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' lv I - WASHINGTON PieMilent Nixon appealed Sunday tor swift congressional passage of his major legislative propos als, calling for extra sessions if necessary to complete the people's business before the year ends ' Ox i , an $ v "W " i - , ; - . v.i A & r xl rso fS4 i'j, xx, 'f r v 9r ' 'v JN . His reniaiks appeared more conciliatory than critical, in contrast to his statement at a news conference last Wednesday that Congress had given a very disappointing performance since ccr.er.n in January. sK' S. Lkr 'rv 'Cc WX,2. - TV'tXVr f? J x o & J , xa;j S- Must Act s L VfttAAA I . vf fn ' 'a, X,;iX, ' Vos'x S , j-- fev v At pi, w- - 'iafKjs . S. Ar, ,r real philosophical dilferen-ces- , Despite he said, it is important that we act, that we decide, that we get on with the business of government that we not let whatever may be our disagreements over the means of achieving . . bai us from the achievement - , r - yi, -- tr xx Monday marks the first time m more than five months that beef prices will be free of government controls. It also" marks the start of new food regulations that will allow produceis, processors and retailers to pass on to the consumer increases in nonagncultural costs. Dr. Herbert Stem, chairman oi the Presidents Council of Economic Advs-erpredicted that beet prices wo. a stay about the same for a while, but might increase with the onset of colder weather which traditionally brings a s, 1 -- &A?A'-;fx A v f ' i!'4!,?0 &? X4f ?''" i ? V fA A a A1 A' "C":r 'S e y :j To achieve the administration goals require cooperation by the executive branch and Congress to seek solutions he that are in the common interest, said. It also means holding the spotlight of public attention and public debate on those issues that directly and personally affect you and your lives. S -- ,"x.Xe " Associated Cambodian baby sleeps in a hammock strung in a d house in the Mekong River town of bomb-damage- I Press Wireohoto Neak Luong, southeast of Phnom Penh. The house is occupied by government troops and families. In Cambodian Action Group Rebel Gunners Renew Attack On Areas of Kompong Cham Assails Red Action Combined Stuart Auerbach W ashington Post Writer By - WASHINGTON The National Academy of Science warned its Russian equivalent Sunday that American scientists will refuse to participate in joint projects as long as the Soviet Union keeps dissident physicist Andrei D Sakharov. The warning was contained in an unusually strong cable sent by Dr. Philip Handler, president of the National Academy here, to Dr. Mstislav V. Keldysh, Scipresident of the Soviet Academy of ences har-ra.w- The U.S academys statement indirectly raised the possibility of a conflict Nixon administrations the between Mosattempts to normalize relations with cow and the attitude of the American scientific community toward exchanges with Soviet groups Harassment or detention of Sakharov will have severe effects upon the relationships between the scientific communities of the U.S. and the USSR and could vitiate our recent efforts toward increasing scientific interchange and cooperation, said Handler on behalf of the national academys executive council Sakharov, who developed the Soviet Unions hydrogen tomb, was elected a See Page 7, Column 5 Inside The Tribune Tribune Telephone Numbers, Page 2 Monday's Forecast Variable Salt Lake City and vicinity clouds, slightly warmer, chance of afternoon and evening showers. Weather map, Page 2t W ire Sen ices PHNOM PENH Insurgents renewed their attacks Sunday on Kompong Cham, thrusting at two sections of the government defense perimeter around the northern half of the city, diplomatic sources reported The sources said Communist-lerebel gunners pounded government positions with more than 100 rounds of artillery fire to end a lull, but were beaten back when they attempted the ground d day-lon- g assaults Casualty figures were not available The city, Cambodias third largest, has been under heavy rebel attack for about three weeks e The diplomatic sources said fighting continued one block from the market place and that it was often difficult for soldiers on both sides to distinguish between the enemy and their own troops Like Boomerang has been blocked for five days With convoy traffic into Cambodias capital halted by the road closures, paces on many food items m the city have shot upwards and some shortages have been reported. A sampling of pnees at Phnom Penhs markets showed pork up 12 percent, vegetables up 20 percent and eggs 18 percent. $30 a Month I earn about $50 a month. Phnom Penh father of five. said a Now it costs you 80 cents to buy a little piece of meat and some vegetables Before the war, you could probably shop m the market for two days with that amount of money. forces in South Vietnam kept up their three-wee- k shelling campaign against the government's outer defenses of Hue, the South Vietnamese Communist-le- Kompong Cham, 47 miles northeast of Phnom Penh, is shaped like a boomerang, its eastern boundary formed by the Mekong R.ver Latest reports indicate insurgents control the southern half of the city, while government troops have thrown a perimeter around the northern half, where the market and other key municipal works are located. Government reinforcements continued to move out of Phnom Penh to strengthen the Kompong Cham garrison. The besieged city is being resupplied by boats going up the Mekong, by helicopters and by air drops Field reports and a Cambodian forward artillery observer said an encircled company on Highway 4 government about 17 miles west of Phnom Penh attempted a breakthrough after running out of food but faded Reports saiJ about .lO of the 120 man unit wet e missuig Government advances irom the west and east have tried to link up on Highway 4. the road to the countrys only deepwater port at Kompong Sum But they have been stalled for eight days by insurgents m bunker complexes. 