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Show Monday, Anti-Formula Mail Hot scription extolling the virtues of truth, was un- veiled before 500 hometown admirers on the fifth anniversary of her death. “She is our biggest tourist attraction,” Ray West, who wasa closefriend of Mrs. Mitchell, said at the ceremony Sunday. ‘People come here everydayto visit her grave and her home.” Mrs. Mitchell the late wife of former Attorney General John Mitchell who said she had learned ‘‘neverto lie,’” made headlines with her late-night telephone conversations with new- spaperreportersandhercall for the resignation of Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal. “At a time when the noblest ideals of the nation werethreatened from within. Martha Beall Mitchell knew the truth and wroteit on her lips It cost her dearlytotell the truth,” J. Howard Edington, the pastor of her churchin Pine Bluff said Pianist Wins $12,000 FORT WORTH, Texas (UPI) — A 28-year-old New Yorker won the 6th International Van Cliburn Competition and with it. a check for $12,000. concert tours around the world, a al recording contract and probably, internation fame. a Andre-Michel Schub won the competition Sunday. emerging atop 38 other musicians who gathered from around the world to play in the two-week event staged every four years. a Schub was presented a check for $12,000, gold medal and a gold cup. But more importantly, healso receives two European concerttours, a Far East tour and a recording contract. The concerts begin next week with Van Cliburn himself in Ruidoso, New Mexico Cliburn, who presented the awards, said Schub andtheotherfive finalist representedthe best in the world Fasting Veterans Firm LOS ANGELES(UPI) — The spokesman for Vietnam-era veterans on a hungerstrike, includingtwoin their 14th day of fasting today, say President Reagan must meet with them at Wadsworth VA Hospital or ‘‘these men will starve to death.”” “T can’t emphasize enough the determination of these people to fast to the end,” said spokesman Ron Kovic. whois not participating in thefast. “The president must cometo California.” Hesaid two of the 12 hungerstrikers were in the 14th dayoftheir fast while the others have gone without food for three to 11 days A 12th hungerstriker was added Sundayafter he started the third day of his fast. Kovic said veterans must complete two days of fasting BRUSSELS, Belgium (UPI) — The representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Belgium wasassassinated today. shot five times as heleft his home. police said Police sources said Naim Khader,41, washit by five bulletsfired by an unknownassailant. Khader a lawyer with a degree from Brussels University had headed the PLO office in Belgium since its creation five years ago. The PLOoffice in Brussels issued a statement saying the killers were “without any doubt the Israeli secret services” and said Khader“is added to thelist of the numerous Palestinian victimsof Zionist aggression.” A person who saw Khadershotas he left his home about 9 a.m chased the gunman buthe fled on foot Police, who weregivena detailed description of the gunman. followed in patrol cars Aw* NAIM KHADER ByUnited Press International Buoyed by a friendly reception from rank- and-file miners in Alabama, United Mine Workers President Sam Church Jr. predicts 160,000 striking soft coal miners will vote to end their 67-day-old walkout Church headed today for West Virginia, the second state on a six-day swing through coal country to gather support before Saturday's vote on a tentative contract agreement reached between the UMWandthe Bituminous Coal Operators Association, the bargaining arm of the industry. In northeast Pennsylvania. about 2.000 hard coal miners were to return to work todayfo!- “I knew there would be some controversy lowing their weekend ratification of a new three-year contract. The vote ended a 30-day with the non-union coal thing "’ Churchsaid. “Mostpeopledidn’t know we haven't been getstrike against the anthracite coal industry At a news conference Sunday in that the tentative settlement reached Friday would be approved. A similar assertion made bythe burly union leader after negotiating the first contract proposal defeated March 31 proved false Church now says he always had reservations aboutthe first agreement because of elimination of a clause requiring operators to pay royalties on non-union coal processed at UMWcovered mines. NavyStrips Sub Skipper Of Command noted no distress signs from the Nissho Maru. NavySecretary John LehmanJr. said the United States had accepted liability for the collision and expected to pay damagesestimated by the Navyat over $4 million Japanese lawyers notified the Navy they expectedtheclaimsfortheloss oflives, the freighter andits 1,200 tons of raw cotton to be about $4.2 mil lion Woehlis a veteran of submarine patrols who first put to sea on a nuclear-powered boat in 1966 and received four medals during his submarine career. The Navy began a one-maninvestigation of the ramming and sent Capt, Willis Rich from Pacific Fleet headquarters in Honolulu to interview the survivors and the submarine crew. IRA Shoots Officer and therefore will support the contract I think the membership will approve it and go back to work. It has quite a few things that are different” from the pact that was defeated ting that much from the royalties. We have been having to sue some people to get anything The clause, which required coal companies Bell said Church scheduled three different ap- to pay into miners’ health and welfare funds each time they process non-union coal. pearances hours apart in West Virginia today in barnstorming that is to carry him to coal has fields in Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania been reinserted into the new contract with royalty payments increased from$1.90 to $2.28 a ton The rank-and-file miners in Birmingham greeted him warmly, in contrast to the abuse EdBell, president of United Mine Workers union District 6 in Ohio, said UMW members in he received elsewhere while stumping for the his district have gotten what they