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Show X&4p ET 384 VOL. tf S ' NO. 153 - rfV Founded 1850 ivhcn Utah territory was knoun as the 'State of Deseret r t METRO. FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1976 15 CENTS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 50 PAGES WH x Lurf y nosos pa 63111 I o ruled inv. - 2 if' v In the cases of Georgia Texas and Florida, the court majority said the laws met si an dards set down in a 1974 decision which said the death penalty was unconstitutional as then being applied around the country The opinion said these laws passed muster because they permit either a judge or jury to decide whether death should be imposed and provide statutory standards the judges and Junes must follow m deciding the issue own state law's. Laws such as those m Louisiana and North Carolina which were struck down, the LDF their of said, include Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ok , w 4 W- '' y e , C- v V r PidefA. ,w , T, t Today in the News I I Olympic turmoil The Olympic record books may show the qamos of 1976 in Montreal were canceled because of politics Canada has denied tnfrv to Taiwan and the International Olympic Committee charged the Canadian cjo'MMnmeiit with a breach of fundamental principles The IOC also hinted it migh withdraw its patronage, in which case medal winners would not receive Olympic meda's S'ory on B 6 In Florida, a trial judge makes Msc determination of who must be executed if convicted of certain offenses based on a list of eight tests which must be met In Georgia, the jury decides after finding guilt, and in a separate proceeding, whether the crime w as so aggrav ated - again based on that death is specific standards in the law warranted In Texas the jurv again after finding ginll must determine whether the killings were deliberate, whether the defendant was likely to commit othi r v lolent acts and if the offense w is not provoked If those three eh ments are established, the , ri! on See DC A 6 J LABOR SECRET ARY, W. J. USERY'S relationship with ihe Teamsters Union appears to have compromised a government investigation of the union's pension fund, Sen John Durkin, D N H , said today Duikm caned on Usry to resign after a closed meeting in which Labo' Department inves tipators outlined treir probe of the pension fund for Senate Labor Committee members THE LANDING ON MARS is back on track, with the squat, Viking lander scheduled to plop down on the planet's ruddy surface July 17. Scientists believe Viking's new target, about 150 miles northwest of the original spot, is smooth and safe and more likely to harbor life Ruling affects A ' iy i 4 X rev lew. knuMM. ifflwiwrnii,!n i ky lahoma, Rhode Island, Vuginia and Washing ton Slate Also Delaware, Idaho, Missouri, New Mexico, South Carolina and Tennessee Presumably , each of these law s can also be brought directly to the court for possible Florida 73. Texas 42 and Georgia 29, according to the latest count. The Legal Defense Fund of the NAACP said states with laws like Georgias and Floridas include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Nebraska and Utah Laws such as that in Texas include California, Colorado, Connecticut, Montana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wyoming, the LDF said But defendants m each of these states can bring further appeals challenging the validity WASHINGTON The Supreme (UPI) Court today upheld capital punishment laws in Georgia, Texas and Florida, but struck down the laws of North Carolina and Louisiana The high court said mandatory laws such as in North Carolina and Louisiana, which provide no discretion at all for juries and judges, violate the Eighth Amendment's ban against cruel and unusual punishment The vote striking down those laws was 5 to 4 But by a decision, the court said laws which provide specific standards for judges and junes to determine if a enme was so heinous death should be meted out do rot violate the Constitution. Over 600 persons are on death rows in 30 states. North Carolina has 122, Louisiana 47, a iag Been three-legge- d s -- Eyf-A- . - t- No... feeSk5-- ? Jr S, V r , w. r w K. i t y r it ? fell :9s w.,V rtrjrf .4 " - yj. 'Jl'C-.- .Vi 5i i F fS y i. y A - -- - '' s 'ti -- ? T -tuiWa - A'-- " - jv- - . e - ,4 i1 " f. . Te v" v yus? 3 V' f si s A O 2 xv jasw- -- ,VS're Tti ::,pgL , .(kWS y r a. I TvV t c, t - ,1-' 'Ay. i- - f "' JJ A fA svyX :,V w ' " y? r I Oesrt 7 LDS Church v .y Newt photo tv 0 Woiloce Kosteitff President Spencer W. Kimball meets with President Ford in White House. Presidents Ford, Kimball hold chat in White House - WASHINGTON The President of the United States and the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Samts spent 15 minutes behind closed doors in the Oval Room of the White House today. The two, President Ford and President Spencer W. Kimball, were seen to be in earnest conversation, but reporters and photographers, allowed briefly in the room, were unable to hear the conversation. D. Arthur Haycock, private secretary to President Kimball, was m the room with the two presidents and said their visit was pleasant and unhurried and that they chatted amiably like old fi sends President Ford recalled earlier meetings with President Kimball and said he and Mrs Ford were looking forward to sharing the presidential box with President and Mrs. Kimball at the Kennedy Center Saturday night at a concert by the Tabernacle Choir President Ford complimented the church for its response to the T ton Dam disaster in Idaho and said he understood the church sent 20,000 volunteers and huge amounts of food and supplies to the flood area President Kimball replied