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A-2 THE SUN-TELEGRAM Jan. 1 8, 1 977 Sorensen withdraws as Carter CIA nominee to avoid showdown speedy confirmation after the inauguration, President Ford sent Congress a $440 billion lame duck budget, which Democrats promptly promised to overhaul. Thomas B. Lance, Carter's nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget, told his confirmation hearing the new administration remains committed to a balanced budget by 1981 and to a systematic review of the tax code. His appearance before the Senate Government Operations Committee pointed to confirmation without controversy.

Similar approval is also expected for Idaho Gov. Cecil D. Andrus, the nominee to be secretary of the start, sorensen said. In Plains, Carter said Sorensen's action was "designed to spare the administration and the country the effects of a divisive and emotional controversy. "I deeply regret this situation," Carter said.

He said he was concerned at the hardship it worked on Sorensen. "He never sought this job," Carter said. "He accepted because of his desire to serve his country." Press Secretary Jody Powell said Carter had been on the telephone until Saturday night trying to line up support for Sorensen. But Sunday, Carter and Sorensen agreed the nomination probably would have to be withdrawn. While other Senate panels worked to clear Carter's Cabinet choices for Sorensen told the Senate Intelligence Committee he was withdrawing because there was enough opposition to point to a divisive controversy about his confirmation.

He said he used a pay telephone in the Senate office building to tell Carter of his decision, minutes before the initial committee hearing on his nomination. "He regretted it very much," Sorensen said. But Carter concurred, and didn't try to change Sorensen's mind. "The governor and I jointly reached a conclusion that there is substantial opposition which, would result either in my rejection, which would handicap this administration as it gets off to a new start, or result in my being confirmed by a narrow vote, which would handicap my effectiveness as I got off to a firm 'vi i i ft a 1 lis? I -1 WASHINGTON (AP) Theodore C. Sorensen withdrew on Monday as President-elect Carter's nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency, standing aside to avoid a Senate confirmation fight he said would have handicapped the new administration.

Carter agreed that was the best way out of the controversy about Sorensen's record and credentials for the top intelligence post, but said he regretted the loss of "an extremely talented and dedicated man." A spokesman said Carter will choose a new nominee for the CIA post some time after the inauguration Thursday. Until a new appointee is named and confirmed, the CIA apparently will be run by E. Henry Knoche, a 25-year agency veteran now serving as deputy director. While Sorensen was becoming the first casualty of the new administra-tion, three top-level Carter appointees appeared before the Senate committees at relatively routine confirmation proceedings. Only one, Atty.

Griffin B. Bell, faced controversy, and his approval seemed virtually assured despite his critics. Sorensen withdrew after denouncing "scurrilous and unfounded personal attacks against me" by opponents who questioned his use of classified documents after the administration of John F. Kennedy and his draft classification as a conscientious objector. The 48-year-old New York attorney, once Kennedy's righthand man, said the opposition really stemmed from disagreement with his view of the way the CIA should function.

Gilmore died two after four bullets AF wirephoto has Ted Sorensen tells Senate panel he withdrawn his nomination. Some defend execution, but others find it barbarous minutes hit him single bullet alone would have been sufficient to cause death, Moore said. One of the five rifles contained a blank charge so that none of the members of the firing squad could be sure he had fired a live round, prison officials said. Gilmore (Continued from A-l) Gilmore joked and sang as his death approached. A break in that mood came when the temporary stay was announced.

Stanger said Gilmore cursed Ritter, using strong obscenities. He said the convict felt he had received a gift because "he knew when he was going to die and he felt he was indeed fortunate." Stanger added, "In the wee hours of the morning, he expressed thanks and some sorrow. He was a good man. He expressed love for children." Gilmore was executed for the murder of Bennie Bushnell, 26, a Provo, Utah, motel clerk. He had also admitted killing Max David Jensen, 24, an Orem service station attendant.

Both were shot during robberies. Each left a young widow and a child. He was never tried in the death of Jensen. The death announcement was met with silence by about 60 death penalty opponents demonstrating outside the prison fence. They had been jubilant at the stay, but turned morbid as they watched Gilmore carried in a light tan van across the prison complex to die.

The shots that killed him could not be heard either in the briefing room where newsmen waited or mong the demonstrators. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -Executed murderer Gary Gilmore was alive for two minutes after four bullets from a firing squad tore through his heart, the Utah state medical examiner said Monday. Dr. Serge Moore, who examined Gilmore's body after the execution and performed an autopsy, told a news conference that Gilmore's basic functions continued after he was shot Monday morning at Utah State Prison. "I couldn't tell you whether he National weather i 304 i 181 I I 2 cr cn' at ir to 6 in oinbo222 io at at oi at cn Source: Boot of Criminal Justice 4 SMntks 1973 was sensing pain," Moore said, in response to a question.

"All I can tell you is that he was breathing and there were the automatic functions of the body going for two minutes." Following the execution, Gilmore's body was taken in a mortician's blue station wagon to the University of Utah Medical Center, where Moore performed a three-hour autopsy. Hospital officials disclosed that Gilmore had specified that only certain organs could be removed from his body. They had said before the execution that portions of his skin, bones and nerves would be removed for medical use. However, in a document signed Jan. 12, Gilmore listed his eyes, kidneys, liver and pituitary gland as the only organs he wished to be turned over.

