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Show The Salt Lake Tribune. Saturday. 3 OrtoVr 1. 197? Probe to Dig Into Campaign Gifts 0 By Frank Van Riper New York News Wnter - P WASHINGTON Special Watergate Prosecutor Archibald Cox will go to court later this month in an attempt to force recalcitrant corporate officials to divulge allegedly illegal contributions to Presicamdent Nixon's News The York New paign, has learned. 1 r If1 u ? Lack of Cooperation On Sept. 17 The New York News reported that Cox and his investigators were getting little cooperation from suspect corporations following a first flurry of voluntary disclosures of corporate contributions to the 1972 Nixon campaign. The action, following what was described as fruitless weeks of '.rying to persuade the officials to come forward voluntarily, could ultimately see Cox recommending permitted. obstruction af justice and indictments against a number of corporate big shots. The move would be unprecesources said, and dented, would indicate the extent to which Cox is willing to push his investigation of shady financing of national political campaigns. At the same time, the Senate Watergate Committee is preparing for its own hearings on campaign financing, which one well informed source said will "show for the first time per-jus- y 'f .v Assorioted Press Wireohnlo Some Picture! pre-Apr- il It is a vitiation of federal law to contribute corporate money to a presidential campaign, although personal gifts by corporate officials are , :, committee of formerly secret contributions has raised questions about the method of sweeping up political contributions before the new federal disclosure law took effect on April 7, 1972. for From L.S. Steel, example, came a succession 7 contributions, of including a $2,000 donation from former board chairman Edwin H. Gott and $1,500 from the current vice chairman R. Heath Larry. In addition the committee records disclosed that on April 6, 1972 the last day that secrecy 20 lesser offiwas allowed cials, each of whom gave U.S. Steel's Pittsburgh headquarters as his home address contributed amounts ranging from $100 to $509 to the Nixon effort. how much power and political influence is concentrated tn just a few corporations." Sources would not divulge which corporations have become the target of the special prosecution force. For its part, the Senate Watergate Committee expects to show that the Nixon used committee questionble tactics to wring lapge donations from corporations, some of whom are big government contractors. Questioa Methods The recent disclosure by the court-ordere- a certain amount, supposedly own, and later be reimbursed lor the amount by his company. the Often, repayment would come in the form of a "bonus or an extra on his expense account allowance. The committee records also have prompted speculation over a mystery in $50,000 Senate investigators funds Halde-man'- s , France brother-in-law- of Los Angeles. The computer printout of the transaction simply states that the purpose of the payment is "not known. Raine, a real estate broker, has been unavailable for comment. M. Raine A will Jr., a committee spokesman say only that the money i Seek lots t'Sij- - SAND GRAVEL and to find out whether MU5ICRAPT lime, Cental, Piaster these were, in fact, personal and thereby legal gifts or camouflaged contnbutions of corporate funds. A frequent practice, sources said, would be for an official to contribute d campaign H. R. turned over to Want the Truth Cox want then President Nixons al attorney. apparently was paid to Raine Herbert W. Kalmbach, k mtU n 1, 10, 180 Ik. 3420 So. State Salt lake City, Utah 841 IS lets Nome Address State City jAJua f Icom allow ooccx Zip., 3 weeks ter delivery i; Portrait of cats at Colville, Wash., sidewalk art show seems to demand bulldogs attention. Watergate Probers Hotel Records ;sk l; I; - k- og',ngeles Times Service ? WASHINGTON The Watergate committee, in- - j - ' '. Sen-Bit- k Panel Asks ;tay on "Poison Ban Washington (,r) Ilpue. ; f ' i i - The Agriculture Committee tmimmously asked the Nixon to administration Friday Reconsider a 11172 ban on using r major poisons to combat , pred-alio- animals Ttie committee, alter hearings' on predator damage to livestock and poultry, said a presidential order should "be thoroughly reexamined and revlov.ed in light of the compelling c idence o' losses" that witnesses from farm group? repoili'd through the West pnd Southwest. - Grant Permission .Thd panel said the Nixon sliould grant administration g permits for using a w cyanide-Jhdotfti- device and for using small baits" of Mifaljad of control in strychnine fredaiors '.An jpfticial of the Environ-jwmlProtection Agency that the agency position that chemi-tiljs- tra not needed to fight but forthcoming prwhitOrs, hew 'regulations will be a middle ground between the situation A the past and the situation since the 1972 bans wor$ announced. tes-lijie- d main-tauHri- - FP Certifies -- Tlie . 1972 pesticide-contro- l law lets F.PA issue licenses to certified people to put chemicals - out for control of predators, with fanners and ranchers among the approved applicators. v T h e Committees resolution carries ho", force of law nor requires further action by Congress. Agriculture vestigating reports on cash Howard contributions by Hughes to President Nixon, has subpoenaed Key Biscayne hotel records relating to stays by 19 persons, including Mr. Nixons brother, Jonuld, and the President's friend, Charles G. "Bebe Rcbozo. WAREHOUSE SALES FBIinMBKTS'AMIAKCES Convicted Watergate kind. ust 25 off our hundreds coaspirators G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt Jr., and at least 11 present or former business associates of Hughes were named in the subpoenas served on four hotels. Robert A. Maheu, a former Lieutenant of Hughes, recently swore in a written deposition that the billionaire industrialist furnished $100,000 in cash , mtnbutions to Nixon in 1969 and 1970. tmrnmn (iEETO SMWSJ High back swivel chairs in red, green & gold tweed. Hughes aide Richard whose name was cited in the Senate committee subpoena, gave $50,00(1 in Rash to Rebozo at the Western White House in 1969, according to Maheu. 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