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Show ERET Warmer Fair and warmer tonight. See details, weather map on Page Our Phone Numbers B-- News, News Tips Circulation Information 5 Sports Scores Classified A.ds Only 5 Editorial offices: 34 E. First South -5- -5-24-2840 -5- 3 7 0 NO. 1 44 PAGES 3 5 521-353- The Mountain West's First Newspaper 10c SATURDAY, U.S. Guns DSDS As - SAIGON (UPI) U.S. guns slammed dozens of shells into the biggest band of Communists seen in Vietnams Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) since the bombing of North Vietnam stopped 37 days ago, military spokesmen Said today. The announcement came as a Joint session of South Vietnams senate and house of representatives overwhelmingly approved sending a delegation to join expanded talks in Paris, aimed at ending the Vietnam War. Headed by Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, the delegation left today. Site of the new Washington tmp!e is on wooded area as seen from across capital beltway. quet of the GOP governors conference, Nixon said the crisis in America once material CITES INCIDENTS ual. Dedication Ceremonies Held At Washington Temple Site One spotter said one group of 81 Communists the biggest band since tne bombing halt popped smoke grebegan nades and tried to use the smoke as cover to keep him from directing allied shells accurately. He said he was unable to determine how many were killed. persons attended dedication ceremonies here today for the site of what will become the only American temple east of the Mississippi to serve members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- Allied y In the pioneer period of the Church temples were built at Kirtland, Ohio and Nauvoo, 111., but the former no longer l'ILL OIT Laos, Ameri- to the belongs Church can sources said about 20,000 and the North Vietnamese troops, or latter was destroyed by a two divisions, had pulled out of mob. South Vietnams northern Three general authorities of reaches since the bombing from Salt Lake City, led by North Vietnam stopped. President Hugh B. Brown, The sources said some of the Pres. Hugh B. Brown first counselor in the First Communists were camped in . . spoke at ceremony Presidency, participated in , Laos within quick striking distance, while others were headed north on the Ho Chi Minh supply trail toward Hanoi. But, the sources said, the flow of supplies southward to the war zone on the trail has not diminished. U.S. Marines south of the Allied base at Da Nang called in the battleship New Jersey to bombard the Communist supply buildup and reported capturing in the PARIS (AP) 87 North Vietnamese U.S. and Tape recorders will be process. North Vietnamese negotiators admitted. Newsmen will not be admit-- 1 have agreed on seven procedur- SHELLEI) COAST ted. four-wapeace Vance Military spokesmen said the al issues for and Lau each scored1 New Jersey put a reported 90, talks, but they still cant agree in there procedural points will on where. sit who shells: per cent of its which left some agreements, Hc'a's sa'd the seven leeway for individual definition. directly on target shell plowed directly into the points agreed on Friday by The Americans see the speak- -' target 12 and 13 miles south of Cyrus R. Vance, No. 2 man in er arrangement as two spokes-- , Da Nang on the northern coast. the U.S. delegation, and his man on each of two sides, one h Vietnamese counterpart, each jor Washington, Saigon, The Marines said they hired 40 Communist bunkers Ha Van Lau, are: Hanoi and the Viet Cong's Na- W'hile the New Jersey knockedl session tional Liberation Front, fjrst pie four.way cut seven and destroyed 10 !wjjj he restricted to conference The Americans see the ference makeup as two delega- supply buildings. 