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FINAL WEATHER Forecast for Tucson: Mostly fair, diminishing winds. Temperatures Yesterday: HIGH 89 LOW 64 Year Ago: HIGH 81 LOW 44 U.S. WEATHER BUREAU VOL 126 NO. 291 TEN CENTS An Independent NEVSpaper Printing The News Impartially TUCSON, ARIZONA, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19. 1967 622-5855 Entered as second class matter Post Office, Tucson, Arizona Program '10-20 Times Better Than U.S.' flu and continued at 15-minute Spectacular Lunar Display Tucson area moon watchers were treated to one of the most brilliant displays in recent history as the moon went through a total eclipse early yesterday morning.

This multiple exposure from the downtown area began at 2:30 a.m. er right). The University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory said clear atmospheric conditions made the eclipse extremely bright. (Jack Sheaffer photo) Cut Of $7 Billion Okayed By House Anti-War Melee issue to be fought out in a Senate-House conference. Bow told the House, "Most of my mail asks why we stop with $5 billion.

The people of the country believe that we are spending far too much, Almost every citizen can cite evidences of wasteful government spending." Whitten said this restriction would accomplish "what we all want," while keeping control of spending in congressional hands. Lost in the struggle was a painfully worked out measure the House Appropriations Committee had offered. This aimed at a $2.85 billion budget reduc Police used tear gas and night sticks to break up anti-war demonstrations on of Wisconsin campus in Madison Wednesday. Sit-in was staged to protest fob on campus by Dow Chemical maker of napalm for Vietnam war. (AP 3,000 Jam Streets EIGHTY-FOUR PAGES Mariner Flies By Today By JOHN WEYLAND MOSCOW (AP) The Soviet Union achieved another historic space breakthrough Wednesday by dropping on Venus instru ments that radioed back the first information ever received from that planet's surface.

The data indicated Venus' tempera ture was hot enough to melt metal U.S. space leaders, awaiting Thursday's flyby of Venus by the American Mariner 5 spacecraft, called the Soviet landing of an instrument package on the cloud-shrouded planet "an accomplishment any nation can be proud of." One U.S. scientist said the Soviets are far ahead of this country in the space race. Venus 4, the ve hicle that carried the instru ments to Venus, "burned itself to ashes" in the planet's ionosphere after letting go its pay-load, the Soviet news agency Tass reported. The information relayed to earth showed Venus' atmos phere to be extremely hot up to 536 degrees Fahrenheit and made up almost entirely of Car bon dioxide, which the earm'a living creatures cannot breathe.

The feat with the unmanned Venus 4 spaceship was a big prestige boost for the Russian space program, wnicn naa suf fered a tragic setback April 24 when Cosmonaut Vladimir M. Komarov was killed in the crash of Soyuz 1. It was also a big leap for ward for the Soviet Union in the space race with the United States. The landing reflects an In terplanetary program 10 to 20 times that of the United Mates, the head of me Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Wednesday. Dr.

William H. Pickering added that this country is "running out of lead time for interplanetary programs planned for the 1970's. Pickering's laboratory directs U.S. space probes. Plans had called for a U.S.

instrument landing on Venus in the Voyager program in the early 1970's, but Congress this year refused funds to get it started. The only probes now authorized are Mars flybys of Mariner spacecraft in 1969. Pickering said the U.S. interplanetary program has been 1 to 2 per cent of the space budget over the past five years. He estimated the Soviet effort as 10 to 20 per cent of its space program.

He complimented Soviet scientists orf their success, saying it confirmed measurements by Mariner 2, which flew by Venus in 1962, that the planet is "a (Continued on 10A, CoL 1) 8B Radio-TV SC Sports 1-4D 5D Weather A Draft Protests Staged Again OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Some 3,000 chanting anti-draft Anaconda Talks Fail At Butte Contract negotiations between Anaconda Corp. and its 18 unions broke down last night at Butte, Mont. But Orville Larson, steel-workers negotiator here, said the Butte talks failure "will not necessarily precipitate a strike at Anaconda in Pima County." Anaconda's four unions here agreed to keep working past contract deadline Sunday, saying they would wait and see what happened at Butte. "But we have other problems here now," said Larson, "Anaconda has breached the extension agreement." Larson said that negotiators here may order a walk-out at See another western states copper strike story.

P. IB. anytime. There are no Anaconda talks set here today. There was no indication of when labor and management talks in Butte would resume as the strike against the Anaconda Co.

went into its 98th day. Statements were issued by both sides following Wednes day's sessions at Butte. The un ion statement charged the com pany with refusing to submit a counterproposal to a union of fer. The company described the union offer as "so far out of line we had no choice but to reject it and request a realistic proposal." The unions said their new proposal "substantially reduced wage and benefit demands." Details of the proposal were not made public. The company statement said the union demands on wages alone, in four categories, "ap pear to have a cost of about $1 per hour worked.

