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Show I: s k - r' Vj Wi A & . IItah Friday - Price Twenty Cents 20, 1979 July Morning wmivaM .. , By pretty broad. They don't ntvd one more Frank Cormier Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON President Carter dumped HEW Secretary Joseph A. Califano Jr. and Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blurnenthal on Thursday in a drastic shakeup at the highest level of his troubled administration. Seeking to put a new face on his presidency with a whirlwind game of musical chairs. Carter: Announced he will nominate Patricia Roberts Harris, secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to succeed Califano, the controversial secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Named Federal Reserve Chairman G. William Miller to succeed Blurnenthal, whose frequent clashes with members of the White House staff had marked him as a likely prospect for ouster. As long expected, accepted the resignation of Attorney General Griffin B. Bell, who wants to quit before the end of the year. Carter tapped Bell's choice of Benjamin Civiletti, the deputy attorney general, to be his successor. Jordan in Control With Hamilton Jordan firmly in control as new White House chief of staff, Carter was expected to make further changes in the ranks of the Cabinet and the senior White House staff soon. Joseph Califano Out at HEW body Ready for 1980 Califano said Carter told lnm Wednesday night that a major rea.on for the shakeup was to "get the Cabinet and the administration ready for the 1980 elections. Mrs. Harris indicated at a news conference she had no plans to change anv of Califanos controversial policies at HEW. Miller, in San Francisco for a speech, said of his prospective nomination as treasury secretary: "President Carter, in his Sunday speech, calk'd on all of us to make sacrifices, so I'm willing to move from a secure job to an insecure job." Very Good Friends' In his new post. Miller said, "I plan to mobilize an arsenal of weapons against inflation. Included in that w ill be effort s to reduce this countrys reliance on petroleum as a source of energy and a policy of monetary restraint. Asked about his relationship with Blurnenthal. Miller replied. "We re very good friends. Our policies have bis'ii fairly compatible over the past year. So I see no great break in continuity. Blurnenthal told a gathering of ('.al me A- -. Treasury employees he was happy with Carters decision and was confident Miller would continue the same policies. Blurnenthal said the first thing he told Carter at their meeting earlier Thursday was: "Mr. President, my resignation was not pro forma. It is now appropriate for me to return to the private sector. Blurnenthal said he told Carter "it was in his best interests as well as mine that I step down as soon as possible." In a letter accepting the resignation. sub-cabin- et Brook-lyn-bo- For his part, beleaguered Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blurnenthal has taken to referring to the mass resignadefenestration" of the tion as the administration. - 1 1 ("Defenestration" means being thrown out a window.) The humor lias been mixed with utter confusion, particularly on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are having a tough : behav lor. " It was learned that Jordan telephoned Adams after seeing the statement to ask him why he had publicly raised points that he hadn't brought up in a WTiite House meeting earlier in the day. It was understood that Jordan had told Adams during the meeting that Adams had the presidents confidence but that there were problems in the Transportation Department. White House press secretary Jody See Page 2, Column 2 time getting even information routine kinds of information from administration officials. had Sen. Harrison Williams, slated what he hoped to be an important hearing with Transportation Secretary Brock Adams on Wednesday to find out See Page 2, Column 5 By Associated Press Mobil Oil Corp. said Thursday it was raising its gasoline supplies to 100 percent of last year's levels for the remainder of July and for all of August. Under the new allocation plan, Mobil dealers will gel 87 percent of the amount of gas they got last y ear. Associated Press laserphoto Pair of jubilant Around 700 guerrillas came from Iycon for victory rites. Sandinistas ride into Managua on tank. Triumphant Sandinistas Overrun Managua MANAGUA, ragtag army A (CPI) Nicaragua of Sandinista guerrillas marched victoriously into Managua Thursday and began tearing down the symbols of Anastasio Somoza's family rule to the cheers of thousands of Nicaraguans who surged into the streets to greet them. There were reports of widespread looting, both by fleeing national guardsmen and by youths armed with guns they stole from deserted national guard barracks. Youths ran wildly through the streets, firing automatic rifles into the air ignoring repeated appeals by the Sandinista radio to "remain calm and stay indoors. The national guard surrendered Managua earlier in the day, shortly before a motley army of 3.000 Sandinista guerrillas many of them boys no bigger than the rifles they waved over their entered the battle-seareheads city. White Flags of Surrender Guardsmen either shed their uniforms and fled before the Sandinistas arrived or retreated to their barracks and raised white flags of surrender. Scattered pockets of guard resistance or lux-had either surrendered d n Inside The Tribune Tribune Telephone Numbers, Page 2 A-- Page Amusement Bridge Business Classified Comics Editorials Foreign Foreign "In" E-- C-l- 2 A 21 E-l-- fi I Page A 1 National Obituaries Public Forum Regional B-- 1. 