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Show It 3 If? mmi S Admofrs Nicaragua IPO rav 5si Ihifi" May Launch Guerrilla Attacks; Sandinistas Tighten Managua Grip 106TH YEAR, NO. 296 PROVO, UTAH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1879 kylab Cra shs $4.50 PER MONTH J - PRICE 25 MANAGUA, Nicaragua I'PI -President Anastasio Somoza admitted for the first time he doesn t know how long his national guard can hold up against Sandinista reinforcements and warned his troops may turn to guerrilla warfare If they i the Sandinistas! kept com ing across from Costa Rica there s no force that can stop them the Nicaraguan president said "I don't know how long the guard can hold out He also said if he is forced to lease the country without safeguards for his national guard and Liberal Party government troops will "fight on. " "We may take to the brush for guer-nllwarfare." he said Every lieutenant in the guard could be a guerrilla leader They come from all parts of the republic. They are not a bunch of city slickers." Sandinista guerrillas, fresh from victories north and south of the capital and boasting a modest armored corps and air force, tightened their grip on Managua Tuesday and were within a day's march of the capital Tuesday's fighting was centered 22 miles south of Managua where guerrillas sought to expand a triangular area of "liberated territory." bounded by Masaya, Jinotope, Masatepe Diriamba and San Marcos. Somoza told a small group of American reporter., late Tuesday that he still held out hope for a U S mediated compromise with the Sandinistas. "I think a U.S. arrangement with the (Sandinista ) junta for a peaceful transition of government is possible," Somoza told the reporters in his bunker CENTS' earth; a, Australia Hit No Reports Of Injury Or Damage a - WASHINGTON (UPI) Skylab crashed to Earth today; scattering tons of debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia. Space officials said "all indications are" the giant craft broke up and crashed, and there were no reports of damage or injury. "We believe at this time that all the debris in Skylab is down," said Richard Smith. NASA's Skylab control chief at 1:08 p.m. EDT. Although the North American Air Defense Command had not confirmed Skylab was down. Smith said "all indications are at this time that in fact it is down." Four airports in southwestern Australia reported sightings of airborne debris and one, Kalgoolie, estimated that 20 to 50 fragments were observed. That report was confirmed by federal Civil Defense officials in Hawaii. Skylab 's path from there was over the 77-to- THE STRICKEN SKYLAB streaked across the Sydney, Australia skyiine last night on one of its last orbits before Daily Telegraph photographer Barry McKinnon took the picture. (UPI Telephoto) office. Somoza said he would only leave y. 16,500 mph. Smith told a news briefing the exact location of the long impact zone could not be immediately determined. The North American Air Defense Command estimated the heaviest pieces fell in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Australia. Smith said the Australian sightings were made, at night, and the objects apfrom the heat of air fricpeared hot tion. tons. "We're glad its down;" Smith said. "We would like to have not seen it over Australia because that is a land mass. "The end is here. The period has passed." Skylab's final orbit passed over the (Continued on Page 2) Sadai Will Visit Israel - Electoral WASHINGTON (UPI) Gen. David Jones, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, laid out in blunt terms today the military's criticisms of SALT II. But his civilian boss assured the Senate the country would be better off with the College Fails WASHINGTON (UPI) - For a decade, polls have shown that more than 75 percent of the American people want to elect their presidents by popular vote. The Senate emphatically does not. The Senate Tuesday rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have abolished the Electoral College and substituted direct popular vote elections. 15 votes short of The vote was 8 the majority required for approval of a constitutional amendment. Supporters of the proposal, led by Sen. Birch Bayh, have been pushing for a vote since the proposal first was introduced in 1966. All their efforts were resisted through delays or filibusters until Tuesday when they finally got the vote they were seeking. It turned out to be a disaster. Given the lopsided margin, it is highly unlikely Bayh will make another effort anytime before the next Congress meets in 1981, if then. A coalition of conservatives and small-stat- e senators, with the help of a few liberals, managed to prevent a majority approval. But the Senate's two active presidenGOP leader Howard tial candidates Baker and