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Show I DE If T VOL. 379 -- NO. 139 RET NEWS 62 PAGES ixon fine-tun- WASHINGTON (UPI) President Nixon I called in his top economic advisers for an ap-- 4 parent final review today of new economic 1 f I late-morni- d N Administration sources said the President probably would announce selectiv e controls 1 I rather than a freeze. sweeping across j!j But they were likely to go beyond wage-pricstabilization, the sources said. f i ' d e f TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1973 METRO Today in the News economy plans es The President canceled a scheduled meeting with bipartisan congressional leaders, but summoned economic aides to an afternoon session. At the same time, it was announced that Nixon would send to Congress within a week to 10 days his message on efiergv that may outline proposed steps for conserving short supplies of gasoline and electricity. Gerald L. Warren, deputy White House press secretary, said the energy message would call for creation of a new Cabinet-leve- l Department of Energy and Natural Resources, as Interior Secretary Rogers C. B. Morton disclosed Sunday. controls he is devising for disclosure in an nationwide television broadcast expected Wednesday. The White House did not deny reports of plans for the broadcast, but said the controls Nixon and his lieutenants have designed for cooling the boiling economy had not been put into final shape. TEN CENTS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Founded 1S50 when Utah territory was known as the 'State of Deseret The White House also said: Nixon is spendmg "a very small percentage" of his time now on Watergate matters, with most of his working hours devoted to decisions on the economy and the forthcoming visit of Soviet Communist party leader Leonid I. Brezhnev. The President had accepted "with greatest reluctance the resignation of Myles J Ambrose as the government's chief enforcer of narcotics control laws, effective July 6. Sidney Jones had been selected by Nixon Jo succeed Harold C. Passer as assistance commerce secretary for economic affairs ami Julius Shiskin had been named commissioner of labor statistics to succeed Geoffrey H Moore. Both Passer and Moore left their jobs in January "It is our view, as we have stated, that (Howard) Phillips has been serving legally as acting director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, contrary to a federal judge's ruling Monday. t I i Across the nation k i i I superspy satellite was on an orbital outpost today alter a surprise Air Force launching early this morning from Cape Kennedy. The satellite roared off on a huge Titan 3C rocket, the most powerful in the Air Force space A On Capitol Hill, Democratic congressional leaders at their monthly meeting called for an immediate freeze on prices, profits, rents, wages, salaries and interest rates in Older to halt the inflation spiral. inventory, and is expected to give missile launchings in Russia. Fuel shortage ramifications are rampant. The price of crude has been raised in four states. Florida has accused big petroleum firms of creat-ithe scarcity to drive The Democrats adopted a statement say mg nothing short of a return to mandatory controls was needed "to restore the stability which the nations economy urgently needs. split-secon- d i i ft f i notice of I n prices up. expressed iReluctanf Stans denies doubt whether they had enough gasoline to complete their harvest. The Alaska pipeline issue has been the projected as answer. The Libyan government took over a U.S. oil company and called it punitive action. Sen. Carl Curtis urged in a (nght), congressional hearing that a mandatory fuel allocation program be initiated, saying a black market already exists in his state for farmers. Las Vegas publisher Hank Greenspun says he will defy an order to hand over his confidential files on Howard Hughes to the Internal Revenue Service. Greenspun failed Monday in an attempt to get a federal judge to quash the IRS subpoena on grounds it violated constitutional guarantees of freedom of the press. He said he would answer the subpoena, but without the documents. Watergate involvement WASHINGTON (UPI) -FCommerce Secretary Maunce H. Stans, testifying reluctantly, told the Senate Committee today Watergate he was not involved m the bugging scandal or any other illegal act in handling more than $45 million he raised for ormer President Nixons campaign. ' Stans made his denials in an eight-pag- e typewritten statement which he prepared for the afternoon session of the Senate committees hearings. Stans agreed to testify only Committee Chairman Sam J. Ervin, said Stans might be cited for contempt of the Congress if he after both refused to testify and waived his nght to invoke the Fifth Amendment against Stans attorney said his clients nght to a fair trial m New York, where Stans is under indictment for lying to a grand jury, would be hampered if he testified before the Senate committee. Stans said in his prepared statement that his only responsibility was raising money not spending it. He was chairman of the Finance Comthe Presimittee to dent (FCRP). As chairman of the committee, I had no responsibility in connection with the internal Re-ele- handling of funds, banking, recording, accounting