J igisll •fc >dis-; • . . IS 4■ W . Says no pressure involved I Butz resigns from Ford's WASHINGTON (UPI) Agriculture personal friend, who loves his country Secretary Earl Butz handed President and all that it represents.’? Ford his resignation yesterday, saying it Campaigning in Denver, Democratic was the price for “gross indiscretion” presidential candidate Jimmy Carter racial slur that was becoming an issue said Ford should have fired Butz “a long in the 1976 presidential campaign. _ time ago” and his failure to do so showed j Butz apologized for his remarks about the President lacked leadership ability. vill| blacks and said in a statement, “By “Instead of making his decision on ■’s cR taking this action, I hope to remove the what was right and best for the coun- I. appearance of racism as an issue in the try,” Ford waited and assessed public Swl Ford campaign.” opinion until pressure from his own •'npil sa *d his decision was entirely campaign aides got too strong,” Carter and there was “no pressure” said. Jar/ rom *h e White House. Presidential press secretary Ron 71 ', F°rd said his decision to accept Butz’ Nessen said Ford had not yet chosen a Si resignation was “one of the saddest” of successor for Butz, a former Purdue V his presidency. He praised Butz’.work fn , University professor who was appointed | agriculture secretary in 1971 by Richard 1 r ™ Nixon. Agriculture Undersecretary John Knebel said Ford asked him to serve as acting secretary. Ford reprimanded Butz Friday for “highly offensive” remarks made in a ~, ~ , „ ... „ . „ conversation with former White House By United Press International Republican Party, counsel John Dean and actor Pat Boone Black S™- Edward Brooke said But Knebel, who becomes acting on a plane from the GOP National Agnculture Secretary Earl Butz’ secretary until a succfessor for Butz is Convention resignation after making a racial slur chosen, said m Mansfield, Ohio: “It’s not Dean reported the remarks in was “B°°d for the country,” but a happy day for American agriculture.” “Rolling Stone” magazine, attributing Undersecretary John A. Knebel called Oregon Gov. Bob Staub, a Democrat, them to an unidentified Cabinet mem- yesterday a sad day for American called Butz “a bigot,” and said his ter agriculture. resignation was entirely appropriate.” D '„, . , ...u.. „ a , Some farm groups said they were “Nobody in a prominent position has a 0 vnn ' SolT y to see Butz 8° —racial slfir or no right to'malign a large part of the people because they liked his farm policies and and get away with it,” he added, did not thiii the Cabinet member was Sen. Robert Byrd, the assistant expressing his-true feelings when in Democratic leader, said Ford should a warm Pt ace to shit. That s August he repeated a comment about the have fired Butz the moment he learned a . sexual and bathroom preferences of of the offensive statement, instead of His language was so coarse that most blacks. trying to ride out a wave of public newspapers and broadcast stations did Brooke, the Massachusetts reaction and acting out of “political not use his exact words in reporting Republican who is the Senate’s only expediency.” the reprimand. black, issued a statement saying, Sen. Jacob Javits, R-N.Y., said he was Teary-eyed after meeting with Ford “Secretary Butz’s resignation is good for i “gratified at the vindication of the yesterday, Butz read to reporters his the country, the President, and the American system.” I gar,? h ty | tagu :obfJ mai th I es I t th led nd{ lac! Guerrillas murder advisor to Spanish king id < tid lan rty rec MADRID, Spain (UPI) Basque guerrillas gunned down a.close advisor to King Juan Carlos in front of his home yesterday in a submachinegun that riddled 15 cars with bullets. Police sources said Juan Maria de Araluce Villar, 59, amember of the powerful Council of the Realm, was hit. by 15 to 20 bullets in the lunchtime attack in the provincial capital of San Sebastian. Three of Araluce’s bodyguards died, his .chauffeur was seriously wounded and fitnesses said 10 passersby were hit by bullets or cut by flying glass. The chauffeur died hours later following a long operation. The attack was the most serious guerrilla action in Spain since - the assassination three years ago of Premier Luis Carrero Blanco. The Basque Homeland and Liberty claimed responsibilty. Following 'a 50-minute emergency meeting of the government, Interior Minister Rodolfo Martin Villa told the nation in a television address that the government will call in army units to back up police in tracking down the killers. Martin Villa said the government will act with “every firmness” to maintain public order. At the same time, he said, the government will press ahead with its plans for democratization. As Martin Villa spoke, Premier Adolfo Suarez met with King Juan Carlos. Earl L. Butz Collegian the daily Premier Adolfo Suarez called an emergency meeting of the government and Spain’s top policeman, security chief Emilio Roman, flew to San Sebastion to take charge of the search for the killers. Araluce’s oldest son, Juan Maria, 24, told