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Show Ee unten WE ATHER Partly cloudy today. Thundershewers in area during afternoon and night. Highs in upper 90s forecast. VOL. 48, NO. 6 $2.25 PER MONTH- PRICE15 CENTS PROVO, UTAH, SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1976 Melville-McKay Demo case. Race Goesto Primary Marines Join So. Viet Drive Congress Toid to ident Nix expressed ‘deepen: ing concern" Saturday over budget - busting congressional spending and proposed that Congress set a firm ceiling on its expenditures. Red Posts Target Of Drive Sen. Moss Endorsed In a special statement following a mid-week White House meeting with Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott, By Party the President said legislative SAIGON (UPI) —A 1,500-man force of U.S. Marines has joined 5,000 government to spearhead operation “Pickens Forest,” a campaign tc smash Communist strongholds across the northern quarter of South Vietnam, military sources said Saturday. The campaign is the largest involving Marines in almost two years. The sources said two battalions from the U.S. 7th Marine Regimentlaunched the cam- spending increases and inaction of revenue-raising proposals could produce a “massive deficit” in the 1971-72 fiscal year. Nixon hinted that tax increases might be necessary if Congress did not reverse its trend. The administration’s original estimate of a $1.3 billion budget surplus this year has ped to a projected $1.3 billion deficit thatis expected to grow. up with bs the South Mescgpred on he had The President agreed to abide by a bill he signed July 6 which imposed a ceiling of $200.6 billion on federal spending g in i the currentfiscal a i year, which could be adjusted accord- paign earlier iss nem te eon gress and which joan for an increase of $4.5 billion in added MECgodath ee aoe prneiannee oe ‘ on ut Nixon sai ngress the Laotian border to the South China Sea. They said military made a Const tees in i. ec poriivein innaas resistance RABE WALLS es Me sees saeasctie of diet walk across Gorge in Georgia. He did two head _stands en route as spectators held their breath. (Herald-UP1 Telephoto) 3 Wire Across Gorge; Does 2 Head Stands TALLULAH FALLS, Ga. (UPI)—Daring Karl Wallenda, chewing a piece of candy, walked briskly across a highwire 700 feet above, yawning Tallulah Gorge and its jagged rocks Saturday—pausing twicc Bue ee way Se sie from Vietnam by Oct. 16 under the Nixon administration’s Phase Four ent plan. While the allied ground forces were active on the coastal side of the northern quarter, B52 Stratofortresses pounded the western side along the Laotian The patriarch of border with at least 540 tons ot aerial team mown bombs in six missions Friday “Great Wallendas” night and early Saturday. not at all concerned a circus as the appeared when he Britain Alerts Soldiers To Move Goods;Striking Dockers Hint Resistance no meat. Nothing but some canned An army eek said Teconnaissance cadres had toured Britain’s 12 major port complexes in anticipation of an order to use troops to unload perishable foodstuffs from . boats that huve sat untouched in the harbors since the strike began Wednesday. He said the ig le itary did not expect to move stuffs and oe frm before Monday. y: on a ‘ansport Union leaders said earlier in fresh food to major British the week they would probably not resist use of but beginuloeding perishabletod osen at “travesty” of this DENA Gi Has La r ae Bie Cone litter in the morning sun and VEIT’ eve again in the early appro- Ame American Fore’:'s ten-block priations, Nixon acked Congress Days parade won the applause of ge crowds. tion, including a proposed Chipman’s won the increase in postal rates. Most sweepstakes award; the Bank of Besides restraining its I pan In the Second presentation of “Petticoats and Pettifoggers” drew good crowds. gignt street dance was held st Mountain Shadows shopping center, and a fireworks display brought the celebration to a The convention ran late into the afternoon, with 2 tt thing form. A Sates left early, and this was Teflected in the low ‘otal of deleate voies cast. of these measures are given american Fork took top spot in The final platform was heaviconelusion. : chance of approval. little the commercial; Pleasant old-fashioned outdoor activities. Other events held during the 1¥ Infinenced by aa active con- House Democratic Leader Grove’s Strawberry Days a —,ee ae cone oeayl. ting qi i said the president's Cong float:took first triplace iniq War, [PS frehoce* water’ fight, show, and amateur rodeo. ‘The Carl Albert queen's ” float ee vort bevy was avaniel the tricycle races, watermelon today is merely another effort to camouflage the disastrous Mayor’s