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Show v i ERET HEWS VOL 380 NO. 59 62 PAGES TEN CENTS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Junta lifts curfew SANTIAGO. CHILE (UPI) Heavy firing broke out in the vicinity of toe defense ministry and the presidential palace today only half an hour before a c rfew was lifted by the military junta which overthrew the government of Socialist President Salvado Allende. Before the new firing flared in the middle of the capital, it appeared that the ruling military government was in, full control of the country. The junta took office Wednesday night after using warplanes, tanks and artillery to crush AUende followers. resistance by The firing stopped as quickly as it hud started, shortly before noon. Curfew was lifted at noo as scheduled, but the military radio said a area in midcity, including the UPI office, would remain sealed off. Unofficial reports said at least 1.0U1) persons had met death in tne revolt. Government sources declined to make even an estimate of toe dead, including their casualties. Military sources said 3,000 persons had been detained in the big seaport of Valparaiso and were being kept on ships in the harbor pending investigation. The junta announced that Wednesday Allende had committed suicide. In Mexico City, the government announced Santiago. in Today in the News Santiago is' X The Nixon administration may send Secretary of Henry A. Kissinger into the battle over its ' efforts to get trade concessions for Soviet Russia. Rep. Al Ullman. acting chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said the group may accept an administration offer for Kissinger to come before the committee. . , State-designa- te scribed some of the clashes as sacres. virtual mas- - The Popular Unity Party, coalition of leftist groups which supported Allende, has its head quarters in Santiago. Unconfirmed rumors were rife of suicides of some Popular Unity-Partleaders. Others were said to have been executed by soldiers when they resisted Nixon not notified four-ma- WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The United States apparently heard of plans for the overthrow of the Allende government in Chile shortly before the coup occurred, but the White House said today President Nixon had no advance knowledge of The junta said Thursday it controlled the situation in Santiago, considered the last stronghold to be resisting the coup, where fighting was reported throughout the night between troops and armed leftist workers, both downtown and in the industrial suburbs. Spokesmen for partisans de- - Moss applauds FTC buildup in consumer bill UPI Telephoto i Armed soldiers ride atop tanks in Santiago as new president is sworn in. Swedish diplomats occupied the Cuban embassy premises promptly to stave off any possible attacks by partisans of the new government. The embassy had already been target of an attack by troops which accused the Cubans of using the embassy as a snipers nest. Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte. the army chief, was sworn in Wednesday night as presin dent of the junta which led the armed revolt against Allende. Other junta members were heads of the Navy. Air Force and National Police. A new cabinet comprised of 13 military men and two civilians was also sworn into office. Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte . . . heads ruling junta it. to be identified, said information about the attempt to oust Chile's Marxist president. Salvador Allende, reached some U. S. officials about 10 hours before a four-m- an military junta seized power Tuesday. A decision was made that the United States should not become involved, the sources said. high-lev- . Administration sources, who declined Nixon mulls tax increase plan WASHINGTON (UPI) President Nixon is considering asking Congress for a temporary tax increase of up to 10 per cent refundable later as a tool to fight inflation, the White House said today. Deseret News Washington Bureau A consumer protection WASHINGTON bill which makes sellers clearly spell out their Melvin R. Laird, Nixons chief domestic adviser, said a tax boost was one of two proposals recommended to the President by Arthur F. Burns, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, to deal with inflation. The other proposal concerns a variable text credit of 4 to 15 or warranties and guarantees on a product the lack of such was passed unanimously by the U.S. Senate Wednesday. This is the finest piece of consumer-protectiolegislation ever passed by the percent.. Sen. E. Frank declared Moss, Senate, Burns told Congress Wednesday that he had of the bill. discussed the tax matters with Nixon at, a The measure provides the Federal Trade Tuesday and that the President indiCommission with expanded powers to protect meeting cated considerable sympathy. consumers and allows the FTC to go to court to recover money for deceived or defrauded Laird stressed that no decision had been buyers. reached but added. These particular econom n are important and they are being given consideration by the President. Laird, speaking with reporters at the White House, said Nixon had ordered the Treasury Department, his budget analysts and the White House Domestic Council to make detailed studies and to report back to him at an unspecified date. Congress might not be able to act on such legislation this year, he said, but there is no reason the President of the United States should not be considering these new ideas and perhaps even be proposing them. ic tools United States but in use m some European countries, would affect both corporate and individual income taxes. He said the rate under discussion was 10 per cent of the normal tax. , The deferred tax would have the effect of removing income from the economy during inflationary periods and returning it. for example. three or four years later when it would not have an adverse impact. Laird said. He said the tool, never before used in the This means if the 10 per cent deferred tax were adopted, persons who now pay 20 per cent of their