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Show Our Phone Numbers Wet But Mild News Tips Home Delivery Considerable cloudiness and showers tonight and Saturday. DeDaytime highs in the tails, weather map on Page Information Sports Scores mid-80- s. 3 7 2 10c THE WEST'S MOUNTAIN NEVSPAPER FIRST SEPTEMBER FRIDAY, End War? S-Mo- nth advance WASHINGTON (AP) President Nixon today canceled all November and December draft calls and ordered that the 29,000 men scheduled for induction in October be called over a three-mont- h period at a monthly average of less than 10,000 men. Reading a statement to newsmen at the White House, Nixon said less-- e embargo. A discussion of that question cannot serve any useful purpose so long as the Israeli troops occupy the territory of Arab countries, he said. Gromyko wore his usual double-breaOxford-gra- y d suit ana put on his usual d glasses to read his speech as he firmly grasped the lectern by the sides with both hands. All 126 delegations were on hand to hear him. Charles U.S. Ambassador W. Yost was the top man at the U.S. desk. Shirley Temple Black, a member of the American Assembly delegation, sat by him in a black To think that the United States can obtain at the conference table what it has failed to achieve with a halfmillion-strong army on the battlefield . . . would mean to be obviously at variance with reality, he said. Gromyko added that the Paris peace talks will move toward agreement when the common sense and a realistic assessment of the situation 19, 1969 October Call Spread Over Span will prevail in American policies. The Soviet foreign minister also dashed hopes of any toward early agreement on the Middle East. He noted that the Soviet Union, together with many other countries, is working resolutely for a political settlement. He reiterated Soviet support for the Arab position. He flatly rejected U.S. proposals for a Middle East arms structive. 8 Mvmbr. 0einnilboir r Red Terms U.S.-Sovi- 524-444- O Just Buy UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. Soviet Foreign Minis(AP) ter Andrei A. Gromyko told the United States today the only way to end th' Vietnam war is through renunciation of military and all other interference in Vietnamese internal affairs. Addressing the U.N. General Assembly, Gromyko made no direct reference to President Nixons appeal to all members to use their influence to soften Hanois position. In a policy speech, Gromyko made it clear that the Kremlin was standing firm in its support of North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. He defended the peace proposals of Hanoi as con- 0 524-444- 5 Classified Ads Only 5 Editorial Offices 34 E. 1st South SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 58 PAGES NO. 91 0 524-284- 521-353- B-1- 3. VOL. 524-440- Nixon Hits Delay On n e d military manpower requirements due in part to Vietnam troop withdrawals made it possible to cancel programmed draft calls for 32.000 men in November a.id 18.000 in December. horn-rimme- Programs NEAR SUSPENSION The action came very close WASHINGTON (UPI) -PNixon expressed susto an outright disappointment today to Repension of the draft. However, publican House and Senate Nixon said that the 29,000 men leaders that his basic legislative recommendations were originally slated for induction in October would be called moving so slowly in Congress. over a Nixons views were passed period on by House GOP Leader Gerending Dec. 31. ald R. Ford of Michigan after The a long, morning conference at announced that if Congress fails to act on the draft the Whitp House. Ford said the discussion reform legislation he proposed on May 13, he would issue an centered on three areas executive oner aimed at draft reform, postal reform sharply reducing the number and anticrime legislation. Ford and Sen. Gordon Allott of yea's during w'hich young men face the uncertainty of of Colorado said the President laid down no priority or possible induction. Ha said, must list of legislation, but no that executive however, order could accomplish his wanted action on all of his as clearly and basic legislative programs. objectives The administration wants as the proposed effectively action on all of the various legislation. programs, Ford said. There , MOST VULNERABLE is some disappointment that Secretary of Defense Melvin there has not been more action R. Laird said at the White across the board." House one plan being considHe said that the administraered