reporters, “We were eating when the incident occurred. We heard the shots and went out on the balcony, that faces'on Spain Avenue right where the attack occurred in front of our house.. . “One of my brothers went down immediately to at tend to my father while we took care of my mother •and made sure she did not go out into the street.” Araluce was driving from his office in the local parliament to his hillside home overlooking the Atlantic when a gunman jumped from a car and opened up with a submachinegun. He was on his way home for lunch with his wife and two of his nine children. Three bodyguards riding behind Araluce’s car in a police escort car died in the volley of gunfire. Shortly after the attack, an anonymous telephone call to the San Sebastion newspaper Voz de Espana said ETA claimed responsbility for the death of Araluce and. “his guard dogs.” ETA recently vowed its determination to continue “armed struggle” on behalf of the fiercely independent Basque minority, which has been pressing for aut onomy from Spain’s central government. resignation letter saying, “I sincerely apologize for any offense that may have been caused by the unfortunate choice of language used in a recent conversation and reported publicly.” Besides his letter of resignation and his oral statement at the White House, Butz issued a written statement saying, “This is the price I pay for a gross in discretion in a private conversation. The use of a bad racial commentary in no way reflects my real attitude. ’ ’ Then Ford, his face grim and aides shielding him from reporters’ questions, entered the room and said Butz was wise and courageous enough “to recognize that no single individual... should cast a shadow over the integrity and good will Resignation stirs reactions cabinet of American government by his com ments.” Butz had been reprimanded once before by Ford in 1974 after he repeated a joke about the Pope’s position on birth control, causing an uproar in the Roman Catholic community. Ford told him then to apologize for commenting: “He (the Pope) no playa da game, he no maka da rules.” Ford had valued Butz in the campaign because of the secretary’s influence in traditionally Republican Middle West farm areas, where some falling prices resulting from last year’s temporary foreign grain export embargo weakened the President. Police immediately set up road blocks throughout the region and virtually sealed off the nearby border with France. The assassination came as problems mounted for Spain’s difficult transition from the authoritarian .Franco system to democracy ...... •, ..... The Suarez reform program has come under fire from both the right and left and the killings gave new ammunition to ultra-conservatives who claim that democratization means chaos. The attack followed the pattern of ETA slayings. The separatist group has killed dozens of political enemies since 1968, usually J»y submachinegunning them from a car. . Carrero Blanco, however, was slain by a bomb which ETA guerrillas buried under a Madrid street. Araluce, a Basque region native who was also president of the parliament of Guipuzcoa Province, was considered a political moderate. He was criticized not only by Basque separatists but also by right-wingers who opposed his support for limited Basque autonomy. Police sources said at least one gunman, who was dressed in a brown leather jacket and dark jeans, dashed into the street and fired first on the police escort car, then on Araluce’s vehicle. Carter, Ford ready for WASHINGTON (UPI) President Ford, ready to square off with Jimmy - Carter in tomorrow’s second round of their presidential debates, flew to California yesterday for the start of a six-day campaign swing, his longest of the general election. Before departing, Ford signed the largest tax revision law ever approved by Congress and accepted the resignation of his controversial agriculture secretary, Earl L. Butz. Carter also flew west yesterday with a stopover in Denver to address the Catholic Charities Convention, where many participants.are unhappy with his position against a constitutional amendment to outlaw abortion. But’he got an enthusiastic reception from 1,500 delegates and hit at the Republicans for promising prosperity but leaving behind “empty speeches and broken promises and WIN buttons.” He said, “Our leaders have spent too many years wandering through Washington’s quiet corridors of power or strolling President approves bill for WASHINGTON (UPI) President Ford yesterday signed the largest tax revision bill ever' passed although Congress did not approve his proposed $lO billion in extra tax cuts and included many provisions he found objectionable. “On balance, however, this legislation is sound, positive and long overdue,” said Ford in signing the five-inch-thick bill in an Oval Office ceremony. . The legislation continues current tax cuts, thus leaving the witholding rate un changed, but makes thousands of other tax law changes that will benefit working parents, the elderly, farmers, some cor porations such as railroads and airlines, and many other