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Show - A L&ie Trluee, Tttrsifay, Juirf 21, 1373 ACLU Taking Legal Steps to Have 7 Convictions Overthrown Centtoaed Frem Page Oae tion that brought indictments against John N. Mitchell and Maurice H. Stans. Senate investigators, continuing wit-- , ness interviews during the Brezhnev-visi- t recess, wera told that another congressional inquiry was aborted through White House efforts on President Muon's orders to make sure it didnt get out of hand. Sen. Hugh Scott, the Senate minority ieader, alluded to ousted White House counsel John W. Dean III and said nothing is so incredible that this turncoat will not be willing to testify to it in exchange fora reward. It was disclosed that a Mixon campaign aide, Frederick C. LaRue, has been questioned by federal Investigators about his connections with a housing company for which he interceded, unsuccessfully, with the administrat- and said: The tnal resulting in two convictions was tainted by the perjured testimony of at least two witnesses " It was the second time the finance committee was taken to court in connection with the 1972 campaign There was no indication when the motions will be heard. The five who pleaded guilty were CIA operative who Hunt, 54, a long-timhas been implicated In the burglary of Dr. Daniel Ellsbergs psychiatnst; and four veterans of the Bay of Pigs operation in 1961; Bernard L. Barker, 55, Eugenio R. Martincx, 49, Frank A. Sturgis, 37 and Virgillo R. Gonzalez, 45 The latter four are from Mumii. Find n Eight Counts In January, the Justice Department filed an eight-courcriminal information charging the committee with giving Liddy $29,300 cash with; .. receiving a receipt. The committee did not contest the charge and was fined the maximum $1,000 on each of the eight counts. The $200,000 contnbution, later returned, was made iy Robert L. Vesco, a defendant in a Secunties and Excnange Commission civil suit alleging tne mutulooting of foreign-baseal funds firms. e Integrity ... is at Issue The integrity of the judicial process which this court sought to protect the throughout the tnal is at issue, ACLU said. Its vindication demands that the results of that tnal independent of the desires of either the prosecution or the defense be set aside. ion. When they pleaded guilty, all five said they had been promised nothing in return. But there has been testimony at the Watergate tnal and statements from those involved, that the defendants' legal expenses were paid from campaign funds and that money had been provided their families. Disclosure Concerning Laird -- And it was disclosed that Meivln R. Laird, while secretary of defense, directed aides to inquire last year into a private Securities and Exchange Commission stock fraud probe. Laird, brought into the White House as a top Mixon aide in the Watergate aftermath, called the two inquiries a routine thing." McCord filed his motions with the court after testimony at the Watergate hearings that two witnesses had committnal. ted perjury at the In another court proceeding, the Finance Committee to the President was fined $1,000 on each of three counts charging failure to keep records of the $200,000 contnbution and failure to report it. that the five guilty pleas at the outset of the trial now appear to have beta purchased or coerced" District Judge George L. Hart stayed execution of the sentence for 10 days pending appeal. Re-ele- Liddy-McCor- d The ACLU argued U.S. information, want sports scores, or feature you want to talk about? Is your paper missing? Do you want to discuss a classified or display advertisement? HERES WHERE TO CALL 5244545 Nr, Promotion. 524-457- Votnrna. 524-45- 2 ' 3241500 Editorial 4 ritrn, wrt. 0 524-4- 5 Magaainr, 1 1 524-15- Advertising Di(ialrh, 524-28t.eneral Dida,52 8 1 Drirlmrnl, ( lai(ied New York Service NEW YORK Mrs. John N. Mitchell came out of luxury apartment building Tuesday and charged that the news media had made her a prisoner on Fifth Avenue. You know, I cant get away, she shouted at a reporter who had been keeping vigil on the sidewalk 13 stones below the Mitchells $200,000 apartment at 1030 Fifth Ave., according to the Associated again house. Renewing demand she took the a lone hat and threw it at the reporter, stnking her in the face with it. Minutes later, she 'struck the reporter twice on top of the head with her open hand. She also addressed passersby, asking them to remove the reporter. Later, Mrs. Mitchell stood on the sidewalk in front of the building and dared Press. reporters on the other side of the street "I have never done anything wrong in to cross over. I my life, ever, Mrs. Mitchell said. At 10 50 pm., her daughter armed, wasnt even sent to the principal's office took her by the hand and pulled her back when I was in school. Go away and forinto the get it. Shortly after ADVERTISEMENT ITCHY. 