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Show INDEX Amusements Comics 12-13 Obituaries Society 4 18-19 Editorial Sports Stocks WEATHER Abrupt cooling for the Proy to Ogden ares, increasing cloudiness tonight with a chanceof showers developing 69 early Thursday, highs lhurs. day in the upper 60s Thursday; lows tonight in the mid 15 495 106TH YEAR. NO. 266 PROVO, UTAH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE6, 1979 Private Developer Proposed Hotel Gets Orem Nod For Bond Sales By DICK HARMON Developers of a proposed $5.5 mi‘lion motor hotel to be built in Orem approached the Orem City Council Tuesday with a requestforthe city to useits namefor issuance of revenue bonds to finance the project. By unanimous vote, council approved a letter of inducement. Merrill Gappmayer,a representative of Vista Enterprises, explained the industrial revenue bond issue would use the nameofthe city, but would have no effect on the city’s bonding ability or taxes because bonds would be sold by developers. He said the industrial revenue bonding only used the tax free bond sales opportunitygiventocities by law. Mr. Gappmayersaid the issuance of revenuebondsin this matter wasone of the few ways the project could be Ghana Coup Attempt Successful ACCRA, Ghana (UPI) — The junior air force officers who seized control of Ghana’s military governmentin a coup say they have arrested several senior officers and sent others fleeing the country. An earlier coup attemptby the leader ofthe current coup, Fit. Lt Jerry Rawlings, wasfoiled th ee weeks ago, with one man officially reported dead in brief fighting between the rebels and government forces ruling the ‘ormer British West African colony. $4.50 PER MONTH FAA Grounds All 138 Domestic DC -10 Jets In 2Planes Defective Mounting Discovered financed City Manager Albert E. Haines agreed with Mr. Gappmayer’s statement, but added that if the developer defaulted on the bonds then buyersof bonds would indirectly associate the default with the city of Orem and could hamperthe city’s reputation; and the city would be opening the door for more such requests. The proposed motor hotel would have a capacity of about 209 rooms whenfully developed. It would include a giant convention center which would hold about 500 ‘to 700 people and an indoor display area and swimmingpool, said Mr. Gappmayer He clalmed the facility would be the first in the area, much needed, andthe first major hotel or motel in Orem on le said the facility, which would be built on 1300 South just west of the Village Inn restaurant, would bring in $2 million annually with a 75 percent occupancyand would employ80 full time and 20 part time people. He claimed Orem Chamber of Commerce nasseveralcalls a day for such a facility and brought a memberof the Chamber in to make a statementin supportof the facility need in Orem. Mr. Gappmayersaid the idea of industrial revenue bonds may be a new wayof financing development projects in Orem City, but Is a common avenue in Salt Lake County and has beendiscussed nationally as a wayof financing residential dwellings to cut the expense of buying homes. Hesaid this particular project was notin direct competition with any other existing business, was needed and would be a benefit to the city and community, which were reasons he wanted (Continued on Page 5) WASHINGTON County Demo Confab definitely after 2-inch cracks were blies of twoof the big passengerplanes Thousands of passengers were left temporarily stranded in airports around the nation as the surprise order wentinto effect at 5:45 am. EDT to determine if the cor oversial widebodyjets have a basic design defect. Tt was the fourth and most serious grounding of DC-10s since the nation's worstair disaster May25. A totalof 275 personsdied in that fiery crash after a wing engine ripped from an American Airlines DC-10 as it took off from Chicago's O'Hare airport An FAAspokesmansaid the cracks were discovered Tuesday night on two American Airlines DC-10s in San Francisco during fresh inspections ordered FAA Administrator actually revokedtheflying certificates for the McDonnell Douglas jets, which at first were thought to have problems with a mountingbolt in the wing engine assembly of the three-engine planes. But questions about maintenance procedures and the overall structural design of failsafe (backup) systems in the engine mounts have since been brought into question “He (Bond) has revoked the typecer- LINES OF AMERICAN AIRLINESticket counters at O'Hare Field in Chicago were not longer than usual early today after the FAA grounded all domestic DC10 aircraft. American Airlines cancelled a few inter- nationalflights as shownon board, but used otheraircraftto fill in on otherflights scheduled for the DC-10s. Today's grounding order could change thesituation at O'Hareticketlines later in the day. (UPI Telephoto) ‘D-Day’ Soldiers Honored At 35th Anniversary Ceremonies In Zurich whisperedhis praisesto the dead Allied American D-Day invasion forces, soldiers at a ceremony marking the 35th anniversary today of the Nor- mandylanding that liberated Europe. June 6. 