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Show r Ud KJ XI VOL. 379 - NO. 52 80 PAGES SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Founded 1850 when Utah territory was known as the State of Deseret1 hJt METRO THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1973 TEN CENTS 4 Probabiy Saturday night Today in the News Around the world The Interior ministers of Poland and Czechoslovakia and everyone else aboard have heen killed as a Polish military, Soviet-buil- t Anatov 24, crashed whde trying to land near the Polish city of Szczecin The total number aboard the e craft was not known, but the victims included Wieslaw Ociepka, interior minister of Poland, and Rado Kraske, his Czech counterpart. Over 266,900 hospital workers joined British labors battle against Prime Minister Edward Heaths wage controls by going out on strike. Railroad confusion continued although the raiimen ended their walkout, gas industry workers continued their slowdown and senool teachers strike. were in the last day of their three-da- y twin-engin- Combined UPI, AP SAIGON The s ummunists announced tonight they planned to release 142 more prisoners of war in Hanoi within the next 48 hours. Because of the lateness of the announcement, the actual release probably will take place Sunday (Saturday night EST), a spokesman said. Lt. Col. Bui Tin, spokesman for the North Vietnamese delegation, said all but six were Americans. They Include 108 Americans held in Hanoi, mostly fliers, and 26 U.S. soldiers, four U.S. civilians, two Thais, two West German civilians and two Filipinos held by the Viet Cong. The last group freed by the Viet Cong ras released in a jungled area 60 miles north of Saigon. There was no explanation why the Viet Cong prisoners had been taken to the North Vietnamese capital, but there had been delays and confusion over the release in South Viet- nam. Tin said a list of the prisoners names was turned over to U.S. officials in Saigon about 8 p.m. (5 a.m. MST) Mowing a lengthy meeting of the Joint Military Commissions subcommission on captured persons. In principle, we are to release prisoners within 48 hours after we deliver the list, he said, but it was 8 or 9 oclock tonight before we delivered the list, so that would make the release at night, which would be very incHe said the release therefore onvenient. probably would take place, Sunday morning. ! The Communists agreed to resume the g POW releases after meetings with United States and South Vietnamese repres- day-lon- entatives to the JMC and its subcommission on captured persons. The latter meeting was continuing at nightfall, sources said. North Vietnam and the Viet Cong began serious talks on the POW issue after a warning from the United States to quit stalling because the White House was growing impatient, sources said. ld A new dollar crisis hit Europe today, sending the price of the U.S. dollar down and the price of gold up. West Germans Central Bank bought more than $2 billion in a battle with speculators that surpassed the worst day of the February ensis. The dollar also tumbled in Japan, where it had been showing gains over the past several days. U.S. the CommuSince the Jan. 27 cease-fire- , nists have released 155 American military prisoners in North and South Vietnam along with eight U.S. civilians and one foreign civilian. Still to be freed are 407 military POWs, 16 U.S. civilians and seven foreign civilians. The Communists acted after the United States demanded they stop stalling and after President Nixon instructed Secretary of State William P. Rogers in Paris to put the POW issue ahead of the conference called to guarantee peace in Vietnam. The Communist pledge broke a two-dadeadlock that threatned to scuttle the Vietnam cease-fir- e agreement. The United States had halted its troop withdrawal from Vietnam and pulled ou the minesweepers sent in to dear mines from the harbor at Haiphong. The Communists said they had halted prisoner release to protest cease-fir- e violations and the fact that their members of the Vietnam truce team had been endangered by attacks by South Vietnamese. Radio Hanoi reported four members of the Joint Military Commission were killed Sunday in a South Vietnamese ambush. Across the nation .1 y President Nixon reacted sharply and Rogers was able to straighten out the impasse in talks with the North Vietnamese Foreign Minister in Paris. That conference to guarantee a . Vietnamese maid in Pleiku takes a shine to her job with a U!S. advisory team. It's a rare Gl who has own bootblack in the states. peace in Vietnam also had been threatned by Communists. The nev accord apparently meant the U.S. troop withdrawal program would resume and that the sweeping of the North Vietnamese harbors of mines would resume. The United States and North Vietnam declaraagreed in Paris today on a nine-poition to back up the Vietnam peace agreement, and the document was quickly approved this afienioon at a plenary session of the interna n ear- vocational-rehabilitati- o n bill that President Nixon rejected lier. Wednesdays 86-- vote sent the bill to the House where action is expected next week. The bill was the fourth of a dozen pocket-vetoe- d by Nixon last year that has repassed the Senate. Sponsors say it likely willbe the first of the vetoed measures to reach the Presidents desk, probably in They said they are confident1 Nixon can be overridden if he vetoes it again. measure authorizes The money for four additional years for 2 mid-Marc- n the vocational-rehabilitatio- program. n WASHINGTON tion he has given since taking resident niXGn today