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Show S'--f The Salt Lake Tribune, Saturday. March 9. 194 fl First Move Against Inflation Britains New Labor Leadership Slaps Freeze on Residential Rents lire against price mcrea-e- s through mandatory controls Kising prices mere a key issue in the national elections, which unseated Edward Heath's Con-selast alive government week By Terry Howards New York Times Wriler The new Labor government announced Friday a nutiunal freeze on residential rems for the rest of the year move in its fiist formal against inflation The action fulfilled a pledge made by prime Minister Harold Wilson and indicated that the new government would try to hold the LONDON increases for the wealthy and additional food subsidies are regarded as possible item Dramatic Evidence Escalating housing co-t- s have provided dramatic evidence of Inflation in Britain. partment rentals in central LomlOit have risen sc far that, most wage earners cannot afford to live there The new government also announced that a new national budget would be presented March 20. The full scope of Uilsons economic policy will lie disclosed at that point. Tax cam-pag- In freezing rents, Wilson an action that will reThe ceive little crifcLsm. move was applauded even by some leading Tones all covers freeze The categories of private and public housing It was made poscounter-inflatiosible under the act of 1972. a controversial law passed by the Conservatives and often by Labor because it was used to limit wage increases Violations of the freeze will be punishable by fines of up lo 4920 for each offen-- e and of unlimited amounts if indictments are involved took Unlawful evictions cf tenants could lead lo unlimited fi:.., or as much as two years in prison upon conviction. The stock market continued to slide amid investor uncertainties about Wilsons eco n cnti-ciz.e- d nomic policies. The Financial Times industrial index closed at 295, its lowest point in more than seven years Recession Predicted said Analysts Thursday night's prediction of a recession by the National Institute of Social Economic and Research added to the general gloom in the investment community. whpreas the uncer tainties over government's the Wiison economic policies relate mainly to profit margins. Wilson had indicated in campaign speeches that he would call for voluntary restraints on wage increases and would impose mandutory controls on prices. Some anathis would lysts suggested lead to a squeeze on profit margins, because rising wage costs couJd not be offset by higher prices. The imposition of the rent freeze Friday appeared to contain at least half of the That mandatory equation: controls would be placed on prices. The 35 percent pay increase granted to the coal miners two days ago seemed to point to a more liberal policy on wages (Copyright) Fighting Flares Again on Golan Heights; Syria Offensive Thwarted, Israel Says By Assctia'ed Press Artillery and antitank rockets boomed across the Golan Heights front Friday. Premier Golda Meir told the Israelis after the flareup that Syria had planned an attack earlier In the week io retake lost temtory but Israel lud been warned in time The Tel Aviv military com- mand said Syrian troops fired antitank missiles at an Israeli patrol in the central sector of the Golan front Friday and Syrian artillery salvos followed up on the missiles. We received reliable information from diplomatic sources that Syria had u plan to free the territories captured in the Yom Kippur war." Mrs. Meir said in a televised statement. Asks Diplomatic Help Mrs. Meir said her government asked immediaMy unnamed diplomatic quarters to do what they could to prevent the renewal of fighting," which was taken here to mean an appeal to Washington . Worker of buiMing site io London read newspaper headline announcing Britain's return to full work , t; - Ml week as decreed by Labor government. had been cut lo three days In effort. t i : t :llti"e Siberian Reserve v MOSCOW - - ; - dean-burnin- low-cos- cub marked danger inflammable.'' The operation requires a pump line frmn Hie canister to the engine and is much like refilling a gas nga relte lighter , the The Soviet I Linton, of with a wealth ; untapped natural gas In the Vast expanses of Siberia, has ; : announced plans lo mass produce automobiles powered by Jhe t I; '.The Soviets are confronting n unforeseen problem of air pollution, resulting from a decision mree government years ago to vastly increase Vittg countrys automobile pro-ctuction ' I new plan, announced I Friday, aims to help solve Jhal problem by putting, at least 35,000 red I natural'gas pow-- ; venides on Moscow by 197tt instead of cars, gasoline-powere- d What the Soviets hope will 1 be a solution to their own air pollution problrms is, exports -xay, no solution at all in the United States, where natural is in short supply and is Expected to remain so in the Vpreseeable future. 