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Show 1 RET NEW VOL 381 - NO. 69 62 PAGES u THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1974 15 CENTS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH METRO Bullets just miss Anne , Today in the News assailant overpowered - Ian Ball a (AP) ear-olunemployed Englishman into court today and charged with attempted murder during an attempt to kidnap Princess Vine from her car in the heart of London V edm -dav night and bearded stood Ball, stiffly in the dock at the Bow street Magistrates court handcuffed to two detectives He spoke only once during his appearance, saving in a I want to applv for accent i.onnon legal aid Beaton was one of four persons wounded as the would-bkidnaper fired lepeatedlv at the royal 1111101010were Anne s chaufteur and a po liceman and a passing lournalist who tru'd to intervene Beaton and the police-m,.were reported in serious condition The court ordered him held for anoth er hearing on March 2S on the chaige ot attempting to murder Princess nne s pirsonal bodyguard Inspector lame' Police from Buckingham Palace 110 cards away, overpowered the gunman LONDON 2t-- v d lean-face- J! 44. 3? sV Princess Anne, Mark prior to shooting. - The princess and her husband of five months. Capt Mark Phillips, were not hurt But polne experts said the holes left by one of the bullets fired into the car indicated it between them missing them bv inches d and police sources said they found a long rar.som letter nearby addressed to Mine s mother. Queen Elizabeth II Beaton Inflation slices another 1 .3 pet. off family budget - The pace of inflation quickened in February with food and fuel prices pushing the cost of up 1 3 percent, the second biggest monthly jump since H51. the government said today The Labor Department said last month's rise sent consumer paces 10 percent higher than a year ago and marked the first time since 1948 that he United Stales experienced double figure inflation W ASHINGTON ( AP) g It was the highest increase in the cost of bving since consumer paces rcrac by 10 2 percent in the 12 months ending January 1948 Nearly half the February increase was attributed to higher food paces with the pace of beef raising 7 5 percent, the sharpest jump since a 9 b percent ncrease m June 1947 Gasoline and other energv items were responsible H' about a fifth of last month's increase in paces The Consumer Price Index climbed last month to 141 5 of its 1987 average, meaning that it cost consumers $141 50 to buy the same amount of retail goods and services that 100 bought in 1907 While consumer paces ton- - Court studies md Philip are noi the focus of ttii report the not do to them go beyond references "The Lacovara " allegations in the indictment tohn J Wilson and Frank Strickler. attorneys tor foi mer presidential aide H R Haldeman. and John Brav counsel for former White House aide Gordon strach.in asked the appeals court to direct U S District Judge John I S.aca not to send the report to the Judiciarv Committee Thev WiKon argued that matenal is going to be i -- - "It is a moral certainty that this made public" if cl is sent to the ommittee report to the 'end Piofemng to Sinca ccinmittee because of the importance of the impeachment that the case is also of great impor inquirv, Bray said Gordon Strachan to tance petitioner s decision to H.- - Battle for tapes grows sharper W ASHINGTON (I PI) -over White The struggle House tapes sought by the House Judiciary Gommittee in connection with its mqmrv into the possible impeachment of Nixon sharpened today with the battle lines looking more and more like party lines Pre-ide- nt leader House Republican . urged John J Rhodes, the committee Wednesday to the scope of its narrow inquiry but the idea was quickly rejected Jerome Rep R hard-lin- er committees growir.2 Walchc m the impa-s- , vd President the with Rnodes was Nixons 'troru voice m he House and that Rhodes considers the inquiry a matter ra'het than i partisan n a e r of n a 0 n a and he is wrong spokesman for Committee Chairman Peter G Rodino. . said Rodino had no comment on Rhodes' sugges tion He referred to Rodino's earlier position on the matter however, and said If the committee dec ides to limit the inquiry, it can If it decides not to limit it. it can " Rhodes made the suggestion for limiting the inquiry at a news conference, saying "It the committee is ever going to get the thing over with and I rink the country wants it e.er with thev must limit i' eir 'nvestica'ion ' interest A The GOP leader urged the troup to debne the 'pecific ,.r. a that of i' p'e'idential activity of interest and seek inv and all relevant document' m that area' nonfood commodities, itv T1- - Across the nation I percent, and services seven-tenth- s of 1 percent The Nixon administration has said it expects inflation to continue its sharp pace throughout the first half of the year before beginning to ease duang the final six months Director tohn T. Dunlop of the 1 some metican' are paying up to pel cent more per month for elec trie tins year than thev did last an ated Press surv ev show x Consumers are beginning to orgami to fight the rate hikes spot check of