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Show Our Phone Numbers Snow On Snow Snow continuing into the night but ending early Saturday. Highs in the 30s and lows tonight 15 to 25. Details on Page VOL. B-- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 7. 379, NO. News Tips Circulation Information Sports Scores 54 PAGES 17 10c Mountain West's First Newspaper ... 122 Years Of Service FRI DAY, . .524-449- 0 524-284- 0 524-444- 5 524-444- 8 JANUARY 1 9, 1 973 Latest NIXONS THANKS Ethnic Fete Enlivens ease- - Inauguration - SAIGON (UPI) Foreign Minister Tran Van Lam said today the United States and South Vietnam are very close to reaching cease-fir- e agreement and a newspaper with close ties to said the fighting will stop Combined UPI, AP WASHINGTON President Nixon says thank you today to the ethnic Americans who played such a significant part in his The occasion is A Salute to Americas Heritage, the only new item in this years inaugural festivities, and the least expensive invitation event of the four-da- y Feb. affair. The newspaper Tin Song financed by news), (live Hoang Due Nha president Nguyen Van Thieus nephew and closest personal adviser reported today the ceasefire could go into effect Feb. 3, the beginning of the Tet Lunar New' Year. The salute was devised at the behest of the President to reward ethnic Americans for their support in November. Nixon wants the salute at the Corcoran Art Gallery to become a tradition at future inaugural celebrations. The guests will listen to ethnic music ranging from a Russian gypsy orchestra to Irish folk singers; will look at displays of traditional art and handcrafts; and particularly will crowd around five long buffet tables to munch tidbits representing the culinary contributions to America of 23 ethnic groups. by reporters if a could come by Tet, Lam replied. I do not want to be a prophet, so I do not want to guess about the date for a cease-firAsked The President returned to the capital from Key Biscayne, Fla., Thursday night but did not attend the first two official functions of the inaugural weekend: a reception honoring Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and another feting the nations governors. Mrs. Nixon, younger daughter Julie and Mamie Eisenhower attended the show at the Kennedy Center. Sharply AP Wireohoto 6 Okayed -WASHINGTON (AP) Only two of President Nixon's six new Cabinet choices will be ready to begin work with him when his second term starts Saturday. The Senate Thursday confirmed without debate the nominations of Frederick B. Dent as secretary of Commerce and Claude S. Brinegar to head the Department of Transportation. Action on the other four, however, will be held over until at least next week, largely because of the Democratic majoritys displeasure at what it says is the Nixon administrations usurping of its constitutional powers. The Democrats say they have not been consulted on Vietnam policy nor given explanations of Indochina actions, that Nixon has exceeded his authority in impounding appropriated funds, and that key officials have refused to appear before congressional committees. INSIDE THE NEWS SECTION A Measure Sets Up 76 Panel ' By DEXTER C. ELLIS Deseret News Political Editor Formation of a powerful Bicentennial Commission to plan Utahs celebration of Americas 200th birthday is called for in legislation introduced Thursday in the Senate. Also read in and placed Lam also told an impromptu Hopes that, an end to the Gains Up and daughter Julie Eisenhower leave the Kennedy Center after Thursday's "Salute to the States" show. 2 Of The only But he added, thing I can say is we are very close to a cease-fire- . Economic Mrs. Richard Nixon in the legislative pipeline was a proposed constitutional amendment, creating the office of lieutenant governor and making other significant changes in the executive branch of state government. Floor action in the Senate dwelt largely on firecely contested measures to consolidate school districts and to provide for full state payment of retirement contributions for employes of colleges and universities. The centennial SB65, is sponsored by Ernest H. Dean, measure, Senators Fork, and Haven J. Barlow, R:Layton It empowers the governor to commisappoint a sion known as the Utah Amer In planning a suitable bration for 197, the commission would have authority to; resentatives. The measure, sponsored by Reps. Franklyn B, Matheson, Lake, and Ronald L. was reRencher, ceived by the House Wtdnes-- , day afternoon in a general session which also saw the passage of five bills. Also introduced was a measure, HB128, suggested by Gov. which L. Rampton Calvin would remove the circle from the head of each party column on the Utah election ballot, thus requiring voters to make an individual mark for each office instead of voting a straight party ticket with a mark in the circle. Ramptori called for the ballast week in his State of the State message, saying it wul eliminate the automatic vote and will