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Questioned after news conference Carter savs Nixon violated laws —World at a glance—v From Associated Press reports Middle East talks ‘moving’ MADRID, Spain — Secretary of State Cyrus Vance said Wednesday he sees "some signs of movement” in Middle East talks that show a “better understanding among the parties” of what each requires in a permanent peace. “Don’t let me exaggerate this...there’s no major movement at this point,” Vance told reporters en route to Madrid to meet with the Spanish king. “But I see some signs of movement among the parties...." Omnibus farm bill adopted WASHINGTON — The House Agriculture Committee adopted a package of new and revised farm programs Thursday that would increase price supports for major crops beyond levels Pres. Carter sought. The 165-page omnibus measure carries a price tag for the farm sections of about $3.3 billion, compared to the $2.8 billion Carter has said he would accept as the average annual max imum cost. Renewal of the Food for Peace program and food stamps also is covered by the bill. Defense budget increase eyed ATLANTA — Defense Secretary Harold Brown said Wed nesday that a deadlock in strategic nuclear arms limitations talks coupled with continued Soviet weapons buildup may require an increase in the U.S. defense budget. “An increase on the order of $1 billion difference per year may be needed if no SALT agreement is made and if the Soviet Union continues its steady large buildup,” he told a news con ference. Surprise: coffee prices drop NEW YORK — Procter & Gamble Co., the nation s second largest coffee roaster, cut the wholesale price of its Folger coffee by 25 cents a pound Thursday, the company’s first reduction since last July. A spokesman for Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble said the cut in ground coffee prices to $4.18 was due to "declines in green coffee prices in recent weeks.” Blood alcohol level bill dies SALEM — A bill to lower the amount alcohol in a person’s blood as proof of driving under the influence of intoxicants was killed Thursday by the Oregon House Judiaary Committee. The measure, SB265, was passed by the Senate a month ago. It would lower the blood alcohol level from .10 per cent to .08 per cent. Based on charts distributed by the Oregon Traffic Safety Commission, it would take a 160-pound person five drinks of liquor in an hour to reach the .10 level. Brigade claim bank explosion V HfcUMUNU, wasn. — The George Jackson Brigade, a local revolutionary group, claimed credit. Thursday for an afternoon bomb explosion which damaged the safety deposit vault of a Rainier Bank branch in this sub urban community east of Seattle, the FBI said. The blast came after several telephoned threats from persons indentifying themselves as brigade members forced evacua tion of the building, the FBI said. There were no injuries reported. The callers threatened bomb blasts at both the Overlake Park branch, where the vault was damaged, and at the Midlake branch of Rainier Bank. No blast was reported at the Midlake branch, although the FBI said a search was continuing there. i ne neau ui seeumy lur ncuiner Bank corp., Fred Holtz, said the Overtake Park blast ripped plas ter walls within the vault and damaged some equipment. Several Seattle-area radio sta tions which received copies of a communique from the brigade said the document explained the reason for the blast. A spokesman at KRAB radio said the communique expressed sympathy for prisoners at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. Maximum security prisoners there have been locked in their cells for weeks following an outbreak of violence. The communique said Rainier Bank was picked because of “its links to the Seattle Times, a bourgeois newspaper.. .which has led propaganda attacks .. .against the prisoners in Walla Walla." 1 T r CHINA BLUE RESTAURANT 879 E. 13th St. 343-2832 (upstairs next to the U of 0 Bookstore) Serving the Most Popular Northern Chinese Dishes Nightly from 5 p.m. ^Gourmet Delights • Individually Prepared Chef’s Suggestion: THREE' INGREDIENTS $3.95 [ Chicken, Pork toss-fried with t. 'n Fresh Vegetables in se Wok. WASHINGTON (AP) — Free. Carter expressed a personal belief Thursday that Richard Nixon “did violate the law” In handling the Watergate scandal, but suggested the former president has convinced himself he was innocent. Following a formal television radio news conference, Carter House blocks Cuban trade WASHINGTON (AP) — Counteracting Senate committee action, the House voted Thursday to prohibit U.S. trade with or aid to Cuba. The House voted 288-119 to Senate gets voters bill WASHINGTON (AP) — Out numbered Republicans on the Senate Rules Committee gave up their fight Thursday against the Carter Administration’s election day voter registration Nil but vowed to renew the battle on the Senate floor. The committee passed the measure by a 5-4 vote after Sen. Mark Hatfield, R-Ore., the ranking minority member, said it was obvious that administration foroes were in control and that to continue offering amendments was an exercise in futility. “The sooner we can carry our case to the floor and to the public, the tatter,” he said. The only Democratic com mittee member to vote against the Nil was Sen. James Allen of Alabama. He had joined the GOP members in saying the legislation would open the way for widespread election frauds. The Nil, which would require states to permit election day registration at the polls for persons seeking to vote in congressional and presidential elections, was approved on a straight party-line vote last week by the House Administration Committee. prohibit aid or trade with either Cuba or Vietnam. The position was urged by Rep. John Ashbrook, R-Ohio, who said the House should specifically take a stand on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote Tuesday to lift part of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba. The Senate Committee voted 10-7 to approve a proposal by Sen. George McGovern, D-S.D., to permit Cuba to buy American medicines, food, and agricultural supplies but not to permit any U.S. purchases of Cuban sugar or other goods. Ignoring the tradition against criticizing fellow congressmen by name, Ashbrook said the House should not allow McGovern to set U.S. foreign policy. The House action was taken on a $1.7 billion authorization for U.S. economic aid around the world during the fiscal year starting next Oct. 1. After adding the amendment barring trade with Cuba and Vietnam, the House approved the bill, 252 to 158, and sent it to the Senate. The bill includes $1.1 billion for U.S. assistance for food development, population planning and other human resources programs. The balance is primarily for U.S. contributions for international organizations. The House also rejected an effort to prohibit any of the foreign aid money for sterilization but approved by a 30-11 standing vote a prevision that no U.S. money may be used for forced sterilization programs. was surrounded by reporters seeking his reaction to the initial Nixon interview on Watergate with David Frost, broadcast last “It didn’t change my opinion atoout Pres. Nixon," said Carter, adding that he watched only “a small part” of the interview. Carter amplified: “I personally think that he did violate the law, and I think he did commit impeachable offenses. I think he doesn’t think he did....I think he has rationalized in his own mind that he did all these . .For the story on the Nixon Frost interview and highlights of the broadcast, please turn to Page 20. , things for the benefit of his staff members and so forth, and that he didn’t have any criminal intent. I think he’s mistaken.” The President, at the news conference, said his participation in London summits with the leaders of other major democratic nations helped spark “a quiet sense that we have justified reasons for confidence.” He said the leaders he met with there came away with “a renewed spirit of hope and confidence” that they can compete suc cessfully with the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies. On other topics, Carter said: Sen. George McGovern, D-S.D., the 1972 Democratic presidential candidate, was “mistaken” in arguing last weekend that Car ter’s economic policies doeeiy resemble those of former Republican Pres. Gerald Ford. Carter cited a variety of social welfare plans he has proposed, ranging from more public works to special efforts to combat youth unemployment. EMU Cultural Forum presentss * Bonnie Raitt with special guests Muddy Waters and Lori Moritz Sunday, May 22 Mac Court 8:30 pm U of O Students S4.50 General Public S5.50 Reserved & At The Door S6.00 EMU Main Desk and Everybody s (Eugene & Corvallis)
