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Show Wednesday, December 15, 1971 Two Utah Prison Escapees Face Murder Charge in California No China Food For This Pair of Sacramento. Wylie, who imposed a gag public discussion of the PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. (UPI) —The Tuesday night menu at Valley Forge Hospital featured Chinese pepper steak and rice. The two Americans released pects’ attorney and sei preliminary hearing for Dec. 27. He <tel them held with bail in the Placer County Jail here. Keith Sparks, Placer County deputy district attorney, indicated following the court pro- M. Eccles Dissents on ceedings that his office would take the case to the county grand jury. He did not indicate hen. Each of the suspects, clad ‘Phantom Soldier’ Pay Pocketed by Cambodians Devaluation in blue denim jail clothing, spent about 10 minutes before the judge. None of them entered a plea. Placer County authorities rePHNOM PENH (UPI)—A sives around Phnom Penh and ported earlier that the weapons Cambodian anticorruption drive on Northern Highway 6, can ill- used in the killing of Schellaimed at its own all-volunteer afford to spend time on bach and the wouncig of a army, shows that senior bookkeeping second Lincoln policeman are But it was those offensives believed to be those taken from officers have been pocketing the pay of 15,000 “phantom that exposed the extent of an off-duty Lodi, Calif., officer soldiers,” sources close to corruption to a point where it only seven hours before the Deputy Prime Minister Sirik no longer could be ignored. At the outset of the offensive. Lincoln shootout. Maiak said Tuesday. Schellbach was shot to death The sources said the drive, around the Cambodian capital, when he came to the aid of which started Dec. § in the the high command called up Sgt. Robert Barroso, who was form of a census of all units from outlying provinces— hit in the face by shotgun pelbattalion and _brigade-sized only to find they were calling lets after ordering the suspects units, had revealed 30 batta- up “a paper army.” out of their stalled car on a lions, with a paper strength of Whenthe tattered remains of county road. 500 men each, had to be written a brigade routed from Highway Along with murder and arm6 found its way back to Phnom off as “existing on paper only.” ed robbery, the three are The sources said some of the Penh through rice paddies and charged with burglary, grand phantom units had up to 150 forests in ones and twos, it theft auto, possession of a sawmen,but as such, were combat turned out they had not been ed-off shotgun, being ex-conpaid for three months. ineffective, viets in possession of concealThe brigade, commanded by The officers concerned were ordering equipmentfor nonexis- Lt. Col. Ith Suong, had held able weapons and other comtent soldiers and selling it, as firmly in place until the retreat paints. well as pocketing the roughly was ordered. Once in Phnom Denning and Porter escaped Nov. 3 while they were being $15 per month pay for each Penh, the heroes of Highway 6, returned to the Utah prison fol“phantom soldier”listed. Other wandered up to passers-by and Te lowing a court appearance. A asked for the price of a meal. battalion commanders are giv“The army on paper i. third convict who escaped with ing their troops only a portion of their pay and pocketing the supposed to be 180,000, but the them remained at large. highest figure possible for the rest, sources said. The campaign comes at a real army is 150,000 and the time when the Cambodian command fears they may find army, hard pressed by the all- the figures are as low as out North Vistaatneee offen- 120,000,” sources said. enn 100 TONS OF TNT made a b! last cloud nearly a mile high near Crowley, Colo., Tuesday whenthe Air Force created the big boom in an effort to find out how safe its guided missile Big Boom silos are against enemyattack. Apparently they withstood it, A woman four miles away said it was like a sonic boom and rattled her windows. Ogden Abandons 2 Subdued Night H. S. In Attempt Goes Off, Jordanian Hoop Contests No Damage Ambassador CROWLEY, Colo. (UPI) — One hundred tors of TNT ex- cb,torem 10aye ROUSE,(UPL)An, Ade Housewives Rout Gunmen Is Wounded ploded in a ball of fire and high school basketball games smoke in a Southeastern Colo- because of “fights and other dued two prisoners Tuesday Who Raid Belfast Homes BELFAST, Northern Ireland (UPI)—Gunmen shot a Protestant reservist in the British Armybutfled from housewives who kicked and scratched them when they raided the homes of prominent Belfast citizens. the Taggart homefled after the SQ-year-old senator and her husband, Redmond, 67, struggled with them. The gunmen clubbed