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Show fS DESERET NEWS VOL 383 HO, 123 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 76 PAGES 1 l 1850 when Utah territory was known as the State of Deseret 23, 1975 FRIDAY, MAY 5 CENTS founded -- . METRO Ml ress recesses, leaves a The energy lag By Frank Macwnber Copley News Service A few promising signs ef a receding recession appear to be persuading Americans that the nations energy program somehow has e a valve that will assure its success by 19S5 The Alaskan oil pipeline project, to be sure, is on schedule arid likely will he completed to carry up to two million barrels of North Slope erode e to the port of Valdez for shipment to the United State by WASHINGTON tlTI) Congress is off on a holiday, pnvpomng action on $5 hiSior. in unemployment benefits, a major housing bill and an energy program All the-- e matters will face Congress when it returns to work June 'i Also put oft until tnen were votes on whetlK r to override President Ford's veto of legislation jo control strip mining ami a Senate decision on seating New Hampshires second senator. The unempSo ment benefit money had been asked for by a number of states, which said their jobless funds are rapidly running out because of the recession. It was part of a fl5 billion appropriation bill that got sidetracked Thursday m a pousSenaie dispute on w bother to include $?tX) million to improve railroad track beds. The Senate w anted the railroad provision. The House didn't The Senate, bv a vote of 45 to 16 Thursday, refused to approv e the bill w ithout it and sent the measure back to the Hou&e. By then, half the House had left on vacation, and adjournment was forced for lack of a quorum. The delayed appropriation also includes those $50 bonuses being paid to Social Security recipients, but this was a bookkeeping matter, and there v.as no indication the bonu.-e- s themselves were being held up. When Congress returns, it may find that Ford has lost patience and raised the tariff on imported oil to $2 a barrel. A majority of the Senate and House have been fighting that prospect all year. Ford imposed a $1 levy Feb. 1 and planned to reach a S3 tax by May 1. But he delayed imposition of the two additional dollar raises in an effort to let Congress come up w ith an alternative plan to cut the consumption of oil Ford said today m an interview he will decide within the next 48 hours w hether to increase the tariff to $2 per barrel. Ford also disclosed that the Shah of Iran had indicated in hi talk in Washington last week that there might be an increase in the price of oil from the Middle East, But Ford added I would hope there would be a delaying action" on that Tm very disturbed about Congress lack of affirmative action, he said. "Perhaps the imposition of another dollar (per barrel on imports) will spur Congress to act. "Congress has done nothing" on his energy program, he said, "If the price of oil is increased and we have no defense against it. it proves the need and necessity of the program I proposed." The House abruptly postponed action on a move to override Fords veto of the strip mining bill. Supporters of the measure, fearing they lacked the majority needed to overturn the veto, requested the delay in an effort to switch enough members. The delayed housing bill is designed to spur the construction of 200,000 homes and 400,000 jobs through mortgage interest subsidies to middle income home buyers. It also would offer loans to homeowners who have lo-jobs and iace foreclosure. It faces a certain veto. More than six months after the election, the Senate has failed to settle New Hampshires Senate race between Democratic John Durkin and Republican Louis Wyman. There is no estimate on how long it will take before New Hampshire gets its alloted two senators. At the prodding of Ford and the plight of the economy, Congress quickly passed a tax rebate to fight the recession; passed a $5.3 billion package to provide a bill which might be vetoed; and ended jobs Americas role in Indochina by providing $105 million to help resettle refugees flown out. ice-fre- mid-197- Certain wholesale food prices have dropped, indicating the consumer is due for reduced costs of these items Even so. price reductions are spotty. Goods are moving faster off the producers shelves, WASHINGTON The utility industry, in the middle between the government and the consumer, blames the tortoise-pac- e See on FAIL-SAF- E A-- 6 Soviet and American space officials have given the' final gir&hctm to this summer s linkup of Soyuz cosmonauts and Apollo astronauts. The officials signed a flight readiness report Thursday, setting in motion! " preparations for the July 15 blastoff. The three astronauts and two cosmonauts were scheduled to linkup over the I BlackSea July 17. I The Council on Wage and Price Stability plans to study the rising costs of medical care, which council director! Albert Rees says is one remaining trouble spot in the ! improved inflation picture. The cost of medical carer services increased 14.5 percent in the past year according ; to the Labor Departments Consumer Price Index, By L comparison, consumer prices over-al- l rose 10.2 percent period. dunng the , The White House Office of Science and Technology!! abolished by the Nixon administration, would be revives , under a bill to be submitted by President Ford. FcufK disclosed his plans Thursday saymg he would nominate? , director of the office once Congress passes the enabling chairman of legislation. Sen. Frank Moss, Senate Aeronautics and Space Science Committee, salC ' his panel welcomed Fords plan., , V "T. -P- , - . - Across