Winona Daily News (Newspaper) - August 25, 1976, Winona, Minnesota Wednesday's Moslem claims U.S sympathy Leftist Moslem leader Kanul Jumblatt claimed today the U.S government appears to be taking a more sympathetic view of his side in the Lebanese civil war After a meeting with U.S Embassy officials said the National Movement's demands had been discussed Meanwhile American Esso Standard Oil a subsidiary of Exxon announced it was ceasing operations in Lebanon next Tuesday because of war conditions In the war officials said shelling of Beirut's residential areas ended at dawn but fighting was reported in several areas French premier resigns French Premier Jacques Chirac and his cabinet resigned today clearing the way for President Valery Giscard d'Estaing to appoint a less Gaullist government to combat a strong political upsurge to the left Chirac's departure from office and a cabinet shakeup had been rumored for several weeks and a presidential spokesman said the new premier would be named later today Giscard d'Estaing Subsidy voted The Senate has voted an additional billion subsidy for postal operations while banning further postal rate increases or service backs The legislation also would establish a commission to study postal problems and report back by Feb Talks gear up Contract talks between the United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co shifted into high gear today following the union's decision to tag Ford as its target for setting an industry pattern Bargainers have days to reach agreement or prepare for a national walkout of hourly workers Army officers killed in Korea buried Two U.S Army officers killed in Korea by North Korean border guards were buried Tuesday Maj Arthur Bonifas of Newburgh was buried in the cemetery of the U.S Military Academy at West Point and Lt Mark Barrett Columbia was buried at Columbia Changes mind again Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has been granted a divorce from her sixth husband John W Jack Ryan he man who supervised the creation of the Barbie Doll Miss Gabor filed for divorce Jan 21 in Santa Monica Calif Superior Court just a year after she married the wealthy inventor The question of community property was left unresolved according to her attorney It was the second marriage for Ryan Zsa Zsa Gabor Crime cited The FBI says 21 serious crimes were committed every minute last year in the U.S an overall rate increase of 10 percent over 1974 In an average hour last year two persons were ed six women raped 55 aggravated assaults occurred 52 persons were robbed and 112 vehicles stolen The inside Daily Sports Howe urged Utah's top Democrats are ing Rep Allan T Howe to drop his reelection bid in the wake of a second conviction for offering money to two police decoy for sex He was convicted Tuesday by a Salt Lake City jury J Partly Skies be clear lo partly cloudy through Thursday dnd temper will remain warm with lows tonight in the and highs Thursday near 90 Scattered and thunderstorms are possible Friday through Sunday weather j Will Rogers says Personally 1 think the camera has done more harm for politics than any other one faction There was 10 cameras to every plank in the platform There was more film wasted on the two conventions than was used in making the King of 8.1828 Carter cuts Ford farm policy S MOINES Iowa API Carrying farm program inside speculators with special were because all available port DES MOINES Iowa AP his campaign to the Jimmy Carter said today the Ford administration has neglected the family farmer and American consumer and has failed to establish a stable agricultural policy We need to take agricultural leadership in Washington out of the hands of the corporate interests and the grain Carter said in a speech prepared for at the Iowa State Fair We need a president and a secretary of agriculture who understand the problems of the family farmer and the consumer and if I am elected we're going to have both The peanut farmer from Plains Ga who is confident he has a strong chance of winning in President native Midwest made Des Moines his last stop on a four-day campaign trip Aides said he would try to capitalize on what he believes is significant discontent in the farm belt over Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz and the administration's farm program He has attacked BuU as a supporter of big agricultural businesses lacking un- and support for small far- mers We need to close the revolving door between the agriculture department and the large special Carter said If I am elected we will make sure that our support prices are at least equal to the cost of production That will not guarantee profit no real farmer wants that but it will give the determined farmer a chance to stay in business The Democratic presidential nominee also attacked export embargos placed on agricultural products by the Nixon and Ford in the last three years calling them a record of un- paralleled incompetence It's not my of a fair shake when the government promotes foreign sales and then cuts them off for political convenience It's not my idea of a fair shake when inside speculators with special con- in the agriculture department make windfall profits on grain deals while the producer himself sells at a loss Carter had said Tuesday night when he met with representatives of two dozen national farm organizations that if elected president he would never authorize an embargo on foreign shipment of U.S farm products Under my administration if I'm elected there will never be another em- bargo that singles out farm the former Georgia governor said during the meeting with representatives of such groups as the National Farmers Organization Farmers Union National Grange American Farm