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Show - 1 VcL 207, No. Salt Lake City, Utah Friday Morning September 153 Nixon Considers Refundable' 10 Tax Boost By Carroll Kilpatrick and Peter Milius Washington Post Writers WASHINGTON President Nixon is conside.iiig a proposal for a tax increase of about 10 percent on individuals and corporations, to be refunded later if inflation is brought under control. Melvin R. Laird, counselor to the President, confirmed Thursday that Nixon despite earlier opposition to a tax boost has ordered a study of tax proposals foil ring a recommendation from Chairman Arthur F. Burns of the Federal Reserve Board. Yet Another Cost Hood-winked- Coord Seeks do Avoid Tapes 'Showdown' ? .Knight News Wire MIAMI Selling gasoline isnt the living it used to be, thanks to Phase 4, and at least one gas station owner has found a way to help keep up profit margin. He charges his customers 35 cents for checking their oil and water. Combined Wire Services Larry Charest, who runs a Texaro station in Hialeah, Fla., calls it a service charge, and he predicts that other stations soon will follow his Nixon will consider the proposals with an open mind, Laird said, although he promised in last years campaign to oppose a tax increase in his second term. As recently as Monday, in a message to congress, the President said that this administration continues its strong See Page 2 Column 1 WASHINGTON In an apparent attempt to head off a showdown betwu.i the President and special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox, the United States Court of Appeals suggested Thursday that the two men decide between themselves which parts of the secret White House tape recordings can be submitted to the Watergate grand jury. lead. The service charge hasn't eased the financial pinch altogether, Charest says, since only about one of 10 motorists so far has been willing to pay for the service. The court in an unusual move, issued an unsigned memorandum that strongly indicated it was prepared to rule against the White House claim that Cox had no right to receive the recordings of conversations between Nixon and several of his key aides who have been linked to the Watergate scandal. The immediate reaction in Congress was sharply critical, with many members saying that the increase would not be needed as an tool by the time Congress could act on it sometime next year. Informed of the courts suggestion, Cox said, I shall, of course, be- more than glad to meet with the President or his delegate or any of his attorneys in a sincere effort to pursue the Court of Appeals suggestion to a mutually satisfactory conclusion. anti-inflati- Tax Credit Pondered The President also is considering a request for authority to adopt a varied investment tax credit for businesses, ranging between 4 and 15 percent, Laird said. It is now at 7 percent. At a White House news conference, Laird emphasized that the President is considering these and other proposals to help in the fight against inflation. No decisions have been made, he said, and none will be pending a thorough study within the government. Bums called on the President earlier this week and strongly pressed for a tax increase to relieve some of the pressure on monetary policy as the battle against inflation continues. Laird said that the percent figure was by no means fixed, but that he used it for illustrative purposes. The tax would be imposed and withheld for two or three years, he explained, until inflation is brought under control Return With Interest? White House Quiet There was no comment from White House. EPAs Boss Asks Fuel Allocations - WASHINGTON (AP) Russell E. Train, new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, urged Thur-da- y the adoption of mandatory fuel allocation going well beyond the ad- ministrations present propoals. Train explained in his first news conference as ad- : nf V;rn .UK--tr.-t- v- EPA would help states obtain variances from federal clean-ai- r ions regulat- where neces-sar- y to meet Mr. Train this winter. shortages But he added that any easing of environmental controls should be matched by state fuel conservation programs and federally imposed mandatory allocation. would He said mandatory allocation most do will the fuel it where clean get fuels meaning that good, could be directed into areas that need them the most. he?ting-oi- l low-sulf- Goes Beyond Plan Train admitted under questioning that this goes well beyond the allocation plan now under consideration in the White House, which would simply ensure deliveries to certain priority users and proportional distribution of available supply among others, in proportion to their past purchases. His approach, Train said, would be broader than the plan proposed on Aug. 8 by John A. Love, director of the White House Energy Policy Office. Train did not elaborate on his own proposal. (See related story, Page Asked whether he fought against the policy, now adopted, to permit tempo.) rary exceptions V Me' V 1 s ? t ' from clean-ai- r require- ments, Train smiled and noted that the President called it a spirited discussion. Continuing Shortage Train said the threat of winter shortages of heating-oi- l and perhaps other fuels would continue for at least two or three years. But he said the problem, from an air evenquality standpoint, would be solved refineries. new of construction tually by f l v ' A '"v- ' - - v I Associated Press Wlreohoto Villagers look at the wreckage of Syrian fighter jet downed by Israeli warplanes clash since 1967 in six-da- y biggest war. ceptible by Angora More than 30 Israeli ard TEL AVIV Syrian jets fought a major air battle over the Mediterranean off the Syrian coast Thursday and more than a dozen planes apparently went down in flames. It was the biggest air conflict in the region since the 1967 Middle East war. The fighting came in two stages during the early afternoon, with sophisticated Phantoms, Mirages and Migs using air rockets. cannon and Israel said it shot down 13 Syrian MIG 21s and lost one Mirage, and claimed the battle was fought over International waters after the Syrians had fired on a routine patrol. Syria said the fighting resulted in five enemy planes being shot down and eight of our own aircraft being hit. It said the Israeli planes had violated Syrian airspace. One Israeli and one Syrian pilot were recovered by an Israeli helicopter after parachuting from their smoking planes. A Lebanese report said one Syrian plane fell in Lebanese territory and its pilot was rescued by helicopter and taken to hospital in Beirut. 