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IN ~RUSSELS.• PRESIDENT CARTER PLEDGES TO BOOST A: SHARP INCREASE IN THE DEFENSE BUDGET BRUSSELS (UPI) -- PRESIDENT CARTER PLErGED TODAY TO BOOST DEFENSE SPENDING SHARPLY IN THE BUDGET HE WILL PROPOSE TO CONGRESS LATER THIS MONTH AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AMERICAN TROOPS IN EUROPE. DESPITE CAMPAIGN PROMISES TO THE OPPOSITE. "The defense budget WhlCh I wl11 propose to Congress later thlS month will provlde for real lncreases in U.S. defense spendlng. more than compensatlng for the effects of lnflatlOn." Carter our reinforcement capabl1ity." lng by $5 to $7 billion. The come soon. we wll1 intenslfy told the 15-natlon North At1an Carter said these efforts budget Carter will propose our consultations wlth all of tlC Treaty Organlzat1on here were belng made ''In the name of later this month is his flrst. you." Carter sa1d. "As we move today. the Alliance." and called on The 1977 defense budget proposed beyond a SALT II aqreement we "Even more 1mportant. a maJor other NATO members to match the by President Ford totalled wl11 undertake broad dlScussions part of thlS effort w111 be in U.S. efforts. $112.9 billion. here on all allied security response dlrect1y to our ob A White House spokesman sald At the meeting of NATO issues." jectlves in the long term the 8.000 addltiona1 forces Defense and Foreiqn Ministers Later Carter told reporters. defense program and wl11 lmprove would lnvo1ve "fleshing out" last month. some of the allies "I told our allies the Umted the U.S. m111tary commitment to certain units and brlnging them expressed concern they miqht States has nothing to conceal the NATO A111ance. The number of back to full combat strength. be left badly defended if Wash from them. They are our U.S. soldlers ln Europe wl11 as well as addlng a second wing ington gave away advantages on partners In' every sense of the increase by more than 8.000 of F-111 fighter-bombers ln cruise mlssi1es in return for a word." (from the present 300.000) in England. SALT II Accord. He sald he had been stress the next year and a half. And During his campaiqn. Carter "As SALT II proceeds toward ing "the need to resolve con we wl11 substantially improve promlsed to cut defense spend- an agreement WhlCh we hope will f1ict wlthout vlolence." 10rri;os Worls for Ratification WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Panaman IC.YI~.JALEI~ lan leader Omar Torrijos. in an effort to Wln Senate ratifica tlon of the Panama Canal Trea ties, sa1d he would Jail any rrember of hl s faml1 y or qovern- !.VO~L::!:U~M~E.....;1!:..::5~ ____....:.K~W.:::::AJ~A~L:!:E.!,;IN~A!..!.T~OL:.!:L:...! • ....:M~A~R~S!.!;HA~L:.::L~IS:::.!L:.:..A::..!N:::;DS~.!.....!..F!.:.;RI~D::.;A~YL' ~J~A:.:..:NU::.:.A.:.;.:R~Y....;6::...l.~19;;:.;7~8=---- ____...:.N:.::U.;..;:MB:::..:E:..:.R:......:..4 ment lnvolved 1n 111ega1 drug trafflcklng. P~NOM PENH RADIO SAYS CAMBODIAN: The pledge by the Panamanlan General to Senator Robert Dole. R-Kan .• came amid acce1eratlng efforts by both sides to secure COUNTER-OFFENSIVE LAUNCHED or defeat ratification for the BANGKOK (UPI) -- Cambodlan forces have launched a counter-offensive against invadlng Vletnamese Accords to glve up U.S control troops and routed the Hanoi forces. official Radio Phnom Penh sald today. of the waterway to Panama in The Cambodlans said they destroyed five Vietnamese combat divisions, inc1udlng the Nlnth Divis the year 2000. ion which spearheaded the communist vlctory at Salgon ln 1975. Dole, a critlc of the Canal Radio Phnom Penh said the offensive by Cambodlan troops began yesterday and by today, "We wiped agreements who Just returned out and crushed the enemy." The Cambodians also clalmed they killed two "European natlOna1s ... from a V1St to Panama. sald foreign advisers," presumably Russians. yesterday he asked Torrljos Assesslng the report was difflcu1t. because Hanoi has not speclfica11y talked about the ml11tary about allegations members of activity ln Cambodla, and there hlS famlly are involved in the have been conf11ctlng reports lnternat1ona1 drug trade. Stocl Marlet Closes Out Worst from lnte11igence sources. Facslml1ies of raw inte111gence Earlier today, the Cambodlans documents from the Drug Enforce issued a generally pesslmlstic ment Agency released last fall Weel In More rhan Two Years battlefield report lndlcatlng by Senator Jesse Helms, R-N.C .