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Show Clouds Our Phone Numbers n Rain VU"S t u u skies and occasional light rains are in store this weekend- See details, weather map on Page B-Cloudy f News Tips Home Delivery Information Sports Scores ry rn 3 72 NO. 1 64 24-2S40 524-44- 45 524-444- 8 5 Only Editorial Offices 34 E. 1st South 521-353- 4. VOL. -5- 24-4400 10c PAGES 4 4 THE WEST'S MOUNTAIN FIRST NEWSPAPER SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1969 The Breathtaking Decade Violence, , Shining Achievement By ROBERT EETTS ' Copley News Service tar a ''' S ' ,4 p v. ; I 2 m?" ,jk 4 r-- t - r-- 'wr V , - : j - - V & A r- &v 1 i v I vlx - i"55! w r? ir mv . ' rteCr' M - vtss " , v Its a wonder man has any breath loft after the breathor taking ears of the 1960s any nerve either. He landed on the moon twice. On earth, he staggered from one crisis to another, stumbled into wars he never wanted, teetered on the brink of thermonuclear catastrophe, was pulled this way and that in a relentless struggle between the two world forces. The decade had him dangling between hope and despair. The tantalizing vision of permanent peace, with all earthly problems being solved through scientific progress, common and cooperation sense, was blurred bv the gloomy prospect of ever more war and eventual annihilation. He saw inspiring advance in some directions, frustrating setbacks in others, tragedy on top of triumph. Wondrous new discoveries and life - saving b r e akthroughs alternating with appalling slaughter and assassination had shocking him now jubilant, now weeping. Challenges to traditional beliefs, calling into question his most cherished moral and religious precepts, played havee with his emotions. Th moon no longer was untouchable. The stars lost much of their mystery. Birth could be controlled by a pilL Another one to control sex seemed on the way. Biochemists talked of creating life in the laboratory. Even the precious heart wherein he might seek an answer could now be a second-han- d one. He saw irony in the fact The Decade: Words And Pictures Convicted For Bribery NEW YORK (AP) - A fed- eral grand jury convicted Carmine G. DeSapio of bribe conspiracy today. DeSapio, 61, once a major power in Democratic party politics, could receive a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison and $30,000 fine on conviction of three counts against him. Antonio codefendant, Ducks Corallo, in the Tony case which grew out of the His scandal former involving Water Commissioner James L.- - Marcus, was convicted of one of two counts against him. DeSapio,- - former leader of Tammany. Hall, the Manhat- tan Democratic organization, sagged in his seat as the ver-?i- ct was announced by Mrs. Thelma Crawford, the jury foreman. Behind him, in tlie fiont two row of spectators, his wife and their daughter Geraldine, and brought their gasped hands to their mouths to muffle cries. Corallo, reputedly a Mafia figure, faced 5 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. As developed by the govern- ment in testimqny, .the Bribe was allegedly conspiracy directed at paying Marcus, to the Consolidated pressure Edison Co. into awarding construction contracts to the firm of Henry Friend, a Mount Kisco, N.Y., contractor. Friend then was to pay kickbacks to the conspirators. Moon Made For Hopping , Not Walking , Astros Say HOUSSPACE CENTER, A little doud of TON (UPI) gray dust played around the feet of Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Pete Conrad and Alan L. Bean everywhere they hopped on the lunar surface. The dust, and the fact that d their bootprints may lie unchanged in it on the lunar Ocean of Storms for 20 million years, intrigued Americas second set of moon explorers. deep-ribbe- A-3- ments. Events of unparalleled proportions, they left their mark on a troubled worid conscience and moved man to the thresh-hol- d of a new decade that hopefully may become the age of truth. heighten that while he advanced knowledge of himself and his surroundings through disciplined disorder and disrespect for man-mad- The movies also plainly siiowed the blinding dust storm the Apollo 12 landing crafts descent engine kicked up, blocking Conrad's view of research, orderly experiment and for natural respect law, the ci'.aization he already had built was increasingly threatened by rebellion, social n ll Six persons died in three separate accidents on Utah highways during the night to send th traffic toll soaring to 290, compared with 276 at this time last year. Three of the victims died in a flaming head-ocrash in Perry, Box Elder County; two the landing site while he was still 40 feet above the surface. But Conrad said it should prove no problem for future moon explorers. He said they can land just as well flying by instruments as they can visually, although it is not an amateurs game. Moonwalking, Conrad told a collision four-vehic- le at the Point of the Mountain; and one was killed in a one-car rollover north of Tooele. KILLED: Danny J. Crossley, 24, Wil- lard. Julie Ann Keimington, 20 2004 W. 17th North, Layton. Stephen J. Harper, 21, 674 E. 675 North, Ogden. LaRne Clark, 23, Spanish Fork. David A. Jackman, 18, Mo- pounds of moon rocks soil, and set up a roni. Steven Albert Stoddard, 20, 137 N. 1st West, Tooele. Crossley was driver of a southbound car which crossed over the center line of U.S. 91 near Jessies Cafe in Perry, colliding with a northbound car driven by Dennis Huggins, 17, science station that is designed to keep working for a year. Highway Patrol said. The Crossley car burs into expect astronauts The 74-7- 5 and nuclear-powere- d gathered prudery and a call for 2 Bear River Qty, the Utah raeiedises flames after tlie crash, and the driver and his two passengers, Miss Kennington and Harper, were burned, according to Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Richard Niylor. The