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Show if j-- f i. Salt Laks City, Utah ww w w$ qrvr September 3, 1971 Friday Morning w tr Price Ten Cents During SALT Talks Four Bombs Russia Boosts Arms Pile By K.C. Thaler LONDON Russia has tripled her missile force and set up nearly 300 new giant intercontinental rockets since starting talks with the United States on curbing strategic nuclear weapons, the International Institute for Strategic Studies said Thursday. Its annual report, The Military Balance 1971-7also said the Russians have been an Improved testing antimissile system and have amassed 10,000 surface-to-ai- r antiaircraft missiles. Pclaris-typ- The institute is a British-baseresearch center on defense and world security. It describes itst'f ar independent cf governments. Its staff is drawn from d United Piers International e 15 nations. It said the Soviet Union now has 1,500 intercontinental ballistic missiles against Americas 1 054. a Soviet increase of 50 percent since 1969, when the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) Opened. Increase of Missiles Of Russias new SS-- 9 rock- operational and may be d system, equipped with a the report said. The SS-- is said .a be designed to knock out missile sites. The Soviets have nearly trebled the submarine-launche- d number of their Polaris-type- , ballistic missiles (SLBM). The SLBM lead United States had a ets, 380 are now three-warhea- 9 British Center At the same time, the United States has been successful in trying to make up in quality the loss of its quantitative lead in missiles, the survey said. when SALT was being arranged. The Russians had only 160 SLBS in 1969 and now have 440, against the U.S. unchanged number of 656, the survey said. It added that at the current rate of e Soviet production the U.S. Index Rises t During August BELFAST, He was hit while troops under his command fought youths throwing stones and gasoline bombs near the Roman Catholic Bogside area, an army spokesmen said. The youths later dispersed. A man was wounded in a bomb blast at a local government office in Enniskillen 76 miles southwest of Belfast. Other bombs destroyed a power transformer in Coalisland, a Belfast service station and a border customs post near Castlederg. No one was hurt in these bombings. The midday terrorist attack in the city center was believed the work of the outlawed Irish Republican Army (IRA). By Alvin Shuster New York Times Writer WASHINGTON Wholesale prices continued to rise briskly in August but the government said the survey was made almost entirely before President Nixon invoked his wage-pric- e freeze. The Bureau of Labor Statistics index rose .3 percent (at an annual rate of 3.6 percent) and the Industrial Commodities Component, considered by many the best barometer of inflation, jumped .5 percent percent). The index has advanced 4 percent in the past 12 months, the largest gain in 16 months. Mr. Nixons critics said this cast doubt on the continuing administration claims that, prior to the Aug. 15 freeze the government had been making some progress against inflation. year-to-ye- ar Farm Prices More Stable After seasonal adjustment, wholesale prices soared .7 percent, in large part because farm' prices didnt show the sharp drop that usually occurs in August. Part of this could have stemmed from shortages caused by the July railroad strike. On an adjusted basis, farm products rose 2.9 percent, processed foods and feeds .3 percent, industrial commodities .5 percent and consumer finished goods 1.1 percent. also revised downward Thursday its estimate for business investment in new plant and equipment for 1971. The Commerce Department and Securities and Exchange Commission projected these outlays at $31.4 billion, a 2.2 percent increase over actual capital investment in the recession year of 1970. This compares with the June estimate of $81.8 billion, which represented a 2.7 percent gain over last year. Actual Decline Indicated The government Thursdays estimate probably would represent an actual decline in the physical amount of plant and equipment since prices for these items are believed to have risen far more than 2.2 percent. Capital spending is a volatile sector of the economy which ordinarily imparts a major thrust to the recovery from a recession. Administration spokesmen have said they didnt expect it this time. But they are doing their best to revive capital outdelays by promulgatihg accelerated preciation rates and proposing a 10 percent investment tax credit as part of Mr. Nixons new economic policy. In other economic developments: A federal judge paved the way for extensive court hearings on the wage-pric- e freeze. U.S. District Court Judge Aubrey E. Robinson Jr. declined to issue an injunction against the freeze, but said a legal challenge poses substantial He said he constitutional questions. would wait 10 days before he would rule on whether a thiee-judgpanel could consider the case. In Tokyo, fears that the yen might be formally