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Show Founded lSoOuhen Utah territory u as known as the State of Deseret VOL. 381 - NO. 71 50 PAGES 'Only interpretation, ' paper reports Federal sources (UPI) who have heard the tape receding of the Watergate hush money conversation between President Nixor and John Dean say it is explosive and clearly proves Dean told the truth about the conversation and the President did not, the Los Angeles Times reported today. The White House, informed of the report, stands by its position that the tape is ambiguous and en to conflicting interpretations, the Times said. The newspaper also reported that Nixon is to surrender 42 more tapes to the House Judiciary Committee next week, following an ultimatur. from the top Republican leadership in Congress that Nixon would be impeached if he continues defiance of the committee's demands. Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania confirmed that he delivered the warning to presidential counsel Japies D. Lt Clair, the times reported. Scott said he told St. Clair the President would be impeached in the House for defiance unless he turns over the tapes. "I gave a clear message, the newspaper quoted him as say mg Today in the News Rose Mary Tope may back Dean's version LOS ANGELES WEEKEND OF MARCH 23, 1974 15 CENTS SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH returns under oath WASHINGTON In - Rose President (API Bank, with a tavorable ruling trom The Export-ImporGen William Suxbo. will resume lending rctivitv to linen and throe other nations. The the Soviet credits gov eminent sponsored bank, wtiuh ixtends trade Poland. tu loans Russia, at low interest, suspended Romania ..nd Yugoslavia on March 11 after some memwhether legal procedures bers ot Cotigre-- s were being followed t Nixon's personal secretary, Mary Woods, has given more than four hours of closed-dootestimony under oath to the Senate W atergate Committee. Atlv r The Times said a source in Congress and another in the executive branch" who have heard the tape of the talk oetween former White House Counsel Dean and Nixon on March 21. 1973 center of a vital conflict in controversy said that there could be only one logical interpretation, and it was explosive for the President that is. the President did not disapprove of hush money payments Nixon has maintained that those who hear the conversation may misunderstand it. but that what he meant was that payment of hush money would be wrong." Dean testified to the Senate Watergate Committee that when he told Nixon it would take $1 million to keep the Watergate burglars, then m jail, from revealing their links to the President's reelection campaign, Nixon replied that would be no problem. s The Times quoted one of the sOure saying: When you hear the tape, you have a lot more respect for Dean's integrity and what he told the Senate Watergate committee. It is that explosive. It is not ambiguous . "she went through the same thing before, the same que turns, the same Miss Woods' lawyer, Charles answers, S Rhyne, shouted to reporters as he and his client were It'd to a waiting car after the session Friday Miss Woods had been questioned some time ego by the committee stall, although not under oath. Rhyne called Friday's session general harassment. d Ui Tt.eoftolv' Rose Mary Woods leaves the Senate Watergate hearing House subcommittee report implies falsely that the $17 million to fix up President Nixon's private homes, the White House and a ranking Republican congressman say. A Wlute House sjxikt man says that the report and news accounts based on si were not in said that what nad Rep. John Buchanan begun as a responsible investigation by a House panel "has degenerated into the worst political witchhunt that 1 have seen in all my time in Congress." A government spent -- dication as to whether presidential aides will comply with a suopocna demanding additional documents for one of the Watergate grand junes The subpoena requires surrender of the documents by Monday, and Warren said the matter is 'being routinily handled by the White House counsel Friday, in other Meanwhile dev elopments: W atergate-relate- d Washington The secret grand jury report on the during the time of was rethe alleged Watergate eover-uturned to U.S. District Court. It is to be delivered to the House impeachment inquiry late Monday, unless lawyers for several Watergate defendants file objections with the Supreme Court beforehand. SYes. dents activities o Warren termed unprofessional and unwarranted" an assertion by Amencan Bar Association President Chesterfield Smith that Nixon is obstructing justice by refusing to turn over al Watergate evidence to the House impeachment inquiry. He said Smith had made a rather reckless statement the White House, Deputy Press Secretary' Gerald L. Warren gave no in- At The Civil Aeronautics Board has approved a lour percent rate increase (or United Airlines, elective April 1, and there arc indication- - that Americans who plan to fly will have to dig a little deep, r for future hikes. The CAB rejected hikes tor nine other lines, but indicated they could be forthcoming if ; limitation were put on the duration. The rate boosts were justitu t by the increase in the cost of jet fuel Across the nation Mariner 1 has transmitted its iirst picture of sun-seared Mercury back to Earth as it begin its final jourapproach to the little known planet after a ney through spice. The first distant view of Mercury, taken from 3.5 million miles away, was received at Cal