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Show A fcsjLs; n DESERET NEWS VOL. 383 NO. 130 Ford 50 PAGES 15 CENTS WEEKEND, MAY METRO 31, 1975 h ranco near base agreement U S. MADRID (UFI) Fiesident Ford and Generalissimo Francisco Franco met and expressed confidence today that there '.till be satisfactory agreement on keeping U S nuclear submarines and troops based m Spain at Rota, two airfields and an aerial gunnery range Some 20,000 American personnel are mvoiv ed Hartman would disclose no details any new pact, saying negotiations on the fine points will begin in Washington next month Street crowds estimated at upwards of 400,000 applauded, cheered, waved flags and chanted 'Franco, Franco! at the passing motorcade m a gay and sunny Spanish fiesta reception that also had pouches of medieval splendor. Franco, looking in good health at 82, greeted the Fords with full military honors and bands at Farajas airport of Secretary of State Arthur Hartman made the disclosure in a news conference following Fords four hours uf talks with the aging Spanish leader and his top government and military aides Cheered SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH f hen Utah territory teas known as the State of Deseret Founded thousands and heralded like kings by mounted trumpeters, the two leaders entered Madrid earlier in an open Rolls Royce Hartman said negotiations on terms of a new agreement are drawing to a close, but he indicated the new accord would specify how the United States c an use the the Polaris submarine base by Sag-decke- d Midway through their European tour, the President and Mrs Ford flew to Madrid from the two-da- y NATO newer'.! peWd pulse from laser Big - A VLBUQUFRQUE, N M (API powerful new laser developed here has piodueed almost twice as much energy as was used to trigger it, Sandia Laboratories say s T'p output was achieved at an electncal eificicncy of near 209 per tent. Sandia said in a statement Most i.isos now being used in nuclear fusion h have an efficiency of less than one percent, the labs statement said The new laser may speed develop aunt of nuclear fusion reactors,' Sariia rc said The Sandia laser piodueed a burst of watts, making it the most 200 billion summit m Brussels, where Ford rallied the 15 alliance partners to a new show of unity but failed to gaui any NATO links for Spam Ford sought to smooth over the NATO rebuff as soon as he stepped off the plane, telling Franco m prepared remarks that Spam is America's friend and partner and should have a logical place in the tinsatlantic community The negotiations or. renewal of U S base rights m Spain and the leftist military coup ui Portugal impelled Ford to urge NATO nations to accept closer links with Spain in the interest of Western defense But he struck out in trying to pet suade the allies that Spam should no longer be treated as a political pariah as a result of the Spanish Civil War ui 1936 i" .spokesman said Many scientists see fusion reactions mdured by lasers as the key to the worlds energy problems Before such reactors are developed, lots of experiments have to be conducted . . . and for that you need an extremely powerful laser," the spokesman said Scientists say fusion reactors, which could draw almost unlimited fuel from a hydrogen isotope derived from water, remain by most estimates at least a quarte'-centurfrom reality The record power pulses, each lasting about 20 billionths of a second, were pioouced by using an electron beam to trigger a very rapid chemical reaction m laster producing gases, a statement from the laboratory said The eleci ran trigger can be applied to a number of chemical lasers, the lab said, and is ultimately expected to hav e a considerable impact on dev elop r lasers ment oi y high-powe- Across the nation 4 d 5 ictnuni veteran who lost a leg when a Howitzer shell exploded prematurely has been awarded $600,009 on the premise a soldier has the same right to safe products as other consumers The aw ard w as made in Manhattan Federal Court Friday to Drotnan Baird, 28, of Gadsden, Ala The accident occurred at Chou I an in The damages were assessed against Day L Zimmerman, Inc, of Texarkana, Texas, where the 103 millimeter shell was assembled twice-decorate- 19 Ford and Franco review troops in Madrid better than sluggish That and other pieces of the nation's economic outlook for the next 18 months are beginning to fall into place, with some key pieces provided by 1 resident Fords economic and budget review Fuday There is reluctant agreement that the nation's unemployment rate will continue alarmingly high at least through 1976, and probably beyond The late of inflation is coming under control more rapidly than the administration had foracast prev ious!y , but still will be higher than Americans had been used to before the big price boom m 1973 fears of ' crowding the expression used out" when government borrowing diverts money from private borrow ing appear to hav e largely dissipated tn recent weeks as both long and abort And term interest rates have clined In its midyear economic and budget review, the Ford administration should economy said the grow at a rate of 6 3 percent next year, a significant improvement over the official 4 8 percent lorccast made sn February Chairman Alan Greenspan of the President's Council of Economic Advisers said Friday he expects a return to economic growth by the third quarter of this year, if not the second quarter (me economist, Irwin