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Show WEATHER 4-27 2 Samia 4 fas pr cont ite oan +2 little cooler in the north, Highs es and $s and 10% 100s Fair today,a little cooler, 7 Ci Comics Editorial Page Obituaries Society 15-19 Stocks 3 Sports ie i measurable thundershower : Utah in general, fair today, a __ PROVO,UTAH, ‘SUNDAY,JULY JULY il, ast $2.50 PER‘MONTH-—PRICE 20 CENTS_ Politics Assassination ivy On Stirring For’'72. Moroccan KingFails WASHINGTON(UPI) —With the 1972 Democratic National Convention opening just a year from Saturday, the Democrats find STRAWBERRYRESERVOIR FHLARCEMENT | SOLDIER CREEK DAM CONSTRUCTION OF SOLDIER CREEK DAM and the Strawberry Reservoir Enlargement Complex of the Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit, was officially inaugarated Saturday when these officials pushed buttonson a control panel detonating an explosion at the dam site. From left Utah Senator Frank E. Moss, U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation Ellis Armstrong, Central Utah Water Conservancy District President Clyde Ritchie, and Gordon E. Harmston, director, Utah State Department of Natural Resources, Strawberry Reservoir Fire Levels Enlargement Begins By RANDALL L, GREEN “Water has been a key factor in shaping Utah’s history andit will play an even greaterrole in future development,” declared U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation Ellis Armstrong Satuday at a public ceremony inaugarating construction of a major relcamation project which will enlarge the Strawberry Reservoir to four times its present capacity. ‘The ceremony was held near the present reservoir, overlooking the site where preliminary work has already begun on the Soldier Creek Dam. Mr. Armstrong, ana Edward P. Cliff, Chief of the USS.Forest Service, both native Utahns were principal speakers. Utah’s Senator Frank E. Moss also addressed the gathering of about 300 persons. Detonate Explosives Following the formal ceremonies, four dignitaries pushed buttons on a panel which detonated explosives on a nearbyhill marking theofficial beginning of construction activities. They were Sen. Moss, Mr. Armstrong, Clyde Ritchie, Cause ofthe fire had not been determined at press time. A report that c. Jdren had been playing with matches in the cheat grass near the old wooden supply shed was being investigated at presstime. Haile Selassie Asks Liberation of Africa Arabia, that the United St.tes would continue the search for “neace with justice’ in the Middle East. “My government is committed to seeking a lasting peace in this region of such great importance to all the world,” Agnew said. “Weshall continue with this important search to achieve peace and justice.” In his toast, the emperor, sitting next to Agnew,said the long friendship between the United States and Ethiopia is based on. lasting values that seek the good and well-being of humanity, “One such value is Africa's struggle, through the Organization of African Unity, for the total liberation of Africa, the accelerated development and attainment of durable peace in our continent,” Selassie said. “We are confident that Africa in her present dedicated endeavors will have the continued support of the peaceloving peoples of the United States in thc attainment of these noble goals,”” LDS Chapel Central Utah Water ConservancyDistrict president, and BULLETIN Gordon E. Harmston, executive director of the Utah State GENOLA — The Genola Ward Department of Natural Chapel burned completely to the groundlast nightin a fire which Resources. began at about 7 p.m. on a small The Strawberry Reservoir wooden storage shed at the north enlargementis one of the major endof the building. features of the Bonneville Unit ‘The building, which had been whichis the largest of six units created by remudeling the old in the massive Central Utah Genola schoolhouse in 1954, had Project. Involved in the con- a value of $80,000 at the time of struction of the Bonneville Unit its completion in that year are dams,pipelines, aqueducts, according to Mr’, LuRay Draper, canals, diversion dams, pum- who wasbishop of the LDS Ward ping plants,dikes, powerplants, at the timeof its completion. and exchanges of water. Con- Plans for additions to the struction costs are estimated in chapel had been announced excess of $450 million over a 15 to Saturday by the general 20 year period. authorities of the LDS Church. Divert Water Saved from the fire were two The Strawberry enlargement pianos, one organ,files of the complexwill capturetributaries Bishopric and a painting of the of the DuchesneRiveranddivert Salt Lake Temple done by a the water through the Genola resident, Jack N. Strawberry Aqueduct to Thomas. The painting was Strawberry Reservoir from rescued by Mrs. Gay Garner. whereit will be directed to Utah Other than a few folding chairs, Valley for distribution along the it is reported that all else was Wasatch Front. To accomplish destroyed. this, about 38 miles of acqueduct Fire departments of three will be built through the cities, Payson, Santaquin and southern flank of the Uintah Goshen, battled the blaze for (Continued on Page4) about 4 hours before the fire completely destroyed the build Wants U.S. Support ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (UPI) —In a toast to U.S. