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Show 1 W. 207. No. V f Salt Lake City. Utah 116 Wednesday Morning August 8, 1973 Price It'ii ( t ills Allegations of Bribes ,fh;t "V new invest! I 4 C & By Saul Friedman a contractor, m 1970 or possibly future favors Knight Newspapers Writer Federal prosecutors S11INGT0N in Maryland, with help from at least one dose friend and former aide of Vice President Sp.ro Agnew. are following thiee strands of an investigation into allegations of bnbery and kickbacks said to have been paid by contrai tors to gnew One strand involves allegations that about $1 0011 a week was tunneled to from contractors when he was Agnevv , Baltimore County Executive The algovernor of Maryland (1967-69- ) leged payments possibly continued after he became vice president Prosecutors also have information that a sum of Sill 1)0(1 in cash was paid by And investigators W 4L As . s? VtA 'Ss Pftb v.tituioio ice President Agnew Declines I uriher ( moment for past and practices and fund-raisin- g publican tributors are involved are looking into Knight Newspapeis lepoited m I line that Wolff was despeiatelv seeking on munitv from pi evocation am. could implicate Agnew con- in the probe dose friend and fonuei aide, Jerome B Wolff, .Vi. a Bal- t least one information that leading campaign fundraisers for Agner sought contributions from contractors m exchange for stale and federal contracts Some of the contributions, according to one source, may have been put to personal, rather than political use, by Agnevv Confirm Investigation Agnevv 'Aerbal Assui .huts' timore County contractor, has given fed Wolif was not gi anted imnuimtv, it eral prosecutors details of aliened paywas learned, but decided to talk am wav ments to gnew amounting to SI linn a after receiving vetbal assurances fiom w eek, Knight new spapers learned C S Distnet Attoinev ('.outgo Beall that he would take Woltl s coopei alien into comroads 's was Agnevv state Woltf missioner in Maryland anil an assistant consideiat ion in am future piosecution W ollt's disilnsiuos and other into! moin the vice president's otfice in 191.9 lie was instrumental m the award of a huge tion turned up by investigators led Beall to notify the vuo piesulent by letter a contract in 1967 to the .1 E (iieiner Co to build the $190 million Chesapeake Bay week ago that lu had become a taiget" Bead of the giant! liiry investigation Bridge, which juM opened Shortly after bi other of I .S Sen .1 Glenn Beall AVoltf s otfice. the vice president leaving Atlv Gen . cleared his letter with went to work for Greiner Justice Department sources Tuesday confirmed that the department is investigating Agnew (1962-bb)- uf-cOed 1971, Justice department spokesman refused to comment on the story, but other department sources confirmed that Re Meanwhile. Samuel Dash chief counsWatergate committee said the committee is ready to hie its lawsuit seeking access to Watergate-relateWhite House evidence Dash said the filing of the suit was postponed Tuesday because committee lawyers wanted to examine the White House response to By Jean Heller Associated Press Writer el of the Senate WASHINGTON Lawyers for President Nixon told a tederal judge Tuesday that the courts havg no authority to force Nixon to turn ovei White House tape rec- deliv-eiedt- against . gnew have not beet, pi oven and rest on the wind of Wolit end others who lace possible pins-ec'itnBut a Justice Depaitnient souice pointed out that Beall would not have suit his It tnr to Agnew if the evidence ti.iiln t lie. ti sluing and persuasive Agnew s ni t u . in a bnef statement Alotulav nt;ht innlu med that he is inidet invest, gal on I Am InnocenC '1 have been inhumed i.i'di that 1 am wives', ig.dmn lot possible violations See 1age 4, Column 1 i unsup-portabl- By Donald Kirk ritei Chicago Tribune An CAMBODIA PHNOM PEN American airciaft accidentally bombed a civilian area early Tuesday for the second time in as many days r An hit a village several miles from the town of Neak Luong, the site of the accidental bombing by a B52 early Monday The news of the second bombing reached here as American and Cambodian sources released what they said were the final casualty figures fm the Neak Luong bombing, the worst such accident in the long history of fmliting in Indochina d ordings Watergate investigators consider the tapes key evidence in determining who knew what about the Watergate affair. In a brief filed in L S Distnet' Court, the lawyers said that any attempt by the courts to enforce a subpoena for the tapes from special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox would be an violation of the constitutional doctnne of separation of powers " F-l- We're Ready to File Now "But we're ready to file now," Dash We may be able to file tomorrow said and certainly by Thursday " The brief fded by Nixons lawyers formally outlined for the first time the arguments the President will use in this constitutional tost of strength over the tapes The brief supported Nixon's previous lefusal lo