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Show DESERET NE Windy 'N Cold Strong canyon winds and continued cold. Partly cloudy through Tuesday. Daytime highs near 35. Details, weather map on Page B-- VOL. 371 NO. 7. PAGES' 10c V- - " 0 News, News Tips s 0 Home Delivery ; I 5 Information ' 5 Scores Sports 5 Classified Ads Only ; Editorial Offices 34 E. 1st South ;; ' 524-440- 524-284- 524-444- ; 524-444- 521-353- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 3 8 5 9 Our Phone Numbers The Mountain West's First Newspaper MARCH MONDAY, 10, 1 969;: Utah Miner Rescued drew (o) (2) oo rs i Joy Fills U r? V vV?-- fs ' Home K In Midvale 'sK v'' As Buck Jones wait- ed for deliverance Sunday, people in three places felt the rare excitement of being part of a major event. Hundredsof spectators milled above the Lark Mines portal in weather so cold they could see their breath. Rescuers below, electrified by a todays the day spirit, toiled and moiled with hypnotic vigor. BRING FOOD At 46 Allen St. in Midvale, X' the trapped miners modest brick home, friends and strangers alike brought casseroles, meats and desserts to the A only crowd. A mine rescue saga that will be talked about for decades was nearing its climax. The entire world knew about the peril of William Vernon (Buck) Jones, and now he was getting out. faOne man, a ther of 11 who was virtually unknown until loose rocks cascaded around him deep in the Lark Mine eight days before, standing-roo- the object of a massive rescue operation. wras WalfeY G raharn, 'left,' a ri d Toh 0 "Buck" Joftes f drt-to- If In the hole they cleared. del Vfift"' -f 4 r TAXES STRENGTH wml. an operation that taxed the strength, ingenuity and determination of scores and caught the attention of millions. I hope all these people that claim God is dead will wake up and know that He lives, said Mrs. Jones, certain now that her husband would soon It , be free. The Last Pictures of Supper and Christ at bespoke the deeply religious nature of the Jones family. Court Lists Eavesdrop Guidelines Geth-sema- It was 6:19 p.m. Sunday when ' rescuers John Sullivan and Walt Graham , worked at the last few inches of rock and muck that separated them from William Vernon (Buck) Jones. Suddenly, they were with him and the was b e w hjskered Jones Illumination at the stope did not bother Jones .eyes, according to the rescuers. He had lights in his cramped . . refuge. Sullivan Said the last few feet of moiling were the ' touchiest. We had to be careful," he One false move, and said. the whole thing could have come down on him. We made a hole just big enough for him,, and not an inch bigger. face-to-fa- saying: Of Utah Mine Rescue here? Four years? Today he was in Latter-da- y Saints Hospital in satisfactory condition. Tests are being conducted to make further determination of his physical Drama Step-By-Ste- p Boy, am I glad to see you! How long have I been in Jones. Some officials express doubt that he survived. is the chronology of March 1, between when William Vernon (Buck) Jones, 60, was trapped in the Lark Mine, and Sunday, March 9, when he was resThis events condition, said Hospital Administrator L. Brent Goates. , Jones was being given complete privacy to facilitate rest and overcome his fatigue, the administrator said. Sullivan and Graham reconstructing the dramatic breakthrough, underscored the fact that they were members of the moiling crew. Rescue crews got Jones out the same route he had taken before getting trapped. They got to him MARCH 5, 2 a.m. Voice asking, When are you guys going to get me out of here, cued: MARCH 1, 6 a.m. Jones reports for work at mine, 300 feet underground and 20,000 -feet into tunnel. 11 a.m. Mine tunnel starts to collapse. Jones yells to partner Gerald T. Charles to run for it. Slide traps Jones in three-foo- t space. 12:15 p.m. Rescuers start work at slide area. No sign of by removing fallen rocks and muck, ' got the hole through, the first thing I saw was him, said Graham. The rescuers said Jones gave credit to God for keeping him alive during the days in the pinched cubicle. two-inc- . start working into hole. MARCH Work going MARCH 2 slowly. No sign of Jones. -S- Jones. 8i two-inc- h pipe 1:25 a.m.-Jo- nes gets first sip of water through small pipe lifeline. Liquid e foods and lights . follow. 9 a.m. Debris crumbles See MINE on Page A--2 we MARCHS h family they: waited, members disclosed more and more about Buck Junes, the miner who became a legend during his eight days,' seven' hows and 35 minutes trapped in the mine. He only weighed two and a half pounds when he was bom, said Mrs. Jones, and then she explained why. ' Buck is a triplet. His triplet brother died soon after he was born, but his triplet sister lives at Mrs. Jones continued. Lehl, Shes Mrs. Etta Holsworth. NARROW ESCAPE A brother, Joseph Jones, said Buck once overturned a motorcycle several times while roaring down a hill called Victor Twist in the town of Cedar View in the Uintah Basin. He just got his overalls out of the chains and rode off, the brother said. Ramp-toGovernor Calvin his face still smeared with muck after a conversation with the trapped miner through a drill hole, arrived at the house. now-desert- n. MARCH 4 till pen-siz- no sign of, - - C. No sign of ... DRAWS DIAGRAM He drew a diagram of the assured rescue operation, Mrs. Jones her husband would soon be free, then left. "The governor used my pen to draw it with, said Miss Isnt that Evelyn Mecham. wild? Miss 'News Team On M and The big story was a cooperative effort. Like the rescue team that brought William Vernon (Buck) Jones out Deseret News team functioned at the mouth of alive, a smoothly-workin- g ' . ' the mine. ' ' . , ' , Reporters Steve Hale, Ray Grass, Jack Monson, Bryan' Gray and Paul Swenson were on the scene. Hale put the story together from his own observations and the reports funneled to him by the others. Chief Photographer Don Grayston and cameramen Robert Boettcher, Howard C. Moore and O. Wallace Kasteler took the pictures that tell todays story. vnririjrLjojnrLrLmrLLrL'Ln-rLarLnrLrnjirr,r,"i,'- A TRIPLET As ! Jones. i When startles rescue workers. . 