Salina Journal, The (Newspaper) - July 29, 1969, Salina, Kansas No More US Asian Meddling By FRANK CORMIER BANGKOK ident Nixon does not In tend to supply combat manpower anywhere in Asia to meet threats of Internal Communist sub version a White House source said Tuesday The source declining to be quoted by name said the United States would supply material advice and technical assistance when requested if it felt it served US interests He said that as a general rule no US combat forces would be deployed in the future unless an nation was attacked across a recognized boundary or demarcation line To Decide In the case of such sn attack he said an American decision on whether to intervene would depend on existing commit ments the importance attached by the United States to the situ ation and the significance it at to the area involved The United States might inter vene even in the absence of a it was stated The source said Thai officials with whom Nixon conferred ex pressed general agreement with the Nixon policy and told the President they did not to seek any US combat forces to meet the Communist guerrilla threat in this country The White House informant said Washington in the past sometimes acted as though the defense of certain areas was more important to America than to the people directly in He said such would not be the case in the future Sal Maybe were getting smart at long last Youn Ina First Moon Photos Show Details Vividly Tuesday July SPACE CENTER Houston AP The first Apollo 11 pho released today show vividly mans footprints on the moon and in bright color reveal the American flag unfurled above the surface The National Aeronautics and Space Administration released the four color prints the first of a large number of stills and movie films taken by astronauts Neil A Armstrong Edwin E Aldrin Jr and Michael Collins The color stills were shot through the window of the Apol lo 11 lunar lander called Eagle and showed the moon surface to be tan and similar to beach on earth The surface was covered with footprints by the two American Aldrin and Arm strong and all four caught the shadows cast by Eagle Most Spectacular The most spectacular of the four revealed the Stars and Stripes extended by a flimsy wire to give a fluttering effect extended on a shaft plunged into the lunar surface In the foreground was a shad ow of the and in the background a camera mount from which television pictures were transmitted live back to earth Another shot over a jet tnrus ter of the LM disclosed a seis and a laser reflector and several large rocks pock marks and footprints A third showed the eerie sil houette of the lunar module in the foreground with an unex pink glow at top left and a flat portion of the surface on the right again with footprints The fourth was devoted en tirely to a shadowy LM and the footprints the treads of the boots clearly distinguishable in the moon dust The four color pictures were taken with a 70 millimeter Has with a super wide lens one of two such cameras aboard the moon lander Nixon to Vietnam By FRANK CORMIER Tuesday July BANGKOK AP President Nixon will visit South Vietnam Wednesday and confer with President Nguyen Van Thieu responsible sources reported to day Details of Nixons visit to the war zone were shrouded in secu rity precautions and White House spokesmen would give no confirmation But neither would they deny the report It was expected that the President would be in Viet nam only a few hours Meanwhile Nixons top mili tary and diplomatic officials in Saigon flew to Bangkok today to review the situation in Vietnam with the President After morning and luncheon conferences with Thailands leaders on Southeast Asian se curity and relations Nixon scheduled an afternoon review of the Vietnam war with US Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker and Gen W Abrams Jr the commander of US forces in Vietnam Nixon has said these talks would influence his thinking on further withdrawals of US troops and his assessment of the significance of the battlefield lull in Vietnam now in its sixth week Who Knows Abrams told newsmen as he left Saigon the lull could be to enemy preparations for an other offensive lack of capa on the part or an attempt by Hanoi to deesca late the war but I dont think anyone really knows Khoman Thai foreign Woman Gives A Kidney to Her Sister KANSAS CITY Kan AP Mrs Julia Davis 30 of Syra cuse Kan was reported in sat condition after receiv ing a kidney from her sister in a transplant operation Monday at the University of Kansas Medical Center The ssler donor was Mrs Paul Lusk 35 Kan wife of a construction foreman The surgery lasted two hours Mrs Davis had been a patient at the medical center intermit for four months She had been treated with an artificial kidney machine GOODLAND Mrs Gladys Dixon Lusks mother said her son called Monday night to re port both women were doing fairly Mrs Lusk went to the center about a week ago she said for preliminaries before the surg ery Mrs Dixon came to Goodland from Beaver Okla to stay with the Lusk children Sonya 8 and Lora 2 Mrs Lusk originally is from Syracuse where her sister still lives The family moved to Good land early this year to be near Lusks construction work The kidney transplant for Mrs Davis is the second to be per formed at the KU medical cen ter The first one was in 1958 between identical twins but the recipient died 4 months later minister told newsmen after he and Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn met with