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia called Saturday for United States support of ‘total liberation of Africa.” The toast cameat the end of an elaborate lunch given by the emperor at the Jubilee Palace for high-ranking American and Ethiopian guests less than two hours after Agnew’s plane broke through rain and low clouds to land at Addis Ababa. Agnew flew to Ethiopia on the first leg of a three-nation visit to Africa after pledging to Arab leaders at an airport ceremony in Jeddah, Saudi Genola In toasting the emperor, Agnew, without mentioning the call for total liberation of Africa, said “we share similar goals” and specifically spelled out alleviation of illness and Indochina Air War elimination of poverty.” Agnew was greeted at Jubilee Palace by a band, which played both national anthems, and a colorful honor guard. After the lunch, Continues Layoffs In Steel Underway PITTSBURGH (UPI) — Steel: workers are feeling the effects of eariier-than-normal hedge stockpiling by major steel consumers against a possible striko, As a result, members of the United Steelworkers Union — whose industry-wide contract expires at the end of the month —are being laid off. USS.Steel Corp., for example, the nation’s largest steeunaker, already has furloughed more than 3,000 workers at plants in Braddock and Duquesne, Pa., Gary, Ind., and South Chicago, Ill. It also has announced a complete shutdown of its Ohio works in Youngstown, Ohio, beginning July 17, that will idle 2,700 workers. “Usually the orders hit their (Coatinued on Page4). can afford and the Republican hierarchy sees mounting evidence of a challenge to President Nixon's nomination for re-election. Seven possible Democratic candidates—including Sen. Fred R. Harris, Okla., as a lastminute addition to the guestlist —haveaccepted invitations to a dinner conference Wednesday with Democratic National Chairman Lawrence F. O’Brien to talk about limits on their pre-convention spending. O'Brien and other party leaders are worried that prenomination spending by a host of candidates will soak up funds fom big contributors before the party mounts its national campaign in the fall of next year to wrest the White House from the GOP. On the Republican side, Rep. Paul N. McCloskey announced Friday that he hoped to have a slate of delegates pledged to him in California’s crucial (Continued on Page 4) an unarmed U.S. reconnaissance jet over North Vietnam Saturday, but escorting jet fighter-bombers did not strike back at the rocketsites. To the south, B52 bombers struck in five waves against Communist forces near Fire Base Fuller. In Cambodia, a U.S, flying gunship machine-gunned _positions of Communist troops who battled Cambodian soldiers in fresh fighting 15 miles north of the capital city of Phnom Penh. US. military spokesmen said the reconnaissanceaircraft was not hit by any of the missiles fired while it was over ee coastal city of Dong Hoi, 45 miles north of the demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Vietnam. They were the first missiles fired at a U.S. air force plane in almost two months, Overthrow Coup Russia In No Hurry At SALT ment, The talks, which resumed their fifth session Thursday, are to determine prospects of concrete agreement on curtailment of both defensive and offensive nuclear weapons, The two delegations will meet next Tuesday in full session, meanwhile allowing their experts to prepare technical details for what officials term one of the most crucial negotiations of our time. The Russians have come to the conference table in Helsinki with firm instructions to push for agreement with the United States on reduction of antimissile defenses, the sources said. They may consider in return an understanding in principle that offensive strategic weapons should be restricted, without immediately spelling out the terms and scope ot any such possible future accord with the United States. Okinawa Transfer Discussed TOKYO (UPI) —U.S. Defense Secretary Melvin R, Laird and Keikichi Masuhara, Japan’s defense agency director-general, discussed details Saturday for the transfer of Okinawa to Japanese control. Laird, who has been in Japan for a week, goes to Seoul Sunday to lead the American delegation to the first annual U.S.-South Korea Security Conference. hamed Outkir, who announced “King Hassan II, supreme chief of state and of the royal armed forces, holds the reins of power with the clairvoyance and wisdom that have always characterized his attitude towards his people,” Oufkir said. The king earlier told a Frexich radio station he suspected the rebels had foreign support, “IT know the Libyan government had not stopped appealing to the Moroccan people to join the mutineers —I cail them mutineers and not rebels —so therearepolitical ramifications behind this,” Hassan said. The official Moroccan news agency said several officers at the academy persuaded their troops to go to the Skirat palace 10 miles south of Rabat, because the king’s life was in danger. The officers—who weretrying to overthrow the king—burst into the reception and began firing at Hassan when some 30 truckloads of soldiers arrived at the palace, the agency said. In the confusion that followed, the soldiers realized what was happening