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Show For Circulation, Call Tribune Phones 52-1-28-1- frews and Editorial, 1 ; Scorp-524-450- Womens, Advertising Classified 1 Sports, Promotion, 524-457- Magazine, Vol. 197, No. 118 Salt Lake City. I'tah Saturday Morning Angus! General Retail Priee Ten Cents 10. 190S departments ads, display, display, Rally for Party Unity ens Nixons Drive him Thursday night, the nominee quoted Mr. Johnson as having told him: "Dick, you have my congratulations and my Bv Carl P. Lcubsdorf Associated Press Writer - MIAMI BEACH Richard M. Nixon sot top priority Friday on rallying Republican troops to his banner in the big industrial states. And he accepted President Johnsons offer of full information on the Vietnam peace talks, relieving his pledge not to undercut them. The GOP presidential nominee told reporters he and running mate Spiro T. Agnew plan to stop at the LBJ ranch in Texas Saturday en route to 10 days of sessions in California to get a briefing from Cyrus R. Vance, deputy U.S. negotiator in Paris. But Nixon said he has called off plans to visit Russia later this month or at because any time before the election "we have too many demands that are urgent in the United States to allow foreign travel. sympathy." "He appreciated the fact that my statement on Vietnam and our platform statement made it clear we were not going to undercut the negotiations, Nixon I told him that would be our added. position but that we would have to be kept abreast of developments." 1 want to play it right down the middle, the former vice president thiee times quoted Mr. Johnson as having said, adding: "I take the President at his word. Vice President Hubert II. Humphrey, candidate for the Democratic nomination to oppose Nixon in November, also will be in Texas, and his schedule included a briefing Friday by Vance. However, Nixon said the vice president plans to he in San Antonio Saturday to visit Hemisfair so the two probably will not see one another at this time. Nixon was greeted by his running See Page 6, Column S front-runnin- g Holiday Mood Prevails He suggested it might be presumptuous to say whether he would make such a trip if the Nov. 5 election makes him president-elec- Associated Its all over. Trash cans and stacks of folding chairs fill the space that only a short time ago i I Press Wirephoto was occupied by the cheering delegates to the 19G8 ' Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. Allies Bottle Up 48 Die as British Airliner Red Force Near Hue City Dives Into German Field SAIGON (AP) Allied forces sealed off a coastal village five miles northeast of Hue and killed 42 members of an enemy force menacing the ancient capital while suffering no casualties, U.S. headquarters reported Saturday. Farther north, between the frontier center of Gio Linh and the South China Sea, South Vietnamese troops reported killing 25 enemy Friday at the scene of a lopsided government victory the day before. Fighting also broke out 30 miles north of Saigon, where U.S. 1st Division infantrymen and South Vietnamese forces swept through a village and drove an enemy force into a bunker and tunnel complex. 16 Enemy Killed Sixteen enemy were reported killed and 21 rockets seized in the continuing action. Far away in the Mekong Delta, a U.S. river patrol fighting in monsoon rains repulsed two Viet Cong ambushes but accidentally raked a nearby village with heavy fire. The ambushes Thursday came seven hours apart and each time return fire from the American boats struck the village of Cai Range, 83 miles southwest of Saigon. In all, 15 Vietnamese civilians and a soldier were killed and 105 civilians and 15 soldiers were wounded. Drive Deep in Delta The river patrol had penetrated deep into the delta in an area that long has been a Viet Cong stronghold and was returning after killing 252 Viet Cong and uncovering big weapons caches. This was part of allied operations designed to upset enemy plans for renewed attacks on Saigon. The first ambush, against troops of the U.S. 9th Infantry Division and the Riverine Force of U.S. Navy boat-'- , was sprung Thursday afternoon just south of the important delta city of Can Tho. The second came after nightfall. officials said that in both U.S. ambushes, along a curve in the Can Tho River, Cai Rang was just to the south and directly in the path of American return fire over flat terrain. The division rushed medical aid to the village. COMING SUNDAY America's Decline In Excellence Section A Start - A BritMUNICH, GERMANY (A?) ish turboprop airliner, spewing smoke and debris, skimmed a Bavarian village and slammed into a field in bad weather Friday, killing all aboard. British Eagle Airways