Nixon that the American president stressed the US commitment to all obligations it has with Thailand and promised to sup port and assist Thailand in pro viding the necessary equipment to realize its national goals said Thai officials em to Nixon that the Thai people are conscious of their responsibility to maintain their independence and freedom with their own strength But said they also told him the Thai people hope that coun Continued to Page 2 Cities Plead for Federal Help Tuesday July WASHINGTON AP May ors and transit experts from the nations cities ap pealed today for a SlO billion fund to finance vast new rail and bus systems Witnesses before the Senate subcommittee on housing and urban affairs depicted urban strangulation caused by increas ing numbers of private autos which pollute the air and clog the Pittsburgh Mayor Joseph M Barr representing the National League of Cities and the Confer ence of Mayors testified in sup port of a by Sen Harrison A Williams to establish national trust fund for mass transit similar to the one which financed the Interstate Highway System TEN CENTS THE HOME EDITION SALINA JOURNAL YEAR No 210 SALINA KANSAS TUESDAY JULY 29 1969 34 Pages Jf V J T J Old Glory on the Moon The United States flag flies on the moon Footprints of the astronauts surround it Picture was taken irom inside the lunar module Tax Cut Possible Salina property owners may find their tax rate cut by this November It appears the new combined levy will be compared to last years tax per of assessed valuation Two factors could change this prospect The Airport Authority which required no tax funds last year might need a levy to repair tornado damage if federal aid is not forthcoming Or the boards after the bud get hearings might reduce their askings The possible reduction may come despite an increase in proposed spending of more than The difference would be made up by more state aid by unspent balances brought for ward and by increases in pro perty valuations The tentative levies for Salina property Proposed Present School 3947 4665 County 2721 2577 City 3075 3180 Library 241 250 Recreation 96 Airport 00 State Building 150 150 TOTAL The tentative rale means that the owner of a Salina house and lot worth would pay a tax slightly above or about percent of the actual value This house would be assessed for tax purposes at much less than its actual value School Budget Biggest Ever County Levy To Go Up The Salina school board plans to spend next year than it ever has before adding special building plans to a rec ord operating budget But it expects to do it at less cost to most Salina taxpayers thanks to state aid Monday night the board exam ined a proposed 196970 general fund budget of This is an increase of over the 196869 budget of The board also indicated it will spend next year for ma jor building repairs remodeling and equipment But even with the special fund and the highest budget in history the 1969 levy required to finance it should be per less than the as sessed last year The proposed budget for all funds and the special outlay should cost property owners 47 per assessed valuation Buf Levy Lower The board is expected to ap prove the budget for publication after the information meeting Tuesday afternoon with city and county commissioners business men and substantial taxpayers in the district The general fund budget is the maximum al lowed by law While the state normally permits a budget in crease of 4 percent a year the Salina board has obtained per mission to jump by 8 percent in order to pay teachers tive salaries The proposed budget antic a September enrollment of 10570 at a cost of Two factors will reduce the tax levy The districts taxable val increased from in 1068 to this year so that slightly more money can Continued to Page 2 The proposed 1969 Saline coun ty Lax levy is which is higher than the 1968 levy of County commissioners an Tuesday they propose to spend which is slightly less than the current budget of The county clerks office ex the levy is higher al though the budget is low er because here will be approx less cash carry over next year The public budget hearing wilt be at 10 am Aug 15 in the court house Commissioners said major rea sons for the levy increase are the welfare budget largely de termined by state and federal requirements and a bridge re placement program recommend ed by engineers There wont be a special levy for the proposed new fairgrounds building A special levy would require an election Instead commissioners have earmarked the countys per economic development fund levy next year for a purpose building at the fairgrounds The new building would be connected to the building so one kitchen can serve both buildings for convention use The building would be avail able economics exhibits during the Fair but this wouldnt be its major pur pose The fair board had request ed a new exhibit building to re place the present structure Uganda Has Bad Case of Papal Fever KAMPALA Uganda AP Two days before the arrival of Pope Paul VI to honor 22 Ugan dan martyrs Kampala is throb bing with papal fever You might say Uganda has gene on a binge said a local African prelate Us as if everyone was trying to outdo his neighbor Wheat What in the World Is Happening By JOHN For the first time since pre World War 2 days wheat was quoted at a bushel Monday in Salina Nobody was selling at that price Tuesday the Salina board of trade issued a quotation of I cant re member when we quoted wheat at a Salina grainman said