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Show INDI Amusements Cassified Comies Editorial Society Spor.s Stocks WEATHER CheBe 12 21-27 18 19 15-16 9 4 PROVO-SALT LAKE-OGDEN — Variable clouds tonight and Saturday. Warmer Saturday, highs upper to lower 40s, low tonight lower 20s. Probability of snownear zero tonight and 10 per cet Saturday, 103RD YEAR, NO. 193 PROVO, UTAH, FRID/ ’, MARCH 12,1976 __$3.5¢ PER MONTH — PRICE 15 CENTS. Snows Stall Midlands Traffic By United Press International A blizzard piled heavy sn nows on the Upper Midwest today, bringing traffictoavi rtual halt and closing schools winter, flailed other parts of the Midwest and Plains with wild winds, thundershowers, rain and hail A hurricane-force wind gust of 75 miles per hour was measured at Norfolk, Neb. Blowing dust was reported in in wholesale numbersin westernand northern Minnes‘sola. vice called it “a dangerous The National Weather March storm" and said ssued blizzard warnings and fromsor*hwest Kansasto southwest Nebraska Twopersons died Thursday in the crash of a light plane forecasts of locally heav: snows for parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin andthe Dakotas. Eleveninchesof snow fell in 18 hours atInternational F is. Minn. Evenin areas w hereonlythree tofive inches of snowfell, high winds sweptit into road-clogging drifts andcut visibility to nearzero on somehighways. In muchof northern M innesota, travelers were warned to stay off the highw The North Dakota Highway Patrol Thursday night urged motoriststostayoff roads in Williams and \ enzie counties, Nebraska and northwest portions of Kansas and Iowa throughnorthernlower Michigan A winterstormalsohit Utah's Salt Lake Valley Thues: day. whipping snowinto drifts in some areas, dumping up now in some ski resorts and piling to nineinchesoffre ina thunderstorm near Alva, Okla Baseball-size hail pounded anarea northeast of Austin uptwo inches ofsnowinSalt LakeCity Two-inch snowfalls also were reported at Billings and Tex. Freezing rain pelted ice-w eary Michigan y snow warnings wereposted for the Colorado Great Falls, Mont., and Bemidji, Minn. mountains early today with the National WeatherService predictingsix or more inchesof new snow. Stockman’s and travelers advisories were in effect Colorado, west Kansas and the Texas Panhandle, picking early today for the eastern portions of the Colorado mountains The storm was movingnortheastearly today toward the upper Great Lakes. Travel advisories, winter storm wat- The storm, which could shapeupas thelastbig blast of ches and heavy snow warnings covered the area trom Strong winds Thursday swept the high plains of updustand loweringvisibility to onemileor less. Light snows dusted portions of New England and the Rockies Thunderstorms, somelocally strong, stretched from north into the central Plains and the mid central Tex MississippiValley 11 More 7 Locations Federa | Okay Given Provo Mine Victims PARTRIDGE, Ky. (UPI) — Eleven men were found dead today deep inside a Kentucky coal mine,raising the deathtoll to 26 from two methane gas explosions and cave-ins in two days. Fifteen miners died Tuesday ina blast in the Scotia Co. mine in the mountains of eastern authorities in Denver have given the go-ahead for 65 low income housingunits at sevendifferent locations in Provo and have authorized the developer to prepare working drawings. The developer, B.B Anderson of Denver, has been working for several months Kissinger Issues Warning period of to “sterile Americans freely renegotiate their social compact,’ Kissine- er said Thursday. “Or if the quest for short-term political gain prevails over all other considerations, it can be a period of misleading oversim- plification, further divisiveness an Construction Plans Mr. Madsen said construction will begin as soon as the working plans are approved. He said the developer hopes to completeall the units bylate fall Mayor Russe!l D. Grange. who serves as chairman of the Soviet Union. Both Reagan and Jackson quickly responded I have Ford and Kissinger to runagainst, ’’Reagan said in Illinois. “If our foreign policy can beruined by stressed that the homes are high - quality residences which cost an averageof $31,000. Duplex and single family units are planned. The homes will include five one (Continued on Page4) Lawsuit Dismissed WASHINGTON (UPI) — A federal judge today ruled he lacks authority to forbid landings of the supersonic Concorde jet at Kennedy and Dulles International