Ogden Standard-Examiner (Newspaper) - February 9, 1976, Ogden, Utah Guatemala Welcomes Supplies 15 Dead GUATEMALA CITY mala relief teams took supplies to towns and villages isolated by the Guatemalan earthquake and returned with reports that raised the official toil today to more than dead an estimated injured and homeless The death toll jumped repeatedly as the national emergency relief committee got more information from outlying areas cut off until the first relief helicopters reached them late Sunday Engineers worked to open more roads blocked by slides and to repair broken bridges Relief officials put survivors to work promising them extra food according to the hours they worked clearing roads or burying the dead Spot checks by reporters in several sections hit by the devastating quake last Wednesday and more than 525 aftershocks showed aid was getting through In some places it was only a trickle But that was welcome for people who had had nothing but bits of stale bread and brackish water for five days AP Legislation backed by the Democratic leadership to expand public service jobs will be taken up by the House this week The Senate is in recess this week because of Lincoln's Day The House leaves Wednesday for a shorter holiday If fully funded the jobs would low billion to be spent on public service jobs through September 1977 WASHINGTON AP An apparent poor finish in the Oklahoma precinct caucuses may cause Sen Lloyd Bentsen to drop his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination Meanwhile President Ford did his first official campaigning in the nation's first primary spending the weekend in New Hampshire Bentsen a Democrat from Texas is taking a close look at future campaign strategy he said in a statement Sunday after preliminary returns placed him fourth of five candidates in the Oklahoma caucuses See 2A WASHINGTON AP The Postal Service next month puts a new system to work handling mailed packages but postal officials say they still expect the service's parcel volume to continue to shrink while United Parcel Service a private company enlarges its share of the market The Postal Service points to rate differences for the ex- p 1 a n a t i o n The service's parcel rates are 20 per cent higher than those of United Parcel Service its chief com- petitor For example a two- pound parcel sent from ington to New York costs 93 cents by the government's parcel post and 75 cents by United Parcel LUSAKA Zambia AP The Popular Movement MPLA today claimed the capture of Huambo the capital of the rival National Union UNITA in central Angola and said its victory in northern Angola is nearly complete UNITA officials denied the claim although the faction's foreign minister George admitted city was under attack The MPLA claimed the UNITA forces and their allies of the National Front fled from Huambo to Silva Porto their military headquarters 90 miles to the east several days ago BARCELONA Spain AP Police fired rubber bullets and smoke grenades swung truncheons and pounded on honking automobiles but failed to quell a violent an- demonstration by an estimated or more persons that tied up Barcelona for five hours The Catalans demanding home rule and political liberty stoned the police and littered the streets of their capital with park benches and broken glass Sunday in the biggest antigovernment demonstration since the death of Generalissimo Francisco Franco last November WEST PALM BEACH Fla AP A sociologist here is teaching earthlings how to handle meetings with life from outer space He says the first thing to remember is not to panic That's because they might be able to teach us a few things if we stick around long enough to let them says Dr Richard E Yinger of Palm Beach Junior College Yinger is conducting a lecture series in a new field of knowledge the study of the social forms of extraterrestrial life FORECAST STORMY YEAR No 40 ASSOCIATED PRESS OGDEN UTAH UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL UPI TELEPHOTO MONDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 9 1976 TEMPERATURES High today and Tuesday low tonight Highs both days 40s lews mostly 20s DAILY SUNDAY BRAVING THE INFERNO A fireman is engulfed in flames while fellow firemen run for their lives as flames spread to fuel following the crash of a on a golf course at Encino Calif Firemen on top of the plane were attempting to cut into the cockpit to remove the bodies of three crewmen who died in the crash when the flash fire broke out The fireman with the hose was one of two firemen who were ly burned The pilot and two crewmen died Two stewardesses and another employe were rescued Testifies Captors Told or Die the first time about her davs as SAN FRANCISCO UPI tape recorder while she read Patricia Hearst testifying for Did you make any tape 9 NO CHANGES Did you read it Yes Did you change a captive of the Liberation Army said today her tape recorded confession to a bank robbery was made because of threats to kill her The heiress was the first witness called by defense attorney F Lee Bailey at a hearing before U.S District Judge Oliver J Carter on the admissibility of her This is Tania statement that she voluntarily ed in the April 15 1974 holdup for which she is standing trial The jury of seven women and five men was not in the courtroom when Miss Hearst wearing a red corduroy pants suit took the stand during her bank robbery trial TOOK PART Miss Hearst almost ately after being sworn in said making a tape to illustrate that she was a member of the SLA and took part in its activities including presumably the bery was discussed by her captors under the direction of Donald DeFreeze You were at an apartment where there was the