would make tion, realistically, does not anthe most vulnerable to inducticipate final passage of all 40 tion. Another alternative that Nixon proposals at this sescould be accomplished sion. What the President wants, through executive action, he said, would make prime draft , according to Ford, is suband stantial action at the comtargets of men in the 20 to 25 year age mittee level, with the hope bracket with expired student that his legislative program deferments. could be completed at least by next year. Asked how the October draft call of 29,000 would be spaced, in terms of inductions, Laird said the matter was not finally decided but Selective Service officials had indicated to him that they1 favored calling up 10,000 in October, 10,000 in November, and 9,000 in December. An NEW YORK (UPI) REVIEW JANUARY explosion ripped through the He said the January draft 40th floor of a fedc'al office call, now programmed for building in lower Manhattan 35.000 men, would be reearly today, causing extensive viewed in December with a damage but no injuries. view toward a possible cutThe building was back. ordered closed for the day at The December decision pre7:45 a.m. to all but top agency sumably would hinge in great officials. e The blast, which occurred part on a possible withdrawal of troops from about 2 a.m. EDT, was beVietnam. The administration lieved to have been caused by has set no timetable for maka home made bomb, but fire officials on the scene have not ing its next decision on potenruled out possible leakage of tial withdrawals. resident two-mont- h three-mont- dress. h President also innocent Plea Due In Trial Of Berets 'VV ' - ' Ov y? f 4 ... - - , 'H Utahn Takes Beret Case Court Supreme Justice George W. Latimer has been named as counsel for a Special Forces sergeant involved in an inquiry into the alleged slaying of a Vietnamese civilian. Latimer is defending Green Beret SFC Alvin L. Smith, 41, of Naples, Fla. The Salt Lake attciney said charges against Smith are not being made, pending the outcome of a trial for six offi- cers. Tiie trial, w hich is likely to Involve highly classified information, may be closed to the public at times. Latimer said he has been cleared for access to classified material for 20 years. Cant. Robert F. Marasco of Bloomfield, N.J., one of the three men scheduled to be tried first on charges of murder and conspiracy to murder a shadowy Vietdefending . namese man described as both a Communist spy and a double agent. Why should they do anything else than plead not guilty? Young asked. These men are innocent. These men include the former commander of U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam. They are accused of murdering a Vietnamese national in the Nha Trang area 188 miles northeast of Saigon on June 20. Defense attorneys have called the man a double agent employed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), A military spokesman today, for the first time, identified the alleged victim as Thai Khaca Chuyen but would not give any details on his death. Unofficial reports have circulated for two months that Chuyen was the victim. Young, acting as an informal spokesman for the defense, said he and his fellow attorneys were convinced they would win an acquittal in the case. "We all felt, and still do, the government has insufficient evidence," he said. In fact, they have no evidence at all. that f r , V ? i s- A spokesSAIGON (UPI) man for the defense said today all six men facing a court-martiin the Green Beret murder case would plead innocent. He predicted two other Green Berets released pending the trial would become witnesses for the prosecution. Capt. Tom Young, a husky Hawaiian from Honolulu, is Ex-Uta- h " I J,f A f s I XT UPI TtHotmto - J Bombs shredded truck tractor when the rig plowed into a highway at i underpass near Rawlins, Wyo t Truck Crash Spills Bombs 1 Driver Killed, 2 injured RAWLINS (AP) A winch of picking truck began the job up 78 bombs, one by one, and loading them on a truck southwest of Rawlins today after a truck accident that killed a civilian truck driver and scattered the bombs over a area. 150-fo- The bombs were on a trailer towed by the truck when the vehicle went over a embankment one mile from Rawlins, None exploded. The head of an Army ordnance team that was flown to Rawlins 2nd Lt. Frederick of Knack Fort Carson, Colo. said there was no Immediate danger the bombs would explode As he put it: Theyre