7 ' Minor Adjustment I conversion from gaso- engines to those burning 'jmtural gas requires only a -junior adjustment. Vehicles converted engines have ; been tested on an experimen-tat basis by both the United I States and the Soviet Union. I 1 In the Soviet Union aboul 4,700 clean gas trucks have been produced for the Moscow I region. Five gas" stations in jhe capital are servicing them nd ihree more are under -- 1 I construction I'iThe trucks are ; ' New York Times Service - The BUENOS AIRES hambor of Deputies Friday t Approved' a request 'rom Juan Domingo Peren allowing him to appoint a fedoral official to replace C.over- nor Ricardo Obregon Cano, Peronist who was the Pres-iden- - left-win- g - g Cor- - d' ba Since the Senate approved the same measure earlier this v.cck. Pcron is exporter to ;I name the new official Shortly'. ; Mo-- t politicians expect lie will tinservative Peronist '...I legislative approval fol d (UPl) Thieu also was reported considering a plan (o develop Vietnams postwar reconstruction by sanding elosp aides to rich countries in search of additional aid In Cambodia, a large rebel and North Vietnamese force stepped up attacks against a southern provincial capital of 45,000 persons Friday, forcing the government to send in reinforcements. Refugees fled as far away as South Vietnam Kim Tea UPl Reporter Heang. returning irem two days m the beleaguered capital of Kampot. said Lyalist troops could barely hold their own against rebel pressure and are fighting insurgents have been reinforced by two battalions of North Vietnamese, Heang said. The city, 93 miles from under Phnom Penh, is bombardment by Timm recoil- less rifle fire and its drmhuig water supply only four miles out of town has been cut Thieu began the shakup with cabinet shuffle Feb 18 in one of the first actions to .strengthen his administration Vietnam Frees Lasl Captive New Yoik Times Sen ice SMGON. South Vietnam One long chapter of the Vietnam War ended Friday with the release of the Iasi prisoners officially listed as having boon captured before the ceasefire of January. 1973 Culminating four weeks of exchanges, the South Vietnamannounced ese government that it had flown 121 prisoners to Loc Ninh. a Viet Cong administrative capital. 75 miles north of Saigon This brought to 31.502 the total rumter of prisoners released by the government since the sigr.ihg of the Tans agreement Several years ago a small fleet of U S. government ears operated successfully on natural gas as an experiment find mg means to reducing air pollution While air pollution and low costs are the principal reasons for developing the Russian natural gas car, Moscow may also be guarding against the kind of fuel shortages that have crippled many Western nations the past six months There are no known fuel deficiencies here yet. but the Soviet Unions massive supplies of natural gas in SitxTia could ensure adequate automotive fuel in the e'-- nt of gasoline shortages Various Delays Development of the Siberian reserves has been stalled by insufficient industrial equip mont and technical knowhow Experiments with gas cars m the 1030s were called off for lack of available fuel Since then nearly all natural gas retrieved from fields in European Russian and central Asia has been delegated for home and industrial Use The Russians still can't tap the Siberian fields by themselves, but the Kremlin hopes to take advantage of he t detente to enlist menean and Japanese help Detroit automakers said discussion of the advantages of natural gas as automotive fuel in the United Stales was academic There's no supply." a for Ford Motor spokesman so why waste the Co said, East-Wes- time'" (Copyilght) - distinguished overthrown by a right-winpolice revolt last week in - President Nguyen Van Thieu. m a major new move to strengthen his administration, retired 11 senior army generals Friday and appointed a dozen new ambassadors to key allied nations SAIGON iiijPeron to 1 The truckers pay five ruble- St CO for enough gas to roll them '250 miles m a medium-sizetruck Ordinary gasoline to travel the same co.sts 50 percent distance more Thieu Retires Generals, Picks 12 New Envoys I fuel I t,The a large red canister behind bv By ; Replace Ousted Chief lowed Thursday night s announcement by Cano and his deputy governor. Aulio Lopez, that they had formally submitted their resignations Li Slate Department source described the increased tension on the Golan as the same kind of bristling and that marked the shoving the situation just before disengagement between Israeli and Egyptian forces. Warning From U.S.? A Russia to Use Natural Gas til Autos in Roger Leddmgton lil Associated Press Writer . U.S. officials m Washington said they did nut know of any Mrs communication from M?ir asktng