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Show i Nixon R By R W Apple Jr. New York Tunes Writer WASHINGTON President he may ha e another early next month Weve been at a kind of standstill as far as presidential programs are concerned, one senior aide said Now we are ready to moe again, on things like special revenue sharing and education Nixon has decided on a bold new attempt o dispel the Watergate cloud that hangs over his administration by showing himself in vigorous action. . Whit I f Ton co cnnrvc old New Try to Agnew Fate Rests on Nixon Aide i Twice, before television cameras and in a letter, Agnew has accused Richardson of permitting those under his direction to engage in tl,e vicious and illegal practice of leaking news reports about the Baltimore investigation into allegations that the vice president received money from contractors m return for government business while he held public til i The President was terrified of that thirg, one of Nixons advisers said You could hear it in his voice. But he did well Hell, he always does well in news conferences. Ihals why is so frustrating when he wont do them. the adviser added. The problem is that he has the feeling that the majority of the people m r ;i) I - ' t' A ' V I , v; V ,r 3 vwr f vUv 4 - j5sv t I ' w S'5 S' ' c F r & v' F. .Vs 2F - " ! 'xN s S' ' & K . $ Agnew repeatedly has denied any wrongdoing, but so politically charged are these issues that Beall suggested m a corridor conversation with reporters last week that the White House may want to exercise final authority. But the White House, apparently eager to avoid the appearance of political input in a judicial matter, quickly unclaimed any role through a presidential spokesman and passed the buck back to Richardson. a Nixon appointee and So far, Beall of the Maryland Republican establishment says no evidence touching on Agnew has been presented to the grand jury. He expects the Agnew phase to start after Labor Day. Successor Indicted part of Agnews successor as executive suburban Baltimore County, Democrat Dale Anderson, 56, was indicted Thursday on charges of extorting $46,420 from eight firms doing business with the county. The grand jury has been sitting since January, hearing testimony about the Democrats who ran the county after Agnews election to governor m the prosecutors independently information. gathered Early this month, Beall informed Agnew in writing that the investigation uncovered evidence of possible violation by Agnew of tax, extortion, bribery and furconspiracy laws. He asked Agnew to nish his financial records from 1966 onward voluntarily, but reminded him they could be used as evidence against with lawyers, him. After consulting Agnew made his tax and banking records available to Beall. Lie Detector Test Time Magazine said Sunday that a key witness against Agnew m the investigation has taken a lie detector test. Tune said the test showed that the witness, Jerome Wolff, told the truth about delivering funds extorted from contractors to Agnew. Tune said that in exchange for a promise of limited immunity, Wolff has agreed to testify that Agnew has extorted bribes from state and federal contractors. Time said an article in this weeks issue would report that Wolff, president of Greiner Environmental Systems, Inc , has turned over to prosecutors a diary listing some of the payoffs he allegedly delivered to Agnew while the vice president was governor of Maryland. Todays Chuclde The guy who framed the first dollar frame 30 years he ever made m a ago, finds that today the frame is worth a dollar and the dollar is worth 10 cents S' , X, ' vi? v 'T i , V ' 7 ' 4 J v b Vr . ysy 4 J 7 a ' ' vt 4T V 9 ' I5 " ' . V sV, ' V, s, V 48 :n 'i' 4 v ';r?V S V W- ' v , - v Associated Press Wireohoto South Vietnam President Thieu voting booth in Saigon I after j tlof'. senate expects control. in voting Thieu PHNOM PENH (AP) The heaviest fighting since the American bombing halt 11 days ago raged along Cambodias three major highways Sunday. The fighting centered on three highways north, south and east of Phnom Penh. Insurgents cut Highway 4, Phnom Penh's lifeline to the sea, and Highway 5, the rice road to the northwest They then beat back government attempts to reopen the vital roadways. Col. Am Rong, the chief Cambodian military spokesman, said North Vietnamese supply corridors intersect Highways 4 and 5 at the points where they were out. He indicated the Cambodian insurgents and their North Vietnamese allies might be trying to secure thir trails before the monsoons expected m New Drive Possible I Z? siss's?'4-- 'SS1V J: ya? 'M4 'Ml Richardson laid claim a week ago to ultimate responsibility for alone deciding7 Whether the constitution even permits indictment of a vice president without his first having been impeached by the House, convicted by the Senate and removed from office. - VT office in Maryland. Whether evidence gathered by U.S. Attorney George Beall and his investigators implicates Agnew in a bribery and extortion scheme to such a degree that a grand jury should be asked to consider indicting the vice president. Constitutional Issue "I " -- 7 I r I "v S' N? more open atmosphere in the White House what Laird called a spirit of conversation and confrontation is not y viate shortages in the United States with in a year or so, but also enable the Unit-- , ed States to export heavily to such countries as Japan and the Soviet Uruon, thereby considerably easing the balance ct clear. As an example of what Nixon intends hite House insidirs cite the food situation, which they describe as a good problem" good in that it can be a relat,ve'y i.hcd, in them view, penod of tune, with substantial side benefits. to do, of pay ments problem. This is a real opportunity for us," said one of the advisers, but only the Prisident of the United States can communicate that to the American people. Its a problem of edacation, and that's just how he will approach it." W a An all out emphasis on production, these advisers believe, will not orly alle (Copyright) Cambodians Battle On Supply Links t v p. ? Whether Nixon will also encourage a 7 t xC Congress and in the press want him to fail Tnats just not true, I know it's not true They may not have wanted him to be president but that's not the same thing as wanting him to fail Open Atmosphere Melvin R Laird and Bryce Harlow, Nixon's two new advisers, have been piesAUig the Picxidcnt to appear mere often in public. Their success so far has been limited, but their .mt of view now appears to have been accepted by Nixon Fighting Heavy '?