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Show 1974 Wednesday, Vovember 27, Page 4 ... ITS STILL OUT THERE ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA Ethiopias new military government announced on Sunday, November 24th, that it had executed 60 former aristocrats and government officials. Among the dead are the grandson of deposed Emperor Haile Selassie, two and the former head of the countrys military council. A government broadcast over Radio Ethiopia called the executions an act of justice which were punishment for crimes committed against the thinpipn people and for attempting to undermine the new military regime. It is reported that the executions were by machine fire and that they took piare about midnight on Saturday, November 23rd. Those killed were a segment of the more than 200 persons rounded up by the military government in the last seven months as part of an move. rs, anti-comipti- Lt. Gen. Aman Andom was one of those executed. A moderate who had sought peaceful solutions to the poor nations problems, he was, until just recently, the n head of Ethiopias military council. There has been no word (Hi the fate of former emperor Selassie. 120-ma- luunbsr -P.C. Slnic Is on vacation. His column - or what passos for It will raturn whan he tin does. SANDWICHES COLD BEER POOL MAIN I cant document it, but I hear hes in Alaska trying to rope and tie a blizzard just outside Fairbanks. STREET TUNIS, TUNISIA After apparently being denied sanctuary by the Arab countries, four Palestinian guerillas who hijacked a British airliner threatened to destroy the plane on Sunday, November 24th. ' On Saturday, November 23rd, the terrorists executed a German banker to demonstrate they meant business. The gunmen bargained for the release of seven fellow terrorists who were freed from Egyptian and Dutch prisons. In exchange, they allowed 40 passengers aboard the jetliner to disembark. BEIT SIIEAN, ISRAEL Three Arab terrorists killed four Israelis on Tuesday, November 19th, before Israeli soldiers were able to slay the gunmen. The Arab guerillas burst into a apartment building at the border town of Beit Shean, killed a mother of three, and shot a man and a woman attempting to flee down a stairway. A fourth body was located in the building. After troops had killed the terrorists, enraged townspeople threw the bodies out a window and burned them. BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND At least 15 persons were killed and more than 100 were reported injured as seven bombs exploded in downtown Birmingham on Thursday, November 21st. Hie blasts were staged at the same time as funeral services were being held for James McDaid, an Irish Republican Army officer who died while trying to plant a bomb in the town of Coventry. There seems to be little doubt that the explosions were part of the IRAs continuing campaign of violence aimed at driving British troops out of Northern Mountain Fuel Stock Limit Ireland. BRESCIA, ITALY Officials reported that a possible $10 million may have been paid to secure the release of the kidnapped son of one of Italys richest men. Giuseppe Lucchini was freed at 2 AM Tuesday, November 19th, near a Brescia police station. The student is one of 37 persons to be kidnapped in Italy this The whereabouts of eight of these persons are still unknown. WASHINGTON, D.C. President Ford returned from his week-lon-g Asian journey on Sunday, November and stated that a sound basis for a new agreement that will constrain our competition over the next decade was created during his stay in the ' military Soviet Union. He said a large measure of agreement had been reached (Hi the limitation of strategic arms. Overall, Mr. Ford described his talks with Soviet Com, munist leader Leonid Brezhnev as going very, very well. Remarking on his visit to South Korea, the President said that country is a showcase of economic development. He stated that the South Koreans are assuming the major burden of their military burden themselves despite the presence of American troops. 24th, W. J. Usery, head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the countrys top labor mediator, initiated efforts on Sunday, November 24th, to end the nations coal strike. Government officials have indicated that as many as 400,000 persons could be idled if the strike continues for another two weeks, further compounding the nations already acute unemployment problem. On Friday, November 22nd, the Senate Tules Committee voted unanimously to recommend the confirmation of Nelson A. Rockefeller as the nations vice president. The recommendation will be sent to the full Senate and came as Rockefeller was appearing before the House Judiciary Committee. President Ford received a dual setback on Thursday, November 21st, when the Senate joined forces with the House to override his vetos of a vocational rehabilitation program and his opposition to the strengthening of the Freedom of Information Act. The overwhelming votes to negate the vetos followed a previous vote to override the Presidents veto of