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Show Our Phone Numbers Some Snow News Tips Circulation Information Sports Scores Partly cloudy with slight chance of snow flurries. Highs in the 40s and lows in the 20s. Details on Page VOL. 378, NO. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 103 46 10c PAGES Mountain West's First Newspaper . . MONDAY, 122 Years Of Service , 524-440- 0 524-284- OCTOBER 0 524-444- 5 524-444- 8 1972 30, Refuses U S. To Rush Into Cease-Fir- e J Points Must Be Clarified' United Press International The White House said today nine-poiwith cease-fir- e the North Vietnamese will not be signed Tuesday, despite Hanois insistence on U.S. approval by then. Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said presidential adviser Henry A. Kissinger was quite clear when he said last Thursday that there would be no signing by the United States until there are further negotiations to clarify six or seven issues in the proposed the ' ' . - ' ' ' ' , - fs$4li- - i f - , fi Kissinger said last week that one more meeting lasting three or four days was needed to wrap up the agreement. Ziegler said the White House remained hopeful that the peace agreement could be signed soon. Passerby cradles one Chicago train crash victim as fireman dashes to aid of passengers seen dangling from twisted wreckage. Train Crash - CHICAGO torches and wrecking bars. The crash occurred on a flat stretch of land near the 27th Street platform of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, which transports about 35,000 commuters daily between the city and suburbs to the south. One of the trains had four cars; the other six. The two commuter trains, which had left about nine minutes apart from a Far South Side terminal, were less than 10 minutes from the downtown station when the crash occurred about 7:40 a.m. of Thirty-fou- r (AP) people were killed and more than 200 injured today when an electric commuter train that was trying to back up after apparently overshooting a station was rammed from behind by another during the morning rush hour, authorities said. Hospitals said some of the injured were in serious condition. As the toll of dead mounted, firemen worked to free pas- sengers from the twisted screams Their wreckage. were heard above the noises H.G. Mullins, superintendent service of IC Gulf, said the lead train apparently ran past the station platform and was attempting to back up when the second train struck it. The National Transportation for suburban 200 Safety Board in Washington sent specialists to investigate on the basis of reports that the location of the crash was protected by automatic signals. Donna Posey, an injured passenger in the first car of the second train, said a crewman shouted a warning about 20 seconds before the wreck. Everybody got up and just He told newsmen cars, each having a capacity of about 85 persons. older about as we got up, we hit. and screamed Everybody of people, there was a pile-ushe said. The p said spokesman the cars were filled because of the rush hour. Barbar Kukulski, a passenger in the lead car, said the rear double-decke- r car just at like tinfoil collapsed There was blood all impact. Three hours after the crash, least 10 persons were trapped inside one of the train cars, officials said. at A doctor at the scene from nearby Michael Reese Hospital reported several of those killed were cut in half by the impact. The lead train carried four, r new cars with each cars capacity about 155 persons, a railroad spokesman said. The rear train carried over the place. A call for blood went out to the Chicago area to help treat the injured. double-decke- Hospitals reporting deaths were Mercy, Michael Reese, Cook County and Billings. Bizarre Hijack Plot United Press International Three Arab guerrillas jailed by West Germany for their role in the Munich massacre won freedom today in Libya with the two Arab commandos who forced their release by hijacking a Lufthansa Airliner and threatening to blow it up. The passengers and crewmen aboard the 'Boeing 727 flew back to Europe today but disagreed on whether their lives actually were in danger. The pilot of the plane said the hijackers who seized control d of the plane ever Turkey hand grenades and fastened explosive devices to the cai-rie- UPI Telephoto Eastern Capt. Lee Hines, with flight attendant on skyjacking. Toni Wellons, is tight-lipped li, Libya, after picking up the freed Palestinians in Zagreb, ried their weapons with them when they boarded the flight Yugoslavia, were they been released by West German authorities. had in Beirut. These statements seem to indicate that the arms used by the hijackers were on board the aircraft before it landed in Beirut, the newspaper said. Eight of the passengers flew from Tripoli to Rome today. LOrient le Jour quoted Beirut airport officials and police as