and “pledged their loyalty to the king,” the news agency said, Witnesses said the KING HASSAN OF MOROCCO, right, was celebrating his 42nd birthday Saturday when rebel army units attempting a coup tried to kill him, The attempt apparently failed although exact details were lacking. Top, map shows location of Morocco, and enlargement of country. The as; ination attempt took place at the king’s summer palace near Rabat, Hassan has managed to maintain neutrality among the big powers. who had held it for six hours and had announced, “The king is dead; long live the republic.” Theradio abruptly wentoff the air after two hours uf martial music and similar pronouncements, Armytroops in full battle dress and units the royal festival, flicked on to give the Morocean police in armored city a curiously festive air. cars patrolled Rabat and guardedkeyinstallations. Since his accession to power, There were no reports of Hassan has maintained strict officers fled in army jeeps. Loyalist troops recaptured fighting in the streets of the political neutrality Rabat Radio from the rebels capital or in any other cities. big powers. Rains, Floods Situation Hit Cambodia WASHINGTON (UPI) —The State Department was taken by surprise by the reported coup d'etat in Morocco Saturday and officials tried to piece together the confused and intricate sequence of events that apparently brought the military into power. President Nixon, who was at the Western White House in San Clemente, Calif, was kept informed of the situation. e MARRAKESH shortly oefore midnight, “the situation all over the provinces of the kingdom is calm. Morocco Surprises @NIKNES CASABLANCA BOGOTA, Colombia (UPI)— Relief teams sped today to southern Colombia where towns were inundated by heavy rains and flood waters of the Putumayo, Caqueta and Ariari xivers, Gen. Jose Joaquin Matallana, director of national defense, said more than 200 persons were either drowned or missing. 100,000 Chileans Homeless From Quake SANTIAGO, Chile (UPI)— Blankets, cots and tents were ruched Saturday to 100,000 Chileans left homeless by an earthquake that caused heavy destruction in four provinces. persons and hospitalized 400 with injuries. President Salvador Allende said the destruction of housing was the most serious problem created by the quake which The mighty tremor, which struck late Thursday night with registered 10 on the Mercalli aftershocks continuing Friday Scale of 12, killed at least 81 S. Viet General Charged With Trafficing in Drugs Department officiais said SAIGON (API) —Maj. Gen. U.S. - Moroccan relations were good at the timeof the reported Ngo Dzu, snubbed by President Nguyen Van Thieu who he had Coup d'etat, There was still no clear hoped would defend him against explanation here as to the narcotics charges, flew back to motivation of the coup and only his Central Highlands headquarfragmentary reports of what ters Saturday to await the outcomeof an investigation. had transpired. The State Department reportDzu, commander of Vieted to the best of its knowledge nam's Military Region II and no Americans were injured in considered South Vietnam's top the shooting. field general, flew to Saigon There are approximately Friday in an effort to meet 5,000 Americans in Moroceo— personally with Thieu and seek 123 U.S. government officials his support against charges by with 208 dependents; 1,892 U.S. Rep. Robert E. Steele, R-Conn., military personnel with 1,664 that Dzu headed a narcotics dependents, 127 Peace Corps ring. members and 864 private Steele repeated his accusation Americans. in a news conference Friday in Department officials said to NewHaven, Conn., saying he their knowledge there was no had received “hard intcladvance warning that trouble ligence” about the matter while was brewing in Morocco and on a fact-finding trip in King Hassan II appeared to be Southeast Asia and had turned a popular monarch favorably the information over to U.S. Ambassador Elisworth Bunker inclined to the United States. Morocco ic the largest and the South Vietnumese African recipient of U.S. government. economic and military aid. Thieu refused to see Dzu but The State Departmentofficial instead ordered the defense said U.S. military aid to ministry to “make a deep Morocco in fiscal 1971 was $13.5 investigation” of the charges to “collect concrete proof and to (Continued on Page4) between the punish soldiers of any rank who are at fault.” The ministry issued a communique that said it did “not recognize the right of anyone to vilify “the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) by making accusations without proof in order to satisfy dark and immediate political needs.” Dzu then flew back to his headquarters at Pleiku, 230 miles northeast of Saigon. Steele’s charge wasthe latest in a series of allegations that Dzu was immersed in corruption since taking over command of troops in the Central Highlands 10 months ago. Twoletters signed by 27field grade officers were sent to Thieu, Bunker and other top South Vietnamese and Amer.can officials two months ago charging that Dzu and his subordinates were responsible for stripping two former U.S. military installations in the Central Highlands of buildings ‘and equipment worth an estimated $31.5 million. Dzu has denied all