dangerous only in the sense that any explosive is dangerous especially after being exposed to a shock. , Lt. Knack said the bombs w uld be sent to an ordnance depot for an examination to determine if some may still be serviceable. The metal casing of several bombs ' was cracked in the g accident. Donald R. Husk, 33, of Ber-niMo. A relief driver was the bombs killed when smashed through the cab of the truck as it went off the early-mornin- freeway. Two other drivers were critically injured. They are , William W. Brady of Waco, T.X., and Wayne L, Stallings of Charleston, Mo. attendants at the Rawlins hospital said Brady and Stallings suffered broken backs, broken necks and multiple other injuries. The highway patrol said it was unable to determine whether Brady or Stallings was driving. Husk was asleep in a compartment in the rear of the truck cab. Lt, Knack, whose men arrived by helicopter about 11 a.m., said the greatest danger was from fire. The area around the demolished truck and trailer was drenchea in diesel oil. Sheriffs officers closed a secondary road that crosses under at the accident site. Freeway traffic was slowed in the accident zone for awhile. The accident happened about 2:20 a.m. and, according to the patrol, boosted Wyomings 1969 traffic death toll to 166 or 44 ahead of a year ago. The truck was owned by Southwest Marketing Association of Fort Worth, Tex., which was hauling the bombs under a military contract. The bombs were en route from Crane, Ind., to a destination in the state of Washinglittle-use- d ton. 'WITH JACKIE' a. Decisive Victory For Defense Bill - SenWASHINGTON (AP) ate critics of defense costs say a new era has opened in public awareness of Pentagon spending despite their crushing defeat on attempt after attempt to trim a bill for military hardware. We have made a good fight, said Democrat William Proxmire of Wisconsin, a battle leader in the that ended Thursday night with passage of the biU. But, he added, "this is merely the opening shot in a larger effort. The critical review will go on." A defense system which n two-mont- h ' for years has operated without sufficient public and private checks has not been exposed to the sunlight. said Republican Edward Brooke of Massachusetts. A good foundation has been laid for future inquiry." vwv " VS" Chapter Saturday Kw' V. . ' xv'wwtyWWS- v "Hj nr r sv.' The Proxmire and Brooke comments came as the huge appropriations measure finally passed on an 81-- 5 vote, climaxing the most heated debate over defense spending in two decades. Although it passed virtually intact only J73 million was it took 39 full chopp'd out days of debate over the two-mon- th period. Pentagon backers had to throw back more than a dozen attempts to delay such major programs as the Safeguard missile defense system, a new nuclear carrier, mammoth new battle tanks, squadrons of superset fighters and a new manned If- 4 I 'Xv L iv My Life With Jacqueline Kennedy, the inside story of woman this most talked-aboin the world today, begins Saturday as an exclusive feature of the Deseret News. Mary Barelli Gallagher, Massachusetts girl who joined the staff of the newly elected Sen. John F. Kennedy in ut now ter as practical. Laird said the aim is to remove the inequities, so that a young man when he is 19, by the time he is 20, will know whether he is serving or not. This, Laird said, would do away with keeping the draft over his head for seven years. " was. First of a the most interesting and intimate parts of book begins this Saturday in the Deseret of ttr- UPI leiephoio Wreckage and bombs strew highway before Army team begins pickup task. ft 4 best-seilin- g News. . sewer gas in a utility shaft as the cause. The FBI also is attempting to determine the cause of the blast. Today's Thought Two of the most powerful of all social iceapons are skill with language and meaningful familiar- ity with literature. Richard Cot bin Inside The Hews Mrs. queline Kennedy, Aristotle Onassis, Mrs. Gallagher was able to see another Jackie the public did not see. After My Life With 'Jacwas pubqueline Kennedy lished, Mrs. Gallagher was criticized for telling it like it i leg- islative action, Nixon would try to achieve draft reform through an executive order that would become effective next Jan. 1 or as soon thereaf- 1953, later served as personal secretary to Mrs. Kennedy from 1958 to 1964. As a close associate to Jac- 4 bomber. 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