'procedure. It was in the same area that tions of 10 to 12 members Eadi group will have hile Hanci views it as oureach, the Marines Friday ended Oper- dpl. a speaker. y etion Henderson Hill sweep that killed 700 Commu-- j They will meet in the same each. Mists and captured 94 suspected room for From the U.S. standpoint, previously used Viet Cong, the Daily communi- h Vietnamese talks at, Vance won the agreement to. the Majestic Hotel. que said. keep newsmen out of the first Other Leathernecks guarding meeting. The North and Communist The alUed their northern supply base at!sidps said they wanted - Vietnamese each perbring may s he press admitted, but the Dong Ha battled North apparently Americans feel the Communists, jiamese soldiers Business can be conducted lVVj more inclined to reach a trying to disrupt food and amand reasonable munition runs to Leathernecks in Egnlish, Vietnamese compromise without French. the opportunity to make public, along the DMZ. statements. The shape of the conference, table, although a seemingly triv-- i Ut d Nothing New On Babcock Is Still Unsolved SECTION - National, Foreign City, Regional Do-I- t Man craw Uxi out uninjured through a narrow crack in the eaith. It sure seared me," a miner said after tlie cave-in- . It will take ten years off my life." The miners were going back to work in tlto mine today. Austin Tiammcl, .superintendent of the Island Creek Companys Last Diamond Min in tliP heart of the West KrnUiiky coal fields, said lie collapse occurred several feet inside the entrance, leaving a bole just large enough for the rinifis to escape. Yule Night' I Tiie Fast Diamond Mute has been woiked for several decades. It was closed for nearly a year after a miner was killed in a fire five years ngo. The collapse occurred 17 days after an explosion killed 78 men in a mine in Manning-ton- , W.Va. Deseret News Political Editor 6 g every day. Trammel said there were many areas deep inside the mine where the workers coula have retreated if there had been no way out. debris was being The cleared and the mine was to be put bark in operation sometime today, he said. g phia 20ay 10-1- miners inside 200-acr- e By M. DeMAR TEUSCHER 5 j 125 1, 2 3, 10 3 3 so- 4 U.S.-Nort- day but all party. The visit was partly Outbreak Of Flu Gains Momentum cial and partly business. He spent most of the afternoon sitting on a terrace overlooking a private golf course of estate of Philadelthe For Cabinet A of his government, flew here for an overnight visit and talked with the pow'er center of his -- cap-'Nort- Such falls ate not uncommon occurrence here, lie said. We have small ones the programs and personnel Philadelphia hospital worker wears mask and gloves to combat spread of Hong Kong flu. 4-- h KY. M A D I S ONVILLE, Tons of rock and (UPI) slate collapsed in to the only entrance of a coal mine Fri- Wire Ptot the new strain of virus before By The Associated Press publisher Walter Annen-berthe winter is over. In past and talking with 24 present Absences from schools and he said, about 10 per cent Sports years, PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. -- and future Republican goverjobs in several areas of the 7 Church Page Gov. Tim Babcock of Montana ,norf (Country are reported running., 8 Comics SEEKS AD ICE said today lie has heard noth- higher than usual this winter Uu e , 9 Financial President-elecCommunicable Rich-- , ''a,lona t He particularly sought their because of a spreading outbreak mg from 10, 11 ard M. Nixon about the secre-- , Theater in Center Disease Atlanta. Ga., advice, a Nixon aide said, on of Hong Kong flu. 12 Editorial said Friday that 13 states Puer- tary of interior post the Mon- - how the federal government SECTION B tanan is seeking. should help states solve theirl An Associated Press survey to Rico and New York City al- that although the dis-- , ready had reported outbreaks of He also reviewed810" City, Regional problems not Jet iut has ease Peak in Hong Kong flu and that new 2 TV Highlights e he ol the plans programs of western some firms and cases were expected. 4 Obituaries Jan. P,at8. after forward seerelto put governors that the next schools report absenteeism run-- J Doctors at the center said 5 Weather Map tary of interior will be from the an. his cabinet selections. as 30 per cent. as Nixon Action Ads with met the jehances of finding a vaccine did not but governors0? West, specify any 16 held Womens Page small a and then In New York City, for ex-- 1 which can fully prevent the dis- ,m groups particular person. remained doubtful. Indus-'eas- e SECTION C The national Republican Gov- separate, private session with'ample, a Commerce and areas of the hardest-hi- t Rocke-jtr- y One Nelson New Gov. lead-Yorks 1 Association of survey Church News ernors Conference ended today The State with a continuation of discusHealth Department estimated sions about the role