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Show ' Fair n Warmer , Our Phone Numbers News Tips 0 Home Delivery 0 Information Sports Scores Classified Ads Only 5 Editorial Offices 34 E. 1st South Fair and warmer tonight with cloudiness Thursday. 524-440- Chance of 524-2S4- ' light snow. Daytime highs near 50. Lows tonight near 30. Probability of snow 40 per cent Thursday. Details, weather map on Page B-- 524-444- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 64 PAGES L 0 c WASHINGTON a housands walked cargoes. The 64th Annual Primary Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints will open here Thursday with two general sessions scheduled in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. Stake and mission Primary workers by Schedule of Primary ference Meetings: Con- THURSDAY 9 a.m., General ScoMun Salt Lake Tabernacle, Temple Square. 1 p.m.. General Session Salt Lake Tabernacle, Temple Square. 6 Presidencies Dinner p.m., Salt Palace, 100 S. West Temple. FRIDAY 8 Presidents Department a.m. to 1:15 p.m.. Rose Park North Stake Center, 11th West. First Counselors 1155 N. Depart- 7:30 a.m. to 1:15 ment p.m., East Institute of Reli gion, 1800 Hempstead Rd. Second Counselors Department ,7:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.. Hillside Stake Center, East. Secretaries Department 8 a.m.' to 1:13 p.m., Rose Park Stake Center, 760 N. 11th 1400 - 19th West. 8 Inserviee Department a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Salt Palace Little Theater, 100 S. West Temple. 8 a.m. Music Department to 12:30 p m.. Assembly Hall, Temple Square. Scouting Directors Depart8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., ment Salt Palace, 100 S, West Temple. Cub Scout Directors De8 a.m. to 12:30 partment p.m., Salt Palace, 100 S. West .Temple. 2 p.m., General Session Salt Lake Tabernacle, Temple Square. 57 Perish In Morocco Plane Crash MOROCCO The pilot of a Royal CASABLANCA. (UPI) - Moroccan airlines Caravelle coming in for a routine land- f CCfltrcI incr cworyrj nnf small a dodged. village, today, then crashed onto a highway where the plane leapfrogged into the air, a ball of flames. Airline officials sad 57 persons were killed in the crash and there were 25 survivors, most of them badly injured. The plane carried 76 passengers and six crewmen. The aircraft came down on the El Gara Road near Berre-chi25 miles south of Casablanca, where it was scheduled to land five minutes later on its fiight' from fVgadir to the thousands are expect- ed to attend the two-da- y conference. Of special interest to the Primary workers will be Thursdays afternoon The plane hit the ground several hundred yards past the village and careened across country, losing wings before and undercarriage into the air, leapfrogging exploding and bursting into flames, witnesses said, and baggage Wreckage, clothing scattered over a 1,000 square yard area. control tower Casablanca the pilot. French reported Capt. Roger Hemon. a veteran of 20.000 fly ing hours and on loan from Air France, had contacted them a few minutes earlier to report all well on board and ask for permission to land. WEDNESDAY, This years It's' spteadtr.g like wildsaid Teamsters Busfire, iness Agent Charles Moore in Cleveland, one of half a dozen or more major cities hit by strikes in the dispute involving a total of 425.000 drivels across the country. But the Teamsters issued no official strike call and most drivers stayed on the job in many major cities including Boih Trucking resenting trucking otlicially Los New York, Chicago, Angeles and Philadelphia. Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz awaited word on his request to truckers to continue handling defense foods and perishablps The secretary has asked the two parties, management and labor, to' prepare a plan lo handle essential cargoes, a spokesman said.. There was no immediate woid whether the Teamsters would agree. Negotiations which were recessed Tuesday night, were to resume at 2 p.m. on the wage dispute. grow ing Teamsters and Employers Inc., repmost of the nation's industry, remained silent about the rash of strikes. the mating some 10,000 on strike at St. Louis, about 3,000 in St. Paul, Minn., mote than 2,000 in Cleveland and about 1,000 at Denver. Other cities where Teamsters wa'ked out included Kansas City, San Francisco and Oakland, Calif.. Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio; Inand Dps Ind., dianapolis, Moines. Iowa. deadwere Negotiations locked with the industry and the Teamsters 80 cents an hour apart for a three- - ear wage agreement. The industry offered 90 cents and the Teamsters demanded $1.70. Trucking Employers Inc. in a smiliar situation in the last national confrontation three years ago called a nationwide lockout shutting down virtually the entiie industry m retaliation to scattered strikes. An industry source, asked if a decision on a lockout this time has been made, said not yet. Strike action was scattered with local union officials esti Most truck drivers now age $4 an hour. Early indications had pointed to efforts by some Team-siei- s officials to head ou wuik hut some local stoppages, union oilrcers sahl they did not consider the walkouts w ildcat strikes since the drivers no longer have a contract. In Cleveland. Moore said 2,000 to 3,000 of the unions 8, (X)0 membeis were believed otf work. Were trying tc get it stopped, but I think it maybe out of control now. A St. Louis trucker said the industry is shut down from St. Louis to Kansas City. conference will panies. In Chicago, where separate talks were being conducted, union officials said the 50,000 Teamsters in that area wrould not strike this morning. Thursday evening at 6 p.m. stake, mission and district Primary presidencies will join with the General Primary Presidency for a presidencies dinner in the Salt Palace. FOR DEPARTMENTS Friday morning departmental meetings will begin at 7:30 a.m. They will be held in the Salt Palace, Assembly Hall. Rose park and Rose Park North Stake Centers, the Hillside Stake Center and the East Institute of Religion Chapel located adjacent to the University of Utah campus. Pres. Harold B. Lee, first counselor in the First Presidency, will speak to the 2 n ucrksrs session general Friday in tire Pri-wo- w Tabernacle. The Primary childrens chorus will again present several numbers. They will be led by Mary Ellen S. Smith in the Friday general session. The Friday afternoon general session will conclude the 1970 Primary confetence. 