Show y v - i r Jack Anderson Solon loses Reagan named financial expert He was the only member of the Senate to be trapped in the FBI’s “sting” operation and he insists he got a raw deal He now faces expulsion from the Senate because of his ABSCAM conviction his hearing before the Senate Ethics Committee begins soon “They’ve put me in an impossible situation” he said in an exclusive interview referring to the committee Williams had wanted more time to prepare for the hearing He had also wanted former Sen Robert Morgan as his attorney before the committee But Williams lost on both counts My associate Indy Badhwar happened to be interviewing Williams in his office when the ethics committee blow fell Also present was Eugene Boyce Morgan’s law partner who was going to represent Williams at the committee hearing Morgan himself had been ruled out by the ethics committee because he had been a member of it until he left the Senate this year A secretary came in and handed Williams a sealed envelope The senator’s hands trembled as he opened it He stared at the letter and his face dropped His eyes moved across the page again and again SHOP TODAY PM 12-- 5 American-mad- e ing convertibles — a nostalgic part of the freewheeling lifestyle of the 1950s and 1960s — and a van conversion business in the Mississippi River town of 4700 is cashing in on the comeback arguments from the senator’s attorney charg- be- neficiaries are eligible for federal money e And Joe Welsch inspector Transof for the Department portation said he is investigating contract change orders to ensure that any modifications made in government contracts are necessary HUEV0S RANCHER0S 1 1 am to Phono for roaorvatlona general-designat- EGGS BENEDICT EGGS FLORENTINE 2 399-48- 8 pm J v continues LAST DAY COUPON SALE! Barrows Enter- prises Inc cuts off the hardtops of new automobiles installs folding canvas covers and sends the finished pro- I duct — known as a “rag top” — to car nadealers across the tion The small eastern Iowa business sitting on a gravel road between a cornfield and a trailer court plans to expand to meet the nation’s needs “People need cars like this to express 22-ye- ar pro- their personality” said RC Schroeder vice president “De- troit Germany and g Japan just aren’t to it them ADAGIO giv-in- d standards” What Williams wanted to do was make the ethics committee hearing “the most profound examination” of ABSCAM he said The senator maintains that the jury at his trial was not given all the evidence and he had hoped the committee hearing would bring it all out For instance the prosecution had charged that Williams had contacted the New Jersey Casino Control Commission on behalf of the Ritz Casino Hotel in Atlantic City — even though a Justice Department document shows that investigators had concluded there was no evidence that Williams had acted improperly Yet the prosecution repeatedly brought up the matter before the jury “They planted the seed The idea is that since we spent so much time on it there must be something to it” Williams said “We still have got no documents about the geographical and individual selection of ABSCAM targets” Williams said (United Feature Syndicate) Remember when Camanche Iowa is” Federal regulations questions of safety and the high cost of mass producing convertibles ended the open-ai- r era of 1976 in motoring But Barrows officials said demand for customized convertibles now is booming making them the hottest things on wheels in the 1980s More car buyers apparently are willing to pay the ext- ra it $5000-$1500- 0 costs to drive a car without a top “Actually it’s not a new demand It’s a de-ma- Uintah had purchased five acres of property for a town park for $3000 from John Pope’ John Pringle board president said the town would install a sprinkling system and plant grass as soon as money was available Mrs Robert Wallace and Mrs Helen Miller of Ogden Chapter National PBX Operators were making plans to attend the national convention in Toronto Canada Upwards of 10000 youngsters weekly were taking part in summer recreation programs in Davis County according to Grant Cullimore director This included baseball tennis swimming golf arts and crafts and other events correspon- dent in Brigham City was Mrs Alma Allred Mrs Allred was the past president of the Brigham City Jaycettes president of the Mountain View PTA and was vice chairman of the Box Elder County Democratic Party 50 YEARS AGO July 12 1931 Dr Thair Rich a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania joined his father Dr Edward I Rich and his brother Dr Junior Edward in partnership at their office in the Eccles Building John H Zundel Box Elder County was reelected president of the Utah Peace Officers’ Association at the annual convention in the Elks’ hall Five sharpshooting Ogden policemen shot 463 out of a possible 500 points to win possession of the Boyd Park cup from the Salt Lake policemen at the Utah Peace Officers’ Association shoot The five were EL Shaw Harold Stone ML Christensen Rink Smurthwaite Rich and CK Keeter Moroni Skeen veteran Ogden pitcher won nd NORITAKE FINE CHINA SAVINGS! 