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Show tj W '?0r r15 ( Oi JIJL4 Founded 1850 when Utah territory was known as the 'State of Deseret ' MiiMftH 58 PAGES SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1973 TEN CENTS METRO ii 1 i Truce violations stir concern Today in M the News WASHINGTON (UPI) He said he is naming David K. E. Bruce, one of foremost diplomats, to head the U.S. mission which will open a liaison office in Peking, probably' about May 1. Bruce, former ambassador to Britain, France and Germany, will be joined by two other China experts in the Peking post. The others are Alfred Jenkins, director of Asian Communist Affairs for the State Department, and John Holdridge, a member of Henry A. Kissingers national security council staff. the nations , The Pentagon said early this week that about men and a large number of tanks were spotted on the Ho Chi Minh Trail headed toward or into South Vietnam. The prognosis for survival is grave, a medical bulletin said today on the condition of the mother of Korean war spy John T. Downey. Mrs. Mavy V. Downey, 75, was reported in a deep coma at New Britain (Conn.) General Hospital, where she was able to talk to her son Monday following his release after 20 years of confinement in Communist China. Of the infiltration on the trail. Nixon said that is much mere important than other kinds of violations. agreement, the North According to the cease-fir- e Vietnamese would be allowed to bring into South Vietnam replacement of military supplies in order to the keep their equipment at the level it was when took place. The agreement specifically procease-fir- e hibits infiltration of additional soldiers and any increase of military supplies. One man was killed when a tornado ripped through White County, Tenn., early today and at in two other middle Tennessee counties evacualte because of flash floods. China releases tapped for transit funds AIR The last - BASE, - This is a shattering victory over the highway lobby which for years held the highway trust fund in a grip of concrete, said Sen. vote Lowell Weicker, after the Wednesday. The vote to divert a portion of the thre-yea-r highway aid bill to urban transit work was largely symbolic, since each citys share would be relatively small. But and their allies were concerned with the changes in a policy that since 1956 has funneled $87 billion into building highways. The trust fund, which totals about $6 billion a year, is made up of a four-cetax on every gallon of gasoline and levies on tires and lubri- The other man was Navy. Lt. Cmdr. Robert J. Flynn, 35, of Houston, Minn., who was captured Aug. 21, 1967, when his A6 Intruder was shot down by a North Vietnamese MIG near the border with Chinas Kwangsi province, Smith, in blue Chinese tunic, brown tousers and brpwn suede shoes, also was smiling when he crossed the river. But his eyes clouded with tears when told his brother, James was waiting for him at Kai Tak Airport for the trip here. , See LAST on Page A- mid-1960- s. . One of the men, Air Force Maj. Philip E. Smith, 38, of Roodhouse, 111., was held prisoner 7 years. His F104 Starfighter was shot down Sept. 10, 1965, over Chinas Hainan Island while returning from a bombing mission ii Vietnam. Smiths wife divorced him in 1970. They have three ' Military sources said today the of processing at Clark Air Base, the first top in the road home, meant some of the men may be United States bound Friday. The men released by North Vietnam were joined today by the final two U.S. prisoners held by the Chi- - fast rate Cong terrorist grenades blast packed pagoda cants. The Senate approved another amendment to bar President Nixon from refusing to spend any of the $18 billion. Floor debate on the bill Terrorist hand grenades exploded inside a crowded Buddhist pagoda near Saigon early today, killing 17 worshipers and wounding 81 others in the worst such incident since the - Jan. 28 cease-fir- e. South Vietnamese military spokesmen said the blasts ripped through a pagoda in the Mekong Delta hamlet of Soai Xiem, 85 miles southwest of Saigon, during a religious ceremony. The victims included 81 civilians, three militiamen, three policemen and a monk, the spokesmen said. In another reported Communist attack, South Vietnamese paratroopers were hit by more than 1,600 rounds of artillery, mortar and rocket shells on the Quang Tri northern front. There was no immediate report on the number of grenades hurled into the pagoda and none of the terrorists was known to have been captured, the Saigon command said. . The command reported that since the 319 civilians have been killed, 1,925 cease-firwounded and 987 abducted. Several hundred of those kidnaped were taken from a hamlet in the Central Highlands last month. said Government figures A spokesman showed the Communists had violated the 7,154 times as of noon today. He cease-fir- e said 13,757 Communist troops had been slain and gave South Vietnamese losses as 2,668 tailed, 12,729 wounded and 696 missing. . e, U.S. warplanes - Elsewhere in Indochina, that have beer, flying missions almost daily in Cambodia against Communist positions struck again Wednesday and government sources in Vientiane said they doubted that Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma and the 23 Communist Pathet Lao can meet the March coalition of a governformation for deadline ment in Laos. continues today. In other votes Wednesday the Senate: Rejected, 70 to 23, an amendment by Sens. Weicker and Edward M. Kennedy, to divert $2.3 billion in trust-fun- d e road or transit promoney for local-choic- , - Dr. Arthur Komberg, Stanford University biochemist, added: Were