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'Vixon would have
blown my stack ’
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.
fPI) — President Nixon told
emotionally charged news
nference Wednesday he is not
ing to resign and said “I
mid have blown my stack” if
had been told the illegal and
ery, very embarrassing”
:ts in the Watergate case by
•mer Attorney General John
tchell.
de also predicted that two
•mer top aides, H. R.
ildeman and John D. Ehrlich
an, will be exonerated “when
sy have an opportunity to
ve their case heard in
urt,” an indication he expects
em to be indicted.
The President displayed pent
■ anger during his 50-minute
evised press conference on
* lawn of the Western White
tuse, but was in command
jen faced with a volley of
estions which amounted to a
oss examination of his
rsonal role in the scandal.
He began the session by
nouncing the resignation of
cretary of State William P.
igers and the appointment of
eign policy adviser Henry A.
ssinger as his successor,
ective Sept. 3.
The President’s voice trem
*d when he lashed out with
rely concealed anger at his
itics in the press and
ngress and “those who would
e the Watergate affair to
stroy me.”
He said he would “impute no
iproper motives” to “some
litical figures, some mem
rs of the press, and some
>mbers of the television”
lustry who would exploit the
ue.
But he added, “I think they
uld prefer that I fail.”
‘On the other hand,” he
blared forcefully, “I am not
ng to fail, I am here to do a
1 and I am going to do the
st I can....”
It the same time, when
ted how much “personal
me” he accepted for the
ises, he replied: “I accept it
»»
‘When you say, do I consider
signing, the answer is no, I
ill not resign...” he said.
It the no-holds-barred ses
n, Nixon also said specifical-
-He did not recall former
ing FBI Director Patrick
ay warning him in a July 6,
2 telephone call that some of
con’s closest White House
es were trying to “mortally
und” him by not cooperating
in the Watergate investigation.
—His confidence in Vice
President Spiro T. Agnew’s
integrity was not only un
changed but “strengthened”
despite Agnew’s investigation
for possible criminal violations.
Nixon vigorously denounced
“outrageous” news leaks about
the inquiry into possible kick
backs and promised to fire
whoever was responsible.
—He told former White House
Counsel John Dean last March
21, and Dean agreed, that it
would be wrong to raise as
much as $1 million for the
Watergate conspirators or to
grant executive clemency.
Throughout the period follow
ing the June 17, 1972, break-in
at the Democratic Party
headquarters he would have
expected Mitchell to tell him
“if he was involved or if
anyone else was involved. He
did not tell me.”
Nixon did not explain why he
never asked Mitchell, who had
testified that if the President
had asked him he would have
told him “chapter and verse.”
—Denied any impropriety in
having Ehrlichman approach
U.S. District Court Judge
Matthew Byrne about the
possibility of becoming FBI
director while Byrne was
presiding at the Pentagon
Papers trial in Los Angeles.
—Revealed for the first time
that Clark MacGregor, who
succeeded Mitchell as his
campaign manager, was sup
posed to conduct a thorough
investigation of the re-election
committee. In the White House,
the investigative responsibility
was given to Ehrlichman, who
in turn delegated it to Dean.
—He asked Haldeman to
listen to the tape of a
conversation held with Dean on
Sept. 15, 1972, to make sure
“we were absolutely correct in
our response” to Dean’s allega
tion that Nixon might have
known about the Watergate
cover-up as early as the date of
the September meeting.
—The September, 1971, break
in at Daniel Ellsberg’s psychia
trist’s office by White House
undercover agents was “illegal,
unauthorized and completely
deplorable.” But he said he and
Assistant Attorney General
Henry Petersen agreed April 18
they were not required to
inform the Pentagon Papers
trial because it was a “dry
hole” and no evidence was
obtained by the White House
GRIFFIN
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“plumbers” involved in the
burglary.
Nixon said he agreed 10 days
later to give the jury the break
in record on the advice of
Attorney General Richard
Kleindienst that “It was best
that we bent over backwards in
this case.”
—Did not believe there were
grounds for impeachment pro
ceedings against him because
he had done nothing illegal and
insisted he had not betrayed his
oath to uphold the Constitution
in approving a surveillance
plan that included burglaries
and mail openings.
He defended his past use of
wiretaps without court order as
essential to protect the national
security, and declared such
wiretaps as well as burglaries
were used on a “very large
scale” in the Kennedy and
Johnson years.
—He was not “particularly
surprised” that polls had shown
that three out of four Ameri
cans believe it was wrong to
make the tapes. But he added
taping has been discontinued
and he is dictating his
recollections at night. “I think
that perhaps will be the more
accurate record of history in
the end,” he said.
—Owed no apology to the
American or Cambodian people
for telling them on April 30,
1971 that Cambodia’s neutrality
had been observed for the past
four years, when in fact, the
United States, on his orders had
been secretly bombing Cam
bodian sanctuaries in 1969 and
1970.
— Short of impeachment,
Presidential power is only
limited by public opinion,
congressional and other press
ures.
“I was elected to do a job,”
Nixon told reporters. “Water
gate is an episode that I deeply,
deplore. Had I been running the
campaign ... it would not have
happened.”
But Watergate, he added, was
“water under the bridge. It’s
gone now ... We are proceeding
as best we know how to get all
those who are guilty brought to
justice in Watergate. But we
must move on from Watergate
to the business of the people,
(which) is continuing the
initiatives we began in the first
administration.”
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday, August 23, 1973
Graham
Comments
on Nixon
LONDON (UPI) — Evangel
ist Billy Graham said today
President Nixon should hold
more news conferences. He
said he doubts Nixon or anyone i
knows or ever will know the i
whole truth about the Water
gate affair. i
“But I believe it will have a
cleansing effect on the United i
States,” he said.