Sen. Robert Dole, spoke and voted for the amendment. Sen. Strom Thurmond, leading the opposition, said the amendment would bring about "changes in the whole government and that would be very dangerous." He also warned of a proliteration ot splinter parties that would prevent any candidate from getting 40 percent of the vote, forcing a runoff that would lead to "trading off and all sorts of fraud and abuse." pact than without it. Jones endorsed the treaty without enthusiasm, calling it a "modest but 1 Carter Rules Out Gasoline Price Decontrol two-thir- two-thir- n - WASHINGTON (UPI) President Carter, having ruled out decontrol of gasoline prices and, apparently, a tax cut, today brought business leaders to Camp David for their ideas on how to help the economy. Heading the guest iist were the board chairmen of some of the nation's largest corporations and unions, civil rights leaders and Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall. Also on hand was the chairman of the Senate Employment Committee. Sen. Gavlord Nelson. A SKYLAB OBSERVER watches as space station makes last pass over Johnson Space Center at - WASHINGTON (UPI) Starting Monday, and lasting until at least April, public buildings may not be air Join Utah Strike Carpenters d night, and we have a tenative agreement," said S.I. DiBella, executive secretary of the Carpenters Union Local 184. "We won't know until later today whether it's acceptable to all parties. But I think the strike is about over." DiBella said he could not discuss details of the tentative pact. A three-yea- r contract between the Utah Builders Bargaining Unit and the laborers, cement masons and carpenters unions expired July 1. About 400 members of the Laborers International Union of North America set up picket lines last week, shutting down about 30 major construction projects throughout the state. Initially, the masons and carpenters did not send out pickets but did honor the picket lines set up by the laborers. About 140 masons joined the strike Monday. And the carpenters voted Houston in early morning Press secretary Jody Powell said Tuesday Carter believes removal of gas price controls would be too in- light today. (UPI Telephoto) flationary. He also said the prominent nongovernment economists invited to the Thermostat Curbs Ordered In Public, Commercial Buildings to Save Energy 90 Projects Shut Down SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) About 1,750 carpenters today joined a week-olconstruction workers strike but a union official said the dispute which has shut down more than 100 projects could end quickly. "We met with the contractors last 1 pulsion of American servicemen deployed near the Nicaraguan border to assist in the possible evacuation of U S citizens from Nicaragua. Monday night to begin picketing today, bringing the total number of work sites closed by the strike to about 115. The carpenters said their picketing efforts would be concentrated at smaller projects which the laborers and mansons dicLnot have the manpower to close down. In addition to wage increases, strikers have said they want their new contracts to contain language that would make it more difficult for conn tractors to use workers on construction jobs. non-unio- conditioned cooler than 78 degrees and hot water cannot be heated above 105 degrees. President Carter declaring the ex- istence of an energy emergency Tuesday activated the standby regulations on summer and winter thermostat settings in public and commercial buildings to conserve power. The new regulations will be in effect through April PRESIDENT Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua appears grim but determined as he tells news media at Managua he will not resign but might put his straggle against tht Sandinistas on guerrilla basis. (UPI Telephoto) i General Raps But Supports SALT II wmtK-- Bill to Ban big-sta- ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (UPI) -Egyptian President Anwar Sadat will visit Israel next month at the invitation of Prime Minister Menaehem Begin, the two leaders said today. They told reporters they disagreed on the question of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip but agreed on opposing any move to dismember Lebanon. "I agree with the Prime Minister that our talks today and yesterday were among the most important we have had," Sadat said. "Very important indeed." Begin J 0 'w 51-4- Skylab had been expected to break up into at least 500 pieces large enough to cause injury. The heaviest weighed two S diplomatic spokesmen also expressed optimism that a compromise was possible and noted the Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction in San Jose Costa Rica has not called off meetings with U.S. special ambassador William Rowdier In San Jose the Costa Rican