segments of American society: It will increase taxes on some cor porations and on~ the wealthy who have been using shelters arid tax-free preference income to avoid tax. Ten cents per copy Tuesday, October S, 1976 Vol. 77, No. 52 8 pages University Park, Pennsylvania . Published by Students of The Pennsylvania State University low melon Even though it looks like the landing site for Viking 3, it’s a melon, soaking up some of that Centre County sunlight. Court dears way for deal WASHINGTON (AP)-The Supreme Court yesterday cleared the way for the resumption of executions for murder and agreed to decide whether the death penalty is constitutional for rape. The justices refused to reconsider their decision of last July 2 upholding the death penalty laws of Florida, Georgia and Texas, and ruling that, in general, the death penalty is not a con stitutionally prohibited punishment for murderers. In the same order, they set aside a stay issued July 22 by Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr., which had held up executions while the request for reconsideration was being weighed. In a separate action, the court agreed to hear an appeal by a Georgia rapist in an effort to settle a question which it left undecided in its July 2 opinion: is the along the plush green fairways of privilege.” During an Oval Office ceremony, Ford signed the five-inch-thick tax bill which included many provisions he objected to. “On balance, however, this legislation is sound, positive and long overdue,” Ford said. The measure continues tax cuts now in effect, but makes thousands of other changes that will benefit many segments, including working parents, the elderly, farmers and some cor porations such as railroads and airlines. Ford’s running mate, Robert Dole, de veloped a new line of attack against Car ter yesterday and it was a possible prelude to the Ford-Carter foreign policy debate. Dole told the American Bankers Association convention in Washington Carter “is downright frightening” in discussing nuclear weapons. He said Carter’s foreign policy is one of “weakness, uncertainty and , con fusion,” and that if the Democratic Ford said he would propose a number of new tax changes next year, assuming he is re-elected, including an increase in the personal exemption of $750 to $l,OOO, and “integration” of corporate and per sonal income taxes which could lead to a tax cut of billions for either corporations or their stockholders. He also said he would propose a form of accelerated depreciation for businesses which open new plants or buy new equip ment in high unemployment areajs, and would propose a program of broadened stock ownership for low and middle in come Americans. Ford was particularly critical of Congress’ failure to approve an extra $lO billion in personal income tax reductions, a plan almost totally ignored by lawmakers after Democrats claimed most of this extra benefit would go to up per income persons. death penalty an unconstitutio cruel and unusual punishment for a in which no human life is taken? In New York, a spokesman foi Legal Defense Fund said the fund " bring new legal actions in lower fe< courts in an effort to prevent execu in the Georgia, Florida and Texas c£ There are 79 prisoners on death r< Florida, 48 in Texas and more than Georgia. Florida Deputy Atty. Gen. Jam< Whisenand said it would be at leas months before any executions coul held in that state. Texas Atty. Gen. Hill said it could be as long as two 3 before executions are resumed ther Georgia, the sentencing courts either reset execution dates or sta; sentence, depending on the indivi cases. round 2 candidate “is less than reassurinj discussing how he might use them.” The Kansas senator cited a Ca statement that said he would use nuc weapons' if the nation’s security existence was threatened. “The limi words ‘our nation’ naturally ere: anxiety among our allies around world,” Dole said. Ford and Carter responded to nuc arms policy questions put by. the A Control Association and relea yesterday. On whether the United States woul the first to use nuclear weapons, Ca said: “Unfortunately, we car renounce the first use of nuc weapons in those limited situat: where vital and essential United SD interests may be threatened by milil aggression against our allies.” Ford said: “The nuclear capacit; the United States will be used only w it is seen as absolutely essential to security of the United States and allies. tax revision But he said he was pleased provisions to close tax loopholes and “gratified that the Congress has adoj the program of estate tax relief whii proposed at the beginning of this year The bill “does go a long way tow providing common sense and equit; our tax system,” he said. In its first full year, 1977, the b “loophole closing” amendments crease taxes on certain groups’ by billion. Weather Early morning fog will give way sunny skies and warm temperatui High near 75. Increasing cloudiness 1 tonight with showers developing- Wednesday. The low tonight will b< and the high tomorrow 68.
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