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Mitchell denies
any wrongdoing
By H. D. QUIGG
NEW YORK (UPI) - John
Mitchell concedes that he
interceded with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on
behalf of financier Robert
Vesco the same day Vesco
made a secret $200,000 contribu
tion to the Nixon re-election
campaign. But the former
attorney general denies he did
anything wrong.
Mitchell denied all charges
against him Monday, even
under tough cross-examination.
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The criminal conspiracy trial
against Mitchell and former
Commerce Secretary Maurice
Stans neared its final stages
with Mitchell’s cross-examina
tion nearing and Stans waiting
to come onstage.
The Stans testimony was to
be the final major act of the
federal court trial, now in its
38th day and ninth week. Stans
was expected to be a lengthy
witness. And there may be one
or two corroborating Mitchell
witnesses before him.
May Produce Witnesses
Also, the prosecution may
oroduce rebuttal witnesses
after the defense rests. How
ever, Judge Lee P. Gagliardi
told attorneys he was consider
ing holding court over the
weekend.
In that case, the nine-man,
three-woman jury might return
a verdict early next week. The
government charges the two
former powerful Nixon Cabinet
members with plotting to
obstruct a federal investigation
of Vesco in return for his secret
$200,000 cash donation to the
1972 campaign of President
Nixon.
Mitchell, 60, a calm and even
voiced man in a solid gray suit
and pale blue shirt, stated
firmly on direct examination
that he was “absolutely not
guilty” of the conspiracy, nor
of two additional counts of
obstructing justice and six of
lying under oath to the grand
jury about the Vesco affair.
“When you heard about the
size of the money that Vesco
was planning to give, you knew
that he was giving it to get
your help?” Assistant U.S.
Attorney John R. Wing asked
on cross-examination.
“Absolutely not, Mr. Wing,”
Mitchell answered, his voice
rising, “or the whole matter
would have ended right
there....”
He’d Look for More
“It never occurred to you
that Vesco was looking for
something?"
“It never occured to me in
any form, shape, or manner ...
If Mr. Vesco was looking for a
favor, he’d have been looking
for something more than just a
meeting with the chairman of
the SEC.”
Government testimony has
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year. Centers like it already are located in several other
Georgia communities. The 1974 General Assembly funded
George expects local
tax bills to reappear
By JACK WILKINSON
ATLANTA (UPI) - How well
major candidates deal with the
vexing problem of local taxation
may determine how well they do
at the polls this summer, a top
Georgia Municipal Association
official predicts.
Elmer George, executive di
rector of the GMA, says there
appears to be a greater aware
ness among legislators and
been that Vesco, through
lawyer Harry L. Sears, a
Mitchell friend, was strongly
pressuring for an audience with
William Casey, then chairman
of the SEC and that Mitchell
got Sears an appointment with
Casey the same day the
$200,000 was delivered.
The SEC was pressing an
investigation of Vesco’s
manipulations.
Wing quoted a law that
forbids government officials
from representing anyone who
is before a federal agency, but
Mitchell said of his action: “I
disagree that it would be
improper.”
“You were the chief law
enforcement officer of the
country?”
Mitchell said he was.
“Yet you willingly contacted
the chairman of the SEC in a
pending matter?”
“Yes,” said Mitchell. “I
thought it ought to be called to
his attention.”
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others as to the money crunch
in the cities and a need to
broaden the tax base.
Local option sales and income
tax proposals, passed by the
General Assembly but killed by
Gov. Jimmy Carter, are expect
ed to resurface next year. With
that in mind, GMA officials and
field workers will be taking
their case to the candidates who
are zeroing in on the Aug. 13
primaries.
“We look with a great deal of
optimism to working with can
didates for governor and the
legislature, explaining the issues
and developing some sympa
thetic attitude to our problems,”
George said.
Apparently, it will be an is
sue hard to dodge.
“Our people at the local level
will be listening very carefully
to see what the candidates have
to say about the local prob
lems,” he said.
George said city officials gen
erally were pleased with the 1974
legislature, found the lawmakers
“very cooperative, friendly and
more aware of city problems.”
“I think there was a greater
attempt to try to solve our prob
lems than ever before. But we
were very disappointed the gov
ernor vetoed the sales tax. He
told us he was going to veto it
... but we kept hoping he would
change his mind.”
The General Assembly passed
the center to serve this and surrounding counties. A site
selection committee already is looking for land on which
to locate the structure.
both a one per cent local option
sales and income tax, but Car
ter killed them when he vetoed
the sales tax provision.
