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Show Salt Lake City, Utah Thursday Morning Vol. 207, No. 117 August 9, 1973 Cox Spurs Probe in ITT Case (Vice atiom wiWH Stages Press Conference, Categorically Denies All Watergate Jury To Study Issue By Saul Fnedman Knight Newspapers Wnler Vice President WASHINGTON Libeled as T Wednesday Agnew Spire and malicious scurrilous, false, damned lies," allegations that he has re ceived illegal payment from Maryland By Donald M. Rothberg Associated Press W nter - WASHINGTON Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox has beefed up his investigation of the International Telephone L Telegraph Corp. case which wall be among the first orders of business for the new Watergate grand jury when it conenes on Monday . r Jp -- e, & ' contractors at a wide open press conference, said he decided to call in reporters because of defamatory leaks to the media The vice president, A spokesman for the prosecutor s office confirmed Wednesday Richard J Davis, head of Coxs investigation of political espionage and dirty tncks in the 1972 campaign, has shifted temporarily to the probe of the administrations handling of the ITT antitrust settlement Well, I have no intention to be skewered in this fashion, Agnew said, and since 1 have no intention to be so skewered 1 called this press conference to latiel as false and scurrilous these these assertions and accusations that are being circulated o Response also confirmed that the White House has not yet responded to Cox's request for an ITT file the prosecutor described as important e idence about allegations made to federal prosecutors in Maryland that he re ceived $1,000 a week in contractor kick-back- Agnew said a news coherence Cox called the file of the utmost importance and said his request for it had been pending for some time without a favorable answer or a negative. Five days later,"at the Senate Watergate committee hearings, chief counsel Samuel Dash released a March 30. 1972. White House memorandum about ITT which Dash said indicated former Atty. Gen. John N Mitchell had c inmitted an apparent act of perjury am denying them outright, and I and I think a peram labeling them I i IJ V && ir! ; WOkwfcf-'- ' If VrtNs V The memo, wntten by Charles W Colson, then a White House special cnu nsel to then presidential chief of staff II R Haldeman, said Mitchell knew about a $400,000 TT pledge 1o help underwrite the 1972 Republican National Convention before three antitrust suits against the company were settled fact. Atty Gen Elliot L Richardson announced on June 8. shortly after Cox became special prosecutor, that he had given Cox the Justice Department files on the ITT and asked him to take over the investigation Among the matters under investigation had been whether any witnesses at the Kleindienst confirmation hearings had committed perjury' n gations of corruption The ITT settlement allowed the giant conglomerate to acquire Hartford Fire Insurance Co. But it was required to. divest itself of four subsidiaries. Inside The Tribune Tribune Telephone Numbers. Page 3 Page Page A-- 4 MORE section; AND 4, 11 D Sports Star Gazer C-- 8 16 Telex Mon D-- 2 12 Theaters Washington . . . a-- v i : ? out the distinction between rumor and ice President Spiro T. Agnew denies in 10-1- (.rand Central section volvement called reports in kickback Bomb Raids Senate Panel Eyes ajor Decisions Bv Wesley G. Inited Press International WASHINGTON - The Senate Water- gate committee has not yet decided how and when to open its investigation political "dirty tncks and campaign financing, a check of members and staff indicated Wednesday The committee still must hear slx or seven witnesses to complete the Watergate phase of its investigation when it resumes public heanngs some time after Sept. 10. must decide Then the committee whether; 1972 Pippert into Supplies of Beef Tighten up Jails, schools and hospitals across the nation were running into increasing difficulty Wednesday in supplying those m their care with beef For the third straight week no one bid to supply beef to New York City municipal institutions. Amid the growing beef shortage and rising food pnces that have spurred some consumer groups to planning retaliation, administration officials said while pnces may continue to go up there were bnght spots in the future Sees Improvement It's still true, that we are m for ? penod of pnce increases which are more than we want, or want to tolerate," said Marina Whitman, a member of President Nixons Council of Economic Advisers But the picture ahead is more hopeful and once through this rather difficult penod, it is reasonable to assume the economy will improve. For the third straight week, no supplier in New York submitted a bid for beef, except for corned beef and beef liver. Before the beef shortage, the city bought about $250,000 worth of beef a week for its municipal institutions "We do not see any relief in sight in our beef problems. City Purchase ComWe. missioner Marvin Gersten said must look for alternate means To begin hearings immediately into political espionage and sabotage, or wait until October. To conduct these heanngs as a full committee, or to split into two subcommittees. one investigating espionage and the other financing, in simultaneous hearings Permit To TV Coverage? permit television coverage of the new phase The committee, officially called the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, Tuesday completed 37 days of nationally televised heanngs in which 38 persons testified These heanngs were focused primariat the Democratic Naly on the break-tional Committee in the Watergate comthe incident that replex June 17, 1972 sulted m establishment of the committee by a unanimous vote of the Senate m February When heanngs do resume, the committee will take testimony from Charles W Colson, former White House special counsel; David Young, of the White House plumbers special investigative unit; E. Howard Hunt Jr., convicted