1 HAMSTERS Team- VIEW The men have taken the no contract, no position, work, and have walked out on their own the strike is not sanctioned by the local said Vern Cameron, union, president, Local 222 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. AP Wirephoto Did you say you were missing a Hanson checks labels on packages that have piled up in O'Hare Airport, Chicago. shipment?-Char- les Back - To - Work - Pleas Ignored By Air Traffic Controllers WASHINGTON (UPI) traffic - Air controllers today plea ignored a from their leaders, leaving air travelers to face a seventh day of delays and flight cancellations. back-to-wor- k Undersecretary of TransJames Beggs said: We dont see a significant trend back to work. Beggs met with members of five controller unions but portation officials excluded 7.500-ma- of Professional n the Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) which triggered the sick-out. Patco is in an illegal posi the sick-o- is an strike. Beggs said the to Kenneth Lyons, president of the National Association of Government Employes, the second largest of the ait traffic controller unions, many controllers still are too frightened to return. But lie added he felt sure within the next few days they will he hack. City 55 controllers reported for work out of 106. That was below Tuesday when 61 worked. The government said earlier that it would not meet with the controllers until they agreed to go back to work. In New York, stronghold tor militants of the organization, 64 of 167 controllers showed up lor work. The total for the Tuesday day shift was 45 out came Tuesday from lawyer F. Lee Bailey, executive director According tion as far as the government is concerned. Beggs said. The government contends illegal situa- much the tion today same as it has been in the last several days. ,.4 tliftra n 1Ta muu( iiuwoti, turn Hivir was a slow trickle of controllers returning to work and the air traffic system was operating reasonably well. But Beggs said the government lias seen no action on to file part of tire controllers respond to a plea by their executive director, F. Lee Bailev. is 4 1 1 of 158." Medina was responsible for the alleged murder of Vietnamese noncombatant persons allegedly committed by members of his company in the village of Song My (My Lai) on 16 March 1968. Medina, 33. of Pico Rivera. Calif., earlier was charged with murdering four persons, maiming one and assault with a deadly va.pon. IT? parlipr filed March 10, charge, accused Medina of the murder of two persons on or about 16 March 1968', maiming and murder of one suspected enemy person, and murder of another, during their interrogation, late in thp day of about 16 Marcli 1968, and assault with a deadly weapon on a third individual while intetrogating him on or about 17 March 1968. y However, the charge filed today was substituted for one filed March 17, accusing him of concealing knowledge of a felony. Medina commanded Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry. 11th Brigade of tlie Amer-ieDivision in Vietnam. Company C joined two other infantry comparies early in to fojni Task Force Baker, which conducted tlie raid cm My Lai. Calley, charged Sept. 5, 1969, was the first to be accused. Subsequent investigations for tlie most part have involved members of Medial na's company. Medina has specifically denied that he ordered any massacre, but admitted that he shot a Viet Cong woman who was wounded. In Kansas An FAA spokesman, Dennis Feldman, said: We see a hopeful trend, but there still are large numbers of men out. Tlie back-to-woi- plea of PATCO. Bailey, facing a contempt of court hearing on Thursday charges of tlie controllers encouraging job boycott, issued a carefully worded statement urging "any mass strike action to stop. U.S. Drops Plan My Lai Charge (Expanded (AP) -TCapt. Army charged Ernest L. Medina today with murder in tlie 1968 attack on My Lai, and said Ihe charge makes him responsible for Ihe 102 alleged slayings for which illiam L. Calley Jr., will Lt. be tried next month. The announcement from 3rd Army at Ft. McPherson here said the charge was based on evidence obtained by U.S. Army Criminal Intelligence Division agents. A spokesman said that Medina was charged as a principal under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and did not have to be present during the alleged killings to be held responsible. The Army said. The new charge alleges violation of Article 118, UCMJ, in that Capt. 650 Approximately sters Umon members walked off their jobs at IML Freight, Inc., 2175 S. 3270 West, just after midnight this morning. An additional 100 members of tlie International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local 1020, 654 S. West Temple, were respecting picket lines at IML and also were off the job. Primary chorus of children from 77 Salt Lake Valley stakes will sing under