aban- office for his second term that doned at least temporarily his the administration was calling search for major reform of off his plan for aid to working the nation's welfare system poor families and a guaranbecause he said the legislateed annual income for the tive outlook seems to preclude poor. It has failed twice to passage. gain approval by Congress." In the fourth of a series of Since the legislative outState of the Union messages look seems to preclude pasto Congress, Nixon renewed a sage of an overall structural reform bill m the immediate pledge to propose a national health insurance plan and to future, I have directed that recommend property tax relief vigorous steps be taken to for the elderly. But he did not strengthen the management ot spell out details of either plan . AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) through I am irrevocably committed as Presidents before me administrative measures and have been and as I know each legislative proposals, he said. fulof to member Congress is, Although the message did filling the Amencan dream for not spell out the administraall Americans, Nixon said. tive reforms, Nixons proposed Nixons statement on wel- budget foi fiscal 1974 calls for fare was the first clear indica a tightening of state and local (UPI) -P- Soons arrive eliminate to recipients and to reduce payments to ineligible persons. Repeating a theme he has stressed from the time he first took office, Nixon said: to continue. On the subject of health safety. the Meanwhile, River Parkway Authority bill awaited final action after easily winning apon second reading proval Wednesday. SB225, which received only five dissenting votes, would allow each income taxpayer in Utah to check $1 off what he Provo-Jorda- n owes the state and designate which political party he wishes to donate it to. governor, secretary of state and attorney general. It is estimated that a of $.190,000 might thus flow into political coffers to be used for campaign expenses Many party officials say that the present method of raising campaign funds, often entailing promises of favors by tne candidate, is one of the greatest evils of the American viding for the state to pay part of the costs of organizing conventions as well as nominating conventions. Another bill in the election packet, SB267, was killed by a vote, hmt notice was an alte. pt will e that given made to recall it. This measure allows county and state convention delegates to name max-imm- Also passed was SB235, pro- la-1- 3 political systemOther election legislation passed and sent to the House includes SB220, which would limit media spending by the - alternates to act in their behalf if circumstances pre- vent them from attending the conventions. This is seen as a means of helping offset the n, , for McGovern said the senabeen in contact with Indian leaders during the night and received word that two of tie hostages would be released immediately upon rhe arrival of the senators. ' The senators were scheduled to arrive in an Air Force jet also carrying a small Justice De- -' partment contingent. The jet was reported small enough to be able to land at Wounded Knee and was expected to touch down at 10:30 a.m. EST. in- About 300 militant Indians held the hostages in the church on the Pine Ridge Reservation. ' The militants stormed the Wounded Knee Trading Post 14 miles from here late Tuesday night, taking artifacts, arms, ammunition and famihostages, including the Clive Gildersieve ly which operated the post. attempt of militants, who usually turn out in strength and stay late, from taking over party conventions. Another major bill in the election series was ' placed aside for possible amendments after passing second reading Sea train Lines Inc. has been charged by the Justice Department with 674 criminal violations by allegedly giving certain shippers preferential treatment. The N. J., firm was charged with rebating, illegal discounting, freight absorbing and illegal demurrage. apparently is holding up authorization for full purchase of the fighter aircraft by the Air Force. The Pentagon Wednesday approved purchase of the first 30 of the planes d and which reputedly will next Air The MIG for decade. the Russian any Force ultimately plans to purchase 749 F15s at a cost of some $7.8 billion. Mazda apparently has successfully The rotary-engin- e demonstrated the ability to meet the 1975 standards, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA report said: Every test on each Mazda vehicle was below the levels required for 1975. Stock market today NEW YORK (UPI) Prices lost some momentum n today on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones average of 30 blue-chiindustrials was 1.58 higher at 956.65 shortly before 1:15 p.m. Earlier the widely followed indicator had been better than 7 points index was 0.39 ahead at higher Stand.ird & Poors around Either negotiate with us for meaningful results, positive results, or youre going to have to kill us, and here at Wounded Knee is where its going to have to happen, American Indian Movement leader Russell Means said Wednesday night in a telephone interview with k 112.07. (See cornolete New York, American The Indians demanded that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hold hearings on Indian treaties, that the Senate make a full scale investigation of government treatment of Indians 'and that Democratic South Dakota Sen. James Abourezk launch an inquiry into all Sioux reservations in South Dakota. tracked. It encountered heavy Democratic opposition over a provision which would cut off county