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Show The Salt hake Tribune. Friday. May IS. Richardson Vows Free Hand for Special Watergate Prosecutor By Don McLeod Associated Press Writer - WASHINGTON' Senate prosecute any individual firm, corporation or group of individuals." while investigators began grilling Watergate witnesses Amid Rumblings on network television ThursGen. designate day. Atty. Elliot Richardson promised that the special prosecutor picked to handle the case in the courtroom would have a free hand. H A'; ' j irti Richardson said the e! special prosecutor would have complete freedom to investigate and prosecute anyone he thinks necessary in the political espionage and sabotage case. TV HrST' same time, it was learned that Richardson had widened his search lor the special prosecutor by adding at least three and possibly as many as five new names to, the list of prospects. The new names, which were not revealed, join Justice William H. Erickson, 49, of the Mi Elliot Richardson Widens Search Colorado Supreme Court and David W. Peck, retired New York state appellate judge. investigation that will include the White House. In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Richardson softened his earlier public attitude and met all of the conditions the members had suggested. He said only under the most extraordinary circumstances would the special prosecutor be removed. Short of removal Richardson said, the prosecutor will have the same measure of autonomy as the attorney gener- Interested Two previous candidates, Warren M. Christopher, a former deputy attorney general, and New York federal Judge Harold R. Tyler Jr., had told Richardson they werent interested. But Richardson may have made the job more attractive as well as mollifying some Senate critics with his announcement of the job specification and guidelines for the prosecutor role. Many senators had said the prosecutor should be completely clear of administration influence in an Richardson's declaration of independence for the prosecutor came amid rumblings that the committe might reject his nomination as attorney general if he didn't set out a clear-cu- t charter for the man who takes over the prosecution. Only a short time earlier. Sen. Charles H. Percy, had said he would vote if the against Richardson ground rules would allow the prosecutor's judgment to be reversed or subject to veto. Richardson had told the committee he would not surrender final authority to a special prosecutor. I must be answerable for what the attorney general does and what ihe does, prosecutor special Richardson said on May 9. At the White House Thursday, Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said it is totally and completely in the hands of Mr. Richardson as to whether Richardson might exercise some control over the prosecutor but he said Richardson was free to grant total the President 1971. May al enjoys. He said the special prosecutor would have the power to frame indictments and decide whether or not to Mitchell early as not did leave the Cabinet until the spring of 1972. But livelier action was coming from another Capitol Hill hearing, when Sen. Stuart said after Symington. a closed session with top former officials of the Central sat as acting of the Senate Armed Services Committee which took testimony from former CIA director Richard Helms, former deputy director Gen. Robert E. Cushman Jr. and the agency's present dep Symington chairman boyish-lookin- g know. , , Odle was director of admina sort of office istration for the Committee manager of the for the President (CRP). the outfit that financed the spy squad that burglarized and bugged Democratic party headquar- ters at the Watergate a year ago. Vows No Knowledge Vowing earnestly he knew absolutely nothing about the spy plot, Odle detailed the origanizational and staff structure of the campaign. Along the way, he had intriguing testimony about heavy White House influence and sensitive secret files he said he never read but that his superiors were worried about. $Pald1hg 3 69 95 woods and irons with Wilson Super Power steel shafts, composition grips. With Atlantic 7207 Golf Bag. AXALINE CLASSIC PUTTERS new 1973 'Air- Flite matched set of 3 laminated woods and 8 chrome-plate- d irons with Shafts and rubber grips. Complete with Atlantic 7208 Bag. 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Mitchell was making major decisions in the campaign for much of the year before he resigned as attorney general. Election Efforts? Robert C. Odle, who was director of administration for the committee, said Mitchell was receiving memoranda Dial .'..ii- 2 WOODS, 8 IRONS Suit akf eribtnu Sooth Mam U3 hedged Ziegler questions, when asked if a situation might arise that would prompt use of such taps again. Strata-Blo- c A product of Wayne State University in Detroit and the Detroit College of Law, Odle- - Slit Kissinger has denied initiating the electronic surveillance of members of his staff or but lie acknowlnewsmen, edged talking about leaks and ways to stop them with then chromed big-tim- 28, phones or those of White House employes or newsmen. Commenting in response to SIGNATURE P a Odle, calmly patiently answered a barrage of senators questions for more than four hours, punctuating his sir and I'm replies with sorry, but I really dont Rob At the White House Ziegler there were no euiTent taps on White House tele- TOMMY BOLT looks like many of the bright young men corraled by the Nixon organization: conservatively dressed, hair fashionable but neatly styled, bespe- n Edgar said YOUR CHOICE! Knowledge of Watergate Plot WASHINGTON (DPI) -After months of escalating shock waves about the Waterwitgate scandal, the lead-of- f ness at Senate hearings was not one of the ballyhooed big names but a foot soldier for Richard Nixon named Robert C. Odle Jr. 1969-71- BILLY independence. At ,the Senate hearings, a former official of President the Agriculture Department. It was more temporary than he thought. Agriculture Secretary Earl L.' Butz fired him less than a week later when aide he found out the ctacled. 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