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ivi: PROVaSALT LAKE-OGDEN-Yariable cloudiness thretiga Thursday itl a few sirrs ararby mountains, Ut tonight in km SOs. Highs Ttursda star W. Probability rata through Thurxk It per rent. 1171 1I7S 101ST YEAR, NO. 73 PROVO UTAH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1973 $2.50 PER MONTH PRICE 10 CENTS ds etfed in Impeachmen inquiry Mayor range, Manning Prove Nixon Press Conference Set Kissinger And House Inquiry Nixon Discuss Sel Despite Mideast Peace Tapes Turn-In Finalists Governor Signs Bills On Housing ,1 TWISTED RAIL io front (.

A re rj A 1 I WASHINGTON (UPI) -President Nixon today a planned televised speech to the nation tonight on Watergate because the White House said he was concentrating on trying to get a Middle East tease fire. He will hold a televised news corferencc Thursday night instead. The President spent the night at his Camp David retreat, reportedly preparing the speech explaining his decision to relinquish his Watergate tape recordings and his reasons for firing Archibald Cox as Watergate special prosecutor. Shortly before noon, a spokesman snd he had decided to cail off the speech because of continuing peace efforts in Hie Middle East. WASHINGTON (IP!) -Secretary of State Henry A.

Kissinger' trip to Peking, delayed by the Middle East war, has been rescheduled for Nov. 10, the State Department announced Wednesday. The President met with Kissinger in his Oval Office after returning from the moun-taintop retreat and spent most of the morning reviewing foreign policy Warren said. He said the President thinks the new cease tire "will hold." despite some reported violations. The news conference will be held at 9 p.

m. EDT Thursday in the East Room of the White House. White House sources indicated that while the President had become preoccupied with the Mideast, some advisers had suggested io him that a news conference might be a more preferable way than a formal speech of getting across his position on the startling deve-(Continued on Page 2) i Herald Staff Itnto by Lynn TilUw I south of Mona early todty. Truce Takes Hold 49 Ore-Laden Cars. Heading for Geneva, Fighting Slows Derail Oustide Mona Miner And Hillier for Commission By ROBERT MCDOl GALL Russell D.

Grange and John W. Manning are set to fight it out for Provo mayor and Odd! Miner and M. Wayne Hillier are to vie for the commission post in the November 6 finals of this year's municipal elections. A feature of Tuesday's light voting was Mr. Grange's rather decisive victory.

He captured 61 Ser cent of the mayor votes. Mr. laiming received 26 per cent of the votes cast for mayor in Tuesday's primary election. Less than a quarter of the electorate turned out to vote. The voters made fairly clear choices among the eight commission candidates, too, giving Mr.

Miner 31 per cent of the votes and Mr. Hillier 21 per cent. The next candidate, Don Robertson only captured 14 per cent of the votes cast, and others ranged from 2 per cent to 12 per cent. Vote Count Of the 6,401 votes counted by the city recorder for the first tentative totals released, Mr. Grange took 3,889 votes, Mr.

Manning got 1.673, L. Theron Haws took 465. and Al Moiling won 373 vote. Of the 6,451 votes av.arded by the city recorder in the initial commission count, the following scores were noted: Mr. Miner, 2,005.

Mr. Hillier, 1,360. Mr. Robertson, 382, Phyllis B. Van Wagenen, 803, Robert L.

Shipman, 565, Harry N. Rising 421, Erla Knudsen, 223, and Joseph E. Kennedy, 145. Despite the fact that election judges were advised that Reed E. Halleday had officially withdrawn from the race, and that they were instructed to encourage voters not to vote for Mr.

Halladay, 47 votes were cast in his behalf. One vote was cast as a write-in, for Verlin Anderson, in District 27. Figures Vary The Utah election service figures were slightly different from the ones released by the city recorder, but the differences would not affect the standings of the candidates. Final official figures from the city recorder are expected to be released in the next few days. Commissioner Grange won in (Continued on Page 2) RUSSELL D.

GRANGE E.ODELL MINER I CM i A If of wreckage showi pressure occurred about two miles south of Mona, less than 100 yards south of the Burraston Pond crossing. The cause had not been determined or revealed by press time. Crews from Salt Lake, Provo and a'l points between were called to hel clear the tracks Special Agent at Scene A special agent, who identified himself only as "Muir," said, "We'll have the tracks back into operation by midnight. All we need is a couple of big Cats to clear the wreckage." During a fast-paced interview at the scene, he added he did not want to be quoted. "You need to get all your quotes from the Superintendent or his a sistant," he said, ending the interview.

