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Show WEATHER Wind warning. Partly cloudy today. Highs in the lower 40s. Probability of snow decreasing to 10 per cent today. Utah as a whole, partly cloudy today with scattered snow flurries, PROVO, UTAH, SUNDAY,FEBRUARY21, 1971 VOL.48, NO. 37 Legislative Showdown Shaping Up By CARRICK LEAVITT And JOHN PAYNE SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — Gov. Calvin L. Rampton may have stumbled in his proposal for a $3.9 million mine occupation tax, but could still come out ahead if he can hold his party together in the Senate. Rampton told a Democratic caucus Friday morning that he was determined to hold the 29th Legislature to a balanced budget — apparently without the accelerated sales tax proposal by Republican Senate leaders — and hungthe spectreof a special sessicn or a continued one over the heads of the leadership. Walk Out Several of the Democratic solons walked out of the caucus— some apparently in anger, but O’Brien Unveils Proposals WASHINGTON (UPI) —Democratic National Chairman Lawrence F, O’Brien Saturday unwrapped a possible Democratic substitute for President Nixon’s revenue-sharing plan to rescue financially strapped states andcities. Although his nine-page memorandum was adcressed to the Democratic Policy Council, its release was timed to influence Democratic governors ing to next week for the annual winter meeting of the National Governors’ Conference. Revenue sharing, welfare reform and state-lccal government budget troubles are expected to get most attention from the governors. Endorse Concept Since 1965 the conference has endorsed the revenue-shering concept, which would allot some federal income tax collections to the states without strings on how it is spent. O'Brien's memo said evidence indicates the administration’s revenue sharing plans are aimed at “destruction of the major domestic achievements of the past or, at a minimum,their substantial reduction.” He agreed that some state and local governments need immediate federal help but administration proposals were unlikely to provide it. Democratic Alternatives O'Brien suggested that Democratic alternatives should give immediate help, provide for a basic overhaul of the processes for delivering federal aid. encourage state and loca: government modernization and meet national goals set by Congress. others, who preterred to remain anonymousszid they were convinced of the soundness of his measure which will affect only giant Kennecott Copper Corp. The Republican leadership believes it is benefitting from the chief executive's “pressure tacties,” and has estimated it can counton four to six Democratic votes in the Senate when the House bill comes up at 1i a.m, Monday. But, if the Republicans can drawthis proportionofthe upper chambers’s 12 Democrats, they are likely to find the sales tax proposal dead in the Democratic lower house. Rampton said as much during his monthly televised news conference Thursday, and Sen. Ernest Dean, D-American Fork, echoed the governor’s thinking. “The Republicans are going to win the battle on the Kennecott tax,” Dean said, “‘but they are going to lose the one on the stepped-up sales tax, and then they’re going to have to barDean added that the GOP would “probably”lose out on a cigarette tax hike of about two cents per package and a motor vehicle license registration in- crease. Whatthat leaves for the 39th Legislature,whichpassesthetwothird mark Monday, is stalemate. When all the dross is removed,thelegislature, working with the governor, must either find the $3.9 million some place or reduce programs. One-third “Republicans,”’ Dean said, “are going to spend as much as the governor,andif they’re going to be responsibl le they have to admit that they have only onethird of what it takes to get a program through (a majority in tue Senate). “The governor is going to make us stay in session, and (Continued on Page 4) Governor Signs Two Resolutions SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — Gov. Calvin L. Rampton Saturday signed two Senate concurrentresolutions dealing with rail passenger service and the Central Utah Project. The resolutions dealt with a re-examination by the Department of Transportation of the proposed discontinuance of rail ssenger service, which the re- solution said would adversely affect Utah if adopted, and called for making morefunds available to the Central Utah Project. In addition, Rampton sent a Participating in the ceremonies will be representatives of ZCMI; Woodbury Corp., developers of the shop Isn't It the Truth! By CARL RIBLET JR. Romance means different things to different people, but principally it has to do either with love in the moonlight or adventure where hotel accommodations are inexpensive or nonexistent and maidens so natural they are overdressed in minis, and hot pants are much too hot for the climate. “One wayto spoil a romance is to fall in love.” —Maxims for a Bachelor Zoning Law Aired By RANDALLL. GREEN The principal subject