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Show i Yol. 207. No. 91 Salt Lake City. Utah 17. 197:5 Tuesday Morning July Trice Ten Cents white House Phones U.S. Waits Decision On Curbs Aide Says that I could not reveal the nature of it that 1 had been given the by someone m authority at the White House and that was sufficient " In Los Angeles, Jones said he had donated $30 000 in cash, not $75,000, and he denied gw ing the money for any special protect I believed that it would go to the and that it would Committee to be reported as required If 1 had not believed that, I would not have given it. Jones said By Harry F Rosenthal Associated Press Anter 1 WASHINGTON An administration official Monday said President Nixon had listening devices m his offices and on his telephones that would have recorded conversations with Watergate figures John W Dean III, II R Haldeman, John D EhrLchman and Charles W CoLon The microphones and telephone taps were installed with Nixon's knowledge and concurrence and operated all the time, Alexander P Butterfield, a former presidential assistant, told the Senate Watergate committee t, President Gains, Mulls Phase IV By late August Kalmbach said "this whole degree of concern came back to didn t want to participate me, I Knew in this assignment On Jan 19 in former Atty Gen John 1 N Mitchells ofiiu. kalmb, ch .aid lie By Frank Cormier Associated Fiess Writer realized the purpose of the meeting was to ask him to raise more money "Immediately as soon as this became known I knew I wanted to withdraw ls soon as possible, 1 exesed myself will m minutes at the most." Kalmbach said W The Watergate Hearings will be covered live this week on a rotating basis by KSL. Channel 3, on Tuesday and Friday; KCPX, Channel 4, on Wednesday; and KUTV, Channel 2, on Thursday, all beginning at 8 a.m. KLED, Channel 7, will have taped coverage each day at 8 p.m. the On A Presidents and A. The After Butterfields surprise testimony, Nixon's personal lawyer, Herbert W Kalmbach, told the committee that authorized his raising support money and legal fees for the Watergate defendants. He said at the time he did not think it illegal or improper Returns Again Tuesday President. Haldeman. (aide See Page 2, Column 1 Cambodia Later, Press Secretary Tonal L. Ziegler indicated the President would meet Tuesday at the Betht'sda Naval Hospital with Secretary of the Treasury George Shultz, a major figure m Phase IV planning. The new program is expected to be announced this week Associated Porter Alexat ler a former deputy Butterf'eld, assistant to Wreonoto President Nixon, testifies before Senate Watergate probers. 1969 U.S. Admits 'Secret Air Raids By William L. Claiborne hen the days healings ended. Kalmbach had barely begun his testimony. He will Washington Post Writer WASHINGTON The Nixon administration admitted for the first time Monday that it conducted secret B52 bombing raids in Cambodia as early as 1959. and then falsified records to make it appear that the attacks occuned m South Viet- return Tuesday Kalmbach, who said he still handles legal matters for Nixon, told the story of being summoned by Dean, asked to rais,e money for the Watergate defendants and channeling $75,000 he received from Maurice H. Stans to the defendants through former New York policeman Anthony Ulasewicz. now-famih- nam. But when Dean asked him to raise more money, Kalmbach said, he became concerned about the James Bond scenario m the secrecy that was involved calls from teleincluding and that he went to phone booths Associoied Herbert W. Kalmbach Faces More Questioning long-distan- I wanted Ehrlichman to confirm that Dean had the authority to direct me to carry out this assignment and second I wanted him to assure me of the proprieKalmbach said m ty of this assignment, a monotone. Might Jeopardize Campaign Herbert, John does have the authority, it is proper and you are to go forward He said Kalmbach said Ehrlichman remarked that if word of his assignment got out they could have our heads in their laps and might jeopardize the Nixon campaign Even though he told you then the secrecy was vital, it didnt suggest any asked committee counsel impropriety' Samuel Dash A It did not It suggested the concern was if this got into the press, if it were misinterpreted Q How could your providing funds the Dean, Ehrlichman, through committee to burglars, wiretappers, conspirators, be misinterpreted' would be A The misinterpretation that this was to silence these people Q Could anyone have any other inter- pretation' I did In the real sense, you took your moral stand from Ehrlichman's statement that it was appropriate' Q had such trust m Dean and that it I was advised by them there was no possibility in my mind there would be any impropriety Receives More Money n I Labor Parleys Open for Union, GMC Piet Bennett Associated Press Writer Lmted Auto Workers DETROIT leaders outlined their bargaining goals By for General Motors Corp. officials on Monday as the two sides opened 1973 contract talks. President Leonard Woodcock said the initial bargaining session, which lasted more than an hour, merely dealt with some unspecified procedural matters and provided a summary of the bargaining program adopted during the unions convention in March UAW No Surprises George Moms Jr., GMs vice presi- dent for industrial relations, conceded the outline contained no surprises, but added, We were told these are not all the demands that will be made. He said there are some seemingly complex issues among the union goals Maybe when they explain them to us there wont be any complex ones. he added A A Press WireDhoto Kalmbach said he received another batch of money from Thomas V Jones, chairman of Northrop Corp m California. who gave him a package of $73,000 in $100 bills He said he told Jones the money was for a special assignment, Moms said he spotted "an attitude of that an auto optimism on both