Dollars for Defense; IN THE NATION
Date: 28 September 1973
By Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker
T Wicker comment on legal defense funds; notes creation of fund for Vice Pres Agnew and says Agnew can probably get adequate financial help from pol and personal sympathizers; notes prosecution is financed by taxpayers
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Kissinger Denies Any Role In C.I.A. Study of Ellsberg; Kissinger Denies He Had a Role In C.I.A. Assessment of Ellsberg
Date: 27 September 1973
Sec of State Kissinger says on Sept 26 that he had nothing to do with '71 request for psychiatric profile on D Ellsberg by CIA, news conf; statement comes in response to affidavit submitted by CIA staff psychiatirst Dr B M Malloy to Sen Watergate com which quoted former White House official D R Young Jr as having told him (Malloy) that request for profile came from Kissinger and J D Ehrlichman, former White House adviser; says that in June '71, Young transferred from Natl Security Council staff, which Kissinger headed, to Domestic Council staff, headed by Ehrlichman; says that at that time he was told that Young would be working on 3-mo project concerned with changing declassification procedures of Govt; says he had no contact with Young after Young left his staff
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Mr. Lippmann
Date: 28 September 1973
Various quotes from journalist W Lippmann, who recently celebrated 84th brithday, on state of US pol and presidents; illus of Lippmann
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Guild Ends 13-Day Strike At Providence Journal Co.
Date: 27 September 1973
Providence Journal Co on Sept 26 resumes publication of its 2 nespapers, Providence Bulletin and Providence Journal, after Newspaper Guild local 41 votes overwhelmingly to end its 13-day strike
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U. S. JURY OPENS INQUIRY ON AGNEW; 4 GIVE TESTIMONY; His Attorneys Fail to Make Expected Move to Halt the Investigation WITNESS INVOKES FIFTH Session in Baltimore Lasts Seven Hours-Kickbacks to Politicians at Issue Negotiations Collapsed Court Plea Expected U.S. Jury Opens Agnew Case Inquiry Reluctant Move Not Close to Agnew
Date: 28 September 1973
BY AGIS SALPUKASSpecial to The New York Times
Fed grand jury investigating pol corruption in Md begins on Sept 27 to hear evidence against Vice Pres Agnew; officials say Agnew's attys made no moves to block appearance of witnesses, as attys had suggested they might; Agnew's attys had been expected to seek to derail grand jury inquiry of Agnew by asking US Dist Ct for declaratory judgment that Const bars criminal proceedings in ct against a sitting Vice Pres, and that any investigation of charges against him must be conducted by Cong, which has power to impeach him; Const basis of Agnew's case noted; W J Muth, pol supporter and fund-raiser for Agnew since '66, says he 'reluctantly' refused to testify on ground of possible self-incrimination; another grand jury witness is reptd to have have been E P Twardewig, chief agent in Baltimore of IRS; names of other witnesses are not known; Muth, in news conf, denounces grand jury proceedings; says he plans to take down Amer flag flying from his home; Muth's atty P M Sutley says he advised Muth to take 5th Amendment because US Atty's office refused to disclose what Muth would be questioned about; Muth says he would have answered questions before grand jury if he had been told what area questions would cover, int; sources close to investigation say men cooperating with US Atty's office have told investigators that I H Hammerman 2d and J W Jones, friends of Agnew, had served as 'collectors' of money from consulting engineer firms and other sources for Vice Pres; Muth describes several instances when he was called on by Hammerman or Jones to help raise funds for Agnew, int; recently admitted that it is common for engineering cos to make heavy contributions to campaigns in order to attract business from state; illus of CBS News cameraman H Alston being detained by US marshals after being observed filming US Courthouse in Baltimore where grand jury is hearing testimony on allegations against Agnew; illus of Muth
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Chile's Military Imposing Strict Standards on Nation; Moderates Dismayed The Values They Honor Censorship Imposed Politicians Silent
Date: 28 September 1973
By JONATHAN KANDELLSpecial to The-New York Times
Mil junta that recently overthrew Chile's Marxist coalition Govt has removed leftist literature, which it holds highly suspect, from shelves of bookshops and libraries in wave of xenophobia that links leftist extremism with 'foreign subversives'
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BUCHANAN SOUGHT TO BLOCK MUSKIE; He Tells Watergate Panel of '72 Strategy to 'Elevate' McGovern in Primaries Buchanan Sought to Block Muskie in '72 Quarrels on Committee
Date: 27 September 1973
By JAMES M. NAUGHTONSpecial to The New York Times
P J Buchanan, special consultant to Pres Nixon, says on Sept 26 in testimony before Sen Watergate com, that nothing he proposed in series of memos to Pres and Nixon re-election campaign officials called for 'illicit, unethical, improper or unprecedented' activities; concedes that some of Pres's supporters may have committed 'errors, mistakes, misjudgments and wrongdoing' last yr; asserts '72 election was not 'stolen'; com explores Mar 3 '70 memo from Buchanan to Pres in reply to request for suggestions to 'combat the institutionalized power of the Left concentrated' in Dem party; Buchanan recommended in memo creation of conservative 'MacArthur foundation,' to be funded by financial supporters of Pres and receive Fed contracts for studies that Buchanan complained were now being undertaken by 'giant' Ford Foundation and other insts with liberal viewpoint; Sen Ervin questions Buchanan in skeptical tone about proposal to divert 'discretionary' funds from unfavored to favored foundations; list of com members, com counsel and persons named in testiomy; illus of Buchanan
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News Summary and Index; The Major Events of the Day International National Metropolitan The Other News Quotation of the Day Amusements and the Arts CORRECTIONS
Date: 27 September 1973
Vice Pres Agnew's lr to HR Speaker Albert on Sept 25 cited action taken by Vice Pres J C Calhoun in 1826 in response to charge made while Calhoun was War Sec; NY Times misquoted lr as using title State Sec for Calhoun
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Pompidou Gives Lively News Session; I Will Remain'
Date: 28 September 1973
By FLORA LEWISSpecial to The New York Times
Pres Pompidou, in Sept 27 Paris news conf, says Nixon will be welcomed in Eur but repeats his resistance to a summit conf
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