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Show Ly . 1 he 2 jrir 5alt Lake Tribune Thursday, August 'J, 1'iTJ Reserve Balloon Wafts Across Atlantic BAR H ARBOR. MAINE (AP) For- !? wafted off from Bar tors, Sparks Harbor Airport in the Yankee 7ephyr, a nine story red white and blue balloon After c r. members adjusted the ballast and Sparks cut the anchoring ropes the helium-filleaircraft glided across mer jockey, .singer and (nmedian Bob Sparks caught a westerly wind VAedne' day m an attempt to become tlie fir t transatlantic balloonist To the cheers of nearly 1 000 specta IBM Ruling a field and soared up. up and away III see you one of the ground in Tans Monday," said NEW rew men YORK three judge - (LPI) Federal - A Appeals Court reserved decision Any Kind of Landing Fu-top- e tran-atlant- ie The fine, one of the highest ever levied, was imposed Aug by Chief U S Distnct Judge David Edelxtem for IBM s refusal to comply with EJel-ste- He's wanted to do this since he was or t " said his mother, Mrs Norma Sparks who witnessed the launching "!xe nexer .stood in his way " 1 i s entertain . resort The Tamiment, ment director kissed his daughters Susan, 11. and icki, 9, before taking off shortly after day bieak Then, moments before the launch he yelled to the girls through a bullhorn to tie sure to get to bed early Ten minutes later, the balloon disappeared in the ha y sky Within another hour, the airport had lost radio contact with the balloon pretrial order Police brought out three of the victims wranoed in cellophane bags They said a fourth had been buned in a bag that decomposed and the other two victims were skeletal remains de- documents be manding turned over to the government m its case Ha A HOl.xTON (LPI) teen ager told police he killed a man to stop a mass slaying at a party then led of I icers Wednesday night to a tin storage shed where they unearthed eight bodies pamt-smffin- Wednesday on IBMs appeal of a lower court contempt citation and said for the tune being the giant firm did not have to pav a $1V) 000 daily fine Sparks said he expects to reach in fixe days He said hes aiming for France, but I d consider anything to Italy a pinpoint from Finland landing " For Spatks, the trip is the fulfillment of a lifelong ambition 700 By midnight, officers uncovered eight bod.es had Ahead of Schedule The bearded tified by police as Elmer Wayne Henley, 17, told polite the stoiage space had been rented bv the man he killed identified by officers as Dean teen-age- iden- r Cnrl! 31 Probe for Pasadena Tev Police Detective David Mill an said the teenager told officers Corll had tied him up to torture him lie Henley then told newsmen, who were allowed to question him as he sat handcuffed, his chin resting on his hands, m the back seat of a police patrol car a few yards from the shed "1 talked to him (Corll) and told him I would do the killing if he would let me up and let me go Then 1 got the gun and told him to let my friends go and wnen he didn t, anti-tru- The fine was immediatelv stayed by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which heard arguments Wednesday, pending a decision Divers Start Teen Kills Host , 8 Bodies Found U.S. Judges His Childhood Dream 1 started shooting " Henley led officers to Corll s boat stall and told them Corll had previously mentioned that there were bodies buned in the remote South Houston storage shed Ships Casli FAIRHAxEN, MASS (I PI) Two former Navy drT , frustrated by a delay, left their underwater habitat Wednesday to begin exploratory diving for sunken riches aboard the Italian liner Andrea Doria two-wee- The wide diving chamber dubbed a home under th.' Mother" sea surface for the adventurwas secured to the side ers of the Andrea Dona late Wednesday afternoon Divers Donald Rodocker. 27 and Chnstopher Dcl.ucchi. 22 of San Diego, Calif, were lowered into the habitat after the saturation process was completed to assure they had air to breatue stitch in time saves 20.95. Our wmgn is n sale. A public relations spokesman for the flight said latr in New Yoik that Sparks had contacted an air traffic control center m Canada about noon and said he ' That would was going oxer Ilal-fanman that he was slightly ahead of schedule and on course." said the spokesman Sparks and his 20 member ground crew had spent the past three weeks near this resort town, awaiting the from a meteorologist in New York when wind and weather conditions were just right No Rushing Here A d "There were those who tried to push into going sooner, but if we don't make it. it wont be because we rushed into it," Sparks said us Fallowing the launch, the crew moxed its headquarters to New Yoik r balloon soar-- i Sparks holds the 11 hours and 14 minutes record and spent the last two years preparing, for the transatlanlic flight hot-ai- ing .'t.IllO-mil- e Unsuccessful attempts to ern-- s the Ain a balloon took place in 1x7 !. 1S and lorn The balloonists surxixed the first two effoits, but the ln7n trip ended in tragedy when the three member crew disappeared without a trace tlantic Associated Press Wrecnoo Balloonist Bob Sparks begins an attempt at a solo flight to I j Europe early Wednesday. Trip estimate is fixe to sexen days. Spiro Calls Allegations Malicious Continued From Page One the White House and asked that it be re layed to the President But Agn. vv did not meet with Nixon face to face until late Tuesday, when he said he spent an hour and with the President explaining his side of the mxestigation Agnew declined to disclose details of their talk But he said The President expressed his confidence in me. directly 1 three-quarter- s H i ' ' tome" The x'ice president said he was not T did consult with them I did listen to their complaints 1 did allow tlmm access is most political figmes da to Agiiexx- Lame Knight Newspapers Writer By Tony ed questions addressed to the White House press office about the Presidents attitude Stands on Ow n "I think the uce president should stand on his own feel. Agnew said "I am not spending niv time looking around to see who is supporting me I am defending my self " 1 ; , In answer to questions. Agnew said he has not considered stepping down from his job temporarily, while the investiga-- t um is pursued And he insisted haxe no expectation of btnrg indicted " ' The U S attorneys letter, the xice president said, asked him for