accident occurred at 1:54 a.m. today. LISTED CRITICAL Huggins was in critical condition today at the McKay Hospital in Ogden with a severe laceration of the head, a frac- tured right leg and a fractured left arm. The Point of the Mountain accident occurred at 7:10 p.m. Friday when the northbound Jackman car suddenly shifted into the southbound traffic, striking the Clark car bead-o- n. The Clark knocked into vehicle a was tanker-tme- k driven by Robert Egbert el-ka, Woods Cross, and then was hit by a car driven by Larry Bowen, IS, 2490 E. 3225 South. BOTH PINNED Both Miss dark and Jade-ma- n were pinned in their cars and had to be cut free by Utah Highway Patrol troopers and Salt Lake County sheriffs deputies. Trooper Ivan C. Orr said It is not known why the Jackman auto went out of control and Into the other lane of traffic. Drivers of all four vehldes were alone. The aeddent occurred one-ha-lf mile south of the Utah State Prison on U.S. 91, an undivided four-lan- e highway. CARROLLS Stoddard and a companion, Mark H. Dean, 20, 169 Mill-crewere Way, Tooele, thrown from their auto when it veered off Utah Highway 36 four miles north of Tooele late Friday and rolled three and a half times, landing on its top. Dean was treated at Tooele Valley Hospital for minor injuries and released. Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Sylvan Martinez said seat-bel- ts in the compact car were not fastened and indicated the vehide was traveling at an excessive rate of speed. As it went out of control. It veered to the left shoulder, then skidded diagonally back across the highway off the right side for 500 feet and ek idled. ng WASHINGTON (UPI) -Sleaders predicted today their tough bii. banning broadcast dgar-ett- e advertising would prevail over the Houses weak ver- enate anti-smoki- sion. Sens. Frank E. Moss, and Norris Cotton, warned that if the House does not accept the Sen ate . provisions, they could simply let thelegislation die. From the standpoint of tobacco state lawmakers, that would be the worst fate of all. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have warned that if Congress SECTION B does not act, they will ban broadcast cigarette commercials and require a stern death warning in printed cigarette ads. Facing that alternative, even a few tobacco state senators joined Friday night in 70 to 7 Senate passage of a measure that would outlaw cigarette commercials on television and radio effective Jan. many government and private health officials since the U.S. surgeon general issued his 1. 1971. Cigarette makers had agreed to stop it, partly to health end the which commercials, they blame for a reduction in per capita cigarette consumption, and partly to maintain a ban on FTC regulation of printed cigarette ads. The House bill, passed last summer, rewrote the package warning but forbade any other regulation of cigarette advertising. A House-Senat- e conference committee must resolve the differences. The bill also would permit the FTC to clamp down on nonbroadcast cigarette ads efsooner fective July 1, 1971 if it found that cigarette makers were pumping so much money into newspapers, magazines, billboards and coupon promotions as to constitute a gross abuse. By a 38 to 35 vote, the Senate included in the measure a harsher health warning lor cigarette packages. It would Tad, Warning: Cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health." The present warning, voted by Congress four years Caution: Cigaago, reads, rette smoking may be hazardous to your health. The ban on television ads was the top priority item of 1964 report branding cigarette smoking a primary cause of lung cancer. The FTC estimated that cig- arette makers spend about $225 million a year on television commeroials and another $21 million on radio advertising. . Today's Thought We should play to live ; not live to play. Thomas Fuller U.S. 91 re- moval of earlier restraints and conventions led to relaxation See TIME oa Page A-- operate cm died in newsmen, turned out not to be wanting at all. I was still trying to walk like you do on he said, and that earth, was not the way to go. You hop. But he said it was easier and less tiring than practices on Earth had led him to law. e Readjustment of values brought new definitions of freedom. For many it meant freedom to defy rules they did not like. Young rebels called it doing their own thing. appreciation. For some the trip ended in a mental home. Underlying the moral revolution was a drive 'or sexual freedom. A reaction against Solons See Win Over Weak House Bill Anti-Smoki- Inside The News SECTION A Beneath the dust, the astronauts found rocks that date back as much as 2 5 billion years. But old as they were, the rocks were excitingly younger and different in chemical composition from the rocks picked up at Tranquility Base by Apollo Us moonwalkers. The little dust doud showed plainly in movies shown Friday by Conrad, Bean and Richard F. Gordon at a news conference. others The editors of the Deseret News invite you to take a look back by means of memorable news photos at a decade of violence, frustration and hope. On this and.the next two Saturdays, on Page , you will see the kaleidoscope of a world ir. a fighting mood, youth in revolt, assassinations, riots on the streets and campuses, sweeping social changes and awesome technological achieve- n Demo 'Boss' Adults worried about a growing generation gap. Some people tried to force their version of freedom on power through student movements, like and black power. power Their clashes with authority caused widespread destruction and bloodshed. Hippies chose the flower power tuning in. path turning on and dropping out of society. Beards, beads and drugs were their bag. They took their freedom trips on new synthetic mindblowers like LSD, which was said to near Point of the Mountain is strewn w:th wrecked vehicles offer smashup. |