0 100 a Miies Mitchell Seeks Tapes Pape A-1- 5 grand jury without prior review by Sirica. but he suggested that if the appeals judge did not agree, three parties to the case Nixon, Sirica and the special could review the tapes toprosecutor gether to determine if unv materi.il portions were not relevant to th ' Watergate probe. In a move Miiuiur to Coxs suggestion, the Appc,.N Court uggor,ted that cither the tn Mrneuiie delegated bv him, asMsied In presidential attornev Charles Alan r,gh. examine the tape-wit- h Cox but not in the presence of a judge. Pie-nde- lie appetite for more revelations about the Watergate scandal. Cox told the Appeals Court the recording should be turned over to the Chile Junta Appoints New President; Breaks Cuba Ties By Robert D. Ohman Associated Press Writer around-the-cloc- k procedures other than those set forth by federal district Judge John J. Sirica who last month ordered the President to surrender the disputed tapes for his private inspection. Sirica said he could not decide whether Nixon had a legitimate right to with- - In Major Mideast Air Battles By Colin Bidder Reuters News Agency hold the tapes on the grounds of executive privilege unless he first listened to them himself. The White House appealed his decision, claiming in court papers that the ruling w as prompted by a pub- - SANTIAGO The military junta named Army Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte as president Thursday, formed a Cabinet and broke diplomatic relations with Cuba in a sharp reversal of Chiles foreign policy. An curfew, in effect since Tuesday, was lifted at noon for 6 The court said it was making the sughours so civilians could leave their homes gestion without intimating a decision on to purchase food and other necessities. of or any question privilege junsdiction advanced by any party. In Buenos Aires, leaders of toppled President Salvador Allendes Marxist The memo came two days after the coalition said the former Unity Popular in Court the heard Appeals arguments of the Chilean army, Gen. commander case, and it pointedly noted that if the Carlos Prats, was leading troops from suggested compromise fails, the court in must resolve the issues raised by the the south to attack the junta forces Santiago. landmark confrontation over presidential The legitimate constitutional governpowers. ment is continuing to defend itself, the Cites Other Solutions coalition leaders said. It appears to the court that the There was no confirmation of their inissues dividing the parties might oe susfrom any other sources. formation of resolution Israeli, Syrian Jet Planes Clash ir ministrator that the The court said its approach could be taken without subverting the principles of executive privilege. It was not immediately clear whether the memorandum issued by the court was binding in any way, but the court said it should be advised no later than Sept. 20 whether its suggested approach was fruitful. 10 Then the extra amount collected would be returned to the taxpayer. Some proposals call for the tax to be returned with interest. If the 10 percent increase were voted, it would be an increase of that amount over the present tax paid. A person in the 20 percent tax pracket, Laird explained, would under the rew proposal be taxed at 10 percent more, or at the rate of 22 percent. Price Ten Cents 14, 1973 In order to rescue the Israeli pilot, the Israeli Air Force mounted another operation to give protection for n Israeli rescue helicopter. While the rescue operation was going on, the Syrians came up again, the general said, and the four Syrian migs, that came into contact with the Israeli planes were all shot down. The leaders said they had a message from Concepcion, Chile, about 265 miles southwest of Santiago, relaying word that Prats had taken over the command of troops and volunteer workers. They would not say how the message reached them or say where Prafs army was. But a dispatch from Punta Arenas at Chiles southern tip, 1,400 miles south of Santiago, said troops there were doing normal duty. The dispatch said Gen. Manuel Torres de la Cruz, commander of the 5th Army Division, had reported southernmost the calm throughout region. The coalition leaders in Buenos Aires included Juan Enrique Vega, former Chilean ambassador to Cuba; Ocatavio Gonzalez, a director of the Central Labor Union and Communist party leader; and Jorge Arrata, economic advise.' to Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte Heads Junta ' ' Washington View Did Chile Time Coup to U.S. Ships Arrival? - WASHINGTON (UPI) Congressional sources said Thursday the administra(Reuters News Agency late Thursday tion believes four U.S. Navy vessels on SYRIAN military govrepoited that the right-winmaneuvers in South America may have DOGFIGHT ernments of Brazil and T,ruguay had bebeen used by the Chilean navy as an come the first to announce official recogunwitting tool