and reporting, he said. I did not sign checks. I did not expend cash from the treasurers cash fund. It was my regular practice when "I accepted contributions for the committee to turn them over to the treasurer promptly. I did not have relationships with the banks. I did not make entries in the books or even see the books. And I did not prepare the public reports and did not review them except to scan their summary pages. Hugh W. Sloan Jr., former treasurer of FCRP, had testified earlier that the cash pay-Se- e STANS on Page A-- 6 Firms battle blackouts refueling and the other for overhauling, remained shut, however. ; The Public Service Electric and Gas Co., New Jerseys largest supplier, cut voltage by 5 percent for several hours staetmg at 11:09 a.m. on Monday and said it expected another voltage cut late this morning or early this afternoon. The company said the reduction was virtually undetectable to customers. In Connecticut, where temperatures were in the 90s for the third d; y, sever al minor power cutbacks were reported; some school systems said thpy were closing at noon; and four roads buckled because of the heat. New Yorkers had double trouble. People trying to beat the heat illegally opened a thousand fire hydrants Monday, causing a severe loss of water pressure and hampering .efforts. The trouble Monday stretched to the Midwest. Seven Michigan Power Pool generators out of service forced a 5 percent voltage cut for more than 2 million customers. A spokesman said the situation was back to normal m southeast Michigan today and no problems were anticipated. Associated Press The East Coast sweltered today for a second straight day and power companies struggled to meet the demand for electrjcity to run air conditioners and other cooling devices in addition to regular appliances. As temperatures in New York City approached the record 93 degrees, Consolidated Edison Co., serving the city and Westchester County, reduced voltage in some sections for the second day. Con Ed said at 10:45 a.m. EDT that power had been cut by 5 percent at manually operated, older substations m West hester, Queens and Staten Island. The New York State Power Pool said power involving eight utilities had been cut by 5 percent in 1 percent of the system at 11 a.m. EDT and said the rest of the system would probably be involved by noon. the maximum before the company resorts to selective blackouts. It said two of four plants that were out of service Monday were back in use today. Two other plants, one closed for percent Maurice Stans is sworn in for Watergate testimony. Sirica granted immunity from prosecution for Dean and Magruder on the basis of the testimony either man gives the committee. And he refused to attach conditions requested by special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox. At the same time, Sirica ordered Dean to go before the Watergate grand jury. Lawyers for Dean had moved Monday to quash a summons directing Dean to testify before the grand jury. In effect. Sirica denied their motion. In oral argument on that motion Monday, lawyers for Dean said he would plead the 5th privilege against self- - Jim McCord to file suit against Nixon Convicted Watergate DETROIT (UPI) conspirator James McCord will name President Nixon as a defendant in a $1.5 million lawsuit to be filed this week, claiming Nixon must be held responsible for his campaign operations like any other citizen. In a telephone interview Monday night with UPI, McCord's attorney, Henry Rothblatt, said the suit would bo filed by Friday based on not as Nixons activities as a candidate President. The fact that he was elected president does not immunize him from his ci ll responsibilities as a candidate, said Rothblatt. When Nixon was running for he said I assume all responsibility for the of the President. Committee for Well, it was that committee that got JLim McCord into all this mess, so if what he (Nixon) said is true, then Nixon is responsible for it, said Rothblatt. Cleveland Wafer Department worker Jim Boulton takes cooling break when temperatures sizzled to 89 degrees. AAAAHHHHH! K mcrimmation to all questions from the grand jury if forced to appear. Cox had asked Sirica to require that the Senate committee hear testimony from potential Watergate defendants either in closed session or at least without radio and television coverage. Siricas ruling denying Coxs motion opened the way for resumption of the hearings today within the format under which they have been conducted since they began late in May. The judge said he believed attaching Coxs conditions to the conduct of the Senate hearings would be beyond the scope of his court. He said he would make no comment on the issue of requiring potential defendants to testify in open committee sessions. In his written opinion Sirica said that the Senate committee had met the legal requirements for immunity and that he was compelled to grant unconditionally the immunity orders sought. Bargaining table Vietnam peace negotiators PARIS (UPI) held more than four hours of talks today but did not announce any date for signing of a new agreement that would end the fighting throughout Indochina. France had expected a nevvpact momentarily. and Henry A. Kissinger Washington's Hanois Le Due Tho said only they will meet