revalued sooner than previously expected caused a rush by banks selling dollars on the Tokyo Exchange Market. Nearly $200 mill'on was sold at 338 60 to 338.50 yen to the dollar. The official Bank of Japan was believed (o be the sole buyer. Asscc.afed Press Map Map locates the Red and Thai Binh rhers, hit by set ere flooding. Flood Cripples Rails, Roads In N. Vietnam One of the worst SAIGON (UPI) floods in its history has crippled North Vietnams vital rail and road system used to move military supplies south, Communist Premier Pham Van Don disclosed Thursday ever Hanoi radio. He gave top priority to restoring transportation. Ten weeks of flooding also sent water from the Red River waist deep through parts of Hanoi and destroyed much of the dike system protecting the countrys rice lands on the Red and Thai Binh rivers. Dong disclosed the extent of the damage for the first time in his state - of -the - nation report to top government and Communist Party officials on the 26th anniversary of the declaration of independence from French rule. Hanoi radio monitored here, gave other details. The flooding may have been more effective in damaging roads, rails and bridges than the four years of American aerial bombardment. Dong placed its repair ahead of relief and rehabilitation for the victims. He said the flood was even greater than the 1945 flood which followed a famine in North Vietnam. That ultimately led to tlv death of one million persons. He gave no casualty figures. North Vietnam's People Newspaper said Wednesday that the flood waters have begun to recede. Inside The Tribune Tribune Telephone Numbers, Page A-2 e Consumer Loosening? was evidence that cautious might be loosening up on their purse strings. The Federal Reserve System reported that installment credit outstanding grew $761 million in July after seasonal adjustment, the biggest increase in 25 months and the thud straight monthly advance. of the David Selden, president American Federation of Teachers (AFT) said his union agiees with the intei pi elafreeze given by tion of the w'a Treasury Undersecretary Charles Walker, who said 80 percent of the nations teachers will forego pay raises this fall. There consumers e Today's Chuckle My tests show that your thyroid is the doctor told his perfectly normal, corpulent patient. What you suffer from Is an overactive fork. Friday's Forecast Salt Lake City and vicinity Partly low upcloudy and cooler. Highs mid-70per 40s. Chanc e of rain 20 percent. Weather map, see Page B-- President Nguyen Van SAIGON Thieu told the South Vietnamese people Thursday night that he viewed next months presidential voting as a test of public confidence in his administration even though only his name would be on the ballot. He did not say what yardsticks he would use to measure the publics support or lack of it. He said, in effect, that in the absence of any opposition candidates he would be the judge of the meaning of the results. If he felt that the voting shoved a lack of confidence in his presidency, he said. I will not accept another four-yeterm. Otherwise he said, he would and continue to begin his second-terseek peace for he people. Reason to Delay Vot The fact that there remains only one candidate is no firm logical basis for he said. As postponing the election, president, I have the duty to respect the constitution and the law and to organize1 the election on the date specified by law. I had wished that there would be more than one candidate in the election so that the people would have an opportunity to choose between my policies and the policies proposed by otner candidates. That now has proved to be impos- Party Headquarters Blasted Associated British troops scan May Street area of Belfast, where four ex- - I The four bombs ripped through the Glengall Street headquarters of Northern Irelands ruling Unionist party and the nearby car park building which also houses government community relations offices. Screaming victims, bleeding from wounds caused by flying splinters of glass, were given first aid at the plush Europa Hotel while ambulances battled through noontime traffic jams to reach the scene. Press Wirephot plosions injured dozens. Smoke is from blasted parking garage. No sible. That is regrettable. speaking to the nation on radio and television, Thieu put the blartie for the election crisis on retired Gen. Duong Van Minh and Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, who withdrew from the presidential race on grounds that Thieu had em- barked on election-riggin- Accusations of Slander He accused Minh and Ky of slandering and insulting all national institutions and even myself. Referring to their charges of electionfixing, Thieu said his two potential challengers were seeking to distract public attention, sow panic among the people and create a bad impression in Vietnam and overseas. He said Minh and Ky had presented a view of the situation in a way that is most profitable to them. It was Thieus first lengthly public statement