monthly elecliu bill' this year and last showed that most in creases have been about or 2 generally about 18 per cent, wilh Hu highest reported boost coming in Jack sonviiie. Mi wnere tne average tab went fiom 17 9f last year to 27 70 thi' vear 1 Nixon were not Using a form of blackmail" in warning that Congress could decide to re 315,090 Ameacan duce th troops in Europe if there i' not prompt agreement on political and economic cooperation across the Atlantic said the administration congressional (.ffortx by Serate Democratic I eadr Mike Mansfield and others make stable cut' But without cooperation ends we have ri He opposes scribed could become of a kilowatt hour of Lake ( lly the- average cost per kilowatt hour for residential Use is 2 Vi ci nix according to Grant Pendleton of Ltjh power and Light Co If the firm is granted the full 25 percent rate in the figure crease- they have requested w ill rise to 2 73 perc U t iht v companies say the w reas Lk the Northeast which heavilv on imported oil have been the- hard- -t hd In iho Northwest here water i' a inajoi source of lei tt icily, the pace hike has been less sc Other operating icnIs hke labor aie generally higher in the I ,i't and made electric bills tradition, illv hav mere co'th v vc-r- al-- o Kerry iiuicnmgsoi ijououiui chi Bountiful's muiiiei- - Light and Power, Uelated story. Page mueast' are due pnnianly to the rising cost m fuel Thev noted that imported crude oil nas junijxd fourfold since Jan I. I'Gl Most of these increases are passed on in Hie cnn'Umer auomatically. will, no review bv ale or local authentic-- ' - In Salt , s relations with Europe Ki in ger said he and President P check showed that the price ranges Irom just met a penny in Nevada and cents in New A ork Cite Oiegon 1o Tin itv A'-n- WASHINGTON P) Kisretary of State Henry singer today said he rioe-- not xpect the rabs to rennpose their oil embargo against the Imted State' and that he does not hold the So let I men re 'ponsible for the outbreaks c f fighting between Israel and syna in the Golan Heights ! a news c. inference in advance of a tap to Moscow Both of Kissinger 'aid an obligation to cont abate to peace ind both of U' are exchanging idea' on this He an' flatly dismissed suggestions that Mci'Cow had provoked svna ' s On another subject Publisher Randolph Hears! has warned the Symbionc-sLiberation Army kidnapers of tns daughter that he is to; mg control' of some things that could help win Patty s lieodoin llearst sas he will Keep ttying to get two imprisoned SLA members on nationwide television, but the spate of kidnapings. apparently copied from the abduction of his daughter 45 days ago. was making it more difficult to conduct negotiations fireworks and noise show is scheduled tonight by Graceham residents for 10 million blackbirds, grackles and starlings that began roosting in a pine grove near the normuliv peaceful Maryland hamlet since last fall. Resi dents voted to try and drive the birds away by using firecrackers. non-le- t hal clay bombs and sound effects Federal, state and county officials hope the show will unsettle the buds so much that they'll leave consumers protest Sec- region ; Electric bills rise, Henry pours oil on Russ waters - f r$ Higher costs, increased bills are generating complaints. Our own estimate is that it last month with a really poor record." Dunlop said Soanng gasoline and motor oil paces played a large part in the over-al- l increase in con sumer paces last month ris mg 53 percent to a level .10 9 percent above last Februarv dominan' workers demanding higher wages to brought chaos in i,ris today less than 24 bouts after the government announced a plan to curb soar mg puces Fiench police battled striking bank clerks power cuts lilac ked mil stoics and offices and stopped sub w.iv trains Air France cameled all but 15 flights and thou s.oids of workers were late as traffic jams clinked the Striking b d aitlation 200-nu- subject Kissinger called the clashes between Israel and Syna m the Golan Heights, where ar tillery battles raged for the Htth consecutive dav, an inevitable result of faction m the " Around the world A rescue column got within one mile of a 1 garrison trapped on the outskirts of the former royal capital Oudong before being stopped by heavy rebel fire Two columns of government troops are trying to relieve suldiois surrounded by an estimated 2,080 communist' Oudong, 24 miles northwest of Phnom Penh, is the first years of fighting major city capturc-- by the rebels m tinued their sharp rise real spendable earnings of workers of chopped another one per cent in February and w ore dow n 4 5 percent from a year ago Tins was the largest decline over a year since the government began keeping that statistic in 19b4 The February price report showed inflation holding a firm gap across the economy Food paces rose 2 5 percent, will be the report x gunman broke into the Belgium Fmbassy m Stockholm Thursday and t iok a female, employe hostage puhee said They said the man entered he embassy armed with a pistol and an ambulance wus sent to the budding but it was not known if anybody had been shot Nothing was immediately known about the in truder's demands