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Show | & WEATHER Warnings for locally heavy snows this afternoon and tonight; occasional rain 99THYEAR,NO. 91 ni wll PROVO, UTAH, MONDAY, DECEMBER6, 1971 5Sam, to with gusty, winds,and cooler. Lows 20-25; high Tuesday in $2.50 PER MONTH — PRICE10 CENTS. Indian Units Drive Through East Pakistan 8 New Delhi Recognizes Utah County Approves 1972 Budget Rebels’ Government City Of Dacca By DARRELL BERKHEIMER The Utah County Commission today adopted a $2,996,999 budget for 1972 after a short public hearing this morning. The budget is based on an 11 mill levy on property tax. The commissioners unanimously voted to adopt the budget without any changes from the Isolated proposed figures. The action was taken shortly after the meeting room was cleared. presented. Commissioner Stanley D. Roberts seconded the motion, noting he didn’t feel there were anyfirm grounds for changing any portion of the budget. Almost 40 Utah County residents, half of whom were county officials and heads, attended this morning’s hearing. Immediately after the meeting opened those attending were asked to hold questions in reserve until after County Auditor Elwood Sundberg presented the budget one page at WASHINGTON (UPI) —The a time by means of an overhead Supreme Court ruled unani- projector. It took Mr. Sundberg mously today that employers nearly a half hour to complete are entitled to a voice in this presentation. National Labor Relations Board Taxpayers Representative (NLRB) hearings in jurisdieFollowing his presentation the tional disputes between unions. Such an interpretation of the first questions were asked by law had been nullified by the Jack Olson, representing Utah U.S. Appeals Court in a dispute Taxpayers Association. Mr. between two construction work- Olsoncriticized county officials ers unions over which would for “jockeying with the assessed apply cement in a job on the valuation.” He suggested that it was not University of Houston Library. proper to estimate assessed The appeals court decision valuations substantially higher was reversed in a 7-) decision than the total known assessed with Justice Byron R. White valuation. Hecriticized the fact writing the opinion. that a three percentincrease is The Labor Management Rela- added to the nt county wide tions Act, which bans jurisdic- assessed valuation for next tional disputes, requires the year’s budget puproses. board to hear such cases unless However, Mr. Sundberg the parties agree on a pointed out the same voluntary adjustment. The approximately three percent issue in the Houston case was was added last yer when the whether an employer, picketed total essessed valuation for this _ force reassignment of work, year’s budget was roughly $178 a ‘4 ” whose interests hailio. Hepointed outthat this reid be heard only ced estimate wasstill low since the the unions agreed on assessed valuation for this year settlement. topped $179 million. The employersinvolved in the Why NotIncluded case were the Texas State Tile John Murdock, representing a & Terrazzo Co. and Martini Tile local mental health & Terrazzo Co The two unions were Local 20 organization,later asked county of the Tile, Terrazzo and officials why the capital outlay MarbleSetters Union and Local portions of last year’s budget 9 of the Operative Plasterers’ remained in the totals and Cement Masons’ Interna- comparing last year’s tional Association. department budgets with this A union arbitration board had year’s. He pointed out that awarded the work to the capital outlay expenditures are plasterers. But in a later not listed department by proceeding brought by the department this year since the companies, the NLRB awarded capital improvement fund it to thetile setters. (Continued on Page 2) Commissioner Verl D. Stone said, “We have given a great deal of consideration before presenting it at today’s hearing.” He then moved that the budget be accepted as High Court Reverses Labor Rule Nixon, Trudeau to Focus On Common Problems Of United States, Canada WASHINGTON(UPI) —President Nixon's meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau today waslikely to be centered more on the two nations’ common problems than on the world affairs which will dominate Nixon’s four other summit meetings in the coming weeks. Trudeau was scheduled to arrive at the White House at 4 p.m. EST for about two hours of talks with Nixon. He will fly back to Canada Tuesday after a dinner tonight and a press conference in the morning. Most of Nixon's meetings with the heads of allied nations between now and Jan, 6 were designed to solicit advice and offer explanations for his forthcoming trips to China and the Soviet Union; but the Trudeau meeting, which the Canadian leader requested, was expected to be slightly different, While superpower