'Army Mismanaaement' Blamed For M6 Woes pickets jammed sidewalks around the Army Induction Center Wednesday, and dozens sat down to block the entrances, Ponce arrested the sit-downers and made way for nine busloads of Budget Cuts Dim Hopes For U.S. Planetary Schedule Stymied For Years By HOWARD BENEDICT CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (AP) The brilliant success of Russia's Venus 4 comes at a time when budget cuts have stymied America's future planetary plans for several years. The congressional cuts, heavi ly opposed by many scientific groups, may force America to take a permanent back seat to the Soviets in planetary explora tion. While the United States had no plans to soft-land a spacecraft on Venus, as Venus 4 did Wednesday, this nation had hoped to land two unmanned Project Voyager laboratories on Mars in 1973 and two more in 1975 to study the planet extensively, including a search for life.

Cuts in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's fiscal 1968 budget request have delayed the first double Mars shot until at least 1975. Also eliminated was a preliminary scouting mission to the red planet, by a smaller spacecraft in 1971. America's Mariner 5 will pass within 2,500 miles of Venus Thursday to make scientific measurements. At 540 pounds, it was not large enough to carry a landing capsule. Venus 4 weighed 2,438 pounds.

Each Voyager would weigh more than 20,000 pounds. The United States has two re maining Mariner craft, both of which are to be launched on fly-by missions to Mars during the 1969 launching opportunity. Money had been voted for the two in earlier budgets. No other planetary shots are planned before 1975, if then. NASA had sought $71.5 million in the 1968 budget as a starter for Voyager and $10.1 million for the 1971 Mars scouting trip.

The House wiped out all these Funds. But early this month the Senate Appropriations Commit tee restored $36 million for Voyager, not enough to fly in 1973. Congressmen said an overall half billion dollar cut in NASA's budget was necessary because of the rising cost of Vietnam id other national programs. Some specifically voted against Voyager because they said un manned flights to Mars might lead to a costly goal to land men on that planet in the 1980s a project that would cost $100 mil lion or more. A Senate-House compromise must still be worked out on Voy ager funds.

Because of the Ven us 4 success, congressmen might be inclined to vote more money than they ordinanly would just as they have loosened the pursestrings after pre vious Soviet space successes. English Tories Hit Back, Defend Heath BRIGHTON, England (AP)- Britain's opposition Conserva tive party launched a fight back for power Wednesday with party managers hitting oux at critics ho want to oust to ward Heath as party leader. In an address at the start of the four-day annual convention, Anthony Barber, newly appoint ed chairman, claimed Heath i strateev of assailing Prime Minister Harold WCson's Labor party government "only where the merits deserved it" now is paying off. intervals until 3:45 a.m. low- tion, including a $1.4 billion cut in present spending, through a combination of payroll reductions and slashes in research funds.

The House debated the bill for hours, amended it extensively, then abruptly junked it by a 238-164 vote and substituted the combined Whitten and Bow measures. Exempted from the limitation to 1967 spending levels, as the bill finally was approved, would be activities connected with the Vietnam war, military pay and veterans' benefits, interest on the nation debt, highways, Social Security, welfare and medicare programs. 10A, Col. 1) It if HALDAN HARTLINE By ROBERT A. HUNT WASHINGTON (AP) House investigators singled out ammunition deficiencies Wednesday as the major contributor to malfunctions of the troubled M16 rifle.

They declared Army han-ling of the problem "borders on criminal negligence." As initially developed, the light-weight, rapid-firing rifle being used in Vietnam "was an excellent and reliable weapon," the report said. But the investigators contended the manner in which the Army rifle program has been mismanaged "is unbelievable." The House armed services subcommittee headed by Rep. Richard Ichord, in a hard-hitting report after lengthy hearings and a field trip to South Vietnam, also: Called for government audits of both the Colt Firearms maker of the rifle, and Olin Mathieson, producer of the powder used in ammunition for the M16. The report charged Colt made excessive profits over what was originally negotiated. Said it was "at least unethical" for Maj.

Gen. Nelson By EDMOND LEBRETON WASHINGTON (AP) The' House passed Wednesday night a bill designed to cut government spending an estimated $7 billion in the year ending June 30. Fighting to hold down proposed cuts in President Johnson's budget, administration supporters were defeated again and again in a complex struggle that ended with Republicans and southern Democrats triumphant. Nailed into a measure to continue emergency financing for departments whose appropriations are still pending and which will be out of money next Monday unless Congress acts were two massive spending limitations. One would require that spending this year be held at the levels of the previous year except for outlays in connection with the Vietnam war and certain other specified activities.

This provision was sponsored by Rep. Jamie L. Whitten, D-Miss. Added to it was another lim itation that was backed solidly by Republicans, headed by Rep. Frank T.

Bow of Ohio. It would set what Bow called an absolute ceiling of $131.5 billion on spending this year a cut of not less than $5 billion, but estimated by some Democrats to be much higher. Whitten told the House his measure would mean about a $7 billion cut. The bill now goes to the Senate, which is expected to modi fy sharply if not delete the lim itations. This would leave the By RICHARD SODERLUND STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) Two Americans and a Swedish neurologist were awarded a Nobel Prize Wednesday for their discoveries on bow the human eye works.

