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Show VOL 384 NO, 66 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 64 PAGES Primary ups. 1 5 CENTS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1976 . . . . METRO .and downs To the News Illinois vote Washington's reach waste and delay are the price tor federal agencies to rogu late prime, and control ompetltinn in private business Thats what Associated Press writors Brooks Jackson and Evans Witt deter- mine in the third of a four-parspries, Washington s. Rear h .ppearing today on Inflation, at a glance t A- PRESIDENT FORD'S DECISION to limit imports of specialty steel primarily stainless and alloy tool steel) could increase prices of some products to consumers because the imports are 20 to 30 percent below domestic prices. The exact effect won't be known light away, but officials of the U.S. steel indusiiv say consumers would benefit in the long run from a strengthened domestic industry. Democrats .Jimmy Carter George Wallace Sargent Shnver Fred Harris Adlai Stevenson IN SWORN TESTIMONY, former CIA Director William E. Colby disputes the accuracy ot the most widely accepted figure for the CIA's annual budgei. It wasn't accurate," Colby said of the S750 million spending figure cited by former CIA employe Victor Marchetti in his book, The CIA and The Cult Republicans Gerald Ford Ronald Reagan Lar Dalv c-- Intelligence." Illinois Delegates In the separate race for 155 delegates to the Democratic convention, with 74 percent of the precincts reporting. Sen. Adlai Stev enson led with 88, followed by Carter with 58, Humphrey with 3, Wallace with 3, Gov. Daniel Walker with 1 and 9 uncommitted Stevenson, though not in the preferential primary, was entered on delegate slates so that Mayor Richard Daleys organization Democrats could have bargaining clout at the party's convention in July. Daley was denied a seat at the 1972 convention, and was determined the humiliation would not recur. In the GOP delegate race, with 73 percent of the precincts reporting, Ford led with 64 delegates, Reagan had 14 and 14 were uncommitted AP A smiling Jimmy photo iipi PERMANENT INCOME TAX REDUCTION wirh aoiiar-fu- i dullat cuis in proierin government spending is still a firm commitment cl the Ford administration, Treasury Secretary Wit liam Simon said today. He opened what is expected to be several weeks cf hearings in the Senate tax Finance Committee on a major House-passerevision bill. A coupled d Combined L'PI, AP Here are delegate votes by candidate based on binding requirements or stated preferences of delegates selected so far for the national party nominating conventions. The totals include figures from Illinois with about half the votes counted: Jimmy Carter are leaving opponents President CHICAGO Ford and a shrinking supply of excuses to sustain themselves in the race for the 1976 presidential nominations. Ronald Reagan continued to speak bravely of meeting his goal" of a 40 percent or better showing against Ford. Gov. George Wallace cheered over another second place finish. The flat fact is, both sounded like losers when the Illinois returns came in Tuesday night. Reagan now has lost three contests with Ford, two in states where the former California governor was supposedly the favorite. Ford also won in two states where neither campaigned, giving the President a string of five victories. Republican: Ford 160, Reagan 55, No preference 52; Total chosen to date 269; Needed to nominate: 1,130 Democratic: Carter 127, Stevenson 88, Wallace 61, Jackson 55, Udall 23, Shriver 11, Harris 6, Humphrey 3, Shapp 1, Bayh 1, McCormack 1, Walker 1 No preference 16; Total chosen to date 378; Needed to nominate: 1,505 head-to-hea- ; L d That no longer can be classified as merely impressive. The suggested word is "convincing' and some might buy conclusive." Illinois read this way Almost as if discussing funeral plans for gravely ill relative, one of Fords campaign advisers, Stuart Spencer, suggested Reagan consider quitting now. Another, Rogers Morton, charitably gave the Californian another week to give up. a If Rescan can beat Ford in North Carolina next week, he can say his campaign is finally on the track. But one out of six is not anyones idea of a bandwagon and Reagan will have to show' the Republican party a lot more before his campaign can be called credible. fast-rollin- g Among Democrats, the signals out of and right wings of the Labor party and seems most likely to succeed the Wilson, who announced Tuesday he was stepping down because of age. London newspapers have tipCallaghan as a ped the first choice or compromise candi- Labor legisdate among the lators in the House of Commons who will begin voting next week for a successor to Wilson. Several powerful union leaders also indicated their support for Callaghan However, his age could work against him, political insiders said. Both Benn, 50, and Foot, 62, are 317 Croslar.d. Callaghan, a quiet moderate nicknamed "Sunny Jim," appears to have the support of both the left While the count was not complete in the, deleg de contests. Carter entries led for 59 of the total 169 Illinois scats at the Democratic National Convention. Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley established himself once again as the dominant man in Illinois Democratic politics and as a potential power broker at the Democratic convention. His candidate. Secretary of State Michael J. Howlett, defeated the renomina-Se- e PRIMARY on Calvin L. Rampton approached his decision on a reelection try today, the Republican Party released portions of a poll which showed there is considerable opposition to a fourth term. Gov. fateful According to State GOP Chairman Richard Richards the survey also indicates that Rep. K. Gunn would run stronger than Rampton McKay, against the two principal GOP gubernatorial opponents, Atty Gen. Vernon B. Romney and Davis County Commissioner Stanley Smoot. WASHINGTON (AP) A bill permitting the nations banks to pay interest on the $18 billion state and local governments now hold in checking accounts was introduced today by Sen William Proxmire. Proxmire said the bill would allow government agencies to reap up to $1 billion a year in additional interest revenue at the current rates of 5 to 5'2 percent. Federal law now prohibits paying interest on such accounts. Proxmire said, however, that banks can and do make money on the funds by investing them in the short-termoney markets. U.S. output accelerates The poll, done by Wasatch Opinion Research, interviews from throughout involved WK) Utah. face-to-fac- e poll commissioned by the Democratic Party involving 500 interviews was to be delivered to Rampton Tuesday evening to help him make his decision. The GOP survey reportedly showed that 30.2 percent of those interviewed dont want the governor to succeed himself and 15.2 percent said he definitely should not run again. A WASHINGTON one-thir- Four and a half percent "very much" want the governor to succeed himself, 16.9 percent said the state would "just be served" by another Rampton try and 26.3 percent said they didnt care Four percent had no opinion. Rampton had been expected to announce his decision at 9 30 a m. today, his monthly KUED press conference, hut put it off until 1 p m., ostensibly because of a delay in receiving results of the lOiiimiii - American in(AP) dustry increased production at a slightly accelerated rate in February, indicating stable growth in the nation's economy, the Federal Reserve Board says. The output of factories, mines and of utilities, which provide about the nations jobs, showed a gain in of one percent, the January of s Fed announced Tuesday. Other economic reports, meanwhile showed quickened activity in the housing construction industry and a gain in the size of inventories kept on hand by manufacturers and merchants. d nouncing his retirement, rejected Conservative party leader Margaret Thatchers demand for election of a new Parliament, political observers speculated that his successor may decide to seek a mandate of his own from the 40 million voters later this year if he can score some quick success in improving the economy. Labor has a one-semajority in the House of Commons, but the future of three of the Labor seats is in some doubt. The Times of London said this uncertainty could make an election within months necessary' to resolve an indecisive situation " I think that the taxpayers should get the benefit of the earnings on their money and not the banks, the Wisconsin Democrat said. The Senate has voted to permit all depositors to earn interest on checking accounts by 1978 or 1980 at the latest. Proxmire said the state and city governments should not be compelled to wait that long because they need the additional income now. "The $1 billion that state and local governments lose annually is no small sum, Proxnure said in a statement. The number of new houses started climbed by a record 27 percent, in February over January to an annual rate of 55 million units The housing industry had been a weak link in the general economic recovery And the Commerce Department said manufacturing and trade stockpiles climbed $1.2 billion in January, reversing Decembers drop of $1.3 billion, signaling that business may be ready to rebuild stocks and thus step up output to replenish warehouses. Of the economic reports, however, the broadest-reachmone concerned industrial production. February's jump, comof one f ing on the heels of a s percent climb in January and a of one percent advance in Do cemher, was the tenth consecutive monthly rise and moved industrial output 9 percent above the low point reached m 1 g one-hal- nine-tenth- April 1975. )ll tin inNiitiMirMumtinrniri A-- U.S. 'blow7 Interest aid for cities, states? Rampton still awaits poll, decides today 11111 the left wing of the Labor party and political pundits did not consider either of them likely choices, claiming that their outspoken advocacy of radical leftist policies have made them unpopular with many of Britains 40 million voters. Jenkins, 55, is considered one of the more intellectual members of the cabinet and stands on the partys right wing. He has widespread appeal among party moderates who form the largest bloc among Laborite legislators. But he could expect stiff opposition from the left. Although Wilson, after an on . Carter tightened his grip on the frontrunner's role with a landslide in the presidential preference balloting and an unexpectedly strong showing in the separate delegate competition. 