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15 CENTSVOLUME 93 NUMBER 342 CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1975 ASSOCIATED PRESS, UPI , N E W Y O R K TIMESV O T E R S A P P R O V E C . R . C E N T E R

y Mike DeupreeCedar Rapids area residents shouldbe able to use their new community cen-ter in about two years.It became a question of "when" in-stead of "if Tuesday night, after morethan 20,000 voters went to the polls and

Precinct chart, Page 9Anearly 70 percent of them voted to sell$7 million worth of general obligationbonds to finance the center.The final vote was 13,970 in favor ofthe proposal and 6,127 opposed, for 69.5percent comfortably above the 60percent' required by Iowa law.

Highest TurnoutThe total of 20,097 voters was thehighest turnout for a bond issue in years

possibly the biggest in the city's his-tory and was nearly 2,000 more thanvoted in last month's municipal election.It represented about 34 percent of the59,920 registered voters.Supporters were delighted at the out-come, but even the most optimisticwere a little stunned at the size of theoverall vote and the overwhelming sup-port the referendum received."We had no idea the vote would bethis large," said Bill Fletcher, chairmanof a special committee that studied andpromoted the community center, in atelevision interview Tuesday night.Fletcher added there was some con-cern on the part of supporters when itbecame apparent the vote would belarge.Many people had believed a largevote would signal a defeat for the pro-posal, thinking it would indicate taxpay-er opposition to a bond issue in the

Life Term to FrommeFor Attempt on FordBULLETIN

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Ly-nette "Squeaky" Fromme was sent-enced to life Imprisonment Tuesdayat a hearing at which she screamedand hit the prosecutor with an apple.SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) A fed-eral judge, briefly delaying the sentenc-ing of Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, or-dered a secret service agent to testifyWednesday about whether importantevidence was withheld at her trial.The agent, Larry Ott, was sworn as awitness after Miss Fromme, in a court-room outburst, objected to the issuebeing raised."If you don't want to hear what Ihave to say, what does Ott have to dowith any of this?" Miss Fromme shoutedin court before her sentencing on a con-viction for attempting to assassinatePresident Ford.She had walked calmly into court,clad in a green pants suit, carrying un-der her arm the flaming red robe she

has worn in dedication to mass murder-er Charles Manson.U.S. District Judge Thomas Mac-Bride, so flustered by the outburst thathe called Miss Fromme "Miss Virga,"her attorney's name, told her to sitdown while John Virga presented argu-ments for dismissal of the conviction.He said the government withheld areport by Ott on an interview with a keytrial witness.The witness, the Rev. James Porter,testified at the trial that Miss Frommeshouted "It didn't go off," and "He's notthe people's servant," after she pointeda gun at Ford Sept. 5.There was no mention of those state-ments in the FBI interview with theRev. Mr. Porter which was turned overto the defense after the trial ended.The prosecution said the ministersimply was not asked about what shesaid."At this stage," said Virga, "there's

Please Turn to Page 3.Sara Moore EvasiveOn Ford Conspiracy

SA N FRANCISCO (AP) T h e fed-eral judge who let Sara Jane Mooreplead guilty to a charge that she tried tokill President Ford says he wants to f indout more about whether she was in-volved in a conspiracy before passingsentence.U.S. District Judge Samuel Conti,canceling Miss Moore's scheduled trial,said Tuesday he was convinced that herlast-minute change of plea f rom inno-cent to guilty was "voluntarily, know-ingly and intelligently given."Bu t he expressed concern about MissMoore's refusal to say under oathwhether anyone encouraged her orhelped her plan the attempted assassi-nation of Ford before Sept. 22, the dayishe fired a shot at the President.

"I'm not completely satisfied withsome statements she made as to who as-sisted her in forming her intentions tocommit this act," said Conti.The judge urged her to give proba-tion officers further information on thepossible involvement of others in the at-tack on Ford. Such a disclosure, he said,"could assist in possible mitigation ofsentence."Sentencing Jan. 15

Co n t i said he would sentence MissMoore on Jan. 15. He has the option ofsending her to jail for any term up tolife.He r attorney, Public Defender JamesHewitt, urged the judge to order a juryPlease Turn to Page 3.

Kissinger Held ReportsOf Soviet Violations

WASHINGTON (AP) Henry Kis-singer temporarily withheld at least f iveU.S. intelligence reports outlining possi-ble Soviet arms violations f r o m con-gress and key U.S. officials, documentsshow.The documents show that off icialskept in the dark on a 1973 report of newSoviet missile silos included then-Secre-tary of State William Rogers and topU.S. arms agreement negotiators. Thedocuments indicate Kissinger held upthe information in some cases so hecould check directly with the Sovietsfirst.The documents were released by thehouse intelligence committee before apublic hearing Wednesday.The documents include a 1973 mem-orandum by Edward Proctor, a CIAdeputy director called before the housecommittee Wednesday. The memourged that assurances be secured thatthen-President Nixon knew intellige ncewas being withheld from key officials.

