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TAR 68TH YE An No. 309 LINCOLN, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMDER 20, 1970 22 Pages 10 CENTS fa VI Cnnrrri LINCOLN MI Levy Drops For 71 Westmoreland, Bowl Official Here: Comhuskeir-Airmy Game Attracts iig City Writers By HAL BROWN Star Sports Editor A Nebraska team with designs on pushing its undefeated string into double figures and an Army team bent on proving last week's loss to Baylor was an upset meet at Nebraska's Memorial Stadium at 1:30 p.m. Among the 67,000 fans expected to jam Memorial Stadium for the umpteenth time will be Gen. William Westmoreland, Army Chief of Staff, Cotton Bowl official Wilbur Evans and a female LOCAL SCORES Northeast 12, East 7 Southeast 48, Hastings 13 sports writer, Pat Ryan of Sports Illustrated. The Huskers, who impressed West Coast writers last week by battling to a 21-21 tie with third-ranked Southern California to push an unbeaten string to nine but managed to elimb only one spot in The Associated Press ratings, will be trying to build up prestige among Eastern writers.

Two large New York papers, the Times and Daily mm wmMm BOARD RETAINS I SALES TAX By VIRGIL FALLOON Star Staff Writer The State Board of Equaliza. tion Friday retained the state's sales tax at IWc, but ordered the personal income tax rate reduced to 10 for the 1971 calendar year. The decrease from the 1970 rate of 13 on personal income correspondingly drops the corporate income tax rate from 2.6re to 27o beginning Jan. 1. The individual income rate is a percentage applied to one's) federal income tax liability while the corporate rate is ap-plied to taxable income.

The unanimous vote of the five-member board, headed by 1 Gov. Norbert Tiemann, came' during a 20-minute session in! which it was explained the', reduction was possible because the state's cash balances were $20 milHon greater than an-s ticipated for 1969-70. Tiemann bad hinted earlier In i Coaches Capsules STAR PHOTO Army's Tom Cahill "In Nebraska we'll face one of the top teams in the country. I was very impressed after watching their game film with Southern Cal and know we'll have to come up with a supreme effort to stay with them this week." Nebraska's Bob Devaney "Army is a good football team that got upset last week. That means the'U really be mad, and out to prove themselves.

We can't afford a letdown in any area." DEMONSTRATORS SING in front of hotel before general's arrival. Army Chief Praises Nixon WESTMORELAND SAYS CAMBODIAN IMPACT MAJOR COACH OEVANe). Sj I THESE MULES MfcA I CAN BE News, will be staffing the contest. And Army will be trying to prove to those same folks that last week's loss to Baylor was just one of those things that happen occasionally these days in college football. The Cadets saw drives stopped six times against Baylor by fumbles or pass but the' defense was strong enough'-to hold Baylor to 10 points after' shutting out Holy Cross the week before.

Experienced Line The Cadets, who use a pro-type 4-3-4 defense, return their front four from a year ago with seniors Bob Bishop at right end, Ken Wyrick and Dave Smith at tackles and junior John Roth at left end. But this front four must stop one of the country's top running games with the Huskers throwing I-backs Joe Orduna and Jeff Kinney, fullback Dan Schneiss and flanker Johnny Rodgers at them behind a big, mobfle line led by all-American candidate Bob Newton. The Huskers moved with ease through a big Southern Cal defense last week with Orduna gaining 135 yards in 18 carries, good enough to be voted the game's outstanding offensive performer and earn Big Eight back of the week honors And that Army front four also must stop a Nebraska passing attack built around the throwing of Jerry Tagge and Van Brownson, due to see his first action of the season, and the receiving of split end Woody Cox, tight end Jerry List and Rodders. One of the Huskers' top pass catchers, split end Guy Ingles, is a doubtful performer today because of bruised ribs suffered in the tie with USC. Decision Delayed Like 'Nebraska Coach Bob Devaney, Army mentor Tom Cahill is blessed with two quarterbacks to choose from and he doesn't expect to make a decision between seniors, Bernie Wall Mohn until game time.

Wall is passing at a near .500 level with 18 completions in 37 attempts for 232 yards and two touchdowns, but he threw three interceptions that stopped Army marches agains Baylor. A win by the Cornhuskers would even the series record against Army at 2-2 with the Cadets beating Nebraska in the first two games between the two schools, 13-3 in 1928 and 42 0 in 1957, both games played in New York City. Nebraska won the last meeting, 14-9 in 1960. Youth Columns A new column for The Lincoln Star, "Speaking Out," by Steven Levine, appears on Page 5 of today's paper. A regular feature, "Youth In Action," appears on Page 13.