of debate at a public hearing Friday on sections of the proposed Utah County Unified Zoning Ordinance concern 4 whether a property owner in a residential-agricultural zone has the rightto build on or sell small residential lots without installing required subdivision improvements at his own ex- Commies See k To Encircle South VietForcesin Laos Sey 4 ra j Allied _ Risin pense. The hearing, which lt with sections of the ordi ice on establishment of zones and regulations within zones, was held in the commission chambers of the City and County Building. More than 60 persons SAIGON (UPI)—Three thousand North Vietnamese using artillery and tanks inflicted “immense” casualties Saturday on food-short South Vietnamese outnumbered more than 10-to-1 at an outpost in Laos. It appeared that 12,000 Commu- were present, Zone Designations County Planner George Scott reviewed the proposed zone designations, most of which correspond to already existing zones. He said the new designations are being applied to the old zone mapfor the present, nists were trying to surround Saigon’s entire Laos task force. The main body of the 16,000man South Vietnamese arm; was stalled for the third consecutive day 15-16 miles deep and that few changes will be effected immediately, through adoption of the pr ordinance, It is anticipated that changes in the zone map may be made in the future, but before such changes are made, owners of the property involved will be notified by mail and a special ing will be held to ascertain hearing the desires of those personally affected, e Outlined Presently, most of the area between Utah Lake and the Wasatch Front is RA-1 (residential-agricultural). The proposed ordinance describes the objective ofthe zone as being “for the primary purpose of providing a location where residential development associated with limited numbers of livestock can be main...primacy given in this zone to residential development and...the raising of animals and fowl will likely be curtailed as residential development takes place.” Following Mr. Scott’s review, a lively and lengthy discussion took place concerning building lot size restrictions within the RA-1 zone which encom} the vast majority of the residents of the unincornorated area of the county. After more than two hours of discussion, the hearing was concluded witha statement from Commissioner Paul A, Thorn that the suggestions and opinions expressed,all ot which were recorded in detail, wor be turned over to the pl commission for careful consideration before any further action was taken on the ordinance, Details of the testimonieswill be published in the Herald Monday. Red China Raps U.S. personal lette: of protest about TOKYO (UPI)—Communist rail service discontinuance for said today the allied passengers to Transportation China incursion into Laos constituted Secretary John Volpe. “a grave menaceto China” and said through the operation President Nixon has “reached the zenith in arrogance.” Peking’s Peoples Daily, the official Chinese Communist party newspaper, rejected Nixon’s statement earlier in the ping center; Orem City, Utah week that the Laotian drive County, and the various com- does not pose a threat to munities. Peking. ZCMI will be building its own The report was broadcast by store in the shopping center, a Peking radio and heard in structure of the latest design having 150,000 square feet of floor space on three floors, The Europe or South Africa but in store will be larger than the North Indochina,” the newspaZCMiI store in the Cottonwood per said. Mall, and half again as the store “By spreading the flames of in the Valley Fair Mall. ZCMI officials report it will war to the door of China, U.S. carry_a full line of all mer- imperialism is on a course chandise handled by the Sali posing a grave menace to Lake City ZCMI store, and will China. Nixon has indeed laid ferocious features and have a complete budget shop. barehis reached the zenith in arroWoodbury Corp. will be developing the University Mall gance,”’ Peoples Daily said. and building the new J. C. Penney Co.store. The mall will contain 300,000 square feet of floor space: space for ; eeinto 1 Pp With date only two The J. C. Penney Co. store will weeks away, orders for extra have 150,000 square feet of floor copies of the Herald’s 1971 ce. Progress Edition are coming in The mall has been in the at a rapid clip. planning stages for several The special issue will be years, and the developers have distributed Sunday, March 7, to purchased 77 acres of land all regular subscribers. between State Street and 800 Extra copies for friends and (Continued on Page 15) relatives may be ordered by Ground-Breaking Set For Shopping Center at Orem By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN OREM — Ground-breaking ceremonies for the University Mall Shopping Center at 1300 S. State, Orem, have been set for ‘Thursday at 2 p.m.onthesite, according to DeLynn Heaps and Ralph Brown,twoof the owners and developers. The public is invited to attend. Proposed $2.50 PER MONTH — PRICE 20 CENTS WINDS GUSTINGup to 88 miles per hour pushed over eight cars in the middle of a 136-car Denver & Rio Grande Western freight train south of Kaysville Saturday. Cars were empty UPI Telephoto and ‘dragged two others off track. Winds caused heavy damage over a two-county area of north Utah. Windsof Hurricane Force Devastation in 2 Counties KAYSVILLE, Utah (UPI) — A warm springlike sun shone from a blue sky here Saturday, belying the devasation of a twocounty area by hurricane force winds of up to 88 miles per hour and a snow storm during the early morning hours. Power crews brought in from as far away as the Idaho panhandle worked ceaselessly to restore power, Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway men labored atclearing a derailment caused by the winds, tractortrailer trucks werestill lying on their sides along the highways and evacuated families were returning to their homes — or what was left The winds, accompanied by a snowstorm, tore through Davis and Weber Counties, centering in the Bountiful, Clearfield and Ogden areas 10 to 50 miles north of Salt Lake City. In Kaysville, about a dozen mobile homes at the Golden Bell Trailer Court were tos:ad about and smashed togetherlike toys. Residents left when the winds began rocking the homes about 4 a.m. and there were no injuries, “Tt looked just like a train wreck,” one foreman said. “They were all jumbled together.” In nearby Farmington, Jim Turner said he was watching traffic creeping along Interstate- Quarantine ‘Drags’for Three Astros SPACE CENTER, Houston (UPI)—Quarantine is beginning to “drag” for the Apollo 14 15 from the front window of his home «hen he saw eight cars in the middle of a 136-car D& RGWfreight train bowled over by the winds. The empty cars overturned and pulled others off the track near Glover’s Lane. Winds were officially clocked at 88 m.p.h. at Hill Air Force , but those in the area said they felt more like 100 m.p.h. or better. Lyle Larkins, police chief of Power failures were wide- Kaysville, said he was driving spread. Utah Power & Light Co. along the highway when a small broughtin trouble sheoters from (Continued on Page 29) trailer sailed through the air in Accidental ‘Alert’ Touches Off Emergency Reaction by Stations By United Press International Hatefulness-hatefulness. teletype operator at a civil defense command post accidentally flashed an authenticated national emergency ‘“‘alert” message to broadcast stations across the nation Saturday, causing many to leave the air and triggering widespread public fear. “Tt was just a simple human error,” said the h of the Civil Defense National Emer gency Warning Center where the message was transmitted over news service wires to radio andtelevision stations at 9:33 a.m, EST during a routine test. Louis Smoyer, director of the facility at the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) near Colorado Springs, Colo., said the operator, W.S. Eberhardt, somehow put the wrong tape into the transmittel rr. “Tt was just a matter of grabbing the wrong one,” he said. ‘This will be changed, I can assure you,” The Wrong Message Eberhardt’s mistake was to send this message: “Message authenticator: Hatefulness-hatefulness. “This is an emergency action notification (EAN) directed by the President. Normal broadcasting will cease immediately. All stations will broadcast EAN message one preceded by the attention signal, per FCC rules. Only stations holding Ndea Lunar Receiving Laboratory. John E, Riley, a Manned Spacecraft Center spokesman in quarantine, said Saturday, “It's getting to be a drag. I think everybody’s looking for- may stay on air in accord with their state EBS plan. wardto getting out.” “Broadcast ZAN message But he added everyone was still in good spirits and no one on e. “Message authenticator: was “uptight or withdrawn.” “20 Feb.” Use of the code word “hatefulness” meant the alert was genuine rather than a test, as station managers from coast to coast found out when they opened sealed envelopes that were given to them by the Federal Communications Commission. The envelopes contained a list of code words, one for each day during a three-month periperiod. By checking the code word on the message against that on the list for Saturday, Feb. 20, broadcasters were able to verify the authenticity of tne message. “T thought I was gonna have a heart attack trying to open that damned envelope,’’ said the news directo> of WEVA in Emporia, Va. “T haven’tfelt that way since John F. Kennedy was killed.” Stations lons Act In the minutes that followed, stations started leaving the air. Some continued broadcasting, in accord with their role in the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) that constitutes one of the civil defense information networks, Other stations waited for confcrmation of the emergency via another wire linking the «white House with the four commercial broadcasting networks and their affiliates. Finally, at 9:43 a.m. EST, United Press International