Violation CensoredKissinger, now secretary of state,wa s then Nixon's national security af -fairs adviser.The nature of the suspected 1973 vio-lation of the 1972 U.S.-Soviet StrategicArms Limitation Talks (SALT) accord iscensored out of Proctor's memo.But Kissinger said at a news confer-ence last week that new Soviet missilesilos were reported to him in June,1973, as a possible SALT violation.

Kissinger said he asked the Sovietsabout i t in a top secret note on June 26 ,1973. He said the Soviets replied the si-lo s were for command centers, not mis-siles, and the CIA shared that view sothe issue was dropped.Bu t two memos written by Proctoron July 13, 1973, say some U.S. intel l i -gence chiefs were unaware of the Sovietreply and were so concerned th ey con-sidered going over Kissinger's head toNix on."Questions Will Arise"

Proctor's memo said the new Sovietmissile silos were bound to becomeknown and "questions will arise ao towhy others with specific responsibilitiesand concerns regarding Soviet compli-ance with strategic arms control agree-ments were not brought in."He said that on July 13, 1973, the re-port had already been withheld 24 daysf rom congress, Rogers an d others, in -c luding U. Alexis Johnson, head of theU . S . SALT negotiators in Geneva.An unsigned cover note sent by Fordadministration officials to the housecommittee with the documents says thesystem of withholding extremely sensi-tive information f rom al l but three orfour top security off icials "is not new,"going back at least to the 1962 Cubanmissile crisis.It said such "holds" usually sent theinformation only to Kissinger, the secre-tary of defense and the director of thedefense intelligence agency.

wake of a state-ordered increase inproperty valuation."City on Move"Fletcher said the a f f i r mat i ve voteproved "Cedar Rapids is a city that'sreally on the move" and predicted thec ommu ni ty center wil l spur extensivedevelopment not directly related to thene w facility.Mayor Don Canney said the resultshowed city residents are still progres-sive."Needless to say, I'm elated," themayor said. "It's going to be a tremen-dous step forward fo r this community."I think it was a vote of confidence inthe people of this city."

Support for the referendum appearedto be uniform in nearly all areas of thecity.Of the 36 precincts, 28 gave the pro-posal more than 60 percent approval

an d four others favored it, but not bythe required 60 percent.Most FavorableTh e biggest favorable vote whi chwas also the largest overall vote w a srecorded in precinct f ou r , whi ch vo t edat Erskine school. The issue received777 favorable votes and 153 negativeones there, for 83 percent.

Precinct 13, Washington high school,also gave 83 percent approval wi th acount of 719 to 132.Th e most pronounced o p p o s i t i o n wasin precinct 27, El l is YMCA, where o n l y40 percent favored the r e f e r end um wi th142 votes for and 216 against. Th e f i g -ure was 41 percent in precinct 23, Riv-erside roundhouse, on a vote of 118 to1 6 6 .Other precincts opposing the centerwere precinct 21 , Lincoln school, wi th182 in favor and 186 opposed, and pre-

cinct 22, Hayes school, wi th 240 in favoran d 265 against.Precinct one, Grant Wood education-al agency build ing, favored the proposal131-120 but fell short of the 60 percentmargin.Th e same wa s true In precinct six,Tyler school, 156-152; precinct 15, W i l-so n school, 159-154; and precinct 28, ci-ty hall, 114-81.Absentee ballots favored the bond is-s u e , 97-25.

Renewal LandTh e community center will be b u i l ton ur b an renewal land f r o n t i ng First av -enue between Third and Fourth streetsNE . It will have an aud i t o r i um wi thseating fo r 8,000, banquet faci li t ies fo r2,000 an d numerous meeting rooms.An 800-car p ar k i ng ramp will be lo -cated direct ly east of the center, and a

Gmctte Pltoto bv Poul J en senNew Airport Fire TrucksProficiency in the use and operation of the two new Cedar Rapids fire-rescue vehicles is a part ot

the job for new men assigned to airport fire-rescue operations. Over the next ten days the men willbe training to meet "airport certification" requirements. The fire station also was expanded to ac-commodate the new equipment. The total project cost was $533,300, of which the airport user taxpaid 82 percent for equipment. Seventy-five percent of the fire station funds came from the FederalAid to Airports fund. The airport commission will pay the sponsor's share of $111,030. KarlSchade, 4529 Regal avenue NE, the airport's safety officer (left), and Lt. Joe Hostak, 1540 Ninthavenue SW, are shown wearing the new aluminized grassfire suits, which were obtained as part ofthe new equipment.

