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Show it ,! A BiVpam'p Cloudy, cool,, and wet . in the Salt Lake Valley Saturday. For more information on the weekend weather see the weather map on Page B-- ERlET HEW , 368 NO. 79 1 News Depts. 1 News Tips Only 5 Information 5 Adv. & Circulation 5 Classified Ads Only Editorial offices: 33 Richards 46 pages 364-111- 355-747- 363-152- 521-353- The Mountain West's First Newspaper lOe 364-258- : SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 5. VOL. Our Phone Numbers 30, Saturday, September St 967 1 Pres. Tanner Moon's Surface Ordinary Seek pod through:, prayer, and then walk uprightly before him, that all may be led to immortality and eternal life, counseled President N. Eldon Tanner, second counselor in the First Presidency Saturday. Surveyor Probe Gives Analysis ranked WASHINGTON (UPI) Presfdent Tanner was the first speaker at the Saturday morning session of the 137th General Conference In by an achievement scientists as one of mans greatest, the Surveyor 5 spacecraft has analyzed the moon's surface and found it contains materials much like those on earth. One is basalt, an ordinary sort of rock so common on earth it is found everywhere from the Palisades of the Hudson to the Deccan Plains , pseudo-scientifi- platinum. AN ACHIEVEMENT But to serious scientists it is gratifying news the discovery of which, one of them said Friday, "ranks as one of the achievegreatest scientific ments in the entire history of Otttrtt President Hugh Brown conducts as Conference opens Friday. B. Group in white blouses is (NASA). They appear to dispel all doubt whether the moon was once molten and whether it hot and still is inwardly turmoil. volcanic to subject According to Surveyor 5 it certainly was and surely is. MOST SUCCESSFUL Of the three Surveyor spacecrafts which have made soft landings on the moon and done their photographic and other duties there, surveyor-has been by far the most suc5 cessful. From the time it landed in on the moons Sea of Tranquility Sept. 10 to the moment when it went into lunar night Sept. the a small crater y 24, Surveyor 5 took 18,000 pho- more than double the number of its two predecessors, and of far better quality. It also carried a magnetic which proved experiment there isn't much iron in the lunar soil. tographs, Surveyor 5s claim to inclusion in the scientific hall of fame lies in the fact that it also took to the moon a six inch cubicle box, known as the Alpha-scatterin- g Singing Mothers chorus Canadian j Cong Guns Hammer U.S. Posts (UPI) guns lashed SAIGON nist I Precedes Talk WASHINGTON resident Commu- U.S. Marine frontier forts with renewed fury Saturday, a military spokesman said. Over North Vietnam, American warplanes bombed Haiphong bridges and a MIG base near Hanoi in the heaviest raids in more than a month. A government spokesman said the North Vietnamese also shelled a South Vietnamese subsector headquarters near the demilitarized-zone- , and followed it up with a ground attack. The headquarters, defended by a regional force company, an artillery platoon and a revolutionary development cadre team, hurled back the attack killing 17 of the Communists, the spokesman said. Government casualties were not announced. The Communist guns, rockets and mortars fired at least 228 shells into Marine and South Vietnamese positions. One Marine was killed and 33 wounded in the latest barrage near the battered Con Thien outpost. (AP) -PJohnsons latest enunciation .of his Vietnam policy drew an apparent brushoff from Hanoi. Even before the President spoke Friday night, offering to halt U.S. bombing of North Vietnam in return for advance prompt "productive i ons, a Unusual President Johnson has discus-- s g official Vietnamese appeared to be turning thumbs down to such a proposal. Vice Premier Le Thanh Nghi said in Peking that the United States "must unconditionally halt its bombing North and other war acts against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam once and for all, withdraw its forces from South Vietnam and recognize the Viet Cong as "the sole genuine representative of the people of South Vietnam. Goats Must Feel A Bit Sheepish more flexible. One administration six-da- y sional Record.- absent. Section a SECTION , Financial ' Television,. City .1 Theater Editorial J 1 f .6-- 8 '.9 vll City,-Region- Comics Church B --- Page. l, L Weather Map Obituaries" Women's Page 4, 5 2 3 5 5 16 .section: c 12-1- 3 14 rted tomorrow. I am ready to have Secretary Rusk meet with their foreign minister tomorrow. "I am ready to send a trusted represtntative to any spot See PREPARED, Page A--3 $70 Billion Measure For Defense r mara was a for the entire government in the field of cost reduction and efficient operation, costs of conflict never could be precisely estimated nor fully foreseen. This fact, coupled with the congressional cut of $1.6 billion might well create an unJohnson signed the largest avoidable requirement for adsingle money bill In U.S. hisditional funds, he said. defense or anything tory The President also said he at his nearby ranch. else did not like an amendment The chief executive is spendBritish firms from ing the weekend