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Show Vol. 224. No. Salt Lake City. Utah 142 i. ' ''t' tlW; Friday Morning Associated Press Writer The nation's business leaders, who stood shoulder-to-shouldwith President Reagan in last battle, are breaking budget year's ranks this year because they fear the large deficits Reagan is proposing will choke off an economic recovery. The Business Roundtable, whose members run 200 of the nation's largest corporations, became the latest corporate backer of Reagan to complain, saying Thursday that it does not believe the record deficits the administration is projecting have been "adequately addressed. Increasingly, business leaders are urging Reagan to trim the increases he proposes for the defense budget, reduce spending on Social Security and other programs tied to an automatic adjustment and consider changes in the tax reduction program approved last year. Still Holds Firmly Thus far, Reagan has held firmly against lowering his defense budget or reversing his tax cut plan. Budget director David A. Stockman told a U.S. Chamber of Commerce meeting Thursday the nation has "no choice but to stick with the president's policies to end the curse of inflation once and for all, even if it means short-ru- n economic and fiscal difficulties. He described as "temporary" the high interest and unemployment rates and rising bankruptcies. They are all a prelude to the recovery," he said. Business leaders, however, are worried that the projected deficits will keep interest rates high, which in turn will hurt the already suffering auto, housing and thrift industries, lead to more business failures and delay investment plans. The result, some fear, will be to abort any strong recovery this year from the current severe recession. Cautions Statement In a cautious statement, the Business Roundtable called for major, permanent spending cuts in future budgets to slow increases in defense programs and reduce payments for benefit programs tied to adjustments. The Roundtable also said it will be necessary to address the revenue side but did not elaborate on what tax changes it wants. thrift and Leaders of the hard-hi- t housing industries last week pleaded with the president to lower the deficits. The industries told Reagan he has no altemtive but to reduce spending in WASHINGTON cost-of-livi- Associated Press Laser photo Senate hearings on his possible expulsion from Senate. Williams Beseeches Packed Senate Not to Expel Him WASHINGTON (AP) Sen Harrison A. Williams Jr. appealed Thursday to his Senate colleagues to reject a recommendation that he be expelled, saying he was a completely innocent victim in an Abscam net so crudely wrapped around me. New The crat said a Jersey Demo- monumental amount of Surprise Pick Reagan Shuns Joint Chiefs Pecking Order Washington Post Service WASHINGTON President Reagan announced Thursday that he will nominate Army Gen. John W. Vessey Jr., a former mud soldier, to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, effective July 1. Assuming Senate confirmation, Vessey will wct succeed Air Force Gen. David C. Jones, who was known in military cir- cles more as a politically adept manager than as a down-to-eart- h soldier. Vessey. ac- cording to the Gen. Vessey Army, would be- come the first Army general to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the nations top military post, without having graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. His selection also is unusual in that he would jump from his current job as Army vice chief of staff to the chairmanship without first becoming the chief of staff of his service. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs runs the meetings of the heads of the Army. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps and sets forth their positions in meetings with the president. He is the presidents military adviser on the main issues of the day. A White House official said that President Reagan did not know Vessey but directed his staff to find a man of absolute integrity who would be cool under fire." Reagan was particularly impressed, the official said, with the fact that Vessey was a former enlisted man who received a battlefield commission on the Anzio beachhead during World Warll. A soldier's soldier." Reagan said of Vessey as he announced his choice to reporters Thursday just before boarding a helicopter at the airport in Santa Monica. Calif., on route to his nearby ranch for a vacation. Army Secretary John O. Marsh Jr. "down-to-eartwise praised Vessey s counsel" as that service's vice chief of staff. cost-of-livi- resources" had been used without success to lure him into a crime. And he told the Senate those same tactics could be used against others like themselves who had no inclination to commit a crime. I could have made it easier for you he told a chamber by resigning, packed with about 80 of the 100 senators. Destructive Precedent? But he said that would would have led to a precedent that, carried forward, could destroy the Senate. In a four-hou- r presentation on the second day of the Senate debate. Williams outlined in exhaustive detail instances of what he said were improper conduct by Abscam operatives. He said tne operatives tried to foster criminal activity where none existed and must bear responsibility for their part in this sordid affair. Some members of the Senate have privately questioned the relevance of the government tactics in a discussion of Williams conduct. Williams said Majority Leader Howhad recently asked ard Baker, him, for instance, whether he planned to try