Watergate conspirator; William O. Bittman. Hunts attorney; and Kenneth W. Parkinson and Paul OBnen, lawyers for the Committee to the President. It may also call Egil Krogh Jr , head of the Salt Lake City and vicinity Sunnv days and cool nights with high tempera tore m'hlK Weather Map on Page D-- 4' 4 Many meat producers are keeping beef off the market because they claim it costs too much to buv from the farmer and the freeze m effect until Sept 12 keeps trigm from increasing their prices - WASHINGTON (UP1) Gen Creighton W Abrams said Wednesday he personally approved secret bombing targets in Cambodia and their coverup targets in South Vietnam while he commanded all L.S forces m Southeast Asia In testimony before the Senate Aimed Services Committee. Abrams said there might be one more untold segment of secret U.S military operations in the Indochina war There was one classified operation m the early years of the war that I dont believe that Im authonzed to talk about. he said testimony was part of an investigation into aspects of the war that and were never reported to Congress Cambodian in cases like the which began in bombing campaign Mai eh. 19h9 were covered up by false reports A former Air Force pilot also described U S ground and air attacks on communist hospitals m earlier testimony Wednesday Abrams 1 In In.-- testimony, Abrams s.nd nominated the targets in Cambodia and nominated the other targets in South Vietnam " He told the committee he reported the bombing to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, of which he is now a member, but did not know who ordered the bombing coverup , 1 Gerald J Greven of Miami told the committee he had personally directed a r attack on a suspected underground hospital in April, 19b9, while serving as a forward air controller in South Vietnam No Politics Peter Muecini Associated Press Writer Some time during 1970 LONDON retired British Air Force officer By a plans to bring m a few kegs of tobacco and half a doon bottles of liquor from North America without paying any dutx Cutoms officials in Bristol will be shown a copy of a permit he says was issued by King Henry VII of the duty-fregranting priviEngland lege, prov ldmg 25 percent of any profits are handed over to the crown in 1496 e Permit Still Good? The pnv liege was one of several Italian-borgiven to John Cabot, the navigator and explorer who discovered Newtoundland Cape Breton Island and other North American territories during the late 100s kick-back- And that contractors were asked to contribute to his election campaigns in return for promises of public works Charges Unproven have been issued and of course, the charges at this point are unproven Some of them stem from former associates of Agnew who are now under investigation themselves Agnei . who has been highly critical of the press in the past, was angry that information about the allegations had been leaked to the news media But he did not blame the press for causing his troubles with the U S attorney Instead he said No indictments "The accusations that are being made, if they do come from peopte who are also under investigation, must be Todays Chuckle Marrying a girl for her looks is like buying a house for its paint As far as 1 know the royal concession still holds good, said Philip I only want to Cabot. 74, of Devon bring in a token quantity I dont intend to make a regular trade of it King Henry All was one of Eng land's stingiest monarchs and he did not issue his concessions lightly He issued this letter patent to mv forefather on condition that he provided his own ships and stores. said Cabot in a telephone interview from Bristol The duty-freconcession applies only to Bristol and if any of the goods are sold, a quarter of the profits must go to the crown So if I soLI mv tobacco and liquor I would have to give that proportion to Queen Elizabeth e II Will Sail to U.S 1 ' Now, almost 509 vonis Liter man who says he i' Hie navigators direct descendant plats to (hum the pnv ilege to-- t Agnew s office issued a statement but addins proclaiming his innocence that he would have no more to say until the investigation is complete But the vice president decided Wednesday to come out swinging after Knight Newspapers and other news organizations reported that information had been supplied to federal prosecutors which tended to implicate Agnew A prosecution task force assisted by agents of the Internal Rev enue Service is probing three sets of allegations s That Agnew received weekly while he was Baltimore County executive and governor of Maryland, from 19l2 to 1969, and possibly after he became vice president That he received a cash payment of $59 000 when he was vice president Vowed by Richardson - WASHINGTON (AP) Spurred by the Watergate scandal, Atty. Gen Elliot Richardson Wednesday announced new orders designed to take politics out of the Justice Department He put the W hite House. Congress and private interest groups on notice that wntten files will be kept of all contacts between them and Justice Department officials Richardson also said he has ordered all op department oi finals to stay out of political activities and also is considenng establishing a new office to insure the fair application of the law Richardson outlined the orders m a speech prepared for the Amencan Bar Assn Plan of Action Having taken office as attorney genet al m the midst of the daikening cloud of suspicion and distrust engendered by Watergate, I recognize it as my firs! duty to do what 1 can to eliminate the causes of distrust," he said He said he has issued an ordei formalizing and making uniform a procedure for making records of contacts with departmental personnel by outside parties. The system, he said, is designed to insure a record of contacts with the de partment that can be called upon should the need arise to rebut some accusation of improper influence To Keep Records Moreover, he continued, its very existence will discourage approaches to the department by those who are not confi dont of the punty of their motives The order requires all department employes to keep wntten records of all contacts with outsiders, except news nedia As for political activities, Richardson noled that previous attorneys general of both parties have been active m olitic-and he himself is a politician s "There is still a place for politics as but not in the Department of Justice, Richardson said u.