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Show 1 0 A The Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday, August 9, 1973 Al,e Army Misses Recruit Goals WASHINGTON (U'PI) -the sixth consecutive month since the draft was discontinued, the Army failed in July to reach its recruiting announced it was goals, For Wednesday. Thirty five percent of those who did sign up were black almost three times the biaek proportion of the population The proportion of recruits with low intelligence scores rose to 31 percent in July highest figure in the four years for which records were immediately available and al most double the Armys goal of taking no more than 18 percent of low scorers in tests Percent The Army filled only 76 percent of its recruitment goal The other three services Fills 78 were more popular. The Air Force met 101 percent of its goal in July, the Marine Corps 92 percent and the Navy 97 percent Ml three also showed an increase in black recruits For all four sen ices combined .11 percent of the July recruits were black compared with is percent in June Questioned about the rising Plan Emerges on Rhodesia Sanctions MjrUl - J1 proportion of black servicemen, the pentagon's manpower chief, Lt. Gen. Robert C. Taber, said the Army was interested in m n who coald do the job, not their race Nations-appomte- fl No P!ack Quota there would be no on blacks and added that he thought the high July naif again as proportion high as Junes 24 percent was '.m aberration " He said quota end of the draft was an nounced the last week of Jan In every month since u ary then, the Army has failed to meet its recruiting goals 1 he The ComOTiAW A (AP) monwealth Sanction Committee offered a plan Wednesday for a United police force to enforce economic sanctions against Rhodesia In a secret report, the committee also called on member nations to tighten the economic noose around the rebel colony, whose white minority gov- Sit f enjiu KutWS amp wme ill-- - yj 1h only work Jots o' folks ever tarkie is guess work. d United Nations, the committee said It said the inspectors N could be appointed by WalKurt General Secretary dheim. UT Cites 2 Nations ernment declared independence from Britain m 195 The committee, part of the Commonwealth nations' conference in Ottawa, named South Africa and Portugal in the report as the nations most responsible for thwarting economic sanctions against Rhodesia The international force would post inspectors at key of port-- , in countries dealing with Rhodesia m spite of the trade sanctions approved by Britain and th It aLso accused the United States of violating U.N sanction'. particularly through the Lfting of the ban on the import of Fihodesian chrome to the United States ' The secret report was made available to The Associated Press by a delegate who insisted on anony mity summit the Minister Pnme Wednesday Edward Heath of Britain denounced Ugandas mass expulsion of noncitizen Asians last " year as callous inhumanity At gamst Princ iples He told the conference the expulsion did not v lolate international law, but pointed to a Commonwealth declaration of that rejects all principles forms of racial discrimination On wealth Mondav the conference Common- heard a 'peech written President ldi by Ugandan Amin that accused Britain of racism In a British Broadcasting Corp interview Wednesday, Amin called Heath "a double-talkebut said he had invited him to visit Uganda. He said he is willing to pay compensation to some of the expelled Asians but will discuss the matter only with Heath personally r' Gen Yakubu Gowon, head the Nigerian military government. said Wednesday that he had been invited by Pum of dent Nixon to visit the United States and that I shall be going, although the time has still to be ai ranged " Boys stripe top socks with reinforced heel and toe for longer wear. White and colors. 3 for I77 Boys underwear buys' with crew neck and short sleeves, elastic waist briefs of combed cotton knit. We know what Downtown Salt Lake Orem-Universi- ty youre looking for. Cottonwood Mall Valley Mal, Sugar House Fair-Grang- er Provo Valley 4idvale Center-Bountif- ul y ;k- - |