Show UN'IVFRSAL YICPCFILUING COPF corrp Bos £603 Salt Lake 64101 Utah School Finance Bill Is Passed By Utah Ho use By RAYMOND F NASH cans SALT LAKE CITY repaired a minor mtra - party rift Monday and pushed a 1505 million school finance bill through the Utah ll'PI)-Republi- amid House Democratic charges of "irresponsible law making'' At one point during the stormy late afternoon session the badly outnumbered Democrats walked off the floor "The Republicans have broken solemn promises" charged Minority Floor Leader Glen Larry Regis Regis said the majority party had pledged to support “an adiquate school finance program" in return for affirmative Democratic votes on the one cent sales tax hike the only tac increase Republicans were willing to support Democrats claim the House school spending bill $46 million below package does not revenue needed to The amended bill was passed back to the Senate for concur-ranc- e or rejection of the House bill A number of Republicans refused to budge on this issue This left the local district mill levy at 16 mills under terms of the House approved bill House leaders succeeded in bringing school finance bill to the floor when Republicans settled some minor differences at a noon caucus “We were lucky to bring some of those guys up to the $11 million figure" said one Republi- changes Senators continue to take in terms of increasing state and local support to the schools by $161 million but a hard core of dollar - conscious House members insist on keeping the which falls the Senate provide the keep teach property tax increase in the original Senate version of the Senators doubtlessly pushed for reinstatement of the two mill levy increase but House leaders indicate representatives planned to stand firm against any further tax hikes can representative A major split in the GOP ranks was caused by a two mill levy local school district figure down around the $115 million mark If the Senate rejects the The Democratic walkout came when Regis moved for a 15 minute recess and Republicans resoundingly defeated the motion Democrats left the door anyway and locked themselves in a committee room across the hall from the lower chamber The minority party returned to the floor a few minutes later but by that time House amendments had been gained approval and the substitute bill was well on its way toward final passage The Herald Journal Fair and a little warmer tomorrow High in the upper 20s Low tonight near 10 VOL Premier-Designat- House version of the bill a joint conference committee will iron out the differences ers in the classroom and off the picket lines next year 60 NO 60 LOGAN UTAH TUESDAY MARCH 1 1 1 969 Under provisions of the House bill teachers would receive average salary increases of $520 compared with $60 under the Senate measure Rep Calvin Gould charged the Republicans with "misinterpreting the voice of the taxpayers" "My communications indicate citizens want to look to the fu- ture not the past and support their schools" he said Decreasing canyon winds Low this morning was a minus 4 degrees 10 percent chance of snow TEN CENTS e Of Israel Selected Bv ROBERT MUSEL UPI Senior Editor Jerusalem (UPI)— Mrs Golda Meir was named premier designate of Israel today and quickly began choosing her coalition government The grand old lady of Israeli politics reached the top in the nation's power structure when President Zalman Shazer asked her to form a new government Old City Of Hue Under Fire By JACK WALSH SAIGON (UPI)— Communist gunners today shelled 40 more allied bases and towns including the ancient city of Hue to start the third phase of a winterspring offensive apparently aimed at Saigon itself Three attacks hit heavy ground American bases on the approaches to Saigon The attack on Hue was the first since the start of the Communist offensive and came despite - American warnings that such cities as Saigon Hue and Da Nang were not to be attacked under the agreement that ended US bombing of North Vietnam last Nov 1 Communists slammed headlong into US outposts near Phu Khuong 56 miles northwest of Saigon on the infiltration routes leading from Cambodia There were fierce shellings of Landing Zone Grant and a nearby US 25th Division camp and then heavy ground attacks which were repulsed in heavy fighting The Communists lost Mrs Meir 70 first woman premier of Israel replaced Levi Eshkol who died of a heart attack A former schoolteacher in the United Slates Mrs Meir was expected to present her cabinet to parliament Thursday Changes Not Revealed What changes if any she had in mind for the government were not revealed although political sources