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Show m III11 Our Phons Numbers Partly Cloudy 524-284- 524-441- NO. ' ML! LMNC r 5 6 10c PAGES 6 8 Inch By Inch, Hour By i I ! A LI rI VI, i 521-353- U I Ah THURSDAY, MARCH The Mountain West's First Newspaper - William Vernon LARK Jones, freshly bo(Buck) lstered by his first food and water in 110 hours, faced a new crisis of weakened timbers today deep in the Lark Nine. Drawing counsel from and geologists a suggestion from Jones mine officials mapped two new courses of action, which are expected to on company passed through a Vpe to Jones, with which .e can shore up creaking timbers or cracking beams. Jones will screw the jack sections together. Jones took his first sip of water at 1:25 a.m. and later this morning tasted small portions of eggnog, Cream of Wheat, thin soup bouillion and coffee, passed through the new HAVING TROUBLE trouble having "Theyre with the timbers," miners Grant Turnbow and LaMar Powell told the Deseret News at noon today. Jones himself suggested the new method, Turnbow said. Because rock and earth in must be the new sub-ris-e chipped away mostly by hand (although some power drillthe ing may be possible), rescue will take longer, Turnbow predicted. Rescue crewmen and officials including Robert PeterState son, mine inspector, Industrial Commission, had been talking about bringing Jones out sometime this afteran but noon, operation himself, cave-in- Constructing diameter two foot-lon- small jacks sections g in to be stretching into Friday morn- ing now looms. UNAVAILABLE Mine officials were unavailable for comment on the new opeiations. An aura of confusion 'hangs over the cave-i- n site because of conflicting information passed to newsmen from officials and miners. Before the two minors disclosed the new plans, there had already been controversy ar to how much potential danger was involved with pres- sured timbers protecting the where Jones is holed sub-dri- ft up- - Astronaut Russell L. SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON (AP) out his of Schweickart orbiting spaceship into stepped (Rusty) the eerie emptiness of space today and became a breathing, talking human satellite of the earth. Air Force Col. David R. Scott also briefly poked his head out pipe, two-inc- h . . Miner and rescue worker John Goidon told the Deseret News that Jones told him he has used a pick handle and a steel drill bit to wedge between the (10 by 10 cap inch beam that serves as the ceiling to his cell) and the the Apollo 9 command ship hatch to retrieve a thermal patch attached to the outside. Protected only by his of Probably Best Meal He's Nov It Can Be Ever Eaten TolduHe Got Out Mrs. Gerald Charles T. didnt learn until Wednesday that her husband is the unidentified miner who narrowly escaped being trapped in the Lark Mine with William V. Jones. Im Jerry t in May, so anything expecting didnt say ' Plead Innocent In Hijacking Michael An21, of Cold and Tamsin Fitzgerald, 18, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., pleaded innocent to charges of Wednesday hijacking a jet on Feb. 4. MIAMI (AP) thony Peparo, Spring, N.Y., . The pilot of the big jet said he talked Peparo out of hijacking the plane to Cuba after he forced his way into the cockpit with a knife. Peparo and Fitzgerald were arrested when the plane landed in Miami. ... he didnt want to upset me, said Mrs. Charles. Mr. and Mrs. Charles live at 2298 W. 4700 South, Granger. Charles was working in the mine today. His wife told the story this way: Charles, 25, and Jones were working in the mine last Saturday when Jones sensed something was wrong. Timbers were starting to pop and crack, said Mr. Jones. Get outa here, quick! cried Jones. Charles moved away to a ladder. Then came the rumble of falling rocks and earth. Falling slab and muck raked Charles off the ladder, and he fell several feet. The fall battered his legs and injured a finger, but he scrambled up the ladder again. You okay, Buck? he hoabout it By STEVE HALE Deseret News Staff Writer llered. Yeah," came the reply. Then another rumble sent more rock and earth down. This time, Charles got no reply when he called. So he See NOW on Page A- -l LARK be packing it He must really away. was the comment early this morning of engineer Bill Hawes, who was given the happy assignment of carrying three Thermos jugs of Cream of Wheat, coffee and eggnog into the Lark mine. Small portions of the food were ladled into plastic containers to be passed through a pipe, where, on the That two-inc- h other end, William (Euck) Jones, 61, tasted his first nourishment in 110 hours. When a miner gets in trouble like this, he suddenly becomes the most important guy in the world," Hawes said. Mrs. Pete (Sally) Garduno, operator of a Lark boarding house, was the cook for Jones first meal Her husband is among miners working on Jones' rescue crew. End Domination. Writers Urge - About 100 SAIGON (AP) writers have called for an end to government censorship books calling it a legacy French domination." Inside The News National, Foreign 7 8, 14 12, 13 18, 19 19 19 City, Regional Theater Editorial Pages Speaking of Politics Our Man Jones Music -.- SECTION City, Regional Comics l-- 19 public statement by the writers said: "Severe censor-15, 16 16 16-2- 4 C 6 7 Womens Pages TV Highlights SECTION Sports D Financial B V r, fraying rsr$ 3 7 .