Albuquerque Tribune (Newspaper) - August 16, 1973, Albuquerque, New Mexico The Albuquerque Tribune US on Vol 54 No 295 LOCAL Cloudy with possible thundershowers high today lower 90s Thursday August 100 Pages in Nine Sections Defends decision to keep tapes secret HOME EDITION p.m Stock Prices TEN CENTS Let courts decide Nixon says By HARRY F ROSENTHAL Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON AP Proclaiming anew he was not involved in the Watergate scandal President Nixon has appealed to the nation to let the courts decide the guilt or innocence of individuals involved The time has come to turn Watergate over to the courts where the questions of guilty or innocence be- Nixon said The time has come for the rest of us to get on with the urgent business of the nation NIXON ACCEPTED full responsibility for the tions of his aides because the abuses occurred during my administration and in the campaign for my He also defended his decision not to turn over presidential tape recordings to the special Watergate prosecutor or Senate Committee BUT HE SAID the Senate Watergate committee had failed to disclose the slightest evidence that I had any knowledge of the planning for the Watergate break-in Nixon's nationwide television and radio speech and accompanying statement defended his efforts to learn the truth about Watergate the facts of which the President said he did not learn until March 21 this year HE CONCLUDED with a plea to not stay so mired in Watergate that we fail to respond to challenges of surpassing importance to America and the world Nixon's long-awaited statement did not offer re- Nixon news pages A-S buttal Watergate questions It has not been my tion to attempt any such comprehensive and detailed Nixon explained SEN BARRY GOLDWATER commented that the president's address did not add anything to his other speeches thai would tend to divert suspicion from him But Goldwater said he supports the dent in his appeal for Americans lo recognize dangers lo the country and the world George Bush chairman of the Republican Nation al Committee called the speech credible and very reasonable He said he is convinced the American people want the country freed from the Watergate obsession HIS COUNTERPART Robert the Dem National Committee said the President Continued un AS Brass lanterns for Nixon estate cost GSA Toby Cordova Don't know either way Tim Keleher A sad situation Joseph Vertres I wasn't surprised Peg Terribly disappointed Josie Garcia He didn t say anything Tom Templeton J sympathize Nixon speech didn't impress viewers By DAVID DURAN And BOB HORNE Tribune Staff Writers Although President Nixon received some support the man on the street generally was not impressed with his televised speech on gate Tribune interviews indicated today The interviews were con- ducted in downtown HE WASN'T said Frank Fine a research specialist for the Technology Application Center Mr Fine who was a George McGovern er said that he still is not convinced that the dent was not involved in Watergate In fact I am more con- than ever that he has something to hide since I don't feel he laid all of the cards on the table last night HE PRESENTED one new piece of to prove otherwise The President said the same things he said before that he had no tion in it or the Fine said I feel that if he doesn't release his tapes of sations and prove his ence then he should be Fine said FRED VIGIL retired 1300 Second SW on the other hand said he thought it was a pretty good speech I honestly don't think he was involved at all I am not a Republican but I like the President and think he is an honest he said TIM KELEHER an attorney de- scribed the President's speech as a ion and the Watergate affair as a sad situation I expect the anticipates the Supreme Court will uphold his right to keep the tapes I also think he is hoping that with an upswing in the economy people will forget about it I THINK he was aware of it but he didn't realize his advisers just couldn't handle the power Haldeman and man thought they had the divine right to achieve their aims at the expense of the he said Mr Keleher said that as a result of Watergate there will be tighter control over White House personnel Congress will assert its own authority and I think we will have a hell of a lot ter PEG a for Dean Witter and Co Inc said I was ble with the President's speech I just got mad and Continued on Page By DALE McFEATTERS Writer WASHINGTON At the direction of President on's personal attorney Herbert W Kalmbach U.S taxpayers spent to buy decorative made lanterns for Nixon's private estate at San ente Calif The 11 solid brass tric lanterns four large ones for and seven for were ordered in July 1969 and paid for shortly after- ward by the General ices Administration the government's landlord agency according to cial records newly made available GSA SPENT most of it at Secret Service direction to make Nixon's San home and 26 acres of grounds safe and secure and million to build an office complex on federal land