“We thought the home rule
principle, with the property tax
rollback, plus the need to broad
en the local tax base would be
the compelling factor,” George
said.
The GMA official also voiced
disappointment over the failure
by the legislature to pass bills
setting up local option taxes on
hotel and motel rooms and on
mixed drinks.
He said he expects tax mea
sures to reappear next year,,
with a new governor. He said
the county commissioners asso
ciation stood ready to cooperate
with the GMA in another push,
if it comes.
“I feel sure we’re going to
make another effort,” George
said. “As long as there is some
property tax rollback, we look
for cooperation from the county
commissioners. We are not ask
ing this as a tax increase, but
as away to broaden the tax
base."
Fuel
supply
highest
ATLANTA (UPI)-An official
of the state energy office said
Monday fuel supplies in Geor
gia are at their highest level
this year and predicted the sit
uation will continue to improve
gradually this spring.
Mike McGuinn, director of the
state energy office, said the
state will get about 92 per cent
of the projected need in April,
based on 1972 figures.
“As far as we can tell at this
point, considering the additional
allocation for Georgia, we are
in as good if not better shape
than we were in March. This is
provided we do not receive a
great upsurge in tourist traffic
or domestic demand,” he said.
“At this point, we are within
five million gallons of the
amount of fuel that was avail
able for consumption in April
of 1973. That’s better than we
have been, generally speaking,
so far this year.”
He said the reduced 55 mile
an hour speed limit and other
conservation measures had
caused a decline in the actual
gasoline need for 1974 from pro
jected need based on 1972 fig
ures.
“Information we receive from
Washington is that the situation
continues to show slight and
gradual improvement,” he said.
“However, neither I nor anyone
in Washington is advocating
abandonment of a conservative
approach and continued conser
vation wherever possible.”
He said the country will have
a shortfall of 4 to 5 per cent
of gross national needs even
when the embargo is complete
ly over and the fuel flow is
back to normal, based on the
rate of growth and demand for
gasoline in past years.
McGuinn said highways in
the interstate system and other
major north-south routes will
have generally adequate sup
plies, although small rural com
munities may continue to exper
ience spot shortages.
Liza ill
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Nev.
(UPI) — Actress Liza Minelli
collapsed offstage Monday
night while awaiting to perform
before a sellout crowd at
Harrah’s Club.
Stage Manager Jacques Vogt
said the Academy Award
winning actress and singer had
symptoms of the flu and an
upset stomach while waiting in
the wings.
A doctor was called and the
club picked up the tab for the
disappointed customers.
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It Always Saddens Us. ..
when young people we have known for years
leave our hometown to seek a job elsewhere.
What effort can we make to create greater
opportunities in our community.
Buy and save at home. Every dollar you spend
in town helps our merchants and creates jobs.
The money you save in our institution is avail
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— Griffin Daily News Tuesday, April 16,1974
Gainesville
digging stops
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (UPI) -
Digging operations along the
Mulberry River were suspended
Monday after authorities said
they wers conviced they would
find no more bodies at the site.
Ten days of excavations in
the sandy soil yielded one body,
that of Otis Robert Reidling
Jr., 24, who had been shot to
death.
A spokesman said the federal,
Conservancy
Chapter plans
field trip
The first quarterly meeting of
the Griffin Area Chapter of the
Georgia Conservancy was held
at St. George’s Episcopal
Church.
The speaker of the evening
was Joe Tanner, Commission of
the Department of Natural
Resources for the State of
Georgia. Mr. Tanner spoke at
length on the proposed Spewrell
Bluff project on Flint River,
presenting views from the
Engineering point of view as
well as those of the Department
of Natural Resources. He
emphasized the desirability of
developing a river park in this
area.
Jim Wilson, resource
manager, gave a slide
presentation of some of the
areas of the Flint and gave a
resource analysis of the river.
Dr. Grover Sowell, president
of the local chapter, urged the
members to attend the field trip
to Spewrell Bluff on Saturday,
May 4.
state and local law enforcement
agencies involved in the inves
tigation were “satisfied” no
more bodies were buried along
the river bank. The spokesman
refused to say, however, wheth
er other possible burial sites
might be dug up as the investi
gation continued.
Authorities had said as many
as a dozen persons, victims of
gangland wars in north Geor
gia, might be buried at the
five-acre site.
One officer said of the dig
ging operation: “There are
about nine million rumors. Ev
erybody has a sandbar they
saw some dog digging in.”
The spokesman said the FBI,
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
and officers from Hall and Bar
row counties intended to get
“our notes together.”
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