since the withdrawal of Minh and Ky from the race and the collapse of American efforts to salvage at least the appearance of a contested presidential election tyre. American officials had felt that an election with more than one candidate would demonstrate healthy progress toward a democratic structure here. Rcjeeted Ky Proposal Thieu rejected a proposal by Ky that both he and the vice president resign, the election be postponed and a new one be organized by other oificials. He said that to leave the presidency at this moment, even for a brief time to organize new elections, would be irresponsible and tantamount to desertion. You must realize, he continued, that the Communists only wish to see a political vacuum here so that they can move in, work toward a collapse of this regime, and then toward the establishment of a provisional coalition government. Any disturbances at this time would only be profitable to the enemy. (Copyright) IRELAND Troops Battle Youths ft Washington Post Writer NORTHERN Four terrorist bombs blasted a (AP) Beliast office and mvttistory parking lot at noon Thursday, wounding 46 persons and plunging the city .nter into chaos. At least 23 of the wounded were women. Other bombs struck targets across Northern Ireland throughout the day, and a British army major was shot in the abdomen by a sniper in Londonderry shortly before midnight. The officer was reported in serious condition at a hospital. one-thir- d By Frank C. Porter 6 Other Blasts Joll N. Ireland Cities missile-submarin- lead could be wiped out by 1974. However, the report said, Americas qualitative jump in nuclear multiple and independently targeted warheads will double the targets that U.S. Minute-me- n Missiles can hi. and also triple the warheads of SLBMS, from 1,500 to more than 5,400 by 1975. The institute said the military balance between the North Atlantic Tieaty Organization (NATO) and the Communist bloc in Europe has moved furthei; in favor of the Warsaw Pact. of the opera-Se- e NATO hes only Page 4, Column 1 Thieu Contends Election Still Confidence Vote Wholesale Price (annual rate, Injure 46, U.S. Judge Re j ects Reques t To Release Irish Militant Reuters News Agency A federal court judge NEW YORK Thursday rejected a request for the release of a leader of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) from custody here, pending a hearing Tuesday on whether he can be admitted to the United States. A lawyer for Joe Cahill, leader of the militant provisional wing of the IRA and a convicted murderer, made the appeal after immigration authorities ruled earlier Thursday that he must remain in custody over the Labor Day weekend for the Tuesday immigre don hearing. Cahill was arrested when he arrived Wednesday night from Dublin, capital of the independent Irish Republic, for a tour of the U.S. to raise money for guns to fight British troops in Northern Irei nd. Cahm was present at the immigration four-wee- k Its Frosty hearing Thursday at which the hearing officer said the U.S. government claimed Cahill was not admissible because you dont have a visa anu you have been convicted of a crime murder and served 1 years in prison. Cahill and five other IRA men were sentenced to death in 1942 for killing a policeman. His sentence was later commuted. Thursday was made by lawyer Frank Durkan, but Judge Inzer B. Wyatt ruled that ue had no leo"l authority to secure Cahills release from the detention center wdiere be has spent most of his time since his The appeal Irish-bor- n attest. Cahill found that his U.S. visa had been revoked when he landed at Kennedy Airport. A special U.S. attorney, Stanley Wollenstein, told Judge Wyatt that Secretary of State William P. Rogers had the discretion to revoke the visa. None Seriously Hurt None of the injured was seriously hurt. But the blasts created an atmosphere of panic in Belfast, where a youth was killed and several secretaries were seriously hurt in another explosion last week at the offices of the Northern Ireland Electricity Board. Lord Mayor Joseph Cairns of Belfast sent an immediate telegram to British Prime Minister Edwrard Heath urging him to make an assessment of the situation in the city. H tath who is to have crisis talks on Ulster next week with Prime Minister was discussing Jack Lynch of Ireland Northern Ireland with other British minCabinet meeting in isters at an hour-lon- g London. There was no statement after the Cabinet session, wh! m reviewed the sudden upsurge of violence in Ulster, resulting in 31 deaths, since the Northern Ireland government last month ordered internment without trial of terrorist suspects. In Dublin, Lynch issued a statement saying: No Irishman with the least claims to ideals and principles, no Irishman with the least shred of Christianity or sanity can justify or condone the maiming or killing of innocent people, and I am including in this all those who have died by violence or who have been injured or disfigured for life in recent incidents. Toe, Man Heres a