honor the Cox subpoena for the tapes of private presidential conversations and said if Nixon were compelled to produce the material, from that moment it would be simply impossible for any president of the Un.ted States to function e Monday Price Hike president would be helpless if he and his advisers could not talk freely, if they were required always to guard their words against the possibility that next month or next year those words might be made public," the bnef said. The issue in this case is nothing less than the continued existence of the presidency as a functioning institution " nter WASHINGTON Many small and niedium-siefirms will be allowed to increase their prices starting next Monday under final regulations announced Tuesday m the Nixon administrations latest attempt to control inflation d Aims at Enforcement The Senate Watergate committee had served Ni;on with two subpoenas for tape recordings and other Watergate-relateWhite House material Its planned lawsuit was aimed at having the subpoenas enforced The present price freeze is scheduled to expire at 11.59 p.m Aug 12 and be replaced by the Phase 4 antnnfla-tioprogram, succeeding phases 1. 2 and d n 3 1.700 largest All but the country's firms will be able to increase prices almost immediately to reflect increased costs. But they cannot increase prices for profit However, the 1.700 firms with more than $100 million m annual revenues or sales will not be able to increase prices for another month, until Sept 12 at the earliest Second Incident Kills 3 Meanwhile, Cambodian sources Associated Richard tornev the courts or initiate contempt proceedings against .ixon "The committee met m executive session this morning and decided to postpone filing a suit until counsel for the committee have an opportunity to ascertain and study the reaction of the White House attorneys to the motion of the special prosecutor. committee chairman See Page 6, Column 1 Goods for which prices may go up fauly rapidly include clothing, camping equipment, paper and metal products Producers of all of these goods had sought exemptions from the price freeze, claiming they were hurt by nsing costs Wait Until Sept. 12 U.S. former before testify G. Kleindienst, waits general, at-t- o 17. Some 7,500 pages of testimony been taken By Harry F. Rosenthal Associated Press W riter - There are differences m details between the regulations released Tuesday and the preliminary regulations announced on July 19 But Director John T Dunlop of the Cost of Living Council said the basic purpose of the Phase 4 program remains the same. - SILVER SPRING. MD (AP) The world's first rechargeable implanted heart pacemakers, which are recharged weekly through the intact skin, were reported Tuesday to be working successfully in a number of American patients They do not change the policy of Phase 4, which is designed to spread the bulge of inflationary pressure." Dunlop said The new regulations cover the indus trial and sen ice sectors of the economy and wholesale and retail trade The patients include one more than 90 l years old and a weighllifter who works out regularly w ith barbells nonprof-exsiona- sequent coverup The hearings will reopen subiect to tall of the chan man. sometime after Labor Dav four weeks hence The price freeze was lifted from the food industry, except for beef, on July 18 so that prices could be increased to reflect higher raw agricultural costs New regulations for food, to provide See Page 8. Column 1 The new devices were described as designed primarily lo eliminate repeated surgical operations required with down pacemakers chemical batteries to replace Atty laming a special small recharging coil placed directly opposite the implanted pacemaker The latter is implanted beneath the skm of the chest or abdtmen and is linked to the heart by a wire The Hopkins researchers said the pacemakers are smaller, lighter and easier and faster to implant than either conventional battery-powerepacemakers or The scientists said the A Todays Chuckle Ordinarily you couldnt pay most of us to be president, but around the first of the month, it would be nice to veto a few of Congress, new The patient hills Tribune Telephone Numbers, Page 2 r tt jy jJL A I thought." Talmadge Aou indicated it was the Senate didn't want to do it ' I didn't want to but I finally recognized it was necessary To mv view, the Senate made it neces " sary Petersen also testified that when he told President Nixon in mid April that the department has learned of the 1971 Nixon Ellsberg psychiatrist's break-replied I know- about that That s a national See Page 2, Column I "The President The quick sui cession of accidental s bombing occurred as American were reportedly increasing their e number of missions over Cambodia the final bombing halt ordered by Coiigirss for Aug 15 war-plane- Petersen responded - No ( hange in Policy official added there was no change in American bombing policy" on Cambodia as American warplanes continued to pound suspected enemy concentrations on the approaches to