Graham made the comments
at a news conference called to ,
announce “Spree 73” —a Bible ,
training event he will lead here
next week.
Graham at first said he
would not answer questions
about Watergate or other
political matters. But when one
I British reporter asked, “Do you
’ think Nixon has come un
stuck?” Graham retorted, “No,
I don’t think he has come
unstuck. One certainly did not
get that impression from
yesterday’spress conference.”
Graham said he saw part of ;
it on British television after his <
arrival in London Wednesday
evening.
Atlanta firm pushes park
An Atlanta based firm went to
court here today to try to force
Spalding County to issue it a
building permit for a mobile
home park in the Pomona area.
Judge Andrew Whalen, Jr.,
presided at the session which
opened this morning at the
courthouse.
East Enterprises, Inc. of
Atlanta was seeking to force the
county to issue a permit for a
mobile home park on 29.5 acres
on the North Expressway
between Birdie road and
Manley road.
Sam Davis, secretary-
MARIETTA—Mrs. Hoyt Powell (1) of LaFayette, Ga., and Mrs. Billy Jenkins of Huntsville,
Ala., discuss the wording and layout of newspaper ads they have purchased asking that
anyone with information about the slayings of two local pathologists contact them. The
two women’s husbands have been sentenced to life in prison for the killings. They believe
their husbands are innocent of the crimes and seeking new evidence which might free them.
(UPI)
The grandson of a Griffinite
was being treated in Northside
Hospital in Atlanta today for
injuries he suffered when a
plane hit him making an
emergency landing on 1-285
• yesterday.
The plane collided with a
panel truck being driven by
Raymond Culpepper,
17, of Atlanta.
He is the son of R. L.
Culpepper of Atlanta, formerly
of Griffin. The 17-year-old youth
is the grandson of Mrs. R. C.
Culpepper, 438 North Eighth
street. He is the nephew of Mrs.
Calvin Vaughn of Griffin.
The injured youth’s father
works at Lockheed as an
engineer.
The pilot of the plane was
Charles Curtis Dunn of DeKalb
County. He brought the craft to
a safe landing on the highway
but its wing clipped the truck
Culpepper was driving. Dunn
told investigators he apparently
had run out of gas. He had just
taken off from DeKalb airport
when he was forced to land.
Culpepper worked for A
grocery store and had made a
delivery in the panel truck. He
was returning to the store when
the accident occurred.
treasurer for the Atlanta firm,
was the first witness to be called
to the stand.
He testified the company had
purchased the land for $85,000
from W. S. Venable. Davis said
the firm had paid SIO,OOO to an
agent to locate the tract. He
said another $6,000 had been
spent on survey fees in
preparation for constructing the
mobile home park.
Davis said that when the land
was purchased, he was told by
county building officials that it
was zoned then for a mobile
home park. He said he checked
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ATLANTA—The small Piper Cub airplane piloted by Curtis Dunn of DeKalb County is
framed in the door of a truck that it collided with as Dunn was attempting an emergency
landing on the median strip of busy Interstate 285. Raymond Culpepper of Atlanta, who was
in the truck, was in serious condition at a local hospital. Dunn was uninjured. (UPI)
with the Spalding Health
Department and was told what
type of sewerage system would
be required.
Davis said the firm came to
Griffin in February of 1971
looked at the land with the idea
of developing it into a mobile
home park.
Spalding County Com
missioners amended zoning
ordinances in November, 1972,
prohibiting further develop
ment of mobile home parks in
the county.
Jim Owen, attorney for the
county, said that the ordinance
was passed after a public
1st
First Masonic lodge hall was built in
Griffin on the northeast corner of Hill
and Slaton in 1851. The present Masonic
Building on the southeast corner of Hill
and Solomon was built in 1892.
hearing on the proposal had
been held. He said the public
hearing was advertised
properly and that was held in
the courthouse.
After hearing from citizens on
the pros and cons of mobile
home parks, the commissioners
voted to prohibit future
development of them.
East Enterprises contends
that it should be given a permit
for the park, since it was zoned
for mobile homes at the time
they purchased the land.
East Enterprises is asking the
Spalding County Superior Court
to order Spalding County to
issue a building permit for the
Federal court
refuses to enter
Marietta case
ATLANTA (UPI)-A federal
appeals court has dismissed a
plea for federal intervention by
four men convicted of murder
ing two Marietta doctors in
1971.
The sth U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals ruled that the issue
was moot, after defendants
Hoyt Powell, Larry Hacker,
Billy R. Jenkins, and Wayne
Ruff asked the court to block
their prosecution.
The appeal apparently was
dismissed because the four had
been tried in Cobb County Su
periour Court while the appeal
was being considered. The four
men first filed a suit for inter
vention in U.S. District Court
June 25.
However, Cobb County author
ities claimed a federal court
had no right to intervene in a
state court action. The county
officials asked the sth Circuit
Court for a “writ of prohibi
tion” and the appeals court di
rected the district judge to stay
any hearings until it could con
sider the county’s writ.
The four men, found guilty of
park.
Named as defendants are the
three county commissioners,
Jack Moss, Sandy Morgan and
Palmer Hamil. Also named
with them are Zoning Appeals
Board members Russell Smith,
Howard Gossett and Jack
Bowden.
Sammy Murray, a law part
ner of Owen, is assisting in the
defense of the county’s position.
Davis was the only person to
be called to’the stand so far this
morning.
Sam Cobb, building inspector
for the county who is in charge
of building permits, also is a
defendant.
killing Drs. Warren and Rosina
Matthews, also are seeking $4
million in damages. That part
of their suit was not taken to
the appeals court.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
82, low today 62, high yesterday
81, low yesterday 59, high
tomorrow in low 80s, low tonight
in 60s.
“Often what you don’t say
tells folks more about you than
what you do say.”