that the church has a wonderful welfare organization w ith supplies on hand to meet emergencies and a system of local leadership headed by stake presidents and bishops Help was on the way to the flood area within hours, he said. All we had to do was push the button. Haycock said the v.sit was a personal one and centered around friends and family. No discussion of political matters took place, he added The meeting occurred just before a ceremony in the White House garden where President Kimball presented President Ford a Pioneer Memorial statuette After the brief presentation Presidents Ford and Kimball shook hands with the children who swarmed around them. The children also sang a short song, I Am a Child of God. President Kimball said it was a great honor for him to present the statuette because it represents a principal tenet of the Mormon faith, home and family life. The statuette is a replica of the large statue placed at the Brigham Young Cemetery on First Avenue June 1, 1973 It is a creation of Edward Jay Fraughtun. In accepting the gift, Pres Ford said he was grateful. It is a privilege to receive a gift from people so dedicated to high spiritual values, he said. He recalled many happy memories back m Utah visiting Mormon families As the two men walked from the White House to the garden they were rtill engaged in what appeared to be intent conversation. also addressed the children, tellmg them they are Americas hope Our hope is that you will make the world a better place in which to live, he declared The short ceremony on the lawn was part of the Mormor Tabernacle Choirs visit to the nations capital. One hundred children from the Washington Stake attended the presentation. The children had been prepared for the performance by Diane Tuttle Hoopes, president of the Washington Stake Primary Association side-by-sid- e, lane Utah 's prison , iirZVMana - W- - .f 5Nu &? d5- THREE BOMB EXPLOSIONS wrecked an airpat Boston's Logan International Airport, destroyed a truck at a National Guard armory in the city's Dorchester section and damaged a district coui tliouse in Newburyport early today. No injuries were reported. In San Francisco, the New World Libe. ation Front has claimed responsibility for Thursday's bombing of the South African consul general's home 5 of 7 at 59' vw.-:-' $ V. ? -t a. -- 'S r i' , it I? 'SvyCSxvsaWsisdwi, SK. "AshS .jo, , JT ry sr" -P j 4 t He Because of the U S Supreme Court decision on the death penalty, executions could take place in Utah within a matter of months," Atty Gen Vernon B. Romney said today Seven men currently are on death row at the Utah State Prison and fiv e of them could be directlv affected bv the court ruling, he said Utah s death penalty law' is similar to those of Georgia and Florida, which were upheld m the Supreme Court decision today Romney said lie would pie-fe- r not to go into detail about the fate of the death row prisoners because many of them are still appealing their cases However, he noted that five of them were convicted and sentenced under Utahs new death penalty law written after the Supreme Court struck down earlier statutes. Myron D Lance, 35, and Walter B Kelbach, 37, were convicted in 1967 after a series of shootings in a crime spree that left six people dead Their sentence was pronounced under the old death penalty law and they "may be home free," Romney said The others, whose death might stand the Supreme decision, are sentence light of Dale S Pieire, the Court in 23, and Wil- liam Andrews, 21, convicted in 1974 of the slay mg of three persons during the robbery of the Ogden III Fi Shop Gypsy Allen Codianna, Irvin Paul Dunsdon and Craig Marvel, members of a motorcycle gang convicted in 1975 of the beating, stabbing and shooting of a man dragged from his apartment at night Utahs new capital punishment law provides for a trial to determine guilt and then a separate hearing to determine the penalty for the crime. Romney said he was pleased with the Supreme Court decision and said it was long overdue This strikes a blow for states to handle their own affairs, he said The attorney general said he had been actively involved in efforts to get the death penalty reinstated and had worked with the National Association of Attorneys General toward that goal Jobless rate goes to 7.5 pet. WASHINGTON iUPI) - A surprising increase in laid-of- f construction and factory workers in June boosted the unemployment rate to 7.5 percent for the first significant increase in 13 months, the Labor Depart ment reported today Government officials reacted with caution to the rise from 7 3 percent in May, but expressed concern that the number of employed workers declined after four consecutive months of record peaks The first of nearly 4 million exstudent summer pected to enter the labor market this summer faded to materialize m June, perhaps because of sales weaknesses lor major employers like retail stores, builders and manufacturers. The department said tho work force increased by nearly rs hand-to-han- house-to-hous- A MILITARY REBELLION erupted in Sudan against President Jaafar Numeiry today as he returned from a trip to the United States But a government announcement said loyalist forces crushed the attempted coup Heavy fighting was Ttrput icd to hve raged in Khartoum streets. It was the second uprising agasinst Numeiry In 10 months. KING JUAN CARLOS intends to name a new to possibly tonight prime minister quickly succeed Carlos Arias Navarro who resigned Thursday, Spanish officials Said today. The council of the realm called a meeting today to discuss candidates to succeed Navarro amid leftist hopes his replacement would speed up democratic reforms in