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Show Our Phone Numbers Fair Deal News Tips Home Delivery Fair tonight and Saturday "Warmer. Daytime highs in the upper 50s Lows tonight 30 to 25. Details, weather map on Page B-- VOL. NO. 3 7 2 2 7 1 PAGES 10c MOUNTAIN THE WEST'S FIRST -5- 24-2840 Information Sports Scores Classified Ads Only SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 5 8 -5- 21-4400 Kditoi lal Of fees NEWSPAPER FRIDAY, -5- 24-4413 -5- 24-4448 521-333- 5 31 E. 1st South OCTOBER 31, 1969 nne 12) Q 11 110 By JOE HALL WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate Finance Committee comon bill which would grant about $9 massive a work pleted today billion of individual income tax relief while at the same time picking up nearly $7 billion of other revenues from tax reform provisions. The comm.ttee version, oulered sent to the Senate floor for later debate, is quite similar to the measure passed by the ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Appointment To Heal County Rift? House last August. However, changes were made in both tax relief and tax reform previsions. 1m wmi vwi jjtifflwaAyjftffr'" 'v"iVTna i'rw.iiiiMrwiiiT rirrnimr UPI Tdsphcto Homes in San Pedro, Calif., tilt crazily on their Pacific Ocean cliffside. Fissure appears to have stabilized. REPRIEVE FOR COAST HOMES 'crack PEDRO (UPI)- "- The long fissure yawning, that has threatened to dump six houses into the Pacific from their cliffside perch, apto have stabilized peared today, police said. Its stabilized somewhat, BAN t widened slfg3fly with dumped it giiesf Tiousd' down the cliff to the rocky beach below. Other cracks have been reported in the . area and it appeared Inevitable that the land mass would slide into the beach, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Department of Public Works said. According to the owners of the homes, none were insured for slides. Such coverage has been virtually unobtainable in California since a massive jolt. 300-fo- That ones a total loss for sure. the spokesman said. Itll go just as soon as the crack widens a little more. Of the five other houses all valued at from $50,000 to $75,000, three were abandoned when the fissure first appeared Sunday and two were vacated a year ago because of another slide. a police spokesman said. Biit they could go at anytime, theyre right on the brink. One of the six slipped 30 cliff feet down the Wednesday and hangs precariously on a massive section of earth rhaken loose when the 200-fo- ( fissure The crescent-shape- d lias knocked four of the homes from their foundations and 1933 - WASHINGTON (AP) The Nixon Administration has promised to help ease adoption and acceptance of the Supreme Court decision ordering an immediate end to government-sponsored school deseg- regation. . But there w'ere painful grumblings from the South, where the milestone ruling will have its deepest effect. of Gov. Lester Maddox Georgia called the Mississippi schools decision a criminal act and appealed for a taxpayers revolt. SCURRILOUS POLICY.. earthquake. ' Women s Panel Mulls t i Human Environment By EVELYN MAZURAN NEW YORK-T- Pollution was one of the top- -' discussed s Thursday, including its effect , on the human body. Glenn Paulson, department of environmeatal biomedicine, the Rockefeller University, entitled his talk, Stresses in the Urban Environment. i c Deseret News Womens Editor he problems of the human environment under discussion Tliurs- came r in New York at the meetday ings of the National Council of Women. The three-da- y confeienee concluded with sessions held at the Carnegie International Center, United Nations Plaza. Airs. Belle S. Spafford of Salt Lake City, president of the national council, piesided at all events. As she brought the conference to a close, Mrs. Spafford had this to say: In thesp meetings we have dealt with many issues of common concern, not only to organized women, but also to the nation as a whole and to the international scene. Throughout the meetings, the council has maintained a n o a rtisan atmosphere, presenting both sides of the issues under consideration. n-- p His thought-provokin- dis- g sertation dealt with various areas of pollution, including lead poisoning as a result of children eating old pepling paint. feels such the long-ter- Another speaker on Thursday. Sidney Howe, president of the Conservation Foundamuch more tion, believes must be done to conserve our environment, to use our natural resources to the best ad- vantage. Next, he pointed up the dan- gers of lead and carbon monoxide in urban air, from the increasing number of automobiles. He feels there is insufficient knowledge of the short and long-tereffects of such things. The thinking is. he .ays, that lead and carbon monoxide can atfect the bodys