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Show A Srnoggy Day 1LT Foggy during mornings and night. Smoky with high clouds. Daytime highs 35 to 40. Details, weather map on Page rD)ijSALT B-1- 5. VOL. NO. 3 7 2 1 PAGES 6 4 6 8 !0c THE Our Phone Numbers T "T? News Tiys Home Delivery 24-4400 -5- 24-2S40 -Information Scores S)ort3 5 Classified Ads Only Editorial Offices 34 E. 1st South -5- 24-4445 -5-24-4448 521-353- CITY, UTAH LAKE MOUNTAIN WEST'S NEWSPAPER FIRST 18, 1969 THURSDAY. DECEMBER oifeirees UJe Shecoirs Tqx WASHINGTON -P(AP) worth about $6.5 billion in either increased benefits or tax cuts appear certain to be missing from ti.e tax reform bill that finally e emerges from a conference committee. cause of their cost. Even some of their supporters have acknowledged pnvately they did not expect to see them erected. They count the favorable Senate votes however, as a gam that could help advance the proposals in future years. Among the Senate provisions which are conferees for sharpening t.eir theais are: An annual tax credit up to $125 for college expenses. It would cost $li billion a ear. Full deductions for medt-ia- l ferees apDarentlv are set to delete at least nine provisions from the Senate bill while compromising other addition' passed by that chamber. rovisions the apparently However, doomed provisions do not include the proposal to increase the personal income tax exemption from $500 to SSG0. Although opposed by the Nixon Administration, this i experi-e- d to remain in the bill, probably in reduced and postponed tetms. in view of strong support in the Kou-- House-Senat- The committee has finished most of its wori on the measure's reform provisions and hopes to complete action on the rest of the bill by tonight. In an effort to compromise the differences between the House and Senate versions and head off a threatened presidential veto, the con e. expenses of persons over 65, costing $325 million. Some other provisions enjoy but considerable support apparently are condemned be D e d u c tions by handicapped persons for special fust of geti.r.g million. or annual Investment by a compare; $720 million, and continuation of the credit m depie-- ed for investment areas; $70 mill .on. Authority for the to impose import quota-o- n if foreign commodities Industrie-an- d they injure come from countries that to woik. $'fl $20,000 A s serial increase to $100 of the minimum Social Securin adity monthly payment dition to the 15 per cent ger.-eiinerea-- e which appears sure of approval. The extra leature vould co- -t $2 billion. Nixon has said he would veto a bill that provided a 15 ner cent boost in Social Secur2C0 inity benefits ai.d a crease in the personal exemption. A $7.50 a month increase in welfare payment: $130 million. Continuation of tine credit for the first Pre-i-oe- nt lS. against I.S. goods. President Nixon lie does not want such power. ll B. Long. Sen. heading the Senate delegation at ti.e conierence committee, said there is a good chance w ork on the measure could be completed tonight. ha--a- id .. Ru-'se- uive-t-ire- nt 85 Yanks Die; Viet Loss 5 Times As High eek, government losses exceeded American casualties as the Saigon army took a greater share of responsibility on the battlefield to allow U.S. troops to leave. Military spokesmen said 421 South Vietnamese soldiers were killed last week 'and com1.436 were wounded, pared with the American losses of 85 dead and 836 wounded. The U.S. death toll was down 15 from the previous week and was the lowest since the w eek ending Nov. 29 when 70 GIs were killed. The toll for the war: 39,827 Americans dead. According to the report, 2.936 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese were killed last w American units 8.484 ment troops killed 2.G60 again-- t prisoners. She holds picture of missing husband. North VietPARIS (AP) nam's chief negotiator boycotted the Paris Peace talk for tne second straight week today and the United States declared that there is nothing to be gained by delay. The statement appealed to be a reply, if indirect, to the of North Vietnamese Ambas-adNuan Thuy from tne talks. He was replaced at the 47th plenary ion by Seeks POWs Names - i LAS VEGAS, NEV. (AP) A mother of seven, who has undergone an operation for cancer during the years since her husband s plane went down over North Vietnam, sjys she is going lo Paris jffter Oiirsunas. ' Her aim is to prepare North Vietnamese delegate into releasing the names of ail U.S. prisoners. Maj, John O'Grady. 37. disappeared April 10. 