Order gives him ten more days
Sirica sets Nixon's deadline at May 31
WASHINGTON (UPI) - U.S.
District Judge John Sirica
Monday denied President Nixon's
motion to quash the Watergate
special prosecutor's subpoena for
64 additional tapes and
documents concerning
presidential conversations. He
gave the President's lawyers until
Friday to appeal.
Sirica orered the material
regarding the 64 presidential
conversations turned over to him
by May 31, but delayed putting
the order into effect "pending the
Supreme Court allows states
"open field' pollution checks
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Supreme Court ruled
unanimously today that a state
may make "open field" air
pollution tests on the property of
factories without obtaining a
search warrant.
The ruling was on appeal from
the state of Colorado, which had
been challenged by Western
Alfalfa Corp. for issuing an an
tipollution order after a field office
made tests on plumes of smoke
from its plant in Held County.
While holding that such tests on
factory grounds do not violate the
Constitution's ban on
unreasonable searches, the Court
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sent the case back to the
Colorado Court of Appeals for
clarification of another legal point:
the company's contention that
the antipollution order, without
prior notification, denied it due
process of law.
The state court had held that the
observations by the state’s field
inspector violated the Fourth
Amendment, which bans
unreasonable searches and
seizures.
But Justice William Douglas said
in the unanimous opinion that the
amendment's protection does not
extend to observations in "the
open fields."
In other actions today, the Court:
Ruled, six to three, that a lower
court properly restrained the
Texas Rangers from alleged in
timidation of United Farm
Workers organizers in the Rio
Grande Valley.
Upheld, seven to two, an
Oregon law requiring a convicted
person to pay court fees before
being placed on probation, when
he is able to do so without hard
ship.
Israel land bartered
TEL AVIV (UPI) — Israel has for
the first time in its history
bargained away frontier set
tlement land as part of the Golan
Heights troop disengagement
plan that began emerging in detail
in Israeli newspapers today.
Israeli negotiators have agreed to
turn over to Syrian control several
hundred acres of farmland now
cultivated by the Merom Hagolan
settlement northwest of Quneitra,
the former Syrian regional capital,
according to the newspapers
Ma'ariv and Jerusalem Post.
In an apparent government leak,
the nation's major newspapers
said the new cease-fire line
between the Israeli and Syrian
armies would run from Mt.
Hermon in the north to the Rafid
junction in the southern Golan
Heights. Foreign Ministry sources
said the three strategic hills west
of Quneitra would remain in Israeli
hands.
According to the newspaper
Davar, the new cease-fire line will
begin in the north at Mt. Hermon,
where Israel will give up two of its
four mountain fortifications to
U.N. control. The two positions
on the mountain it would retain,
Davar said, were captured in
October.
The town of Quneitra itself
would be turned over to Syrian
civil administration, the
newspaper said.
The newspaper M'ariv said the
negotiators were now discussing
details of thinning out forces and
that the Israelis had proposed a
reduction of forces in an area
between 15 and 20 kilometers
nine and 13 miles on each side of
the new cease-fire line.
If both sides agree on the
thinning out of forces and the role
of the United Nations this week,
Ma'ariv said, Israeli and Syrian
military delegations would initial
the disengagement accord in
Geneva next week.
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and direct your administrators at
the University of Oregon to refrain
from buying all non-UFW head
lettuce and table grapes. At the
very least the board could adopt
the recognized neutral policy of
buying only noncontested
produce."
Whether the board will act on
the presentations at the meeting
is not known.
The board will, however, also
have other business before it. It is
scheduled to act on committee
recommendations concerning the
restoration and rejuvenation of
historic buildings at the University
and other campuses. It will also
decide whether to approve the
recommended budgets for the
state's six state-run colleges and
universities.
The board's budget committee
has recommended that the
University's budget for the year
1975-76 be just over $28 million.
This figure is based upon the
University's projected enrollment
of 14,737 F.T.E. during that year.
Around the state, the board
recommends an average of about
$2,000 be budgeted for each
projected student.
completion" of any appellate
review.