Vv 'W- (f 4 fa. r7tt Soviet Submarine BoseN Said Being Built In Cuba the week that some kind of tax reduction was possible. Tax Commissioner Murreil McNeil told fellow board members that there were, in effect, two alternatives either drop the sales tax to 2 and re- i tain the 13 income tax rate or retain the Vh. sales tax and reduce the income tax rate to 10. Either revenue route, ac- cording to McNeil, would yield approximately the same revenue flow needed to meet state government's com- mittments.

State law requires the sales I tax to yield revenue as nearly equal as possible to total income and franchise taxes levied for that year. But sales taxes can be raised and lowered only in in-! crements of one-half of a per cent with income tax increments of one per cent. With a 1 sales tax and a 13 income tax. The Income tax would generate about $20 million -more than the sales tax, ac-1 cording to McNeil. At the Vk sales tax and 10 income tax rate, the sales tax would produce about $16 million more than the income tax.

i This lesser disparity, McNeil said, "most closely complies with the statutes requiring the board to set rates making the two revenue sources "as nearly equal as possible" McNeil said the tax cut results from the fact that state expenditures during the first half of the biennium were $8 i 1 1 i less than estimated and revenues were greater than estimated. Part of the revenue increase from sales and income taxes resulted from the fact the Nebraka's personal income had been higher than expected up By DON WALTON Star Staff Writer Army Chief of Staff Gen. Wiliam Westmoreland Friday night said President Nixon's decision to raid enemy sanctuaries in Cambodia "may prove to be the catalyst needed at this time" in South Vietnam. "This very courageous decision by President Nixon has had a major Impact on the course of the war," the former U.S. commander In Vietnam told a Lincoln dinner audience.

The Cambodian incursfon has had a positive effect on South Vietnamese morale, Westmoreland noted. "They are proud of their successes in Cambodia, where some units fought for the first time without American advisers and did very well indeed." On Three Fronts Hanoi is now "dissipating its strength on three fronts in Laos, in Cambodia and in South Vietnam," Westmoreland said. The result, he suggested, is that "the situation in South Vietnam is far less fragile than ever before." The problem now is "one of staying power for the South Vietnamese and one of determination and patience and confidence in our leadership for the people here in the United States," he said. Westmoreland is in Lincoln to attend Nebraska-Army football game at Memorial Stadium Saturday. He addressed a public affairs dinner at the Radisson-Connhusker Hotel Friday night.

Perhaps 250 antiwar demonstrators greeted general outside the hotel on his arrival, a fact which triggered a public apology from Gov. Norbert Tiemann. 'Great National Hero' Tiemann told Westmoreland at the dinner that the demonstrators were "not typical of Nebraska." They were, he said, "absolutely discourteous to a great national hero." Tiemann commissioned the general as an admiral in the Nebraska Navy. Westmoreland said U.S. troops "are not coming home to widespread recognition of a job well done" in Vietnam even though "they have performed, in my opinion, a remarkable job.

'Because our military power under the constraints imposed in the past has been unable to force the North Vietnamese to negotiate constructively at the peace table in Paris, and because we have been unable to reduce our involvement sooner, the military has borne a major share of the nation's frustrations." Victory Never Sought But the Vietnam War has been "a limited war fought with limited means for limited objectives," he noted. "A classic military victory in the World War II sense was never in the cards." The enemy, he said, has been "unable to wage a major offensive" since the spectacular 1968 Tet offensive when Viet Cong and North Vietnamese losses were Speaking briefly of Saturday's football match, the general noted that the Cadets will be giving up about 15 pounds per man to the Huskers. "What we lack in beaf, speed and depth will have to be more than made up in spirit," Westmoreland said. And, he suggested, the Army has the spirit. STAR PHOTO GENERAL speaks.

Caller Claims Bomb In Hotel An anonymous telephone cail was received by the National Guard Friday evening saying that a bomb had been placed in the Cornhusker Hotel where General William C. Westmoreland is staying, according to Lincoln police Lt. Paul Jacobson. Jacobson said that the caller told the guard that there was a bomb in the hotel due to go off before 8:25 p.m. An extensive search was conducted by Lincoln Police, the Fire Department and the Army security staff.

There was no bomb found. spokesman Jerry W. Friedheim announced. Asked if the base is intended to support Russia's new Yankee-class submarines, each of which carries 16 missiles- and is similar to the U.S. Polaris subs, Friedheim replied: "We can't rule out that possibility." The White House official said such submarines clearly would be offensive in nature and thus would bring into play the policy Kennedy enunciated.