Footloose V Fancy Freeze Cold Cure By William Hines Chicago Sun-Tim- Writer - WASHINGTON For 2,500 years Chinese doctors have been curing all sorts of diseases by sticking needles into people. New two Israeli scientists say they have discovered a way to cure the common cold in minutes by freezing the patients big toe. Its got to be the big toe, not just any old toe, says Aladar Schwartz of the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, better known as the Teciinion. a doctor In technology, not Schwartz, a doctor in medicine talked about his purported breakthrough in curing sniffles at a society for cryobiology meeting here Thursday. The medical half of his team, Dr. Menachem Ram, was back in Haifa, leaving some significant questions of a medical nature unansw ered. According to fhwartz, 100 people with cold symptom have been treated by cooling their big toes. There hasnt been a failure, he said, which some scientists conunented was remarkable if true. And the sniffles in all cases cleared up right away immediately, one minute, two minutes Schwartz had some trouble fielding questions at a press conference that delivery of his paper. His English, he explained, was not too good. But the gist of his claims came through loud and pro-ced- clear. He and Ram assert that they have built a gadget which can apply a measured amount of cold to the big toe, low g that members temperature briefly to abcut 23 degrees Fahrenheit in one minute. er-in- This chilling somehow causes a reaction in the sufferers sniffy nose or so Ram and Schwartz intend. Each part of the body is reflective of some other part, Schwartz sad. The nose is related to the under side of the big toe. He confessed he didnt know why, or how other parts of the body may be interrelated. But he commented that the Chinese have relied on similar relationships g for centuries in their needle-stickin- form of therapy called acupuncture. Some doctors who heard Schwartz claims were frankly skeptical, and pointed out that the studies which he cited were not controlled in the scientific sense of the word. Nor did they see much toe link. scientific basis for the nose-bi(Copyright) g Pale McCormack, a Dying Wife Portrait of Tenderness By Lee By& Associated Press Writer - At 7 WASHINGTON he is only months removed from th? tumult and triumphs of a grand political past. But John William McCormack vs alone now, alone but for a dying wifevho no longer knows him. f This is not a sacrifice, he has said, r room padding about the small, at Providence Hospital. And it is not a duty. I want to be with Harnet, and I will be. And so he is, devoting his every moscene of the ment to the last, drawn-ou- t fifth-floo- , ft tenderest, most enduring romance known to the nations capital. His frail and beloved wife, now 87, was moved here a little over a year ago irom their Washington apartment, even before he stepped down as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He came with her, taking an adjoimng room, at first only lo spend his meals and nights before her condition giew worse. Now, the doctors say she no longer can recognize him even though she is conscious. For 51 years they have been together, years which took him through unusual hurt and hurrahs in a profession noted 1 for rending men from their mates, Yet there was seldom an evening in which Sppaker ami Mrs. John McCormack dined separately and never a night in which they slept apart. Although the hospital forbids interruptions of his privacy, an account of his devoted watch was gleaned from medical staff and friends. Rarely does lie venture even into the outside corridor. He had a door cut between his room and Harriet's so that lie could hear her soft murmurs and be at her side more quickly. But the facilities offer no other special privilege, no extra space. f Save for an occasional visitor they McCormack plays have no children out these twilight moments in solitude and simplicity. He remains fully dressed, except for the carpet slippers upon which he tiptoes to his wifes bedside to help her eat, to grasp her hand and offer whispered assurances. Returning to his room, gaunt and pale McCormack often drops to his knees beneath a portrait of Jesus at Gethsema-ne- , his white mane tumbling forward on his prayerful face. He is a devout Roman Cathc.ic, once decorated by the Pope, but it is a gesture which might ring odd to those more familiar with his rough 4 and tumble political reputation. At the end of his long career in public office, John and Harriet McCormack had wanted to return to the same second-floflat they had taken up as newlyweds in Boston. The speaker, whose health remains good, said they had promised themselves, at last, a period of rest and relaxation. His nephew, Eddie McCormack, has suggested they still could go, offering to line up a special railroad car to make the trip easier for Harriet. But the speaker is worried about u.e risk, and, after all, she no longer would know the or difference t so he declines. I |