due to language difficulties The cap tured woman is Swedish speaking d May The U.S Court ot ppeals ASHINGTON (AP) it block transmission of a grand that studied requests loday role in Watergate jury report on President Nixon's alleged to the House Judiciarv Committee for its impeachment in- uuirv The report was scheduled to go to the coipmittee at 4 111 EDI unless the appeals court intervenes p ttorneys lor iwo of the seven defendants m the Watei cover up case urged the umrt to withhold the repori gate Horn the House on the grounds it would prevent them bents from receiving a fair taal But counsel for the special prosccutot s office told the court duang oral argument today the focus of the secret was President Nixon not the seven defenuants The nation's workers m..y see the minimum wage up . say an hour by Mav but Rep Robert Price. the action could back tire bv boosting unemployment. The House voted 37i to 27 to iiso the minimum age for most winkers to 3 this year It could go to $2 18 in t975 and to v ersion of one President 2 18 in 1976 The mil is a im-i- ' 'u-Nixon vetoed last yeai Sweden and the Imted Slates have decided to restore diplomatic relations which were broken off m 1972 worn Swedish Fume Minister Olof Palme denounced U S bombing of North ietnam In making the announcenie .1. depud press secretary Gerald Warren said I S ty president wdl become ambassador to Belgium. Robert Strauz-lliipo- . ambassador to Stockholm and the U S would welcome a Swedish ambassador as he is named to $2 1 Cost of Living Council said Wednesday that February's surge in food paces would be followed by more moderate increases in March, April and jurys report - In Washington The Daily Telegraph said the lei it t asked for a ransom of a million pounds ($2 4 million) The Dailv Mail said it was full id wild ravings ahmu alleged n, ii'1' ees Police would give no infoimuia" about Ball in advance of his court up pearance except to sav that lie had no fixed addtess Following the ait.uk there was speculation uninodiatelv that it was the work ot Irish nationalists tun the police said they believed the motive w as not political The attack wa- - the first against unv member of the British royal funnlv miu c ll.lti when a revolver was hurled in front ot King Edward Mil The royal familv occasionally has received death threats but is not normally surrounded hv heuvv S on Page TTEMPTE1 see e hen Utah territory as known as the State of Deseret 18.50 u ' 40 no 220: scs,- T fsr-- Tiiiirittrn inti nniii I flames sweep through Fa er glades. Wind-blow- n the wind cooperates they days to halt an arson-se- t burned an estimated 32,000 acres ol fire that has the Big Cypress swamp Fore sirs officials say they do not Horida lorest rangers say if mav bo able within a couple of alrc-ad- B-- 1 power company said the price in th.it cits is about two cent' a kilowatt hour All electric homeowners have- been peciallv hard hd. such a homeowner New Yorks Oiange (ounty. foi example, has seen his monthh hill jump Horn 101 97 m March 1973 lo 285 60 Hit' vear for 5 008 kilowatt hours of electric electac bill' are top some ping mortgage pavment' Most of the consumer omcr has come 10 the form of protests at public pa) have enough men or equipment to put oul tne blaze which - burning through the evprexs and pine woods along a 12 mile fiont about 59 miles wc- -t of Miami - c Stock market today 111 See C OSTLY on Page 8 I'SUC' blue-chi- ca-e- h - The stock matkel was generally ( AP) despite some pronounced strength m a few YORK NEW mixed today .lorn-- ' average of TO industrial' was up sector reflecting the gains in the blue-chi(( omplete New York Arne ru an lists on Pa go B 6 ) The ss at 2 p m Dow 79 22, p Light winds and more sunny days Sunny days and clear, cool nights are expected fur much of Utah, Idaho and Nevada through Faddy The Rebozo gives Nixon view More 'push harder fight WASHINGTON G 'Bebe (AP) Rebozo says the more pressure put on PreM dent Nixon to resign the harder he will resist Hex done a gnat job." Rebozo said Wednesday of the President his personal faend for more than 28 years ' Are these things to be clouded by this incursion into Watergate you dont try a person for murder, if hes entitled to a speeding ticket " Rebozo told newsmen he believes Nixon will not res-gand that the President will be exonerated Hi' commevmterrogainn - fame fe' a 74 hour bv mi ruber- - of the senate Watergan fonritu e The committee i' .nvestigaHng the circumstances of a con'ro verbal $100 000 cash pavment made to Rebn 1 more than hre- - vedrs ego bv a r of billionaire Howard Hughes Rebozo has said the money was intended as a campaign contabution It later was returned to Hughes intact Rebozo, a Flonda banker, was to appear before the committee again today m what he said will be his sixth question-and-answ- Rose Mary Woods, the President s personal is scheduled to testify F nday about what Rebozo told her about the mnn v secretary , Rebozo told reporters that contrary to pub h'hfcd reports no money has ever been trans fevred from his bank to banks m Switzerland m of the President or lus 1972 cam Pdign It has not been transferred I can answer Hi, unequivocally, Rebozo said A |