1944. D-Day. 7 a.m. Volunteers of the 2nd and 5th Ranger Battalion scale the sheer, 100-foot cliffs at the Pointe du Hoc underrelentless enemy fire to silence six 155mm German guns aimed at the Allied forces on Omaha and Utah beaches. “When those of us responsible for the landing worried about the guns aimed at our ships. Lt. Col. James E. Rudder told me ‘I cantake care of that for you with my Rangers’, the 87year-old general of the armysaid from his wheelchair The Ranger operation was costly Half of the men were killed or wounded. In a tragic twist of fate. the guns they climbed to silence had not yet been putin place by the Germans. “Tt took more than guts to climb thosecliffs,’’ Bradley said. ‘‘Let us pay honor to those men andpraythat there will always be people prepared to do the impossible. Theirs was a wonderful operation.” Fifteen of the original Rangers at tended the ceremony Tuesday night Donald C. Pechakek of Elsworth Wis., still wiry and athleticat 57, recalled, ‘Sure, I was scared. Only175 of us made it to the top and only 69 lived through that night. It was ourfirst time in combat and wetrained three months to do it. When the time came. we just did it.” Pechakek nowa rural mail carrier and father of eight. climbed thecliffs again five years ago with two other Rangers. “Wedid it for the thrill.” he said. “If the ropes were here, I'd do it again today.” The Rangers’ commemoration coincided with the official ceremony to hand the Pointe du Hoc memorial to Gen. John W. Donaldson. who is responsible for all American cemeteries in Europe The cerem attended by French and American generals. veterans and diplomats was precededbya religious ceremony at the American cemeteryat Omaha Beach White marble crosses mark the gravesofthe9,386 Americans whodied in the invasion. Beneath a statue representing a stricken youth reaching heaven, religious leaders said prayers before theveteransof 22 U.S units Many veterans arrived early at the ery to wander among the graves Louts Laboti, 60. of New York City was with the 29th Division when they landed. Clutching a scrap of paper with the number H.13.15 written on it Taboti scanned the rows of identical white crosses spread neatly along the Nicaragua Chief Will Declare ‘State of Siege’ greenlawn lines. On his way back. my company shot himdeadby mistake. It’s myfirst time back and I wantedto try and find him Harold Schoerer 60 of Eureka, Mo when asked why he returned for the ceremonies, said ‘We are all getting older. This is probably the last chance for all us D-Day veterans to be GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY, who commanded the American D-Day invasion forces, participates from wheelchair in ceremonyin France today marking 35th anniversary of the Nojormandy landing that advanced the libration of Europe in World WarII res Tangere of the invasio . Fifteen of th ‘eremonies, Mrs. Bradleyis at right.n attended the (UPI Telephoto) a tiflcate, in effect grounding them all again,’ said FAA spokesman Jerry Lavey.‘We are goingto look attheaircraft to seeif its fail-safe features are adequate —ifit is OK as to design.” The DC-10 can carry more than 270 passengers, depending onits internal configuration, and is used by most major domestic and manyforeignairlines. Manyforeign airlines began grounding their DC-10s today and domestic airlines began scrabbling arouind for substitute flights. “Tf you're calling about our DC-10s"” began an American Airlines passenger information recording in New York City today. It said American — which had to cancel 25 DC-i0flights — was making “‘alternate plans’ for them “It'll probably involve some delays (Continued on Page 5) Nerve Bomb Transfer to Utah Delayed WASHINGTON (UPI) — Theair- lifting of 896 Navy Weteye nerve gas bombs from Colorado's Rocky Mountain Arsenal to a Utah Army facility has been postponed pending reassess: ment of possible hazards, an Army spokesman said The bombs, which had been scheduled to be