but tt had to before World War 2 27 years ago at least Actually country elevators are quoting wheat 2 to 3 cents above the Salina price The a bush el figure means thats what the board of trade thinks wheat is worth at this position a grain man said Whats Happening Whats going on Well for one thing the world has all the it needs For another some say the United Slates has fouled its export nest particularly as regards Japan which was a good wheat cus tomer and paid in hard cash The recent drop of 12 cents per bushel of the wortt price for US wheat didnt apply to Japan and Japan doesnt like it the say Wheat producers arent selling They are putting 1969 crop wheat under government loan where in many cases it joins 1968 crop wheat and in some cases 1967 crop wheat in storage Its on the farm or its in ele vator storage In Saline county a producer can get a Commodity Credit corporation loan of for No 1 ordinary wheat If he stores he crop on the farm thats what its worth If the wheat goes to elevator storage its worth about because the producer pays tht storage cost until the loan matures 1369 crop wheat is eligible for loan until March 31 1970 The loan can be redeemed anytime before May 1 1970 In 1967 and 1968 elevator stored wheat was eligible for reseal which means the loan could be extended Dick Mc Chesney manager of the Saline county office said between 100 and 200 loans are in force on 1967 wheat and approximate ly 400 still in effect for 1968 wheat Uncertain We dont know if the same will apply for the 1969 crop stor ed in elevators said One thing appears certain theres little wheat being sold by producers The Kansas Crop and stock Reporting Service says July 1 slocks of major Kansas grains in all positions were the highest for the date in several years Most however were be low the levels of the early when the Department of Agri culture began an assault on sur plus grains particularly wheat Old crop wheat holdings were the highest in 4 years the re porting service said estimating stocks in all positions at 145545 000 Thats 58 percent above a year earlier and the largest for a July i since 1965 In the nation midyear carry over of old crop wheat was up 50 percent from last year and 90 percent above July 1 1967 The carryover of old crop wheat totaled 811 million bushels with farm holdings at 327 mil lion bushels a record total for July 1 and 42 percent above a year earlier stocks of 434 million bushels were 57 percent above the previous year Thais old crop wheat It doesnt count the 1969 crop which at least in some areas was bumper in proportions A Salina said A year ago at this time we had purchased about 20 percent of our ordinary volume of the crop We have purchased 114 percent so far this year Another estimated only about 10 percent of the 1969 crop has gone into the marketplace Its going under loan he said Thats understandable He described Mondays mas sive market break up to 5 cents a bushel as a case of people gelling tired They de to get out and apparently everyone got out at he same time Todays News Highlights BANGKOK AP A US gov official says US will not send troops to help any Asian coun try threatened only by internal sub version Pg 1 SAIGON AP US modifies its battlefield strategy withholding large groups of troops from search mis sions Pg 2 WESTERN KANSAS Intrepid Pat Paulsen gives up attempt to scale Castle Rock peak Pg BANGKOK AP President Nix on will visit South Vietnam day and confer with President Ngu yen Van Thieu responsible reported today Information concern ing Nixons visit was shrouded in security precautions Pg 1 WASHINGTON AP The Nix on administration suddenly and per haps with a bit of embarrassment has surprisingly found the federal government had a billion budget surplus last year Announcement of the bonanza followed months of ad ministration predictions that any surplus would be Jess than a billion dollars Pg 3 WASHINGTON AP The dents commission has urged President Nixon to ask Con gress for laws aimed at removal of the concealable handgun from American life Pg 2 Elvis Presley Back to the Stage LAS VEGAS Nev AP Elvis Pres ley makes his first public stage appear ance in eight years Thurs day when he opens a four week engagement at the International Hotel Presley 34 has confined himself to films since he last performed live at the i Battleship Arizona war at Pearl Harbor Presley in 1961 Pretty Widow Fights Killer Cigarets LOS ANGELES AP A pretty blonde mother of six children began a fight Tuesday against what she calls her husbands Shes Peggy Talman 40 widow of Wil liam Talman who played the always de district attorney on the Perry Ma son television shows Talman died of lung cancer this year Since his death the children and I have carried on his fight in any way we can says Mrs Talman Tuesday she flew to Sacramento to urge passage of a pending outlawing cigaret advertising in California She wants to visit each member of the As sembly Committee on Commerce and Pub lic Utilities now considering the Im really an amateur at this says Mrs Talman I hope that I wont do or say the wrong thing If she succeeds shell go to Washington to urge similar national she can get a baby sitter The Talman children range in age from 3 to 21 Birds Eye View This nosey blue jay from Sunken Gardens aviary in St Petersburg Fla was caught trying to get closer look at Tom Moores score card Toms the National Pee Wee golf champ from Hagerstown Md He is the youngest golfer to ever score a hole in one not once but twice UPI Photo
