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By United Press International
Two days in court
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The White House has spent two
days in federal court struggling to prove a negative—that
two of President Nixon’s Watergate tapes never existed.
A White House counsel said one of the conversations
was not recorded on the White House taping system
because of an equipment malfunction which caused the
tape to run out.
He said the other was not available because the phone
used by Nixon was in his residential quarters and not
connected to the taping system.
The President Thursday named Sen. William B. Saxbe
of Ohio to be attorney general, and the outspoken
Republican, who has been critical of Nixon in the past,
said he would have to “practice keeping my mouth shut.”
Talk of more war
Israel and Egypt hardened their diplomatic positions on
a settlement of the Middle East conflict and leading
newspapers in both Tel Aviv and Cairo spoke today of
more war.
Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir met with President
Nixon in Washington Thursday and told reporters later
she would not pull her forces back to the Oct. 22 cease-fire
lines—the price Egypt is asking for release of Israeli war
prisoners.
At the United Nations the Soviet Union and the United
States sought agreement to avoid a superpower veto on
the makeup of the United Nations peacekeeping force in
the Middle East.
Fuel allocation in effect
The federal government’s mandatory fuel allocation
program went into effect Thursday, including allocation
of home heating oil, jet fuel, kerosene, and diesel fuel, UPI
reported. Several airlines cut back their schedules
because of the new program.
In Brussels, European nations said they can cope with a
fuel shortage expected because of the Arab oil boycott
They expect higher prices, however.
Skylab 3 ready
CAPE CANAVERAL (UPI) — The Skylab 3 rocket and
crew were tested and ready for mock firing today.
Officials said Mariner 10, the first spacecraft to use the
gravity of one planet to propel it toward another, is set for
an unmanned launch to Mercury and Venus on Saturday.
Griffin High homecoming is tonight. Page 10.
Mrs. Catherine Robinson,
Mayor of Metter, knows she
may not live to see the new
Metter. “When you come face
to-face with death, it makes a
definite difference in your
outlook. I’ve had five good
years that I didn’t expect to
have and I’m grateful.” (UPI)
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State and federal actions
affecting city governments will
be the topics to be covered when
the Sixth District Georgia
Municipal Association meets in
Griffin next week.
Mayors, councilmen, and
commissioners from 42 cities
are expected to attend. The
sessions will be held at the
Griffin Elks Club. The session
will begin Wednesday at 2:30
p.m. and conclude with a dinner
beginning at 6 p.m.
Councilman Ray J. Comay of
Newnan will preside at the
district caucus. He is president
of this segment of GMA.
Center
permits
issued
Permits for two shopping
complexes zoomed the city of
Griffin building permits toward
the $3-million dollar mark
during October.
A permit for $1,500,000 for
construction of Spalding Square
on Zebulon road near the air
port led the list
Construction on the shopping
center already is under way.
A permit for $1,033,500 was
issued to P & A Realty for
construction of Griffin Plaza on
West Taylor street. The Kroger
company will build this com
plex.
A commercial permit to
Gerald L. Lawhorn for a
building at 131 East Taylor
street was valued at $25,000.
A permit to Dr. John E.
Clouse for a building at 691
South Eighth street was listed
at $29,000.
A single family house permit
was listed at $35,000.
Total building permit
business for October was
$2,746,743.
Spalding prison to get
more supportive services
Upgrading of rehabilitative
and correctional services for
the Spalding County Correc
tional Institution have been
pledged by Deputy Com
missioner A. L. Dutton, Macon,
Department of Offender
Rehabilitation.
Warden Thomas F. Wilkerson
of Griffin, who attended a
meeting of the recently-formed
Middle District of Region II at
the Georgia Diagnostic and
Classification Center at Jack
son, said “more supportive
services” will be available for
his facility.
Region II staff members will
provide expanded services in
the areas of counseling, educa
tional programs, 1 adminis-
Mayor of Metter. See Page 5.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday, November 2, 1973
Mayor Henry Bishop, state
GMA president, will speak, too.
Louis Goldstein, chairman of
the Griffin City Commissioners,
will welcome the visitors to this
community.
Municipal issues likely to
come before the 1974 session of
the Georgia General Assembly
will be discussed by a panel of
state legislators and city of
ficials.
A report on federal legislation
affecting city governments also
will be presented.
Elmer George of Griffin who
is executive director of the
Georgia Municipal Association,
will present a report to the
session.
George is a former Griffin
businessman and was city
manager of Griffin when he
accepted the executive position
with the state organization. He
continues to make his home in
Griffin.