make for a more discriminating electorate. lot change Other bills received by the House included a proposed change in the state's observance of Veterans Day from the fourth Monday in October, a date designated by Congress, back to the traditional Nov. 11 and a measure 'o the Acquire necessary-rea- l and personal property by purchase, lease or eminent domain; Improve, claim, beautify such areas; rerevitalize, and develop Provide convenient to or across private property or religious property access secure and install exhibits, arrange entertainment, etc. The other major legislation introduced was SJR9, sponsored by Senators Robert F. Allan E. Clyde, Lake, and Mecham, Merrill Jenkins, This proposed amendment, in addition to providing for a lieutenant governor to run .in See BICENTENNIAL, lt A-- 6 HO IV T O LESSONS Protects Children A new Utah adoption proposal designed to emphasize the rights of the child has been introduced in the House of Rep- in the celebration; Erect and maintain buildor other structures, ings cele- Bill On Adoption By DeANN EVANS Deseret News Staff Writer adjacent or near to areas Bicentennial ican Revolution Commission. of allow the Department Motor Vehicles to levy a service charge and hold issuance of operators or chauffeurs licenses paid for with insufficient funds checks. The proposal, adoption which tightens procedures for obtaining consent from the natural parents and shortens the waiting period before the adoption is final, is the result of a cooperative effort involving the sponsors, the Division of Family Services, the Community Services Council, and See ADOPTION, Page A-- 7 Join Chess Fans that What youve always wanted to know about chess will be told venerable game thats enjoying new popularity in a weekly series of lessons beginning today on chess expert who covered the Written by a newsman Fischer - Spassky tournament, the series will cover all aspects of the game. It will introduce readers to the various pieces, their basic moves and the various openings and defenses of the game. Accompanying the weekly lessons will be the regular Deseret News chess feature Let's Play Chess, by our own Harold Lundstrom. A-- now-famo- TODAY'S STOCKS NEW YORK rices registered (UPI) -P- steep declines through the early hours in moderately active trading Friday on the New York Stock Exchange. before noon, the Dow Jones average of 30 seindustrials lected was off 8.72 at 1,020.40. Declines led advances, 886 to 356, among the 1.636 issuesShortly blue-chi- p WASHING TON (AP) -The nations economy closed out 1972 on a strong note, growing at a sharp 8.5 per cent rate during the final three months of the year w'hile the rate of inflation accelerated slightly, the government said today. The Commerce Department reported that prices, as measured by the broad yardstick of the Gross National Product, rose by 2.7 per cent during the quarter, up from 2.4 per cent in the previous quarter. October-Decemb- GNP, the market value of the nation's output of goods and services, climbed by $31.8 billion during the quarter. With the effect of inflation removed, the department figure the economy increased at an annual rate of 8.5 per cent compared with 6.3 per cent in the third quarter. For the year as a whole, the economy grew by 6.5 per cent, higher than the 6 per .cent forecast by the Nixon administration a year ago, while the rate of inflation increased by 3 per cent, lower than the 3.25 per cent forecast by President Nixons Council of Economic Advisors. For all of 1972, GNP avertrillion, an increase of about $102 billien over 1971. This figure was about $4 billion over the administrations target, and indicated the economy is expanding stronger than had been expected. aged longest war in American history is imminent soared today that with the announcement White House aide Henry A. Kissinger will return to Paris next week to complete the text of a Vietnam settlement with Hanoi negotiators. The Republic of (South) Vietnam does not accept the allegation that there are two governments and two armies in the South, he said. We will never accept the presence of North Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam. Our position is that they must withdraw with the allied forces. Lam said South Vietnam still is asking for clarification of some points in the revised Hanoi-U.draft agreement but added frankly, I can't reveal to you what Gen. (Alexander) Haig brought to President Thieu or what he took back. cease-fir- e ; The White House did not schedule an appearance by the President. The party and concerts are preliminaries leading up to noon Saturday when Nixon will take the oath of office for the second time. Cabinet-On- ly 3. news conference at the foreign ministry that South Vietwill not sign nam any agreement which designates the provisional revolutionary government (Viet Cong) as a second government in South Vietnam. $1,152 The GNP measure for the rate of inflation is regarded as a broader one than the Consumer Price