The White House has indicated it
is willing to fight the Jaworski
subpoena to the Supreme Court if
necessary. A similar stance was
taken last year in the tapes case,
but Nixon relented after Sirica and
the Appeals Court ruled against
him.
Sirica said he would examine all
the material privately and would
provide the defendants "with any
and all exculpatory material that
may be found.” He said he also
would deliver to Jaworski "any
and all non-privileged matter'' he
finds.
The judge specifically rejected
Nixon's arguments that the court
has no authority to rule on "the
scope or applicability" of
executive privilege, and that the
dispute between him and
Jaworski is wholly within the
executive branch and so not
subject to judicial review.
In a lengthy, angry letter to the
Senate Judiciary Committee
within hours after a federal court
ruled Nixon must obey the
subpoenas, Jaworski accused
Nixon of reneging on his promise
not to interfere with the in
vestigation of the bugging
scandals and resulting
prosecutions.
"The crucial point is that the
President, through his counsel, is
challenging my right to bring an
action against him to obtain
evidence, or differently stated, he
contends that I cannot take the
President to court," Jaworski
said "Acceptance of his con
tention would sharply limit the
independence that I consider
essential if I am to fulfill my
responsibilities as contemplated
by the charter establishing this
office...
"Any claim raised by the White
House counsel on behalf of the
President that challenges my right
to invoke the judicial process
against the President, as I am
doing in an effort to obtain these
tapes at the trial in U S. v. Mit
chell, et a/, would make a farce of
the special prosecutor's charter
and is in contravention of the
understanding I had and the
members of your committee
apparently had at the time of my
appointment."
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It's lucky vs/hen you live out West
MIAMI — A study on Soviet nudear arms strategy published
today lends credence to reports that the USSR maintains a
permanent nudear strike capability in Cuba which could wipe out
as much as two-thirds of the United States in the event of atomic
war. The strike capability is in the form of ships docked or an
chored in Cuban waters rather than land bases, according to
experts here. The study is authored by Prof. Foy Kohler, former
U.S ambassador to Moscow; Prof. Mose Harvey, director of the
center; and Dr. Leon Goure, director of Soviet Studies at the
center. Eleven days ago, Dr. Reyes said he had learned that the
Soviet 12th naval fleet was anchored in Cuban waters. "It is
composed of two destroyers, one tanker and one ballistic missile
submarine. Even though this is a diesel powered sub and not
nuclear powered it carries three nudear missiles called Serb'
with a range of 750 miies," Ryees said. That means from 750 to
1,500 miles strike range from Cuba, they cover a big chunk of the
United States — from about New York to Arizona. "The SAC
Strategic Air Command and other officials are worried because
nuclear submarine bases such as Norfolk and above ground
installations which were moved to the South to be out of range of
polar attack are endangered," he said.
The $449 million question-must we?
WASHINGTON — The House Armed Services Committee
strongly defended its decision to continue development of the Air
Force's B-1 supersonic bomber project Monday when it brought
a $22.6 billion 1975 military procurement bill to the floor. Rep. Otis
Pike, (D-N.Y.), is leading an effort to kill the project through
amendments Tuesday. Most Capitol Hill sources, however,
believe the bulk of the Pentagon's $499 million 1975 request for
B-1 funds will clear Congress. Defense of the bomber apparently
was aimed at taking the edge off criticism Monday afternoon by
Sen. George McGovern, (D-S.D.), and Rep. John Seiberling, (D
Ohio). In a special study of the project, they charged it has
"already suffered the largest cost overrun in history, amounting
to some $5.6 billion," and said it was doubtful the plane would be
any more effective than the current fleet of B-52 strategic
bombers in its primary mission of delivering nuclear weapons
over the Soviet Union. But he said the Soviet Union is building a
new bomber, the so-called "Backfire," that will be the equivalent
of the B-1. Acknowledging that the United States still will have
massive land and sea-based missile forces. Price contended
nevertheless that "as long as the Soviets have a strategic
bomber, so must we."