He added that this country "would view the establishment of a strategic base in the Caribbean with utmost seriousness." He said no representations on the subject have yet been made to the Soviet Union, adding that the United States is keeping close watch to determine what kind of weapons could be based at the site where activity has been spotted. "At the right moment," the administration official said, the United States "will take the action that seems indicated." The new facilities at Cien-fuegos were spotted by highflying American U2 reconnaissance planes. Washington The Pentagon said Friday it has solid indications the Soviets are building a permanent submarine base in Cuba, and the White House said it would view a strategic installation there "with utmost seriousness." The Defense Department did not rule out the possibility that the facility reported under development may be designed to support missile-firing subs now cruising off U.S. waters. A White House official who declined to be quoted by name drew a parallel with the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, when President John F.

Kennedy said peace in the Caribbean could be preserved if Soviet offensive weapons were removed from the area and were kept out in the future. Policy Said Unchanged Kennedy's statement remains U.S. policy, the White House official said. Soviet ships have moved heavy barges and other equipment into the harbor at Cien-fuegos over the past few weeks which "makes us feel they may be seeking sustained capabilities in the area," Pentagon (Continued on Page 3, Col. 6.) Chanting Antiwar Protesters Greet Westmoreland World News Page Antiwar Writer Remarque Dies State News 3 Assessors Want LB342 Probed Women's News Pages 6, 7 'Twas A Long Time Ago Sports News Pages 11, 12 Buffs Host Penn State Today On Inside Pages i' I i Mw iw i 'j '1; counseling service at the University of Nebraska, told the audience that "human frustration makes it necessary to strike out at the leaders who promote W3r 'Not Mixed-Up Kids' "We're not a bunch of mlxeu-up kids.

We're' persons who feel very deeply about the needless suffering in Southeast Asia. Our troops ought to come home now," he added. The demonstrators arrived at the hotel several hours before Westmoreland's arrival, and spent much of the time singing and chanting antiwar slogans. Scottsbluff Sen. Terry Carpenter, who was at the hotel during the demonstration, spent approximately 45 minutes talking to several of the demonstrators.

At one point, Carpenter told the protestors: V90 of you people are here to satisfy your ego you've got what you wanted." Carpenter accused the New At Wendelin's German Rye' Bread Kol-aches, Strawberry Cheese Pastries, Wendelin Bakerv 1430 So. demonstrators of being a part of the overall movement that he said is burning and destroying America. "You won't even work," Carpenter told the demonstrators, "how are you going to change anything?" The demonstration coincided with a state-wide Correspondant Bank Forum being held at the hotel, and several verbal confrontations took place between protestors and bankers. Westmoreland smiled at the crowd as he entered the hotel, and offered a brusque "No comment," to reporter's questions. The demonstrators continued their chant for five minutes following Westmoreland's arrival, and then dispersed amid promises for another demonstration at noon Saturday outside the University of Nebraska football stadium.

Today's Chuckle A big disappointment In life Is the discovery that the man who writes the finance company ads isn't the one who makes the loans. CopyrifM 17, Cm. Fm. Cm. By BILL EUTZY Star Staff Writer Army Chief of Staff, Gen.

William C. Westmoreland was met by approximately 250 shouting, sign-waving antiwar demonstrators upon his arrival at the Cornhusker Hotel Friday evening. Westmoreland arrived in Lincoln to attend the Army-University of Nebraska football game Saturday afternoon. The demonstrators, mostly University of Nebraska students, had staged a peaceful march from the campus to hotel following an antiwar rally at the Nebraska Union that attracted nearly 500 persons. Slogans In Evidence The marchers exhibited signs citing such antiwar slogans as: "War Is Not Healthy For Children And Other Living Things;" "Peace Now;" "At Least Think About It;" "Bring My Brothers Home' and "Westmoreland America's 'Eichmann." The rally featured acid-rock music, poetry reading and speeches from opponents to the war in Southeast Asia.

One speaker, Ronald Kurten-bach, organizer of a draft Editorials 4 Astrology 5 Entertainment ....14 Deaths 17 TV, Radio 15 Want Ads'. 17 Markets IS The Weather LINCOLN: Partly cloudy and cooler Saturday with a high expected in the lower 50s. Northerly winds 10 to 15 mph. Partly cloudy and continued cool Saturday night, with a low' near 38. v't GAME "TIME: Partly cloudy and cool, with a temperature expected near 48.

Northerly winds at 10 mph. More Weather, Page 3 STAR PHOTO Big Red Ice-Cream Lunch 10 am-1 :30 pm Sundaes Sandwiches, Baskin Sharp Bldg. Cafeteria Adv. Robbins, 3737 So. 27th-Adv.

CARPENTER talks it over with two protesters..

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