at the ranch. preventing bidding along with American The President noted that companies on construction of mineCongress cut $1.6 billion from seven wooden-hullehis January budget requests sweepers for the U.S. Navy, on the assumption that major- - saying this provision s within the defense es- - gered a British-U.S- . agree- tablishment would possiment providing an opportunity ble. for British companies to bid He said that while Defense on $325 million worth of U.S. Secretary Robert S. McNa- - military items. JOHNSON TEX. CITY, President Johnson (UPI) Saturday signed the (70 billion defense appropriation bill with a warning that it may be necessary to go to Congress again for additional funds to finance the Vietnam war. source pace-sette- d endan-saving- that Mr. Johnsons "we assume statement11 amounted to putting Hanoi on notice once again Tabernacle, broadcast by radio and television. The session also was taped for release on television Sunday in many parts of the country. . 7 p.m. General Priesthood Meeting Tabernacle. SUNDAY a.m. Fifth General Tabernacle 2 p.m. Sixth General Session Tabernacle. 10 Session Sunday School 7 p.m. Conference, Tabernacle. Door Ajar Between Germanys - BONN (UPI) y East kept the door open Saturday for high level talks on "normalizing relations with West Germany, but rejected a bid to tear down barbed wire and mine field barriers keepfamilies and friends ing Ger--man- apart. President Tanners address was themed on prayer. I have great faith in prayer, and believe that "more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, he said, observing that it Is a great and opportunity privilege of going to the has everyone Lord in thanksgiving and sup- The East German press office, in an announcement carried Friday night by the East German News Service ADN, said West German Chancellor plication. GREAT BLESSING I have often wondered if we really realize the power of prayer, if we appreciate what a great blessing it is to be able to call on our Father in Heaven in humble prayer, knowing that He is interested in us, and that He wants us to President Tanner succeed, said. one To pray " effectively, must believe that he is praying to a God that can hear and answer, to one who is interested in His children he conand they tinued. Several instances of prayer being used in the world were cited by President Tanner. He noted that Adam and Eye "called upon the name of the Lord, and that great and influential men have always prayed for divine guidance. The Mayflower Compact In the name of God begins, and the Constitutional Convention finally made progress when prayer was adopted. Washington, Franklin and Lincoln called upon God. Prayer has never been outmoded in this great country, President Tanner declared. All of the prophets, from Adam to our present prophet, See SEEK on. Page 3 states. well-bein- ... A-- Kurt Georg Kiesingers to lessen "the suggestions misery of German partition ignored the basic issues separating the two German The announcement said the East Germans would be willing to .meet with West German representatives on items suggested in a letter sent to Kiesinger 10 days ago by Willi Stoph, Communist East German premier. Kiesinger replied Friday that the state secretaries, the heads of the personal offices of both leaders, should meet to work on easing relations caused by the Iron Curtain and other obstacles to German cooperation. Stoph s letter said that the West and East Germans should discuss drawing an agreement for normal relations between the "two sovereign states of ythe German nation. Nixon's Mon, 82 Dies In California - Mrs. NEW YORK (AP) Hannah Nixon, 82, mother of former vice president Richard M. Nixon, died at Whittier Nursing Home, Whittier, Calif., Saturday morning, Nixon aides said. Nixon was m New York. Aides said arrangements were being made for him to fly to California. Iio Grande Sends final Flood Surge - . When the roll call ended, Charles A. Vanik, Rep. to announced a delighted House that almost half the 28 freshmen had not answered. He said some.,of those signing the letter were among congressmen with the worst attendance. records.' Several of Ujp missing Church News - ttiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 6 members had obtained leaves of absence on account of official business. v; , -- ' BROWNSVILLE, TEX. (AP) The Rio Grande, leaving destruction and human misery for 200 miles upstream, hurled its y dying surge of floodwaters at this point entering Gulf of Mexico where Humcarte Beulah slammed ashore TOdays ago to start the deyestation. Rio Grande City eastward for almost 200 miles, although it was receeding in some spots. Forecaster safd the floodwa-ter- s posed little danger to BroynsVille or its sister city Malamoros, Mexico. It (the flood) doesnt appear to pose a threat to' the city Fred Gonzalez. - of the' itself, Brownsville Weather Bureiut said Saturday. 