Phony
policies
found
CHICAGO (UPI) - Twenty
two officials of the Equity
Funding Life Insurance Co.
have been indicted on charges
of using a sophisticated com
puter scheme to create thou
sands of phony insurance
policies.
A federal grand jury in Los
k Angeles and a Du Page County
grand jury in Illinois returned
the indictments, which were
announced simultaneously
Thursday.
The indictments charged that
Equity officials created 62,400
phony insurance policies in
order to hike the price of the
firm’s stock on the New York
Stock Exchange, and then sold
phony policies to reinsurers.
tration, volunteer services and
special assistance to the
families of inmates, parolees,
probationers and work
releasees.
The creation of four regions in
the state and the setting up of
three districts within Region n,
Dutton said, will make it
possible for DOOR personnel to
work more closely with the
Spalding unit.
Counties included in the
Middle District are: Bibb,
Butts, Crawford, Fayette,
Henry, Houston, Lamar, Mon
roe, Peach, Pike, Spalding and
Upson. John Rogers, former
coordinator for the depart
ment’s work release program
before the change from an
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ATLANTA — Walter Huckabee, 62-yr.-old cattle farmer
from Abbeville, S. C. is unloaded from a Warner Robins A.
B. helicopter 11-1 for transfer to the Emory Univ, hospital.
Huckabee will receive intensive care from a chest
Mystery of tapes
puzzles probers
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Wa
tergate prosecutors said today
the White House had not proved
that two of President Nixon’s
secret tapes never existed and
they would conduct a complete
examination to find out what
happened.
Richard Ben-Veniste, a law
yer for the Watergate special
Rep. Busbee to push
for campaign reforms
ATLANTA (UPI)-House Ma-
Atlanta-based to a regionalized
and district-wide plan, will
work as district director for this
area, Dutton said.
“Our organizational meeting
at Jackson was most success
ful,” the deputy commissioner
added, “and I am pleased with
the fine work being done by Mr.
Wilkerson and his staff and the
two-way cooperation I know will
exist between than and our
regional and district staff.”
In addition to the Spalding
prison and the Georgia
Diagnostic and Classification
Center, other institutions in the
Middle District are located in
Fayette, Houston, Pike, and
Upson Counties.
Vol. 101 No. 261
Mission of mercy
prosecution force, said at the
opening of a third day of
hearings on the tapes that the
American people “expect and
are entitled” to an explanation.
In order to answer questions
about the missing tapes, the
prosecution said it will call
former White House Chief of
Staff H. R. Haldeman, former
jority Leader George Busbee,
declaring that the people’s re
spect for the political process
was “at an all time low,” an
nounced today he would intro
duce a campaign financing dis
closure act in the General As
sembly next January.
Busbee, an Albany Democrat
who plans to announce for gov
ernor as soon as the 1974 leg
islative session ends, said his
bill would apply only to candi
dates for governor and lieuten
ant governor.
He said it would call on each
to disclose all campaign expen
ditures and contributions ex
ceeding SIOO. The bill would also
require a complete personal fi
nancial statement by both candi
dates and their spouses, and aft
er election, annual statements
from the winners.
Busbee saidheexpects “over
whelming House support.” A
similar bill is expected in the
Senate but Busbee said he saw
surgeon in treatment of a shotgun wound he received in
the side Oct. 11, when he discovered three men attempting
to steal a truck. (UPI)
Haldeman aide Larry Higby;
assistant Attorney General
Henry E. Petersen, and Feder
al Aviation Administrator Alex
ander P. Butterfield, the man
who revealed July 16 existence
of the President’s secret tapes.
Presidential Counsel J. Fred
Buzhardt, who presented two
Secret Service agents and a
no reason why the two cham
bers couldn’t get together be
cause such reform is the “No.
1 issue in America today.”
Although Busbee and Sen.
Bobby Rowan of Enigma, an
other probable candidate for
governor, likely will be pushing
similar bills, Busbee said he did
not expect it to become a cam
paign issue.
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See Page 16
White House historian Thursday
to describe why the tapes did
not exist, asked the court to
recess until Monday to allow
him time to prepare his case.
But Chief U. S. District Judge
John J. Sirica said he could
“see no reason why” the
hearing could not continue
today.
The tapes in question were of
a late night conversation
between Nixon and former
White House counsel John W.
Dean 111 on April 15, 1973,
shortly before Dean was fired,
and a four-minute telephone
conversation in 1972 between
Nixon and his former campaign
chief, John N. Mitchell.
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