-- 6, SECTION S 8,10, 14, 15 4 1 Action Ads SECTION Scots of A Obituaries Weather Map SECTION A of 8 ship of books is incompatible with the very constitution of and the main the regime cause of the decadence In the ... arts and letters. restricts certain publications that it considers tend to undermine it. Included are some books, and newspapers popular T)ie songs. government ABOUT $90 Tuition Boost suit and cumbersone space oxygen drawing from a pack on his back, Schweickart slipped out of the lunar module (LEM) hatch at 12:03 p.m. EST. g evening he had brightened noticeably each side. a short visit with two of Tony Bullock, State metal after his sons, howmines inspector, denied Rescue worker Tony Isi ever, that Jones had done any such thing. said, You can hear the guy There is no danger in the and it sounds like he is just behind the next slab. You say current situation, he said. to yourself that if I can only Don Willie, mine superintendent, confirmed that at one get this slab out of the way, I time workers had to ease up can get to him, and so you keep plugging way. with compressed drill operations because Jones comYou get wringing wet, plained the ground was shakworking down there, but you ing and that loose gravel was feel you cant take a break. raining on him. The effort to get food and Jones has made more room water to Jones began shortly to stretch his cramped limbs before noon Wednesday when by digging out the dirt around a three-todiamond drill was his feet and stuffing the dirt brought Into mine. Drillinto the cracks in boulders ing began about 4:30 p.m. around him. He can now after a study of drilling angles stand without stooping. and Jones position. The problem now is a lot It took Vfi hours tor the diaof big boulders between the mond drill to chew through 37 rescuers and Jones and how feet and nine inches of rock to break them up into smaller and dirt into the where Jones is trapped. The pieces, Willie said. We're not aiming for a first effort was successful. A pipe was shoved through speed record, were aiming for Jones, he added. the hole, containing a cord, Jones received his first with a plug on Jones end. drink of water with the exclaBy pulling the plug, Jones See TIMBERS on Page A --4 Man, that tastes mation, 10 by 10 beams, that hold up good. Wednesday n t sub-dri- ft Once over the sill he was in a weird, weightless world where danger is always a companion. Its a world w'here only eight other men have five Americans ventured and three Russians. STEPS OUTSIDE S c h w cickart, d porch. He floated carefully and clumsily out in his bulky suit and positioned his boots into a pair of golden slippers attached to the platform. The slippers, which look like Dutch shoes, held him fast and kept him from drifting away, enabling him to free his hands. IN THE SUPPERS Im standing in the slippers, Schweickart reported. He gazed at the breathtaking vista of stars, sun and sky around him. Oh, boy, what a view," he Say hello to the camera, or Air Fbrce CoL something, James A. McDivitt said as he tried to snap a picture of his g companion. Angered S. Viets May Quit Talks short space-strollin- Hello, camera, Lam demanded an adjournment . until next Thursday after the Communists defied the Allied protests, warned of new attacks and called President Nixon an aggressor who does not like to be punished. It was the second consecutive week the Communists made personal attacks on The move came after Saigon negotiator Pham Dang Lam denounced the rocketing in bitter terms and U.S. Cabot Ambassador Henry Lodge formally relayed to the Nixon. Communists Nixons President the that warning shelling could bring an propriate response. ap- Lodge told newsmen at end of ihe brief meeting: Vietnam moved to adjourn, saying that with these kinds of activities going on there was not a proper atmosphere for discussions of South peace." He said the unprecedented move was South Vietnam "definitely not a South Vietnamese walkout. previous protests Despite hit Saigon the Communists again today with a rocket barrage that killed 22 South Vietnamese men, women and children and wounded scores of others. Ledge already had prepared a protest against the previous shelling of a hospital in Saigon. Both Hanoi and the Viet Cong delegates were defiant today. They said the shellings until would continue the are American "aggressors driven from Vietnam. And they denied any knowledge of an "agreement" to halt the shelling if the United States halts the bombing of North Vietnam. the moon over McDivitt told him. "Theres South Vietthe Vietnam nam cut peace talks today in protest against the Communist shelling of towns and cities In South Vietnam. Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky already was hinting that Saigon might pull out of the talks altogeth-er- . PARIS (UPI) he cracked. there, Todays seventh session of the deadlocked conference lasted just under four hours, the shortest on record since the talks began Jan. 18. ' Lam followed Lodge's charges of indiscriminate attacks by delivering a solemn warning to the Communists that Hanoi must bear the responsibility. He then asked for adjournment on grounds an atmosphere favorable to useful discussions does not yet . exist. . "Hello dere, Approved In Utah House By DEXTER C. ELLIS Deseret News Staff Writer A $3 million red-haire- d father of five, stepped onto a platform outside the LEM hatch which the front astronauts call the freckle-face- said excitedly. CLOSE CALL IN MINE 6, 1969 ra Inghtly delay the rescue of Jones, a Midvale miner trapped since Saturday's cave-iThe switches in plans include: the present Vacating or drilling channel rise where rescue workers arc chipping through solid rock in an attempt to get at Jones, and