Airports. (See earlierstory p. 17) U.S. District Judge then it can't be much of a Barrgington D. Parker dismisseda suitfiled by county officials in New York and Speaking in Washington. D.C., Jacksonsaid, “I think he northern Virginia seeking an has laid the groundwork for injunction against landings of the kind of potential partisan the British-French jet until ship which is not good for the noise level standards have been country adopted. Parker held in a six-page Kissinger called for national cohesion anda return opinion that his court has no to the awarenessthat in foreign policy weareall engaged in a commonnational endeavor. “The world watches with amazement how America LONDON (UPI) — Prime Minister Harold Wilson has scored a solid victory over rebellious left-wing members of both considered conservatives, clobbering but also took a swipeat liberals who have called for defense budget cuts parliamentary elections Conservatives oppose arms talks while liberals The result will beparalysis no matter who wins in his party, but took today a from Conservatives in two special The Wilson government bounced back Thursday from a humiliating defeatin the House of Commons to win a confi dence vote by an unexpected 17-vote margin onits proposal to slash $10 billion in public spending. cannot act, others will, and we Wilson demanded the vote afler 36 of his Labor party's and all the free people of the left-wingers abstained Wednes. November, And if America world will pay the price,’ said he students at Elk Grove High School in Ilinois. He is surrounded here bywell wishers. (UPI Telephoto) May Be No New Reagan Hits SALT Pact—Ford Tactics of Ford Camp UPI White House Reporter CHICAGO (UPI) — In his first. campaign speech on foreign policy, President Ford declared todaythathis plan of peace through strength is not “election year rhetoric” and said there maybe no new SALT agreementwith Russia. “Peace through strength has been my constant goal as your president,’ Ford said in remarks prepared for deliveryat a luncheon of the Chicago Council on ForeignRelationsat the Palmer House Hotel. “Let me tell you what I mean by peace through strength. not with election year rhetoric but bythe record.” He used the phrase “peace through strength” several times in his speech and avoided the word that he has dropped from the vocabulary — “detente” — to describe his foreign policy an offensive nuclear armspact with the Soviet Union, the President said: “As you know, we are still negotiating the details of such an agreement and I cannot say when or even whether this will be completed.” He said that ever since the Russians set off their first nuclear explosion in 1949 “everyPresidentof the United States has been trying to stop or slow downthis deadly duel and this is the closest we have ever come. “And I will also say without hesitation that 1 will never agree to any such treaty or submit to the United States Senateforratification unle: amtotally convinced that it is in thebest interestof the Unites States and of peace in the world. In an earlier breakfast speech today before 800 supporters at Rockford, Ford also CHICAGO (UPI) — Ronald Reagan today charged President Ford with using questionable campaigntactics, and he said some of Ford's campaign workers are “lying intheir teeth” abouthim. Inan interviewwith ABC and during several campaignstops, the former California governor said Ford's campaign leaders have tried to create the She wasthen taken toa waiting KentuckyState Police car with other family members and driven home. Rescue teams were dropped into the mine through a hole knocked in the top of the shaft by a giant mechanical borer. The 11 victims, men, were equipped with respirators containing an hour's supply of oxygen andrescuers had hoped to reach the trapped men (Continued on Page5) viable candidate. “The cheapest kind of politics is being played by the campaign forces of President Ford,” he said. “Theeffort is to portray me(asif) I must win in thefirst few primaries. “They know better thanthat they're lying in their teeth they know better.” Reagan criticized Ford for using (Continued on Page 5) his power as an day in a vote on the proposal. causing it to fail But after winning the show down, the Wilson government was shaken by aspectacular hammering today in by-elections in Carshalton, a bedroom community near Lohdon, and Wirrall, near Liverpool The voting showed an eight per cent swing away from Abor, the Conservatives