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Show r C5fu.s. scene P60PL6 DESERET Play it safe The party celebrated Superman's first comic book appearance 35 years ago in 1938, and the most significant individual present was Superman himself. Dressed in the traditional blue, yellow and red costume of the hero from the Planet Krypton was Kike Forbes, 28, a Marion, 111., high school physical education instructor. racedriver Johnny Rutherford tries his hand at conducting the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at a practice session on Friday. Rutherford holds the pole position in the Memorial Day race. Indy 500 Full of snakes Marijuana charge It was the first time Marion County (Fla.) Deputy Sheriff Clinton Boatwright had ever been threatened with snakebite while trying to hand out a traffic ticket. He stopped a car near Ocala after spotting it weaving erratically down the road. The deputy said driver Samuel Seashole of Lakeland jimped out of the car with a rattlesnake in one hand and a cobra in the other and said, "Youre not going to arrest me. Ill kill you. Boatwright drew his revolver and replied, "If you try to throw those snakes, youli be just as dead as they will be. ile found a total of 13 snakes in the car, two gophers and two boxes of turtles. Seashole, 22, was arrested and booked on charges of attempted assault on a law officer, aggravated assault, and drunken riving. grand jury holds a special session next week to question Marine Corps Commandant Robert E. Cushman about his alleged role in the break-iat Daniel Ellsbergs psychiatrist's office. Gen. Cushmans coming to testify is completely voluntary, said Richard Hecht, who is supervising the district attorneys investigation into the break-in- . Cushm-- n was deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency when top White House aides reportedly requested his help for the Sept. 3, 1971, burglary at Dr. Lewwis J. Fieldings office in Beverly Hills. n To Recede By The Associated Press Fioodwaters have receded from nearly half of the 12.6 million acres they had covered in the Lower Mississippi Valley, authorities report. It will be several more weeks before the lower part of the valley drain completely, a spokesman for the Mississippi River Commission said Friday. The son of noted puppet- eer Bil Baird was arrested early today at North Massapequa, N.Y., on charges of possessing a small quantity of marijuana, police said. Police said Peter B. Baird, of Manhattan, was arrested by patrolman Robert Kollmer. The younger Baird said he also is a puppeteer and works with his father. A Baptist minister, a telephone company manager, an insurance agent and the operator of a shelter care home preceded Forbes in playing Superman during the past 16 months, but Forbes looks as if he intends to be Metropolis most celebrated figure permanently. Stars separate Eden and her husband Michael Ansara have separated after 15 years of marriage. Miss Eden, best known for her starring role in the television series "I Dream of Jeannie, and Ansara, who was in the Broken Arrow series, have one child, Matthew, 7. Actress Baroness for life Queen Elizabeth II has made Lady widow of Sir Sharpies, the Richard Sharpies, a baroness for life. Sir Richard, governor of Bermuda, was murdered March 10 together with his military aide. Continued from Page CIA Budget Less Than $1 Billion Sen. Milton R. Young, said in an interview that the overall annual budget for the three top American the CIA, the Defense Intelligence intelligence agencies is about $3 Agency and the National Security Agency billion and the CIA receives the "smallest portion of that figure." The figure is about half the estimate used by some critics of the Defense Department and its related agencies. They estimated as recently as a month ago that the three big spy agencies consume 36 billion a year. - - State Sen. Julian Webb of COLQUITT, GA. (.UPI) Donalsonville has told a judge he cannot accept an appointment as defense counsel for one of the men accused of murdering six of his fellow townspeople. . Webb was one of eight attorneys named by Judge WaGeer to represent the four suspects. All of the lawyers complained of the assignment, but only Webb has asked to be relieved. AP Wirephoto They gain a son He said that since he has sponsored legislation to reinstate capital punishmnent in Georgia, it would be unethical for him to take a case which might cause him to argue against the death penalty. Allende, Rogers Both sides called the talks Cambodia Sailors lose Nixon duty (UPI) sailors WASHINGTON A have been group of 12 removed from duty on President Nixons yacht, Sequoia, in mariconnection with The action smoking. juana comes only two weeks after 46 men were transferred away from Nixons Camp David retreat for the same reason off-dut- y The sailors removed from Sequoia were either accused of smoking marijuana or gave information during an investigation, the Navy said Friday. No security violations were reported because of the marijuana use. Because of scattered violence in downtown Buenos Aires near the presidential palace, Rogers and several chiefs of the other 62 foreign delegations at the inauguration of Hector J. Campora, the countrys first civilian president in seven years, changed parts of their programs. Mobs loyal to Campora and his political sponsor, exiled Juan D. Peron, in the streets during celebrations marking the At least 12 persons suffered gunshot wounds. rioted inau-pratio- Newsmen with traveling Rogers were told to pack their bags In case violence forced the party to leave Buenos Aires