He directed that the remainder of his body be given to his uncle, Vern DAmico, for cremation. Moore said the body was removed by Walker Mortuary of Provo from the medical center shortly after the autopsy. Both of Gilmore's eyes were to be made available to surgeons for use in cornea transplants, in accordance with his directions. He had expressed a wish that one of his two kidneys be used in a transplant, but hospital officials said the violent nature of his death made the kidney unusable to a recipient. Moore said that he placed the white paper target used by the five anonymous marksmen on Gilmore's chest.

He said he detected no emotion on the part of the convicted murderer and exchanged no words with him. He said that all four bullets entered the body within an inch or two of each other, passed through the heart and exited. It would be difficult to determine whether a I PLAN!) 1 ola miit! I lliiul Ontario l'mli( Upland MaUl" tassMssesssssssoBHSM None I .05 Hrsl Third Yesterday's Snn) l'orr iil inlurmiil ion dial Central Valley gj Hi rii.tnliim uUm K. Ontario (v' Redlands NetHMeaaMNMOM mmm-mmm wmmmmmmmmm, None None None I .05 1 .05 .05 i I'riim .21) In piiii In expressed "sorrow and alarm at this backward step for our nation." Dr. Francis J.

Butler of the U.S. Catholic Conference called the execution "profoundly disturbing" and said, "Reliance on the death penalty is an admission of failure rooted in a philosophy of hopelessness." Gilmore's uncle, Vern DAmico, told reporters that Gilmore "died like he wanted to die, in dignity. He got his wish to die." In New York, Henry Schwarzschild, director of the ACLU-based National Coalition Against the Death Penalty, said: "The callousness of the judges of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court who permitted this to happen puts them behind the pale of civilized human society." At the U.S. Supreme Court, eight demonstrators protesting Gilmore's death were arrested by court police after refusing to leave the building.

Initial foreign reaction criticized Gilmore's execution as a "grisly circus" and a sad spectacle. The weather Area forecast Fair through Wednesday. Local gusty northeast to east winds in mountains and below passes. S.B. Valley Today and high Tomorrow low 38 to 48 Mountain! Today and high 28 to 40 Tomorrow low 20s Upper Desert Today and high Tomorrow low 28 to 38 Lower Desert Today and high 70s Tomorrow low 35 to 42 Let Angeles area Today and high 84 Tomorrow low 52 Beaches Today and high 70s Tomorrow low Northern and Central California Little change through Wednesday.

Fog and low clouds in interior valleys with partial afternoon clearing and slight chance local morning drizzle. Patchy morning fog or low clouds most other valley areas. Otherwise fair. HIinialmanac Wednesday, January 19, 1977 Sunrise Sunset 5:05 p.m. RAINFALL Jn.

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03 Dec. 1974 1 01 Nov. 1974 59 Oct. 1976 10 Sept. 1974 5.12 July 1976 08 1976-77 July 1 to date 9.66 1975-76 July 1 to date 2 2 1975-74 season total 10.79 Albany Atlanta Boise Boston Buffalo Denver Des Detroit Duluth the Associated Press Warm coats and heavy mittens did little to combat cold temperatures that broke records Monday in much of the East and Midwest.

The low readings also took their toll on industry, where natural gas shortages forced many layoffs, and on public institutions, where closings were scheduled to preserve gas for residential use. Authorities reported numerous auto and ship traffic problems related to the icy conditions. The National Weather Service said the list of cities that recorded record low temperatures was the longest ever. Among them: 17 degrees at Pensacola, minus 1 Raleigh-Durham, N.C., and minus 24 at the greater Cincinnati airport. The 8 below zero recorded at Lynchburg, was the coldest morning reading in more than 100 years.

Very cold weather predicted for Florida Monday night resulted in a hard freeze warning for northern areas- Smog Readings ONTARIO CF.MRAL of the Gilmore execution may in fact hasten the demise of this racist, archaic, futile, and barbarous institution." Shirley Pedler, director of the Utah branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, said, "Utah has gross and barbaric justice." But Utah Gov. Scott Matheson replied, "We simply have to process these most-difficult matters within the confines of our legal system." He added that appeals judges had ruled that capital punishment opponents lacked legal standing to stop the execution. Utah State Rep. Robert Harris, D-Ogden, a minister and the state's first black legislator, said, "I'm concerned about people who executed him, what they'll tell the Lord." In a statement issued in New York, leaders of the National Council of Churches, which includes Roman Catholic, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox denominations. industry Atlantic 4 to 5 below in Philadelphia and New York but gale-force winds in some places pushed the temperature well below zero in the early morning hours.