5 vie for leadership in Britain LONDON (APi Foreign Secretary James Callaghan and four other cabinet ministers announced their candidacies today to succeed Harold Wilson as prime minister and Labor party leader In addition to Callaghan, the clear favorite, those throwing their hats in the ring were Energy Secretary Tony Benn, Employment Secretary Michael Foot, Home Secretary Roy Jenkins, and Environment Secretary Anthony a pinprick to Russians - really damaging. But Washingtons move worsens a little more an already ominous atmosphere between the two superpowers. There was no immediate reaction from the Kremlin to Washingtons decision. But there is no likelihood of Soviet retreat from Angola. Communist Party chief Leonid Brezhnev told the party congress three weeks ago, Our party supports and will continue to support peoples fighting for their freeWe act as we are bid by our dom revolutionary consciences, our Communist convictions. The 1974 U.S. Soviet agreements on energy and housing are largely iramework accords calling for exchanges of information and delegations ot experts. The United States as well as the Soviet Union should benefit, particularly in the energy field where the Soviets are in a more advantageous position than the United States. The commercial agreement was aimed at bringing about "favorable conditions for successful development of commercial and economic relations" between the two countries While there has been some effective easing of red commercial and tape, major long-tereconomic relations between the two countries are impeded by the refusal of the U.S. Congress in 1974 to grant the Soviets treatment and substantial credits because of their restrictions on Jewish emigration to Krael. But American businessmen continue come to Moscow 111 substantial numbers to strike deals with the Sov iets Private interest has not slackened off despite Washingtons reassessment of relations with Moscow, U S. to officials here say. Although postponement, of the talks is not a major blow to the Soviets, it cannot be dismissed as unimportant, particularly when considered in connection with recent problems between the two governments. l'he Soviet Foreign Ministry has wTrni it ntnn ffliii fni fin niigf miinrhri Vifffin tj ,i4rfiiiiirSrftmiiTti rm rnriit mm mu SOY1ET-U.S- . A NATIONWIDE SEARCH of Bri'ish trains was launched today after two bombs exploded ana third one was found within 36 hours on London subway trains. All rolling stock in depots and on sidings was British Rail searched over the entire 11,000-mil- e e London subway surface network and the system. 252-mit- A DOZEN TERRORIST BOMBS exploded during the night in tour widely separated cities in Argentina's continuing war of nerves, police said today. There was extensive property damage, but no injuries were reported. There was open speculation the military was poised for a possible coup. INTENSIVE SYRIAN PEACE EFFORTS made some headway toward solving the crisis in Lebanon Phalangist militiamen attacked today. Right-winan office of a Palestinian guerrilla group, but were repulsed in a battle in a Beirut slum area. THE "DR. X" who was involved in an investigation into the mysterious deaths of 13 hospital patients a decade ago possibly from doses of curare, a South American arrow poison has been identified immigrant by The New York Times as a from Argentina. The newspaper said Dr. Mario E. Jasc.ilevich, a surgeon, may be indicted for the murder of at least one of the 13, who died at Riverde!! Hospital inOradeU., N.J ,hptwgnn 1965 and 1966. He now practices medicine in West New York, g N.J. By David Mason MOSCOW (AP) The U.S. government's attempt to punish the Soviet Union for its intervention in Angola talks on cooperation in the fields of energy, housing and commerce is likely to be regarded by the Soviets more as a pinprick than as something See nil friend THE STRONG TIES o ship were praised today bv Irish Prime Minister Liam Cosgrave, making a St. Patrick's Day visit to but he asked Americans to stop Washington, financing terrorists in Northern Ireland, before addressing a joint session of Congress, he pinned a shamrock on President Ford. In New York, winds gusted up to 50 rnph at the annual Fifth Avenue St. Patrick's Day parade. In Ireland, the price of shamrocks doubled to 40 cents a sprig and thousands flocked into Irish towns to celebrate. Carter won his fifth primary, but Illinois proved sour for Sargent Shriver. Delegate totals DelViOLTdiic p,y Anv-nran- Here nre the vote totals in the Illinois Democratic presidential preference primary with 98 percent of the state's 11,272 precincts reporting: As 1 on A-- 6 A STORM SWIRLED OVER THE Northeast today, dumping heavy snow on St. Patrick's Day celebrations in a wide area and sending heavy rain to wash a way the green center line along New York City's parade route. Winds left at least one person dead In Virginia. STOCK MARKET TODAY NEW YORK (UPI! Amid brighter economic reports and uncertainty over interest rates, prices churned higher pressures in active against profit-takintrading today on the New York Stock Exchange. Shortly before 1:15 p.m. EST, the Dow t Jones Industrial Average, an 988.19 winner Tuesddy, was ahead 4.72 points to 988.19. In the two sessions prior to Tuesday, the average had plunged 28.81 points. The market's breadth figures reflected considerable investor uncertainty. Of the 1.771 issues crossing the tape, 789 advanced, 475 declined and 507 remained unchanged. ) (Complete New York, American lists on 4.72 Jf 8.97-poin- 10 2 1, tCace Wasatch tm r northwest deserrs) Zones Vaiiey, Worm despite a touch 0 high cloudiness. Lows 30 in Logan, around 38 else whve. Highs 53 in Logar, over 60 elsewher e Zones 3, 4 (Delta. Milford Cedar City. Sevier Valiev) Mild and springy, wth a touch of high cloudiness. Lows 33 in Cedar City, 35 to 40 elsewhere Highs 60 to 65. Zone 5 (Utah's Dix.e) Spring through Thursday. St. George temperatures will go from 43 to 75 Zones 6, 8 (Uintah Basin, Mild, Carbon Countywith some hQh clouds Lows 32 to 33. highs over 60 9 (Southeast 7, Canyonlands, LaKe HoweN' - A few wispy clouds, mi d temperatures. ruther y tonight and Zones L'tcfh Thursday Highs near lows in the 30s. 7C. National weather map, area summary on D-- C- - |