Tech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory early this morning. Everything is working just fine and were very pleased," a laboratory spokesman said h Moscow trip tonight for Denver policeman surrenders at Snowbird, lets wife go free V . By Robert Copier Deseret Nevs Staff W i Kissinger v yii- - nter WASHINGTON (LPI) Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger flies on another mission to Moscow at midnight tonight to prepare the way (or what may be a difficult June visit by President Nixon. SNOWBIRD, Little Cottonwood Canyon tense drama, which threatened momentarily to explode into tragedy, ended early today when a Denver policeman surrendered two pistols and released his estranged wife. Kissinger met tor 45 minutes with the President in the Oval office of the White House Friday to discuss what the Secretary will talk about with Soviet Party leader Leonid 1 Brezhnev and otner ofiiuals preparatory to Nixons summit meeting. Nixon then flew by helicopter to his Camp David mountain retreat. Some administration officials have expressed concern that despite the professed pol icy of detente between the two superpowers, a new arms race may be brewing between the Soviet Union and the United Stales. Defense Seiretarv James R Schlesinger recently said that the Soviets are engaged in a truly massive effort in their missile and nuclear weapons program He warned. If the Soviet Union insists on the woman hostage here for almost 12 hours while sheriff's officers talked soothingly to him and marksmen armed with telescope-sightenfles waited at strategic points tor possible orders to shoot. Sheriffs Sgt. John Patience was also detained as a hostage for two hours, but was released long before the terrified woman was given her freedom. The officer, Sgt. Jim Sipos, 44, on medical leave from the Denver police force, refused to a .45 automatic and lay down his weapons until a a .38 revolver taken from Patience Lt. James Shoemaker, friend, arrived from Denver and talked him into surHe had held d long-tim- e rendering Sipos, who reportedly has been an outpatient from the Bethseda Hospital for at Denver for six months, was taken to the psychiatric ward of the University Hospital. Mrs. Kay Sipos, 30, the estranged wife, look refuge with Salt Lake friend. She was unharmed, but exhausted and shaken by the ordeal. Family-Counselin- The Salt Lake County attorney's office was tu decide whether Sipos would be charged here or would be sent back to the Bethseda Hospital for further treatment Skiers continued to amve and leave at the Snowbird resort during the attemoon, but several activities were suspended due to their proximity to the danger zone where there was a possibily of flying bullets at anytime The incident began when Sipos walked into the Tracy Collins branch at Snowbird, where his wife was working as a teller, at about 1 bu.--y p.m. moving ahead with a new set of capabilities, we will be forced to match them " Pentagon officials said Moscow is apparentwith building and testing new missiles and sy -- terns despite agreements with the United States m the ongoing Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) to maintain a balance in view of the awesome destructive capability both already posses.-- . ly rushing Sgt. Jim Sipos, left, after his surrender. At right, Lt. James Shoemaker, fellow Denver officer, who persuaded him to lay down his guns. A loud argument ensued, and the bank manager, Linn Baker, asked the couple to go into the bank conference room to continue their conversation Baker, noting that Sipos had a gun. called the shenffs office Patience responded, and when he walked mto ihe bank offices, Sipos saw him and drew his heavy automatic, pointing it at his wife. Jill Whitesides. Snowbird information officer, said she was in the ofnees when Patience walked in and saw Mrs. Sipos put her hand- - in the air. Patience said he walked into the conference room and told Sipos he would put his gun on the table if Sipos would also lay his pistol down They put both their guns on the table, but Sipos grabbed his up again and also picked up Patiences service .38 Patience remained a hostage trom about 1 p m. to 4 p m. Sipos let him go. warning that it he heard any noises around the door he See POLICEMAN on Page Alabama's ueorge Wallace, starting a new campaign for governor but with his eye on the national scene in 1976, crowd at a kickoff rally spoke to a cheering, Fnday night in Birmingham. He warned both political parties that neither can win in 1976 witho.it the voters who believe in him. He spoke for nearly 45 minutes standing upnght on his paralyzed legs, supported from behind by leather traps attached to a specially constructed lectern g -- Around the world China acknowledged for the first tune today tha it cized a Soviet helicopter and three crewmen m the northwestern province of Smkiang nine days ago. It said it had lodged an official protest with the Soviet ambassador in Peking, accusing the Soviets of carrying out espionage and disruptive activities by intruding in China. -- ah-a- Kissinger said nothing of the-- after his meeting with Nixon. He said he expected to confer with Brezhnev m a hunting lodge about 130 mile- - north of as not an elaboMoscow, which he rate residence but something like Camp David de.