state gov- cussed, among other things, !per cent of those polled reported 50,000 flu cases so far this year, the unusually high absenteeism. Rockefellers that proposal ent will ernments play in the new federal Story-'SilTwo schools in the Denver area a assume government Nixon Administration. ose per, ,cTnt of lrm,s were closed for three days last greater responsibility for takingl :,en 16 81ck Gov. Paul Laxalt of Nevada care of the .namt,er j1,!1 week, and absenteeism in some Isai, poor. one of the group who met with firms and junior high schools Rockefellers plan outlined f.mp oy?s deiiml,y was due Mr. Nixon Friday night, said he here Eong flu. The others said g pUt hy the health depart-wa- s would have the Thursday e ment at 30 satisfied ' with the Nixon federal overthat a'fe1n1teelj.m take 'Jas per cent. government Noted Utah author John J Ste- assurance of a a u' lke disorder. western interior complete the of welfareCause city Philadelphia, jn financing wart puts the wonderful Christ- chief. - Health commissionThe now health shared reported jointly Department programs, citys nias holiday in its proper perMichigan Gov. George Rorn- - with the states, and set stan-jeDr. Edward ORourke, pre- - lots of people were off the job, spoctive, shorn of its tinsel, in a ney told newsmen today he saw dards for welfare recipients dieted that 20 per cent of the but did not know how many had Soe NO WORD, Page 2 throughout the country. population would be infected by the flu. series entitled Silent Night, Calendar y A Narrow Escape For 125 Miners ap A-- Seating Deadlock Viet-sQn- ... B-- The ceremony was held on an eminence overlooking Rock Creek Park in eastern Maryland, where the Church in 1962 pui chased a temple site for 5850,000. The large crowd at the dedication included perhaps 1,000 members and officials from stakes and missions outside the Washington, D.C. area. Among them were Regional Representatives of the Council of the Twelve, stakp and mission presidents. Saints. combat base at Gio Linh, on South Vietnams extreme northern coast. In neighboring Some WASHINGTON 4,500 Never has a nation been richer . . . and more determined to share its wealth evenly, he said. But today the crisis is one of tiie spirit it is whether the nation can again be united. California Lt. Gov. Robert Finch meanwhile virtually confirmed he would be a cabinet President Milan D. Smith of member in the Nixon adminisWashington Stake conducted tration. the services and commented SECRETARY FINCH on the tremendous enthusiAt a Los Angeles dinner asm ol Church members in Nixon referred to the East for the prospective Thursday Finch as Secretary Finch new temple. This enthusiasm credence to reports that giving is reflected in a flood of let- he would get the post of secreters and messagss received of Health, Education and tary since the announcement was welfare. (Ste story Page l on made that the temple would other possible western be built, he said. appointees.) Other speakers were Robert Finch, on Friday, gave a W. Barker, regional in interview representative in the Washington vv nidi lie made comments sueli area, and Mark B. Garff of California and New York Salt Lake City, chairman of v, ill be well represented in the the Church Building Committhe bulk of the cabinet and tee. cabinet has pretty well been The three general authori- worked out." ties then spoke. THE FINAL WORD President Brown brought But he raid final word will personal greetings from Pres- have to come from Nixon, who ident David O. McKay and is expected to make the See NEW on Page 2 announcement next week. closeted The President-elec- t, for the past two weeks in his New York offices rounding out the dedicatory and breaking services. The others were Eider Ezra Taft Benson of the Council of the Twelve and former president of Washington Stake, and Elder Paul H. Dunn of the First Council of Seventy, now serving as president of the New England Mission. Deseret News Washington Bureau U.S. headquarters pinpointed the Communist location as two REDS Spiiriity PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. (UPI) President-elec- t Richard M. Nixon emerged from five hours of strategy sessions with Republican governors at a plush desert hidea way Friday and said the challenge of his administration was to renew the American