and the Associated Press, whose broadcast wire had been preempted for transmission of the original message, received word from the Civil Defense Agency that the alert was erroneous, Laos and U.S. Israel Says Egypt Move Encouraging By United Press International Israeli officials described as “encouraging” Saturday Egypt's reported willingness to sign a peace treaty if Israeli troops are withdrawn from Unexpected Find Lake Level Bench Mark Uncovered at Park Site A bench mark or reference datum used in locating the compromise level of Utah Lake was uncovered by Provo City workmen Thursday at the park site of old Fort Utah on the Geneva Road. The reference datum is a reference point used by surveyors in determining the compromise level of Utah Lake. It consists of a round brass plate buried in cement. The brass ‘Progress ‘71’ Edition Slated in 2 Weeks your Herald carrier, coming to the office at 1555 N. 200 W., or using the convenient order blank which appears quite regularly in the paper. ‘ ices for extra copies this year are; 20 cents per copy delivered to your Jjoor; 30 cents wrapped and mailed anywhere in the United States or to APO front of him, snapped off his radio aerial and continued without further damageto Larkins or his car. into intelligence reports said a huge North Vietnamese unit apparently was trying to encircle it and close a vise. But despite rising Allied losses in men and aircraft, Saigon headquarters said the campaign was on schedule. Five Americans were reported killed and 14 wounded in two North Vietnamese attacks on elements of the 9,000-man U.S. force stationed near Khe Sanh in South Vietnam to support South Vietnam’s 12-day offensive against the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Three more American helicopters were lost Saturday, including one on a flight to the beleaguered South Vietnamese outpost in Laos. The focus of action in Laos Saturday was at Landing Zone (LZ) Ranger, an outpost established by 400 troops of South Vietnam’s 39th Ranger Battalion five miles inside Laos in the first days of the Laos drive. It came under heavy attack Thursday and by late Saturday, field reports said, only about 100 men in the original unit were fit to fight. At least 26 LZ Ranger defenders were killed and another 110 wounded, military sources at Khe Sanh reported. In Saigon, a South Vietnamese army spokesman said 60 more men were missing and announced: “The casualties would indicate that the unit may have overrun.” A USS. adviser at Khe Sanh said South Vietnamese losses at LZ Rangerwere “immense.” One military source said the men at LZ Ranger had been short of food for two days with bad weather preventing helicopters from flying in rations. No mention was made of ammunition. addresses; and 60cents wrapped and mailed to foreign countries. The “Progress ‘71” euition is another in the annual series published by the Herald to “promote Central Utah at home and abroad.” The issue deals with the area’s industries, scenic Each of the main special sections will have a large photo in full color, made possible by the Herald’s new color offset press. and organizations, ete. send your order socn, Extracopies mustbe ordered in advance because of press assets, cities and counties, clubs requirements. If you desire any, ‘ plate is about the size of a man’s palm. On the outer edge is inscribed the words, “Board of Canal Presidents, Reference Datum, Compromise Level Utah Lake. Mayor Verl G. Dixon and City Commissioners Ray Murdock and Leo Allen had long wondered where the reference datum was located, knowing it was on the property that is not being developed as a park, but not knowing the exactlocation. Mayor Dixon and the commissioners visited the site Friday morning. Mayor Dixon explained that originally there had been a monument at Utah Lake, but the ice had destroyed it and ithad been decided then to movethe reference point from near the lake to higher ground where neither ice nor water could destroyit. The manhole cover was located 20 feet south of the (Continued on Page 2) occupied Arab territory. In Cairo, Egypt’s foreign minister met with the Soviet ambassador to discuss the question of a peace accord. Former Israeli intelligence chief Haim Herzog said the most encouraging factor is that both sides are nowtalking of peace. But he cautioned that the current Mideast situation still “is fraught with many dangers ... for Israel.” In the occupied Gaza Strip, a grenade was tossed into a schoolyard where 700 children were playing Saturday, wounding.one 16-year-old boy in the latest terrorist incident in the troubled area. Israeli U.N. Ambassador Yosef Tekoah charged the Arab governments are to blamefor the unrest and terror in the Gaza Strip, Premier Golda Meir will meet with the Israeli cabinet Sunday to study the latest peace moves in the wake uf diplomatic reports that the Egyptians are willing to recognize Israel and sign a peace treaty with it in return for an Israeli troop withdrawal back to the pre-1967 war boundaries. |