• NEW YORK (UPI) -- Stocks, closing out their worst week in more that desplte Khmer Rouge reS1S named TorrlJOs' trother. Hugo, than two years. plunged today for the fourth consecutive seSSlon. tance. Vletnam had secured a and others as belng lnvolved in dragglng the Dow Jones Industrlal Averare below the 800 level for 145-mi1e battlefront extend- trafflck1ng operatlons. the first time ln 26 months. (See Financial News Box on Column 4.) ing up to 20 mlles lnslde "You know of course. that lt The dollar's steep s11de on foreign exchanges desplte Federal Cambodla. is wrong to Judge a man by the Reserve Board's intervention yesterday and trendsettlng Cltibank's The Cambodlan clalms of a actlons of hlS re1atlVes," Tor quarter-polnt hlke in its prlme lending rate triggered the sel1- massive defeat of the Vletnamese rlJOS reportedly told Dole last off. -- 29.000 HanOl troops killed week. The Dow Average. an 8.66 loser yesterday. plunged 11.43 points or wounded and 117 tanks de to 793.49, the lowest level stroyed -- appears to be In since it closed at 784.16 on credible. LEBANESE PRESIDENT REJECTS ANY October I, 1975. The closely The radlo report put Cam ~ watched average lost 37.68 bodlan casualties at 470 kl11ed pOlnts for the four-day week. and 1.222 wounded. Radlo Phnom REfUGEE CLAUSE Of A SETTLEMENT the worst setback since it fell Penh said that on four maJor BEIRUT (UPI) -- The President of war-torn Lebanon vowed today 41.87 points the week ended fronts. Vletnamese forces were to reJect any Mlddle East peace settlement that provldes for the December 5, 1975. "srrashed or routed." contlnued presence of Pa1estinlan refugees on Lebanese sOll. Analysts said selling ac- ~ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Regard1 ess of what may be, Lebanon wlll not accept any form ce1erated as the Dow fell under * SURF & SUN * of settlement WhlCh could provide for the retentlon of the Pa1es the psycho10g1ca1 796 level, * * tlnlans on ltS territory." President Ellas Sarkis said ln a tough which means the Dow has lost * AS OF 0001.HOURS 6 JAN. '78 * ly worded statement to the Beirut dlplomatlc corps. more than ha 1f of the recovery * RAI NFALL . 3.20 inches * He said Lebanon. recovering from a 19-month c;vl1 war that left 1t made from 1ts 1974 low of * MONTHLY TOTAL· 3. gO 1nches * its economy in rUlns. could not afford the continued presence of 577.60 to its 1976 high of * YEARLY TOTAL' 3.90 lnches * the some 350.000 Pa1estlnlans 1,014.79. * SATURDAY * in Lebanon. Brokers sald the sllde thlS * Hl Tlde' 0331 4.6' 1549 6.0' ')( Nitro Explosion Sarkls repeated past Lebanese week could portend a grlm year. * Lo Tlde 09250.5' 2216 0.1' * support for "guaranteeing the as did the 21.52 drop in the * SUNRISE: 0707 SUNSET 1846 * RADFORD. VIRGINIA (UPI) -- An 1egitlmate rights of the Pales fl rst week of 1977. Many * SUNDAY * exploslon rlpped through the tlnlanS on the1r own land." analysts have predlcted the Dow * Hl Tide' 0415 4.9' 1631 6.2' * Radford Army Ammunition Plant echolng Arab demands for a would fall to the 750 area * Lo Tlde 1010 0.3' 2257 0.0' * today. kll1ing one person and Pa1estinlan state. He sald early thi s year because of un- * SUNRISE' 0707 SUNSET' 1846 * lnJurlng six others. contlnued settlement of the certa i nt i es surroundl ng the * MONDAY * Authorltles sald another Pa1estlnlans in Lebanon would Carter Adminlstratlon and the * Hl Tlde' 0457 5.0 r 1710 6.3' * worker was misslng. damage both Lebanese and Pales economy. * Lo Tide' 1050 0.2' 2336 0.1' * Emergercy crews searched for tlnlan lnterests. Declines routed advances * SUNRISE 0707 SUNSET' 1846 * the mlsslng worker in the wreck Israell Prime Mlnlster Mena 1.303 to 235. among the 1.873 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * age of three bUlldings used for chem Begln has proposed se1f lssues crossing the composlte * FINANCIAL NEWS * nltroglycerln storage and pro rule for Palestlnians of the tape by clos1ng time. * * cesslng and spent acid storage Israell-occupied Jordan West Citibank sparked early sell- * DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGES * at the arsenal, which produces Bank but sald only a limited lng today by boosting its * 30 Indus. off 11.43 @ 793.49 * propellants for art111ery am number of Palestlnians ln prlme lending rate to eight * 20 Trans. off 3.80 @ 210.17 * munltlon. Lebanon would be allowed to eml percent. Th1S was the first * 15 Utlls. off 1.28 @ 109.24 * One of the SlX lnJured per grate to such an entity. lncrease 1n three months and * 65 Stocks off 4.10 @ 276.61 * sons was reported in serlOUS Palestlnlan leaders have re put the prime at 1tS highest * Volume 26.150.000 Shares * conditlon at Radford Hospltal. Jected the Begln plan, WhlCh level Slnce October. 1975. * Closinq Gold Pr1ce' $170.15 * A spokesman sald the exp1o calls for contlnued mllltary Bank of New York. Marine Mid- * Closing Sllver Prlce $4.90 * S10n lnvolved about 5,000 pounds presence on the West Bank of land and Fide11ty Bank of * LISTINGS AVAILABLE IN LIBRARY * of nltroglycenn. ' the Jordan River. Ph1lade1phia followed Citibank: * * * * * * * * * * *-* * * * * * •~ PAGE 2 FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1978 S,udy Influences Car'er 8rillig 'S,ill In Cus,ody WASHINGTON (UPI) -- A study WhlCh has WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The VIetnamese WORLD NEWS BRIEfS apparently lnfluenced President Carter's government Informed the UnIted States today WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Former Attorney mllltary strategy says neither the Unlted that the captIve AmerIcan yacht Br~ll~g General John MItchell left Georgetown States nor the SovIet Unlon would Wln a and lts three crewmen had not left Vietnam UniverSIty Hospital yesterday after four nuclear war and that America would have because of bad weather, the State Depart days of tests and examInatIons to deter trouble wlnnlng a conventlonal war ln ment saId.