relations the were undoubtedly on jenda, more time was expectto be allotted to the economic problems which have INDIAN TROOPS take up iar strategic border town of Darsana four miles inside East Pakistan Sunday. Indian troops advanced on five fronts in East Pakistan and reported today they hadcut off the key city of Dacca. Besieged Cambodians Call On American Air Support PHNOM PENH (UPI) —U.S. helicopter gunships and planes were called in to help government troops battling Communists 15 to 18 miles north of the capital where Cambodians suffered heavy losses in three daysoffighting, the Cambodian high comman:id said today. The helicopters, °A-37 and Phantom jet-bombers were called in to support Cambodian troops trying to halt a Communist attempt to take Bassett Hill, 15 miles north of the capital and astride a strategic infiltration route into the capital. North Vietnamese troops killed three Cambodians and wounded seven in close fighting, the high commandsaid. But three miles north in the besieged railroad town of Badeng, it was feared the bulk of a battalion of government troops had beenlost in fighting after Communists overran the Cambodians in hand-to-hand combat. Field reports said more than 500 troops and civilians were wounded and untold numbers killed when the North Vietnamese fired on _retreatin Cambodian’s along Highway 6. The heaviest fighting was reported in the Basset-Badeng area. Troops at Badeng, 18 miles north of Phnom Penh, held out for two days without State of Emergency SEOUL (KPI) — President for South Koreansecurity. Park Chung-hee declared a “Japan, our neighboring state of emergency today country, has embarked in more because of what he termed a frequent contact with both grave threat from North Korea Communist China and the admission of China to Korea,” Park said. “Only the United Nations. He told the Koreans who the South Koreans the price of personal experience, can tell defending freedom mayinclude how terrible the Asian Commuforsaking “‘some of the free- nist menace is."* doms we now enjoy.” Despite the declaration, the Park said the North Korean Seoul governmentsaid it would Communists have turned the continue in the current Red whole of North Korea into a Cross talks between South and huge garrison with considerable North Korea on ways to help fortifications. He said there are unite families scattered since 1.4 million militia and 700,000 the Korean Warof 1950-1953. Red Youth guards supporting 500,003 regular army troops. The state of emergency falls just short ot martial law but the government declined to say exactly whe: restrictions the people will face. It did say it will not tolerate social unrest SALT LAKE CITY (UPi) — which endangersnationalsecurity. The Public Service Commission cropped up between the two Government sources said the of Utah will hold a hearing Dec. North American neighbors. state of emergency would 13 on an application by MounTrudeau was expected to remain as long as_ tension tain bell for rates on “Metropac’’ lodge ancther protest against mounts in Korea.” service to northern Utah. the 10 per cent surcharge on “We -nust be aware of tne A Bell spokesman said the unports which Nixon levied factthat the local tension in the service affects Kaysville, Layton Aug. 15 when he imposed his Korean peninsula is constantly and Farmington. various other controls on the mounting,” Park said. He said The Metropac:serviice provides U.S. economy. The Canadians China had recently supported toll-free dialing within a 24-mile feel the surtax has hindered the North Korean demand for radius. The spokesinan added unnecessarily the long-standing dissolution of U.N. forces and that the company wants a new and generally free flow of trade other U.N. agencies in Korea rate structure to compensate between the two countries, and hesaid it portended danger for increased costs Russ Vetoes Paralyze air fields and reported victories in the Poonch sector of western Kashmir. Dacea Cut Off Most of the victory claims resupply or reinforcements while North Vietnamese repeat- came from India, especially in ed shelling attacks and ground East Pakistan where it reportassaults. The troops were ed new bombings of Pakistani ports and said East Pakistan overrun before dawn Monday. UNITED NATIONS (UPI)— have harmful effects on world Basset, astride a well-known was nowisolated from resupply The United States led a move peat ce, infiltration route into the by West Pakistan. The capital today to wake the India- The Sudanese Foreign Miniscapital, has been the scene of city of Dacca has been cut off Pakistan crisis to the General try in a statement said the a ae supply routes, India (Continued on Page 2) Assembly and out of the conflict should refrain from eo waves of Indian plahes Security Council where two interfering in each other’s