S i r i c a B l o c k s P o s t a l R a t e I n c r e a s e sW AS H I N GT ON (AP) The cost ofmai l i ng a letter will remain at 10 centsindef ini tely under a court r u l i ng thatcould mark the end of Saturday m a i l de -l ivery .U . S . District Judge John Sirica on

Tuesday blocked postal rate increasesscheduled fo r Dec. 28, including a risein the first-c lass letter rate f rom 10 to13 cents. Postal of f ic ials say they wi l lappeal.Th e decision is the latest in a seriesof blows to the financially troubled post-al service. The service, which had ex-pected to lose $1.4 bil l ion this f iscalyear even with the higher rates, says itwill have a $2.6-bil l ion deficit withoutthem.Postmaster General B en j ami n B ai l a rhas said the postal service might not beable to af ford continuation of Saturdaydelivery even with an increase in postalrates. He indicated further f i scal p r o b -lems could lead to an early ha l t in Sat-urday service.Second Money Blow

After Bailar made that statement, liereceived a bill fo r workmen's compensa-t i on payments $161 m i l l i on higher thanexpected. That was before Sirica's deci-sion.Tlie court decision will cost th e post-al service nearly $7 mi l l i o n every daythe higher rates are delayed, a spokes-ma n said.

If Sirica's ruling i s up he l d o n appeal,th e postal service must once again f i l efo r ne w rates with th e postal rate com-mission. The new rates could be put i n t oeffect no sooner than 90 days a f t e r thefiling. 'Th e postal service spokesman said adelay of 90 days would cost about $600mil l ion an d accelerate th e def ic i t rate,whi ch already is at a record level.In hal t ing th e postal service'splanned Dec. 28 increase, Sirica ruledthat required steps p r i o r to a rate hikewere no t taken.Other Hikes Blocked

A 1970 law orders the postal serviceto get approval of i ts board < > f governorsfo r any new rates b ef o r e f i l i n g for theincrease with the postal rate commis-

sion. Th e postal service o n l y discussedth e general o ut l i ne o f new rates wi ththe governors, Sirica said."The board must have before i t forit s consideration at the time it approvesth e request, the specific rate and fees tobe requested, together wi th s up p o r t i ngdata an d documentation," Sirica said.In addit ion to inval idating the higherpostal rates, Sirica also struck down th epostal service's plan to raise fees on Jan.3 on a numb er of other services, i n c lu d -in g registered, insured, COD a nd ce r t i -fied mail, special delivery an d moneyorders.Sirica said the postal service f a i l ed to

f i l e wit l i th e rate commission fo rchanges In the fees.Tile judge ruled in a sui t b r o u g h t byth e Association of Third Class M a i lUsers and the N a t i on a l Easter Seal So -ciety.In another courtroom, U.S. DistrictJ u dge George Hart refused to grant ap r e l i mi nar y i n ju n c t i on to b lock thesame postal rate increase. Since the twojudges are on the same level , however,Sirica 's order p r even t i ng th e increase isth e ef fect ive one.Hart ruled in a case b r o ug ht b y I Istatus that claimed th e increases woulddiscr iminate against f i r s t - c la ss users.

Senate Locks Doors fo rAngola Aid Halt TalksWASHINGTON (AP) T he s e n a t ewent into secret session Wednesday toconsider hal t ing the use of U.S. f u n d s tosupport anti-Soviet f a c t i on s f ig h t in g inAngola.Gal ler ies were cleared and the senatelocked its doors for the secret sessionbefore a planned vote on an amendmentto a $112.3-bi l l ion defense appropr ia-t ion bi ll .Th e amendment wo ul d p r o hi b i t us eof any funds in Ang o l a except fo r i n t e l -l igence gather ing .Th e defense bill n o r m a l l y i nc l ud esfunds in undisclosed am o un t s f o r t heC I A , which reportedly ha s c o m m i t t e d$50 mil l ion for mil i tary e q u i p m e n t toassist tw o Angolan f ac t i o ns opposingforces supported by the Soviet U n i o nand Cuba.A White House spokesman declinedc omme nt Tuesday on reports of U.S. in -vo l vemen t , but he said President F o r t iis seriously concerned by "actions takenby the Soviet Uni o n and Cuba in p rov i d -in g large quantities of m i l i t a ry aid andme n to Angola."Meanwhile, th e senate foreign rela-t i ons subcommittee on m i l i t a ry assis t-ance approved 7 to 0 on Tuesday a reso-