saying there was no possibility the hijackers car- - If this hypothesis is conit the paper said, firmed, See 3 ARAB on Page A-- 4 SECTION B City, Regional Our Man Jones TV Highlights Comics A plane. One of the 18 passengers was an American, identified by Lufthansa as Stirling 32, a new York City investment counsellor Financial Agent Shot, Killed In Texas Skyjack - One MIAMI, Fla. (AP) airline employe was killed and another wounded in the hijacking of an Eastern Airlines jetliner from Texas to Cuba. The FBI identified two of the sky pirates as a former Commerce Department executive son. and his teen-ageThe father and son named A. by the FBI were Charles Tuller Jr., 44, and Bryce M. Tidier, 19. The FBI said the two also were wanted in connection with a Virginia bank offiholdup in which a police cer and a bank manager were killed by bandits last week. d The FBI identified a third hijacker as William Graham,, V I ' 'i The fo'xth man was not named. All four skyjackers remained in Cuba when the 18. jetliner, carrying 33 passengers and a crew of seven, returned to Miami from Havana. I Air piracy warrants were issued against the Tullers and Graham, and a Houston, Tex., judge set bond early today at $1 million apiece. as the airliner was commandeered at Houston early Sunday took the life of Eastern ticket agent A burst of shots Stan Hubbard, 34, of Humble, Tex. Wyatt S. Wilkinson Jr., a refueler also from See AIRLINE on Page A-- 4 In Beirut, the French lannewspaper TOrient le Jour speculated that the Sunday hijacking may have been carried out with the collaboration of West German officials anxious to rid themselves of three Palestinians accused of guage killing letes. 11 Israeli Olympic The speculation came as Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban protested to the West German Ambassador Jesco von Puttkamer that Israel reacted to the freeing of the three Arab suspects bby West Germany with astonishment and regret. At the same time Israeli warplanes bombed four guerrilla bases in the outskirts of Damascus a The Lufthansa- - plane, Boeing 727, was commandeered as it flew over Turkey on a flight from Beirut to Frankfurt. It flew on to Trioo- - P 4 ath- 28 1 2 6, 7 8, 9 Sports Obituaries Get-chel- l, 10-1- 4 15 If the agreement is signed A former South Vietnamese as agreed, the din of arms will government minister said cease and one of the most bar- today a cease-fir- e would likely baric wars will come to an be signed but he could not preend, she told newsmen. dict a date. The North Vietnamese Communists today protested the U.S. refusal to sign a draft Vietnam peace treaty Tuesday, but made clear this would not mean a rupture with Washington. Mme. Nguyen Thi Binh, the Viet Cong foreign minister, told a packaged news conference: The disagreement with the Nixon administration is not over the contents of the treaty but about the timetable for the signing. Madame Binh told a press group that President Nixons decision not to have the treaty makes us signed Tuesday doubt his word. She said his refusal was meant to consolidate the bel- - Reds Step Up 'Land-Grabbin- g' SAIGON (UPI) The fighting increased in the three Indochinese countries of South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia during the weekend and today, with the Communists apparently trying to seize as much territory as possible before the expected cease-firAt the same time, military sources said the U.S. Navy has halted bombardments and the sowing of mines above the 20th parallel, 65 miles south of Hanoi. The halt of aerial bombing above the parallel was announced last week in what U.S. presidential adviser Henry A. Kissinger said was a gesture of , e. - good will. In South Vietnam, government troops recaptured the district capital of Dak To, deep behind Communist lines in the rugged Central Highlands, field reports said. However, the Communists overran a nearby base, and government forces failed to recapture another district town. In Laos, informed military sources said that the North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces captured the town of Keng Kok, a military camp and a hilltop position in the southern part of the country during the weekend. S. Viet Arms? McG Says No United Press International Sen. George S. McGovern, with the election only eight days away, pledged Sunday not to be bound by any administration commitment to con- - TODAY'S STOCKS - The NEW YORK (UPI) stock market opened mixed in moderate trading. Monday as investors continued in a cautious mood. