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Show MM I Amusements 33-- Business-Slock- li-t- s Ml Mill i; Cloudiness t Church Comics S8 71 Editorial Farm 24 Society-Art- s 5 Sports 9 106TH YEAR. NO Kf 11 7! 1F1 . - " - - r-- Nicaragua Patrol For Legislature Force fq civ Herald - The new Republican majority in the Utah Senate Saturday elected Miles "Cap" Ferry. Connne, president of the upper chamber, while the GOP members of the lower chamber elected James Hansen Farmington. speaker of the House. Both Republican leaders promised to work for a program of tax reduction during the next legislative session, which begins in January "We're not talking about tax relief We're talking about tax reduction," said Ferry, a Box Elder County ing his fourth at Border they called an invasion r term, defeated Richards, Salt Lake City. Bangerter. who is starting his third term, defeated former House speaker and majority leader Lonn Pace. Salt two-vea- G LaMont Lake City Peterson, also starting his fourth term, beat Willard Hale Gardner. Provo. for the whip position And Mrs Peterson won a three-warace with (Continued on Page 2) y Saturday Army spokesman Col Aquiles Aranda Escobar saiu the incident occurred late Friday night, leaving an undetermined number dead and wounded A Costa Rican radio station reported that three members of the National Guard were killed and several insurgents wounded in the clash $4.50 In Iranian MANAGUA, .Nicaragua (UPIi -National Guard patrols fough! what by mercenaries near the Costa Rican border, fueling rumors of an imminent resumption of civil warfare in Nicaragua, army officials said 19. 1978 to Hansen said, "We tax limitation are committed . ;m i Lnited Press International President Leonid Brezhnev Saturday issued a stern warning to the United States to put aside any thoughts of intervening to keep the shah of Iran in power, saving such action would be viewed as a matter affecting Russia s B Soviet security interests New violence broke out in and at least three demonstrators were reported killed The country's new military premier vowed to restore order to permit the of free elections holding parts anti-sha- of Iran The Soviet Union. Brezhnev said which maintains traditional good neighbor relations with Iran, states resolutely that it is against any loreign interference in the internal affairs of Iran by anyone, in any form and under any pretext The Soviet leader said his nation, which borders Iran to the north views the current unrest in Iran as a purely internal affair and the questions involved in them should be decided by the Iranians themselves "Any interference, especially iflllMfcii "EySS THE NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS Independence makes an impressive sight as it steams into Boston Harbor Saturday for a port visit and open house. The refusal tion to danger The to exclude the possibility of acsave the shah if he were in of being overthrown Communist Party newspaper carried the text of Brezhnev's response to a Pravda question about his assessment of foreign press reports "on interference by Western powers, especially the U.S.A., in the events in Iran and even the possibility of military intervention by them." Brezhnev replied: What puts one on guard is the fact that officials of the states concerned actually do not deny such reports "If they deny attempts to interfere in Iran's internal affairs as was done they recently by the U.S. president right away make reservations which do not exclude the possibility of such interference under an appropriate ex- cuse." Reports reaching the Iranian capital of Tehran Saturday said troops and demonstrators clashed in several sections of the country, leaving at least three protesters dead and two others wounded Casualty reports from some areas were not available. The new premier, Gen. Gholam Reza Azhari. head of the iterim military government brought in to control the rioting, said Saturday his aim was to restore peace and order so his successor could hold f ree elections. Azhari, who addressed a special session of the Iranian parliament, introduced his civilian and military cabinet to the lawmakers and said he jBSPH By Egyptians By United Press International Egypt's vice president said Saturday Egypt will not sign a peace treaty unless it is clearly linked by a timetable to the establishment of Arab autonomy in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Vice President Hosni Mobarak, speaking to Egyptian correspondents in Washington on the first anniversary of President Anwar Sadat's trip to Jerusalem, took a hard line on the key issue holding up the signing of an agreement. "Egypt will not sign any agreement with Israel concerning Sinai unless there is a clear link, spelled out. in a timetable, between it and the establishment of autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza," he said Earlier, he said any Middle East agreement without a timetable for elections on both occupied lands "will never lead to peace." But his later remarks went further, saying no agreement was possible without such a Israeli-Egyptia- n deadline. But he described his talks with President Carter as "very successful. "President Carter and other administration officials are satisfied with the Egyptian views I presented regarding work toward an overall settlement of the Middle East problem," he said. - has made a port visit to