his fman cial records, including bank statements, checks, saxings accounts and deposit books 1 - , I haxe nothing to hide," Agnew said ; h But he added that he had turned oxer his records to his attorneys and has left it up to them to decide whether they will be given to prosecutors Denies Dealings He indicated that he may invoke con-- ; stitutional protections including sepa- that the President is ration of powers W noxv using to resist subpoenas for atergate tapes and documents , Agnew denied dealing with or having transactions with contractors Agnew told reporters he had no deal-- l mgs with contractors in Maryland "I had some people who were m the engineering business who were longtime friends and political suppokters." he said "I did not ever have any financial transactions with these people " Asked whether any of these contrac- tors (offered) anything approaching a bribe, Agnew replied Cant Answer J financial dont know who 'these contractors' are. so I cant answer that question But I will say that, and I can't remember the exact circumstances its a matter of I ' news record way back in county ecords at one time, i was offered a bnbe jind I reported the bnbe " Agnew said the bnbe was offered before he became Baltimore Countv executive in 1962 "I did not. at that time, report it I mentioned it and reported tt later on," he said. If you want to ask me why I didnt report it, I can only say that I w as very inexpenenced and quite uninformed such matters at the time." aut Invented - Bribe Story, His Foe Claims h - persons who aie supportive of their campaigns Quite Naive g. 119.95. Great for graduation Swing n Sew portable creates straight or zig zag stitches, has needle with safety light, twin needle sewing, press lever reverse, bu.lt-i- n button holer and automatic bobbin winder A head guarantee, too Carries and and stores in floral print case Sew up the savings now Style 0002 Price includes accessories portable case and foot control to another question. Agnew said Anyone thats been around the political scene in the US who would not expect that campaign contubutions dont come with contractors doing business with the state and fedeial government is " quite naive One friend of Agnew s who is a "targt" of the federal grand jury investigation and who has leportcdly been cooperating with prosecutors is Jerome B Wolff, a Baltimore contractor In reply bothered that Nixon has not publicly e- pressed support for him, despite repeat-- 1 Save 20.95 BALTIMORE states attorney said A Agnew invented the As in former Maryland he believes Spiro story he told on na- tional telcvisirn Wednesday about a bribe offer he received in Maryland in the l0x In his nexss conference denying allegations that hp received illegal payments from Maryland contractors, the xue president said he turned down the bribe and, later, reported it to Maryland authorities $200,01)9 Bribe Told gave no details, but he has previously said he was offered $200,000 m 1966, when he was running for governor, from interests Agnew Frank Newell, the state's attorney in Baltimore County at the time, told Knight Newspapers, however, that he thinks Agnew made up the stoiy as "a " political ploy for publicity Newell, a Democrat and an Agnew political foe. said Agnew lefused to reveal the name of the supposed briber, either to him or to a grand jury Adamant Refusal persisted m his refusal even when Newell threatened to subpoeHe said Agnew na him "He made the charge solely for the purpose of getting publicity for his campaign," Newell said "A person offered a real bnbe would come to the giand juiy and report it But Agnew was determined not to give any names " Agnew s memory about the incident He said he was fuzzy Wednesday thought it occurred before he became Baltimore County Executive in 12, which was four years before it actually hap- pened Pleads Ignorance Asked why he did not report bnbe immediately, he said. "I can sav that I was very inexperienced uninformed about such matters at time " the only and the In fact, at the time of the bribe incident, Agnew had been county executive for nearly four years and was the Republican candidate for governor of Mary- land In August. a news story reported that his Democratic opponent. Daniel J Mahoney, bad been offered a huge bribe interests by e 19MS, te Agnew s state roads commissioner Wolff pushed hard for and nego- Sales prices effective thru Sunday. 17, tiated a cent! act with the J E Greiner Co of Baltimore, consulting engineers, for a new span of the Chesapeake Bridge, which recently opened Office Assistant Bav When Agnew quit as governor, Wolff m the vice presi dent s office He left soon after to become president of one of Greineis subsidiaries Oher Marylandeis under investigation include Lester Mat a contractor, and J Walter Jones Jr. a real estate man, financier and 1972 chairman of the Marythe land Finance Committee to lYesidcnl Mat and Jones are dose friends .,.d Other longtime supporters of Agnew contractors giving information to prosecutors have close ties with Democrats Although Agnew told reporters "I did not deal with contractors at all," records disclosed in 1966 showed that hp. 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Profit under pjblic and political from the partnership withdrew pressure, which had He said he sold his share cost him $i,000 in cash and $29,000 m back to the other partners at no loans Agnew, profit Agnew said he learned on the cocktail circuit" as early as last February that the Baltimore investigation might involve him In response to rumors that he was lid on pressuring prosecutors to put the the investigation, Agnew said he hired a Washington attorney, Judah Best, in Apnl and asked him to assure investigators he wanted "tn no way to impede" their work As late as June, prosecutors told Knight Newspapers that Agnew had not been involved or named as yet in their investigation, which had been going on since December What did happen in the spring, however, about the time Agnew hired a lawyer. is that the grand jury investigation of focused on Matz and Wolff as targets Agnew 's closest associates Both of them asked their lawyers to seek immunity in return for information naming others in the widespread kickback . , practice .o 088 Hardwood sewing cabinet opens for a big knee work surface. 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