ahead of schedule. The hotel housing Rogers aides was stoned by about 1,000 persons, who were dispersed by police using tear gas. It has been suggested that all foreign delegations, including ours stay in their hotel," "Because of the sensitivity the assignment and the spe- said U.S. State Department cial clearance procedures spokesman Charles Bray. required in the selection of Inaupral ceremonies, includpersonnel for assignment to ing a Roman Catholic mass the unit, the Navy said, all and a parade, were put off bepersonnel involved in any way cause of the violence and Rogwere transferred." ers and some of the other for-ei-p The marijuana charges cost delegates returned to 28 Marines and 18 sailors their their hotel immediately after jobs at Camp David. But no Campora took the oath of charges have been filed office. Rogers car was heaviagainst any of the suspected ly parded but he was not involved in the violence. violators, the Navy said. of f- - V b Cox IIMIl IKHII WORLD DATELineS bombing up 30 pet. WASHINGTON (UPI) -The United States escalated its bombing of Cambodia by in April over the previous month, according to one-thir- d Pentagon statistics released today. During March, the U.S. and South Vietnamese air forces dropped 39,539 tons of bombs in Southeast Asia. In April the tonnage jumped 38 per cent to 54,725 tons. Virtually all the bombs fell on Cambodia, Pentagon officials said, except for some dropped by the South Vietnamese inside their own country. The daily average of 1,824 tons dropped on Cambodia in April was almost half again as great as the 1,264 tons per day dropped on North Vietnam during the Christmas bombing campaign, which was designed to make Hanoi sign a peace agreement. the war, the Throughout Pentagon has refused to specify how many tons have been dropped on each individual country in Indochina. But the total tonnage is released each month. With the end of U.S. bombing in Vietnam in January and in Laos in February, it became possible to get the single country figure for Cambodia. From the start of tne North Vietnamese offensive March 30, 1972, through the Vietnam cease-firlast Jan. 27, allied planes dropped from 92,000 tons to 112,800 each month throughout Indochina. e Fulfilled promise results in riots sen ices Buenos Aires s Two were killed and eight persons injured in riots today after President Hector J. Campora freed more than 500 political prisoners. Argentinas new Peromst president issued the executive pardon late Friday night, hours after his inauguration. More than 20,000 demonstrators had surrounded Villa Devo-t-o prison in the western part of Buenos Aires, demanding freedom for political prisoners. Within two hours, prison officials freed 186 inmates held at Villa Devoto for crimes that the new government considered politically motivated. Many had been convicted of guerrilla terrorism. teen-ager- The remaining political prisoners were freed after dawn Saturday from another Buenos Aires jail and from prisons elsewhere in the country. Madrid Madrids international airport, one of Europes busiest but in need cf repairs, rerouted all air traffic today to a nearby American military air base and ferried all but one of an estimated 30,000 passengers between the two airfields by bus. The special arrangements were made so three days of vital repairs could begin on one of the airports two main runways. Italy A Greek warship quit a NATO sea exercise Friday and cruised into Italian waters, where Italian officials said its skipper asked for political asylum for himself and some of his 250 crewmen. Continued from Page l inez, 49; Frank A. Sturgis, 37; Virgilio R. Gonzalez, 45, and E. Howard Hunt Jr., 54. A-- The three major television networks said they will alternate their coverage of the Senate committee when hearings resume June 5. Under the arrangements, NBC will televise the hearings June 5, CBS June 6 and ABC June 7. psychiatrist said in Seattle that the Watergate scandal will increase mental problems besetting Vietnam veterans, especially former prisoners. Dr. George Solomon, chief psychiatry, research and training at the Palo Alto, Calif., VA hospital, told a conwill ference the feel the scandal belies their homecoming words of loyalty and patriotism. of DESERET NEWS SALT U.S.-bui- L f LAKE CITY, UTAH Editorial Office. 34 E First South AdveMismg and Circulation U3 S Mam St Sait Loko City. Utah 84110 Established June IS. 18SO Published each evening Second class postage paid o' Salt Lake City. 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If it had not worked, the astronauts planned separate some distance from the station and sleep overnight, while ground experts regrouped for another try today. to "Im sure glad we practiced that procedure said a relieved and obviously fatigued Conrad. in the simulators, The astronauts had been without sleep for nearly 21 hours at that time. Weve had our problems and youve had Conrad advised controllers. your problems, So well press on and get this thing set up and hit the pad." honey. The perfect launch and rid rendezvous had left Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz in high spirits. wont brook delay A Veterans Administration Combined wire (extra-vehicul- Weve still got some work to do here, That joy was absent four hours earlier said Conrad. Man, it looks like someone went when the Apollo came out of a radio blackout through here with a tornado. and Conrad announced: "We tried twice to And, as he climbed into his sleeping bag, hard dock without ar.y luck. Conrad cracked to ground control, Nighty-nigh- t, Working on suggestions from mission control, the astronauts repeatedly poked Apollos harpoon-lik- e docking probe into capture latches in the Skylab tunnel. Vietnamese orphan David became the son of S. Sgt. and Mrs. Donal L. Fryer of Ft. Lewis, Wash., this week after intervention by Pres. Nixon. The adoption was delayed by a false drug accusation against the sergeant, who worked with orphans in Saigon. The efforts were futile and the control center recommended a final docking attempt, an EVA activity). The three astronauts cheered when early this morning mission control bade them goodnight and said they could sleep in as long as they liked. Yea! We got a hard dock out of it," Sky-lacommander Conrad exclaimed just before midnight as the hooked up Apollo and Skylab flew above a tracking station in the South Atlantic. 