struck for. first contract Budget Assumptions Vary WASHINGTON (UPI) — Depending on the economic assumptionsused, a federal budget can be whatever people wantit to That's why President Reagan and TOKYO(UPI) — The Navystripped the veteran Congress use a figure of $695 billion for captain of a Polaris missile submarine of his com- spending in fiscal 1982, beginning Oct. 1 mandandreprimanded him andanotherofficer for while some economists are suggesting the the April 9 rammingofa freighter thatkilled two figure shouldbe $721 billion or $725billion The problem is there are widely difJapanese seamen the U.S. Embassy said today An embassy spokesman said U.S. officials had ferent opinions on which economic as: sumptions are correct. notified the Japanese government of the action taken as the result of a continuing Navy probe of Robert Hartman, a Brookings Instituthe ramming of the Japanese freighter Nissho tion economist told a seminar last week Maru by the USS George Washington. They noted that evenif all the program cuts sought by the officers can appeal. Reagan and Congress are made, actual “The commanderof the submarine wasrelieved spending will be $20 billion to $30 billion of his command and was issued a letter of higher than they project reprimand,” an embassy statementsaid. “In addition, the officer of the deck wasissued a letter of And Hartman is not alone. Data Resources Inc. and Chase Econometrics, reprimand.” Militarysourcessaid letters of reprimand usualprivate forecasting firms have come up ly block chances for promotion and in most cases with figures similar to his. The Congresthe affected officers resign their commissions sional Budget Office estimated the Cmdr. Robert D. Woehl. 41. was skipper of the hee budget actuallywill cost $721 bilGeorge Washington. the first American submarine. ion. to carry Polaris missiles, and Lt. Roy Hampton wasofficer of the deck at the timeof the ‘‘hit-andrun” incident in the East China Sea The Nissho Maru sank within minutes, the 13 survivors in the 15-man crewsaid. The survivors drifted in lifeboats for 19 hours before being rescued and the Navydid notreport the accident to the Japanese for 36 hours A preliminary Navy report said the sub made sonar contact with the freighter moments before the collision but the contact was not heard or acknowledged bythe officer of the deck The sub wasat periscope depth — not far below the surface — ona training mission, trying to avoid detection by a Navy P-3C Orion patrol plane. The Navy said the sub surfaced after the collision but striker. strikers round the clock “The commander in chief must come to California or these men will starve to death,” said Kovic The demonstrators Sunday rejected a plea from the execulive director of Vietnam Veterans of Americato end their fast Robert Muller, in a message sent to the veterans from Washington, said Vietnam Veterans of America “do not support your continuing protest.” Bir- mingham,Ala. Church said he wasoptimistic before they are officially considered a hunger Kovic said nurses were monitoring the hunger Police check crime scene. Church Seeks Coal Miner Pact OK z PINE BLUFF, Ark. (UPI) — life-sized bronze bust of Martha Beall Mitchell. with an in- THE HERALD, Provo, Utah—Page 5 Assassins Kill PLO Leader In Brussels News Briefs Martha’s in Bronze 1981, The latest national and international news from United Press International World Roundup WASHINGTON (UPI) — An outpouring of mail is running 91 against the lone U.S. vote opposing the World Health Organization’s move to encourage breastfeeding in the Third World reports the State Department. The avalancheof letters — 90 percent of them in opposition — continues,officials said. A set of WHO guidelines on the marketing of breast milk substitutes was passed 118-1 last month in Geneva with only the UnitedStatesin opposition. The code opposes the aggressive marketing of infant formulas because they discourage breastfeeding. which is more nourishing and cheaper than bottle feeding. The infant formulas. which must be mixed with water also canbethe sourceofinfections and disease whenpure wateris not available. The State Department arguesrestricting companies from trying to sell infant formula powders overseas would violate the Constitution. June 1, Several differences in economic assumptions underlie these differences The most important is interest rates The Congressional Budget Office says interest rates higher than those the ad ministration projects are likely to add $8 billion to interest the governmentpays on the national debt The administration based its budget figures on a sharp decline in interest rates, whichit says will occur asthe financial world perceives inflation dropping and no longer tacks “inflation premiums” to interest charges. and other programslinkedto price levels. Hartman said congressional use of what heseesas unrealistic estimates raises the danger that Congress may base its tax cut ona “false notion’ of whatthe deficit will be. He also said the practice removes whatlittle public credibility is left with regard to federal budgeting Congressional Budget Office Director Alice Rivlin said there is much genuine uncertainty in economicforecasting. “In the faceof uncertainty she said, “There is enormous temptation | for Congress) to pick the optimistic end of the range. ‘Budget committees year after year A recent Brookings publication. “‘Setting National Priorities — 1982 ° contends say, ‘We can makeit little bit easier if we adjust the economic assumptionsa littlebit, and after all you economists don’t administration projections for expanded economic growth combinedwithatighter money policy by the Federal Reserve Mrs. Rivlin said which the administration supports are likely to result in higher interest rates Otherdiffering assumptionsinvolve the rate of economic growth which affects tax collections and the inflation rate which affects the cost of Social Security and we don't — Hartman suggested budget committees start using ranges of economic assump: tions rather than specific figures. 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