re. taining both seats, but winning by greatlyincreased majorities compared with the 1974 general elections The lack of confidence displayed in the Commons has been fully reinforced by these results,” said Conservative party leader Margaret Thatch: er. “The government has lost the confidenceofthe country Wilson and Lord Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey Virtually bludgeoned Labor's left wing rebels backintolinein the confidence vote, accusing them of dealing with the opposition threatening to call a general election that Labor might lose. Several ill Labor members werebrought infor the vote including Peter Doig, who was carried in ona stretcher The left wingers submitted but threatened to revolt again to protest the government's anti-inflationpolicies Theplan, still in the proposal stage, would cui spending for such programs as social ser- vices, health, and schools to make more money available for industrial development “Our group stood firmly by the government despite efforts to prevent us," said Arthur Latham, leader of the left-wingers. But, he warned ‘It is always a possibility that weshall use the abstention Weaponagain Another left-winger, Joan. Maynard, said “we wanted to give Mr. Wilson a shock and that is what we did. Political informants said the anger aroused by Wilson's staged a coup ignored Presi. nation His piidtawal left six major Democrats in the nomination battle. Shappsaid he would not even run in Pennsylvania's April 27 primary election, and urged supporters to evaluate the other candidates and vote for the delegates theyfeelwill best represent them. “Whileatthis timeI will not support another candidate, like so many other Americans, I will be looking for the man who has a solid program to match his promises,’ Shapp told a news conference. “Unfortunately, I just haven't had the time, the money, the field organization or the support of the media to break through in the voting booth.” Shapp said he “made an tive movement” coup Thursy ‘I believe our movement is up port from both Christian and a_ military Franjieh’s Command Council to govern Lebanon. Scattered c s between rebelsandloyalist forces left at least 20 dead and more than 30 wounded since Brig. Gen. Aziz unemployment government would surrenderto“blackmail.” Left-wingers responded by shouting “Stalinist,” and Russell Kerr stormed out of the chamber, making a rude twofingered gesture at the chancellor. Asa sign of his anger at the left-wing revolt, Wilson fired oneleft-winger fromhis job a Parliamentary private se- cretary, signed and two others re similar jobs Moslem ranks. “More and more officers are joing our ranks.” (In Tel Aviv, Israeli troops went on full military alert all along the jagged 72-mile-long frontier with Lebanon and DefenseMinister Shimon Peres warned of “counter-measures if the rebel uprising in Lebanon threatened Israel's security (Usraeli intelligence experts Wilson had accusedtheleft wingers of an “unholy alliance’’ with Conservatives. Healey sa sympathy and HARRISBURG, Pa. (UPI) — Pennsylvania Goy. Milton J Shapp, citing his disappointing showing in the Massachusetts and Florida primary elections, today withdrew from the the ets presidential nomi- succeeding,” Ahdab told reporters, announcing growing sup- Suleiman fight inflation From Democratic Presidential Race refusal to resign Friday and set dent tactics in the vote couldhurt his against Shapp Withdraws Stage Beirut Coup BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) — Rebellious armyofficers who Ahdab announced his “correc- (Continued on Page 5) CITING FAILURES in Massachusetts and Florida primaries, Goy. Milton J. Shapp of Pennsylvania announces at a news conference today that he will (UPI Telephoto) withdraw from thepresidential race. Military Officers impression Reagan must win Wilson Regime WinsVote of Confidence Herter Memorial Award. He did not limit his com ments to Reagan and Jackson. oppose “American resistance to Soviet adventurism,”” said Kissinger both “We made the decision to removethe rescuers and leave the bodies in place because of uncertain conditions in the mine,” said Kirkpatrick. ‘We don't know for sure whatkilled them,but I feel they were killed bythe blast.” Two other inspectors in the mine at the time of the explosion climbedto safety and had reported the 11 werestill alive shortlyafter the blast at 11:30p.m, EST Thursday One young woman huddling with relatives of the dead miners in a concrete block washhouse