Boston since the USS John F. Kennedy was there in 1970. (UPI Telephoto) U.S. Congressman Shot in Guyana (UPI) -congressman on a mission GEORGETOWN, to check reports that Americans are being held prisoner at a jungle religious commune was shot and perhaps killed along with some journalists and others in his party in a landing strip ambush, police said. Georgetown police quoted police in Port Kaituma, about 150 miles northwest of the capital, as saying "about 20 people" were killed in the attack at the local airport near the commune run by the San Francisco-base- d People's Temple. In Washington, the State Department said one of the two pilots involved said Rep. Leo Ryan, D. Calif, some journalists accompanying him and other members of his party of about 25 had been hit by gunfire. But a State Department spokesman said he could not say whether any had been killed. "We have an eywitness report of Ryan being hit by gunfire and some members of an NBC crew and others being hit," the spokesman said. "This report comes from the pilot of the second plane, which took off. The first plane was damaged so badly it -- Blinding Snowstorm Assaults Midwest United Press International A blinding snowstorm whistled across the upper Midwest Saturday, burying some communities under more By than a foot of snow and causing scattered power blackouts. The storm, the first of the season to turn its full fury on northern Wisconsin and upper Michigan, dumped 15 inches of snow in northeastern Wisconsin Savage winds downed power lines and knocked out electricity in much of Vilas County, in extreme northeastern Wisconsin near the Michigan border. Snow plows were kept off the roads by savage winds mat whipped snow into blinding clouds. Winds gusted to 50 mph across northern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula, piling snow into g drifts Wind-downe- d power lines left more customers without electricity in Michigan's Eaton County. Nealy a foot of snow stacked up on portions of Michigan's Upper Peninsula Friday and Saturday. Heavy rain fell to the south of the storm, making travel difficult. Wet and slippery roads were blamed for one traffic death and numerous acthan 150 cidents in Michigan. The heavy snow, which moved into the area Friday, cut visibility in the woods near Ironwood, Mich., where searchers had been looking for Bruno Maki, a deer hunter missing since Thursday night. But Maki was found alive and well Friday, trudging through six inches of snow. A gale warning was posted for eastern Lake Superior and storm warnings were in effect for Lake Huron and Lake Erie as the storm pushed eastward. Strong winds, gusting to 45 mph. toppled an high decorative wall at a new, $20 million convention center in Buffalo, NY., early Saturday. No injuries were reported Authorities said the wall, a facade, was built of styrofoam and plasterboard. Biting cold, intensified by strong Pickup Accident Results In Nephi Power Outage NEPHI Part of Nephi City was without power for more than eight hours early Saturday morning, when a pickup truck driven by Patricia Carter, 31, of Nephi, apparently went out of control while turning from Main Street onto 100 S., shortly after midnight According to city Policeman Jim Stephensen, Mrs. Carter and her husband Stephen, a passenger in the vehicle, were uninjured. The accident is still under investiga two-wee- k carrier d protests. spokesman for the nation's power generating personnel said Saturday that they. planned to strike "between Sunday and Tuesday" in an attempt to halt radio and television new., broadcasts. Newspapers have been on strike for two weeks and refused to resume publication after martial law officers reminded them editions could be seized and reporters arrested at any time. Some 8,400 radio and television staff workers also have been on strike, but programs continued with a skeleton A A California Peace Stand Hardened would ask for a vote of confidence, possibly as early as Monday Despite continued unrest American oil experts Saturday said Iran's crucial oil industry was increasing production strike. They said following a oil production Friday was 3.4 million barrels, compared with about 5.5 million barrels a day before the g Finlinson, who has been in the Senate for six year, defeated Karl Snow, Provo, for the number two post. Jeffs, another six year veteran, defeated K.S. Cornaby, Salt Lake City, for the number three position. In the House, Hansen, who is begin- - attack carrier will be in Boston until Monday. The arrival of the Independence marks the first time an aircraft conventionally-powere- CENTS interference in the affairs of statf which direct borders on the Soviet I'nion would be regarded by the U S S R .is a matter affecting its security interests." Hrezhmn said in a special statement in Pravda's Sunday edition The Tinted Slates has said 1! is powerless to intervene in the events in Iran but Brezhnev's statement focused on what he termed the American two-thir- contractor, majority leader; Cary Peterson a Nephi rancher, majority whip; and Georgia Peterson, a Salt Lake City legal secretary, assistant majority whip. Ferry, who has served 12 years in the Senate and two in the House, defeated former Senate president Warren Pugh, Salt Lake City, for the top Senate job. 50 military Iran and tax reduction, coupled with a reduction in the size of state government. "I don't think