Taggart in the head and locked Mrs. Taggart in the kitchen. In other action during the night in Northern Ireland, A neighbor said the couple British troops said they killed a “must have put up a hell of a 16-year-old boy who, with fight—there was blood all over armed men, attacked an army the place.” patrol in the town of Coalisland, In another incident, Joyce % miles from the border with Hill, 58, wife of a justice of peace whoalso is a member of the Irish Republic. In Belfast, gunmen seriously the Unionist party, said she wounded John Garrett, a opened her door to find a man pointing a gun at her, “I just sergeant in the British Army Poi reserve. He and his wife had opened their door to the attackers Tuesday night, thinking they were book salesmen. The shooting followed attacks on the Belfast homes of five prominent Belfast citizens, in- cluding Edith Taggart, member of the Northern Ireland Parliament and the province’s ruling Unionist party. The armed men whoattacked kicked him as hardas I could. “He looked startled and before he could do anything I slammed the door and called the police,” she said. Her husband, Terry, said: “I'm proud of her.” The Irish Republican Army (IRA), which advocates an end to British rule in the province, has claimed credit for the attacks. Japan ZooKills Animals To Reduce Feed Costs YAMAGATA, Japan (UPI)— the Animal Protection Society. “And there isn’t even a law againstit.” suspected nothing when the The privately operated zoo in men approached his cage. Instead of breakfast he got a an amusement park called “Hawaii Dreamland” was the bullet in the head. largest in Yamagata province, The managementofa financially distressed zoo killed 10 200 miles north of Tokyo. large animals to cut feed costs Zoo Manager Hiroshi ToyaTuesday, over the protests of ma, 28, said the amusement local people and Japan’s society park recently had failed to break even, and that the $3,100 for the protection of animals. Sacrificed at the zoo's econo- monthly cost of feeding the my program were two lions, a large animals could not be justified, kangaroo, a zebra and six other Toyamasaid he had failed in animals, “Merciless!” commented Jin- efforts to sell the condemned animals to other zoos, or to get taro Masuyama, president of the Yamata government to assume the cost of keeping them. Hefina!'y sold the animals to a taxidermist from another A lion at Yamagata’s Zoo usually is fed at 8 a.m., so he Hole-In-Head? Never! Shouts Honolulu Man HONOLULU (UPI)—A 37year-old man was shct through the head after being beaten by two thugs, but later drove and went to bed and wasn't awar: of the wound until two days later, police have reported. Thomas Hirano of Honolulu was shot under the chin by a bullet that traveled through his tongue, the roof of his mouth, throughhis sinus cavity and the front part of his forehead, leaving a gone inch exit hole, police said. Pte continually denied being shot, right up until he was wheeled into the operating room,” said detective Thomas R, Comer. Police said the victim's landlady summoned an ambulance late Saturday, which was when they became awareof the case, part of Japan, who wanted the hides and who carried out the shootings over a one-hour period. After disposing of the zoo’s two lions, the taxidermist shot its only tiger. A leopard terrified by the gunfire cringed on his sleeping stand as the te was aa atBe head. {285 $.STATE, PROVO LONDON (UPI)—A machinegunner opened fire today on a carrying the Jordanian ambassador to Britain, wounding him slightly in the hand, a Scotland Yard spokesman said. Ambassador Zaid al Rifa’i was being driven to the Jordanian embassy in his chauffeured Rolls-Royce shortly before noon when machinegun fire “was heard to come from the back and side of the car,” the spokesman said. The shooting came nearly three weeks after gunmen in Cairo assassinated Jordanian Prime Minister Wasfi Tel. “The shots shattered the glass of the car and the ambassador was slightly wounded in the han the police spokesmansaid. ‘‘The chauffeur was not injured. He stopped the car and then drove the ambassador directly to St. Mary Abbott's aoe where he is being treat There was a immediate indication how many persons may have beeninvolved in the attack, Scotland Yard said. He said the gunfire erupted at 11:50 a.m. as the car turned into Campden Hill Road, not far from the Jordanian Embassy in upper Phillimore Gardens, an area where many foreign delegations are housed. An embassy spokesman said the situation was confused. “We don’t yet know what happened, but the ambassador has been onlyslightly hurt,” he said. ya (UPI) — The board rado farm field Tuesday in an experimentto determine whether the nation’s Minutemanballistic missile silos can withstand a nuclearattack. “All it did was rattle my door and the windows,” said Crowley city clerk Mrs. Cecelia Keenan, who was four miles west of the blast site. “Tt was just like a sonic boom,” she- said, “We're still me it didn’t blow us off the by Col. Robert W. 