headquarters in London said its e Viscount, en route from London to Innsbruck, Austria, was carrying 44 passengers and a crew of four. Bavarian police had set the death toll at 57, but later a police official said an accurate count was impossible at the crash scene, 25 miles north of this Bavarian capital, because of the state of the bodies. four-engin- Burst Into Flames Witnesses said the plane, trailing smoke, burst into flames as it crashed. Burning fuel sprayed onto the four-lan-e autobahn, blocking the superhighway just before the surge of heavy weekend traffic. Bavarian police said the road was lightly traveled at the time but one motorist was reported injured in a car struck by flying debris. Eagle Airways London headquarters said no names would be released until the next of kin of all aboard had been notified. West German Transportation Minister Georg Leber immediately ordered a thorough investigation of the crash. An airline investigation team also was dispatched. Flooded Airport Road Munich-Nuernber- g "The engines were still running. I thought it would crash into our village, but the pilot pulled into a curve. Another witness said the pilot appeared to have tried to make an emergency landing in a field. It was the second crash of an Eagle airliner en route to Innsbruck in the last 414 years. An Eagle Superconslellation crashed into the Tyrolean Alps on Feb. 29, 1964, killing all 83 persons on board. Lets Spray and Quickly - ROME (UPI) Officials of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) called on Iran Friday to furnish four aircraft to help Pakistan fight an infestation of locusts in West Pakistan. A spokesman said the planes were needed to spray insecticides over the plague area. Parotic Magazine Nixon, looking tired still but relaxed, said he had four hours of sleep Thursday night, about four times as much as the night before. "Thats the way its gonna be from now on, he advised reporters. "Very shortly, he said, we will be g in the states starting where there lias been great support for other candidates. Nixon had support from only Illinois and Texas of the seven largest states in winning the nomination and mentioned California, Pennsylvania and New York as specific areas of attention. And Michigan Gov. George Romney said Nixon and Agnew must make the party leaders from the states that must win the election for them at least as important as Mr. Nixon made the leaders of the South and Southwest in winning the nomination. Nixon said that when Republicans already have an excellent organization as in Pennsylvania, wc want to work with it and through it, not around it He said he would spend two or three days visiting these states, conferring with party officials but not making speeches. "There is some real disagreement in the Republican Party, Nixon conceded as grumbling over the choice of Agnew continued behind the si enes, but not nearly as much as there is in the Demobridge-buildin- Yarborough Endorses Gene Hubert Gets LBJ Viet Briefing, Makes Pitch to Rocky Backers appearances in Corpus Christi and San By Harry Kelly Associated Press Writer Antonio. - Today's Chuckle The airliner, piloted by Capl. E. Dawde, departed Londons Heathrow Air port an hour and 12 minules behind schedule because of a flooded road at the airport. of Bridge Building cratic Party. Reporting that the President phoned Psychiatrists who tell parents to spend more time with their children are just trying to drum up business. CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX. Hubert II. Humphrey got a briefing from President Johnson Friday on Vietnam and the Paris peace talks as the vice president restarted his campaign with an open bid to followers of Republican Nelson A. Rockefeller. Humphrey got back on the campaign trail by flying from Minnesota to the LBJ Ranch for a private with President Johnson before making . radio communication from the plane, the pilot reported no difficulty, Munich-RieAirport said. The plane crashed eight minutes later, near the villages of Hoeg and Langcnbruck. German federal aviation authorities said the pilot apparently wanted to land at Munich because of poor flying weather. It was grey and misty at the scene. Sebastian Brandstctter, a highway I maintenance man, told a newsman: suddenly saw a plane come out of the clouds. Almost at the same time I heard an explosion from the plane. Flames shot out of the rear and it was trailing smoke. It started going down. In the last Car Hits, Derails Train in Ohio, Motorist Dies, 80 Shaken Up n - More MIDDLETOWN, OHIO (AP) than 80 persons were shaken up or none seriously and a motorinjured ist was killed Friday as a station wagon hit the engine of a Baltimore & Ohio