The arctic-like weather, combined with snow and slush in some places was inconvenient going-to-work traffic was snarled around the big cities, schools were closed in parts of the states hardest hit. But most important was the Impact on utilities and their big users. Ohio's energy-makers East Ohio Gas Co. in Cleveland, Ohio Edison Power Co. in Akron, Columbus Southern Ohio Electric Dayton Power Light Co.

were among the first to urge users to limit consumption. The Dayton firm said it would restrict industrial users to the power needed to keep their pipes from freezing. New York's power pool, a group of utilities serving almost all of the state, ordered a five per cent cutback in voltage at noon to 6.25 million residential and commercial users. And in Pennsylvania, Columbia Gas of Pittsburgh joined Equitable in asking customers to curtail power use nearly 450,000 homes and businesses between them. Two of Michigan's biggest energy suppliers, Detroit Edison Co.

and Consumers Power called on customers to keep energy use to an absolute minimum. Chrysler responded by closing a Detroit area car plant and an engine line at mid-shift, idling 11,300 workers "until further notice." Chrysler also shut component plants in Ohio and New York, placing another 4,600 workers on layoff. General Motors shut down all of its auto component and appliance operations in Dayton, Ohio, iding 26,000 workers. Ford shut three car and truck assembly plants and AMC shut one, all in Ohio, leaving another 14,000 workers on furlough. In all, 56,000 auto workers were idled Monday.

Company spokesmen said the prospects for reopening the plants later in the week remained in doubt. Illinois' Commonwealth Edison, Wisconsin Gas Indiana Michigan Electric Co. at Fort Wayne, Georgia Power Virginia Electric Power Co. and North Carolina's Duke Power Co. and Carolina Power Light Co.

were among the other utilities urging customers to cut back. Associated Preu The execution of murderer Gary Gilmore in Utah Monday was supported by advocates of capital punishment as the final stage of due process of law and criticized by opponents as brutal and archaic. "If there's value In the death of Gary Gilmore, it is that other people all over the country will know that execution Is now a reality," said Oklahoma Atty. Gen. Larry Derryberry, who supports capital punishment.

A new state death penalty law was adopted In Oklahoma several months ago. Jack Greenberg, director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said In a statement, "The United States now departs from the prevailing standard of Western democracies, joining the Soviet Union and South Africa in this barbaric punishment. "Our commitment to the abolition of capital punishment is unabated, and we hope that the circumstances Cold disrupts (Continued from A-l) ty is in some kind of curtailment program and it makes for a very tight supply system all over the country. A catalogue of low temperatures early Monday had an almost unbelievable ring to it 36 below zero at Roseau, was the worst, but it was 25 below at Peoria, 111., 24 below at Cincinnati and Covington, 20 below at Indianapolis, 19 below at Chicago, 17 below at Pittsburgh. Cincinnati and Covington had never recorded a lower tempera-; ture, it was colder in Peoria in 1884, and Chicago's reading matched a 44-; year-old record.

It was a little warmer along the Liberian tanker sinks in Pacific HONOLULU (AP) The 600-foot Liberian tanker Irenes Challenger was sinking and appeared on the of breaking up Monday night 204 miles southeast of Midway Island in the Pacific, the Coast Guard reported. The Japanese containership Pacific Arrow was on the scene and rescued 28 of the 31 tanker crewmen, said Lt. Robert V. Renaud, a Coast Guard public Information officer. Efforts to save the other three crewmen continued, he said.

The ship was carrying oil, but it was not immediately known how large the cargo was. "Reports from the scene indicate it is breaking in half and some oil spillage has been seen," said Coast Guard spokesman Jim Gillman. A Coast Guard C130 aircraft from Honolulu was flying over the area during the rescue effort, and the Coast Guard cutter Mallow was diverted to the scene from another mission. Weather in the area was reported good, with seas six to eight feet and winds 10 to 15 knots, Renaud said. The cause of the Irenes Challenger's plight was not immediately known.

The area is near the location of the Panamanian cargo ship Crown Pearl which was abandoned by its 25 crewmen Sunday after it began taking on water. Those crewmen were rescued by another ship. Ozone .03 .04 .02 .06 NOX .28 .05 .28 Carbon Monoxide 3 5 6 7 National temperatures HILOPRCOtlk County summary Official San Bernardino high and low temperature yesterday as reported by the National Weather Service: 7840. One year ago today: 8047. Daytime temperature range at Norton Air Force Base: 76-37.

Relative humidity 1 p.m. yesterday: 13 per cent. Albu'que Amarillo Anchorage Asheville Biriningham Bismarck Brownsville Charleston Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Moines Fairbanks Area Temperatures CHINO VALLEY AREA Smog Report OZONE TABLE Jan. 17 San Bernardino 02 Redlands 04 Yucalpa 04 Fontana 05 Upland 03 Chlno 04 Baritow 01 Vlctorvllle 02 Riverside 03 Pomona 03 WestCovlna 05 Pasadena .04 Los Angeles 05 Fires kill 66 persons in 2 weeks BOSTON (AP) An unprecedented series of 11 multiple-death' fires which erupted throughout the nation claimed 66 lives in the last two weeks of 1976, according to the National Fire Protection Association. The Boston-based nonprofit organization said the worst fire in terms of human life was in the crash of a jetliner in the Virgin Islands.

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