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Barrows 20 YEARS AGO July 12 1961 tour- Featuring: OUR FAMOUS OMELETTES Iowa losing their tops Car owners in growing numbers are seek- ing that the FBI had entrapped Williams and otherwise violated his rights to due process “The committee could at least have waited until the end of my due process hearing” said Williams “One day just one day after my due process hearings begin I get this letter” There was more to come Boyce told Williams he couldn’t defend him before the ethics Committee Like the aging arthritic deputy in “High Noon” the lawyer evidently felt he would be more of a hindrance than a help to his client “I can’t do it” he told Williams “I did want to help you But if I said I could represent you it would be wrong on my part It would be unethical I could not prepare for it” Williams a lawyer and Senate vete- the state invitational horseshoe pitching nament at the fire station courts system to make sure federal SUNDAY BRUNCH OGDEN CAMANCHE “I can’t get ready for the ethics committee proceeding in three weeks” Williams murmured to no one in particular Just the day before a judge in New York had begun to hear ceeding is quite different from a court trial “It’s an adjudicatory factfinding hearing” he said “It needs a special kind of lawyer” Tat was why he had wanted Morgan to defend him But the committee expressed “serious concerns” over the choice of the former senator because he had been present at executive sessions where the Williams case-habeen discussed Morgan reluctantly dropped out but not without sending the ethics committee a blistering note in which he said Williams “like any other citizen should be allowed counsel of his choice without being subjected to unfounded and groundless irrelevancies in the form of a specter of attack on his lawyer’s ethical Paul Boucher inspector general for the Small Business Administration said he is continuing a program to ensure that businesses receiving contracts aimed at the socially and economically disadvantaged actually qualify for the aid Thomas McBride inspector general for the Agriculture Department said he is working on an income verification (UPI) — Something strange is happening to hundreds of cars in Camanche They are Nobody spoke Then in a low voice choking back his emotion Williams said: “They won’t postpone” The letter was from ethics committee counsel Robert Bennett ran explained that an ethics committee e” Autos lose tops D-N- C I comptroller general Reagan said “This is one of the most important appointments I shall make” He said “I hope you never lose that sense of indignation every citizen feels over waste and fraud in government” Before the Rose Garden ceremony Reagan received an update from his Council on Integrity and Efficiency “You have more than my interest You have my support and enthusiastic backing” Reagan told council Chairman Edward Harper “Go get ‘em” Four inspectors general reported on some of the administration’s “new projects” in eliminating waste and fraudof Chuck Dempsey inspector general the Department of Housing and Urban Development said “millions of dollars” could be saved with a program to Charles Bowsher as the head of the General Accounting Office the investigative arm of Congress and directed his Council on Integrity and Efficiency to take an aggressive stance “The problem of waste and fraud in government is an unrelenting national scandal” the president said “We will continue to move methodically but vigorously in this area” He said “Nothing has disturbed me more than the failure of federal agencies to enact reforms recommended by the GAO” talk about ABSCAM Standard-Examine- r “de-obligat- cleanup drive NJ 5A 15-ye- ar ‘‘national scandal” of government waste and fraud and has unleashed what he hopes will be a massive WASHINGTON — Sen Harrison “Pete” Williams D-who liked to call himself “the voice of the voiceless” because of the dozens of social welfare bills he sponsored sometimes loses his own voice when he tries to 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