0 The river was at flood stage in the Rio Grande Valley from Flood stage is 18 feet at' Brownsville. The Weather Bu-- , reau said the river had reached 16.58 feet early Saturday. Tlie 153,000 residents of the Brownsville, Mexico area, at . the Rio Grandes mouth braced for the floodcrest, expected sometime Sat-urda- - - I LBJ Signs ed. But he suggested requires day paper. And for all the best in reading and pictures, heres the index for today: Sports ty said the softer language was not accidental; that the government in both public and private messages to Hanoi has been probing for a formula that would get talks start- When the chamber convened Friday, there was an immediate request for a quorum call which members to answer to their names or be marked officially color in the Church News--t- he special section in each Satur- 3-- 5 changed. Certainly Mr. Johnson held out no hope of an early solution. He reminded his listeners applauding that "Hanoi has not accepted for any of these proposals peace talks in the past. But the chief executive emphasized that we and our South Vietnamese allies are wholly prepared to negotiate now." He said: "I am ready to talk with Ho Chi Minh and other chiefs of state con-c- c great which is 100 years old this week, was filled to overflow-ing- , as was the Assembly Hall on 'Temple Square. The conference proceedings were - y . 1, 2 bombing. The source said U.S. policy unthus remains basically Reviewing Vietnam policy for a bipartisan gathering here and for a nationwide television-radi- o audience Mr. Johnson adopted language Friday night that sounded conciliatory, but did not weaken his expressed determination to see the war through to an acceptable ending. Thus, in talking about a possible bombing halt he said: We of course assume that discussions while proceed, North Vietnam would not take advantage of the bombing cessation or limitation. This rather vague phrasing, when contrasted with some earlier U.S. demands for a promise by Hanoi to scale down its side of the war iq order to gain respite from American bombs, seemed The 28 freshmen, all Republicans, complained in their letter to McCormack that he permitted members to operwork week. ate on a three-da4 They suggested he schedule work weeks until the session ends. Their letter was printed in Fridays Congres- Picture coverage of Confer- erne at the Tabernacle is in National, Foreign Conference News of- fered to stop bombing North Vietnam on only one stated lead condition: That it promptly to productive discussions aimed at a peaceful settlement of the war. absent Friday. It has been 100 years since the first General Conference was held in the famed Salt Lake Tabernacle. The unusual edifice is still a major tourist attraction and a center for General Conference activities of The Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter-da- y that the United States would expect something more than talks if it were to stop the SAN ANTONIO, TEX. (AP) WASHINGTON (UPI) A Twelve of the 28 freshmfn who chided congressmen Speaker John W. McCormack for not making the House work harder were marked TOP OF THE NEWS - Ready To Talk Peace Anytime, LBJ Says Hanoi's 'No' liiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiit Saints. The Newt photo by Don Groyiton man." Administration SATURDAY y Others are silicon and oxygen, by far the most common and on earth elements apparently on the moon too. This may be disappointing to laymen who have been teased in years past by c speculations that the moon might be covered with diamonds and perhaps rare metals like gold or Space For Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ The Saints. of Latter-daservice was held in the Tabernacle on Temple Square. Presidftit Hugh B. Brown, first counselor in the First the Presidency, conducted session. President David O. McKay presided. Speakers in addiiion to President Tanner were Elder Mark E. Petersen and Elder Richard L. Evans of the Council of the Twelve, and Elder Marion D. Hanks of the First Council of the Seventy. Music for the session was furnished - by the Tabernacle Choir conducted by Richard P. Condie with Dr. Alexander Schreiner at the organ. HUGE THRONG of India. Surveyor 5's findings about the chemical composition of the lunar surface were reported in a briefing fbr newsmen at the headquarters of the National Aeronautics and Here's Schedule Semi-Annu- al r U -- -- Saturday. Upstream, residents began reto their turning homes in the- - beginning of a . massive cleanup In the Harlingen area streets were covered jvith one to five inches of silt and mud. Land scaped yards were mud pits. Some houses that cost up to $65,000 had. been filled with water up to the roof. Residents with brooms and mops were hard at work making their homes fit for habitation. Only a few hojnes remained flooded in the extreme "sttotb-west portion of Harlingen where the Arroyo Colorado went on tear after Beulah dumped heavy rain on the area. Disease from pollution and mosquitoes was a threat to U.S. residents. Air and Mexican Force planes were spraying the valley agafast the mosqqiipes. The project is expected to take at least a month. President Johnson declared 21 counties in South Texas major disaster areas after a tour of parts of the Rio Grande. Insurance adjusters are at work to determine the extent ot Beulahs damage, already estimated at more than $1 billion. Todays Thought Hope ever urges us on, and tells us tomorrow will be better. Tibullus . ' |