a railroad retirement bill. NEW YORK Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller entered Memorial Hospital on Sunday, November 24th, to undergo her second breast cancer operation in five weeks. She was scheduled to have the surgery performed on Monday morning. Vice President-designat-e Rockefeller said the cancerous condition in his wifes right breast was discovered the day after she had her left removed on October 17th. The United Nations General Assembly endorsed the Palestinians claim to statehood on Friday, November 22nd. Over the protests of the United States and Israel, the assembly voted 89-- 8 to adopt a resolution which affirms the Palestinians right to national independence and sovereignty. The General Assembly also conferred observer status to the Palestinian Liberation Organization. This allows PLO representatives to attend U.N. conferences and assembly sessions. Raised Shareholders of Mountain Fuel Supply Company, at a special meeting, voted to increase the limit and amount of common stock from $30,000,000 to $45,000,000 to reduce the par value of common stock from $10 per share to $5 per dune, and to increase die authorized common shares from 3,000,000 to 9,000,000. It enables the Company to implement a split of common shares, according to B.Z. Hastier, two-for-o- ne president. The split became effective as of the dose of business on Monday, November 18th, 1974, and shareholders as of that time received stickers to affix to existing certwo-for-o- tificates evidencing the reduced par value of the stock together with new certificates for the additional shares to which they are entitled as a result of the split. The stickers and new certificates will be mailed about Friday, December 6th, 1974, and the split shares will begin trading on two-for-o- ne the New Yorit Stock Ex- change as of the opening of trading on Monday, Dec-meb- 9th, er 1974. Shareholders also approved an amendment to the articles increasing the number of directors from 11 to 13 persons. Mr. Hastier indicated that no discussions had been had by the board relative to the additional directorates created and stated that these positions on the board might not be filled until the next annual meeting of the Company in May of 1975. OBITUARY Cassie Ball Blonquist, 77, of Coalville, died November 22nd, 1974, at home of a heart attack. Bom on June 20th, 1897, in Logan, to William & Grace Ball, she married Melvin A. Blonquist in Ogden on Caroline Recognize thle youngster without his moustache? His ears got bigger as he got older. His Identity is revealed on page 12. Photo from AS THEY WERE by Tull Kupforborg snd Sytvls Topo. 1973 by TuB Kupforborg and Sylvia Topp. Published by Links Books, 33 West 60 Street, Naur York CHy. Iz-z- at DETROIT The Chrysler Corporation announced on Tuesday, November 19th, that five of its six car assembly plants in the U.S. will be shut down and that the majority of its 42 manufacturing plants will curtail operations from the end of November to January 6th. The action will reduce the firms fourth quarter production by 50,000 cars and will entail the layoff of 63,000 hourly workers. SPORTS Kareem Abdul Jabbar has returned. After a seven-wee- k layoff due to an eye inMilwaukee Bucks on Sunday, the the and a broken hand, jury superstar rejoined November 24th, and led them to a 90-7- victory over the New York Knicks. Without Jabbar, the Bucks won wily three of 16 contests the NBAs worst performance excenter said, I feel Im cept for the expansion team in New Orleans. The all-stabout 80 percent back to normal. President and majority stockholder in the San Francisco Giants Horace Stoneham said if the clubs attendance does not improve next season, he will consider moving the team to another city. The Giants drew just over 500,000 customers last year, the worst figures in the major leagues during a season in which baseball enjoyed a general upsurge. It was also the worst attendance in the Giants history. Chicago Black Hawks rightwinger Jim Pappin was handed a five-dasuspension for assaulting a referee. NHL President Clarence Campbell said the action was the result of Pappins pushing of referee Bob Myers against the boards in a November 16th contest with the Los Angeles Kings. -- 2 ar y February 28th, 1916. Survivors include husband; two sons, William C., of Park City, Melvin Eugene of Coalville; three daughters, Mrs. Jack (Dean) Salt Lake, Mrs. Zum-brunne- n, Harold (Marion) Little of Morgan, and Mrs. Warren (Virginia) Wright of Heber; Jack Dunn, of Coalville, a child she raised; 16 grandchildren; and 12 great- grandchildren. Funeral services were held on Monday, at 11AM in the Coalville LDS Stake Center. Burial was at Coalville Cemetery. SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CD DON'T WASTE NATURE We do the Worry fibout your Fum Installation - Heating - Air Conditio SERVICE Oil - Gas - Coal Call us for Information regardii our planned service agreemei a scheduled service program! WENNOXi heber heating 684 East Cent. Heber City, U.. 654-111- J-U- 32 1 24 HOUR SERVICE |