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Show The Salt Lalte Tribune, Saturday, April 2 1, 1978 ' i - Former Solon . Trade Deficit Rises Sharply, V alue of Dollar Sinks Continued From Page One flowing out of the country to pay for imported goods has reduced demand for the dollar, and thus its alue, much like a surplus of wheat, far example, causes wheat prices to decline. i The Carter administration clearly 1 was stunned by the deficit. Commerce Department officials who normally 'comment quickly about economic statistics were unavailable for hours 'while the agency worked on a formal statement. The White House issued a statement -- 1 1977. Total imports of all goods increased percent in February to slightly more than $14.4 billion while exports declined about 1 percent to $9.9 billion. The weather and coal strike were blamed for the slight decrease in exports. Most Imports Increase Imports of most items increased in February, including undergarments, which increased 23 percent to a total of $77.7 million. Manufactured goods in- 16.5 creased by nearly $430 million, or 13 percent, to a total of nearly $2.5 billion. A substantial increase of about $262 million in various kinds of steel, to a total of $688 million, may have been caused by importers rushing to buy lower-priceforeign steel in advance of the governments new program to keep d out unfairly steel goods. Also up sharply were imports of d low-price- machinery and transport equipment, aircraft and spacecraft and parts, motor vehicle parts, agricultural machinery, television sets, furs, fish and even the category for baby carriages, and strollers, wheelchairs, toys, games and sporting goods. Mineral Fuels Down Among exports, the largest decline was $119 million to a total of $4.1 billion for machinery and transportation equipment. Those declines were partially offset by an increase of $189 million in exports of food and live animals to a total of $1.3 billion. Wheat exports were up $116 million to $331 million, with gains also for rice and corn. Major Speech Today I Continmued From Page One to Africa, also arranged for the resence of foreign ministers from five lack African nations that support the guerrillas. senior American official on 3 The .Carters plane said the president will underline U.S. support for the Anglo American plan to establish black majority rule in Rhodesia. The Anglo American plan would include Nkomo Robert Mugabe, also a leader of the -- Patriotic Fronts guerrilla alliance. Nkomo and Mugabe have refused to participate in an internal settlement preached by Smith and three black .moderate leaders in Rhodesia. In his conversation with reporters, the senior U.S. official said the Cuban (Troops are being deployed in small units to fight against the Eritrean rebels and that there are indications, non conclusive yet, that the Cubans might be massively deployed in Eritrea. Most of the Cubans had helped (Ethiopia defeat ethnic Somali insurgents in the Ogaden region of southeastern Ethopia earlier this month. if . tarter Surgery Due? Hospital Tests For Duke ? BOSTON (AP) John Wayne under-- : went heart and lung tests at Mas- sachusetts General Hospital on Friday actor pmid rumors that the was being prepared for open heart ; imports during all but two months of Carter in Black Africa,' i - by Vice President Walter Mondale, who We are seriously concerned said, about, this increase in our trade deficit." President Carter was out of the country. Although the White House statement said the trade deficit underscored the need for an energy bill to reduce reliance on foreign oil, imported oil was only a part of the problem during February. Imports of oil rose $341 million from January to about $3.3 billion. However, that was still below the value of oil In die led furgery. displeasure of his official hosts by meeting with crusaders for human rights and critics of Brazils military government. Carter, who also conferred with leaders in Venezuela, returns home Monday. The American official said the human rights activists at the Rio meeting made no specific requests of the president. Some criticized the Brazilian government but said they thought there has been a general improvement in human rights, the official said. Very Encouraging Before leaving Rio, the president said human rights improvements In Brazil are very encouraging. But Assistant Secretary of State Terrence Todman, traveling with Carter, said that Brazil and the United States agreed to disagree about human rights. session At the start of his with the government critics, who included two Roman Catholic cardinals, Carter said in the presence of reporters that Brazilian supreme court justices had told him Thursday in Brasilia they were dedicated to human rights. The chief justice made a very clear statement toward dedication to human rights, the president said. He said they (the justices) were the most liberal elements in the court system. It as very encouraging to us. Since my last visit here, there has been, I think, great excitement building up (about human rights), and the people are expressing themselves very clearly, Carter said. At that point, the reporters were ushered out. Four - year -old twins WENATCHEE, Wash. Alicia and Jenny Modahl enjoyed cake and punch, but apparently were exhausted with other pro- - ceedings at Easlmont High School winter awards function this week. Their mother, Irene Modahl. is coach of Eastmonts gymnastics team. Judge Reduces Damages Against Ford Motor A judge SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) has slashed a $128.5 million jury award against Ford Motor Co. to $6.6 million. Orange County Superior Court Judge Leonard Goldstein on Thursday ac- cepted Fords argument that the puni- - tive damages were excessive because they did not bear a reasonable relation- ship to compensatory damages. The jury had returned the record award on Feb. 6, after arguments in a suit stemming from a May 1972 crash and eXpiosjon of a Ford Pinto that killed one person and serverely burned another. The suit contended that the automobiles fuel tank had a faulty weld, which may cause the tank to rupture at low speeds. 