the case again during the expulsion debate. Seriously Mistreated Williams said he told Baker he could because he felt he had been seriously mistreated and that other senators could find similar temptations thrust upon them. Williams was convicted by a federal jury last May of agreeing to use his influence in exchange for financial backing for a titanium mine in which he had an interest. The man he went to was an undercover FBI agent posing as a wealthy Arab businessman, and the meetings were secretly taped by the government. The Senate Ethics Committee recommended last summer that Williams should be expelled for ahat it found to be ethically repugnant conduct. Democratic Whip Alan Cranston of California, who has proposed that Williams be censured rather than expelled, said he felt an examination of the governments conduct was appropriate. It is my conclusion that there has See Page 2, Column 1 Inside The Tribune Dem ogra phics Of Youth defense and benefit programs, and if necessary, put off planned tax reductions or raise taxes. "The deficits are clearly bothering people," said Richard Rahn. chief r economist for the Chamber of Commerce. 218,000-membe- Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff. chairman of Millipore Corp. in Bedford. Mass., a firm, said compromises should be made in the budget to "try to chip away" a the looming deficits. Gordon C. Luce, chairman of San Federal Savings and Loan Association, said a "narrowing of the Diego areas." "There is an aw ful lot of concern over the impact those deficit numbers might have on interest rates," said Jack Albertine, president of the American Business Conference, which represents 75 fast growing companies His group plans to meet soon with members of Congress to urge further reductions in the budget proposals. When the government runs big deficits, it has to borrow more in the credit markets where it competes with private borrowers. With a limited amount of money available, interest rates tend to rise, especially with the By Michael J. Sniffen Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON The Justice Department has quietly expanded into five new states its hunt for highway builders who rig their bids on public contracts. Federal grand juries are now operating in 18 states in the largest criminal antitrust investigation in U.S. history. Department spokesman Mark T. Sheehan acknowledged Thursday that since December new grand juries have begun work in Iowa, Maryland, New Hampshire and Oklahoma. He declined to identify the fifth new state, but government sources, who asked not to be named, said it was Pennsylvania. The investigation began three years ago this month in Tennessee and so far several felony charges have been brought against 119 corporations and 147 of their executives in 10 states Some have been charged more than once. So far, only one corporation and three executives have been aeq'mted in trials. In an interview in Washington Thursday, Stephen Thayer, U S. attorney for New Hampshire, said he had been to begin a authorized in federal grand jury investigation into in that state. He said subpoenas had gone out this week to contracting firms in New Hampshire and other states for inforstate highway mation relating to construction in New Hampshire. mid-Februa- g by 1990, 2000, said Fluctuating - -- Thayer, who was in Washington tor meetings with antitrust officials about the investigation, could not estimate how long the grand jury would take to complete its work. He added that, as in the other states, we have no reason to believe any state officials are involved. Last weekend. Oklahoma highway officials said the Justice Department's antitrust division has asked for documents on all highway projects from ; - v J A-- By Charles J. Hanley Associated Press Writer MEXICO CITY Archaeologists who have peeled away the manylayered heart of old Mexico City are about to display their spectacular find the remains of the fabled Great Temple of the Aztecs. The site may become the biggest Mexico, tourist attraction in ruins-ric- h and certainly will be the most accessible. The excavation, the size of four football fields, is just off the central plaza of this sprawling city. After the Great Temple opens to the public this September, visitors will be look at the able to get a close-u- p culture that the of complex centerpiece Hernando Cortes and his conquistadors found when they entered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in 1519. Nothing to Compare From the top of the pyramidal temple, the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II (also known as Montezuma) showed Cortes the city spread out below, one of such excellence and grandeur," the Spaniard later wrote, ... that in Spain there is nothing to compare. The temple was also the place where tens of thousands of people were sacrificed to the gods of rain and war. The huge structure stood 200 feet high and extended 250 feet on each side, comparable to great churches of Christendom. The conquering Spaniards tore it down stone by stone, in a process that may have taken 14 years. The volcanic-roc- k building blocks were then used to raise the new Spanish colonys massive " A?"'' A A,.; a. Friday's Forecast C-- a non-defen- 1977 through 1980. Sources said a federal grand jury has begun work in Pittsburgh on Pennsylvania contractors. In addition, Sheehan said that grand juries have been weighing possible cases for some time in Kentucky, Arkansas and one other state which has never been publiclv identified. , Overall, between 30 and 35 department lawyers are working on the See Page 2 Column 