Cites Tight Jam Ons of the track crew laborers looked at the twisted rails, the splintered ties and the cars jammed shoulder to shoulder, and said, "I've never seen a jam asUghtas this one." Officials at the Salt Lake office stated that 49 loaded cars and one empty one were involved in the derailment. They said 108 (Continued on Page 2) I Utah United Press International Light voter turnout marked Tuesday's primary elections in 11 Utah communities with incumbents in four towns facing strong challenges in the Nov. 6 general election. Salt Lake City had no mayoral ehction this year so the race for two city commission positions had all the attention. Incumbent Parks Commissioner Conrad B.

Harrison led balloting with 10.552 votes. Public Saftty Commissioner James L. Barker Jr. received the second highest tally with 8,946 votes. City traffic engineer Jess A.

Agraz had 3,493 votes and county administrative assistant WASHINGTON tUPIi Speaker Carl Albert said today a House inquiry would proceed into whether any grounds exist for impeachment in spite of President Nixon's decision to give up recordings of his Watergate conversations. Inferring to action bv House Democratic leaders Tuesday calling for the Judiciary Committee to undertake the preliminary investigation, Albert told reporters: "They have been mandated to make an inquiry and they have said an inquiry are ging Io make. I hope it is expeditious and I hope that we can ley to rest this issue one way or another." Democratic Floor Leader Thomas P. O'Neill said in a Iknise speech release of the tapes "has not changed the status of the planned inquiry O'Neill added: "The House is not driving toward any preordained objective but is conducting a careful inquiry and the House leadership repeats its stand of yesterday that it is ready to give the committee any needed extra staffing or other resources it needs to carry out the inquiry." Many members of Congress were awaiting President Nixon's public explanation of his firing of Archibald Cox as Watergate special prosecutor, and his subsequent release of the tapes, but Sen. George S.

McGovern and some other Democrats continued to press for impeachment. McGovern said that "the case to begin an impeachment investigation is very clear, apart from the Sen. Adlai E. Stevenson, DHL, said "nothing much has changed" by Nixon's action giving up the tapes. "It doesn't change a thing," said Rep.

B. F. Sisk, D-(Continued on Page 2) came uncomfortably close to the President," he said. Waldie and other critics of Nixon insisted the House Judiciary Committee should proceed to investigate whether Nixon's actions constitute the "high 'crimes and misdemeanors" which the Constitution specifies as grounds for impeachment. With House Speaker Carl Albert, urging caution.

Democrats on the House' committee were to caucus today to plan strategy. The (Continued on Page 2) Cox Ouster Topic for Hearings WASHINGTON (UPI) -The Senate Judiciary Committee decided today to begin hearings Monday on President Nixon's dismissal of Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. Cox will be first witness. Sen. Edward M.

Kennedy. a committee member who had urged the inquiry, said Keniwdy and some other Democrats had asked that hearings start this afternoon and Cox was reported ready to testify, but the committee agreed after a two-hour meeting to start the investigation Monday. The committee blocked immediate action on a Kennedy resolution calling for reinstatement of Cox and restoration of special prosecutor's office which Nixon abolished On Suez Front BULLETIN! WASHINGTON (UPI) The White House today said the Middle East cease-fire "appears to be taking hold." President Nixon canceled a speech to the nation on Watergate to concentrate on the Mideast situation, a spokesman said, and had been in personal contact with Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev on peace efforts. SALT LAKE CITY (I'PIl -Gov. Calvin L.

Rampton today signed into law two bills designed to provide emergency low-cost housing assistance. He inked the bills a day after he did away with Je Utah State property tax with a stroke of his pen. (See earlier story p. 21). One housing measure makes a $3 million, one-time appropriation of federal revenue sharing funds for low-income dwellings and the other bill passed by the special session of the Legislature allows cities to dip into their surplus emergency funds to meet housing crises.

Representatives of the Utah Housing Coalition, attended the signing in the governor's office. "This won't go very far," the governor said as he signed the bill. But it will bridge over a difficult period." Rep. David R. Nemelka, R-Salt Lake, chief sponsor of the legislation, said, We've come a long way in seven months." Steve Holbrook, a spokesman for the coalition, said with a smile: "I tell you, they aren't giving anything away up here." The coalition had been campaigning for the measures since the regular 1973 legislative session, but bills appropriating housing funds were killed then.

They were revived at the special session. the southern end of the Suez Canal where the Israelis claim to have cut off the city of Suez. Two hours later, the Israeli command said the fighting subsided with neither side improving its position but that the Egyptians lost 15 planes. Egypt charged Israeli aircraft attacked its positions west of the canal several times accompanied by French-built Mirage fighers that belonged to the air force of another country it did not name. It also charged Israel armored forces tried to cut the road and storm Suez, the southern anchor of the canal, but were pushed back.

It claimed to have shot down eight planes and destroyed 13 Israeli tanks. The exchange of both shots and charges, did not appear to prevent the cease-fire from slowly taking hold. Israel lifted (Continued on Page 2) tion. Desmond L. Anderson, a former assistant dean of public administration at th? University of Soutliern California Theral V.