National Assembly called for the immediate ex- of- fice "under a humane arrangement that I'm attempting to achieve or in an outright fight and military defeat. "How long the fight lasts depends on the people." The U.S. plan repeatedly rejected is based on by the Sandinistas and Somoza's resignation, a cease-fir- e creation of a moderate transitional man-mad- h U S -- Great Victoria Desert. Sightings of other fragments were reported in Esperance, Albany and Perth. e The n craft, largest object in space, came to an inglorious end on its 34,981st orbit. Space agency technicians earlier today made a final, adjustment in the doomed craft's path to keep it aloft a little longer and prevent it from hitting Canada and the Northeast United States. Skylab ended six years and 874 million miles of flight around Earth with a tumbling, wobbling, rolling dive into the upper fringes of the atmosphere at last-ditc- f and injection of massive aid to rebuild the country Somoza also said the United States is "morally responsible for seeing to a democratic future for the Nicaraguan people who for 50 years have had a toreigh policy of supporting the United States " government amounts of 16, 1980. If the emergency persists into winter the buildings may not be heated above 65 degrees and the hot water thermostat limit would remain in effect Carter said in a proclamation he had been advised by Energy Secretary-JameSchlesinger that continued reductions in crude oil supplies have resulted in a national energy supply shortage. Exemptions in the thermostat plan cover elementary school buildings, hospitals and buildings in which climate and water temperature are governed by health regulations. s presidential retreat Tuesday agreed that Carter should not heat up the economy now with a tax cut, even though a recession is in sight. Some of the economists said the nation is in a recession now. There were indications Carter would return to the White House Thursday afternoon and it was understood that some of his speechwriters already are at work at the Catoctin Mountain hideaway on a major report to the useful step in a e process..." Both Defense Secretary Harold Brown and Jones put particular stress on proceeding with the $30 billion MX missile and other programs desiped to upgrade U.S. strategic weapons. "I do not believe the United States will face strategic inferiority in 1985 or at any other time before or later," Brown insisted in answer to hard-lin- e Senate critics of SALT II, "if we have SALT and if we do the things we need and plan to do to modernize our forces. "I have no doubt that approval of SALT II will improve our military security as well as well our overall national security," he said. Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during the third day of hearings on the treaty was Dr. William Perry, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, who came prepared to give detailed answers to questions on America's military weaponry. Jones also disclosed the nation's top military officers were disappointed that the U.S. SALT negotiators had not been able to conclude more stringent limitations on two Soviet weapons systems: the Soviet Backfire bomber an aircraft the Soviets say is a (Continued on Page 2) long-rang- Billie Estes Found Guilty - Billie Sol Estes, DALLAS (UPI man whose legenfarmbelt flim-fladary fertilizer swindle made his name synonymous with easy money in the 1960s, today was found guilty of fraud and tax evasion charges. The federal jury had deliberated since Thursday in reaching a verdict in the complicated case involving 22 indictcharges contained in a i ment. Budget Office Expects Mild Recession in V9 - WASHINGTON (UPI) The Congressional Budget Office, sounding a more pessimistic note than the White House, predicted today the economy will suffer a "mild recession" this year in 1980. and recover partially In a required report fraught with uncertainty congressional budget director Alice Rivlin told Congress: "CBO concludes that the most likely outcome for the remainder of 1979 is a mild recession with rising semi-annu- unemployment and high, but moderating, rates of inflation," A 1980 upturn, she said, "is expected to be weak by historical standards" with unemployment remaining above percent through the election year. 7 Unemployment currently stands at percent and consumer prices have been rising at a rate of almost 14 percent a year. But the budget office has forecast 1979 consumer prices leveling off to a 9 9 to 11.9 percent increase, slowing due to recession to 7.9 to 9.9 percent next year. It cautioned: however, there are many unknown factors, including Ihe future price of imported oil, the quality of harvests, strikes in key segments of the economy and a sharp decline in the (Continued on Page I) 5 6 |