doubted she would remove any member of the current cabinet The coalition will remain in office only until the country's parliamentary elections this Forces menacing the capital were estimated as high as 65000 with 40000 in strike position The attack on Hue capital of the ancient emperors killed two children and wounded five other persons when rockets fell into the city that was devastated in last year's Tet offensive The ground attacks near Phu Khuong were beaten off with the help of divebombers and gunships cabinet" Her political accomplishments range from first Israeli ambas6 sador to the Soviet Union ( to foreign minister (195666) 1948-49- PLEA OF guilty was entered by James Earl Ray In the death of Dr Martin Luther King Jr Begins 99 Years In Prison faU Mrs Meir won the premiership with a large majority of support from Israel's 14 political factions Only three refused to back her despite heavy pressure by campaigners for Defense Minister Moshe Dayan the popular hero of the 1967 war Mrs Meir came to Palestine in 1921 and stayed on to work the land and help her people move toward nationhood 20 years ago Reputation Far Bravery Since then she has earned a reputation for physical bravery as well as political acumen Mrs Meir demonstrated her courage by crossing through Arab lines in a secret peace effort in 1948 and again in 1957 when terrorists lobbed a grenade into the Israeli parliament In that incident Mrs Meir stayed on her feet to make sure David then-Premi- ben-Guri- Wage Demand PARIS (UPI)— Union leaders pressed for massive wage increases today despite economists' fears the pay raises might 104 dead devalue the franc and cause an also atThe Communists tacked a US fth Infantry international financial crisis The nation’s two largest Division base in Dinh Tuong unions the Communist General Province 40 miles southwest of Confederation of Labor (CGT) Saigon Front reports said the and the Catholic French DemoAmericans killed 35 Commu- cratic Confederation (CFDT) nists in the battle near Phuoc worked on plans for a of on the of the Plain Thy edge nationwide strike to Reeds while suffering “light" enforce demands Tuesday by rejected casualties The fight continued government negotiators in preliafter dark American spokesmen in Sai- minary negotiations Thursday gon warned that this was a preliminary to an attack on Saigon which could come as early as Sunday and Monday nights during the dark of the moon was safely on the floor then threw herself down as the grenade went off wounding her in the leg Those exploits have earned her the jest that she is “the only real man in the Israeli a CHOOSING governmeal Golds Meir of coalition Mrs Israel 12 in Scouting's Award — national winners "Exploration World Exploration" Center for a Logan youth will he making an trip to New York City later this month C Robert Ripplinger son of Mr and Mrs Conrad and senior at Logan High School is recipient of the high- Up-pling- Gunners Duel In Suez Canal Sector Israeli and Egyptian artillery thundered across the Sues Canal tonight in a series of heavy duels from Port Said in the south to El Qantara in the north Israel said Egypt had spumed a United Nations ceasefire The firing appeared to be at least as heavy as the major battles which took place Saturday and Sunday and which left much of Egypt's oil storage facilities in flaming ruins Each side was making fiery statements of "revenge" and threats to reply in kind ranking Scouting recognition According to Derrald Watkins of the Cache Valley Council the Exploration Club and Exploring Division BSA for the purpose of fostering deeper motivation in young Americans to select the challenges of the unknown for their lifework It is also aimed to develop those qualities of training moral fabric and leadership essential to success in today's demanding worlds The program provides each of the 12 winners with an expense-pai- d trip to New York City During their their three-dastay the Explorers will (Mar be recognized at the national winners at the Explorers Club Annual Dinner While in New York they will visit with many prominent Explorers and field scientists xD members of the Explorers Club and will tour major exploration facilities in the New York area At the annual dinner each of the 12 winners outfitted in tuxedns will receive a citation from the World Center for Exploration and a special Explorer Resembles Icebox? Cache Too y 27-3- Much of the nation resembled an icebox early today with snow adding to the misery in the Southwest and parts of the Northeast Heavy snow and travelers warnings were in effect for higher elevations of Arizona much of New Mexico