Award. Engraved ee f y economicpolicies of his admi- Plaques were given. Fifteen lim hone: able mentions were made, action, and the kids loved it. stepped out on the 997-foot nistration.” Mothers and babies jammed Thecolorful pageantoffloats, the multi-purpose room of the cable at 3:10 p.m. for the walk Albert said the public “will he had predicted would take not fall for such obvious bands, precision marching new City Center for the baby more than half an hour. political gimmickry designed to groups, city and county beauty contest, as judges dignitaries and church officials selected the happiest and A crowd estimated at 35,000 disguise presidential neglect in applauded when the gaily- such fields as health, education drew applause many times. dressed Wallenda appeared, and housing.” For the royaity of Steel Days, then hushed in awe as he The Orem High School marColeen Smith, Miss American picked up a balancing pole and Fork, and her attendants, Terri ching band was on hand to began his walk across the Lee Heintz and Carla Hansen it serenade the spectators with a chasm, was a highlight of their reign. concert which brought to @ Some 250 feet into his walk, They graced a lovely float, conclusion the park activities. Wallenda paused, placed his combining dark and light shades The annual parade, spensored of blue, white and a raised by the Orem Chamber of pedestal of scarlet with heavy Commerce, saw 62 entries in a and stood on his head. The procession from 800 South tothe gold fringe. crowd that lined the mountainHOUSTON (UPI)—A_ four- Thefloat was preceded by the Gity Park. Included in the lineup side thundered its applause and were queens from most of the Wallenda acknowledged it by alarm fire that roared through bright red uniformed American neighboring communities, and the printing facilities of the Fork High School Band. Six waving his feet. manyother beautiful floats. About midway, he stopped Houston Post Friday night other bands added music and An all-star baseball game again and repeated his head- killed one person, injured color along with the Shriners’ between the Provo and Orem stand, but when he stood up, it another and severely damaged calliope. appeared he briefly lost his the power lines leading to the Guest queens were here from balance. He lurched to the side, newspaper's presses. Grove, Provo, A spokesman for the Post Pleasant then righted himself and continued on across in only 17 said the presses were only Santaquin, Lehi, Spanish Fork, slightly damaged in the fire. Salem, Wasatch, Payson, minutes. In a tape-recording of the The electrical circuits that feed Springville. walk made by the British power to the presses were Leading the parade was a Visit to India Broadcasting Co., Wallenda burned severely. color guard from the Utah UPI) —Mme. Joe Knipple, 60, a part-time National Guard. mused partway across; “I Ney Ore Like think I want to look down. But worker, died in the smoke-filled building, apparently of asphyxi- All in all the parade was a pe Provisional Revol lutionaI think I betier not.” credit to the Jaycees in charge, ry Government of South VietIn the predawn hours Satur- ation. Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, the everything from the big, eye- nam, arrived for a four-day day, Wallenda said he decided Post's publisher,called the fire catching Eezy and Mr. Can Do visit Saturday at the invitation 8: ainst using a heavy balan cing the most damaging in the from Geneva Plant of U.S. Steel of Premier Indira Gandhi’s pole, and switched to a lighter Post's 86-year history. (Continued on Page 4) model, BlazeStrikes NewspaperPlant In TexasCity South Vietnam caoer celebration was sponsored by Orem Boosters, Inc. Love Gains Nomination Once Again DENVER (UPI)— Colorado Republicans Saturday nominat- eq Goy, John A. Love for an unprecedented third four-year term andset up a primaryelection race between Senate Ma- jority inflation and economy, law enforcement and education. The switches were minor working changes except for the section on law enforcement. The amendmentcalled for endorsementof a “‘halfway house” readjustment program for all criminal offenders and drug users, and changed the plank title to “Criminal Justice Administration.”” The students also added a plank on draft reform, calling for an all-volunteer army by July of 1971. This, too, was adopted by the convention, but Leader William Arm- sizeable “no”vote was recor- pei and House Speaker John Vanderhoof for lieutenant gov- ded on the issue. Heavy debate ensued when stuLove, as expected, was given dents proposed immediate withdrawal of troops from Indo2» unanimous vote of confidence by the 1,552 delegates to the China to be ended by June of (Continued on Page 4) state GOP Assembly in Denver’s Currigan Hall. The youthful Armstrong, pulling his strength from the large counties, won the coveted topline designation on the primary ballot against Vanderhoof. Armstrong received 894 deleates votes. Vanderhoof,a veteran in the legislature, polled 657 votes to win a spot on the ballot. There was one abstenWASHINGTON (UPI) — The tion. Armstrong won only 23 of the Department of Transportation State’s 63 counties for 57.6 per will allocate $53.1 million in centofthe ballots, but he pulled federal highway construction in every large county except funds to Utah during the fisLarimer and Mesa. Denver's cal year ending June 30, 1971, crucial vote went 291 for Arm- Rep. Sherman P.Lloyd, R-Utah, reported Friday. strong and 90 for Vanderhoof. Lloyd said the allocation anLove,first elected in 1962 and re-elected in 1966, “eagerly” ac- nouncedbythe Department was cepted the party’s designation about 14 per cent less than for the 1970 fiscal year. to run for a third term. ernor. Utah Road Allocation Announced Egyptians Get Briefing By Nasser on Russ Stand Now You Know Yugosla- rowds on eee colt league teams provided District, railroad executive A.H. The final day’s activities opened ‘an carly morning flag-raising ceremony and the traditional pancake breakfast. Ik the it was kid’s flocked to the time, as nt proposed Romania on ineumeneaan publican ee for the intivs fataire. Nison vocal that ByDENA GRANT in record numbers for Satur- excitement for baseball en- (Bob) Nance was selected to $9.8 billl ital .AMERICAN FORK — day’s events climaxing the thusiasts, and for theater fans face the incumbent Republican menrare, 6 #228 Ulloa Howpiial Resplendentin artful design and three-day annual Summer the Summer Theates Sherman P. Lloyd. What happened to the Four Seasons ski and year-around for the mountains east cf Czechoslovakia on the north, e OREM — Citizens turned out Proposed Four Seasons Project Very Much Alive via on the south and Austria on the west, out opposition. Sen. Frank E. Moss was no- ¢ : heavy,” he said. "theHimgarian People'sRe dates were both nominated with- rh “'m glad I chose that lighter pole. You know, it’s getting 's public has a common frontier with Ru the , was one of the more unique entries in th colorful parade. (Photo i Yenhiernan) F1 legislation when it voted Steel Days ianee st Aerialist Walks Hig LONDON (UPI) —Striking British stevedores hinted Saturday they would ignore peace appeals of their leaders and resist if the Army used troops to move goods through the country’s ports. The British Army Saturday scouted London’s strike-bound docks and announced 36,500 T — SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — The State Democratic Convention closed late Saturday afternoon with the party still undecided on whoit will choose for a candidate in the First Congressional District. J, Keith Melville of Provo received 204 votes and K. Gunn McKayof Huntsville gained 318, but neither man captured the necessary 70 per cent to cinch the candidacy, They nowfacea primary election in September. The winner will go against Republican candidate Richard Richards of Ogden. The party's two other candi- wnatraengs Ch'OP Floats Oren Celebration sms: mese base camps and supply depots across the entire es a light and scat MR.CANDO, , a float entered in th e Summer float entere Festival Parade in Orem by Geneva Steel, ing to developments in Con. ————~~——— 2 ip rdog Preparing an offensive, and Pickens Forest was to smash any possibilify.mmomnting one. Marines reported only Probability of measurable rain teday, 20 per cent. Utah generally, similar Utah County has a new industry — a mobile home manufacturing Read the 4. This ts Che tor 2 ed Cecealy Weekly SWEEPSTAKES WINNER in the American Fork Steel Days parade, held Saturday 4 morning and evening, was float, entered by Chipman’s.' By United Press International Israeli warplanes struck Saturday across three fronts but lost another two-man jet fighter-bomber in raids on Egypt’s Soviet-supplied antiaircraft missile bases on the Suez Canal. Groundfighting also was reported on the Jordanian and Lebanese borders. In Cairo, meantime, President Gamal Abdel Nasser began briefing top Egyptian officials on his talks in Moscow. A joint communique on the two- week discussions said the Soviets pledged continuing support to the Arabs while backing efforts towards a political settlement in the Middle East conflict. Egyptian governmentsources said the Kremlin is prepared to go to great lengths to seek a peaceful solution befre opting for any military showdown along the Suez Canal. They said the Russians will hold more discussions shortly with the United States. |