- 7 Combined Wire Services WASHINGTON Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson must decide soon to stop the investigation of Vice President, Spiro T. Agnew on constitutional grounds or to let federal prosecutors take their information before a grand jury. The power to make so potent a decision virtually puts Richardson in a position to decide Agnews political luture. And that may explain the tension between the two men g Cut before OUhrtantre pmhlome ran be attacked, the White House believes, Nixon must demonstrate that he is still in command Nixon is reported to have been delighted by the generally favorable re planned a substantial number of speeches around the country and an increased schedule of news conferences. Having held his first formal meeting with the press in five months last week, delight- news conferences Elation Nixon Shows ! sponse to his news conference ed enough to overcome what some dislike for regard as a elec-leav- Other analysts said the surge in fighting might reflect a new rebel drive to cut off the capital from its supply sources. The U.S. defense secretary, James R. Schlesmger, confirmed news reports that North Vietnamese forces and Cambodian insurgents have fought in Cambodia, reportedly over territory and nee supplies. That would be a significant development should it continue, he added on a television interview show in New York. Soviets Link China With Imperialism attempt to cut Highway 1 to the southeast. Field reports said they were driven back with heavy losses under fire from government artillery and armored units. - The Soviet Union, MOSCOW (UPI) in another major attack on Chinese policies, accused Peking leaders Sunday of the openly aligning themselves with most reactionary forces of imperialism. Cambodian insurgents launched simultaneous attacks Saturday on three government outposts at dawn along Highway 1 at a pc.nt mJes southeast of Phnom Pent). More than 1,000 government infantrymen spearheaded by U S supplied armored vehicles and artillery pummeled the rebels until dusk. 16-2- 0 The attack, spread over three pages of the Communist party newspaper Pravda, camwas th latest in an anti-Chine- paign which 11 days ago saw Communist party General Secretary Leonid I. Brezhnev personally denounce the "rabid of Chinas leaders. 11 Killed in Battle The Cambodian military command claimed more than 200 insurgents were killed, many of them badly mauled by artillery and heavy weapons fire in open fields and hastily dug bunkers. Government losses were put at 11 men killed and 26 wounded. There has been speculation among diplomats that the Soviets are preparing for some kind of concerted action against China. One possibility is a conference of world communist parties that would be. called up to condemn Peking. Some diplomats also see a connection the Soviet campaign and a between off at swirled several Fighting points Highway 4, which connects Phnom Penh major Chinese Communist party meeting with Kompong Som, the countrys only said by some reports from Peking to be deepwater seaport from which supplies imminent. flow into the capital. The Maoist leadership is openly strikThe roadway was out just before ing alliance with the most reactionary dawn 37 miles southwest of Phnom Penh forces of imperialism which take the and at other points farther south. stand of militant pursue an aggressive revanchist policy and advoTwo government positions were overrun or. provincial Highway 26, which int- cate the continuation of the bankrupt cold ersects Highway 4 from north to south. war policy," Pravda said. The rebel Khmer Rouge failed in an Thieus Candidates Lead ' 'K 5- Terrorists Kill 8 as S. Viets Vote forces attempted to disrupt voting in viland the Buffalo, were collections of relatively unknown politicians. Neither was lages and hamlets. much chance of getting its adherSAIGON Viet Cong terrorism was given True said the worst Viet Cong terrormto the Senate. ents for the blamed deaths of eight persons as one ist incident killed five persons South Vietnamese cast ballots in record Partial returns from 10 of the coumilitiaman, two policemen and two civilnumbers Sunday in senatorial elections ntrys 44 in Que Son District near Da provinces and six municipalities ians that coincided with an upsurge of fight- showed the Democracy and Nang. Viet Cong gunners shelled a pollWhite Elephant slates were leading by ing. ing booth shortly after it opened at 7 The South Vietnamese government re- margins of up to 10 to 1. a m., he said. ported 92.2 percent of the countrys Three pacification workers died and Military sources reported meanwhile 7,054,907 registered voters turned out that tough fighting broke out in the Cen- six others, including a hamlet chief and showed returns two slates backing Early tral Highlands province of Kontum. a policeman, were injured when Viet President Nguyen Van Thieu winning by Other clashes scattered around the counCong