15 Regional I)-- 3 Regional Sports E-Star Gazer Television Washington 3 9 8 Lifestyle ll ll K-- 9 9 rilavs Fortrasl Salt Lake City and vicinity Partly cloudy with chance of afternoon or evening thundershower. Gusty winds Weather details on Page C-- :iv Patricia Harris From HU) to HEW G. William Miller From Fed to Treasury Mobil Ups Supplies Of Gasoline For Coming Weeks Washington and Congress the scapegoat for Carter's problems. A kind of gallows humor has now developed both inside and outside the White House. Good News, Bad News Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal, came back from a meeting with Ambassador Robert Strauss at the White House Tuesday reciting the latest good news, bad news joke circulating in the administration. It goes: The good news is that I haven't been asked to resign. The bad news is that I haven't been asked to resign. e fuel-efficie- nt Jokes, Uncertainty Greet Carters Staff Evaluation By Jerome Cahill New York Daily New s WASHINGTON Hilarity mixed with uncertainty and anger, dominated the reaction of Congress Thursday to President Carters cabinet reshuffle and a pompous "staff evaluation survey Hamilton Jordan, the new White House chief of staff, has launched at the level of the administration. "Hes surveying the wrong people, chortled Rep. Peter A. Peyser, as he circulated among his colleagues a rival survey form parodying the White Houses. The Peyser form asked congressmen to rate administration officials on their responsiveness to Capitol Hill. An aide promptly wrote President Carters name on one of the forms and gave him a failing mark. They dont even know how to spell, another committee staffer gloated. He pointed' out that one question in the Jordan form asked for an evaluation of the political "savvy of the person being evaluated. The key word was spelled savy. Crisis of Competence If we have a crisis of confidence, its because we have a crisis of competence, he quipped. chairRep. Robert Giaimio, man of the House Budget Committee, deplored the firing of Welfare Secretary Joseph Califano, calling the lawyer one of the most effective department heads in the administration. At the Federal Reserve Board, an economist greeted the news that Housing Secretary Patricia Roberts Harris would succeed Califano with three words: "It is insanity. accused Sen. John Culver, the White House of trying to make Carter thanked Blurnenthal for "excellent service," Asked whether he jumped was pushed, Blurnenthal repin'd joke ly "1 took adv ant age of the opixulun to get paroled with time off for g Adams said he was considering a number of factors, including "the commitment of this administration to mass transportation and moving Deautroit towards a tomobile, the direct accessibility of the president to the Cabinet and the responsiveness of those with enhanced authority at tlie White House to the Congress and the American people. But Bell hinted he had inside informa-- . tion that more firings are in the works. Asked if his resignation was announced at this time to make it appear Carters action was broader than it is. Bell replied : "Its broad enough. Hold on two or three more days, you'll see that it's Out at Treasury ? ? Meanwhile, the Transporation Department issued a statement by Adams, saying: I have been asked to stay on in the Carter Cabinet. I am considering whether or not I should." There w'as no word on the future of another Cabinet member reported to be in jeopardy Energy Secretary James R. Sehlesinger. And still another. Transportation Secretary Brock Adams, indicated he might leave despite a vote of confidence from the president. W. Michael Blurnenthal vmvty0 A Treasury aide w I hi napiest-anonymity said Carter's decision was "sad and humiliating for Blumentha but predicted Miller would be well received by the U.S. and foreign business communities. Sees Disaster As for himself, the Treasury deputy said he probably would resign. "I see nothing but disaster from the crew next door (at the White House). I'm not tin only one who feels that w ay ." Other changes seemed imminent as the president continued to study the resignations submitted by his Cabinet and top White House advisers. ter I;k 1 Vfc t ! Salt Lake City, l ; '1 r. by late afternoon, when the flag of the Sandinista Liberation Front was hoisted up flag wiped out staffs and hung from balconies across the city. But fighting was still reported in the south near the Costa Rican border, where a national guard commander nicknamed Cornmandante Bravo he- - Somo.as Plan, V national guard has been defeated. . . cease fire "I order you immediately . . put down your arms in your garrisons or turn them over at the entrances to Red Cross refugee centers, churches or embassies. The Sandinista National Liberation front promises to respect your lives and your physical integrity. Boys Fire landed Rifles But the promise did not extend to hands of young boys who looted automatic rifles from abandoned national guard garrisons and fired them at will on the streets of Managua. Mobs sacked the abandoned homes of Somoza family members. In the civic complex of the public buildings, several thousand persons from nearby workers neighborhoods congregated to cheer the guerrillas and sing patriotic songs. Elated guerrillas built a fire on a drill field next to Somozas bunker complex, and heaped onto it case after ease of captured small arms ammunition. They ran to safety before the exploded bullets went off in all directions. Somoa himself