for U S. intervention to keep the peace on the Golan front, although they said Contact might have been made directly with Secretary of State Henry' Kissinger or President Nixon. Work week fuel-savin- g . t Conditions The two officials, who traveled here from Cordoba, announced their resignations after meeting with legislative (eiders. according to sources who attended the meeting, Cano insisted on guarantees that neither he nor Lopez ot expelled rtom the Pcnmist movement, that there be no persecution of thtur follow-'pin Cordoba, and that Vet Lt Awomo Domingo left-win- g Navarro, the police chief who be brought to led the revolt, trial publicly criticized Peron, who has blamed them for the Their resignations were cn-m- s one of these least requests found its way into the legislative bit!, which demanded that Navarro and his with followers be charged sedition widely interpreted as an indication that they reuM refuse Peronist to lead a the revolt aging against leader Will Be Replaced the Despite increasing conconfrontation between Pero-mstservative and and Peron's strong backing of Ms right-winfollowers all Peronlsls continue to publicly avow their loyalty to the president At But Navarro apparently will soon be replaced anyway, according to the minister of interior, Bemto Llambi. who was quoted as saying that a new police chit would have Cordoba to be appointed Neither Ca'' nor Lopez left-win- g left-win- (Copyright) s V Israeli said newspapers Washington sent warnings of the Syrian attack and an Israeli cabinet minister hinted the alarm came from the United States government IsTael checked the attack warnings with other sources and with field reports." said Mrs. Meir, and front line intelligence showed Syrian forces in a very high state of alert The premier, speaking firmand showing no sign of strain from weeks of government crisis, was explaining the military crisis on the Syrian front. ly Israelis and some Many accused the newspapers government of exaggerating the emergency as a way to patch up political splits so Mrs Meir could present her new cabinet Sunday Clash The hostilities erupted with tank and artillery a da-l- i. followed by an additional exchange of cannon fire, the Syrians reported in Damascus Neither side reported any vacuities By nightfall the front was report ed calm and Syria's President Hafez Assad was emphasizing "the political battle " Tho fighting came as a spokesman for the Egyptian OlI Ministry said President Anwar Sadat is going ahead with his plans to hold an Arab oil ministers' meeting in Cairo on Sunday to discuss lifting the Arab oil embargo on the United States But the semiofficial Algerian newspaper El Moujahid and .Algiers radio reported that tne ministers will renvene Wednesday in Tripoli. It was reported that U'.. Algeria also was speaking for Libya Reflects Wrangling? The uncertainty was believed to reflect disagreement among the Arabs whether lo lift the embargo, imposed after the October war to pressure the United States away from its support of Israel. The Egyptian spokesman. Mahmoud Roushy. said Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi. Bahrain and Qatar were plan ning to attend the meeting Sunday in Cairo. Saudi Araoia and Kuwait are the largest Arab ml producers and (lie Saudi monarch. King Faisal, has been (he generally recognized leader of the embargo. Egypt's authoritative newspaper Al Abram said in a dispatch from Saudi Arabia that the Arab oil ministers attending the Sunday meeting will lift the embargo, implementing a decision adopted by an Arab conference in Algiers lust month Seeks Embargo End Sadat has been pushing for an end to the embargo as a ge-tu- of thanks re tary for Secre- State Henry A. Kissin-gpr'- s Middle Ea-- t mediation. of the engineered troop pullback that has hailed dashes in the Sinai and he is pushing hard to arrange a similar agreement for the Golan Egyptiun-I-rael- i Heights. Jewish civilians living on the heights were warned Friday to stay dose to bomb shelters Reinforced Israeli units were reported watching every move by their Syrian foes dug in across the bleak, rocky cnsefire bne. There were reports of some Israeli reserve callups Israel's new information a Shimon Perers close colleague of Defense told Minister Mushe Dayan a Maariv newspaper mim-le- r, interviewer that the fears of were new Golan fighting justified. But many Israelis expressed behef that he and Dayan, regretting their initial ref'.