making of a tape were you asked Bailey she replied Who else was Donald DeFreeze Nancy Ling Perry Patricia Soltysik Camilla Hall and Emily j Harris and William Miss Hearst said I And Angela Atwood asked Bailey Yes No Did they ask you No How long did this Maybe an hour What happened I read it aloud to the group Did you read the whole thing or read it in I read the whole thing Did they have any com- I don't recall She said she and Cinque went into a closet two feet by six feet in size and Cinque operated the 2 SECTIONS 22 PAGES Dear Abby Bridge Classified Comics Dr Thosteson Editorial Page Markets Movies Obituaries Sports Pages Television Log Women's Pages No What was their I don't recall Did they seem Yes She said she never again heard that tape until after my arrest Were you told why you were to read the Because if my voice was on it the tape would be played In the tape you say you acted voluntarily Is that No You say you were not forced or brainwashed Is that I don't recall SHOWED TRANSCRIPT Bailey then showed her pt of the tape Do you now recall using the word Yes Were you told what would happen to you if you didn't read the I don't believe they told me anything on this particular See page 2A column Increase Social Security Tax Widen Coverage Ford Asks Help All Live In WASHINGTON UPI President Ford asked Con- gress today to increase cial Security payroll taxes by 0.3 per cent for both em ployes and their employers and to extend Medicar benefits to cover health costs Ford said his proposals are aimed at helping all cans to live in dignity security health At a ceremony in the Oval Office Ford signed a special message to Congress urging passage of the legislation He irst outlined the proposals in lis State of the Union Address Jan 19 As President I intend to do everything in my power to help our nation demonstrate by its deeds a deep concern for the dignity and worth of our older Ford said By so our nation will continue to benefit from the tions that older persons can make to the strengthening of our nation BUILD TRUST FUND Ford said the increase in the Social Security tax was sary to build up a trust fund that is being depleted because benefit payments are ing faster than revenues Under his plan the tax would increase from 5.85 per cent to 6.15 per cent Jan 1 1977 The President said the increase would cost no more than a week for each worker Ford's proposal for revision of the Medicare program is designed to provide protection against catastrophic health costs for about 24 million elderly Americans who have the insurance coverage Under his plan Ford said no one would have to pay more than a year for hospital bills and no one more than and nursing would pay annually for doctor fees But he also proposed some changes in the method of See page 2A column 5 A Coma Broken And what did DeFreeze l He said the tape was to be made to show that I took part in it She denied she had acted voluntarily and said she hadj been told previously she would j be killed if she didn't obey terrorists orders j Hew did you learn about the WROTE IT OUT I was told to sit down with Angela Atwood and she would i compose the tape We sat down on the fleer and she wrote out the tape and Willie Wolfe was there Did you make any tions or I BELOIT Wis AP After 52 days in a coma Judith Steuck broke her long silence with the simple greeting Good morning It just amazed us that's all I can her father Eugene Steuck 53 said of the experience It's a miracle Miss Steuck had been in the intensive care unit at Beloit Memorial Hospital since Dec 22 under treatment for what was de- scribed as a carbon coma Five days earlier she had been found unconscious in her hotel room in Madrid Spain Her parents said Miss Steuck who has a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin had been studying overseas at the time working toward a master's degree in behavioral disabilities Mrs Steuck explained that her daughter was staying at a youth hostel in Madrid and borrowed a portable heating unit for her room She was found unconscious the next day Doctors had also treated Miss Steuck for pneumonia and a high fever while she was in the coma and members of her family visited regularly just looking for the blink of an eyelid the moving of a leg anything like as a sign of recognition Steuck said We never gave he said Not one day did we give up We knew she was going to come back We knew in our heart she would come back Miss Steuck who spoke Saturday re- mains hospitalized in serious condition with a long way to go yet toward recovery her parents said Her mother said Miss Steuck was able to remember some things that had been spoken in her presence during her coma ACADEMY TO GET FIRST FEMALE PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER WEST POINT AP Sue Peterson breaks a tradition at West Point Tuesday She'll be the first female physical education instructor at the still U.S Military Academy She'll have plenty of female company next July 7 when about 100 women plebes among the 1.400 incoming men join her in making history but she's not being hired just to educate them Mrs Peterson who has never served in the military will first be assisting a male instructor in running the sical education classes But within months be training the men in aspects of physical education including unarmed com- bat techniques Then when the historic first female cadets arrive in July she'll oversee coed classes Current plans at the academy call for a nearly cal physical education program for females and males COSTLY BUT SUCH JOY Mrs Cheryl Shaf says it has been a long and tiring year costing more than for baby care but she has turned a corner in caring for her four viving