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ism at its worst” by printing
“sensational” stories linking
President Nixon to the Water
gate scandal without proof, Sen.
William Proxmire, D-Wis.,
charged today.
In a rare defense of Nixon,
Proxmire complained the news
media is being “grossly unfair”
to the President in its hot
pursuit of the story.
“When former White House
Counsel John Dean is reported
throughout this country to have
privately told grand jury
investigators that the President
was directly involved in a
Watergate cover-up, President
Nixon is being tried, sentenced
and executed by rumor and
allegation,” Proxmire said in a
Senate speech.
“As the senator who succeed
ed Joe McCarthy in the United
States Senate I find this kind of
persecution and condemnation
without trial McCarthyism at
its worst...
“Doesn’t the President have
the same simple right that
every other American has to be
innocent until proven guilty?
“Doesn’t a man who has
spent more than 20 years in the
pitiless glare at the summit of
national political life deserve to
be believed when he directly
tells the nation that he had no
knowledge of these matters
until there is proof that he lied?
“Doesn’t he deserve at least
this measure of faith until
proven a liar?”
Proxmire has been one of
Nixon’s most vocal critics—
particularly on defense spend
ing and Vietnam policy. He
readily acknowledged these
differences with the President
in his speech.
But he said Nixon’s accom
plisments, including the new
“peaceful posture” with China
and the nuclear arms treaty
with Russia, should not be
forgotten in the pell-mell rush
to dig out the Watergate story.
Proxmire noted the “repre
hensible nature” of Nixon’s
California campaigns for Con
gress in 1946 and 1950 and said
fe deplored the President’s
“ruthless orders” for the
Christmas-week bombing of
Vietnam last year and the
continued air war in Cambodia.
“But none of this justifies the
McCarthyistic destruction of
President Nixon that is now
going on with increasing
vehemence daily in the press,”
he said. “The discovery and
publication of facts proving
wrong-doing by whoever may
be guilty including the Presi
dent is the American press at
its best.
“The present runaway tend
ency to rush into headlines with
disputed, unproven secret
charges against the President
is the press at its worst.”
IRS seizes
property
of man
AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPI) - The
Internal Revenue Service has
seized property belonging to an
Augusta businessman who was
indicted last week with 66 other
persons for alleged gambling
violations.
IRA spokesman John Hollings
worth said in Atlanta Monday
the property was seized from
Bob Best. Hollingsworth said
IRS regulations prevent
ed identifying the property
seized.
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Mrs. Bobby Shapard (1), chairman of the Flint River library,
accepts check for $625.90 from Jaycette representatives
(from left) Mrs. Neal Bonds, president; Mrs. Joe Ballard and
Guerrillas free
U.S. diplomat
By TIMOTHY J. BERRY
GUADALAJARA, Mexico
(UPI) — U.S. General Consul
Terrence G. Leonhardy walked
into his home late Monday in
borrowed clothing and a three
day growth of beard, freed
after leftwing guerrillas held
Um for nearly four days as a
political hostage.
Diplomatic colleagues said
the 58-year-old career diplomat
was “okay.”
Leonhardy said in a state
ment that his ordeal again
Post wins Pulitzer
for Watergate probe
By MEL LAYTNER
NEW YORK (UPI) - The
Washington Post won the 1973
Pulitzer Prize for public service
Monday for its investigation of
the Watergate scandal.
It was one of 11 prizes
awarded in journalism, eight in
letters and one in music. There
was no prize this year for
editorial cartoons.
Among the other winners was
a second Pulitzer for the Post,
to political reporter and colum
nist David S. Broder in the
category of commentary. Max
Frankel, Sunday editor of The
New York Times, won the
Pulitzer for international re
porting for his coverage of
President Nixon’s trip to China.
Howard Simons, managing
editor of The Post, said the
prizes brought “singula - honor
to this newspaper and especial
ly to its young and hard-digging
reporters, Bob Woodward and
Carl Bernstein.” The Pulitzer
award mentioned the “domi
nant role" Woodward and
Bernstein played in keeping the
story in the news by uncovering
new developments.