l u t i o n to cut o ff secret U.S. ai d to an yindividual or group in Angola.But the r es o l u t i o n , i n i t i a l l y spon-sored by Sen. Dick C la rk ( D - I owa ) ,wou ld p er mi t th e President t o us e a v a i l -able funds t o o p en l y assist m i l i t a r y fac-t ions in Angola unless e i the r t he houseor senate disapproves w it h in 30 days.Th e resolution would be b i n d i n g ifpassed by both th e house an d senatean d if signed by the President. It w i l l beconsidered Thursday by th e f u l l senateforeign r e l a t i o ns co mmi t t ee .The su bc ommi t te e r es o l u t i o n sup-por t s e f f o r t s b y the Or g an i z a t i o n o f Af -rican Uni ty to settle th e c on f l i c t in An -gola and cal ls on al l countries t o t e r mi -na t e m i l i t a ry assis tf ince t o any group inAngola .'Hie resolution wa s adopted a f t e r at h r ee - ho ur brief ing o f t he subcommitteeby officia ls of the state department un dth e C I A .C h a i r m a n Hubert H u m p h r e y (0-M i n n . ) said th e resolution wo ul d b e ci t -ed as tho subcommittee's recommenda -t ion in the senate debate o n the defensea pprop r ia t i on bil l . H u m p h r e y said th eresolution reflects th e panel's f ee l i ng( h a t any U S. invo lveme nt in Ang o l ashould be made public .

private ly-developed hotel will be b ui l ton top of it.Th e hotel will be buil t an d operatedby a group headed by local businessma n Peter F. Bezanson, wh o f i rs t sug-gested tho project more than two yearsa g o .Taxes on the hotel and the lease ofair r ights to it are expected to pay near-ly a third of the cost of the communitycenter . The rest will come f r o m a meth-od called tax increment f i n a n c i n g , bywhich the value of property in an urbanrenewal area is "frozen" at the level ithad reached prior to the start of the ur -ban renewal program, and taxes on theincrease in value since that time go topay off the bonds.Construction should start nextspring, af ter th e bonds have been soldan d bids received. The work is expectedto take 18 months.

H o u s e , S e n a t eP a s s T a x C u tE x t e n s i o n Bi l l

W AS H I N GT ON (AP) T h e senatec omple te d congressional actionWednesday on a bi ll , opposed by Presi-dent Ford, that would extend this year'stax cuts fo r another six months.A voice vote In the senate sent themeasure t o the Whi te House a fewhours a f t e r th e congressional compro-mise bill ha d been accepted In the houseby voice vote.Th e f ina l congressional approvalcame a f t e r House Speaker Ca rl Albertsaid chances are "pretty good" congresswill override th e President, w ho ha ssaid he will veto th e measure.Albert said he had no advance votecount, but told reporters: "I sense . . .s i t t ing up there in the chair . . . thatquite a few Republicans would like to bere-elected next year."Shor t l y a f t e r Albert's comments, th ehouse briefly debated th e bil l , whichIncks n tie to n federal spe nd ing c e i l i n gt ha t Ford Insists upon.Just before f inal debate began, (liehouse, by 232 to 178, denied R e p u b l i c a nleaders an opportunity t o a t t ach t hospe nd ing cel l ing to the s i x - mo n th mea-sure , p r evi o us l y approved by a son o t u -house conference committee.A qui ck veto co u l d return th e b i l l tocongress in time f o r an override a t t e m p tbefore the year-end recess, expected tobegin later t h i s week.Bu t In what amounted to test voteon whether the anticipated veto can bes us t a i ned , th e house refused Tu e sda yn i gh t to r us h th e bil l through to the sen-at e u n d p r a |pgl ln t ivn utio r tr 'U t prop"-du re .Th e bil l ' s backers fel l 22 votes shortof g e t t i ng a two - th i r d s maj o r i t y r e -qu i r ed fo r passage u n d e r th i s (iuick-ac-t ion proc e du re , thus casting dou b ts onth e possibil i ty of mustering a s i mi l a r

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Oil Nations SayPrice Rises NotCause of Plight

P A R I S (AP) I ra n W e d n e s d a yforceful ly rejected an assertion by Sec-re tary of State H enr y K i s s i ng er that th eoi l producing countries were mo s t l y r e -sponsible for the f i n a n c ia l bind of thepoor nations .I ran ian I n t e r i o r M i n i s t e r Jams hi dAmouzegar to ld th e c o n f e r e n c e on i n t e r -nat ional economic c oope ra t i on t ha t , onthe contrary, i t was the i n d u s t r i a l i ze dW es t wh i c h was r es p o ns i b l e .Amuu/ ug ar led of f the e x p e c t e d s t i f fresponse by the oi l producers to K i ss i n -ger's state ment Tuesday o n the f i r s t da yof the conference. The two statementsunder l ined that , despite expressions ofconci liat ion , the two sides had no tbudged in the year o f p r e p a r a t o r y workleading up to the l a n d m a r k c o n f e r e n c e .Kissinger ha d said "the e n e r g y crisis. . . has deal t a serious blow to g lobals tabi l i ty and prosperity"and tha t t he o i l

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