3 cathedral, which still stands nearby. It was long thought the cathedral had been built atop the Great Temple site. But the discovery of a buried comer of the temple early in this century alerted archaeologists to the true location. Then, in February 1978, at about nine feet below the surface, a ditchdigger chanced upon a carved monolith, a relief sculpture of an Aztec goddess. Specialists later deduced that this stone, at the base of the temple, was the spot to which sacrificial victims bodies tumbled from the summit. The ditchdiggers discovery set off four years of excavating by Mexicos National Institute of Anthropology and History. What the archaeologists have laid bare is a remarkable system of five temples built over pyramids in one earlier temples. The four outer temples are essentially pyramids with their tops lopped off. The steps the Aztec priests victims once climbed now lead into empty space. But the most surprising discovery was that the Spaniards apparently overlooked the earliest, innermost and smallest of the five temples. Its two summit shrines to the rain god Tlaloc and the war god Huitzilopochtli remain almost intact, sacrificial stone. including an anvil-lik- e Carved Stone Figures The base of what remains of the grandest, and last, temple is decorated with powerfully carved stone figures of serpents and frogs. In addition, the archaeologists have found 105 offering containers, either vases or stone caches built into the structures, that held more than 6,000 artifacts of the Aztec age, a priceless collection that will be put on display in a new museum being built behind the temple site. These objects include statues, masks, ceramics, utensils, jewelry, seashells and other offerings. We are now entering an entirely new phase of the project, studying this vast material that we have collected, the coordinator of the dig told a visiting reporter. This bearded, balding archaeologists name, ironically, is Eduardo Matos Moctezuma. But he laughed off a suggestion that he may be descended from the Aztec emperor. That was so long ago, he said. The disinterment of the Great whose oldest part dates back Temple is described as the find of 650 years the century in Aztec archaeology. And it is bound to whet some antiquarian appetites here. Steps, walls and platforms leading away from the temple make clear that the entire sacred core of the Aztec capital, an enclosure of perhaps 70 buildings, probably survives in some form beneath the less ancient buildings plaza, the surrounding the modern-da- y ruins may include Moctezumas palace, said to have been a fabulous residence complete with its own zoo. It probably lies below the National Palace, the seat of Mexican government. Of course there are other monuments around here, said Matos. "But there are colonial-er- a monuments above them. We cant dig Vi anymore. Allocated PrM LiitrpholO Archaeologists are uncovering and restoring the Templo Mayor, main temple of the Aztecs 4 Board pursuing The administration contends the increased savings it expects from its tax program will enlarge the pool of money available and make it easier for the government to finance the deficits without crowding out other borrowers and boosting interest rates. Reagan is projecting a 1983 deficit of $91.5 billion, followed by $82.9 billion in 1984. Those deficits are contingent upon Congress approving large spending cuts in programs. Many analysts, however, are forecasting even bigger deficits in 1983 and 1984. Zocalo. The 2 Salt Lake City and vicinity Clearing Friday, becoming slightly warmer. Weather Details on Reserve Great Temple of Aztecs May Lure Throngs Of Tourisis to Mexico A r Federal policy of limiting the growth of money to fight inflation. Inquiry Into Rigged Road Bids Expands to Five More States then rise to 41 million in the report. The bureau's projections on the number of younger Americans is based on falling fertility rates. It projects average lifetime births per woman at 2.1. And it noted wives between the ages of 18 and 24 in 1979 were expected to have 2.2 births, satistically a sharp drop from the 2.9 The WASHINGTON (UPD births per married woman in 1967. Census Bureau predicted Thursday that by the year 2000 there will be 94 The forecast notes that in 1960 million Americans 24 or younger, an children under 14 were 30 percent of increase in that age group of just 3 the total population, but their share million from 1980 because of falling of the total diped to 21 percent in 1980 and is expected to shrink to 20 fertility rates. A report pulling together informapercent in 2000. tion from previously separate Young Americans are not only bureau reports projected there will having fewer children than their be 53 million children under the age parents did, said the report, they are of 14 in just under two decades, up by staying single longer. 7 million from 1980. For men aged 20 to 24, it said, almost 69 percent were single in 1980 The number of people between 14 and 24 two years ago estimated at against 53 percent in 1960. For will drop to 38 million 45 million See Page 3, Column 5 niiiLiriTiii'rtri" fg't budget deficits would be good" through more reduced spending in many Tribune Telephone Numbers, Page Cents Twenty-Fiv- e Breaks Ranks With Reagan By Sally Jacobsen Harrison A. Williams, talks to press about Price 1982 Business Opposes Deficits S' Sen March 5. center of Mexico City. Officials hope the temple will be a major tourist attraction. in the t still-burie- d Today's Chuckle How come a slight tax while a substantial you 30 cents? $200. a increase costs tax cut saves V |