1967. while flying an FIC2 Thunderbird jet over enemy territory . Tm hit It's on ftre. Tm 2j getting out were dioed words. Soon hi last afterward. ra- I'm optimistic. blonde attractive, housewife will he financed in Paris by an organization she sa:d. The V.'e United Stand, uhich alo seek the prisonnames. er-' "I don't want one name eiI want all the names. ther she said. "I al-- o w ant tlie conditions of the prisoners. She said, We've had oui moratoriums and peace demonstrations and the North Vietnamese have responded to therti. If Americans will send telegrams to the delegate- -, maybe we can get the North to to respond Vietnamese 20. 21 Obituaries Weather Map 22,23 Action Ads 10 23 23 1j SEA DON City. Regional SdlCTiON' Tneater Comics ..1, 3. 6. 10. 12 e . 4 14. 15 122 C 1 Women's Pages SECTION B n Income Rising, But A Bit Slower 3. 6. 7 D 5 Sports Financial City. Regional WASHINGTON Nigeria Delays Peace Delegation TV Highlights frS. Col. Ha Van L.iU. wan accused the Nixon admimsira-toof downgrading and sabotaging the conierence. Ambassador Philip C. Habib told the other side; It is time (or you to join u in seriou Tne O'Giadv children are: Patty. 17; Kathy. 16; Jack. 14; Terry. 13; Diana, 11; Tara, 9; and Dannv. 5. Inside The News National. Foreign City. Regional . ..15-17- , Editorial Pa ps Speaking of Politics Our Man Jones Music or called this." Diara O'Grady learned site had cancer and underwent surgery. "They told me It was taken care of only time will tel. SECTION A ab.-en- ce 6. 8 LONDON (UPI) Nigeria has delayed indefinitely the departure of its delegation to peace talks with Biafra in Addis a fedeial Ababa, spokesman said Wednesday. The delay dimmed hopes that negotiations to end the IHriyear Nigerian civil war might start in the Ethiopian capital before Christmas. J -P(API ersonal income rose $3.2 billion in November, $200 million more than the October increase but considerably below tire average monthly gain for the fir-- 1 eicht months of tire year, the Commerce Department reported today. Wage and salary disbursement, which totaled s321.4 billion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate in November, rose $22! billion about the same as tire month before despite the fact strikes caused a $1 billion cut in factory payrolls. Total personal income fur tire month, at an annual rate, was $765.9 billion compared to $763.7 billion in October and $760.7 billion in September. In November 196S, the figure w as $711.5 billion, an increase of $5.3 billion over tire previous month. Addonizio Stays Americans. The statistics reflect Piesi-den- t Nguyen Van Tlueu's pledge that his troops will continue to assume an increased share of the fighting through the . NEWARK. N.J. (AP) dtIonizio Mayor Hugn J. program. pledged business as usual said spokesmen Military today despite his indictment that parrv because of the by a federal grand juiy probscalirg down of U.S. operaing alleged otficial coiruplion tions in t!e Vietnamization in New Jerseys l&rge-- t city. program, the GI death toll for Demands for tire ouster of 1969 would be 65 per cent of Addonizio and of other offithe 1968 count. So far this year, they said. cials indicted Wednesday on 9.274 Americans had died in charges involving extoniun Vietnam, compared with a and tax evasion drew this total of 14,592 for all of 1968. reply from Gov. Richard J. South Vietnamese losses in Hughes; 19C9 have totaled 16.819 men New Jersey law does not killed. authorize removal of a public official because he is under indictment. d Again Boycotts Talks O'Grady seeks names of Yanks held negotiations. Tnere is nothing to be gained by deiay. If your side is willing to talk seriously. you will find us flexible and forthcoming. Habib, w It o replaced Ambassador H e n r v Cabot Lodge two weens ago. Freident Nixon's statement that our delegation at these meetings has full authority to discuss any that will contribuie to a unfier-score- d pro-po-- ju- -t i 'Business As Usual' govern- N. Viet Negotiator Mrs. Diana Newark Mayor Hugh J. Addonizio, right, is accompanied by his bodyguard. Police Lt. Roco Ferrara, after being indicted by grand jury. week, mostly in fighting in tire Mekong Delta and along the Cambodian border. Oiiicial figures showed that since the American withdrawal began in July, South Vietnamese forces liave lo.