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Show " itii'piamn ? Founded 1850 u hen Utah territory was known as the State of Deseret VOL. 380 NO. 17 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH $3 PAGES - If Nixon ignores If President WASHINGTON (UPI) Nixon fails to respond to the Senate Watergate Committee's subpoena of White House tapes, the committee has three legal options. The White House has until Thursday morning to respond to the subpoenas. If Nixon does not respond, or answers negatively. the committee will hold an executive session, probably Friday, to decide its next legal step. Lawyers for the committee said there were these three legal options: over. The Senate is unlikely to Contempt the President of the United States in contempt but it is an option. Contempt would first have to be voted by the committee, then sent to the floor for a decision by the entire Senate. Nixon announced his decision Monday to turn over the tapes and other presidential documents to the Senate Watergate Committee and special prosecutor Archibald Cox. They responded by serving subpoenas on the President the first such action since the administration of Thomas Jefferson. hold subpoena: If Nixon makes no response, Suit the committee can file suit. They would a seek a declaratory judgment court ruling saying the committee has the constitutional authority to subpoena the Sipes, accompanied by an injunction ordering the White House to turn them 3 options WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1973 TEN CENTS METRO the Congress, probably will end up in the U.S. Supreme Court. The court would have to take the rare step of interrupting its summer recess to handle the case. Based on past instances where it has been called on to deal with momentous tl.e Supreme Court constitutional isu! love swiftly to decide presumably wi' if the White House tapes controversy the issue remains unresolv ed. Most likely the President Motion will file a motion in court to quash the subpoenas on constitutional grounds. He has argued that the doctrine of separation of powers prevent him from turning presidential documents over to a congressional committee. If the President files such a motion, the committee will respond in court with its side of the legal arguments, and the court will rule on the constitutional issue. Some justices have openly objected to being put under pressure for quick action on such major matters, however, and could demand a more deliberate approach since there is no deadline, such as when the Kosenbergs were in the shadow of the electric chair 10 years not ago. Sen. Howard H. Baker. vice chairman of the Senate Watergate Committee, says the matter could reach the high court in three weeks. A committee consultant. George Washington law professor Arthur S. Miller, said the matter See PANEL on Page All Nixons lawyers will respond to the subpoenas at 10 a.m. Thursday in U.S. District Court in Washington. The dispute, which involves the separation of powers of the presidency and Ehrlichman tells Senate probers - t ( ! J i - I ! ' I en by the White House unit known as the was an effort to crack plumbers. what at that moment was the largest raid on secret documents that had ever been made in the history of this government. He said White House assistant Egil Krogh Jr. might well have considered exhis instructions as contemplating traordinary steps to get information about Daniel Ellsberg. who leaked the Pentagon Papers which recounted the secret history of the Vietnam war. Ehrlichman. who previously accused ousted White House counsel John W. got Dean III of many falsehoods, down to specifics today when questioned about the Watergate cover-uby Sen. p Bombing ruled illegal - houses of Congress have voted to cut off funds for the bombing. but under an agreement with President Nixon the halt will be delayed until Aug. 15, after which time congressional approval will be required for further bombing. The suit was brought by Rep. a freshman Holtzman. Elizabeth Democrat, and the three Air Force men based in Guam. It sought to have the combat operations declared unconstitutional on the grounds that the President has usurped Congress power to declare war. Burt Neubnrne. assistant legal director of the American Civil liberties Union, which represented the plaintiffs, argued that, the executive branch lacks the power to wage war in the absence of unmistakably clear congressional authorization.'' A federal NEW YORK (AP) judge today ruled that the U.S. bombing of Cambodia is unconstitutional and granted an Injunction against further military operations there. Both U.S. District Court Judge Orrin Judd ruled in a suit brought by a Brooklyn congresswoman and three Air Force officers that such opera tions were unconstitutional without congressional authorization. He stayed the execution of his order until Friday at 4 p.in. to allow the government to appeal. Judd reserved decision in the suit on July 6. but said he would do his best to decide the issue before it became moot, a reference to an agreement for a cutoff of further American military activity in Indochina. Around the world tota court has rejected a U.S. of fugitive fimfticier Robert L. Vesco. who was indicted in a criminal case involving of President N';xon. The money donated for the ruling leaves Vesco. who fled to the Central American Rica's highest request