there an intentional effort to undermine the health V" AP Wirephot0 Released POW Air Force Maj. Phillip Smith starts crying as he is embraced by his brother. and economic welfare of this country for the coming generations, I could imagine nothing more devastating than to stop training young people to do research in basic medical science. Komberg, who won a Nobel prize in 1959 for manufacturing DNA A key genetic materil in the laboratory, declared in remarks prepared for a conference of the National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation: The science training pro Approved, 70 to 23, an amendment by Sen. Harrison Williams, to provide $800 million for two years to subsidize .the daily operations of failing municipal transit companies, and $3 billion over three years for subway construction. The subsidy amendment is opposed by the White House and key members of the House and its future is uncertain. While there is a teed for maintaining local transit systems,opponents say, it would be like pouring money down a drain since there are no checks on. how the money would be spent The construction grant for rapid rail projects is the replar White House budget program that would normally be in the housing bill. - grams cost about 300 million dollars annually. of This is less than one-haone percent of the budget for welfare or fer defense. For U.S. control of A demand for an end to colonialist the Panama Canal Zone was voiced todaY as Panama strongman Gen. Omar Torrijos opened a Dnited Nations special Security Council meeting in Panama City. (Above, U.N. Secy. Gen. Kurt Waldheim reyiews a Panamanian honor guard.) Internationa drug smugglers may have been behind the slaying last Saturday of Gov. Sir Richard Sharpies and his aide and the death of the islands police chief six months ago, a Bermuda government official speculated too These killings were too Wednesday. professional to be the work of a crank or some black revosaid a prominent member of the House of Aslutionary, sembly, asking to remain anonymous. Both Gov. Sharpies and the slain police commissioner were responsible for in- But Williams attached the program to the highway bill because there may be no housing bill this year. President Nixon has suspended most federal housing programs pending In Washington Its stin opposed to placing controls on rising meet and livestock prices,, but the Cost of Living Council nevertheless has prepared a staff report on how to go about it if this policy changes. Meanwhile, the National Association of iFood Chains reported that meat sales were off as much as 10 percent Iasi week at some stores around the country. (For a Portland, Ore., womans ingenious money-savin- g idea, turn to People on Page .) of the Senate joined today in Nearly sponsoring legislation designed to deny trade concessions to Russia unless it allows free emigration of its citizens. The bill, offered by Sen. Henry M. Jackson, and 73 cosponsors, requires that any nation given most favored nation trade treatment does not deny emigration or impose more than nominal exit fees. In an effort to curb spiraling prices of industrial raw materials, President Nixon has decided to sell some metals and commodities from the nations strategic stockpiles, administration officials said today. three-fourth- weapons research and development alone, 20 billions a year is being spent. But now we have been told that we cant afford to spend even 1 per cent of this amount to train young people to fight diseases for which crusades have been proclaimed and that we know for certain will kill millions of our citizens each year. The amendment to tap the trust fund for urban transit was sponsored by Sens. Howard and Edmund Muskie, Baker, , Baker said the fund has served its historical purpose in revamping the nations major roads and that. He added: In urban areas, more highways are no longer the single answer to transportation needs. The Senate passed a similar measure last year by a margin of 22 votes and it led to a deadlock with the House and the killing of the . bill altogether. Schultz, Germans discuss dollar BONN, Germany (AP) Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz is discussing the dollar crisis with Chancellor Willy Brandt, and other West German leaders meettoday preliminary to the ing of finance ministers in Paris Friday. Bonn sources said Shultz also1 was probing West German attitudes toward coming international trade negotiations and attempts to achieve basic reform of the world monetary system. West European leaders are waiting for U.S. moves to help a package of Common Market measures take effect, and final resolution of the latest monetary troubles was seen as a major topic in the Bonn discussions. The meeting was the exchange of opinions be Brandt-Shult- z l tween Bonn and Washington since Secretary of State WilliamP. Rogers was here in Bonn from Brussels a few hours fore him. last spring. Six Common Market countries are preparing to link their money in a joint float against the dollar and other curren-ci- s next Monday, and unconfirmed reports said Shultz might announced limited U.S. moves in Paris to help this measure achieve the desired effect. The dollar weakened in bank trading in London and Zurich today. Shultz conferred first with West German Finance Minister Helmut Schmidt, who will attend Fridays Paris conferworlds leadence of the ing finance experts. Shultz and his top aide, Paul A. Volcker, also were meeting Economics Minister Hans Friderichs. Shultz arriced in Bonn Wednesday from trade talks with Moscow leaders. He ws s lf Stock market today NEW YORK (UPI) Prices moved lower during