4:30 p.m. Drilling started to run pipe into trapped miner through nearly 38 feet of rook. 5 p.m. Diggers abandon efforts to reach Jones by original route and start new path through rubble. 9 p.m. Drill breaks small hole through to Jones. Crews HES . ,' Mecham, a fourth grade teacher at Arlington Elementary School in Murray and a roommate of two of Bucks daughters, had been telling her students about the rescue operations throughout the week. Her pupils had been worried. she Wednesday morning, strode Into the classroom, picked up a piece of chalk and wrote these words on the blackboard: Hes alive! in the crowded Somebody room said "Buck See ITAHN on Page A-- 2 living WASHINGTON (UPI) -The Supreme Court spelled out a set of new guidelines today in the running controversy. over the governments use of evidence obtained by eavesdropping. HOUSCENTER, The Apollo 9 (UPI) astronauts lined up their orbit for a Thursday splashdown and sailed happily down the homestretch today with one eye on the fuel gauge and the other on the weather. Like an arrow through the claimed James A. sky. McDivitt after firing the ship's main engine at 12:39 p.m. EST to adjust Apollo 9's path fpr the homecoming. reBeautiful, beautiful, plied ground communicator Ronald Evans. McDivitt, David R. Scott and Russell L. Schweickart reported their Atlantic Ocean landing area looked rough and windy, but controllers promised: We wont bring you down in the middle of a front SPACE TON In a set of complex rulings, the court held: : The government may use evidence even if obtained by unlawful eavesdropping on others if the defendant was not a participant in the overheard conversation and if the bugging did not take place at his home, office or similar personal premises. ' On , the other hand, in cases where he was a party to the conversation or his premises bugged the defendant may demand under proper safeguards that the wiretap evidence be turned over to his attorney even in cases involving national security. An adversary court procedure must then he held to determine the relevance of the eavesdrop information to his indictment and if the wiretap evidence is shown as being relevant, the defendant may have it suppressed. The court took these other actions: Reversed the Birmingham conviction of the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth wTho with the late Dr. Martin Luther King was convicted of parading without a permit in a 1963 Easter civil rights demonstra. tion. Threw' out the disorderly conduct conviction of Negro entertainer Dick Gregory the "You keep putting drama back into it, said McDivitt as Apollo 9 coasted into its second week of space flight. You have had too easy a communicator Stuart time, Roosa told the spacemen. We gotta keep you jacked up. - McDivitt said he didnt have a chance to observe the weather on a later pass and added, besides, I didnt want to terrify myself to see how bad it really was." Itll get better, Evans said. rocket Today's burst boosted Apollo 9s orbit to a ceiling of 289 miles and adjusted its path for a normal 2J second Do you realize that was 17th propulsive maneuver the a from protest stemming march around the home of we have performed on this f 1 1 ght, McDivitt asked Chicago Mayor Richard J.' Evans. that's By golly, 1965. in Daley right, replied the controller. The firing originally was scheduled to last eight seconds, but It was lengthened to Thought 25 seconds In order to run a test of the ship's fuel gauging We do not say that a system. The astronauts can change man who takes no inter -- their landing area by firing est in politics minds his their retro rockets earlier or own business. We say he later than planned. McDivitt Apollo 9 has no business here at aU. had spottedreported the storm from Pericles their high outpost. Todays . f f irnirif It looks pretty rough and he said. You can see the whitecaps from up where we are. Youre the best weather recon we got, Roosa com.'Well just let you mented. pick your own area. Okay, well be your friendly weatherman," joked the commander. He then reported the wpath-windcloudy over South Texas, y, er clear over Florida and stormy farther north along the east coast of the U.S. .Roosa reported winds around 60 knots were being recorded at Bermuda and told the pilots it was a good thing they werent landing there l- ; today. Ray Says Guilty,; Given 99 Years I: TENN. (UPI) James Earl Ray, indicating he was part of an assassina- asked Ray if he was tryinglo change his guilty plea. pay said, No, sir, and spoke no tion conspiracy, pleaded guilty today to the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a jury, by prearrangement, sentenced him to 99 years in prison. more about the conspiracy.' Ray waived all rights for appeal, for a new trial or for any other legal maneuvers ip senexchange for the which he said was all tence that had been promised him. The jury was led in for a trial expected to last no more than a few days. The '.state must make a brief ;case against Ray before it: ;can ; -f rest. MEMPHIS, The state presented a hand- ful of witnesses and, an hour and 55 minutes after the sudden trial started, Ray was convicted. He made the guilty plea In return for the sentence, rather than take the chance of being sentenced to die had he gone on with his scheduled April 7 trial. A jury must try all cases in Tennessee even in. guilty pleas since the jury sets the penalty. All 12 jurors two of them Negroes agreed to the deal of a sentence in their seats, never leaving the courtroom. Rays attorney, lamed trial lawyer Percy Foreman, and Phil M. Canale prosecutor both told the jury that they were convinced Ray aione killed1 King with a rifle shot last April 4, and there was no conspiracy. At that point Ray stood up. Your honor, Id like to say something. I agree with ail these stipulations but 1 don't agree with these theories on the conspiracy Judge W. Preston J INSIDE THE; news SECTION A be- fore they were sworn in. 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