Bishop led the voting for mayor. Anderson had 1,850 votes and Bishop, Logan Msyor in 1962-1965, brought in 1.219 votes, to lead the six candidates for that post. The the Logan council race, Carol W. Clay, a leader of the Women's Legislative Council and elementary school teacher Ned L. Gines will be on the November ballot.

Mrs. Clay hjd 1.487 votes and Gines brought in 1.380 votes to lead a field of nine. Retired businessman Owen Collett and incumbent mayor Agreement to Yield Tapes Brings 'Relief exerted when 50 ore cars derailed Second Truce RMn Gets U.N. Nod UNITED NATIONS (UPI) The U.N. Security Council, in a meeting marred by angry shouting matches, adopted a second resolution on the Middle East cease-fire Tuesday and asked for U.N.

truce teams to supervise it. The resolution called on all combatants in the 1973 Middle East war to pull back to the positions they occupied when the first truce went into effect Monday. U.N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim later announced that three teams of U.N. truce supervisors were sent to the Egyptian side of the Suez canal and said others would go to the Israeli side.

In Tel Aviv, a military communique said Israeli forces were ordered to stop fighting on the Egyptian front at 7 a.m. (1 a.m. EDT) today. Waldheim also announced that Syria had agreed to the cease-fire on the condition that Israel withdraw to the boundaries in effect before the six-day 1967 war. After hours of behind-the-scenes diplomatic rangling, the Security Council adopted the new resolution by a 14-0 vote, with China not voting.

MONA Forty-nine ore-laden and one empty railroad cars from the middle of a northbound Union Pacific train derailed south of Mona about 3:30 a.m. today. The engine and 15 cars made the trip to Geneva Steel Works after the accident. The train, totalling il2 cars, lost 50 each loaded with 105 tons of iron ore. The mishap JOHN W.

MANNING 4 M. WAYNE HILLIER Ik. IM11IIIIM It MMUKM Israel and Egypt charged each other with breaking the Middle East cease-fire again today but the truce was taking effect tonight and the lights went on again all across Israel. United Nations observers were en route to the fronts to oversee it. The White House said the Middle East cease-fire "appears to be taking hold." President Nixon canceled a speech to the nation on Watergate to concentrate on the Mideast situation, a spokesman said, and had been in personal contact with Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev on peace efforts.

A few hours after the on-again, off-again truce went into effect at 7 a.m. for the second time, Israel charged that the Egyptian Third Army broke it with a general attack trying to break out of its encirclement at 929 votes. He will face Carl B. Visser who made it into the general election with 385 votes. In Provo.

city commissioner Russell D. Grange led the voting totals with votes. John W. Manning, former manager of the Provo Chamber of Commerce, brought in 1.673 votes for the right to meet Grange in the November election. E.

Odell Miner and M. Wayne Hillier will vie for the one city commission seat open this year in Prove. Odell, a public administration consultant cutpolled Hillier, a civil engineer, 2.008 to 1,357 in the nine-man race. Logan's primary chose two candidates each for the mayor and one city commission posi WASHINGTON (UPI) -President Nixon nas abruptly pulled away from clash and confrontation with Congress by agreeing to turn his Watergate tapes over to tHe courts. But now his critics are demanding more.

In Congress, where eight impeachment resolutions were introduced Tuesday and where for the first time this century the first steps toward the removal of a President had been started, the relief was nearly universal. "Thank God," said Sen. Barry M. Goldwater, R-Ariz. But Rep.

Jerome R. Waldie. author of an impeachment resolution, insisted that an impeachment inquiry should be undertaken. "I'm persuaded that the special prosecutor was on the trail of other affairs that Nkirris F. Swapp are the Bcun-tiful mavoral candidates.

Collett had 1.932 votes and Swapp 1.8)0 votes in the three -way race. Phyllis Southwick and Sterling E. Beesley and incumbents Rod Shumway and H. Preston Hughes are in the final race for two city council seats. Murray voters picked Vaughn C.

Soffe," the incumbent mayor, and John R. Evans as the candidates for mayor. Soffe had 2.856 votes to Evans' 440 in the six-man race. In Tooele Dougias V. Sagers led the six candidates for mayor with 887 votes and is a candidate in Jie final with Robert H.

the incumbent, who had (Continued on Page 2) Cities Hold Primaries; Voting Light Glen N. Greener had .339 votes. than 20 per cent of eligible voters went to the polls in Salt Lake. Ogden's incumbent mayor Bert Wolthuis and banker A. Stephen Dirks made it into the final election.

Wolthuis. a dentist, had 2,900 votes to Dirks' 1.642. Ogden Ward I council incumbent Willard E. Cragun will meet a recent graduate of Weter State College, Terry L. Williams, in the general election.

Cragun polled 707 votes tc Williams' 250 in the primary. In Ward II Karl O. Mac Farlane got a chance for his fifth term on the council with.

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