Index. The CPI, figured on a different basis and affecting only goods sold at retail, advanced at a 3.5 per cent rate in 1972. A joint announcement presidential by Thursday press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler and the North Vietnamese delegation to the Paris peace talks said Kissinger will meet Tuesday with chief Hanoi negotiators Le Due Tho and Xuan Thuy. Ziegler said Kissinger was for the purpose going back of completing the text of a (peace; agreement" and the North Vietnamese said the talks will be held to complete the agreement on the end of the war and re- establishment of in peace Vietnam. Center Finds Its Rumor Well Dry SEATTLE (AP) The Seattle Rumor Center is closing. It has run out of rumors. The Rev. Everett J. Jensen, president of the center, called a news conference for today to announce the decision. ld I imagine we are different, being able to say when a job has been done and when it ought to go, the Lutheran pastor said in an interview. We have plenty of funds, plenty of backing from the city and county, but we just dont get any rumors any more, he added. The center was set up in 1968 when the city was plagued with racial unrest, student troubles and unemployment. At itspeak the center handled upwards of 400 calls a day from the worried public. Now were down to only about six a day, the Rev. Mr. Jensen said. And they only amount to somebody asking if it was true that a baby was baked in an oven because the babysitter was out. We dont feel that this is the kind of sendee the city ought to provide. Why the decline in calls? Tensions are very much reduced now, the Rev Jensen explained. There is no longer that air of crisis like back in 1968 and 1969. Since then the public has mjre access to the police, to public agencies and even to schools which conduct rumor clinics. Mr. Equality Accord Signed At AT&T WASHINGTON (AP) - The largest settlement in the nations history, a pact providing lump-supayments and promises of quick advancement, has been signed by the largest U.S. conglomerate, the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. of Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission provides that AT&T and 24 of its operating companies make payments totaling $15 million to some 15.000 emblacks, ployes and women. Spanish-surname- The EEOC, d intervening in the case before the Federal The signed agreement Thursday with the Department Communications Commission where AT&T was seeking a rate hike, had charged the giant organization with and systematic discrimination "per-vasiv- Juror Not Convinced, But Corona Convicted Calif. (UPI) FAIRFIELD, After one of the jurors admitted she voted to convict Juan V. Corona of mass murder charges even though she was not quite convinced of his guilt, Coronas lawyer demanded a new trial for the farm labor contractor Thursday. Corona, 38. a Mexican national living in Yuba City, Calif., was found guilty of hacking, stabbing and shooting hands to 25 itinerant farm death in early 1971 and bury- X their bodies along the scenic Feather River in the worst mass murder in U.S. All the evidence history. against him was circumstantial. ing her, said defense attorney Richard Hawk after Mrs Naomi Underwood told UPI she may have been wrong when she changed her vote on the jurys 15th secret ballot. I love Certainly we will use this said as a basis for appeal, She blew the whole Hawk. thing wide open. The verdict came after 46 hours of deliberation when Mrs. Underwood, 63, a widow who lives with her two cats in ended a Calif., Vallejo, holdout. two-da- y The other 11 jurors "convinced me of their points," she said. I may be wrong but I decided to make it unanimous ; . . I am still not quite convinced yet. I feel bad about it. Mrs. Underwood said there was a lot of yelling at each other during deliberations and that other jurors realized she was the holdout because of her handwriting on the ballots. Can you imagine what it's like with 19 men and another woman tryihg to convince you what you dont believe, she said. "Ive been under terrific pressure. Judge Richard Patton set a hearing Jan. 29 on Hawks motion for a new trial. Sentencing was delayed until after the hearing. Corona took the verdict stoically, gripping the defense table and rocking back and forth during the 30 minutes it took the jury to repoit its guilty verdicts on each of the 25 murder counts. In addition to the $15 million, another $23 million will go into wage adjustments aimed at elevating women and minority men to equal job standings w ah w hites The pact calls also for hiring more men as operators and clerks and more women in outside craft jobs Corona who spent three months in a mental hospital m 1956 suffering from delusions The Labor Department termed the settlement dramatic and historic, one which and hallucinations will probably constitute a was s arrested after two meat model for agreereceipts bearing his signature ments for many years to come were found in cue grave civil-right- |