Kell Manufacturers The unemployment outlook is the grimmest statistic of all The Presidents revised still just a dream? forecast projected average unemployment this year at 8.7 percent, up from its February forecast of 8 i percent. The average jobless rate for next year was projected at 7 9 percent, which translates into 7 1 million unemployed workers The administration said the higher unemployment rate was the result of a deeper than expected slump in the first months of the year. Inflation, as measured by the increase in consumer prices, is expected to ease to 7 8 percent this year, down from 12 2 percent m 1974, and to 5 8 percent m 1976 Thats better than earner forecasts. Pi WASHLNGTON tUPI) -Today is the deadline set five years ago by which the states supposed to have clean air t Env lronmentdl Protection Russell E Tram said Friday at least 159 ei the nations 247 air quality control regions have air too dirty to meet federal stan- - sency chief 0 B0 A? The EPA has noted that the Wasatch Front Control Region of Utah was one of the areas unlikely to meet the air pollution control deadline. The rest of Utah, however, seems to have a clean bill of healthy air. f iiL ? Clean Air Act of 1970 enforcement, the energy crisis necessitating indus- tries sw itching to dirtier fuels and resistance from the steel industry "No one back in December of 1470 imagined that it would in. easy to achieve clean a,; , Train told a news conference ' However, many of us doubt2 lessly "underestim ated the complexities involved The! standards measure Par- five tjpes of pollution 4. At t a anlnUitH Uii i ulr ttn ViUi f uwcuuiovl, carbon monoxide, various such as ozone, and nitrogen dioxide Los lAiigek's, Chicago and Philadelphia were the only three of the 247 regions that did id meet the standards in ail fivfi categories. bright note, Train said sulphur dioxide concentrations have been cut by 25 perce . nationwide since pro particularly in major He also said 78 percent of Inc uauun s 20,0 0 major stat'onarv sources of air poiluUbn such as industries and electric power plants are on schedule m complying wi.h t'je smipAii.jt.on la a progresses BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) The prime ministers of Greece and Turkey made major progress today toward resolving 'It's not a time for cynicism Blind cynicism over OGDEN Vietnam vv ar can tne and atergate be a destructive force at a time w hen the nation faces enormous challenges both domestically and internationally. Sen Frank E Moss. I) Utah, said today. It can only bnng us to the aeaaend ol fatalism, where we are unable to solv e our problems simply because we lack faith that we are able1 to, he said. In the commencement address at Weber State College, Moss urged the graduates to avoid cynicism over recent events in the nation and tiy to meet Lhe malic nges of todav. As businessmen and women, as teachers and inemoeis ol bit uiiiei professions, as public servants yon may, for a short time, be able to ignore them. You cannot, however, avoid them, and you evade them only at your peril and the nations An academic of procession graduating seniors and taculty man hod to the Wildcat Stadium at 8 30 a m today for the commencement exercises in which 1,338 stu dents received diplomas and cerliii cates WSC Pies, dent Joseph I, Bi hop presided Moss said the nation must (lu iile what it h is learned in recent mouths -- and wheic it ts going ho said me primary goal muse be the preservation of a free socieHe cited the need to achieve ty stable economic growth, to use fuel sources wisely, to build relationships with cther nations based on genuine, mutual respect, to gel ilia Milium humauiuu tun aiu ui pout nations that cannot help themselves, and to continually develop more emphasis on detente The NYC to lay off 51 ,000 employes Pink NEW YORK IAP) week next mailed be will slips to 16,530 uty employes, m firing of an estimated 51 GOO municipal workers the iay- Beame aiyuine-- The action will result in the he denied charges shock therapy" that his budget was a pressure ploy to win the $641 million aid and eluding 1,000 policemen, as Mayor Abraham D Beames first step in implementing a $11 9 billion "crisis budget Fnday as tav package he is seeking The actions I spoke of are-- ' too important o me and to Ives of the people ei this ci'y to be grandstand the mayor said The firing'-- . elective June also include 50u firemen. -- senator warned the m aduatec mav 13 ,a y ti Jht ob maikct and that they might hu t0 'Stuit lower and struggle barer' to See Mfsb on A- On a, notmpohtan areas summit Moss addresses Weber graduates v In Washington Drug abuse costs the economy between $10 billion and billion annually, the Strategy Council on Drug Abuse says The panel also said that if the $25 billion estimated cost of alcohol and drug abuse is added, the combined dollar cost can be conservatively estimated at $35 billion a year It said the cost will continue to rise and, unless unchecked, drug abuse could spread through pupulaions like a communicable disease The prices farmers receive for raw agricultural products are at their highest average lev el of 1975, m ainly because cattle and hog prices continued to climb La May. The Agriculture Department announced Friday the index of farm commodity prices w as 5 percent higher than in mid April. Meanwhile, retail food prices, led by meat, s of one percent m April following drops m rose Match and February. The Treasury