and the southern areas of Colorado Stockmen's warnings were up for southwestern Texas where cold rain and locally heavy snow endangered livestock blazer Flagstaff Ariz recorded 15 Included as the outstanding inches of new snow Monday and feature of the recognition early today with Las Vegas program will be an appropriate Nevt catching six inches NATIONAL honor has beea scholarship to cover the Blending Utah five inches and achieved by C Robert majority of costs for each of the Zuni NM eight inches of Logso (Continued on page 2) Rip-pliag-er t graphers as he entered the prison after a trip from Memphis where he changed his plea from innocent to guilty Monday and was sentenced after an “instant trial” Ray travelled to the state prison on the outskirts of in Nashville an eight-ca-r motorcade bustling with Tennessee State troopers and agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Criminal Identification When the motorcade arrived at the front gate of the prison Ray hopped out of a car and was quickly surrounded by guards Wearing a dark checked sport coat dark slacks and a white shirt he glared at the ground and refused to comment as he walked past a group of newsmen and photographers Flanked by State Safety Commissioner Greg O'Rear and Highway Patrol Inspector Mickey McGuire Ray walked past a guard's post through the main gate of the prison across a small courtyard and into the maximum security section to a six-b- y tine-focell Heavy manacles gleamed on his wrists Ray will spend at least 30 years in the Tennessee Penitentiary before at the age of 71 he will be eligible for paroles Should he be released then he could be required to serve eight years remaining on a term at the Missouri State Prison plus any additional time he may be given for escaping from that prison TBI Chief W E “Bud" Hopton said Ray's motorcade 200-mil- e Gains National Scout Citation As one of By DUREN CHEEK NASHVILLE Twin (UPD-Ja- mes Earl Ray manaded and surrounded by guards was whisked into the Tennessee Slate Prison today and lodged in a lonely cell to begin serving his term low than 24 hours after pleading guilty to the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Jr Ray ducked his head and stepped quickly to avoid photo- $ ot APOLLO PROJECT officials la Mission Control Center discuss the Chris Kralt flight operations manager at Manned Spacecraft critical rendezvous maneuver between the Lunar Module aud the Center George Low Apollo spacecraft manager and Manned Apollo 9 Command Module From left are George Hage Apollo 9 Space Center Director Dr Robert GUruth (Photo via UPI’ mission director Gen 8am Phillips Apollo project maonger Telephoto) onAm11 Su?Ior Weather Outlook Good For Return By MERR1MAN SMITH UPI White House Reporter James A McDivitt By AL ROSSITER Jr (UPI-House WASHINGTON UPI Space Writer “Well can't say anything Republican Leader GerSPACE CENTER Houston yet” Roosa said “when I say ald R Fad predicted today (UPI)— Apollo 9's pioneering good that was compared to after A White House conference got their first what I gave you yesterday" pilots moonship that if President Nixon decides weather reIt was all downhill today for to resume deployment of an good homecoming port today while far below at McDivitt David R Scott and antiballistic missile system The Cape Kennedy Apollo 10 was Russell L Schweickart Congress will support him lined up for a flight into lunar latest calculations placed their Out of the regular weekly orbit in Atlantic Ocean splashdown at May meeting of GOP House and “The weather looks like it's 10:36 am EST Thursday Senate leaders with the chief Roosa said the landing area up real well for shaping executive came only one hard a 2000 foot forecast called (splashThursday morning fact— that Nixon will make an clouds scattered with communicator down)” ceiling capsule announcement on the presently Stuart Roosa told the astronauts about 10 miles of visibility frozen Sentinel ABM system winds at 17 miles per hour and as they sped into their nint “some time this week"— but not day of flight around the earth fair to five foot seas today The Apollo 10 moon machine “It looks like it's going to be The National Security Council meanwhile was riding a tractor good" pretty (NSC) is expected to meet with “Stu you do good work" from its towering assembly The President Wednesday and answered flight commander builditg to its oceanside launch Senate GOP Leader Everett M Dirk sen indicated a Nixon announcement was not expected until after the President confers with the NSC and possibly other fa expert advisers Ford and Dirksen said Nixon did not indicate what his