income in taxes would pay an additional 10 per cent of that rate, or a total of 22 per cent. Burns disclosed Nixon's interest in a tax rise during testimony before the House Banking Committee. The economist said inflation cannot be controlled solely through the policies the U.S. has been pursuing, driving interest rates to historic levels and making mortgage money so scarce the important housing industry faces a depression. g tight-mone- y . It also allows the federal agency to seek injunctions and take other actions to halt deceptive practices, even when the products do not cross state lines. Moss said he was especially pleased by the new powers given the FTC to go to court on behalf of consumers. ' Until now there has seldom been any effective Way for the consumer to get his money back even when a deceptive practice was found and stopped, he said. In the case of warranties, the bill sets minimum disclosure standards and provides the customer with remedies in cases where there are breaches of written vvarrenties. Under its terms, a seller who issues a full warranty would have to make dear he will replace the product or repair any malfunction or defect within a reasonable time without charge. It seems to me that some anger is expectable when purchasers of consumer products discover that toe warranty may cover a part, but not the $100 labor charge, or is full coverage or. a piano so long there that as it is shipped at the purchasers expense to the factory. said Sen. Warren G. Magnuson, the other sponsor of the bill. The legislation gives the seller of a product worth more than $5 the option of issuing a is then warranty. If he decides to give one, he and required to stipulate the type of warranty describe its terms in laymens language. Choice of warranties Under the bill, a seller would have the choice of either a full warranty or a limited warrentv or no guarantee at all. If a full warranty is issued, it must mean that a defective product will be replaced or a malfunction corrected without charge within a reasonable period. A limited warranty must have its terms such as parts spelled out in simple language, 12 If Nixon defies high court, impeach, Kennedy urges WASHINGTON (UPI) -S- en. Edward M. Kennedy said today Congress would have no recourse but impeachment if President Nixon defied a Supreme Court order to turn over any Watergate-relateWhite House tapes. DemoThe Massachusetts crat said the constitutional crisis we now have over W- while the inappropriate case is in the appeals procedure. Kennedy, speaking to less than a dozen other members in the Senate, said, At a time when other institutions are being undermined by Water-- ' gate, the country cant afford to have the Supreme Court challenged, too. d atergate pales by comparison to the crisis that would ensue if the President were to defy the Supreme Court. Nixon has said several times that he would abide by any Court definitive Supreme the on tapes issue, ruling expected to reach the high cturt next month. He hs declined to say what he would . Kennedy told reporters after his speech that he did not expect Nixon to defy the Supreme Court, but that if he did, Congress would have to put up or shut up with impeachment proceedings. If the President defied a Supreme Court order to turn . over the tapes a responsible Congress would be left with no recourse but to exercise its power of impeachment. Cattleman predicts 'No price rise now, but in January . . United Press International , A leading beef producer predicts that the price of meat will start going down now that the price freeze has been lifted, but he warned factors will probaWednesday that long-terbly make the price go up starting next year. Large numbers of cattle were kept on grass rather than placed in feedlots. so we can expect reduced beef supplies in the winter months, and probably increased prices as a result, said H.W. Bud Harrington, execul-tiv- e committeeman of the American National Cattlemen's Association. Harrington told a news conference in Chicago that prices should drop about 5 per cent over the next 30 days because cattlemen are sending animals to marketthat were held back during the freeze. The speech by Kennedy was his strongest statement yet on the Watergate scandal. Nixon has refused to surrender the tapes despite subpoenas from the Senate Watergate committee and Watergate Prosecutor Archibald Cox. who wants them provided to a federal grand jury. District Judge John J. Sirica has ordered the tapes be given totoim for private review. and the dispute now rests with a seven-judg- e appeals court. U.S. NEW YORK (UPI) Cursing the judge and prosecutors w ho convicted him as scum of the earth. a narcotics dealer who headed a ring that smuggled millions of dollars worth of contraband into the country was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison. In sentencing Herbert Sperling, 34, Bellmore, N.Y., Federal Court Judge Milton Pollack said this is a man to whom breaking the law means nothing. If the narcotics problem is ever to be brought under control, we must deal with defendants like this to the full extent of the law. months. Sperling said the judge, the federal prosecutors and the federal agents who arrested him were "garbage and the scum of the earth. r t Even as you take.my life. he said. I am and always be a better .man than you." He said Pollack was a disgrace to the robes you wear and the prosecutors vio will Across the nation Still hopeful. Thai swhat United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock (pausing briefly, right) is concerning a settlement with the Chrysler Corp. on a new contract before Friday nights strike deadline. Emerging session with from an top company ofticers. Woodcock and Vice President. Douglas A. Fraser said there was a feeling that progress had been made toward a new contract for 127.500 U.S. and Canadian auto workers. Asked if there is enough time to reach agreement without a Woodcock strike, replied, Probably not. but there are other ways. He did not elaborate. The federal government will impose a nationwide