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Show RET MEWS Clearing Generally fair tonight and Thursday. Daytime highs near 80. Lows tonight near 50. Details, weather map on Page B-- VOL. 3 7 2 0 News, News Tips 0 Home Delivery 5 Information 5 Sports Scores Classified Ads Only Editorial Offices 34 E. 1st South 524-440- 524-284- 524-444- 524-444- 521-35- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 9. lOe 68 PAGES NO. 11 Our Phone Numbers THE WEST'S FIRST NEWSPAPER MOUNTAIN JUNE WEDNESDAY, 35 18, 1969 Still Some Hurdles Ahead Surtax Rene wal Gets Boost automobile and excise taxes. -PWASHINGTON (AP) resident Nixon has scored a substantial gain in his drive for a full years extension of the income surtax but opponents are continuing their effort to cut it back, if not in the House, then in the Senate. ., The House Ways and Means Committee Tuesday gave its approval to the Nixon antiinflation package, practically includes continuation of the surtax at its present 10 per cent rate through Dec. 30, with the rate halved for the last six months of fiscal 1970, tax relief for low income taxpayers, repeal of the investment credit and postponement scheduled of Rep. extension promised to continue the fight in the Rules Committee and the House. He and his associates fear leverage for early tax reform will be lost if the surtax is extended for a long period. One of the group conceded to a reporter chances are not bright in the House. But he We will keep the added, issue hot and build up a record for the Senate. against an amendment to cut back the surtax exten15-1- 0 sion to Oct. 31. Five Democrats out of the 15 on the committee joined Charles A. Vanik, a committee member who is pushing for a shorter The committee was unofficially reported to have voted in reductions 1 one-thir- d Secretary of the Treasury David M. Kennedy, however, said he expects Congress to pass the bill. intact. It defeating the shorter period, sources said. Thus the measure goes to the Democratic controlled House with its key provision of endorsed by only the committee Democrats. The House will vote next Hale week. Boggs, Rep. acting chairman of the committee, pledged support of and cited endorsement leaders of both parties in the House. But he predicted a tough fight and would not claim victory in advance. The In 10 Republicans telephone all The Storm Moved Dn provision benefiting persons a n c o r.i e sweetener that did not sat- o w--i isfy many liberal Democrats was calculated to relieve about 2 million poverty-levp- l families of all tax and in all benefit about 13 million persons. Under present law. a family of four with $3,500 income is liable for $74 income tax. It would pay "one, under the proposal, which would take effect Jan. 1. The administration won another victory when the committee approved repeal of the investment tax credit, which allowed businesses to recover up to 7 per cent of investment in equipment. The only concession was a provision investing that mieir businesses in equipment for abatement of air and water pollution may write off the investment, for tax depreciation purposes, in only five years. The committee, understood, heard it w'as stories of heavy investment in equipment just before the originally planned cutoff date, April 1969. it 20, Accordingly, moved the effective date up two days, to midnight April 18. The Treasury calculated that the package means a net gain of about $9.1 billion in revenue during the year beginning J':y 1, foreshadowing a surplus of some $6 billion. NEW YORK (UPI) Law and order candidates, riding the crest of a backlash against New York Citys labor and crime troubles, Tuesday won upset victoiies in mayoral primaries over Republican Mayor John V. Lindsay and former Democratic Mayor both liberals. Robert Wagner Lindsay, who still will be in the Nov. 4 general election as the Liberal Party candidate, vowed he would win then bethe voices of doubt cause and fear cannot be permitted to govern this city. He joins Republican John J. Marchi, who defeated him, and Democrat Mario A. Procaccino, who downed Wagner. But for Wagner, whose latest job was U.S. ambassador to Spain ... during the Johnson administration, it appeared the end of a political comeback some pundits had predicted might iead to the U.S. Senate. MAILER LOSES Another loser was Pulitzer-priz- e winning author Norman Mailer, who ran for the Democratic nomination on a platform based on turning New York into the 51st state. With all 5,286 precincts counted, Marchi had 111,725 votes and Lindsay 106,358 in the Republican primary. TOTALS LISTED In the Democratic primary, with all 5,286 precincts counted, Procaccino had 252,283, Wagner 221,605, Mailer 41,136, Bronx borough president Herman Badillo 215,381 and Rep. James Scheuer 38,631. With both the Democratic and Republican candidates running on the same platform, it appeared Lindsay would be a substantial candidate in November. Many liberal votes from both parties that had been scattered in the primaries were expected to go to him almost as a bloc, while Procaccino and Marchi battle for the conservative votes. Supporters of Wagner, See NEW YORK on Page 3 er A-- Today's Thought Deseret Newt Photo by O. Wallace Tuesday' storm signaled that trouble was on its way as ominous black clouds moved over north range to avenues section. Salt