passenger train and derailed five cars, including three passenger coaches. One passenger car was left flat on its side and the others were tipped to one side. The accident occurred at a crossing four miles northeast of here which docs not have a flasher signal. Gen. Eisenhower Gains Strength 100 e Passengers Aboard estimated there were more than sengers on the Cincinnati-to-Dctroi- t Oil the Inside 100 pas- train. The injured were brought to Middle-towhospital and the uninjured were being cared for at Red Cross headquarters ponding Inis transportation to their destination. The hospital said ail of the injured received treatment and were released. Many of Iho passengers were stunned at first and nthei's were only bruised or cut slightly. n The doctors said "age, of course, is a (actor" in replying to a newsmans question: "Does the generals condition justibecause of his fy particular concern age?" He so far has survived twice as many attacks as the number that apparently most often add up to certain and quick death. And his latest three have all occurred within 3'4 months. Helen V. Sweeney of Alexandria, Va., a former Wave, was in the first passenone that tipped sideways ger ear and said she did not see the actual impact when the car hit the train, but that "I saw the car and then wood and stuff flying by the window." Mrs. Sweeney, heading to Dayton to visit her sister, was unhurt and even carried her own luggage a quarter-mildown torn-utrack to rescue cars. Warren County Sheriff Byron Kennard - WASHINGTON (AP) Former President Dwight D. Eisenhowers doctors reported Friday he is gaining strength and excellent spirits is in following his sixth major heart attack last Monday. He still is clasr'fied as critically ill, like any other victim of a recent cardiac attack. Invisible M an Of Tills Vegas t. Nixon, in a holiday mood, said his controversial running mate, Gov. Agnew, is "going to go up in popularity and is going to be a great asset to the ticket. All I have to do is see that he gets Nixon said of the teammate exposed, whose nomination ignited a brief revolt at the Republican National Convention. He said television will make Agnew a national figure, a man overnight can become known through the tube." While Nixoi met with reporters, and then spent an afternoon of relaxation at nearby Key Biscayne, GOP officials went through the traditional chores, housekeeping reelecting Ray Bliss as chairman of the partys National Committee and picking former budget director Maurice Stans as the new party finance chairman. -- Associated Press Wirephoto One died and 8!) were hurt or shaken up when car rammed pas- Jil'IlpT (null HI rru?ilin t III A1 t umo. Driver, 17, Dies Killed in tlu- wreck was Elbert Wells Jr., 17, who lived a short distance from tnc scene. Humphrey was met in Corpus Christi with the news that Sen. Ralph Yarboan old rival of Lyndon B. rough Johnson in Texas politics, had endorsed Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, Humphreys opponent for the Democratic presidential nomination. Vice President and Mrs. Humphrey spent about five hours at the Johnson ranch with the President and Mrs. Johnson and, accoiding to a statement put out by Humphrey aides: Review Foreign Affairs "The President reviewed with the vice president all foreign affairs developments since the most recent meeting of the National Security Council, reviewing in detail. Mr. Vances report on developments relating to Vietnam and the negotiations in Vietnam. Cyrus vanee is one of tho U.S. negoti- ators in the conferences with the North Vietnamese. Humphrey aides also released the text of a telegram sent to the vice president by "26 Minnesota students for Rockefeller," who said they were "confused and disillusioned with politics and the policies now that the GOP has picked Richard M. Nixon as its presidential nominee. The telegram said, "We ask you to reside our faith, to show us new leadership, find us a way out of Vietnam, a way to honesty in government, equality for all people, and a way that will not forget us but include us in any way it possibly can. Humphrey, in reply, urged the students not to "lose your faith in the political system and said, "I very much want your help. Seen as Courtesy Call Stilt Lake City and Utah Partly cloudy with chance of late afternoon Weather showers or thundershowers. Humphreys private visit with Johnson was said to he a courtesy call. Humphrey was portrayed as feeling that he should pay a visit to Johnson as long as he was campaigning in the President's home stale. The President invited Richard M. Nixon, who won the Republican nomination, to pay a call to visit him map on page Saiurdav. Saturday's Forecast 22. e I 1 y |