screamed, “This can't be true,"” when she was told there were no survivors But Conservatives Score Victories affairs A. lambasted foreign and economic policies in his address to a cheering crowd of some1,200 Speakingof efforts to achieve Jurisdiction over thesuit seems bent on eroding its influence and destroying its through an orgy of recrimina tion,” said Kissinger after REAGAN President Ford and Henry Kissinger on By HELEN THOMAS Concorde telling people thetruth aboutit, foreignpolicy RONALD agency’s board of directors Department that Kissinger ha control pm. EST. Madsen, agencydirector. forcefully expres d resentment against Reagan and Jackson criticism of U.S. efforts toward detente with the receiving the Christian today included three federal mine inspectors investigating the first explosion. H.W. Kirkpatrick, Kentucky commissioner of mines and minerals, said rescue teams reached the 11 bodies at 12:07 homes will fund the upkeep whichwill be the responsibility of the redevelopment agency, according to Ronald F. andsterile recrimination.”’ Hedid not mention namesin an address before the Boston World Affairs Council, but it was known in the State achievements in world Kentucky. The 11 found dead rovo's Redevelopment Agency, recrimination.” ‘This can be a time of national renewal — when ‘Now Development Negotiations were calledoff at one point when HUD and Mr Anderson couldn't get together on the cost of the units. Construction of the $2 million project will be funded entirely by the federal government. When the homes were completed they will be purchased by the government from the developer and turned arm ofthe city. Rent from the Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has warned presidential politics could turn alimeof “national renewal” a Urban over BOSTON (UPI) — Ina thinly veiled attack on Ronald Reagan and Henry Jackson, into with the city and with the Department of Housing and in said onethreat could be Syrian armyintervention for complete control by Damascus over Lebanon. Another would be Moslem takeover of southern Lebanon, which would make impact in the nationalpolitics of 1976 andI will continue to do 0.” “We started our campaign late ... Our fundraising efforts also started much later than the other candidates,” Shapp said. Shapp’s withdrawal reduced the Democratic field to six major contenders — Jimmy Carter, Morris Udall, Henry Jackson, George Wallace, Fred Harris and Sargent Shriver Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho., will enter the race next week. Already this year, Democratic candidates Terry Sanford, Lloyd Bentsen and Birch Bayh have withdrawn from therace. In the Massachusetts primary, Shapp won only three per cent of the vote and one delegate. In Florida, where he ran his most extensive and expensive campaign, he won only two per cent of the vote and failed to pick upa single delegate. “The results in both Massachusetts and Florida were disappointing, yet in those limited areas in those states where I had the opportunityto campaign, | had some impact because I did significantly better in those areas than I did statewide,”’ Shapsaid. Unfortunately, it is very difficult for someone campaigning solely on the issues, and then only parttime, to compete in the complex political infighting of the presidential primary system.” Killer Whale Sinks Yacht, Six Rescued PORTSMOUTH, England (UPI) — Akiller whale sank the Italian yacht Guia III, one of the leadersof the Whitbread Atlantic Triangle Gold Tankard Race,organizers said today. All six crew members were thehilly, wooded borderregion rescued from the yacht, which an effective staging arew for increased attacks on Israeli settlements. ) Ahdab, addressing his first news conference wearing a green uniform with nine rows of medals and standing beneath a photograph of Franjieh, reiteratedthattheofficers who seized power “have no ambi tions for power" Hesaidthepoliticians would sank approximately 700 miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands March 9, British crewman George Marshall radioed to Portsmouth saying: “Guia III retired sunk at 12.15 GMT on March9, 20 minutesafter being struck bya six-meter(18 foot) killer whale on the port bow below thewaterline,” The crewwasrescued from again take over when they its liferaft 13 hours later bythe agreed on aplan to “'s Helenic Ideal, on its way to Lebanon, the army, the nation New York and due here March (Continued on Page5) a3= Housin g Units Federal |