blood, causing or incieasing anemia. This, in turn, could affect the heart. Perhaps every urban citizen Inside The News lie thinks, however, that in the past 10 years great strides that have been made groups, individuals, including the youth of the nation, are all much more aware, much more involved in promoting condibetter environmental City, Regional Comics Fire Controlled In S. California - A LOS ANGELES (AP) Southern California brush fire that forced evacuation of hundreds of homes was ' being contained today, patrolled only by standby crews assigned to halt small break- blaze which scorched acres of canjon and night after firefighters dosed off the last open area on its west flank. Financial City, County Trash Map 5, 8, 20 4 6--7 ... 8 Sports TV Highlights City, Regional Lets Play Chess 6 7 8 8 to overcome possible way the practical and human problems involved. The Presidents press aide, Ronald L. Ziegler, added in a more vigorous vein: The administration will enforce the See NIXON on Page 5 A-- Chairman Russell B. Long, said he doubts the Senate will pass the bill this year. But if not, the measure will be ready for consider a ion at the start of next year's session. ., Exact details of the Senate bill were not available immediately, but based on tentative decisions, the measure shaped up this way: A $4.5 billion reduction for all taxpayers by a cut of at least one percentage point in all brackets and up to 8 points at the iop. ALLOWANCE billion reduction through a new allowance designed to remove fami5.2 million poverty-leve- l lies from the tax rolls and cut payments for an additional 7 million. A $1.4 billion reduction by raising the minimum standard deduction from the present 10 per cent of income with a $1,000 ceiling to 15 per cent with a $2,000 limit. A $445 million reduction rates for all by cutting the . single person-These redtu mi,,, for example, would mean that a family of four with $7,500 of income would pay a $576 tax compared with $687 now. Or a single person with the same income would pay $1,005 compared with $1,168 now. 2 OR 3 WEEKS Although the committee was wrapping up work on the bill today, it does not mean the measure will be ready for imaction. mediate Senat It will take two or three weeks for the staff to write a report and to draft the actual language of the legislation. Long said he doubted seriously the Senate could piss the measure this year. INCOME A $2.65 low-inco- tr Salt Lake County Attorney Gordon B. Christenson ended u peiiod of what he called and review of his troubled office today by appointing Asst. Utah Atty. Gen. Leon Halgren as his e chief deputy. The commission county unanimously approved a salary of $14,736 a year for Halgren. He will leave the state post as quickly as he can. His appointment came days "soul-searchin- g full-tim- after a rift among higher-up- s ' in the county attorneys office. When Christenson was hospitalized recently, he appointed his chief civil deputy, Lamar Duncan, as acting county atdismissed Duncan torney. Chief Criminal Deputy Paul Van Dam, but Christenson "'instated him. AUTHORITY PLAIN Christenson made the extent of Halgren's new authority plain. The civil and criminal divisions will report to me only through Mr. Halgren, Christenson said. It appeared doubtful that Duncan would remain in hs post at the county attorneys office. UNDER FIRE The county attorney's office came under fire last Thursday night for the backlog of court cases that remain untried. (See story on this subject on Page . Judges B-l- ). have stated the backlog arose from a manpower shortage in Christensons office. The Deseret News last week called for a reorganization of the county attorneys office. Christenson, in announcing Halgrens appointment, said: I am asking him to review, with appropriate outside advice wl en needed, the adar.d ministrative policies practices of the office and to see that they are the equiva- - Leon Halgren ...takes county post lent of the best-ruin the state. law offices n Halgren wasted no time in swinging into action. During the brief meeting at which he was appointed Friday morning, the county commisthe amount sion questioned that should be charged by a firm that had done work for the county. But Commissioner Royal K. Hunt said county ieiusal to is ruining our pay bills credit. Halgren advised the commission to pay the bill under protest to protect its right to retrieve some of the money. Atty. Gen. Vernon B. Romney termed the loss of Hallike a death ih the gren family. But we're going to go along with him and give him Ron.nev said. our blessing. See COUNTY' on Page A-- 5 ring California o t foothill country in the northwestern part of the San Fernando Valley above Granada Hills was contained Thursday I) "Vietnamization continuing of the war and said 