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Raps Senator’s welfare voting at Jaycee meeting
■y The Associated Press Republican Senate candidate Richard G. Lugar says incumbent Democrat Birch Bayh should be reminded of the 295 billion he has voted to spend when he talks about his efforts to cut the welfare budget “The next time you bear the good senator...telling you how he cut 220 billion out of the welfare budget, just remind him about the |95 billion he added,” Lugar told a weekend meeting of Indiana Jaycees. “By every analysis except his own, Birch is not only a saw, he’s one of the last of'the big spenders ■’ Bayh, who also spoke to the Jaycees. responded in kind by saying Lugar supported former President Richard Nixon, who
Bayh one of the last of the big spenders’: Lugar
submitted record-breaking budgets to Congress. "You look at the increase die past seven years in the Indinapolis budget and compare that to the increase in the federal budget and then I think you had better discuss another issue than big spending,” Bayh said. While Bayh and Lugar were trading accusations, American Party Senate candidate Don Lee was urging private operation of the nation’s agricultural market. "The farmers will pull the wagon of the government will take the chocks out from under the wheels,” Lee said in another weekend campaign address. He said the only thing that can head off a food crisis is “to
restore the incentive of the farmer.” “Government must start listening to the advice of the working farmer instead of the gang of profiteers who have had more influence over farm policies than the farmers themselves,” Lee added. Lee also promised to organize an advisory committee of working farmers and said: "I will be the best friend farmers ever had in the Senate.” Elsewhere, Republican Rep. Roger Zion lashed out at excessive government spending and urged greater availability of housing mortgage money. Speaking at the Luther Village senior citizen project in Evansville, Zion said spending
policies "of the Democratdominated Congress have us in a real inflation crunch...” Rep. David Dennis, R-Ind., a member of the House Judiciary Committee that recommended impeachment of President Nixon, said President Ford’s appearance before the ccm‘Still convinced’
mittee last week answered a lot of questions. He said Ford "explained that he exercised the pardoning power in favor of an ex-Presi-dent of the United States who had performed many valuable national services and who had been uniquely and severely
punished by his forced reagnation., in disgrace and under near certainty of impeachment.” In one of his weekend campaign appearances, Democratic Rep. Lee H. Hamilton emphasized foreign
affairs, saying “the political situation in the Middle East is still dangerous.” Hamilton said he liked Secretary of State Henry Kissinger’s initiatives, then added: "It is vital to keep the diplomatic process moving ahead and it
must be broadened beyond personal diplomacy.” Urging renewed diplomatic talks, Hamilton added: "If the parties do not start to tackle the difficult issues of war and peace in the Middle East, it is dear that the gains achieved so far will dissipate.”
Ford stands by "Rocky" nomination
Coomer cops candle
Greencastle Girl’s Athletic Association (GAA) members are selling ornamental candles as a money-making project. Here. Cindy Aikman.
a freshman member of G.A.A. sells a candle to Dr. John Coomer, principal at Greencastle High School. (Banner-Graphic Photo).
By FRANK CORMIER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - President Ford is standing by his nomination of Nelson A. Rockefeller, declaring, “I’m still convinced he would make a good vice president.” Ford, fielding questions from five newsmen aboard Air Force One late Saturday, was asked whether any conservative Republicans had urged him to withdraw the increasingly controversial nomination. "I wouldn’t say anybody seriously,” the President responded, implying that such advice had been received. Standing in shirtsleeves in the aisle of the plane as it brought him home from a campaign trip to Louisville, Ky., Ford held what amounted to an informal news conference. Ford said he expected Rockefeller's nomination to be confirmed before the President's planned trip to Japan next month. This would seem to be out of the question since Ford tentatively plans to leave the country Nov. 17 and Congress does not return from its election recess until the following day. Meanwhile, Rockefeller was described by a prominent Senate Democrat as “a man who has great experience, tremendous ability.” The comment came from Senate Democratic Leader Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, who said in an interview Sunday on the CBS program “Face the Nation”
that he still planned to vote for Rockefeller’s confirmation despite the recent financial disclosures. Byrd said, however, that he was glad that the Senate would not be voting immediately chi the nomination because “there are many questions that remain to be answered.” He said the Rockefeller gifts and loans raise a more serious question than the back taxes. In New York Sunday, Rockefeller said through spokesman Hugh Morrow that he gave Henry A. Kissinger $50,000 to enable Kissinger to join the Nixon administration as head of the National Security Council. And, Rockefeller was quoted in an interview in Time magazine as saying that Kissinger was concerned about earning less in Washington than he had been, because “he had just got divorced and had responsibilities to his children and to his former wife. “I urged him to take the job. He didn’t want it. Okay, so I helped him out. “He put the money in trust for his children. What’s more human than that," Rockefeller said. In the interview, Rockefeller described the gifts he gave to former associates and friends as “a great American tradition.”