spirit. Speaking to about 1,000 of the nations top Republicans 'and their ladies at a ban- - 4,500 PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE American headquarters said Allied gunners fired three times into the DMZ Friday when spotter planes saw evidence of what U.S. spokesmen called significant incidents in the zone since Nov. 1. of the 1968 7, 9 Largest Group In DMZ Mauled northwest DECEMBER n Shell Big Red Band miles 24-4445 524-444- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH VOL. 24-4400 - r. A-- The serie, published in lead- lal issue, is one which the rivalsfeel could be translated into a ing newspapers throughout the bargaining advantage later on. na1()lli begins Wednesday in the Consequently there has been no breakthrough on this point. The Communists want a( square table, whose equal sides! for reading aloud in the family Would fit their claim that the circle. NLF has equal status in a four-What is thc true mcaping 0f sided conference. What Christmas? messages The United States wants two should the season carry to all of tables each long facing eachiUS once js without its bright other, to support its claim tiiat lights, colorful ornaments and the parley is composed of two expensive gifts? sides. The allies do not recog- Youll find the answers in Mr. nize the NFL, which the Saigon Silent Stewarts Night The outgovernment regards as an Story of Christmas beginning law tool of Hanoi. One possibility for a compro- Wednesday as another outstanding feature of your Deseiet mise would be a round table, some diplomats said News, this would not prevent delcga-- l tions from spacing themselves to RUSs COSITJOS Lands1 1 j appear separate. The South Vietnamese contin- BOCHUM, GERMANY (AP) The Bochum Observatory re-- ! gent is expected to arrive here by noon Sunday, and supporters ported the Soviet Cosmos 23.' planned a gala airport rally to .satellite launched Nov. 29 made outdo the reception accorded' a soft landing early today in the' the NTL group five weeks ago. Soviet Union, ; NASA Launches Star Shot CAPE FLA. KENNEDY, An astronomical ob(AP) servatory rocketed into orbit today, packing 11 telescopes intended to give man his first clear look at the stars and uncover clues to the origin of the universe. The success w ill open up a new arena in a large area of interest in the space sciences investigating the whole universe," said Homer K. Newell, associate admimslia-to- r of space science and applications for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as Orbiting Asttonoru-lea- l Obseivatory 2 circled earth on its first orbit. The 4, rode atop an booster that drilled it Atlas-Coiita- r orbit a ranging from 467 to 489 miles high very close to the circular path for which it was aimed. into near-circula- Officials plan to activate the telescopes Wednesday after checking all spacecraft's spacecraft systems. The satellite is the heaviest and most complex scientiiic spacecraft ever launched the United by States. Opoiating above the obscuring blanket of earths atmosphere. (lie obseivatory is designed to provide astronomers with their first unobstructed glimpse of the universe exploring mysteries of the stars, galaxies, nebulae and interstellar gasps. Dr. John F. Clark, director N'A.SA's Goddard Space Flight Center, said 0A02 may prove as great a step forward of in astronomy as was the invention of the telescope." Tiie atmosphere, a curtain of heavy air which extends about 450 miles above earth, distorts light reaching telescopes on earth and absorbs a vast amount of electromagnetic radiation that streams from flip stars and other celestial bodies. OA02 will concentrate on light, observing ultraviolet which could tell notch about the heat and intensity of stars and thus provide clues to their age. The theory is to put stars of different ages in some order to deduce the evolution of stars and the the uni- said Dr. Janies E. Kupperian Jr.. OAO project scientist at Goddard. The obreivatory has two major experiments, a cluster of four telescopes developed by the Smithsonian Astrophs-ica- l Observatory, and a group of seven telescopes designed by the University of verse, illiliiiiilliilillilllllllllillllllllliiillllllllillllllllllH Today's Thought All i loots urc open to courtesy. Thouuis Fulhr f J 1 I f r ' - m ilAa ' t' 0 i dfi f t f f r r |