The main cancer is gone. But now the real task begins, the dismantling of his hated institutions so they can never again harm . . Nicaragua, the junta spokesman said. Youths armed with clubs, ropes and hatoliets began the task for them, tearing down statues of Somoza. his father and his brother and ransacking the ex presidens bunker office and vacated so hurriedly suburban home that pots of cold heaps and rice wore still sitting on the kitchen stove. Col. Fulgeneio Larga Espa-da- , chief of Managuas traffic police, look command of the national guard from Gen. Federico Mejia, who with the rest of the general staff fled the country after only rt hours of command Earler, cause of his toughness was making a last stand against a 2.500 man guerrilla force squeezing in on him from four sides. The Sandinista's proviEspada went on the Sandinista radio sional government w as due to arrive in station Thursday and ordered his Managua midday Friday to take over troops to give up immediately: the government that quickly disinteg"The Sandinista National Ubcration rated after strongman Anastasio Som-ozresigned and left for exile in Miami Front is in control of almost all of our national territory. This means the on Tuesday. A junta spokesman said their first task would be to dismantle ad the institutions associated wilh Somoza's rule the national guard, the former when the only thing There are president's ruling liberal party, the that comes offdays on schedule is the button national congress and all the courts. on your collar. five-memb- a Todays Chuckle Fleeing national guardsmen in civilian clothes broke into homes in the Sec Page 2, Column I The move represents a .1 percent increase in Mobils July supplies, now running at 97 percent of 1978 levels. Allocations are how much dealers get each month; supplies are the total amount shipped to all customers. Federal law guarantees 100 percent supplies to priority customers, such as the military and agricultural users, and also requires oil companies to set aside 5 percent of their total supplies for distribution to state governments for use in hardship situations. of previous-year'- s Industry analysts attributed the action to increasing supplies and declining demand in recent weeks, due in part to gas rationing plans in several slates. Mobil said it had also odd-eve- n obtained additional supplies gasoline, but did not specify tin- - of source. indicated Spot cheeks Thursday gasoline should again !h in adequate supply this weekend, hut the outlook for the end of the month was less clear as sonic sen ice stations had been ex running short of July pccted to albn-ation- Odd even restrictions remain in f feet in Id states and the District of Columbia, and officials say there are some indications that the rationing ma have a long term effect nn driving habits. In Cummia, the nation's imM populous state and the first to institute rationing this year, freeway traffic is down about 3 jierccnt while t is up from 11 to :n use of percent. "As long as people continue to cut back on their driving, everything wilt Sec Page 2. Column H odd-eve- n mass-transi- Space Spinoffs Continue to Make Earth Life Better By Howard Benedict Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Karen MacKenzie, 15. and Jimmy Gerlach are among millions of people living better on Earth because man walked on the moon a decade ago. Each suffers from a rare disease. Each liencfits from space spinofls products or materials developed in the effort to explore space. Karen lnul spent years in bed. constant ice baths her only relief fro in the pain scaring her arms and legs. Her illness, known as burning limb syndrome, causes seven pam i., the limb. Only cooling brings relict Jimmy was forced to stav in air- - conditioned rooms and abstain from exercise because his outer skin scaled off Both can now do most normal things. They wear modified versions of the liquid-coole- suils which protected against lunar heat. It I teen Page MM v- sit. -r Kami, of Turn, Nova Scoria. wears a garment which circulates cool water around her legs and thighs. It relieves pain, prevents further tissue deterioration and enables her to mine about in u wheelchair. .Nutii.ual Aeronaut ies and Space Ad ministration engineers developed a battery powered backpack that circu blanket-lik- , lates water through an upjicr Imdy garment. Wearing this device, Jimmy can bicycle around his Palmyra, Pa., neighborhood and join in other outdoor play. The technology of Apollo and other programs has found its way into industrial medicine, transportation, processes, public safety, construction, coftimuuieations, home appliances, recreation and food produces Surprisingly, however, few Amen cans seem aware of the many uses of space technology. An Associated Press-NBNews Poll conducted earlier this week found that 53 percent of thus, questioned said they didn't believe the space picgl'am ha brought enough benefits to justify its total $78 billion cost. The Axil!o program alone v ast s.P billion. When Sky lab plunged to Earth in flames last week, among the items that burned up was a sophisticated smoke detector, forerunner of those now standard in many homes and apart meats. Also incinerated was a Sky lab sun shield, which has been translated into a solar screen that keeps nut "o percent to 8ii of the heat that normally would penetrate a window. Tin screen has reduced air conditioning costs in several federal buildings, including the Federal Court House ill Inis Angeles. Among consumer products "spun from space" are lightweight blankets See lagc 2, Column 1 |