Woodward told UPI the press
must dig even deeper in the
Watergate scandal. “We have
to ask what the President knew
and how much he knew but we
must be careful not to make
speculations and to work on
facts alone,” he said.
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snphasizes the need for all
governments to cooperate in
stamping out international ter
rorism.
leonhardy did not discuss the
details of his kidnaping, carried
out by four men who later
identified themselves as mem
bers of a leftwing group called
the People’s Revolutionary
Armed Forces.
But Leonhardy did express
thanks to Mexican authorities
who bowed to demands of his
captors and freed 30 so-called
Bernstein said official denials
of the Post reports bolstered
morale of the team working on
the case. “The kind of denials
we got were affirmation to us.”
But he said the denials also
“had an intimidating effect.
One false step and your
credibility was destroyed.”
The drama prize went to
Rowan to rim
for governor
or It. governor
ENIGMA, Ga. (UPI) — State
Sen. Bobby Rowan, D-Enigma,
says he expects to run for either
governor or lieutenant governor
in the 1974 primaries.
Rowan said Monday his de
cision on which race to enter
will be based in part on how
other unannounced candidates
catch on such as former high
way commissioner Bert Lance
and State Rep. George Busbee.
Rowan said he was convinced
he can beat Lt. Gov. Lester
Maddox, another likely candi
date, in a statewide race.
The 37-year-old Rowan indi
cated the lieutenant governor’s
job might be especially attrac
tive, saying his first concern “is
reform of the state Senate and
that is where I would really
like to make a contribution.”
Rowan led a Senate reform
group which walked out of the
Senate Democratic Caucus last
fall. The group sought to change
the bylaws but was defeated by
the forces of Maddox, presiding
officer of the Senate.
Rowan said he didn’t think he
would be able to match either
Lance or Busbee in campaign
funds. “And nobody can match
Lester in that respect,” he said.
“I’ve always run a modest
race,” said Rowan, “and I’ll
probably spend less than any
major candidate. I have to de
pend on the people, and if I
can’t get their support, then I
can’t run.”
Rowanhad said earlier his de
rision whether to run would de
pend on how well his children
adjusted to the death of his wife
in March. He said Monday the
two children “are doing well.”
— Griffin Daily News Tuesday, May 8,1973
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Mrs. Dayle Harris, co-chairmen of the fund raising project.
The money was donated to the new library fund. It was raised
from two special shows at Parkwood Cinema.
political prisoners. The guerril
las had warned they would kill
Leonhardy if the 30 prisoners
were not freed and flown to
Cuba.
Authorities freed and escort
ed the 30 prisoners, including
four women, to Havana on
Sunday. Then began the long
wait to see if Leonhardy would
go free.
He appeared at 10:45 p.m.,
walking into his suburban home
through a back door past two
newsmen who recognized him.
Jason Miller for “That Cham
pionship Season,” a play once
rejected for production on
Broadway. But a persistent
Miller took the play to Joseph
Papp, who produced it.
William Andrew Swanberg,
who was recommended by the
prize committee in 1962 for his
biography of publisher William
Randolph Hearst only to have it
turned down by the trustees of
Columbia University who have
the final say, was awarded the
prize in biography for “Luce
and His Empire,” a work about
Henry R. Luce, the founder of
Time, Inc.
Robert Boyd and Clark Hoyt
of The Knight Newspapers won
a prize for national reporting
for their disclosure that Sen.
Thomas F. Eagleton, the
Democratic vice presidential
nominee, had a history of
psychiatric treatment. The dis
closure led to Eagleton’s
departure from the Democratic
ticket.
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He was wearing a yellow
shirt and pants and shoes—
different clothing than he wore
Friday when four leftwing
guerrillas stopped his car and
forced him away at gunpoint.
Leonhardy also was unshaven,
but appeared in good
Leonhardy later issued a
statement saying:
"I want to express my feeling
about how happy I am free,
free again, reunited with my
family, friends and colleagues,
both Americans and Mexicans.
“Furthermore, I want to
express my deep gratitude to
everyone whose efforts helped
in my release—especially I
want to thank the Mexican
authorities who made my
freedom possible.
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