clerk registration of voters 27 days before an election. See PROVO on Page Abourezk said he was willing to negotiate with the militants, but only after the hostages were released. A-- 6 mid-sessio- p CBS News. Wed.osday. S3236, amending election laws in line with Supreme Court decisions, was the measure temporarily side- , It'il be cloudy, maybe showers Looks like more of the same for the area. Mostly cloudy tonight with a chance of chowers. Cooler Friday, but the high may approach 60 with the lews in the mid 30s. (See bill raising the governors pay from i$30,609 to $33,699 and raising other top elected officials by $1,966 per year was given preliminary approval by the Senate today. Under the bill, SBlSi, the governor would get $33,613; justices on the Supreme Court, of $24,006; attorney general $2$,9v9; secretary end $18,609 audits!' treasurer, $20,655; state, cash, and district and Juvenile court judges, $2,629. Studded snow tires okayed Rv TpAnn Evans Deseret News staff writer A bill to return studded snow tires to Utah coasted to easy passage in the House of Representatives this morning. af- The measure (SETS) received a floor which a debate vote firmative following pitted the tires damage to highways against eafetv factors. The House tacked on amendments to the Senate-approed bill which would add an In Wednesdays House action, public transit See STUDDED on Taae 53-1- 7 v Page WASHINGTON (UPI) Prices of raw farm products rose 3 percent to a record in the 30 days ending Feb. 15, the Agriculture De-pi:i icut xtptiui, fvivShadowmg further rises in retail food prices. extra charge of $2 per tire or two cents per stud fo the purchase price, with the resulting estimated $1.6 million in funds to be divided between state highway maintenance and Class B and C roads m cities and counties. The Senate had approved a $1 charge per tire. The Houee also restored Senate language 15 allowing studs m the period between Oct. and Mai eh 31, rejecting a proposal to narrow the period to Dec. 1 to March 1. on Farm prices rise, no controls seen Action in Utah House A listing on Paw .j weather mao Legislative flash which The new F15 has run into ar. engine problem tor had Utah election reform bills get nod By Dexter C. EHis Deseiet News political editor Legislation representing a limited step towards public financing of political campaigns was given final approval in the Senate today, along with several other election reform bills. Antiwar congressmen suffered a defeat Wednesday as the House Armed Sendees Committee killed a resolution which would have demanded a full Defense Department accounting for the heavy December air raids on North Vietnam. The committee hear a Pentagon aide testify that the bombing cost $25 million a day and was so precise the citizens of Hanoi came out to watch the show. A spokesman The Nixon said, surance, major goal of this administration has been to develop an insurance system which can guarantee adequate financing See NO WELFARE, Page A- - C In Washington - A system which penalizes a person for going to work and rewards a person for going on welfare is totally alien to the American tradition of selfre- liance, and t z last-yea- r. PINE RIDGE, S.D. (UPI) Senators George McGovern and James Abourezk went to the hamlet of Wounded Knee today, but a federal official warned them against going to a church occupied by 300 Indians who were hcld-in- g 11 hostages, for their own personal , I i? 4 r Indian hamlet One thing is certain: the wel- -. fare mess cannot be permitted 3 .The Equal Eights Amendment to the onstitution appeared to be in trouble after the Nevada senate voted against it Wednesday. The amendment is still 10 slates short of ratification. Thus far 28 states have approved it, but 38 are needed. The issue stayed alive" in Maine legislative action Wednesday, however, aad the Illinois General introduced the measure after killing it Assembly il knciflfiQr! Ul management of welfare aid to 3 i Drug peddlers will get a mandatory life imprisonment without possibility of parole or suspension if a law voted for unanimously by the New Mexico senate passes the House. One senator called the legislation the toughest of its kind in the United States. Wounded Knee Nixon shelves plans of welfare reform Confident WASHINGTON (AP) anothof enough strength to er veto if necessary,, the Senate has given overwhelming approval to a AP W.repholo tional conference on Vietnam, officials from both Communist and delegations reported. North Vietnam and its Communist allies abandoned their previous insistence that the conference could only be recalled by a majority of the 12 delegations. In return, the United States and its allies agreed to mention the Viet Congs Provisional Revolutionary Government as a conference participant. i W Running risk of Nixon veto override j . Organized crime suffered a telling blow when Meyer Lansky reputed financial wizard of the underworld, was convicted Wednesday on 3 CGuicuipi viiaiC in fl Miami federal jury trial. Thus ended Lanskys notorious record of never having been convicted of a crime. The reputed gangland czar, who allegedly has a fortune of over $300 million, remained free on bonds totalling $850,000. No date for sentencing was set. ai The administration, however, reiterated Wednesday that it does not intend to control farm prices. The Agriculture Department said beef K onrf hnfT rvnnop tnAKonan Jm vuv itivivuav m taw ) ('HVVW both agricultural prices, setting records. The raw, or unprocessed, products are net subject to federal price controls. 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