Spain. NORTH AND SOUTH VIETNAM were officially reunited today, Radio Hanoi announced. The National Assembly officially changed the country's name to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, made Hanoi the capital and inserted Nugven Hu Tho as Vietnam's second vice president. The North Vietnamese red flag with a gold star was reaffirmed as the national emblem and Saigon was officially renamed Ho Chi Mmh City. five-poi- A WOMAN WILL HEAD the Ford administration's task force to eliminate federal laws and regulations which treat men and women differently solely because of their sex. Assistant Atty. Gen. J. Stanley Pottinger said he is considering two women attorneys within the Justice Department's civil rights division, but hasn't decided which one to appoint. THE IRS IS CLOSING the lucrative tax loophole a December divorce and January remarriage practice increasingly used in recent years by affluent couples looking for a tax break. An Internal Revenue Service spokesman said the agency will no longer recognize a divorce obtained merely to pay lower income taxes of workers in June But the number of persons with jobs fell nearly 200,0X from May to 87 5 million. The total unemployed was estimated at 7 1 million an increase of 280,000 from May The increase was the largest since unemployment climlied from 8 6 percemt to the recession peak of 8.9 percent m May, 1975 The jobless late and ihe number of persons with jobs had improved steadily since that low point with the exceph of percent tion of a increase last September that department officials said was not significant Retail sales slumped in April and May after strong winter gains. Construction has shown the poorest improvement of any sector of the economy during the recovery from the 1974-7recession 100,000 to 94 6 million one-tent- CHRISTIANS STORMED into a burning Palestinian refugee camp in southwest Beirut today and In the d fought defending guerrillas fiercest battle of the Lebanese civil war. Christian sources said the force of 6,000 militiamen sumpoi ted by 130 tanks and armored cars penetrated the Tal e Zaatar camp and was making a advance STOCK MARKET TODAY NEW YORK (UP I) Prices rose in slow trading on the New York Stock Exchange Friday, again pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average toward the 1,000 level prior to the holiday weekend. Shortly before 3 p.m. EDT, the blue-chi- p loser Thursaverage, a 7 day, was ahead 4 35 points to 999.19. Its failure to hold at the 1,000 level isappointed many observers. Advances led declines, 795 to 498, among the 1,757 issues crossing the tape ) (Complete New York, American lists on 0 1 5 UTAH WEATHER United QnnWa riHc K f I bent ego end his adventure Tress International Karl Thoma. , a little bit on the sore sine with cracked ribs and perhaps a bruised ego from his splash into the sea, dooms he'll tnako anouiel liy at becoming the first man to pilot a balloon across the Atlantic Ocean. I think weve given it our shot. Well let someone else make it. Im sure German someone will. the bom adventurer said Thursday in a interview from a Russian vessel which plucked him from a life raft. Speaking with radio station CJCH, Halifax, Canada, Thomas said he plunged into the ocean from his high red, white and blue balloon, then swam to a life raft he had released, after being caught in a thunderstorm early last Sunday about 550 miles southeast of New York City. 1 had to jump 200 feet from the gondola to the sea and I cracked a few radio-telepho- I ribs on the right side, he said suffered some internal bleeding m the nght lung, but its stopped." Thomas floated in the raft, with no until Wednesday fiwj of night, when he sighted and sig- 1 naled the Russian steamer i s 423-fo- ot fc; VVT' '1 Uekabrist,fyi, Kj which picked him up. s '7 The boat isf-tscheduled to of- - rriya f rive July 8 in the Dutch port of Rotterdam $ . $ When asked what he was ' Thomas thinking about during his time in the raft, Thomas said, ! worried about sharks and wondered What am I doing here?" As for his present condition, Thomas "I'm fed pretty a little bit on the sore side I good now that I'm on board this ship. You cant believe how good it " is to be on a Continued warm and dry through .aV TV the holiday weekend with highs in the 80s and lows in the 50s. r ship lie said the Russian 3 arc la king great care of me, better than my mother." Thomas bid aboard his Spirit of 76 was the 13th unsuccessful attempt to cross the Atlantic m a balloon Six persons died in the earlier efforts. Thomas, who operates a small airport, lives in Troy, Mich., with his bride of two months, Michelle Mrs. Thomas, who spoke briefly with her husband by radiotelephone, said she was very happy that he is safe and sound. He had taken off from Lakehurst, N J, last Friday evening, hoping to reach Pans m nn effort costing an estimated $290,009 with backing by a group of businessmen Zoom Volley. 1 9 in Wisstch I, northwest deserKI Fnir and warmer Sa'urdav ows M in Lovctn and Provo, 5n in Salt Lake and Oaden, 60 m Wendovor and 48 in Provo Highs 84 86 Zones 3, (Delta Cedar City area. Seviet Valley) with talr lows 52 56 Mostly High Saturday 90. ..In 5 (Utdn s Diattf! Fair and hoi SI George low ton ght around 65. high Saturday 102 Zones i, 8 'Uintah Basin, Carbon County) Generally fair and warm with a slight chance o thundershowers Lows near 55 90 highs Zones 7, 9 (Southeast Utah, Canyon lands, Laku Powell, Flaming Gorge) Thundershowers ,ik night, fair and warrr day. Lows 55 In Mon 58 In Blending, J5 In Highs Saturday 8J creation area tenipei will range from a to In Bryce Canyon fc Lake Powell. Highs 90s. National weather mao, orea summary nn r as s I |