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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1981)
Haig snarls at Senate,calls scandal ‘stupid’ WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex ander M. Haig called the Water gate scandal “illegal and stupid” Tuesday, and denied he was involved in any way as a trusted aide to President Ri chard M.Nixon. Haig, who is President-elect Ronald Reagan's nominee to be secretary of state, portrayed himself instead as a White House chief of staff who fought to keep Nixon from becoming enmeshed in criminal acts in the final months of his presidency. On the fourth day of his con firmation hearings before the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee, the retired four-star general and former NATO com mander exploded in anger under persistent questioning Two Seattle daily papers join operations SEATTLE (AP) - The Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-ln telligencer announced Tuesday an agreement for a joint news paper-operating arrangement. Under the proposed agreement, subject to federal government approval, the two newspapers will have separate news departments, but The Times will run the production, advertising, circulation and bu siness functions of both papers. Also under terms of the proposed arrangement: •There will be only one Sun day newspaper. It will carry the joint masthead of The Seattle Times and The Seattle Post-ln telligencer. Each newspaper will have its separate editorial and comic sections in the joint Sunday paper. •The P—I will be published six mornings a week. The Times will be published five afternoons a week, Saturday mornings and all holiday mornings. The Times will discontinue Monday through-Friday morning edi tions which it began last Fe bruary. •No change of ownership is involved. The P-l is owned by The Hearst Corp. The Times is jointly owned by a Seattle family and the Knight-Ridder Newspapers. •The Hearst Corp. will retain sole responsibility for news and editorial material in The P-l, and The Times will retain sole re sponsibility for its news and editorial material. Implementation of the joint agency arrangement is subject to a number of conditions, in cluding negotiations with labor unions and approval of the U.S. attorney general under the federal Newspaper Preserva tion Act. ACONCAGUA HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY AMO ANDEAN FLORA Art illustrated talk by Lathan Flanagan, Jr. M.D. J Friday, January 16 8:00 p.m 123 Science, UO Campus No admission charge Sponsored by Eugene Natural History Society and Gerlach's Camera Centers from Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes, D-Md., who sought Haig's "value judgments” about the right and wrongs of Watergate. "I never went along with or supported anything I believed to be illegal,” said Haig, who testified under oath at his own request. "Suggestions came up from time to time," Haig said. “And on every occasion I fought it, rejected it or prevented it. "I have not ever indulged in something that is wrong or il legal. ... Others did. That’s clear. The record is clear We saw the volumes of it. ... Do you expect me to endorse what was done? No way ...” Haig acknowledged that "mistakes were made," but said he wasn't at the White House when the break-in at the Democratic National Committee took place in June 1972 or when senior White House officials tried to cover up evidence. "Mistakes were made,” he said. "No one is discounting the fact that they were made. I didn’t make them. I wasn't there when they were made. I happened to inherit the situation and the consequences of those mis takes." Later in the day, Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., urged the committee to approve Haig for Senate confirmation and Sen. Lowell Weicker, R-Conn., asked rejection of Haig’s nomination. Goldwater said the country owes Haig a debt of gratitude. ‘‘If Nixon had stood for im peachment, I doubt if this country would have lived through the eight months that would have taken," Goldwater said. "Haig saw his duty and tried to get Nixon to quit before he UNION Light Set $13.95 , installed for $1.50 '3$2-4BJ.Q cycle I ' SHOP \ 60 east lllh J ruined the country. I take my hat off to this man.” Weicker said that "in the ab sence of their superior’s adher ence to the law, honorable men either speak up or get out.” He said Haig did not do that, "and I therefore assume him to have either lacked integrity, disdained the Constitution or unquestioningly followed orders." Sen Paul Tsongas, D-Mass., said he and other senators were "pleading” for a promise from Haig that "these kinds of stains on America will not happen again.” Sarbanes asked Haig repea tedly whether he considered Watergate wrong The senator said he was concerned more about Haig’s attitude toward Nixon’s "abuses” than about whether Haig was directly in volved. Other senators joined in ask ing that question, and finally Haig replied, "It was both illegal and stupid And I think if President Nixon were here, he would say it was stupid." 'Him Skylight Refectory French Roast COFFEE Small .30, Large .50 THE $74.95 DIPLOMA. (Save up to $20 on Siladium* College Rings.) Siladium rings are made from a fine jeweler’s stainless alloy that produces a brilliant white lustre. It is unusually strong and is resistant to deterioration from corrosion or skin reactions. In short, it’s quality and durability at an affordable price. 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