the direction of Patricia C, Maughan. Thursday afternoon in the general session in the Tabernacle, which begins at 1 p.m.. Elder Gordon B. Hinckley, of the Council of Twelve, will spehk. Elder Hinckley is also an adviser to the Primary. Changes in next years Primary program will then be introduced by Primary children. lie . By PAUL SWENSON FURNISH MUSIC GA. ; Deseret News Staff Writer Primaries. Elder Boyd K. Packer. Assistant to the Council of Twelve, and Bishop Robert L. Simpson, of the Presiding Bishopric, will address the Primary workers in Thursday's morning general session which begins at 9 a.m. Bishop Simpson is an adviser to the Primary. ATLANTA, One teamster local official at St. Lours called it a stoprather than a strike page and said . no pickets were being posted by his local. In Indianapolis " Local 135 President Loran W. Robbins told members they would not be required to work if they desire not to do so, as there is no contract in effect. About 500 of 2,100 Team-- , sters in the Dayton area went on strike at midnight, saying no contract, no work. They set up picket lines at more than a dozen freight com- Teamsters Out At S.L, Firm THREE SESSIONS Mrs. Parmley. who will conduct the three general sessions to be held during the said stake, and conference, mission Primary workers be new Primary told group names, introduced to new course materials and challenged to take what they hear back to the ward and branch 600-voi- 1970 1, ses- be one of our most interesting and most challenging, stated Pms. LaVern W. Parmley, of the Primary Association. A APRIL uuuvjiyj xj sion where seeral major in the Primary changes program will be introduced. Paris. Witnesses at he village said the aircraft was plunging straight for them when the pilot appealed to gain enough control to swing it past. NEWSPAPER Move Needed Cargoes, Nixon Asks -T(AP) of truck drivers in out spreading Teamsters strikes over deadlocked wage talks today after their national contract expired, and the Nixon Administration pleaded with to handle essential them For Primary Of Meetings For Primary FIRST j Truircrlnv M y Time, Place WEST'S MOUNTAIN THE . r3 A 'Challenge B - 521-353- 8. VOL. 373 NO. 77 5- 524-444- At Postal Talks I did not see any slaughter at My Lai 4 that day, he said during a news conference in Washington after appearing before a committee investi-gatnireports of the mas- g sacre. None was reported to me. I did rot order any massacre at My Lai 4. he declared. Medina said lie shot a Woman he bcuccd Held A plu or a grenade after a helicopter pilot reported seeing a Viet Cong with a weapon. Todays Thought Better put a strong fence round the top vf the cliff than an ambulance down in the rallei). Joseph Matins WASHINGTON (UPI) -The Nixon Administration has apparently dropped its demand that any wage increase for postal workers be wrapped up in a plan to turn tne post otficc into a government corporation. Negotiators for the government and the postal unions twice exchanged pay proposals Tuesday, and negotiations continued today. One government offer Tuesday was described as an unconditional pay proposal. Utah Judge Acts To In addition to long-lin- e truck drivers and city pickup and delivery drivers, other Teamster members who joined the walkout included dock hands, hostlers and shop yard workers (greasers, tire men, fuelers, washers and steamers). RETROACTIVE PAY The main issue the men are stressing is retroactive Cameron said. They pay. informed Halt Sick-O- ut A temporary restraining order was issued Tuesday at 5 p.m. against the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Orgal nization to halt the strike by air controllers in Utah. The order was signed by U.S. District Judge A. Sherman Christensen and will be effective until April 10 when another hearing will be held ou liie federal government's for a preliminary motion injunction. Christensen acted on a complaint filed Monday by U.. Attv. C. Nelson Day. The order restrains members and officers of the organization from encouraging or participating in a work stoppage or slowdown at any Fed-e- i ai Aviation Administration facility. He also ordered the men back to work. Cnristenaen asked if anyone representing the organization was attending the hearing, but nobody responded. Dave Candland. opeiations officer at the Air Route Traffic Control Center, today reported that three employe had called in sick which is about normal for a Wednesday day watch. sick-cal- IML . they would have been willing to continue to work during national conif the tract negotiations employer had been willing to agree to retroactive pay. Allan Musgrove, IML presi- dent, said tlie company was assured by tlie Teamsters there wouldnt be any work stoppage, but they went ahead and did it anyway. NOT SANCTIONED Cameron stressed that the wildcat move was not sanctioned by the local union, and that tlie decision to walk out was strictly their own. We are not telling the men not to go to work they have taken this thing on themselves. at their owr, individual discretion. In reference to the possibility of returning to work Cameron said the feeling of mert of the men appears to be that if they could get some kind of commitment on retroactive pay, they would consider it. HOME OFFICE Salt Lake City is the home office of IML. a national out it. Other trucking comin the area were panies apparently operating normally today, with no reported plans in the works for further walkouts. Inside The News A spokesman government said this meant no conditions to tlie tied were wage offer presumably an indicu no tion tlie Administration longer was insisting on postal reform as part of the price of a sal.it v iiurease. i I |