sides strike can be averted No Resemblence Woodcock agreed there is nothing resembling the mood in both 1057 and 1970 when there was an issue that the unless parties couldnt agree upon overto escalate voluntary theyre going time and health and safety into that kmd of thing The bombing raids were fully authorized by senior military and civilian authorities in Washington at a time when the United States officially recognized the neutrality of Cambodia under the regime of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, administration officials said. The decision probably was approved by the National Security Council, a Pentagon spokesman said. Because of the sensitive diplomatic situation at the time, special security were taken to avoid public precautions disclosure of the bombing raids, Defense Secretary James H Schlesinger acknowledged Bum Bombing Reports The security precautions, administraincluded the tion officials conceded, burning of Cambodian bombing mission reports and the substitution of phony cover flight records to account for the activities for B52 squadrons stationed in Guam. Pen'igons admissions of covert strategic bo..ibing missions over Cambofordia surfaced Monday as a mer Air Force operations officer testified before a congrcssioral committee about his part in the coverup. Former Maj Hal M Knight told the Senate Armed Services Committee that before the in March and April, 1970 U S governments incursion" into Cambodia he helped direct B52 missions to Cambodian targets on aoout two dozen occasions. Knight, who now is a graduate student m Memphis, Tenn , spelled out an elaborate system of falsely reporting those missions in which instructions were secretly flown to his radar tracking base and then were burned early in the morning after each raid The Told to Fake Reports Knight said he was told to fake the buiTibifig reports for political reasons, adding that one superior officer specifically mentioned the possibility of criticism by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee TodavV Chuckle One of the happiest men today is a vegetarian studying the prices in a meat market All of the raids that he helped direct Nervously shifting in his seat and into Cambodia were made on targets m Knight told the committhe Fish Hook" and Parrots beak1 tee of his indoctrination of the secret areas ol Cambodia on the South bombing immediately upon his arnval at border, Knight said Those areas, a sky spot radar guidance base m Bien were regarded by the military as noton-- . Hoa late in February, 1970 ous sanctuaries for North A ietnamese He said he was' told that each covert troops who conducted periodi attacks oii bombing mission woube covered nearby U S defense outposts with orders for a bombing raid in South The raids he helped direct occurredl Vietnam, and that falsified details of grid five to 10 kilometers inside the Cambodicoordinates, bomb drop times, aircraft an border, Knight said. See Page 6, Column 3 chain-smokin- Utah Democrats Lean To Owens for Senate Bv J Roy Bardsley Utah Democrats feel the best man to wrest the U S Senate seat from the GOP is Wayne Owens, the walking congressman from the 2nd District Mr if And, Owens is not avai- Congressman McKay, however, has a little more clout with Republican voters, should they be dissatisfied with their partys candidate, and decide to defect to the Democrats. lable, Democrats the state's say other congressman Gunn McKav would make a worthy challenger K Republicans have held the senatorial post for the past 23 years, but with incumbent Wallace F Bennett retmng, Democrats feel they ha- - e a good shot at the seat and are girding for the battle Preference Asked Consequently, the Salt Lake Tribunes Utah Poll tested the waters by asking Democrats which of the following five persons would make the best senatorial candidate Wayne Owens (U.S. Congressman) K. Gunn McKay (U.S. Congressman) Donald B. Holbrook (Salt Lake attorney Jean (1 If both decline to run for the senate, the field is wide open to new candidates. In addition to being the choice of Democrats, Mr. Owens topped the list of independent voters, who hold the balance of power in Utah. More GOP Clout 53 Here are interparty preference comparisons- (Read across) Owens 53 Democrats 40 Independents 31 Republicans A Utah Poll published Sunday in The Tribune, earmarked former Michigan Gov George Romney as the frontrunning Republican. Interviewing for this study was completed last week and is based on 600 personal interviews with voters m all sectors of the state Mathematically, this size sample produces findings within four percent of those which would accrue from a complete count of voters. 29 5 Westwood 4 Daniel L. Berman (Salt Lake attorney) Undecided Reuters Nev s Agency The Soviet Union and China have agreed to begin regular direct airline flights between Peking and Moscow, Tass News Agency reported Monday The agreement is the result of talks between delegations of the Soviet Civil Aviation Ministry and the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration which have been going on since April Tass said Ilyushin 62 jets would be used on the service MOSCOW ormor National Democratic chairwoman) Reds Okay Air Pact 1 5 Domination of the candidate list by Congressman Owens and McKay is pres and dictable, since both are enjoy an inherent advantage over other possible contenders office-holder- Those Nixon Tape Recordings? Reactions Incredulity ashington Post Sen ice Public figures rangASHINGTON Rom ing fiom George Meanv to Geoige nev reaited with incredulity Monday to testimony th.it President Nixon had and telephone conversations calls without consent W W - d Current Nixon administration cabinet members, while refrumng from direct criticism of the President, said to a man that thev duln t know their conversations wue being lecoidcd said former Atty Gen No kidding, Rubail G Klemdienst in a voice filled w ith