-enb- State Department spokesman George Vest said Kissinger had made no arrangement- - to bin f We- -t European allies in advance of talks A-- Pennsylvania Gov. Milton Shapp has vetoed a bill to restore the death penalty m his state, saying the measure was too broad and reflected a philosophy of vengeance. Attempts to override the veto will lie made in the legislature. Ten days ago it gave the bill overwhelming approval, passing the Senate 444 and the House ItiS 19. A legislative spokesman predicts an ovemdc attempt would be successiul with Brezhnev. A high Aiel Cong official says that the search lor Americans missing m action will not be resumed until a true cease-firis arranged in South Vietnam. The search has been suspended for more than tluee months. There 36 are approximately Amencan servicemen still unaccounted tor in South Vietnam, most uf them presumably in V let Cong-heltemtory. e d Isiael has charged Egypt with violating their disengagement agreement by moving additional artillery into the forward zone across the Suez Canal. The complaint Fnday was the first public charge of violations since the disengagement agreement went into effect in January On the northern front, meanwhile, artillery boomed across the Israeh-Synalines for the 11th straight day Fnday. n Cambodian troops are within two miles of the rebel-helOudong province capital and the government gamson trapped near it, the Phnom Penh command reported today. The relief force pushed ahead Fnday, but was still one mile short of reaching the 1,200 government since the city fell last Monday. d troop-trapp- Senate passes spending bill - The Senate has passed WASHINGTON (AP) legislation designed to enable Congress to get a better grip on federal spending. But Fridays 80-- vote concealed a wide disparity of views as to the potential effectiveness of the legislation. Many conservatives said too much was being claimed for the measure. 0 One of these, Sen John L. McClellan, Appropriations Committee chairman, said he doubted the measure would greatly strengthen congressional control of the budget The bill is so fraught with complexifies it may just be destined to tall of its own weight, McClellan said. one of the But Sen. Edmund S. Muskie, sponsors of the bill, challenged this view He said the final product developed m over a year of work by three committees, is a compromise which some conservative- - consider tx, loose and some liberals too tight Under the Senate bill. Congress m effect would adopt its own budget each year. ar,d thus would net -imply just make some revisions m the president's budget as it does now . Clean-ai- r - W ASHINGTON The (AP) Nixon administration's major legislative proposals to save clean-ai- r fuel by delaying deadlines have received an initially mild reception in Congress although a fight may develop later. After t' a administration disclosed Fnday its package to amend the 1970 Clean Air Act, delays: ho-hu- m Italian r.iigleader air in urban areas. The package also would permit, or even order, increased burning existing protection again-- t clean air getting dirtier and to use permit of coal. of antipollution equipment on the weather. depending Tram said the-- e suggestion-wer- e sent to Congress (or consideration but not as formal proposals But in disclosing the proposE. Train, adminisals, Rus-e- ll trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, refused io accept two administration proposals, to eliminate the laws But later, Enc Zausner. a Federal Energy Otbce ofuual, said the administration wants the whole package adopted deto the spite Trains oppo-itio- n two proposal- would postTile prnpo-a- lpone for two years total com- pliance with automobile antipollution standards -- aid the new legislation could have been far worse. The National Clean Air Coalition, an environmental group, said the administration was proposing unnecessary weakening of the Clean Air Act " But earlier in the week, conservation groups had denounced reports that the administration weald attempt to all energy-relateexempt projects from the law The administration stopped short of going that tar, its package of proposals would delay signiLcantiy deadlines for cleatvng up the The birds of Graceham leave identified as part ot the 1 cember tor release of the Amencan oil billionaire Rain, clouds go; fair skies Sunday - lagers and their livestock and pets about four The campaign, using firecrackers, day bombs, propane cannons and whistles, was the first attempt by Fredenck vilCounty officials to nd the tiny lage of its plague The birds estimated at about 10 million have been harassing the vil Lewis wasnt really sure where the birds went, however, conceding that they were probably 'roosting outside of the area in nearby trees But he said with another day of sound harassment Saturday, the birds might leave high-pitche- d suspected ransom paid last Degrandson of the aii. The morning spnnkles should have given way to tair kies to provide a beautiful spnng weekend. Temperature-Sunda- y should reach the mid 50s with the lows in the mid 20s. (See weather map on Page .) villagers hope it's for good A barrage ot GRACEHAM. Md. (UPI) noise so loud you needed earplugs spooked the birds of Graceham from their pine thicket roosts near this rural Maryland village Fndav n.ght but officials werent certain if the pests were gone for good the of the gang that stagd the multimilnon-dolla- r of J Paul Getty III, police sources ui Lagonegro kidnaping say. They -- av money fiund m his possession has been -- Sen. Edmund Muskie, chairman of a subcommittee, arrested investigators have ed months The attack began about dark and Donald Lewis, a Fredenck County commissioner who coordinated the campaign, said it was about 90 percent successful tor good o |