you will see a meat ax approach to this but rather some skilled surgery," said the Davis County insurance agent. The Republican senators, who won control of the Senate from Democrats earlier this month and now hold a 0 majority, chose their leadership in a caucus at the University of Utah prior to a football game between Utah and Brigham Young University, The 50 House Republicans, who won of the seats in the lower chamber earlier this month, caucused at the State Capitol Building. GOP senators also named Fred Finlinson, Salt Lake City, majority leader, and Dean Jeffs, Orem, majority whip. Both men are lawyers. House Republicans also elected Norman Bangerter, a Salt Lake City PRICE Stand T ft to a. PER MONTH rancher. "To have meaningful tax reduction it has to help the people who pay the taxes. We're not going to play Robin Hood by transfering the tax burden from one group to another." pauh Russ Warns U.S. Battles Invasion Jeffs, Peterson Elected Majority Whip in Senate, House Respectively UPI rzJ PROVO. UTAH. SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 95 GOP Organizes SALT LAKE CITY , today night and morning fog and in increasing chance of showers b Monday eening is forecast for the C entral I tab area, with highs SO to 53 and lows i6 tion. Traffic on both ends of highway 91 for approximately IVi was hours as UP&L crews removed live wires dangling across the road. The entire south end of Nephi was without power for about hour. UP&L crews worked through the night to restore the power from Center Street to 200 S.. east from Main Street. Power was restored completely by 8; 30 Saturday morning 1 wind and snow, settled over the Rockies, pushing tempratures well below the zero mark. The mercury plunged to 8 below zero at ('lit Bank. Mont and to 5 below at Great Falls. Mont. Snow and strong winds accompanied the arctic chill and driving hazardous across much wind-drive- of Montana. More than n 24 snow-mad- feet of snow stacked feet up in East Glacier, Mont. Guyana couldn't take off. There's a further report that a member of the People's Temple, an American, in Georgetown, murdered her children and killed herself." The Guyana Information Ministry-saithe government had sent a joint police and military detachment to the scene "to investigate." A spokesman said none of the injured or dead or others left behind at the airstrip had been evacuated. The State Department spokesman said a Medivac plane with a full complement of physicians and other medical personnel was being dispatched to Guyana from McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey to pick up the Americans. "They will evacuate the Americans involved in the incident as soon as possible after dawn," the spokesman said. will possibly He said the huge have to stay in Georgetown while the victims are removed from the scene of the attack by other means. Ryan arrived Nov 14 in tne tiny South American country formerly state-controlle- d known as British Guyana and went to the commune with a party of about 25 people, including several U.S. Embassy staffers, two personal aides and several eight American journalists journalists, including a NBC News camera crew. Ryan was reportedly escorting some Americans from the religious settlement who had decided to return to the United States. Suddenly one of the party pulled a pistol and opened fire as they boarded two light planes, the pilot said, the State Department said. Then a tractor-traile- r pulled up near the planes and gunmen in the trailer opened fire. The State Department quoted the pilot who flew away as saying that Ryan, "several" U.S. Embassy staffers, two of Ryan's personal aides and eight American journalists were hit in four-memb- staff. state broadcasting system is out, Iran will be completely any source of information exforeign broadcasts. Despite the riots and threatened new strikes, American oil experts said production in the vital oil fields Saturwas day reached 3.7 million barrels and increasing. If the knocked without cept for Many of the 67.000 oil workers began drifting back to work last weekend strike called after a crippling two-wee- to force the shah to abdicate the attack mm Solons Travel, Mostly at Tax Expense - Freed of WASHINGTON (UPI) sessions and election congressional campaign demands, members of Congress are roaming the world these official days, mostly on business. jtitk B pwnB B 1 BK BeE Bl- iiBik.. JLb fBi on& jal - d Their objectives range from the Brazilian coastal resort of Salvador for the Atlantic Conference, to Tokyo, where congressmen accompanied by about 100 staff aides and wives are in all attending an persons interparliamentary- symposium." When member of Congress travel, however, it is often hard to learn who. what, when, where and why. For one thing, some are sensitive to allegations they are traveling for fun at taxpayer expense. These shun Bt B jfl BJ B flBHBJBS? ' publicity. "Quote me and I'll kill you," said one congressional aide who agieed to provide some anonymously. For another, B B itinerary details some congressional often the sponsors of of-- I committees Continued on Page 2) - llMB5Bt B Brl B riiifl Iiwii lttAN'S NEW prime minister and former chief of staff, Gen. Gholam Reza Azhari, addresses the Iranian Parliament Saturday, M fBB B fl vowing to restore peace and order. The new cabinet has six militarymen and 18 civilians. (UPI Telephoto) |