decision would be but Ford said if it is to resume work on the ABM network— which was sus- Lecturer For Seminar Chosen Lee C Frischknecht directa of University Relations and Special Educational Services at Utah State University will be the concluding speaker in the Seminar sponsored Ronald Ziegler said that alUSU the by College of decided been had it the though President would make his Agriculture Mr Frischknecht will dose announcement some time this eight-weelecture series the his forum week and format could not be disclosed at this March 13 with the topic Public Relations left Memphis at 5:30 am CST time Ziegler also declined to "University With the Community" The Nixon a had made whether say He refused to discuss the final decision on the matter security imposed for the motorDirksen speculated that ABM cade which arrived in Nashville announcement might even be shortly after I am The sheriff turned him over delayed until next week but to us we put him in the car and Ziegler was firm on saying a drove him to Nashville" Hopton statement would come this week said in his only comment During his brief trial Monday Ray discounted the theory that there was no conspiracy in the assassination of King last April pended several weeks ago pending a review— that congress would support it White House Press Secretary k Liz Husband 4 Train Crash ASHCHURCH England (UPI) -- One period was killed and 27 others injured Saturday when a passenger train plowed into a derailed freight train police said Authorities said the passenger express enroute from Bristol to Newstle hit the freight as it was approaching Ashchurch station about 90 miles northwest of London Employs Serenader - EliHOLLYWOOD UPI) zabeth Taylor was serenaded Monday in her hospital room by a violinist hired by husband Richard Burton The actress was expected to be released from Cedars of Lebanon Hospital later this week after tests for a degener- SPEAKER AT ating spinal disc are completed Seminar Lee C FrisckkaechL pad at Cape Kennedy in a key move toward the next step in America's moon landing pro- gram Apollo 10 astronauts Thomas P Stafford John W Young and Eugene A Cernan are targeted fa a May 17 launch on a moon landing craft to within 50000 feet of the moan's surface The 3' mile move was fa scheduled Monday but it was delayed a day to give time to fix a engineers spacecraft misfitting nose shield The rollout began at 6:26 am EST today The Apollo 9 astronauts awoke cheerfully today although Scott sounded slightly grumpy fa a short period of time McDivitt reported that he took a decongestant tablet and got seven hours of sleep Schweickart said he also took a decongestant and got six and a half hours of sleep and Scat slept six and a half hours and took no pills "It's a beautiful day over Schweickart radioed the ground today “How is it in Houston?" The ground control reported it had been chilly "Well I'm glad we chose this administrata as a speaker each time of year to take our public is invited to attend the 10:30 am session in the Peterson Agricultural Science Building Room 302 The seminar began January 23 and has featured a university Thursday Mr Reared in Logan received his Frischknecht bachelors degree at USU in speech and radio He completed work fa his masters degree at Michigan State University in speech television and was subsequently employed by that school as assistant professa of radio and television and general the MSU manager of WMSB-T- Africa" vacation" Schweickart America's most recent spacewalker said The way Apollo 10 was cleared when Apollo 9 proved the moon lander would work in space fa USU V television station in 1962 He was a member of the board and executive committee of the Classroom Television Council East Lansing Mich a member of the board of directors Eastern Educational Television Mass Netwak Cambridge and a member of the board of directors Metropolitan Chapter National Hemophilia Foundation New Yak City Mr Frischknecht was Board Accepts Building Bid Members of the Utah Stole University board of trustees have agreed to accept the low bid of Salt Lake City construction of the new physical education building The base bid was $2635700 assistant directa of Trustees also decided to acthe National cept three altema'es at this field services Cannon-Papamkol- fa d Educational wak fa Television Yak Net- City in 1964 associate director in 1966 and director of field services in 1967 He assumed responsibilities at USU October 1 1968 New time The alternates— utility lines air conditioning and site work— bring the building total to $27419110 The building is expected to be completed by autumn of 1V7B |