Morrow also said that a story Political Indictment” was “a written by a onetime in Newsweek magazine about complete phony.” Rockefeller campaign worker, Rockefeller backing a book He said Rockefeller had Edward Paul Mattar HI of called “Barry Goldwater: A nothing to do with the book, Buffalo. President campaigns; fears Veto-proof Congress
IAP calls Star corruption series ‘journalism at its best’
INDIANAPOLIS (AP' — A series on aUeged police corruption by The Indianapolis Star 'is a reflection of investigative journalism at its best,” said one of the judges in the annual Indiana Associated Press news writing contest. The series, by reporters William E. Anderson, Harley R. Bierce and Richard E. Cady, took top honors in the AP contest and won the sweepstakes award as the best entry. The series also won first place in the community affairs public service category for newspapers with more than 30.000 circulation. Anderson and Cady currently are under indictment by a Marion County grand jury for allegedly conspiring to bribe a policeman. The Star has labeled the charge an attempt to discredit the investigation. Barbara Dempsey of the Elkhart Truth won first place in community affairs-public service for newspapers under 30.000 circulation. She wrote a series on school system changes in Edwardsburg The awards were presented Saturday night at the Ir diana AP Managing Editors fall convention banquet. Don Grubbs of the Peru Tribune won the first-place feature award for newspapers under 30.000 circulation, with a profile on 80-year-old Emil Schram of Peru, former president of the New York Stock Exchange Margaret Moore Post of the Indianapolis News won first place in the women's category for newspapers over 30.000, for a 10-part aeries on child abuse Nikki Nixon of the Michigan City News-Dispatch too the top prize for women's interest in the under-30.000 category for a series on weight reducing She also took the photographs accompanying the series. Carol Sutton, who was named managing editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal three months ago. spoke at the APME meeting Sunday and said qualified women are re-
ceiving better treatment in male dominated fields. She recalled how reporters "•ho interviewed her after her promotion from editor of the Living Today” page — a mod-ern-day version of the women's section — seemed overly concerned about how to refer to her on second reference in a story. Asked by one reporter whether she preferred Miss Sutton, Ms. Sutton or just plain Sutton, the style used for men. she opted for the latter. The reporter wrote that she preferred to be called “Sutton" but neglected to include that preference applied only in news stories After the story was published. she was confronted by an office full of tongue-in-cheek Courier-Journal staffers sporting name tags bearing only their last names The awards: (More than 80.000 circulation ) Community Affairs-Public Service: 1, William E Anderson. Harley R. Bierce, Richard Cady. Indianapolis Star. 2, Guy Slaughter, Gary PostTribune. 3, Rebecca Patterson Emmons. South Bend Tribune. Features 1. Thomas R. Keating. Indianapolis Star. 2. Philip H. Ault. South Bend Tribune 3. John Flynn, Louisville Courier-Journal. Women 1, Margaret Moore Post, Indianapolis News. 2, Kathleen Youngerman, South Bend Tribune. 3, Jack Orton, Kokomo Tribune. Honorable mention, Kokomo Tribune Family News staff. News 1, John Flynn, Louisville Courier ^Journal. 2, John Norberg, Lafayette Journal and Courier. 3, Carolyn Pickering, Indianapolis Star.
Hnorable mention, Sam Smith, Fort Wayne NewsSentinel. Sports 1. Bob Collins. Indianapolis Star. 2. Dick Mittman, Indianapolis News. 3. John Flynn, Louisville Courier-Journal. Hnorable mention, Glenn Banner, Kokomo Tribune. (Under 30,000 circulation) Community Affairs-Public Service. 1, Barbara Dempsey, Elkhart Truth. 2, Mike Pomper, Michigan City News-Dispatch. 3, Viola Phillips, Anderson Herald.
Probes "host facto'
Sports 1, William Boyd. Elkhart Truth. 2, Don Jellison. Noblesville Ledger. 3, Roy Church, Wabash Plain Dealer.