for the extradition slate while under the indictment, free to live in Costa Rica if lie chooses. Communist gunners shelled Phnom Penh twice today, inflicting casualties and damage despite U.S. air strikes less than five miles south of the city. Reports say four persons were killed and another 37 wounded. Several foreign embassies have ordered mmessenlial personnel to leave the Cambodian capital because of the threatening military situation. The U.S. dollar seemed somewhat stabilized on European markets at the opening today, showing a strengthening trend in London. Frankfurt and Paris. A Frankfurt dealer described trading as normal and said the Ameri can eurr..cy seems to have found a stabilization point against against the German mark. Thailand's prime minister, Thanom Kittikaehom, said today he has asked the U.S. to increase its military aid after the Aug 15 bombing halt in neighboring Cambodia. Thanom told newsmen the situation in Cambodia would become critical when the U.S. halts the bombing there so we have to be prepared. The request next month was made formally to acting Ambassador Edward 'Nixon didn't order theft of Ellsberg file' WASHINGTON (AP) John D. Ehrl-- ; ichman today said President Nixon told an aide to take such steps as w ere nec- essary to stop the Pentagon Papers leak, but didn't expressly authorize a burglary. Ehrlichman also denied that he or Nixon authorized an offer of clemency for one of the Watergate conspirators, E. Howard Hunt, and denied that he sug gested to former acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray III that he destroy politi-- ' cally embarassing documents found in Hunt's White House safe. Ehrlichman. who had been Nixon's top domestic adviser, testified to the Senate Watergate committee that the Pentagon Papers investigation, undertak Today in the News In Washington Edward J. Gurney, Ehrlichman denied Deans testimony that he had passed along an offer of executive clemency from Nixon to Hunt. On the contrary. Ehrlichman said, he and Nixon agreed in July last year, shortly after the Watergate raid, that the subject of clemency should never be discussed with outsiders because any .statements on the subject might be misunderstood. Dean said that in January Ehrlichman told Hunt's friend, former White House aide Charles W. Colson, that Nixon had authorized an offer of clemenIs John Dean telling an cy to Hunt. untruth? Gurney asked. Yes, Ehrlichman replied. Ehrlichman also denied ever telling Dean to deep six a briefcase full of electronic gear found in Hunt's safe, and denied telling Dean to shred papers found there. John D. Ehrlichman said the "plumbers" undertook the Pentagon Papers probe . . . The Shah of Iran and President Nixon both have said there is greater chance for world peace now than at any lime in history, but both stressed it must be a peace guaranteed by strength. The two leaders made their comments at a state dinner Tuesday night at the White House follow ing a day of discussions centered onlhe theme of peace in the oil rich Persian Gulf. Nixon and the Shah (right), both known to he concerned about growing Soviet influence in the Middle East, were continuing their talks today. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield has proposed that the 500,000 U.S. ground forces overseas be cut in half within three years. The time has come to set aside the rhetoric of the Cold War used to justify a status quo of military involvement around the world, Mansfield said in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on arms control. Across the nation Gasoline stations across the nation are staying open a little longer and have relaxed quotas on sales slightly for the third week in a row, according to the American Automobile Association. However, the AAA said there is still a shortage, and Dr. James S. Cross of Sun Oil Co. says that the gasoline shortage eliminated the reserves the oil industry had built up to deal with the heating oil requirements of next w inter. He said it was Dean's idea to give the papers to Gray instead of to the Washington field office of the FBI, where he said secrets sometimes leaked to news media. The papers in Hunts safe were forged State Department cables President John F. Kennedy of complicity in the assassination of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in to 19(13. Hunt had tried unsuccessfully a to a publish magazine reporter get false story based on them. falsely-accusin- The X24Bs maiden flight has been postponed for the second time in 10 days when a malfunction in the control gyros caused the test to be canceled Tuesday. The plane is meant to be the forerunner of a new generation of space planes being developed by NASA and the Air Force to be flow n from the edge of space to conventional-styllandings. The initial flight had been originally scheduled for last Friday, but was postponed to Tuesday because of a problem with the telemetry system. The Skylab 2 crew is undergoing its last full day of training at Cape Kennedy for Saturdays launch on mans longest space trip in history. The countdown clock begins tonight aiming for liftoff at 5:11 a.m. MDT Saturday for the mission aboard Skylab orbiting 270 miles above the earth. Astronauts Alan L. Bean, Dr. Owen K. Garriott and Jack R. Lousma planned to spend most of the day ui a spaceship simulator to rehearse the launch and hours of maneuvers