of Tuesdays military coup Meanwhile, the Israeli helicopter mannition of the junta as the Chilean governagainst Chiles Marxist government. downed to the Israeli rescue 1 pilot aged ment. Meanwhile, Reuters reported, the other While disclaiming any direct U.S. inon CYPRUS to orders pick up any acting Chilean Junta ordered James Holger, volvement in the overthrow and death of survivors. It discovered a Syrian pilot deputy representative of Chile to the President Salvador Aliende, the adminisabout half a mile away, and rescued him U.N., to assume duties of Ambassador tration believes Chilean military cenv. as well. Gen. Peied said the Syrian was Humberto Dia Casaneuva, an Allende apnow in a hospital in good condition. manders may have timed the coup to pointee.) coincide with the arrival of the three U.S.' The Israeli Air Force chief said that Also late Thursday, the Christian destroyers and one submarine for routine both dogfights were of short duration, Democrat Party, Chiles largest political maneuvers with the Chilean navy. and that altogether more than about 30 The presence of the U.S. force enSee Page 10, Column 1 in had action. been planes abled the Chilean navy to mobilize Control the Air steam out under tne pretense of joining the U.S. vessels for joint exercises that After the downing of the four MIG had been approve by the Allende govTribune Telephone Numbers, 21s, in the second encounter, the Israelis ernment, and then turn aro-a- d for Valhad sole control of the air and were able 2 Page paraiso, where the naval revolt was to carry out the rescue operation without ! Page Page staged and the coup was launched. further said. he interference, Associoted Press Moo any 4 Business Obituaries The U.S. destroyers Turner, Tattonall Gannon and rockets were Classified Arrow points to area where SyriSports and Vesole, and the submarine Clamag-orfired the air the general Columnists battles, during Star Gazer had Israeli an, did not enter Chilan waters at any big battle. jets said. 8 Comics Television time, the Pentagon said, thanks in part Theaters The rescued Israeli Mirage pilot told Editorials Israeli Air Force Commander Major-Gererto a tip to the U.S. embassy in Santiago l Valentine news manhad the conference that he in Foreign Peied Tel said from an unidentified informant 10 hours Benyamin 6 Life yle Washington Aviv Thursday night the Syrians had aged to shoot down one Syrian MIG bebefore the coup began. The tip was Youth National opened fire first on a routine patrol over fore he was hit himself. relayed to Washington. the sea by 12 Israeli Phantoms and MiraThe unidentified pilot sid that he had The fleet was advised that there been hit just as the Israeli patrol was ges, about 115 miles north of Haifa. Fridays Forecast were rumors of a possible coup in Chile About 18 Syrian planes took part in breaking off from the first encounter, and that vicinity-increa- sing and I think the day before Lake Salt City this first encounter in which nine were ejected at about 10,000 feet and spent cloudiness with chance of they might not be able to maintain their about two hours in the water before shot down nd one, an Israeli Mirage, thundershowers. Weather data on page schedule, Pentagun spokesman Jerry rescue. D-out. with Friedheim told newsmen Thursday. the was also hit, pilot bailing ISRAELI- - TURKEY Allende. g Inside The Tribune A-- D-- air-to-a- ir e, B-- 8 3 B-- 5 2 Battle Off Coast B-- Reports from Tel Aviv, Beirut and Damascus indicated the fight occurred off the Syrian coast between 115 and 150 miles no.th of the Israeli border. Beirut airport officials said the battle was fought over the Syrian port of Tar-touThe Israeli reports said the fighting was over the sea. s. 2 If Old Faithful By William L. Chase Associated Press Writer - WASHINGTON Congress was to'd Thursday that energy from geysers like Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park could offer a substantial source of ne, power for western states by the year 2000. An administration spokesman said that an abundance of hot springs and natural hot. water geysers could be tapped to supply 10 percent of the d power needs for the western one-thir- 4-- A-- Warms Heart, It Could Warm House ? Top oithe United States. The geothermal energy could supply only about 2 percent of the nation- wide power demand, he said. The spokesman, William W. Lyons, deputy undersecretary of the Interior Department, appeared before a House subcommittee energy. studying steam through the earths crust and superheats pools of water. He said about 1.8 billion acres of land in the West have potential for geothermal energy development. One of the worlds nine existing geother- - geothermal Lyons said the western states, plus Alaska and Hawaii, offer the most promise for development of geothermal energy, which forces geysers of Todays Quickie One thing this country needs is a grocery cart with four wheels that all go in the same direction. s i. mal energy plants is located in northern California. Interest lately has been focused on hot water geothermal fields in Southern Californias Imperial Valley. Lyons said the only other area with potential for producing large amounts of geothermal energy is a basin beneath the northern Gulf of Mexico in which hot water is cc.ifined under high pressure. The area is off the coasts of Louisiana and east Texas. Bat Lyons said difficult technical-aneconomic problems must be over' come before that power source coiil$ ' 1 be tapped. He said little information was available on the cost of producing-powe- r from hot water systems. North-- ' em Californias dry steam phnt, The'.. Geysers, is producing power at 5.2 mills per kilowatt hour, compared" with 8 2 mills for a coal-fire- d plant, he said. t .r |