Women’s Interest 1, Nikki Nixon, Michigan City News-Disp? h. 2, Nikki Nixon, Michigan City News-Dispatch. 3, Marcia Fulmer, Elkhart Truth.
Vietnamese protest
SAIGON, South Vietnam (AP) — The U.S. embassy today denied that the Central Intelligence Agency is involved in demonstrations against President Nguyen Van Thieu and accused North Vietnam of a “crudely obvious attempt to exploit the dissent.” The embassy statement was issued after another anti-Thieu
demonstration Sunday in Saigon in which a police jeep was burned and the National Assembly building was stoned. There were peaceful antigovemment rallies in Hue, Can Tho and other towns. The statement also cited recent Viet Cong and North Vietnamese military attacks.
Washington - (AP) — President Ford has been told by close associates that he sounds like a Harry S. Truman on the campaign trail. And if Ford hasn’t given Democrats much hell yet, he’s trying. Facing heavy odds in attempting to resist an erosion of Republican strength in Congress, Ford is using more strident, more Truman-like rhetoric as the campaign progresses. Apparently by design, Ford became increasingly partisan last week as he jetted into seven states on behalf of Republican candidates. The change in approach produced a presidential decision Saturday to abandon prepared texts and, as he put it, “talk heart-to-heart, straight-to-straight. ” Ford seemingly wanted to say, “straight from the shoul-' der,” but couldn’t remember the cliche soon enough — one of the perils of impromptu speechmaking. But without a text, Ford tends to toughen up his language as he makes his big pitch: Elect Republicans or a Democratic veto-proof Congress of big-spending budget-busters will produce a legislative dictatorship. Here’s a typical sample from a Saturday-night speech in Louisville, Ky. “Let me put it just as bluntly as I can. If you get a veto-proof Congress, boy, tighten your seatbelts. You are going right through the roof of the United States Capitol as far as the federal treasury is concerned ... The keys to the treasury will be thrown away and the money will pour out unbelievably.” The results of Ford’s campaigning to date have been mixed, although he told reporters Saturday, “I’ve really been encouraged ... I loved those crowds.” The President’s audiences, even when sizeable, often have seemed more curious than enthusiastic. And sometimes they’ve been small. For example: —No more than 4,000 turned
Dean returns again to witness stand
WASHINGTON (AP) - With four tapes down .and three to go. John W. Dean HI is returning to the witness stand to relate what happened in the White House after he told thenPresident Richard M. Nixon about the Watergate cancer growing on the presidency. The prosecution in the Watergate cover-up trial was expected to finish with Dean today after playing the remaining three White House tapes, in which his voice was recorded along with Nixon’s. Lawyers for all five defendants. John N. Mitchell, H R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Kenneth W. Parkinson and Robert C. Mardian, then will have a chance individually to question Dean, the first government witness who has been on the stand since last Wednesday. Meanwhile, special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski said in a television interview Sunday that the entire story of Watergate will
come out during the trial. "Through the evidence at the (cover-up) trial, you’re going to have the story of Watergate.” Jaworski said cm the NBC program “Meet the Press.” The last tape played for the jury in the conspiracy case was of the conversation Dean had with Nixon the morning of March 21, 1974. In that talk, Dean told Nixon that demands by the Watergate defendants might cost $1 million. Later that day, in the next tape to be played, Nixon conferred with Haldeman, Ehriichman and Dean. Their discussion included talk of a pardon for Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt Jr., who had pressed the most persistent money demands. The next tape was recorded the following day when Nixon, Haldeman, Ehriichman, Dean and Mitchell and discussed strategy for the coming Senate Watergate committee hearings and the complicity of adminis-
tration and re-election committee officials in the break-in and cover-up. There had been several previous versions of the March 22 conversation. The White House transcripts released last April had Nixon saying flexibility was necessary “in order to get off the coverup line.” The House Judiciary Committee, during its impeachment inquiry, issued its own transcript, containing 16 pages of dialogue not included by the White House. In the House document, Nixon is quoted as saying “I don’t give a shit what happens. I want you all to stonewall it, let them plead the 5th Amendment, cover-up or anything else, if it’ll save it — save the plan.” The reference to the plan concerned the stance the White House would take to the Senate hearings. In his interview, Jaworski, who leaves office Friday, also
