cleveland school employees Thursday were asked to accept state promises of financial help and approve a contract that would open schools for 101.000 pupils next week. Striking Memphis, Tenn., teachers were ordered into court to answer contempt charges for refusing to end a strike that has crippled the school system. citv's 113,000-studeThe Cleveland and Memphis strikes and an array of smaller walkouts in six other states, curtailed or halted schooling for some 400,000 pupils. |