transferred to the Tooele Army Depot next Monday. are presently stored in sealed airtight containers and poseno health hazard to the general public or arsenal workers. the spokesman said. The reassessment will be made as soon as possible by a team of technical experts who will evaluate whether leaks identified by nt pre-movement tests are the same as those found in previous technical analysis,” the spokesman said Tests completed earlier this week un: covered six bombs that were leaking nerve gas inside their co! ners. The Army also indicated it would at tempt io get Utah Gov Scott Matheson to drop his scheduled request for a court order to block shipment of the “It’s the numberofthe graveof a guy called Ethridge" he said. “He was from Texas and we wereclose. After we landed at Omaha he went out on a night maneuver to penetrate enemy ° by Langhorne Bond. In ordering today's grounding, Bond POINTE DU HOC, France (UPI) — A frail and crippled Gen. Omar Bradley, who commanded the MANAGUA, Nicaragua (UPI) — Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza said today he will declare a State of siege to fight Sandinista guerrillas holding parts of Leon, where heavy fighting continued with government planes pounding guerrilla positions. The fighting also spread to the key northern city of Matagalpa. “Yes, we are going to declare a state of siege in the whole country," Somoza said in a telephone interview with Radio Todelar, a Colombian radio news network. . The found in the engine mounting assem- Gold Surges And London (UPI) Federal Aviation Administration today groundedall 138 domestic DC-10 jets in- McCarty to Keynote Utah's Democratic national commit- County Central Committee, Rep teeman, Dr. Daryl McCarty,will be the Taylor indicated. In addition to Dr. McCarty, delegates keynote speaker for the 1979 Utah County Democratic convention, ac- will hear representatives of Gov. Scott cording to Rep. Lucille Taylor, Spanish M. Matheson and Congressman Gunn Fork, Utah County Democratic McKay. Other speakers will include candidates for state and county chairpe!ron. ‘The convention will be held Saturday Democratic Party offices. Flooraction will decidethe fate of a June 9, at Spanish Fork High School at 1:30 p.ra.It will be preceded at 1:00 by proposed constitution for the a special meeting of the Democratic Democratic county organization. The constitution was prepared as requested by delegates at last year s convention. It specifies rules and procedures for conducting the party's affairs. Copies were mailed to all delegates Delegates will also receive printed copies of resolutions which have been submitted for consideration, Rep. Taylor added. ‘These cover a wide rangeoftopics andreflect theinterests of many delegates.’’ Shesaid that other LONDON(UPI) — Goldshotup $4 an resolutions may be introducedfrom the ounce in Zurich and grabbed another floor after the printed ones have been new high in London to pass the $280 considered. Delegates will elect new countyofmarkforthe first time on both bullion markets today. Thedollar inched ahead ficers, including a chairperson, vice at the opening of every major Euro- chairperson, secretary and treasurer. pean exchange and closed with a “If the new constitution is adopted, rebound in Tokyo. caucuses will be held to elect area Gold today opened at $280.6250 per coordinators,” Mrs. Taylor noted ounce in Zurich. up from Tuesday’s close of $276.6250. It had a $4 jumpin London Tuesday, closingatthe all-time high of $279.1250 against Monday's finish of $275.1250. Zurich dealers attributed the boost to continued expectations of an appreciable increase in the price of oil and resulting deterioration in Western trade and payment balances. Dealers credited heavy buying pressure late in the day by Americans for Tuesday's gold surge in London The dollar gained,if only fractionally, on every major European exchange. PRICE 25 CENTS together. Our leader Bradleyis getting old and soon we'll all be dyingoff ‘I guess you could call it our last hurrah.” deadly bombs to his state The gover- nor was scheduled d to argue for the court order today in fede | court Mathesonreleased 4le a5 from the Envi ntal Protection Agency which recommended the dead ly bombs be detoxified in Colorado Now You Know By United Press International This season, the weather bureau has yielded to years of pressure from women's groups and has given every other hurricane a male name. Thefirst storm of the season will be Ana, followed by Bob, Claudette, David, Eiena, Frederic, and so on. |