1 lter men discussed. Aides said one subject was Chiles nationalization of U.S. interests, mainly the copper industry, and the huge Chilean foreign debt owed the United States. l They did not step outside but moved into a tunnel area where the Apollo docking mechanism is located. Attorney Declines Defense Job "frank and useful, but declined to say what the two A-- ed their orbital home with more electricity. The drama centered on the repeated attempts to link with the laboratory after the failure to release the panel. It followed one successful linkup earlier in the day when the astronauts caught Skylab after a pursuit that lasted 7 hours. For the second docking, the astronauts finally had to take what amounted to a space walk to make necessary repairs. They donned space suits, evacuated air from the cabin of their Apollo ferry ship and, in the vacuum of space, hooked up an electrical cable to override a short circuit. A member of the Senate LAMOURE, N.D. (AP) watchdog committee for the nations spy agencies disclosed Friday night that the budget for the Central Intelligence Agency is less than $1 Billion a year. BUENOS AIRES (UPI) -Sof State William P. Rogers conferred for 70 minutes Friday night with President Salvador Allende of Chile in the highest level contact so far between the NLxon Administration and the Marxist leader. Superman Mike Forbes hefts Charlotte Jones. What a cliffhanger "The saving grace this year has been that the Ohio Valley, the traditional source of flooding on the Mississippi, has not had rainfalls seriously above average, like the Missouri Vaalley did, the spokesman said. ecretary Barbara actor-produc- However, he warned: Any severe storms will throw all bets off. We could have an entirely new ball game. 'Useful talks" e ing rink containing an array of Superman memorabilia and exhibits. To Testify Fioodwaters Continue the town made Superman an honorary Metropolis News citizen, the real-lifchanged its name officially to he Metropolis Planet. of Metropolis. a southern IlliThe party preopening of the an Center, converted roller skat- night in his hometown (Thats Metropolis, 111., nois community of 7,000.) ceded todays scheduled Exhibition Superman Memorial Day period. If motorists fail to drive safely, the National Safety Council warned, from 550 to 650 persons could die in traffic accidents and another 26,000 to 30,000 persons could suffer disabling injuries during the holiday period, which began at 6 p.m. local time Friday and ends at midnight Monday. A county d That fearless crusader for truth, justice and the American way, Superman celebrated his 35th birthday Friday Unseasonably cold weather in many parts of the country marked the beginning of the Memorial Day weekend, which is generally considered the first holiday weekend of the warm weather season. The National Safety Council estimated that as many as 650 persons could die in traffic accidents during the (UPI) In comic books the hero assumed the Clark Kent, alter ego of a reporter for the Metropolis Daily Planet. In May, 1972, four months after Combined wire services By United Press International LOS ANGELES 2A Man of steel is now 35 this holiday Marine Commandant NEWS, SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1973 S. Magruder, former man in the Nixon campaign committee, has been rehired by Nixons Two inaugural committee. newspapers have reported that Magruder has agreed to plead guilty in the Watergate case and testily for the prosecution. Jeb No. 2 A Marine Corps spokesman said Gen. Robert Cushman Jr., the Marine commandant, will testify before a Los Angeles County grand jury investigating the office burglary of Daniel Ellsbergs psychia- hours. Last week, the Newport Beach, Calif., lawyer admitted to government auditors that he raised at least $210,000 and paid it through intermediaries to Watergate defendants or their lawyers. A pretrial conference between members of the U.S. attorneys office in New York and lawyers for former Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell, former Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans and two ethers was scheduled for Wednesday. trist. Government documents released during the Pentagon Papers trial showed that E. Howard Hunt, who was planin 1971, visitning the break-ied Cushman, who was then CIA deputy director. Hunt obtained phony documents, a disguise and a concealed camera, the court documents said. n Herbert W. Kalmbach, formerly President Nixons personal attorney, talked with federal prosecutors for six Reunion of hoboes at Waldorf Astoria - NEW YORK (UPI) There will be a reunion of hoboes next Tuesday at New Yorks posh Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Dinner will be mulligan stew. 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