4 For Bribery Continued From Page One $15,000, $50,000, $20,000 and $28,000. Another $50,000 was paid to Passman over the course of 1974, it said. In addition, the indictment said Park bought watches and other jewelry from at substantially inflated Passman Passman a profit of at netting prices, least $20,000 in 1975. Passman is the second former congressman to be indicted in connection with alleged South Korean influence buying in Congress. Former Rep. Richard T. Hanna, pleaded guilty two weeks ago on a similar conspiracy charge. Federal prosecutors had alleged that Hanna got $200,000 from Park. Park says he gave about 30 senators and House members $750,000 but denies he was a South Korean agent who was trying to buy influence for the South Korean government. Pressured Officials said Passman used indictment The his power in Congress to pressure South Korean officials including South to give Korean intelligence officers Park back the exclusive South Korean rice selling position he had lost in 1972. It said Passman then pressured officials of the U.S. Agriculture Department and the Agency for International Development to work with Fark in selling U.S. Food for Peace rice to South Korea. On April 14, 1972, Passman persuaded Tongsun Park to negotiate with a U.S. rice exporter and four days later Passman met with former South Korean ambassador Kim Dong Jo to insist on Seouls cooperation to consummate the U.S. rice sale to South Korea, the indictment alleged. Gives Warning Two months later, Passman wired the Korean ambassador that Koreas stubbornness on the rice purchase is on the verge of bringing about my defeat for reelection to Congress, according to the indictment. It said Passman urged the ambassador to call South Korean President Park Chung Hee to get this rice purchase off dead center, otherwise I could be defeated. Passman also met with an Agriculture Department official, Clifford in the first six months of 1972 to try to get him to speed up the rice sale to Korea, the indictment said. After the meeting, coincidentally held on the 14th anniversary of the military coup which deposed a populist civilian government in Brazil, one of the cardinals, Paulo Evaristo Arnes of Sao Paulo, joined Carter on his ride to the airport. Hospital spokesmen declined com-- J ment on a report by television station WNAC that Wayne would undergo ; surgery Saturday to replace an aortic No Specifics valve. But a station spokesman said, Arnes told reporters waiting to see 7 We are still confident of our sources the president off that the meeting was and stick by our story. very good for .both countries" but that Waynes son, Patrick, said tests on no specific cases of human rights t his fathers heart and lungs were being violations were discussed. 'conducted, but he denied that an He allows me to write him directly operation would be performed on ' Saturday. or to call directly to the United States if r c Another son, Michael, said his father, I have some cases that would be more once a heavy smoker, had been worried important, said the cardinal, who met about his health ever since he lost a Carter last year when the president delivered a foreign policy address at lung to cancer in 1964. Notre Dame University. He wants to improve the general In an airport interview, Todman said Equality of his health, Michael said. -Brazil and the United States agree He hasnt been feeling all that well, and he wants to see if anything can be that there is a difference in emphasis done. He feels he doesnt have enough (on human rights) in each country, and there is also a difference in concepts. zip. . - Police Face Charges Deadline In Hillside Strangling Cases : : Continued From Page One himself, was booked in the case after -- weeks of surveillance. . Under California law, Jones must be formally charged with the crime within I 48 hours of his arrest, not counting the 'weekend, or be released. The deadline is Tuesday. We have not received any request ;frpm the police department to file a - murder complaint yet," said a spokes- worn an for the district attorneys office. The following is an account, from -- various sources, of how the two men were connected with the series of 13 sex V stranglings of girls and young women ' aged 8 which began last September - and ended in FebruaryShamshak, who was serving a year term for robbery in a ; minimum security prison in Shirley, Mass., escaped from the facility Oct. 24, eight months before he was due for -- 12-2- parole and fled to Los Angeles. Shamshak took up residence with Jones in an apartment building in the Miracle Mile area of Los Angeles and spent four months there, managing the building before vanishing with a month's worth of rent checks in early January. Shamshak was recaptured in Cambridge, Mass. Feb. 9, and two days later began a series of interviews with Lietenant Detective William Bergin of the state police inside Walpole State Prison. During the interviews, Shamshak allegedly implicated both himself and Jones in three of the hillside strangl-ings- . four-ito-fi- According to the Boston Herald American, Shamshak told authorities he drove Joness blue van on three murder forays while Jones killed the women in the back of the vehicle. UMWs Miller Improves 143 MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller was in stable condition and improving Friday but remained in intensive care after suffering a stroke, a hospital spokeswoman said. ri CLIP & SAVE i Tribune Telephone Numbers i Do you need information. want sports scores, have a i news story or feature you want to talk about' Is sour paper i missing Do you want to discuss a classified or display i advertisement? South Main Dial Established April Lake City. Utah (Weekdays before 10 a m , Sunday before Obituary Notices - (I Weekdays before Spn Weekday.! after 3 p m Sundays sftrr 2 pm. Saturdays after I p m. 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