midsession Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones Average of 30 blue chip industrials was off 4.66 at 974.19 shortly before 1:15 p.m. Standard & Poors index eased 0.13 to 114.85. k (Complete New York, American lists on Page accompanied by Helmut Sonn-efeld- t, a top aide to presidential adviser Henry Kissinger. Shultz was briefed on the monetary situation by Volcker, his deputy secre-- , tary for monetary affairs, who arrived .) Sunny n warm . . , highest-leve- V: ternal security in Bermuda. grams. Medical research funding must go on, chemist says A WASHINGTON (AP) Nobel laureate in medicine said today the Nixon administrations proposal to halt federal support for training basic medical researchers constitutes the most calamitous decision a government of the United States could make for the future of medicine and the welfare of our country. t l.s road-builde- Feasting for POWs nese and were to be joined Friday by 32 more POWs from the Vietnam war to be released in Hanoi by the Viet Cong. The POWs made their first teleAir phone calls home Wednesday. Force Maj. Keith Nall, 39, didnt include a steak on his first cafeteria trayful of food. But three eggs, a baked potato, sausage, fried mushrooms and onions, hot rolls piled with peanut butter and jelly, both chocolate and white milk, cottage cheese, salad, ham, peaches, pineapple ice cream and cream puffs rounded out his first course. 1 49-4- 4 -t CLARK AIR BASE, PHILI, PINES Food, a religious service, (UPI) medical examinations and just plain exhilaration kept the 108 Americans released from Indochinese prison camps Wednesday up late in their first night of freedom. t it capture. two known American prisoners held by China walked jauntily to freedom today and immediately were flown to this base operation homecoming for routine checkups and their first moments as free men since the families Haunted day and night by humane considerations. Hussein of Jordan has spared the lives of 16 condemned Arab guerrillas, including a leader of the A1 Fatah guerrilla movement. Political sources said the act prevented a possible deterioration of relations between Jordan and more militant Arab governments. Gunmen bombed a brick factory near Belfast today in the third day of what the British Army said was an Irish Republican Army bombing campaign. The factory was demolished. Talks opened today between the United States and North North Vietnam on American aid to Vietnam, and both sides expressed satisfaction with their first contacts. The talks will resume on Monday. WASHINGTON (AP) Handing the highway lobby a rare defeat, the Senate has voted to allow cities to use $850 million in road-use- r taxes to finance mass-transsystems. children, including one born after his PHI- 45 were forced to King Road users CLARK least Around the world Jaunty walk to freedom last 2 POWs For sale or lease: Famous historic Dallas landmark, reads an advertisement in Dallas two major daily newspapers. Up for sale to the highest bidder is the former Texas Schoolbook Depository, the building from which Lee Harvey Oswald fired the shots that killed President John F. Kennedy 10 years ago. Owner D. Harold Byrd repossessed the building in a foreclosure auction last summer for, $472,090. 30,000 Nixon said his decision to sell government, stockpiles of the strategic materials would produce some squeals from American indi trialists, but he contended that it would help control inflation. The President said U.S. concern over the apparent 1 Across the nation The Nixon administration has been taking a relaviolations, on the theotively mild view of cease-fir- e ry some incidents were bound to occur. But the infiltration of military supplies, the President made clear, was another matter. Nixon said he probably would make two trips out of the country during the year, but did not pinpoint the areas he will visit. ri $ violations of the cease-fir- e agreement by the Communists had been transmitted to Hanoi and other interested parties. The President said he will lift a 0.3 per cent tariff on imported beef in an effort to force down soaring meat prices, but he again absolutely ruled out price controls on agricultural and food products. He said if he believed controls would stop the price rises on food I would impose them instantly but added contro's discourage production. He challenged Congress to take to the Supreme Court for a showdown their fight with him over his invoking of executive priilege. He accused the Senate of trying to hold as hostage" his nomination of L. Patrick Gray III to be FBI director because Nixon has refused to allow his White House counsel, John W. Dean III, to testify at confirmation hearings. President Nixon voiced grave concern today over truce violations by the North Vietnamese and served notice that the violations would not be tolerated by the United States. The President told a news conference: T would only suggest that in the light of my actions over the last four years ... North Vietnam should not lightly disregard such expressions of concern. He did not specify any further possible actions. These were other highlights of a meeting by Nixon with newsmen at the White House: LIPPINES (UPI) I until weekend Look for fair weather today and tomorrow. Its also going to be a bit warmer with highs 45 to 50 and lows tonight in the upper 20s. But theres a chance of rain or snow showers, especially in the northern part of the state, by Saturday. (Weather map on Page .) be- By midmoming the pound was at up from $2.4645 at the close Wednesday. $2.4675, In Zurich, the dollars opening price 3.230 Swiss francs against Wednesdays 3,2775. 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