Lake iails Out After Heavy Downpour period, according to Weather Bureau measurements. By DeANN EVANS Deseret News Staff Writer Salt Lake City residents and businessmen were bailing out today after a brief but furious rain which flooded basements and snarled traffic Tuesday afternoon. The rain lasted only about an hour, but what it lacked in longevity it made up in intensity. North bench and downtown areas were hardest hit, with as much as an inch reported in some sections in the half hour period from 3 to :30. Over 1.5 inches fell on the north bench in a 2 two-ho- Forecasts for Wednesday and Thursday show signs of relief from showers, with partial clearing and decreasing thundershower activity Temperatures were also expected to climb back to near normal, with Wednesdays high expected to be about 80 degrees. Tuesdays storm was spotty, hitting some areas harder than than others and virtually bypassing much of the Wasatch Front except Salt Lake City. Measurement at the Salt Lake City International Air- pre-diae- National, Foreign City, Regional 1-- 6 7, 8, 12 Womens Pages Editorial Pages 13-1- 5 Our Man In Washington Our Man Jones Music 16, 17 17 17 17 SECTION B 8, 9 6, 7 9 9 City, Regional Financial Obituaries Weather Map Action Ads SECTION C City, Regional TV Highlights 1, 2 7 1, 2, SECTION E City. Regional Comics Theater . . . And non-sto- p Dumped well-dress- 15s mil 111 Is 1 2 6, 7 SECTION K .1-- 8 iTTTl g" . air space. In response to interrogation, the pilot (Capt. Behnke) told us he thought he might be changing his destination to -? Havana, Candland said. We didnt pursue interro- gation on this point because 1, we didnt know what kind of y situation he was in. We to the reconfirmed controller that something was imme-diatel- Within eight minutes, the See S. L. on Page A-- 4 Utah Democrats today the resignation of the three Republican Salt v Lake County commissioners, charging conflict of interest' in a Big Cottonwood Canyon, land put chase. Salt Lake County Democratic chairman Fred Dem- man, Jr.; state chairman John H. Klas and national committeeman Wayne L. Black issued a joint statement demanding the resignation of Oscar Han- Commissioners son, Jr., Phillip R. Blomqnist and Royal K. Hunt. The Democratic leaders suggested that a grand jury is needed to investigation bring all the facts to light" but said they will not make such a request at this time. Third District Court judges meet June 27 to determine if sufficient evidence exists to warrant calling of a jury. Load Street the force of the water wall made their efforts in vain. Traffic was virtually at a standstill in the downtown area as streets were turned into viitual rivers during the height of the storm. Depths above the tops of automobile wheels made driving tough in many areas, particularly on the downtown streets. Some Salt Lake City resi- See FURIOUS on Page A4 Deseret News Photo by Paul Barker. , BULLETIN Ken Garff Oldsmobile, 513 S. State, reported about three feet of water in the body shop about 4 p.m. Other State businessmen tried but . amiss. Detere! News Photo by W. Claudel! J oho son like Dianne Gwynn. Watery deluge was fun for playful youlhs, but produced nothing but peril for pedestrians I wM - port was only .2 of an inch, but rainfall in sections of the city close to the downtown area was measured upwards of an inch. In addition to heavy rains in the north bench area, Liberty Park and vicinity received about 1.1 Inch in less than three hours. In contrast, the Highland area reported only .3 of an inch. conditions were Flooding widespread in towntown businesses and nearby residences. door, 7 SECTION D Sports The busy bee has no time for sorrow. William Blake d, identified and was being fol- lowed by the Salt Lake ofiice along ts route of flight that would soon bring it into Utah makeshift barricades in an effort to stave off approxidepths. At mately two-foTapehead Co., 665 S. State, the interrupted employes store's grand opening to put plywood sheets at the front Inside The News SECTION A Kasteler WILSON CREEK, NEV. -A jetliner pilot flying over this location in the Nevada desert calmly informed a Salt Lake radio operator Tuesday noon that we may be changing our destination to Havana. Before the plane had gone another 10 miles we had alerted the FBI in Washington and the Miami, Jacksonville, Houston and Denver centers Aviation Federal the of said David Cand-lanAgency, operations officer of Salt Lake Citys FAA Air Route Traffic Control Center. The Trans World Airlines jet, a crew of seven and 80 passengers, including a Negro carrying a .38 caliber pistol and literature of the militant Black Panthers, was to Miami and Havana, Cuba. The plane had been on a scheduled Oakland to New York flight. Wilson Creek is an airlines reference, 55 navigational miles southeast of Ely. as tall, Described and bespectacled, the gunman told Capt. George Behnke, pilot of the jet, that he was "a desperate man and that he had to get to Cuba. The hijacker carried a copy of Eldridge Cleavers book, Black Panther." Cleaver, a leader of the militant Black Panthers, is a fugitive from U.S. justice on a parole violation charge and is reportedly living in Havana. We first became aware that something was amiss with TWA flight 154 at 12:10 p.m., MDT, Candland said. The plane had been radar -- Z ; , Z -- . |