charges and said they were part of a campaign to remove him as regional commander. said kernote Sunday for a stil fiesta nationalization of U.S. Anaconda, Kennecott and Cerro Corp. copper interests. Late Sunday afternoon congress wil ratify a constitutional reform of the property rights clause giving the state immediate possession of the three U.S.mining operations, already nationalized under mixed-company agreements. Allende ordered a crash program to build 15,000 modular emergency homes. The state will requisition lumber if necessary for the construction, he said. He called for camping organization to !oan their tents to the homeless pending the construction effort. Valparaiso, a-port.city of 300,000 residents, was without water. At least six other communities were also with lights and water, but army authorities said there was no epidemic dangerin the disaster zone. Pailtraffic to the north will be suspended for 20 days to straighten quake-bent rails, Allendesaid. The Disaster Relief Departmentof the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) sent2,000 quarts of blood Saturday, and two C130 Her(Continued on Page 4) Air Munitions in Indochina Double World War Il WASHINGTON (UPI) —The United States has expended Military sources said the twice the amount of air reconnaissance aircraft was munitions on the Indochina War photographing North Vietna- as in World War II but aircraft mese troop movements and losses have been only a sixth as supply dumps in the Dong Hoi great. grea, The war also has cost each U.S. Command spokesmen said they did not know why there was no immediate “protective reaction” strike by American jets riding shotgun for the recon plane. Army Attempts RABAT, Morocco (UPI)— Rebel army officers attempted to assassinate King Hassan II and to overthrowhir 10-year-old Moroccan regime while he was celebrating his 42nd birthday Saturday. Uninjured Hassan later told the nation loyalist forces crushed the attempted coup. Belgian Ambassador Mz-cel Dupret, three Moroccan army officers and several other persons were killed when the rebels burst into a reception at Hassan’s Skirat summerpalace 19 miles sczth of Rabat, the capital city, Moroccanofficials said. Saudi Arabian Ambassador Badreddine Snoussi and the king's brother, Prince Moulay Abdallah, were injured, the officials said. U.S. Ambassador Stuart W. Rockwell also was at the palace during the coup attempt but was unhurt. Hassan told the North African nation of 15 million over staterun Rabat Radio the attempted assassination and coup involved 1,400 men and was led by the director of the army training college, Gen. Mesbouh. ‘The rest of the army remains loyal,” he said. re was no immediate HELSINKI (UPI) —The So- word on tetfate of the rebels. viet Union will be in no hurry coup was to commit itself to curbing crushed iween loyal to him. offensive nuclear weapons in Hassan said he invested all the current Strategic Arms civil and military powers with Limitation Talks (SALT) with Interior Minister Gen. Mothe United States, diplomatic sources said today. Moscow, ace to the does not rule out negotiation on curbs on offensive rockets eventually, but considers the time not yet ripe for firm, meaningful commit- SAIGON (UPI) —Communist Agnew gunners fired three missiles at confered with Crown Prince Asfa Wossen and Premier ‘Tsehafe Taezaz Aklilu Habtewold and in the evening gave a dinner at the American embassy for the emperor. themselves with more potential candidates than they man, woman and child in the United States an average of $425. The figures were published Saturday in a study prepared by the Library of Congress for the study Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the human and material costs of the war. ‘Thelibrary said 5,556,100 tons of bombs, rockets and shells have been dropped and fired from U.S. planes on Indochina. In World War Il, it said, 2,160,110 tons of bombs were dropped by the United States. There we no data on World War II air munitions other than bombs, but the library said. it was clear thatthe total for the Indochina War was twice as great. American aircraft losses in Indochina through March 16 totaled 7,602, compared to 45,806 in World War Il and 3,314 in Korea,the studysaid. Naval munitions for Indochina were estimated at 128,500 tons but no comparable figures were available for the earlier wars. Sen. J. William Fulbright, DArk., the committee chairman, said the library’s figures Ground munitions —mires, demonstrate the stark consemortars, artillery, and small quences of the war, but “there arms ammunition —totaled is no wayof measuring the true 5,759,933 wns in Indochina, cost of a shattered social twice the 2,111,116 tons used in structure, Inst opportunities for Korea and more than the development, etc.”” ‘The study said the war has 3,942,756 tons of World War II. t created more U.S. casualties than World War I and a the U.S. dead and wounded or World War II; destroyed enough food for 600,000 people for one year by the use of six pounds of chemicalherbicides for each person in Vietnam; inflated retail prices in Saigon by more than 790 per cent since 1965; created 285,000 Vietnamese orphans and 131,000 war widows, and maderefugees of 25 to 30 per centof the South Vietnam's population. |