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.15 to 946.27. Advances outnumbered declines, 223 to 144, among the 530 issues on the tape. Turnover was 520,000 shares. (Complete New York, American listings on Page Nixon To Sign SS Benefit Bill tinue military aid to South Vietnam. President Nixon said McGoverns defense policies could lead to one of the greatest tragedies in history. McGovern, who made television appearances in Washington and Hartford, Conn., Sunday, said that if he won the election Nov. 7 he would reserve the right to try to renegotiate any peace treaty signed by the administration if it called for continuation of military aid to South Vietnam. Meet Appearing on NBCs the Press, McGovern said he would honor the agreement but would try to renegotiate it. The South Dakota Democrat resumed his chase for votes today with more campaign stops in Connecticut. Nixon, who issued a strong blast at McGoverns defense policies Sunday, was expected to remain at his Camp David, Md., mountain retreat today. He has scheduled a campaign, appearance Tuesday in Chica- go. WASHINGTON (UPI) -PNixon announced today he would sign into law a resident landmark measure increasing Social Security benefits and payments for the aged, blind and disabled which will be paid for by higher payroll taxes. At the same time, the President announced he would veto two bills passed in the closing hours of the Democratic Congress. One would have extended the Older Americans Act and provided additional services for older people. The other rejected bill would have established a separate government-financeresearch institute to study problems of the aging. d Of the Social Security measure, he said: It gives me very great pleasure to sign HR1, landmark legislation that will end many old inequities and will provide a new uniform system of benefits for older Americans, the blind and disabled. The vetoes were the 10th and 11th by Nixon on grounds the cost of the legislation well-earne- d the White House, Nixons overall veto action will contribute about $950 million toward his goal of cutting appropriations by as much as $8 billion to hold spending to $250 billion during the fiscal year that ends next June 30. more would feed inflation and compel a general tax increase in the future. Because the Social Security increases payroll legislation tabes as well as benefits, the legislation will reduce the governments budget deficit for the current fiscal year by $900 million. The two rejected bills would have authorized spending of $2.2 billion over three years, although spending in the current fiscal year was estimated at 200 million. Aceordine to Nixon said he was disappointed that the bill contained no welfare reform provisions which he advocated but which died in the adjournment rush. A 1 1 kRMS Kiss- She said the Communists would be back at the weekly Paris peace talks on Thursday as usual. Inside The News SECTION that inger was in the White House today and gave no indication when the Presidents national security affairs adviser might be leaving Washington for either Paris or Saigon for further peace negotiations. Ziegler also said the White House would continue its policy of not announcing any secret meetings between Kissinger and North Vietnamese diplomats until they are actually in progress. The draft agreement which Hanoi insisted the United States sign by Tuesday in Vietcalls for a cease-fir- e nam 24 hours after the accord is signed. It also provides for withdrawal of all U.S. troops and release of American prisoners of war two months after the pact is approved. was Ziegler deliberately vague on who would ultimately sign for the United States. Kissinger said in his news conference last week that the agreement would be signed at the foreign ministers level. Bonn Frees 3 Arabs In If the war goes on after then the United States must be 'eld responsible. She said the Viet Cong government published on Oct. 28, a call for attacks to be pressed if the agreement is not signed on time. Nov. 1. agreement. 'SW AP Wirephoto Kills 34, Injures licose group of Nguyen Van Thieu," the South Vietnamese the to torpedo president, peace. Mme Binh called on President Nixon to stop supporting Thieu must be set Thieu. aside, she said. M pi iWf'ltaMlM The President disclosed he had signed or soon would sign 60 other measures. Although there had been speculation Nixon would veto the Social Security bill as an economy measure, the President was lavish in his praise of the legislation which he said included many proposals originally suggested by the admin- istration. In a paid political broadcast, the President did not mention McGovern by name, but he did refer to defense policies the Democratic candidate has put forth. Speaking from the White House library, Nixon said: For the United States to abdicate its leadership role in the world or to attempt to meet its responsibilities See McG on Page A-- 4 The bulk of the cost of the extra benefits, $4.5 billion, will not take effect until 1974, out higher payrolf taxes will start next Jan. 1, with the result that revenue will exceed costs in this first year by about $1 billion. x Today's Thought Good to forgive: Best to forget. Robert Browning , |