Haldan Keffer Hartline of New York's Rockefeller Institute, George Wald of Harvard University and Ragnar Granit of Sweden shared the prize for Physiology or medicine for their work on "the primary chemical and physiological visual pro cesses in the eye." The prize, awarded by Swe den's Royal Caroline Institute medical faculty, amounts to $82,000 to be shared equally the last of the 500 demonstra tors to cover, ending a show down attempt to keep the Dow Chemical Co. from interviewing job applicants on campus. Dow makes napalm for us in Vietnam. Many demonstrators were bloodied in the melee, but there was no accurate count ot tne injured. Campus Police Chief Ralph Hanson, who said, "I got slugged a couple of time my self," said that "at least a half- dozen" of the protestors were jailed.

Fighting broke out between police and demonstrators inside the building after the crowd refused an order from Hanson to unlock arms and open a path in the cooridors. Hospital Frees Actor ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) Dennis O'Keefe, 57, veteran movie actor, is expected to be released from a hospital here Thursday after undergoing chest surgery, a Mayo Clinic spokesman said Wednesday O'Keefe was operated on Oct. at Methodist Hospital. Reappraisal Session Set For Oct.

30 PHOENIX Oct. 30 was agreed upon Wednesday night as the date to call a special session of the Arizona Legislature to settle the tax reappraisal program. Majority Republican leaders met behind closed doors at the capitol to decide when to begin the session, which is expected to continue for at least 20 days. House Majority leader Burton Barr, R-Maricopa, said the Republicans will ask Gov. Jack Williams today to call the lawmakers to Phoenix Oct.

30 for the second special session of the 28th Legislature. House Speaker Stan Turley, R-Maricopa, predicted earlier this week that the session could not begin Oct. 30, because necessary information would not then be available. Barr, however, said last night: "We will have enough data to get us started." He said Oct. 30 was agreed upon mainly because the majority wants to work at least 20 days before Thanksgiving, Nov.

23. A 'Lovely Car A Lovely Price LONDON (AP) John Len- non of the Beatles bought Wednesday what was billed as the world's fastest four-door sports car. Lennon and his wife, Cynthia, visited the International Motor Show and in 15 minutes bought the new Italian-made Iso Riv-olta Sr. The makers claim the car can top 150 miles per hour. "What do you think of it, love?" John asked Cynthia.

"It's lovely," Cynthia said. So John wrote out a lovely $17,220 check. M. Lynde who was commanding general of the Army Weap- (Continued on Eye inductees to enter. At the University of Califor nia Berkeley campus later, a rally of 750 students voted by show of hands to abandon the peaceful picketing strategy of Wednesday and resume at tempts to shut down the center.

At the center Wednesday, of ficers herded 65 into paddy wagons, bringing the number of arrests to about 200 in three straight days of demonstra tions. Most arrested walked quietly to the paddy wagons, raising their hands in V-for-victory signs. Marching pickets stopped chanting, "Hell no, we won't go," and cheered them. Both police and leaders among the demonstrators used bullhorns to urge marchers to keep moving. Police standing six feet from the curb in the street made them stay on the sidewalks.

after the buses unloaded inductees without vio lence erupting, most of the 000 moved to nearby Lafayette Park for a rally. Spokesmen said further strategy would be planned at that rally and anoth er to be held Wednesday nignt probably at the University of California. U. C. campus rallies Monday and Tuesday were held in de fiance of a Superior Court judge's order.

That order was upheld Wednesday by Judge George B. Harris of the U. S. District Court in San Fran cisco. Meanwhile, in Madison, Wis helmeted police swinging riot sticks drove anti-war demon strators out of a University of Wisconsin building they had blockaded 'Wednesday, then used tear gas repeatedly to dis perse an angry throng milling outside.

At nightfall, a cold rain drove Honored For Discoveries About Human 2 Americans, Swede Win Mo be I Today's News Index 1 Hartline, 63, who studied medicine at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and headed its biophysics department 1949-53, has made basic contributions to the investigation of how visual cells send their messages to the brain. He also has succeeded in demonstrating the reaction pattern of individual visual to variations in kinds and amounts of light He was awarded the W.H. Howell prize in 1927, the Warren Prize in 1948 and the Albert Mi-chelson Prize in 1965 for his discoveries. Wald, 60, is a world-authority on the biochemistry of perception. A Harvard biology profes- (Continued on MA, CoL 1) 4 GEORGE WALD American League moves Athletics' franchise to Oakland, expansion approved to 12 teams, ID.

Those teenage sages could do us all a big favor by shuW ting op, 3A. Legality of legislative action in appointing reappraisal asses-sors questioned, IB. Young Florida entrepreneur put out of business by a crank call, SC. Big mirror for Kitt Peak to arrive in Tucson on Nov. IB.

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