carried out low level bombing Soviet vetoes have paralyzed internal affairs. efforts to demand a cease-fire. “The fighting between India and strafing attacks of Dacca’s A number of nations have and Pakistan will have harmful international airport today, imperiling but not hurting a called for an immediate cease- effects on world peace,” the group of 10 British women and fire and mutual troop pullback. statement said. “The fighting children who had just arrived The latest appeal came today between the two countries there for evacuation aboard a from the government of Sudan should stop immediately and which warned that the fighting troops should withdraw from United Nations mercy flight. Another group of 250 Ameri- between India and Pakistan will each other’s territory.” NEW YORK (UPI) —Stocks can and other refugees in the British Prime Minister Edwerestrong through the second Inter-Continental Hotel in Dacward Heath said the conflict hour of trading today, but ca took refuge in the hotel was “a grievous blow that, at below early levels. Turnover corridors and were not hurt. the time when Christmas is was heavy. The U.N. had asked for a twoapproaching, the Indian subconNear noon, the Dow Jones hour cease-fire to permit two tinentis torn by strife. We are industrial average showed a chartered U.N.planes to fly in doing all we can towards the gain of 5.19 at 864.78, although from Bangkok. restoration of peace to that it had been up more than 8 Members Cheer continent.” points during the first hour of India’s decision to recognize U.S. Ambassador George trading. the rebel Bangla Desh governBushhinted strengly Sunday WASHINGTON(UPI) gl Advances held a wide margin ment was announced in Parlithat there may be a move to over declines. General Motors ament in New Delhi. Members ident Nixon stressed today take the issue from the council bucked the trend. It lost more began cheering and thumping US.position of strict ecteallty to the assembly under a 21than a point. their desks even before Prime in the India-Pakistan war. year-old resolution fathered by The giant automobile manu- Minister Indira Gandhi finished Senate Republican Leader the late Secretary of State facturer announced the recall her announcement. Hugh Scott and Democratic Dean Acheson. The resolution of nearly6.7 million Chevrolet The India-Pakistan war stems Leader Mike Mansfield said authorizes assembly action on cars and trucks produced in from the decision of Pakistani following a meeting with Nixon war and peace questions when 1965-68 to correct possibly President Agha Mohammad that the President emphasized the council is paralyzed by a defecting engine mounts. Yahya Khan last March to the United States must main- veto. Prices were firm in brisk bring in West Pakistani troops tain “absolute neutrality” and The Soviet Union Sunday trading on the American Stock to put down a rebellion by the not become “physically in- vetoed for the second time the Exchange. Bangla Desh movement which volved in any way.” Security Council resolution callAmongthe most active Amex declared itself independent of ire Nixon briefed congressional ing for an immediate issues were Itet Corp. up West Pakistan. The Awami leaders at the White House on in the Indo-Pakistani war. slightly on 47,000 shares, League in East Pakistan had the fighting between Indian and The 15-nation council scheChampion Home Builders also won a majority in the Pakistani duled another session on the slightly higher on 40,000 shares, Parliamentin elections late last Pakistani troops in both East indo-Pakistani crisis today to and West Pakistan. Scott said and Sequoyah Industries frac- year but Yahya Khanprevented come within hours afier the full Secretary of State William P. tionally higher on 39,000 shares. the league from taking its Rogers would give lawmakers a 131-member General Assembly On the Big Board, Newmont seais, begins a newroundof debete in Mining topped the most active There wasrebellion, civil war further briefing at the Capitol another theater of conflict—The list as a result of a block of and the flight of 10 raillion Tuesday. Middle East. The leaders gave newsmen a 273,000 shares traded at 25%, refugees into India. India called Israeli Foreign Minister Abba cautiously couched account of down %. the flight of the refugees a Superior Oil rose 2 in its threat to Indian security and their meeting with Nixon amid Eban scheduled a major address to the assembly today group, while Texaco and gave moral support to the reports from the battle areas that Indian and Pakistani rebel in reply to Egyptian Foreign Atlantic Richfield gained 14 Bangla Desh. troops were rapidly overunning Minister Mahmoud Riad’s deeach, Today Mrs. Gandhi told Pakistani government defenses mand Friday for sanctions Eastman Kodak,the brightest Parliament: ‘Now that