Department will hold its second public f of gold auction June 30 and will try and sell about the 276 million ounces it has on hand. The current market price of $167 an ounce could earn more than $83 million for the government In early January the Treasury Department accepted bids for about 754,000 ounces of bullion at an average price of $165 67. One reason for the Firing of the chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration was his effort to get the Justice Department to oppose decriminalizing marijuana use, UPI has learned Attorney General Edward Levi Friday asked for and got the resignation of John Bartels, DEA administrator, and then named Henry Dogin, deputy assistant attorney general, acting administrator Bartels troubles stemmed from an internal feud in tb' department and criticism of his performance by Senate Permanent Investigating subcommittee $17 four-tenth- one-hal- y -i quarrels that brought their countries to the brink of war last sumrr' aoordmg to a eommurdne issued after talks la$rtU? almost 3 hours Turkish Pnm' Minister Suleyman Derlire aree(f that a dispr between the two countr 'pr oil rights in the A'gcan Sea should be settled by the International at The Hague, the nmunique said A major Greek concession by Prime Minister Constantine Caramanlis was an affirmation for support for negotiations m Vienna under U N. Secretary General Kurt Wal dfccn between the feuding Greek and Turkish X , 1 a , f;em rfn mortar traded one fire, killing village , broke out as Lebanons premier deadlock over Karami, sought to break a po108 new Eleven cabinet representation of rival factions 130 dcad and tnore of havemed urban days fighting than 300 injured South Vietnam's neweme" 1S exCted ! take ary administration office next Friday, replug thue of Saigon one month fall the since -ountY that ha run th Reo!utl0' GovermenUft?ld th0V,nal introduced at a ceremony nary Gocernmep'lU llkey of the founding of the PRG. June 6 the six anniversary to be in Saigon that the tight enough Secunt is martial aerity can be dissolved and replaced with sources sud civ iliarjr316 Defense Minister Paul Vanden flew to pian of yimgton today to discuss the possible purchase the of a group purchase being as part fighter yi6 considered by four nations The Netherlands, Denmark ' and Norway have expressed preference for the U S built YF16 and are looking to buy 350 planes at a cost of $2 billion The deal now hangs on Belgiums decision whether to buy the YF1G or he French Mirage. Mostly sunny and warmer 2 forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and The five-dawarming temperatures Highs w ill reach into the 80s w ith ) lows at night near 50 (Details, weather map on y A-- 8 ivinn W8 Sports A6, 7 I W2 TV Today Theater W4, 5 -- What's Doing W6 com-murut'- ;n rtvrp's Thee talus are due .0 resume -- arty m June 340 500 prison The meeting was tne first guards, 275 transit po1 icemen the Turkish and between 150 housing authority Greek leaders since the Turofficers kish invasion of Cyprus last In addition, mayoral agenBruscies were told to process 7,500 August. Hath were u two-da- y attend sels 0 and employes for firing NATO summit which ended nonmayorai agencies, such as the Health and Hospitals Friday They emerged from their talk1 smiling broadly Corp and City University, were asked to prepare 9 090 and shook hands fs they met new smen nonces 2 f pl0SKJH ITT office was shattered by an downtown Beirut today, but no casualties South of the capital, a Christian village An ago Weber honorary degree recipients Richard Hemmingway, left, and Joseph Breeze, right, flank college President Joseph Bishop and main commencement speaker. Sen, Frank E. Moss. m the Train said some of the teasons for the deadline not living met were lack of local Greco-Tur- k . uaras in one or more tdtegoiies established de- Hanover Trust, said recent indicators of economic activity provide ample evidence that the recession is over. Clean air Most don Boston longshoremen began their second strike m six months today following a breakdown in cordract negotiations The main issue is a guaranteed annual n Shipping Association Inc. offering income, with NX) hours of guaranteed work The longshoremen have asked for 1,500 The basic wage for longahoieiiien is $6 SO an hour, increasing to $7 40 Oct 1 and to $8 on Oct. 1, 1276. The malpractice insurance crisis that began four vveiks ago in California has spread into New York and parts of Texas Physicians in New York were expected to begin a slowdown over the weekend and anethesiologists in Fort Worth planned to join those in San Antonio m a work stoppage Meanwhile, 400 members of the California Medical Association met in Beverly Hills to push for legislative reforms The four U.S auto companies will start the month of June with 165,366 workers still off the job and three Mi',sr6 V'l'- -a Motor Co SV'H Friday O lsVv,Kly would close car plants in Chicago and Ixis Angeles and a truck plant in Kansas City. Meanwhile, the United Auto Woikers has asked the government to g"ant workers extra jobless benefits, and Chrysler said it is extending its price rebates through June. Bo.-to- ner of vveio Today in the News 'better than slow' - C f$.v Economic upturn: WASHINGTON IAP) Agreement is now fairly widespread that the economic upturn next year, while nothing to shout about, will be jT 1850 u Lth, e Utfs IF YMPMNK YtReoss NfcVFR UkU&HS, P6K HR H all Monday tnrough Sa'urday before 8 p m I 524 2840 i |