said that he thought Nixon was guilty of "obstruction of justice,” and, when asked whether he agreed with President Ford’s reasons for granting Nixon a pardon, he snapped “no.” India grain WASHINGTON (AP) - While cutting back grain sales to Russia, the United States soon may provide grain to India under a new Food for Peace agreement. Andrew J. Mair, coordinator of Food for Peace in the State Department, said he is certain a grain agreement with India is coming up, but doesn’t know how much the U.S. will supply. The agreement may be worked out during Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger’s visit to India later this month. The Soviet Union tried to buy 3.2 million tons of U.S. grain recently, but the shipment was halted by President Ford Oct. 5
out Saturday in a Louisville hall that seats 18,000, despite a telephone blitz and local radio advertising. —Airport rallies at Lincoln, Neb., and Greensboro, N.C., drew barely 2,000 each and a fund-raising box luncheon at Greenville, S.C., attracted but 300, who sat surrounded by tiers of empty seats. To balance off such disappointments, Ford can point to much bigger, noisier receptions in Sioux Falls, S.D., Indianapolis and Anderson, S.C. Voter apathy in Watergate’s wake may be the reason why Ford has yet to attract crowds as large and enthusiastic as those that customarily wel-
comed other presidents in recent decades. Ford never professes to believe his efforts could do more than help cut Republican losses in the November balloting. But he has told reporters his personal involvement in the campaign is important, even if it presents risks for his presidential prestige. “If I don’t do anything and we lose,” he asserted, “Republicans in the House would say, ‘he didn’t even try.’ “At least I tried, and if the results are better than the polls say ...” He did not finish the sentence.
Ford to meet with Mexican president
NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) - President Ford has set aside eight hours for his first hands-across-the-border meeting with Mexican President Luis Echeverria. Oil and economic problems promised to dominate their talks. Ford was flying here from Washington to meet Echeverria mi the border today before embarking on a lengthy round of substantive discussions at meeting sites in both countries. The talks, which mark Ford’s first venture outside the United States as President, will embrace Mexico’s quest for economic concessions and the U.S. interest in a major oil discovery in that country. There were indications that Echeverria might like to trade oil for Washington’s agreement to admit migrant Mexican farm workers — a development that would help ease Mexico’s serious unemployment problems. Ford was expected to stress north-of-the-border concern about the flow of illegal immigrants from Mexico at a time when the United States has a mounting unemployment prob-
lem of its own. The U.S. President told reporters Saturday night that immigration, oil, joint efforts to curb traffic in illicit narcotics and seven or eight other matters of mutual concern would be taken up. There was no formal agenda for the discussions. Ford’s itinerary had him flying from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to David-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz., then going by helicopter to Nogales to greet Echeverria. The two presidents were to fly by helicopter to Magdalena de Kino 70 miles south of the border for nearly two hours of talks at the local city hall. Ford and Echeverria then will go by helicopter to Tubac, Ariz., 15 miles north of the border, for a luncheon and more discussions. The two leaders planned to wind up their meetings with a ceremony at the DavisMonthan air base. Ford was scheduled to spend the night in Oklahoma City, to spend the night and make campaign appearances there and in Cleveland Tuesday before returning to the White House.
Little they can do By JEFFREY D. ALDRMAN to further increase patrols, deAssociated Press Writer spite Ford’s request. Many of the nation’s gover- —Some states treat drivers nors and mayors say there’s speeding over the national little they can do about Presi- limit but under the old state dent Ford’s request to enforce limit less severely than those the nationwide 55 m.p.h. speed exceeding the old limits, limit except praise it as a good —Many states do not stop idea. drivers traveling above 55 The governors and mayors, m.p.h. until they approach a many of whom got telegrams a set speed — say, 62 m.p.h. week ago from Ford asking for —In scattered areas, judges stricter speed limit enforce- are dismissing charges against ment, say their states are al- people caught speeding over 55 ready doing everything m.p.h but under old limits; popossible given the manpower lice in some areas give waraavailable. ings instead of tickets to such Many officials, including speeders,
state and local police, say the basic problems are that the public is not convinced that
“South Dakota enforces its speed laws, and will continue to do so,” said Gov. Richard
energy conservation will help Kniep, who plans no changes in cut inflation and there are too state procedures on speeding,
many speeders for the police to handle, a nationwide
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cause of Ford’s telegram. “As a practical matter, if ev—Many states have upped eryone on the highway is travmanpower to monitor speeding eling 60 miles per hour, a paviolations since last winter and trolmen can hardly stop them speeding tickets are up consid- all and can hardly be expected erably in many states. Nearly to selectively choose which all officials say thee is no way ones to pick.”
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