EhrHchman says Nixon
indispensable witness
WASHINGTON [UPf] - Under
intensive cross-examination,
defendant H.R. Haldeman said
Friday President Richard Nixon
was rejecting both hush money
and clemency for the Watergate
burglars when he said "it's wrong,
that's for sure."
In another development at the
Watergate cover-up trial,
defendants Robert Mardian and
Kenneth Parkinson opposed a
suggestion that the jury be sent
home for the holidays and
brought back in January when
Nixon would be physically able to
testify by deposition.
Assistant prosecutor Richard
Ben-Veniste questioned
Haldeman closely about the
meaning of remarks Nixon made
in a taped conversation with aides
on March 21, 1973, when the
Watergate cover-up was
faltering. Nixon said "it's wrong
only once, midway through the
conversation about possible
clemency and financial payments
to the Watergates burglars.
Haldeman stands accused of lying
at the 1973 Senate Watergate
hearings when he testified Nixon
had rejected much money
payment as wrong.
Ben-Veniste led Haldeman
through 12 references to the
possible payment of up to $1
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.
(UPI)-Former President
Richard Nixon's phlebitis
condition has improved and he
will soon be able to gradually
increase his physical activity,
his doctor said Wednesday.
However, the report also in
dicated no change in the long
period of convalescence which
prevents Nixon from testifying
in the Watergate trial in
Washington.
million in the tape transcripts and
contended the remark that "it's
wrong" followed a discussion of
clemency, not hush money.
Haldeman insisted the remark
referred to both clemency and
monev.
"That was my state of mind at
that time," he said
In three previous days of
testimony, Haldeman, formerly
Nixon's top White House aide,
maintained he did not know the
full story of the Watergate cover
up until nine months after the
break-in at Democratic national
headquarters.
Haldeman also filed his own
motion asking that a deposition
be taken from Nixon.. Defendant
John Ehrlichman has declared
Nixon an indispensable witness
for his defense and proposed the
sequestered jury be allowed to
take a holiday break at home
while awaiting the medical
deadline for Nixon's availability to
give a deposition at his San
Clemente, Calif, home, Jan. 6.
But Mardian, a former deputy
attorney general, and Parkinson,
a former Nixon campaign lawyer,
said they would not waive their
rights to keep the jury
sequestered.
Sirica deferred until Thursday a
ruling on Ehrlichman's claim he
cannot get a fair trial without
Nixon’s testimony.
upi roundup
Miners ratify wage contract
CHARLESTON W. Va. - The nation's miners have ratified a
wage contract with the soft coal industry and United Mine
Workers President Arnold Miller will announce Thursday an
official end to the 24-day strike which jolted the U.S.
economy. The contract provides for a 10 per cent wage in
crease the first year, 4 per cent in the second year and 3 per
cent in third year. It also contains a cost of living clause, which
miners have never had in previous agreements.
Ford asks Congress for vet money
WASHINGTON President Ford today asked for nearly $814
million in supplemental appropriations to finance a 23 per cent
increase in veterans educational benefits which Congress
enacted over his veto Tuesday. Noting in a letter to Speaker
Carl Albert that the supplemtnal reauest was necessitated by
the congressional override of my veto," Ford acted just one
day after the House and Senate overwhelmingly overrode his
veto. Ford said the 23 per cent increase in benefits would
amount to $813.7 million and asked Congress to approve it.
Safe water bill sent to President
WASHINGTON The House Tuesday passed and sent to
President Ford a safe water bill that would set the first federal
safety standards for household drinking water. The three-year,
$156 million bill includes a provision adopted in the Senate last
week allowing private citizens to file court suits against local
water utilities. The bill gives increased enforcement power to
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assure
compliance with the new standards on chemical, bacterial and
other water contaminants and to protect underground
sources of drinking water. j
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