allocation program for propane gas Friday and is considering the ame controls on all petroleum products, an Indiana official says. Robert C. Morris, executive director of the. Indiana Department of Commerce, said he attended hearings in Washington last week on the propane allocation plan. Some states, including Indiana, have expressed concern that a propane shortage might hinder grain drying, - especially if its a wet fall. Around the world Israeli and Syrian jets fought their biggest air battle since the 1967 war over the Mediterranean coast north of Lebanons border with Syria today. Israel claimed it downed 13 Syrian MIGs and lost only one of its own Phantoms. Syria, however, claimed it shot down five Israeli jets and lost eight of its own MIGs. A country that produced atomic energy from a standstart within four years and put a man on the moon in eight years is going to be able to meet its energy U.S. Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz said today in Tokyo. Addressing the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan, he said the USA has plans for powerfully developing very ample resources of oil. gas, oil shale, atomic energy and coal." ing t: I Rebel troops, reportedly pushed out of the battered provincial capital of Kompong Cham, launched twin attacks today against Cambodian government positions around Phnom Penfi. But Khmer Rouge insurgents still control the textile factory and sections of the university campus and were entrenched around the airport three miles northwest of Cambodias third largest town. French President Georges Pompidou and Chinese premier Chou Er.-ltalked for three hours today in Peking about Asia, East-Werelations and the Common Market! Departing from the official program, Pompidou invited Chou to dine with him and continue the talks later today a French spokesman said. J' , . Stock market today Despite that, he added, the chaotic, confused conditions resulting from the freeze will mean an increas by. January because of the industrys six to eight month feeding cycle, which cant adjust overnight to governmental changes in the rules. NEW YORK (UPI) Stocks moved irregularly in light trading on the New' York Stock Exchange Thursday amid rising speculation about higher federal taxes and further increases in various interest rates. 7" , little more than an hour of trading to go the Industrial Average had dropped 1.05 to 80227. Standard & Poors 5f0 stock index, a broader market barometer had gned0.12to 103.18. Declines still topped advances, 648 to 587. among 1,665 issues traded. Four-hou- r tufnover totaled 7,940.000 shares, comlared with 8.!i70.000 at the corresponding time Wednesday. With a Dow Jones 1 New York, American stock lists on Page (Complete Mostly blue. 4Wr. a bit of gray cloudiness sunshine with occasional Considerable through Friday. Warmer with highs in the mid 80s. Lows; tonight will be in the mid 50s. Probability of rain less that) ' 10 percent. (Details, weather map on Page ;t B8,9 Living Cl 3, 6 Calendar B5 Music A24 earth." Comics B4 Pollack fined Sperling $300,1100 and required him to pay the cost of his prosecution as part of what he said was the courts effort to take the profit out of the narcotics trade. Our Man Jones A3 Comment A5 Sports late their oath and trample truth and justiee into the Sperling was one of 91 persons, all reputed narcotics dealers, who were arrested in the New York area last r April after a investigation by city and federal narcotics agents. He will not be eligible for parole for 15 years. Ten other defendants got prison terms ranging from three to 1? years. The prosecution said Sperling, who described himself as a gambler and bookeeper. lived in a lavish home, owned a yacht, expensive cars, an art collection and made $200,000 in the illicit drug trade in one year. - b-- Business Deaths -- Dl-- 7 BIO Storytime 85 Do-lt-M- an A3 TV Today B6 Forum A4 Theater two-yea- A20 Where to call Information 524-444- 5 Ombudsman 364-86- News tips 5244400 Action Ads 521-353- Sports scores 5244448 Advertising El v A ' Narcotics dealer gets life term , fine The bill provides that if a guaranteed prodnumber of uct requires an unreasonable consumer the may repairs during the period, demand a replacement in lieu of still more repairs. used-ca- r An amendment specifically brings dealers under the warranty requirements. If no warrenty is issued, this fact must be clearto ly posted on the auto and repeated verbally the buyer. ; The Senate measure now goes to the House which previously killed two similar measures. But Magnuson said he expects that body to pass this bill. as definitive, saying regard would this j Hometown football fans are expected to get a break from Congress today, with House approval of'a bill to end television blackouts of home games that are sold out three Sendays in advance. A similar measure has already won ate approval and House action today could mean television coverage for some of the National Football League season ; openers Sunday in the cities where they are played. In his first detailed view on foreign surveillance. Atty. Gen. Elliot L. Richardson says he will continue to autho-- ' rue electronic eavesdropping for the purposes of national security. He said, however, the situations which justify such surv eillance must be very carefully controlled. ago. P Wireototo 2; In Washington One of the first acts of the junta after toppling the Allende regime was to sever relations with Cuba. replaced free for METRO The new government also ordered Cuban Ambassador Mario Garcia Inchaustegui and his staff to leave Chile on the first av ailable plane for Havana. Swedish embassy personnel took over the Cuban representation in Santi- '"V." More FTC teeth THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1973 die-har- d that the widow and children of Allende, who died in the military coup on Tuesday, had been granted asyium in the Mexican Embassy in A Founded 1850 when Utah territory was known as the State of Deseret Home delivery problems 524-28- (Call Monday through Saturday before 6 8 5 4 p.m.) |