mid-Ma- " On Wall Street "I think there is a basis for making progress, Kissinger told newsmen after a final 9(4 minute meeting with Tun - on kisii Premier Suleyman - DemireL Kissinger left for Washington via Spam where he will confer at Torrejon Air Base for 90 minutes tonight with Spanish Foreign Minister Pedro Cortina Mauri. - It was Kissinger's second visit to Ankara in two months in an attempt to push Greece and Turkey toward a settle ment of conHlcH that .''J. ;yif-- N4TOY- BMthcati Lank. - - President Ford discusses U.S. intentions with 5 foreign correspondents. of "less congressional He was "concerned about the Communist element in the Portuguese government that makes the Portuguese a membership in NATO very serious matter,. The Uniud States thinks one of the coun of Spain inter- ference in foreign affairs. He believed the Western alliance was "very strong. He said, however, that his European meetings will be "helpful and beneficial in making it even stronger. in Cyprus talks with Turkish leaders today and said there was a basis for a Turkish-Gree- k settlement on Cyprus. 1350-milli- 3,100-poun- tries he will visit in Europe as "important in the Mediterranean and Europe. - Ford will attend a NATO summit meeting in Brussels, meet with Egyptian Presi- See FORD on - r . itlirr r f Pre-holida- y f.dt. . led declines, issues crossing the tape. Advances 907 to , 397, among the (Complete New York, American lists on A-- 6 Fair and warmer through Saturday but with some high cloudiness at times. Highs in the 70 with lows in th rmdAOs. Chance of a few showers Sunday, but otherwise dry and temperatures nearing normal. (Details, weather, map on .) There are about 1,000 Americans in Laos, including 320 government employes, 150 private civilians and 500 dependents. Were going to get them out as fast as we con," a U.S Embassy spokesman said. in Thailand, U.S. aid coordinator Sanford Stone, who was evacuated along with 13 other Americans from Savannakhet on Business B16, 17 Living B4 Music Chess Comics D12 Comment Deaths Our Man Jones A3 AS - Spoils C3, 4 Do-lt-M- A3 forum A4 A2Q ,,B6-j- 4 IV Today Thursday, said, "I cant help feeling betrayed. In June Id have been in Laos nine years, and my record speaks for itself. Savannakhet got as much U.S. aid as any schools, wells and province ia the nation agricultural projects, . - When ym have SOfuctuittg like that end it and thats all collapses because 40 students it d student1? if 3 shame. Now I'm just Use ugly American who w Oj taking things out of the count ry 8 A Little Information News tips 5244145 Sports scores Ombudsman 1244448 Action Ads Advertising Leary If Sh PObtfT WWftl PEWW VdOHfN - 5244400 7 D8 Theater D1417t Whafs Doing Diet - J. hard-heade- t .) chance of rain but mostly fair The number of Americans to be evacuated was not known, but Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger said the American presence in the land locked kingdom that has come under Communist domination in the past month would be substantially reduced. was-- Fi 1,727.. A V More than 150 VIENTIANE, Laos CAP) American women and children flew out of Vientiane today, beginning an evacuation of many of the 1,000 Americans in Laos. One American spoke bitterly of "feeling betrayed and being stereotyped as the "ugly American. A chartered jet shuttled back and forth between Vientiane and Bangkok and took cut 138 Americans, almost all of them dependents of U S. aid employes. Seven other Americans flew out on a regular commercial flight from Vientiane. At least one other American also was said to be 'still in the southern town of Savan-nakhe- t, along with his wife, twin children and the German wife of an ex U.S. Army officer Laotian govThe Communirt-dominate- d ernment announced that Washington had agreed to withdraw all U.S. aid personnel except a few experts ' to dismantle the 24 year-olaid program in the country. Eighteen women and 61 children were aboard the first rh'rtrred Laotian off for Bangkok seven hours late that because government clearance was delayed. NEW YORK (UPI) investors, encour- - V' aged by a cut in the prime rate, pushed prices higher today in moderate trading on the New York Stock! Exchange. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, a loSer most of the week, was ahead 9.16 to 828.07 shortly before 3 p.m, it American dependents evacuated from Laos - the nation seventh and final link of a conimunjc$ tions network is on its way to a new home 22,3) above the Indian Ocean, The Atlas Centaur rocket that failed Feb. 20 performed flawlessly Thursday to boost i Intelsat IV into orbit. Once it is "parked over the Indian Ocean, Intelsat IV will be linked with" $5 other similar space switchboards to expand the globjl communication system. The FBI has been questioning Dallas police officers, and friends of the late Jack Ruby in connection withJJwC assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Spepi$b Agent in Charge J. Gordon Shanklin said Thursday the! Rockefeller Commission asked the FBI to help questipa;' local police officers about a picture of three "tramps! arrested on a railroad track near the place whqrtC; Kennedy was killed. Some observers think the rmsr resemble several of the participants in the Watergagy; conspiracy. Nr; y New car sales in dropped more than percent from 1974, according to reports today fho General Motors and Chrysler Corp. In Detroit, the F Motor Co. said today it will operate all of its facilities week in the latest indication of the industrys stepped' production plans despite poor sales reports. , A f 1971. , J; Henry sees ANKARA (UPD SecretKisA. of State ary Henry singer ended two