Phnom Penh and other key towns Steps are being taken all the time to prevent accidents, he added, refusing to discuss the investigations of the bombing An errors was defending the lack of information about the Watergate hreak-and 'merup Petersen, testifyThe ing rapidly and in a gravely voice, said. of a special 1 resent the employ ement prosecutor" but came to the conclusion later that it was necessary because of the temper and the attitude of the Senate " He said if he had been a senator he might have taken the same position. blunt-speakin- g AND MORE tion. 20 Page Sear Sec- - Wednesdays Forecast Mu sult Lake City and vicmity-fa- ir Continued-;hweather with possible li; winds at her Map on Page 10 t Associated Press Weohoto Cambodian children injured in accidental bombing Monday near . 1 ft That's what Pentagon spokesman Jerry Fnedheini said the pilot apparently released his bombs properly but the bombs stuck to the release mechanism for a few seconds before falling free 1.800 feet from the intended target Pederson my emotions" Forgive I've been there said after his outburst too long and this has been a terrible year " pace- dons a small vest con s indictments a few months ago when the Justice Department had a great deal of est makers could remain inside the body at least 29 years. And they said they can be recharged weekly by patients themselves by directing an electric current from a household cutlet through the intact skin fighter-bombe- The explosion came as Petersen, the last witness before the committee went into recess until next month with the rest ones. Inside The Tribune run- In Washington, the Defense department said the second error was believed caused by faulty equipment of an r attempting to hit rebel lines on the shore of the Mekong River Defends Lack of Indictments d nuclear-powere- d revealed that eight persons were killed and 33 wounded in the second bombing incident at the village of Koh Tachou, five miles north of Neak Luong. F-l- said The senators, who have been sitting five days a week since the early days ol the televised hearings, were visibly tired and seemed anxious to join the rest of Congress m the summer recess The Sen- ate is scheduled lo return Sept 5 and recessed presumably the hearings subject to the call of the chairman" would begin then or shortly after Petersen, the man m over-al- l charge of the Watergate investigation from the start, strongly defended his prosecutors for their work and he was critical o reappointment of the special prosecutor AVe would have broken that case wide open and we would have done d in the most difficult of circumstances that case was snatched out from under us when we had it 911 percent complete." he said Gen Henry E Petersen was the final and 33th witness on the 37th day of televised hearings that began May Asst The report came from scientists of the Johns Hopkins University who developed the new rechargeable device Made of stainless steel, it is about the size of a flat cigarette lighter Special Rechargitig him a Damn. I think its a reflection on me and the Department of Justice." Petersen said in a near shout Surgery Not Required Final regulations for petroleum and insurance are scheduled to be released later this week, and proposed regulations for the food industry should be released within a week to 10 days. Dunlop said at a new s briefing New Food Rules Press Wtreonoo W allace Tuesday. Son committee, were with special prosecutor" he was asked bv Sen Herman E Talmadge. I think it was the President " have Petersen angrily told the committee he resents appointment of a special Wand the Senates atergate prosecutor al a time championing of that position when the case was nearly solved Reflection on Department The Senate WaterWASHINGTON on summer vacawent committee gate tion Tuesday, in the 10th week of its hearings, without q,ate completing the first phase of its inquiry into the Demoand the subcratic headquarters break-- Heart Patients Recharge Their Own Pacemakers major auto manufacturers, steel companies and appliance manufacturers would not be allowed to raise most 12 prices before Sept But Senate Watergate and daughter Ann Recess-WitnesInto Goes Watergate Hearing Criticizes Action by Senate Sources inside the committee said the panels lawyers are concerned that the federal courts w ill refuse to accept jurisdiction in the suit. If that happened, the committee would have to seek either special legislation that could be tested in fighter-bombe- Official sources said 137 persons, including 56 Cambodian soldiers and their families, were killed m the' Neak Luong incident Another 268, including 118 soldiers and families, were wounded and evacuated to Phnom Penh either by helicopter or by boat up the Mekong River. A Bv R Gregory N'okes - 1 Cox Firms Plan W was Second Error Fatal for 8 In Cambodia gam - it Agnew he allegations d Nixon Associated Press befoie Richaidsoii I.lliutt nil; j'V.lio made the decision to appoint a $ ? V a f r, W Neak Luong await treatment at a Thnom Penh hospilat Tuesday. 1 |