Bureau and Nat Corn Growers Association Embargoes on shipments of U.S grain particularly last October's embargo on shipments to Russia have been a sore point with many farmers who claim they money because of them The ad- ministration has said that no farm sales ie ports and ships were tied up at the time of the em- bargoes Carter also said that if elected he would do what he could to clean up what he called the dirty situation in the country's grain inspection system An ongoing federal investigation of the grain export business in New Orleans has resulted in the conviction of more than 90 grain companies and individuals After his arrival Tuesday evening Carter spoke to a crowd of about persons who attended a rally on a farm near Des Moines Saying he felt he had come home again Carter reminded his audience that his victory in Iowa's Jan 19 precinct caucuses had started the momentum that led to his nomination The warm welcome at the rally con- sharply with the vociferous boos which greeted Carter earlier in the day at the American Legion national convention in Seattle Daily News year ot publication Winona Minnesota August 24 Pages 2 Inserts Iowa push Mondale charges botched economy WASHINGTON IAP Democratic vice presidential nominee Walter Mondale is headed across the country attacking what he calls economy and promising full employment by two He said in an interview that lie will be blaming high inflation and high joblessness on inconsistent botched management started by former President Kichard M Nixon and continued by President Ford But he made campaign promise that election of Democratic presidential nominee Jimmy Carter would bring full employment a job for every adult who can work by The slop on Mondale's nine-day campaign swing today was to he Chicago for a private meeting with Mayor Richard Daley He planned stops in Pennsylvania New York Wisconsin back lo Illinois Ohio Oregon California Nevada and Colorado In his first major speech in New York Thursday said he will argue that policies not only foster in- and unemployment but have wiped out Republican businessmen The Republicans always do belter whon the Democrats are he said he will say If you wont lo live like a Republican vole Democratic Ford already lias given an answer to such charges lie said in lus acceptance speech at the Republican convention last week that he inherited runaway inflation and is bringing il under control in spile of a spending Democratic Congress Mondale contended in the interview that Republicans notched Ihc economy and that Carter will fix it wilh money supply U S calls for punishment PANMUNJOM Korea AP The United States today demanded that North Korea punish the soldiers who hacked to death two U.S Army officers at the Panmunjom Truce Village a week ago North Korea proposed physical separation between communist and allied guards at to prevent clashes like the fight in which the two Americans perished The United Nations Command declared the separation proposal may be a positive step and will be studied in detail but said it meanwhile expects punishment of the North Koreans who killed the Americans in a dispute over pruning a tree I have called this meeting for one purpose to inform you that our side calls for punishment of those responsible for the murders of the two UNC U.S Rear Admiral Mark P Frudden told the North Koreans during a session of the joint commission which overseas the Korean Armistice Ever since the truce was signed in 1953 guards from both sides have had free run of the area at Panmunjom an area about 850 yards in diameter bisected by the military demarcation line between North and South Korea Major General Han the chief Korean delegate proposed hat in the future North Koreans stay north and the Americans and South Koreans stay south of the line which also passes through the center of the conference room and across the table used for today's meeting The general also read out a message earlier conveyed privately in North Korean ruler Kim the Panmunjom clash regrettable urged that both sides seek to avoid such incidents Frudden the chief delegate said this was a positive step but still your response is unsatisfactory The allies he said demand concrete action including punishment of those responsible lor the killing and orders to North Korean troops against physical contact with or obstructing the movement of allied guards The Command will study your proposal in detail concerning the JSA joint security area and provide our response when the study is said Tlie Korean general told liim we believe it is most reasonable to separate security personnel of both sides in this area with the military demarcation line between them so that they perform their guard duties in their respective areas only U.S help was too far away WASHINGTON AP The Pentagon says an armed U.S serious conflict reaction force normally posted about a mile south of the Korean demilitarized zone was too far away to rescue two American officers who were killed by North Korean guards last week The disclosure came after Rep John M Murphy Y said three Army officers who left Korea recently to learn that the U.S reaction force did not come to the aid of the victims of the attack The reaction force is usually armed with rifles and Murphy said he was told The Pentagon meanwhile said it was standing firm on rules permitting U.S soldiers Inside the truce zone to shoot in self defense only as a last resort and only if a U.S officer in charge orders them to do so These procedures arc considered still the Pentagon said when asked about possible changes in the rules following the by NorDi Koreans Some defense officials indicated concern that any loosening of strict rules might increase the danger that