days of . In Washington reaf- coming European trip, said the United States intended to continue seeking a relaxation of tensions with ns Communist adversaries.1 , "We intend to be very firm but flexible in a meaningful way. Firm when necessary, but flexible when that attitude is applicable.! Prior to his first trip to Europe since becoming President, Ford granted an unusual interview with the foreign correspondents and used the chance to proclaim the United States strength in the world community. He called the recovery of the American merchant ship Mayaguez from Cambodian hands a clear, clear indication the United States has the will and capability to act vv hen challenged. I am sure, both domestically and worldwide this should be a firm assurance that the United States is capable and has the will to act in emergencies and challenges, he said. - In response to a question regarding congressional critics who have charged that the Soviet Union is getting more out of detente than the United States, Ford said such a view is "completely in error, "I hope the mutuality of benefits will continue, he said On other points, Ford said: There may be a new era 1 g The President, in an interview with five foreign eorres- pendents before his forth- William E. Colby, Pi WASHINGTON director of the Central Intelligence Agency, testified today before the Senate select committee on intelligence, investigating the CIAs role in a controversial program to eliminate Viet Cong ' leaders during the Vietnam War. . ' said Colby Chairman Frank Church, ' would be questioned about the program, called Operation Phoenix. It was Colbys third appearance More the committee, whose hearings were closed. Colby headed the Phoenix program from l&fi to r?& years. n firmed the United States "will to act in emergencies and said and challenges while relations with the Soviet Union have been mutually beneficial "detente is not a dishing license for troubled waters. Probers hear CIA's Viet role ifc"' (UPI) resident Ford today i. ri half-doze- Ford affirms 'will to act' 20-da- ceMi-tnati- judging from reduced industrial inventories. And the stock market has managed to ignore the trauma of i he Vietnam Wars end and keep edginte upw ard While these developments are encouraging, they have little impact on the status of the governments efforts to reach President Fords national goal of energy 10 The Mayaguez arrived in Hong Kng tonight and tnet ship owners opened six sealed cargo containers at the request of newsmen seeking to learn if the vessel w'as carrying military hardware when it was seized by a Cambodian gunboat last week, What newsmen found was! an assorted cargo of automobile parts, fertilizer, butane: gas, paint, office equipment and toilet paper, ,Ties with Spains Franco regime are a hot political issue in many European countries, U.S. Defense Secretary James R. Srhlesinger found out today. He tried and failed to persuade Americas NATO allies to salute Spains role in the defense of Europe, but Holland Denmark and Norway refused to go along with a request for a communique recognizing the role played by U;S.T bases in Spain. The Lebanese army became involved today forthe-firstime in the four day battle between . Palestinian! guerrillas and rignt-winPhalangists fighting with rockets, mortars and machine guns in the outskirts L Beirut. Casualty figures from both sides put the death tol in the fighting at 30 dead and more than 150 wounded.!; Meanwhile, an Israeli court sentenced Michael Zur, once the countrys leading financier, to 15 years in prison for fraud, bribery and illegal money deals involving more; than $20 million, and Israel reported the first dash tin rnore than six rrKr.tiis along the eastern border with! Jordan. , partly on a constant legislative' battle between Congress and the White House. Each w ants new laws to finance and hence speed research and development of new energy sources, to take fho heavy pressures off the present critical need for foreign oil Mr. Ford proposed a legislative energy package last year. Democrats came up with their own version early ui the new Congress, Now a congressional committees m-l stjommitleas are trying to put the two proposals together in jigsaw fashion. Conservation and environmental groups are entrenched at every bend in the legislative road to battle against energy measures they fear A firm but flexible U. S. two-thir- In previous congressional testimony, Colby has acknowledged that more than 20,000 suspected Viet Cong were killed as a result of Operation Phoenix. Agency critics have labeled it an assassination program, a charge which Colby has denied under oath. At the same time, he has acknowledged that there were also some abuses in which people were wrongfully killed. At his 1373 hearings Colby told the Senate Armed Services Committee that "the thrust of the program was to capture people who were on these lists (of suspected Viet Cong leaders) or to get them to defect. In the process of rounding up these suspected Viet Cong, "a lot of people were killed, Colby said. ome 28,000 had been captured, sora " As of 1S71 20,000 had been killed, and some 17,000 had actually rallied" to the government side, tho CIA director ; said. to be cd fvt htid This e ettpuu CUiu up two y oafs without a trial, Colby said. He also indicated that there were instances m which captured Viet Corf were mHreated. Editor s Note: This is the second of two articles on the state of the nations energy program nearly nine months after President Ford outlined it. in Around the world of the energy dev elopment program fail-saf- y r: power? 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