establishing an adjacent sub-ris- e where there will supposedly be less chance of a n. Deseret News Staff Writers ; Astir Strolls . .. Timbers Creak, Threaten Miner Fy PAUL SWENSON, RAY GRASS and JACK MONSON ' 524-444- B-1- VOL. 371 0 News, News Tips 0 Home Delivery 5 Information 5 Sports Scores 5 Classified Ads Only Editorial Offices 34 E. 1st South 524-440- Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Daytime highs in the upper 30s. Lows tonight near 20. Details, weather map on Page said Schweickart, obviously enjoying his cosmic excursion. PAIR EXPOSED Schweickarts two Apollo 9 also traveling companions were exposed to the fierce McDivitt in the vacuum LEM and Scott in the command ship. Their suits were plugged into the life support systems of their respective ships, which were still locked togethas they have er been since launch day nose-to-no- Monday. was on his Schweickart own, a true satellite relying on his suit and the oxygen and communications pack which he wore on his back like a knapsack. It was the first space test of the suit and pack astronauts will wear on the moon. tuition fee in- crease affecting all colleges and universities in Utah, including the two trade technical institutes, was passed handily by the House of Representatives Wednesday and sent to the Senate. The measure would add $90 to the tab for resident students, in most instances, and stuup to $175 for dents. The increases will become effective for the next school year if the Senate and governor okay the legislation. 6 for (See chart on Page amounts). specific The House also passed HB150 which is intended to outlaw giveaway games now becoming widespread among gasoline stations. It accomplishes this by defining a lottery as the give-in- g away of anything by chance whether or not the chances are free. Under present law it doesn't constitute a lottery if the chances are free. The bill was successfully lifted from sifting committee by Rep. Dean C. Christensen, after he charged that six members of the committee had reneged on promises to report out the bill. His charge led to a bitter exchange between him and A-- ber of sifting, charged that his integrity had been impugned and demanded an apology. Christensen refused, saying he wasnt referring to Regis as one of the six. Keith Holt, president of the Utah Association of Petroleum Retailers, testified' in favor of the bill, saying service station operators - are being driven out of business en masse by the lottery promotion schemes. He said the station lessees are forced to pay the parent companies two cents for each chance handed out to customers. Some of the firms make up to $5 million profit on the. cards alone, said Holt. The chance of winning anything on the chances is about - . he asserted. If the bill is enacted into law, it will have considerably broader application than gasoline stations, some legislators noted. It would affect any promotion where chances were sold or given away. The House had another long and busy day Wednesday, See HOUSE on Page 6 100,000-to-on- A-- Rep. Larry Regis Jr.,mem- New Heart Wins Bout LEGISLATIVE With Glen. Regis, a BULLETIN The House of Representatives passed HB224 today which gives juvenile courts exclusive jurisdiction over juveniles in traffic cases, thus them from city removing courts and justice of the peace courts. It also gives the juvenile court authority to supersede the district court In child custody cases, if proper notice is given. Passed by a 2 vote, Dangerous Ailment l Dr. Blaiberg's Own Story Concludes On Page A-- -- l 9, 47-1- the bill Senate. now goes to the 'Won't Tolerate (Escalation' SAIGON (AP) fense Secretary - U.S. De- Melvin R. Laird warned Friday that if enemy forces continue attacks on South Vietnamese cities "they must be prepared to accept the consequences., Laird, arriving in Saigon about 18 hours after a rocket barrage on the capital, added, We will not tolerate any enemy escalation of the war. In a statement to newsmen on his arrival at Saigons Tan Son Nhut airport, Laird went on: If these attacks continue unabated, an appropriate response will be made. Pressed by reporters as to what such a response would be and if it included resumption of the bombing of North Vietnam, the secretary said that this was not the time and place to go into details. ' The enemy struck Saigon early Thursday with the most rocket devastating heavy attack since the opening of the offensive Feb. 23. Rockets smashed into a densely populated slim district, killing at least 25 Vietnamese civilians, most of them children. More than 70 civilians were wounded. Laird in effect repeated the glst of President Nixons remarks at a news conference in Washington Tuesday night. Nixon Indicated then he would make no decision until he has a report from Laird. Laird said that several options are available for a response to the attacks on Saigon and other cities and if necessary proper options will be used. want to make it he continued firmly, that no one should mistake our patience and forebearance for a sign of weakness. Laird expressed hone for progress and success in the Paris peace talks. But those We attack on Saigon and were broken off after only four hours at the suggestion South Vietnamese delegation. Laird said that during the trip to Saigon he and Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, studied dispatches telling of the rocket attack on Saigon. outraged dear," talks Thursday were con- cerned mainly with the rocket Today's Thought Nothing happens unless ; Jirst a dream. CarlSanSburg . -- |