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Show 6A DESERET NEWS, , Army Will Hernia PiHedesls .Tuesday, October 27, 1970 - - Th U.S. SAIGON (UPI) Army is taking action to rescind two medals for bravery awarded to Brig. Geo. Eugene P. Forrester following charges that citations for the decorations were falsified, a military spokesman said tonight. The spokesman said the action was being taken to call Distinback a Silver Star guished Flying Cross given to td the former assistant commander of the 1st Air Cavalry Division due to administrative irregularities uncovered by an investigation. The spokesman for U.S. for award of the medals Forrester on Oct. 4. Forrester completed a .our as assistant commander of the 1st Air Cavalry Division early this month and returned to Vietnam last week following a leave to take a post in U.S. military headquarters in Saigon. The letter to Rivers was signed by Spec. 4 Anroy R. Army headquarters in nearby Long Binh issued a three-paragrap- h statement which said the investigation was continuing. Forrester had not been aware of the falsification of the citations, the spokesman said. The incident came to light last week when it was disclosed that five enlisted men had sent a letter to Rep. Menchairman del Rivers, of the House Armed Services that Committee, charging they had been ordered by their superior officers to create recommendations Trent Jr. and four other enlisted men working in the divisions awards section. It that witnesses charged statements would be created to substantiate the recommendations at a later time. Brig. Gen. E. P. Forrester . . . citations falsified Speaks Out For Professor (UPI) - Kent President State WICHITA CRASH AFTERMATH FAA Proposes Stricter Rules On Charter Planes WASHINGTON have been portation AP Wire Photo Explosives Brought Out Policeman John Cunningham picks his steps as he carries a pipe bomb from Black Panther headquarters in Detroit Monday. Police say 25 sticks of dynamite have been found in the building near where a police-ift&- n was shot to death Saturday. (UPI)-Stri- cter safety regulations proposed by TransSecretary John A. charter flights such that crashed in Co- Volpe for the one lorado last month, killing 30 persons from Wichita State as University. Volpe asked the Federal Aviation Administration to impose the same rules and flight maintenance standards which govern regular scheduled charter flights on small charter firms used by schools and universities. According to Volpe, the air taxi industry is not allowed' to fly planes more than 12,500 pounds, but a small segment of charter plane firms are granted exemptions from that rule. Therefore, in the pro Russian Ships To Call ORE. (UPI) shipping firm plans to provide the first regular service to United States ports by Russian ships in more than 20 years. Bqnt orensen, president of Parifid International Freight-liner- s Ltd., said Monday Rus PORTLAND, A Russian sian vessels will begin calling West Coast ports regularly, possibly by the end ot November. Sorensens firm is the Vancouver, B.C., representative for Far Eastern Steamship Co., Vladivostok, which plans to provide the shipping service. at new regulations, all charter firms would be under the same strict regulations which already exist. After the Wichita State University charter flight crashed in the mountains of Colorado Oct. 2, the FAA accused both the firm that supplied the crew, Jack Richards Inc., and the one which supplied the plane, Golden Eagle Inc., of trying to skirt FAA regulations. According to the FAA, Golden Eagle was not authorized to fly planes the size of the Martin 404 which crashed. The firm contended, however, that it was not the operator of the plane, but merely provided the crow. The Richards firm argued that it had leased the plane to the school and posed KENT, OHIO also was not the operator. The FAA termed the operation of the two firms a facade to bypar" FAA regulations. Volpe said hu proposal would redefine the present FAA regulations to spell out more clearly who has the legal responsibility tor operation of a school charter flight. According to Volpe, the Wichita State University crash highlighted the need for the change. Law Locked Up University Robert I. White today defended a professor cited for contempt of court for ccrimieni-in- g on a special state grand jury report on its investigation of campus violence last spring in which four students were killd. White, in a statement, said geology professor Glen Frank felt obligated to speak in defense oi the university and its students. The Beacon Journal quoted Frank as saying he was speaking out in contempt of the naive and stupid conclusions of the special grand jury, specifically as to the disreasons for the May turbances. 1-- 4 Spending, Taxes Cut By Britain LONDON (UPI) Keeping his election promises, Prime Minister Edward Heath today announced cuts in welfare spending and reductions in income and corporation taxes. It was the first income tax cut in 11 years. Chancellor Anthony Barber outlined ..the 212 per cent cut in income tax, effective April 6, in a address to the House of Commons in its first session since its summer recess. MAN BELIEVED HERE 100,000 YEARS AGO LOS ANGELES per 2, The announcement of the income tax cut. toeether with the program of cuts in public spending, was the Conservative Party governments first concrete move toward fulfilling promises of cuts in unnecessary public and welfare spending and in taxes which won Heath an upset victory over fcrnier Prime Minister Harold Wilson last June. The announcement drew immediate protest from Roy Jenkins, former chancellor of the exchequer under Wilson. We will oppose these unjustified programs and policies, he said in reply. wide-rangin- g ENGLAND A lawyer and two policemen were locked in a police cell Monday when the lock jammed as they were talking to prisoners. It took 40 minutes before they were on the well-know- n Police Seize Arsenal - cent. The over-al- l effect of the cuts program would be a savings for the taxpayers of $792 million for the financial year 1971-7Barber said. Man may have lived of scientists suggested Monday. Dr. Louis Leaky, a archeological investigator, said tiny flakes of stone which apparently had been heated by fire were found at an arhreological excavation in the Mojave Desert. The flakes were uncovered at the Calico Dig archeological sie near Barstow, Calif. Leaky, coordinator of the Calico Dig, said the findings indicated that man lived in the desert as early as 50,000 years ago and imre probably 100,n00 years ago. Previous theories have held that human habitation on the continent dated back only 20,000 years. Corporation taxes were also to be reduced by 2(4 (UPI) Noth American continent about 100,000 years ago 80 000 years earlier than previously speculated a team OAKLAND (UPI) Police today seized a large arsenal of guns and explosives in a motel room in east Oakland. Officers, acting on a tip, en tered the motel umi and found the arms, including machine guns, and a large mount of dynamite and grenades, on a No one was in the room at the time and there were no immediate arrests. 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