0 I Mrs. Mitchell Strikes Reporter Times emerged from her apartment her that reporter leave, doormans her - 1 524-284- Mixon finance ty building. 10 pm, Mrs. Mitchell (Copyright) he is called before the committee week ne'.h W. Park'jison, argued the committee Ld not have to report the contnbution because Vesco had promised it before Apnl 7. He said Stans was unable to make a planned tnp Apnl 6 to accept the money and that it was delivered to him Apnl next recess The hearings are in a to avoid possible embarrassment to Nixon while he is host to Soviet leader Leonid I. Brezhnev. one-wee- k 10. Dean met with the committee staff for five hours last Saturday and told them Nuon ordered an aide, William E Timmons, to make sure heanngs by Parkinson asked for a judgment of acquittal After failing to get it, he said it would be up to the finance committee whether to appeal. The Justice Departments lawyer, Craig Donsanto, called the defense argument absurd and said that accepting the premise would open a loophole in the campaign finance law that would render it enforceable. In his daily meeting with newsmen, Sen. Scott alluded to reports leaked out of he Senate committee that Dean admitted he used more than $4,000 in campaign funds to pay for his wedding and honeymoon last October. It looks like our hero was also an embezzler, or at least a man who made his restitution rather late under legal advice, the Senate GOP leader said. Rep. Wnght Patman, out of hand." , didn't get That was last September, when Patman had sent his House Banking and Currency Committee a confidential preliminary report of campaign funds being routed through a Mexican bank. An official summary of what Dean told the Senate investigators reported' Pressure on People Whiie House and CRP (Committee of the President) for the blocked Patman heanngs by bringing pressure on people to vote against subpoenaing witnesses. .A White House log obtained by The Associated Press shows that Dean had only one substantive meeting with Nixon in 1972. That was on Sept. 15, the day the Watergate Seven were indicted. Patman's report was three days earlier. reference to Dean's reward apparently was about Dean's attempts to get immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimony. Special prosec-utr- o Archibald Cox refused to grant such immunity and on Tuesday deposited with the court tne evidence the Justice Department has against Dean. His Despite Patmans efforts for a investigation the committee voted 20 to 15 on Oct. 3 not to grant subpoena powers. When Patman tried to go ahead without them, Dean refused to appear on T grounds of executive privilege. full-sca- Independent Evidence? That was a move to prove, if necessary, that prosecutors had evidence independent of what Dean might say when Shop Sunday 12 to 5 p.m. IQ) DO a buys ailments 6 1 8 Newspaper Delivery Problems, ("4 rrkd before 10 a.m.. Ntindat, before Adv. 524-456- Judge Hart found that - have a news story 1 d HELSINKI (AP) The Finnish Track and Field Assn, athletes are on pins and needles. The association has decided to try acupuncture to keep them fit. Acupuncture is a Chinese practice in which needles are stuck into the body at various points to cure " Do you need Errutir Eflitor, 5244528 n 'Fitness Needles Tribune Telephone Numbers Informal ion, S 2 .t chaln..an Stans accepted the Vesco contnbution after Apnl 7, 1S72, and failed to give campaign treasure Hugh W. Sloan Jr., a detailed accounting within the pen-o- d required by law. On Apnl 7, a new law required accounting of all campaign contnbutions and expenditures. Stans, former secretary of commerce; Mitchell, the former attorney general and Nixon campaign director; Vesco and Harry L. Sears, former Republican leader of the Mew Jersey Senate, are under federal criminal indictments In connection with the Vesco contribution. Mitchell, Stans and Sears have pleaded innocent to the charges. Tlie finance committees lawyer, Ken- - - BURNING TOES! EASE FIERY PAIN p.m.l HOUR or your S9c bock IN ON otronc Apply quickdryin( T fungicide, to quiet itch, burn u MINUTtS. 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