quintuplets It's getting she said of caring for the toddlers who turn a year old today They have used diapers She is serving cake to them in their home in Morton Grove 111 From left are Derek Tiffany Vanessa and Dutch Prince Linked To Money Scandal THE HAGUE The lands AP If all this is true we can wave goodbye to the royal said a young woman lawyer after Premier Joop Den announcement that Prince Bernhard was the Dutch official accused of re- million to promote the sale of Lockheed aircraft This would be not only a lamity for the royal family but a calamity for the whole said a retired politician Other observers said it was premature to speculate about the effect of the scandal on the future of the House of Orange SHOCKED The Dutch reacted with shock and often with disbelief to the rising storm around Queen liana's popular band Many obviously wanted to believe the prince's tion reported by Den Uyl that he has never received any money and would appreciate a full investigation The Socialist premier said that although his government was not implying that Bernhard was guilty of reprehensible it had concluded that the prince was the high-ranking Dutch official mentioned in timony Friday before a U.S Senate subcommittee Lockheed's president A C Kotchian told the the company paid the Dutch official million in the early to promote the sales of and antisubmarine planes and paid him another a few years ago Kotchian did not name the Dutchman Den Uyl said his government would probably set up an pendent commission to make a speedy investigation of the charge Most political parties held comment The Calvinist Christian Historical Union which has seven of the 150 seats in the lower house of called for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to ban purchases from Lockheed The Pacifist Socialist Party which has no seats said that if wrongdoing is proven the prince should resign as of the armed forces an advisory post he has held since 1970 Trip Cheers Win WASHINGTON President Ford U P I returning to work buoyed from a two-day campaign swing through New Hampshire said Sunday I think we're going to win and indicated he may make another trip to the Granite State before the Feb 24 primary The American people are courageous and did not go for the panic button We've turned the economy around Asked if he would be willing to debate Reagan the former governor of California who is Ford was said to be only major challenger in the by the large and mostly primaries Ford enthusiastic crowds which l seTe greeted him in Nashua and for l a Concord and pleased with his or hour debate is a successful dialogue with lej the demonstrators at Durham know the l ve a day night and antagonism record the public knows what my record is The public can left over from another day only Bft Reagan s rhetoric some undermines the he told other wav a them Halls in all three cities were jammed with crowds than a debate DISCUSSED ISSUES Ford's confrontation with the at Durham was cheers drowned out the boos antagonistic but not overly and catcalls from some hostile and he repeated the protesters who dogged We can disagree path issues that half homily We can disagree without being disagreeable In an hour-long news ence and in a question and answer session at the ty of New Hampshire Ford discussed a full variety of local national and international sues They If his policies seem similar to Richard Nixon's it is a the recently announced I did not look per cent decline in back at what the former White House press secretary Ron Nessen told reporters the President may make another trip to New Hampshire but the date depends he can do it Ford told the crowds are on the right side of we the and repeatedly boasted unemployment last month NAMES IN THE NEWS did if there are pure Aaron Brown a former University of n e s o t a and professional football player must pay a former airport baggage boy according to a ruling Judge Allen Lawrence Hellendrung who worked at Paul International Airport charged that Brown assaulted him at the airport in April 1970 He said Brown took his bag from the baggage area without presenting a check Hellendrung followed Brown outside asked him to show the check and grabbed at the bag Brown testified he hit Hellendrung in reaction when the youth's grab at the case caused a ring on his left hand to cut his finger ROYAL Prince Charles the heir to the British throne assumed his similarities it j It is within the realm of i possibility that he would first command today a accept Reagan as year-old minesweeper known a s Old Quarter Past Eleven The shrill note of a pipe sounded as the old Royal Navy lieutenant stepped aboard HMS Bronington at the Rosyth Naval base to relieve Lt Cmdr Harry Bates I will spend about six hours telling him about the ship and the personalities he will have to Bates said ONE First Lady Betty Ford received a hearted compliment from a student questioning her band A youth who stood to ask Ford a question during an Sunday night at the University of New Hampshire added I want to compliment Mrs Ford tonight She looks vies presidential running mate but there are many other ties on his long list of qualified persons I do not believe we can embark on a broad federally financed national health he said but added that he favors catastrophic ance for those on Medicare Concorde Ruling Endorsed by Ford DURHAM UPI President Ford fully supports Transportation Secretary liam Coleman's decision to allow Anglo-French Concorde supersonic transport planes to land at two American airports on a trial basis I think it was an excellent Ford told a news conference while campaigning for the Feb 24 New Hampshire Se page 2A column I fully support it