-u- Consequently, he said he has conclud ed he must act not only to foreswear politics for myself but to ask my pnnci-pa- l colleagues to do the same On the departments relationship with the news media, Richardson said information m our hands should be withheld only where m a given case some clear public interest outweighs the public interest m freedom of information Trade on King Henrys Name? What Did Nixon Know ? Dash told reporters after the hearings ended Tuesday that he favored televised hearings by the full committee as quickly as possible m September The statutes are those covenng bribery, tax fraud, extortion and conspiracy. Agnew said. fighter-bombe- "plumbers Of even greater importance is the committee's legal attempt to get President Nixons Watergate tapes and docuGersten said this included buying beef ments, which would go far toward helpon the hoof instead of processed meat' that Sen. ing answer the question through wholesalers the comHoward H. Baker Jr, No Bids Offered mittee vice chairman, raised Lequently throughout the heanngs No bids were offered in Massachusetts Tuesday to supply the state hospiWhat did the President know and tals and prisons; hospitals in Los when9 Angeles said they were short of beef, Sam Dash, the committees chief counand the McKeesport, Pa , school district said it had no beef to feed children in sel, said he would file suit in U.S Disseektrict Court the fall. probably Thursday a declaratory judgment to force ing Well feed the students one way or Nixon to release the documents Dash another, a spokesman for the school and his staff meantime are studying the distnct said. If we can't get meat, well White House reply to a similar suit by .substitute cheese, eggs or some kind of special Wateigate prosecutor Archibald fish. Issues Statement Approved, Abrams Says Re-ele- Cox Thur.x(iaxw Forecast oo and bribery scheme. He scurrilous and malicious. 'false, Watergate Hearings United Press International That panel meets for the first time Monday. The Cox task force on ITT is headed by Joseph J Connolly, a former Justice Department attorney who had been in private practice in Philadelphia Davis had been in the D S attorney s off'ce in New York, prior to joining Coxs staff He had specialized in investi- 7 V Across Nation Signed Order A-- t , i Three Justice Department suits seeking to nullify ITT corporate acquisition, including that of Hartford Fire, were pending against the conglomerate The settlement became an issue at the Kleindienst heanngs after columnist Jack Anderson published a memorandum allegedly written by ITT lobbyist Dita Beard that linked the settlement to the reported $400,000 offer from ITT Sheraton At the televised press conference, Agnew spoke strongly, calmly, and with a touch of humor. It was he of kind quest mn- session reporters have been vainly seeking from President Nixon on Watergate. Ttie vice president, late Monday night confirmed that he had received official notification from US Distnct Attmnev George Beall in Baltimore that he is "under investigation for possible violations of cnmmal statutes v, V iMtitaifr'ti Pointing The Colson memo said Mitchell was told about the ITT pledge one month before the settlement on July 30. 1971 National t'&f w Associaea Pres Wirc.pi Mitchell Testimony ( Mitchell testified under oath at Senate hearings on the nomination of Richard G. Kleindienst to be his successor as attorney gtneral that he knew nothing of the $400,000 pledge before the suits were settled Suits Pending son in my position might be permitted this departure from normal language as damned lies " , lV MtliifiBruiQNWMf Obituaries 1 Asked At Last month, at Coxs request, U S Distnct Court Judge John J Sinca signed an order creating a special grand jury to hear evidence on Watergate matters other than the June 17, 1972, break-iNational committee i Democratic d the subsequent coverup headquarters attempt. looked at as accusations that are coming from those who have found themselves in very deep trouble and are looking to extricate themselves from this trouble and are flirting with the ulo3 that they can obtain immunity or reduced charge' . by doing so At another point Agnew turned thai he may have been accused because hi1 refused to help kill the investigation into his associates affairs 'Tm not going to foreclose the possi Agnew btlity that may have happened. said Agmw said his attorney received Beall's notification letter on Aug 2 He immediately gave the information to the See Page 2, Column Denies Outright He Business Classified Columnists Comics Editorials Foreign Lifestyle In Lents Cabot plans to sail to the I mted in 1976 to attend the bicenten arv of the Declaration of Indepond nice lie said he will travel across the states Atlantic m a small boat with a crew of nine The family have been sailor' up to my grandfather, who was lost at sea in a storm in 18M Cabot said "Before he died he made my father promise that he would never go to sea because il was ton hard and danger ous a life " The Cabots originated in Genoa John became a Venetian citizen before he came to England The family settled in Bristol, a port about 100 miles east of London Cabot has copies of several other issued bv King royal letters-paten- t Henry Asked if they gave him anv claim over North Amencan tern lories, he replied Its a. moot point Thev are mostly instructions to take over anv lands, villages or buildings in the name of Henry All in New fmindland Labrador and Hie mainland of America I certainly don't plan to make any terntnn.il claims in the I mted States lC A |