required to gain their rendezvous. e Ehrlichman said he couldn't recall the exact words used in a meeting June 3 when Gray received the papers from Dean in EhrUchmans presence. He said the general message given to Gray was that the papers were sensitive and should not leak to news media. Dean said he told Gray the papers were pothat shouldn't see the litical dynamite See NIXON on Page A-- 6 ... but denied that he or Nixon authorized an offer of clemency for E. Howard Hunt. y 2 Secret Laotian Senators term pay boost patrols 'legal Pentagon says -at Fmburrassed least 37 of them, hope to head off any attempt to give to members of Con- Combined AP, LP1 They rallied today around an amendment by Sen. James B. Allen. freezing the salaries of senators and House - WASHINGTON. (UPI) senators, gress. Secret WASHINGTON patrols in Laos sometimes fought North Vietnamese mistroops, but Pentagon officials contend the sions were legal because their purpose was to gather information. These patrols continued in Laos for 13 months after Congress in December 1999 banned ground combat troops irom Laos and Thailand. The small patrols were made up but at mostly of South Vietnamese soldiers, least two American servicemen accompanied each unit. ruled out very specifically Congress said ground combat by U.S. troops by Laos, it not. It did official. though jone Pentagon had the opportunity, extend the ban to intelliU.S.-le- d gence gathering. another Indochina development, a State Department official has claimed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was told about bombing raids over Cambodia more than three years ago by Secretary of State illiam P. Rogers. account appeared to conflict with charges by Sens. Harold E. Hughes. ' that the rJ and Stuart Symington. secrel in conducted were raids ; This B-- The State Department aNo said ousted Cambodian leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk See SECRET nn Page 4 G. Magnuson. Although recommendations of a pay commission have not been made public, Magnuson indicated that the commission recommended an increase $12,500 Congress $55,000 for members pay raising WASHINGTON (AP) - Legislation to curb campaign costs and contributions was on the Senate's calendar for today. Nearly 40 amendments have been offered, ranging from proposals for public financing of campaigns to authorizing damage suits for political sabotage. The bill up for action would put a ceiling expenditures by candidates for president and for the Senate and the House and also on the amount individuals could contribute to political campaigns. The proposed campaign spending limits are 20 cents for each voling age person fur general elections and 15 cents lor primary elec on I r of of to a year. Allen planned to otter the amendment when the Senate of consideration opened campaign comprehensive form bill. (Story below ) a re- Allen and the 30 of the amendment are seeking Campaign finance control keys Senate discussion "Vi X $42,500. Sen. Warren soaring election In , members at called proposals for a pay increase incredibly and added he could see for an inno justification crease that would amount to more than the total annual salary of most American bread-inners. ill-tim- Stock market today NEW YORK (UPI) A wave of buying that extended throughout much of the list carried stocks sharply higher in active trading Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange. Shortly before the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had shot up 14.76 to 933.4S. Standard & Poors 500 stock index had risen 1.36 to 109.50. Advances ran better than ahead of declines, among 1,805 issues e traded. (Complete New York. American lists on Page The heat's on, could reach WO $ The heat's on, but its coming gradually. Temperatures could creep up to near 100 under sunny skies through Thursday. (See weather map on Page The French nuclePARIS (AP) force in the South Pacific is standing by for the imminent explosion of a one megaton hydrogen bomb, official French sources reported today. The test will be the second in the current scries and the fifth to be exploded by France since iit began nuclear tests in the atmosphere in the South Pacific seven years ago. The sources said local weather conditions will determine the start of the countdown. AU previous French hydrogen bombs have been tes.ed at Fangataufa atoll, about 30 miles from ar test task The cost of President Nixon's campaign last year has been estimated as upwards of $45 million, while his Democratic es- Individuals would be limited to contributing candidate and S5.00O to Senate and House candidates. This amount could be contributed both fnr primnrv and general election campaigns. t The Senate approved legislation which would have permitted President Nixon to recommend salary increases for Congress, members of the Cabinet and federal .judges as early as August. megaton explosion next in French tests For presidential candidates, this would mean they could spend $27.8 million, on the basis of population figures as of July 1, 1972, in their general election campaigns. $15,000 to a presidential undo what the Senate passed July 9. by voice vote w ith only a handful of senators on the floor. to 1 tions. opponent. Sen. George McGovern, spent an timated $25 million. ed Home delivery problems Mu rum a MM 524-284- 0 (Call Monday through Saturday before a 8 p.m.) i $ t |