-a-l to join Premier Goldi. Meir's new cabinet, had exaggerated the Syrian problem as an excuse to change their minds. Assad spoke at a Damascus University rally without mentioning the Golan ouibreak or the Israeli claims that he was contemplating renewed war. Cairo Newspaper Sa)s So Arabs to End Oil Embargo - CAIRO. Egypt AP Arab ml ministers planning to meet Sunday in Cairo will lift the oil embargo on to shipments the United States, the authoritative Egyptian newspaper Al Abram reported The decision will implement a adopted by an Arab conference in Algiers last month. Al Ahram said in a dispatch Saturday from Riyadh. Saudi Arabia Oil An Ministry Egvptum spokesman said Friday that Egypt planned on the meeting in Cairo, despite Algerian objections over the site and lime, u consider lifting the embargo against the United States Optimistic The spokesman, Mahmoud Roushy, said the ministry was optimistic that Algeria would attend even though Algerian newspaper and radio reports favored a meeting three days later in Tripoli, Libya The Roushy explained Ministry Libyan government has contacted Egypt proposing that the meeting be postponed until March 1.3. explaining that the postponement was necessary due to accommodation problems in Liby a But Egypt prefcTed to stick to the original dale and all preparations for holding the meeting, including reserving hotel rooms in Cairo, are proceeding Agree to Attend Roushy said Saudi Arabia. Kuwait. Abu Dhabi. Bahrain and Qatar have agreed io attend the meeting in Cairo are producers known to have differing views on whether the embargo, posed last October to bring political pressure on Israel to withdraw from occupied Arab land- -, ,hould be lifted at this time Arab oil Kuwait is expected to agree to lift the embargo and Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamam called for a lifting of the embargo earlier this week in an interview published in the Wall Street Journal Last situation along front stabilizes the Syrian Even if the Arab oil producto lift the do decide bovcott it is not dear whether they would increase production to meet U.S. fuel needs or whether the move would come in lime to ease the threat of gasoline rationing ers President Nixon declined Wednesday to predict a relaxation of tile Arab oil squeeze, saying indicating what they might do might lead them to do otherwise. In Beirut, the daily newspaper An Nahar said Yamam may be on his wav out as Saudi Arabias oil minister. Negotiators in Ethiopia Okay 'Peace Formula By Andrew Torchia Associated Press Writer ADDIS ABABA. egotiators Ethiopia reached -N- agree- ment Friday on a formula to end a two-dageneral strike that has virtually cut Ethiopia off from the woi id wage freedom to strike, free schools, cost of living raises and the right to publish a labor newspaper banned b the government. y The general council of the of Confederation Ethiopian Labor Unions met for eight hours without deciding whether to accept the compromise. The union chiefs were to meet again Saturday morning About 120,000 workers will remain off their jobs until ixth the council and Prune Minister Endalkachew Makonnen union approve, spokesmen said Government ktory Calling off the nationwide walkout, which has crippled industry and public transport, for would be a victory Kndalkachcw's d government and could end a civil crisis triggered by a military revolt Remain in Session A lman parliamentary del- egation told labor leaders they would give priority to legislation putting the agreement into effect. The legislators said they would remain in session beyond the normal June adjournment if necessary. With the strike m its second day, the port at Massawa was closed International flights were crippled and the railways didn't run. Department stores, banks were and some factories closed. Big farms were idle, and government newspapers failed to appear. More stores and restaurants dosed in Asmara, the nation's second largest city. two-wee- On all matters there is a meeting of minds between the negotiating committee and the government representatives," Fisseha Tsion Takie, the labor federation's secretary-general- DOGHOUSES $1 5 , He did not disclose said details of the formula. Unions had pressed for IS point, including a minimum IIETCHUM'S SALT LAKE OGCEN 1974VOLKSY.AGENS month, at a meeting in Algiers, President Anwar Sadat, Alg- erian mini-summ- m President Ilouari Boumedienne. King Faisal of Saudi Arabia and President Ilaftz Assad of Syria agreed to leave the embargo ui force pending moves toward a political settlement of the Middle East crisis Take Back Seat WPh fighting reported Friday along the Syrian front, political moves appear to have taken a temporary back seat Algerian minis, ter of indusand Belaid try energy, Abdelsalam. reportedly opposes a switch from Tripoli, to Cairo for the oil meeting because he is irrttated at Sadat's reported promise to Washington that the embargo aid be lifted. Some speculated Friday that the meeting might be fv.t off until the military Wc wilt take your car in trade regardless of size, moke or mpdel Investigate Our Excellent Finance Plan 511 Sooth State PFi. kwuult MUM 262-640- 1 VOLKSWAGEN Wham S rs IIJIEni-IOUIJTAI- Ii (hliqr writ It Slsmtartf tqu.pmattl v iu.J |