saboteurs pitched a grenade mto a overwhelming margins. try increased the number of reported voting site on the outskirts of Van An vilThe two slates are the semiofficial Deceasefire violations to 124, up about 60 lage in the central coastal province of mocracy party, which Thieu leads, and percent over last weeks daily battle Binh Dmh about 250 miles northeast of the White Elephant, headed by Foreign count. Saigon, he added. Minister Tran Van Lam. They were Government spokesman Bui Bao True Other reports of violence designed to expected to win most of the 30 contested described Viet Cong terrorism connected disrupt election procedures came from Senate. seats for South Vietnams with the elections as below average. He the Mekong Delta provinces of Dmh The other two slates, the Rice StaUO reported six incidents where Viet Cong Tuong, Chuong Thien and Kien Hoa. True said the only injuries reported from those three areas occurred in Dmh Tuong, where two civilians, a militiaman and a policeman, were wounded when d the Viet Cong fired grenades at a polling station. . m - .r $5fv - i - By Carl D. Robinson Associated Press Writer sx ...... , 4? ' w , i ' yv j , Yhn,1 ft ' . u-- n Heath Says IRA Bombing Wont Intimidate Britons Reuters News Agency LONDON Prime Minister Edward Heath Sunday told Irish Republican extremists they could not threaten or blackmail tne British people with terrorist bombings. Bui lie told those who called for a ban on the Irish Republican Army (IRA) outlawed m Northern Ireland but not in the United Kingdom, that a ban was not the answer. It has not prevented guerrilla activities in the province, he noted. In Dublin, David OConnell, vice president of the Sinn Fern political wing of the IRA, said a forthcoming visit to Northern Ireland by Heath was strongly objected to by his organization. Heath Is to go to the province Tuesday. O'Connell said the prime ministers visit was to boost the flagging morale of the British army. The only thing required of Heath is a declaration announcing British withdrawal and he can make this announcement without coming to Ireland, OConnell said. The Sinn Fein leader, in hiding in the Irish Republic since January, called on the mam opposition Social Democratic and Labor party in the North to Boycott Heaths visit. He said they should refrain from furby ther besmirching the Irish nation associating m any way with the man who has so much Irish blood on his hands ... At a press conference in the southeastern town of Ashford, Heath said if the IRA thought it could threaten the British people or blackmad them by activities of this kind, it could not be more wrong. He said the British police were being extremely effective in the face of the new bombing campaign and they had the backing of the public. Asked whether he could positively identify the IRA as responsible for the outbreak of guerrilla activity in London, Heath said one could not say definitely that this was so. A At v 5 4 v t j t Jk v 'vis a v vi I- - , W y - The freedom ueu was cast in Thailand when the Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Assn, was formr d in 1967. It sat silent, awaiting the reunion of association members with their comrades who had become prisoners of war. Members of the association, who call nver rats, began leaving Las Vegas Sunday after a weekend reun themselves 4x 2 . X ( 3k v 4 V , - ? 7 , ' , rocket-propelle- " The Saigon command said a morning assault on an infantry position about, nine of the Central miles Highlands provincial capital of Kontum left 56 Viet Cong troops dead and six government soldiers wounded. ' K - 4, i r 4 . 8 4 v a) a. r , J west-nerthwe- Kontum, about 260 miles north of Saigon, has been the scene of heavy fighting for the past several weeks. in the coastal province of Quang- Ngai, about 350 miles northeast of Saigon, repulsed a dawn Viet Cong ground assault, Ming 10 attackers and seizing 10 weapons, the command reported. One militiaman was reported wounded. Government forces A J ! v. KVJ! . vvv 'I .. - Associated Press Wircohoto Cambodian soldier crouches in front of an armored personnel 'Freedom Bell Peals for Pilots LAS VEGAS, NEV. A brass bell, silent smee it was cast six years ago, has finally pealed its message of the reunion of former prisoners of war and the men they flew with over North Vietnam. to4 V K T. 9 By Patrick Arnold Associated Press Wnter 7 x ; s ion that saw flight-sugarbed men break down and weep as they greeted comrades they had not seen in years. it Conclave Highlight Ringing of the bell Saturday night highlighted the conclave at the Las Vegas Convention Center. How about ringing the hell out of shouted one pilot as White House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig tugged at a satin nbbon tied to the clapper. Another pilot leaped to the stage as Haig finished and began to toll the bell loudly. that bell, The pilots, clad in the dress uniforms of the Air Force, Navy and Marine carrier Inside The Tribune Tribune Telephone Numbers, Page 2 Corps, cheered as the ringing filled the hall crowded with 3,000 persons. Haig said the Liberty Bell was rung 200 years ago to signify the nations indeIm not so sure pendence and added, that all the disagreement in society today doesnt justify an additional tinkle cn that bell to seek unity. Strong Posture He told the pilots the nation still must maintain a strong military posture although U.S. military action in Indochina has ended, addng that when the nation was challenged numerous times in recent years it was military Dower that was the pivotal factor m preserving freedom. recent fighting near Phnom Peth. during on Route 30, Mondays Forecast Salt Lake City and vicinity Partly cloudy skies with Lghs in 80s.' Weather map or. page 25. V J |