300 more American troops were leaving for home Saturday. A-- The SECTION Military spokesmen said the Stratoforts dropped 180 tons of bombs onto the recently spotted buildup foliowing a wave of shellings during the night against the threatened artillery and Green Beret camps. In Saigon, the American command turned over 13 ocean-goin- g patrol boats to the South Vietnamese in the They are more involved in Sep COUNCIL on rage 5 5,000 B SAIGON (UPI) Two flights of B52 bombers today went after what U.S. intelligence described as a new 7,000-ma- n North Vietnamese threat to a string of isolated U.S. highlands camps hard by the Cambodian border. In winding up, the committee met a commitment to finish its work by Oct. 51. But several w eeks will be required for preparing detailed reports before the measure can be taken up for Senate action. tions. outs. SECTION C. Wallace, former Alabama governor and the 1968 third party presidential candidate, called the decision scurrilous policy. This court is no better than the Warren court, he said. Atty. Gen. A. F. Summer of without said, Mississippi amplification, his state will fight to change the ruling. And Mississippi Gov. John Bell Williams said the school children of his state had been cruelly offered as sacrificial lambs on the altar of social experimentation. PROMISE HELP President Nixon led the administration p 1 e d g with a promise the executive branch would assist in every - George - possibility of consequences should be investigated. son B52s Strike At Reds In Highlands can be harmed by these and other contaminants. Mr. Paul- SEVERAL WEEKS Grumbling South To Get 'Help Earth Slide Slows The House bill would provide cuts totaling $9.2 billion while increasing revenues from reform provisions by $6.8 billion a year when fully effective. At the height of the blaze, hundreds of homes were evacuated, 750 men were on the lines and up to 24 buildings were damaged. J A BANGOR. MALNE (UPI) youth, g scribed as a -de- clean-cu- t type, hijacked a jetliner over California today and began a trip to Egypt. The Trans World Airline plane, a Boeing 707 hound from Baltimore to San Francisco. was flown back to Denver where it refueled and let off 39 passengers. The hijacker said he wanted to fly to Egypt. The plane put dow n again in New Yoik to refuel but was scared off by FBI agents and flew on to Bangor to complete refueling. Apparently still headed for Egypt, the plane was cleared for a flight to Shannon, Ire land. when it finished refueling and left Bangor International Airport. Before leaving Bangor, the radioing instruchijacker tions from the pilot to the cons commanded trol tower watching from nearby windows and doorways at the airport and a nearby factory to duck out of sight. Authorities had sealed off the refueling area before the plane landed in Bangor at 1:13 p.m. EST. It departed into light winds at 1:52 p.m. As the hijacked aircraft pu.sed over Utah it was closely watched by the Air Trattic Control C.nter in Salt Lake City which had voice contact with the pilot. Officials said the radio exchange was jus normal per-soa- and that no reference was made to the hijacking. The Salt Lake center was advised by the Oakland center that the plane was hijacked and headed for New York, but controllers sure weren't where it might hae to land for refueling it first. All we could do was keep a close watch as it proceeded through the region and try to find out where it was going if it started to stray. a supervisor su'd. was "handed The plane oer to aircraft controllers in the Denver region as it left the Utah area. The hijacker, described as some kind of nut, allowed 39 passengers on the Los Angeles San Francisco flight to disembark at Denver, keep ing onL three crewmen and a hostage stew ardess aboard. TWA said two captains Billy Williams and R. II. who are qualified Hastings for overseas flights joined the crew aboard the plane at John F. Kennedy Airport. had begun at Refueling Kennedy when the hijacker apparently changed his mind and ordered the plane to take off for Bangor, where there is a former military base used by airlines for emergency refueling. Several carloads of FBI agents, airport police and nty police deployed nearby made no motion to prevent the departure and watched as the jetliner took off at 12:10 p.m. EST for the flight. Thus the hijacker eluded 390-rm- ) arrest at an airport where authorities could marshal formid- able security, but not enough to seize him without rMc to the crew members. John F. Malone, head of the FBI for the New York area, was at the scene and made the decision to let the Boeing 707 go. We knew the guy was sincere," Malone said. Todays Thought Huic shall 1 he able to rule over others if I hare not full poxetr and command of myselft Franco is Rabchds , |