--i nearly four times as many dead as The U. S. (UPI) Military Command said today it lost 85 men killed last week, a drop of 15 from the previous reporting period. South Vietnamese combat deaths were five times as high. For the 30th consecutive SAIGON peace. The North Vietnamese have suggested that llabib, a career diplomat, is not a negotiator of the same stature as Lodge or Ambassador W. Averell Harriman, who preceded Lodge. MAKES IT CLEAR Addonizio made it clear he had no intention of resigning. The indictments allege extortion of $253X00 from the engineering firm of Constrad. Inc., a contractor on various city projects, including sewer construction and urban renewal. Those indicted besides the , mayor include: A nthony Tony Boy Boianio, whom the FBI lias named as a Mafia figure. JUDGE SUSPENDED Court Municipal Judge w hose Giuliano, Anthony activities on the bench were suspended by the New Jersey Supreme Court pending the outcome of said indictment. Calvin City Councilmen I vine West Turner, and Frank Addonizio. a distant cousin of the mayor; and former City Councilman Lee Eemstein. Former coipo ration counsels Philip E. Gordon and Norman N. Schiff. Anthony LaMorte, head of (lie Municipal Utilities Authority. and James Callaghan, an employe of the authority. Bian- - Contractors Joseph eone. Mario Gallo. Ralph Vicaio and Benjamin Krush. The mayor Also was charged with income tax evasion. The indictment said tiiat in 1968 he reported an income of $38,423, while actually making much more. British Lords Vote Hangman Out Of Job - The LONDON (AP) House of Lords today banished the death penalty for murder in Great Britain after y a debate that crossed parry lines. Tne Lords approved without a formal vote count a Labor government motion to make experipermanent a four-vement idling the hangman despite strong conservative opposition and public opinion polls showing renewed support for using the gallows. A key to the abolition victory in what both parties called a matter of conscience appeared to be the alterr tive: a return to the unpopular 1937 Homicide Act. Even ti.e wanted ta hanging lobby avoid that because of complicated definitions in it of w hich murders could be punished by two-da- death. Stubborn attempts by Lords who still favored the gallows failed to delay the showdown vercict proposed by Home Secretary James Callaghan. Lord Brooke of Cumnor proposed that the vote be delayed until murder and violence statistics for 1969 were available in Lord Dilliorn. former Conservative lord chancellor. moved that the experimental abolition be continued until 1973. Tne abolition, wliich may last only until a Conservative government gains power, covered only murder, not capital crimes of state or of the armed forces. The actual voting. tiguied to be dose, came on an amendment to the government's original motion proposed by Lord Dilliorn. Tuis would have extended to 1973 the experimental abolition of hanging in order to compile statistics on the deterrent ' value of the noose. The Lords voted against it, mid-197- . Hail Unions Reject Proposal - WASHINGTON (AP) The renewed of a possibility nationwide railroad shutdown a after New Years po-e- s y threat for the folAdministration Nixon lowing umon members rejection oi the biggest wage members involved. Members of three other AI shoperaft unions in the depute machinists, electricians and boilermakers narrowly approved the proposal. but the unions had agreed none would accept unless all did. Thus, about 5.COO street metal workers vho voted no killed the settlement involving a total of 8.009 IO pio-pos- their histoiy. Tm naturally disappointed. Secretary or Labor George P. Shultz said Wednesday. He had diiected government etforts to reach the tentative settlement after three days of gruelling, marathon bargaining two weeks in ago. The agreement was shot down by a vote of dose to said Vice President J. W. O'Brien of the AFL-CISleet Metal Wot her with 4?.txA men. They turned down a said Jchn good settlement P. Hiltz, thief negotiator for - the nations railroad industry. Ihltz said machinists Vice President William W. chief negotiator for the four unions, asked him to return to the bargaining table some time after Jan. 6." Win-pising- from Hiltz said he this the unions would not call a strike before then, although they have been free to stage a walkout since Dec. 3 when all federal delating procedures expired. The proposed settlement would have raised current wages oi $3.60 per hour to $4 by Jan. 1. retroactive for all of 1969. and to $4X8 by next August. O'Brien said it wa not dissatisfaction with wage hikes, but a proposed change in wosk rules that caused Sheet Metal Workers to reject it. The work rule change would have permitted members of all four unions to cross each other's juiisdictional lines to do a limited amount of work. .1 Hdtz said the railroad' expected the change to save inthem money through creased efficiency. the Seet said O'Biie-.- i Menu Workers reared they would lose jobs if they gave any turther ground in jealously guarded jurisdiction. He said lie didn't believe him-e'- .f that it would hurt his men. But. O'Brien said. It would be folly to try to resubmit the same offer to his men including the w oik rule change. Todays Thought being it the solitary being, Birthold Auerbach The t rally rait |