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Marriner & Eccles, chairman Since they appeared in good of the Federal Reserve Board health, sient examinations during the Roosevelt and Tru- were delayed until today and manadministrations, said Tues- results were to be ai day that devaluation of the dol- this afternoon. lar in terms of gold ‘won't In Washington, administration solve the problem that we're officials said they hoped three confronted with today.” other Americans held on However, Eccles, the 81-year- mainland Ching may be reold board chairman of Utah In- leased in connection with ternationai, said President Nix- President Nixon’s trip to on's agreement to work toward devaluation could “open the door” to the revaluation of oth- cans were identified as John T. er nations’ “overpriced curren- Downey, 41, New 2ritein, cies” at this weekend's group Conn.; Air Force Capt. of ten meeting, Smith, 31, and Navy Lt. Robert “Tt mayplacate some of the J. Flynn. countries who wantit to appear An air of mystery still re we're ing a concession, over the circumstances of which we're not,” said Eccles. capture of Fecteau and oo “unly changes in the value of ney. other currencies in relation to ‘The official version is that the dollar are going to be of they were civilian employes of assistance to us. A change in the U.S. Army .d that their the price ef gold won't change the value of the dollarin rela- Chinese territory during flight tion to those which are from Ki to Japan. overpriced.” unofficial story says they Eccles, who joined the Roosevelt administration in 1934, said the gold revaluation of the pre- sion it was to agents vious year, which presidential in Manchuria and that pied advisors had hoped would inflate the economy, didn’t accomplish anything. He said it was understandable that France, which has huge gold reserves, wanted the dollar devalued because it disturbances” during night with an iron pipe during an escontests. cape attempt. Assistant Superintendent Ger- Sheriff Paul W. Bright said ald Raat said that “night gpl Paul Day overpowered lat two inmates after they atseems to give the troublemakfechas han witiiie pipe tana ers a false cloak of disguise. “We have experienced very from a sink in the jail’s day little trouble during those se, forcing them back into a gamesplayed in the afternoon,” el Day was not injured. Raat said. Bright identified the prisonThe board will take another ers as Clarence Lee Bender, of look at the scheduling Jan. 10, Heyburn, Idaho, being held on and decide whether to resume an escape charge, and Ronald evening gamesor schedule all Lee Todd, 19, Boise, who is in athletic events during the day. the county jail on an escape charge from the Idaho Peniten- aia 3 Short Circuits FLINT, Mich. (UPI)—Harry A. Trowbridge, 37, was electrocuted at home early Tuesday whenthe electric massage belt he wasusing developed a short, police said. American Fork Show 7:15 p.m. To Escape oh test, delayed five days because of first weather and then protocol, occurred at 12:15 p,m. (MST), less than 2 1-2 hours after Gov. John A. Love said he saw no reason to oppose the ex- the governor of the test, al- Bright said the men were though he noted Colorado’s con- charged with attempted escape periment. ‘The governor, who complained gressional delegation had been and assault with a deadly wealast week that he had not been notified of the project, dubbed “Middle Gust”bythe Air Force, wasgiven a 90-minute briefing MassageBelt | THE HERALD, Provo, Utah—Page 21 Released Americans 5 AUBURN, Calif. (UPI _ tanging from murder to car With their hands manacled be- theft. hind them, two Utah State During separate appearances Prison escapees and a Sacra- before Auburn Justice Court mento man were arraigned Judge Wayne Wylie, all three of Tuesday on chargesof killing e the defendants showed little ao and robbing a mar- rgjon and stood quietly as the lengthy charges against et. them were read. The joint complaint against They are accused of killing Dale Floyd Denning. 28, and Lincoln Policeman Lester SchJames Loren Porter, 31, both ellbach, 31, in a gun battle prison escapees, and Richard early Sunday following a $1,Moreno 33, of Sacramento, in- 000 market robberyin the small cluded 10 charges against each, community about 2% miles north > NATIONAL GENERALS FOXie 1230 N at 2ng W * 374 9525 BORN TO WIN: 7:00 & 10:25 boc: 8:30 ONLY 4 EXTRA @FOR HOLIDAY PLEASURE @ADDED |