again Wednesday. In Saigon. South Vietnamese government sources said Kissinger and Tho have worked violations out a plan to end cease-fir- e in South Vietnam and stop the fighting in Laos and Cambodia but that President Nguyen Van t Italian Premier Giullo Andreottl today resigned to coalition government, a make room for a new center-lef- t decision virtually dictated to him at the recent Christian Democratic Congress. Rome sources say it is almost certain the premiership would be offered to Interior Minister Mariano Rumor by President Giovanni Leone. Rumor served as premier in three governments, 1968 through 970. AP Wirephoto A federal judge deWASHINGTON (AP) nied today a motion by the special Watergate prosecutor that would have restricted news coverage of the testimony of key witnesses before the Senate Watergate committee. U.S. Dist. Court Judge John J. Sinca issued his ruling in connection with a request from-thcommittee for immunity for ousted White House counsel John W. Dean III and Jeb Stuart McG ruder, former deputy director of President Nixons campaign committee. Amendment is bare Thieu was opposed to certain parts of it. When the meeting broke up after four hours and 15 minutes Kissinger told newsmen: We meet tomorrow at at 12 noon. Arrangements were made to issue credentials to newsmen for a signing ceremony at the Kleber Avenue conference center, where the Jan. 27 peace pact was signed. The Saigon reports said Thieu sent President Nixon a letter Monday night outlining his commuobjections to the draft Kissinger-Thnique which basically wus a restatement of the Jan. 27 Paris agreement but set definite times and places for its accomplishment. o The major points of the reported new agreement which would go into effect 24 hours after it is signed included: The United States would resume mine sweeping operations in North Vietnam and resume postwar economic aid talks with Hanoi. The United States would end reconnaissance flights over North Vietnam. i I? t H The U.S. dollar edged downward in some European exchanges today and held steady in others. Trading was moderate in expectation of further moves to curb inflation in the U.S. The price of gold weakened slightly in London and Zurich, the two major markets, hitting $117 an ounce in Zurich, $116.20 in London. i In Washington An Agriculture Department report said today the U.S. has enough forest and range grazing land to support steadily expanding meat production through at least thg year 2000. The Forest Service report, however, recommended more intensive management of grazing lands and said some lands are being overused. A federal judge has struck another blow at the Nixon admimstration plans to shut down the Office of Economic Opportunity by ruling Monday that OEO acting Director Howard J. Phillips (right), the man chosen to dismantle the agency, is serving illegally. OEO officials declined to comment on the ruling until they had an opportunity to read the decision. Meanwhile, time and money continue to run out for the controversial i i FBI agents were ordered in 1970 to set up a network of campus informants to spy on suspected extremist groups including black activists, according to memos obtained Monday by a news source. One of the memos said increased campus disorders among black students pose a definite threat to the nations stability and security. The news spokesman said: It is known the spying did take place after the orders went out, but just how much is not known. i f Stock market today NEW YORK (UPI) The prospect of tougher controls that may be announced on Wednesday night by President Nixon sent the list sharply higher today on the New York Stock Exchange. Minutes before the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had soared 11.29 to 926.40. (Complete New York American lists on Page .) A few clouds, j- - but still warm Clouds will continue to play around the area through Wednesday, but they arent expected to cool things off anv with the highs staying near 90. (See weather map on Page ) The United States would stop bombing in Laos and Cambodia and the United States and North Vietnam would withdraw their troops from those two countnes. C8 C9 would meet Battlefield commanders each other at disputed areas to avoid future military engagements. All sides would observe the Jan. 27 agreement on accounting for missing soldiers and inspection of grave sites. All civilian prisoners would be exchanged 15 days after the communique goes into effect and the Red Cross would be allowed to visit all prison camps. The National Council for National Reconciliation and Concord would be established within. 45 days after the agreement goes into effect and decide on mternationally-supervi- s e d elections. i Saigon military spokesmen said today that Communist truce violations fell to their lowest level in a week, but reports show 32 persons killed in hostilities across South ' Vietnam in the past 24 hours. C9 C5 Cl-- 4 C6,7 B7 4 DESERET VNEWS Information 524-444- 5 News tips 524-440- 0 Sports scores Ombudsman Home delivery problems (Call Monday through Saturday before 'V 6 j $ - g Con Ed reduced voltage Monday by 8 Around the world Sirica's ruling paves way for 'open' scandal hearing Summer power outages Kansas farmers 524-444- 8 . 364-862- 6 524-284- 0 8pm) A 4 |