even lesser harassment of Americans by North Koreans such as reported pushing shoving and spitting Incidents might escalate into Murphy would not the three officers who told him aboul the reaction force In a statement prepared for delivery on House floor Tuesday he said they also told him that U.S troops who carry unloaded weapons inside the DMZ would be unable to obtain ammunition from a facility well out of the area in the event of a Shootout at the site In response to questions tlie Pentagon said the armed reaction force normally is posted two kilometers south of tlie truce zone and that the Joint Security Area where UK killings occurred is in the middle of the DMZ Officials calculated that the reaction force would have been about Iwo miles away and could not liave seen the Aug 18 fighting The officials said the attack lasted only a few minutes and the reaction force could not have reached the scene in time The Pentagon did not say under circumstances the force would react The United Nations command personnel are uniformly to use weapons in self defense only as a last resort and Ihen only if directed lo do so hy a U.S security officer in tlie Pentagon said First fist First Lady Betty Ford clenches her fist and shouts support for the First Family Protective Division of the Secret Service during 3 football scrimmage at Vail Colo Son Jack was playing with the First Family team AP Dole off on heels of Carter Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter reaches into a crowd gathered on a farm near Des Moines as he launches his Iowa campaign The fund-raiser touched off a two-day stay in the state AP and federal spending policies He blamed inconsistent money policy under the Republicans for driving up interest rates wiping out some businesses and slowing down others and putting millions of people out of work He said Carter would balance the money supply with federal spending policy as tools lo stimulate business and create jobs Mondale said full employment would bring in an additional billion in income tax money and save money on food sUmps welfare and unemployment insurance That additional revenue he said would finance such programs as national health insurance tax reform and belter housing Uut Mondale said full employment is a campaign pledge Ilial lie and Carter will keep SEATTLE AP Republican vice presidential nominee Robert Dole campaigning on the heels of Jimmy Carter said he intends to spell out the Democratic presidential mass of contradictions Dole said he intends to campaign the next months emphasizing changes in Carter's political positions but the Kansas senator said it would not be a personal attack Dole said he would reply today to position on Vietnam war draft evaders when he addresses a national American Legion convention here He said his position would be his personal view and not necessarily that of the Ford ad- ministration Carter appearing before the convention on Tuesday said he would pardon but not grant amnesty to draft evaders if he is elected president Hundreds of delegates hooted and shouted No while a supporting his position broke out in the stands above the con- vention floor Carter said that for those who violated Selective laws I intend to grant a blanket pardon He continued Amnesty means what you did is right A pardon means what you did right or wrong is forgiven So pardon yes amnesty no Dole is a decorated World War II veteran who spent 39 months in an Army hospital recovering from shrapnel wounds He still does not hove the use of his right arm Dole was asked at an airport news conference Tuesday night if his role in the campaign would be to act as the heavy bitter while Ford maintains a more aloof presidential Not Dole replied I'm not known as a hard hitter I'm one who likes to point up differences and there will be no personal attacks on anyone Mr Carter is a mass of contradictions We hope to spell those out to lie American people They're entitled lo know and if lie doesn't want to tell them I'll be happy to tell them Dole said he was not deliberately following Carter around Uie nation He arrived in Seattle seven hours after Carter left and moved into the same suite of rooms in Uie hotel where Carter had stayed Later today Dole was to fly to Das Moines where Carter was speaking at the Iowa Stale Fair Dole plans to make an appearance at the fair tonight Ford said conceding South VAIL Colo APi President Ford privately is conceding Ihc deep South and New York to Democratic rival Jimmy Carter administration sources say The Ford camp feels the former Georgia governor is solidly entrenched in the South including Texas but may he vulnerable in Florida lie Tuesday made the assessment after FordS first post convention strategy session with political aides The President planned to confiT again today with campaign ad- visers Tlic sources said Ford will focus his efforts first on the Midwest and move from into the Northeast and California is a key hit stair according to these informants along with Illinois New Jersey and Pennsylvania Ford is placing high hopes on his prospects lor outshining Carter in televised debates and much of his will be fashioned around these unscheduled confrontations Ford told reporters Tuesday that he favors four debates of at least 90 minutes each in which questions are asked by lough reporters lie suggested that the first debate be held no later than Sept 10 and said The sooner we get started the belter Tin debates should focus on four defense domestic foreign and economic policies said Ford who acknowledged he has not communicated his suggestions to the Carter camp He said he was relying on reporters to do that In Seattle Wash Carter's press secretary complained about Ford's public on debates