1 Highway 4 lias been cut off for 1. road the while Highway days, of Baltembar.g, to nt province d It means, " he said, that the Congress should join the executive in making up for the precious time lost this year m failing to act on those measures which vitally affect every Ainencan by going into extra session, if necessary, to complete the peoples business before the year ends. He also insisted that Congress place limits on presidential powers that would jeopardize the capacity of the President, in this and in future administrations, to carry out his responsibilities to the American people. no And he warned against any tampering with the defense budget of more than $79 billion, terming national defense an of transcendard importance. area In recent years it has been fashionable to suggest that whatever we want in the way of extra programs at home the military communique command said nearly 200 mortar shells Home is where part of the family were fired at government positions to the waits until the others are through with southeast and southwest of the former the car. imperial capital, 400 miles north of SaiA from Horrors Of Viet Prisons la:e 6 depends absolutely on our never falling into the position of being the second strongest nation m the woild Nixon taped the speech Saturday be-Se- e Page D - 8, lolumn TVT Bribe Case By Russell Sackett Newsday Water The major break m WASHINGTON the Agnew case appears to be at hand, awaiting only the decision of Atty. Gen Elliot Richardson. Richardson has nan owed his alter natives to two, Newsday has learned, and both of them would be unfavorable to the vice president They are: (1) To move for a grand jury uidntment and leave it to the courts to decide whether it is legal under the Constitution to indict and try the vice president of the United States, (2) To make the constitutional decision that the courts have no junsdiction, and let the evidence on the case move directly to the House of Representatives for possible impeachment proceedings Officials on Record According to informed sources, eveiv Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service official involved on the Agnew investigation below the level of Richardson and Asst. Atty. Gen. Henry E. Petersen is on record in favor of taking the case to the grand jury. There are known to be two dozen witnesses ready to testify that they made kickback or babe payments to persons whom they believed to be Agnew emissaries, and at least three, probably four, who claim to have handed money to Agnew personally Whether or not the witnesses are telling the truth is not, of course, for a grand jury to decide. Indictment hinges only on probable cause and would simply move the case to taal with no presumption of guJt For the past three weeks, legal experts close to the investigation have been Sdying that enough evidence exists to warrant grand jury indictment of Agnew The investigation has centered around See Page 4, Column 3 I had collapsed from the walking and the officer threw a bamboo broom at me and told me to sweep the hut. 1 think I mad-- ' him lose face in front of the two ofer Vietnamese taking us north because I said no. A German nurse NEW YORK who survived four years of North Vietnamese captivity recalled Sunday how she whiled away her hours in a wooden hut with dreams of building schools and hospitals Monica Schwinn, 31, of Lebath, West Germany, w as a member of the Maltese Aid Service and went to Vietnam to give medical help to persons on both sides of the conflict. Dunng her lmpasonuent she watched three of her medical comrade' starve to ' Her ordeal began when she and four colleagues were taken pasener Sunday morning, April 27, 19(19, wmle on their way to a village near the Maltese hospital Miss Schwinn, West German and say, is the only woman knnwH to have emerged alive from North Vietnamese imprisonment. She was interviewed dunng a stopover here on her way home from rest and rehabilitation m Pennsylvania against the Vietnamese people She dreamed, she said, of building houses first small ones, then Imge ones, then schools, then hospitals I dreamt of utilizing space m the best ways, she said, and I was very happy m these dreams. But when I woke up, it was painful. was angry about his action and me and put a revolver to my head, but I did not show fear, so he just beat me all over my body wherever he could reach Amencan officials enmes I I told him he shouldnt play the big shot, m German So he came up to death Dreamed of Building "The most difficult thing vas having notlung to do as I lay on a wooden bench m a hut, alone for three years, and being told I had committed 1 urcaii near In Agnew 1- Mmh trail Associated Press Water Recalls Conjirt'ww ItcMinu'S gon. By Danielle Flood Nurse The world s hope for peace depends It on Amenta's strength, he added See Evidence Todays Chuckle command said. house-to-hous- 4 Running throughout his speech was the theme tha Americans ought to prod Congress into holding the line on federal spending to fight inflation and to pass his major proposals in the areas of energy, schools and enme. He said he would submit a new package of housing legislation in 10 days. the President again By implication, asked the nation to turn away from the Watergate scandal. Need Cooperation will t ' could be painlessly fmai.ced bv just lopping 5 or $20 billion out of the defense budget, Nixon said This appioach is worse than foxhar it dy, is suicidal " presented lus case in a taped nationwide radio broadcast previewing a bulky second Stale of the Union address he will send to the rolled Congress Monday, urgmeav ing action on 50 administration u' ees Nixon AV&V$ fVnK survey earlier this V A A month found that retail prices declined between the middle of August and the beginning of September, although they averaged 7 percent higher than they were six months ago A spokesman for Armour & Co. agreed that a lot depends on the consumer. But he added: It depends on farmers too. They may try to hold out or may decide theyd better sell . . . What were really saying is that we dont know whats going to happen Pass on Boosts U.Se By Helen Thomas s Reduced Prices See Page 3, Column f S v' iKy v iU t X V. V ' 'vfs' S ' I mted Press International v -- x I y , , ! o X Consumer resistance to high prices ol Dork and poultry, freed from most controls m July, has been credited with bringing down the cost of things like bacon, eggs and chicken An Associated Press marketbask' . ; ' xv s , vttv .! Kept in Prison She said the five were kept in a Viet Cong pason camp, mostly made up of small huts, where three of her comrades, two of them women, died of starvation within three months Monica Schwinn Survives 4 Years Miss Schwinn also said the North Vietnamese resented the fact she was a woman and struck her while on a forced march to the north Dunng the march, a North Vietnamese officer beat me twice untd I was unconscious because I was a woman "An even worse time was when we were in a hospital hut on the Ho Chi Kerber of They were Marie-Luis- e the Saarland, who died 11 days before her 20th birthday; Rika Kortmann, of Wilsum, and George Bartsch of Bernhard Diehl, 26, of Worms, lived Alter a year m the south, she said, the two survivors were marched for 62 days up the Ho Chi Mmh trail to a prison m North Vietnam Miss Schwinn, who is five feet two inches, said she lost o0 pounds dunng her firxt thice months of captivity V, |