Pakisagainst Israel on grounds it spot in the chemicals, added a tan is waging war on us, the in East Pakistan. Mansfield, emphasizing he refused to implement a Nov. 22, point. (Continued on Page 2) was speaking for himself and 1967 council resolution directing Also higher were Basuch & not the President, expressed Israel to withdraw its forces Lomb up 1%, Wrigley 2%, and + hope that the Soviet Union and from occupied Arabterritory, Walt Disney15s. Steadfast in Moscow’s supCommunist China could help Stamp Will Honor IBM fell 2, Burroughs 1%. bring about a cease-fire. While port of India, Soviet AmbassaSteels, rails, airlines, and Nation's First (Continued on Page 2) (Continued on Page 2) aircrafts generally tacked on fractions. Cease-Fire Effort; U.S. Leads New Move Prices Firm Phone Rate Hearing Set Stock Action Dollar Falls to New Lows on Some Markets 4 Indian military positions and SOVIET AMBASSADOR YakovA. Malik, left, and Chinese Ambassador Huang Hua,right, strike similar poses during Security Council meeting on Indo-Pakistani War in United Nations. Two Soviet vetoes have paralyzed cease-fire effort in that council, United States was leading a movetoday to get the question before the General Assembly. £ In Brisk South Korea Declares LONDON (UPI) —The dollar give quotations a realtest, they fell to new lows in some saiid. European foreign currency The pound climbed to a new markets today despite a peak since its devaluation in slowdown in selling pressure by November, 1967, which meant speculators betting on a lower the dollar was hitting a new low price for the U.S. currency. at 2.4993 to the pound. This was The dollar also slumped to a a local devaluation of the dollar new low in Japan. of about 4 per cent compared Dealers in London said new with the former official excontrols imposed by France and change rate of $2.4000 to the Italy to curb the inflow of pound. speculative capital led to operators taking a cautious In Frankfurt the dollar line. The volume of pre-noon slumped to a new postwar low business was not big enough to under speculative selling and ByUnitea ress Internationa! India recognized the Bangla Desh rebel government of East Pakistan today and reported its troops, with almost total air supremacy, were moving rapidly through East Pakistan in hopesof a quick victory. India reported major victories in southern Kashmir where it said a Pakistani tank force was defeated with destruction of 23 Pakistani tanks and said its air force struck the harbor at Karachi again today and found the waterfrontin flames. Pakistan Radio reported it had captured up to 20 Indian border posts and carried out widespread air attacks against fell to 2.2625 marks in early operations were more like trading. This rate represented a normal In Tokyo the dollar came 12.1 per cent upwards revaluation of the German currency under renewed pressure and compared with the official rate fell to another new low. The before May when the mark was Japanese yen climbed as set to float to find its own brlders sold their dollars in anticipation of global currency marketlevel. realignments. Today, the dollar Trading stayed light in ought 324.80 yen compared Frankfurt and the dollar tended with 325.40 Saturday. The new to improve slightly later in the price represented = 19.8 per session. Bankers said the hectic cent upwardsrev:aluuation of the air in markets which followed yensince it wasfloated to find the Rome world money talks its own level at the end of had disappeard and today’s August. U.S. Neutral In War, Says Nixon Postmaster—Again WASHINGTON (UPI) Benjamin Franklin, whose face has appeared on more postage stamps thay) any American escept Washington, will be honored on a new 7cent stamp to be issued next year. The U.S.Postal Service said the new Franklin stampis one of twoto be printed for the new rate covering fourth class educational materials. Franklin, the nation’s first postmaster, has appeared on more than 30 stamps since the government changed to uniform postage rates in 1847 Springville Post Office Looted; Hole Cut in Safe SPRINGVILLE — Springville said he was not permitted to police and U.S.Postal Inspection disclose the exact amount, but authorities are investigating a indicated that the loss was weekend break-in at the “considerable.” The break-in was discovered Springville Post Office. Burglars entered the post Sundayat 6 a.m.by Fred Taylor office through a rear basement an employee, when he arrived at the post office for work. He door and cuta large hole in the notified police and postal safe, apparently using an authorities, acetylene torch. Nothingelse in the post office A considerable amount of stamps, postcards, envelopes, Postmaster and money was taken from the Apparently the burglars were safe. Postmaster Bliss Packard interested only in the safe, |