astonishment Klemdienst, reached at a hotel m London where he is on a business trip, said he was not await of the practice and would have no further comment on it of my personal relationship . because w ith the President " Im 1 Astonished m litei ally astonished I in nuredu aid Robert H Finch, longtime lous Nixon contidante and a former White House cmi'ntloi and Heal'h Education T remember and Welfare secretary being told bv several sources that I.vn-- don Johnson had an arrangement like that but it had been discontinued I assumed that was the case " Former Interior Secretaiy Walter I Hickel. who was dismissed by the Piesi-den- t after publicly protesting the administration's Vietnam policies said that "America will be sick at heart" over the disclosures and added Tried to Get Message was trving to get my message to the White House anvwav All thev had to do was ask ' I Another membei, former Ziegler said he anticipated a package of new wage-pneannouncement restraints later this week but said he did not yet know the form the announcement would take. He said a Nixon television speech on the subject had never been contemplated. e Ehr-Uchm- W Nixon, Doctors said Nixons condition continues to improve steadily and that he is "vivacious and loquacious Halde-man- s Q. Who else knew about the presence of these dev ices President program There was no doubt .n my mind they were installed to record things for posterity. for the Nixon lahiaiy.' Butterfield said Q. On whose authority were they installed TV Coverage Hearings O O - Monday as piogressmg satisin his fight against viral pneu- factorily monia, was reported almost set to make final decisions on a Phase IV economic Butterfield said the conversations were taped to preserv e the historical record and deilarod at the end of his brief appearance that he believes Nixon "innocent of any crime or wiongdmng" in the Watergate scandal Record for Postern v The White House confirmed that the devices were activated in 1971 and said they had also been used m the Johnson administration Committee counsel Samuel Dash said efforts would be made to get the tapes ASHINGTON desenoed Housing and Urban Development Secretary Romney said that from a histori- cal standpoint" he was pleased that his views were recorded but had never suspected that this was the case had some things saving," said werent always listened tnev were recorded I " get edited I needed to say I thought Romney "They to, but I'm glad hope they dont AFL-tlPiesident Meanv a White House ginst on sveral occasions said he did not have "the slightest idea that any of his conversations were recorded Nearly Complete Shultz told newsmen in his office Monday that plans for Phase IV are nearly complete. He said he hopes the American people will understand why Phase IV wont be able to stop price increases. But, he said, it should slow them. Shultz said the big problem in Phase restrain potential price increases already built into the system but without causing shortages of supply that could haunt the economy at a later date. IV will be to The secretary noted that American business has not taken all pnee increases they would be justified m taking because of higher costs. He said the administration would probably allow most of these costs to work into the economy at higher prices during Phase IV and before wage-pngcontrols end altogether. e Will Be Price Increases There certainly are going to be price increases during Phase IV, the secretary said. Asked how the administration would justify still more higher pnira to the burdened American consumer, Shultz said the administration will be as candid and honest with the American people as it can and hopes they can understand. Most of the Pase IV program has been planned and is awaiting the final approval of President Nixon, Shultz said. In an afternoon medical report, the White House said Nixons temperature "was elevated to 99 degrees at noon. It went on: His lungs reveal only minimal congestion. He continued his program of graduated activity and staff work. This is followed by a sense of fatigue. His over-al- l ment. condition was one of improve- Lookirg Better At an earlier bnefing, Nixon was reported as looking considerably better. Mrs. Nixon, accompanied by daughter Tncia Cox and Florida friend C. G. Bebe Rebozo, spent an hour with Nixon in his third-floo- r suite Mrs. Nixon and Tncia brought along the three family dogs on leashes. Asked what the President thought of the visitation by poodle Vicki, temer Pasha and Insh setter King Timahoe, Tncia told reporters, They really perked him up. Presidential physician Walter R. Tkach said Nixon has had no further difficulty with breathing and that his nght lung, the one most affected, was to be essenshown by the latest tially clear He said there was still some evidence of minor congestion m the lower segment of the left lung. Nixons temperature was reported to be at or near nuiiiia! and Dr. Sol Katz, from pu'monary disease consultant Georgetown University Hospital, said Nixon was progressing satisfactorily Nixons periodic chest therapy sessions. aimed at clearing the lungs of congestion, were reduced from four to three a day Monday and the doctors said there would be a cutback to a single session, probably starting Tuesday. Inside The Tribune Tribune Telephone Numbers, Page A-2 Referring to the testimony of former aide Alexander P Butterfield, Meany said "So Fantastic If this man were not testifying under I would not believe it, because it is oath. so fantastic as lief God bless gate If thev America would things like this to be almost beyond bethe blunderers at Waterhadnt been so clumsy, never have krown about Democrat!' leaders in the Congress won mtical of the lccordmgs, though most said they would r.ot have oo;ccted if thev had been told m advance Salt Lake City and Vicinity Generally fair A tew afternoon and evening showers mountains Weather Map, Page B-- 6 t. |