next door The purchase orders de- scribe the lanterns as ished in the natural green patina to which brass ages with clear seedy glass hinged bottom 10 hold cent lights They were made by the Wood Lighting Fixture Co a firm specializing in custom-made fixtures A GSA SPOKESMAN speculated that the lanterns were for low-level ty lighting requested by the Secret Service outside Nixon's home but a Secret Continued on page A-S Arab plane hijacker captured InSide The Tribune J TEL AVIV UPI A young Arab man hijacked a Middle East airways flight today and forced it to land at LOD International port where specially trained Israeli security guards boarded it freed the 119 passengers and crew and captured the hijacker without firing a shot cial Israeli sources said LEBANESE SOURCES in New York said it was actually another Israeli at- tempt to capture an guerrillas and that there were two hijackers who were actually Israeli secret agents The Israelis seized another Lebanese airliner last Friday and diverted it to Israeli where no were found aboard ISRAELIS SAID the Boeing 707 owned by non was hijacked over Cyprus on a flight from Libya to Lebanon A flight of Israeli Phantom jets escorted the plane to the airport Israeli troops had ringed the aircraft armored personnel riers fire trucks and The Treasure of Victoria fact or Some possible origins of the treasure trove Bryan Victoria The great Apache war chief was held by the arms by two men in front of the era his head band falling off during the struggle for this only known of him The original photo is in the National Archives in Washington By HOWARD BRYAN Tribune Staff Writer Copyright 1973 The Albuquerque Tribune The San Andres Mountain peak in which Milton E Doc claimed to have J found gold historic relics in 1937 has been to over the yearst as Victoria Peak or dad Peak But official White Sands Missile Range maps nate it Victorio Peak and with apparent good reason For it was in the shadow Seventh of a series of this peak high in the bowl-shaped Basin that the famed Apache chief Victorio and his da ring band of Warm Springs Apaches camped on numerous occasions un- til they were wiped out in the fall of 1880 It was at Springs at the west foot of the small and rocky peak that U.S Cavalry units Continued on Page Police crack down on city scoff laws Albuquerque police have started a massive crack down on people who fail to answer parking and traffic tickets Lt John Langowski said that about warrants have been served on in the past two months with another to be served We're serious about these warrants and they gowski said SCOFFLAWS persons who ignore the tickets are being arrested at the rate of 40 to 50 a day he said and being given the choice of posting an bond or ing in jail until the court can hear their cases They are arrested in their homes places of ness or anywhere we find said They are taken to Police Headquarters booked and mugged and from then on they have a police he said LANGOWSKI said the average person picked up Continued on page A-S THE HIJACKER about 25 years old and dressed in a green suit was led away from the red white and blue Boeing broadly His intentions remained a mystery He had made no demands to Israeli authorities No shots were fired during the cue attempt a military spokesman said and no one was hurt THE HIJACKER who had brandished two pistols seizing control of the er over Cyprus was questioned by tary officials including the armed forces chief of staff Lt Gen David Elazar PASSENGERS and crew members from the airliner boarded three buses parked near the plane and were taken into the LOD passenger lounge where they were served orange juice and cakes while ing for their flight to Beirut to resume Witnesses said the er today was standing in an open doorway at the rear of the plane talking with an Israeli security man on the ground when three other security men entered the aircraft from the other side and jumped him Ann Arts B Bridge Crossword Dr Lamb Horoscope Inside the Capital Markets Merry Obituaries On the Public Seek and Town Weather data map Women's News Ban on vehicle shades1 confusing no tickets yet By RICHARD WILLIAMS Tribune Staff Writer A new state law making it illegal to place shades on vehicle windows which ob- struct vision seems to be running into confusion as to what it means and how to enforce it Deputy State Police Chief Steve Lagomarsino said his officers are giving tickets when clear violations are found and warning ists of the new law and ad- vising them of what tutes an illegal shade But Albuquerque Police are in a situation similar to the recent motorcycle met regulation which went unenforced until a city patterned on the state law was enacted A CHECK by The une several patrolmen found that no tickets have been issued because there is no city ordinance against the window screens and the are uncertain what law says And Deputy Police Chief Sam Romero said that the state law as written is ob- scure The says that No per nn shall drive any toi vehicle with any sign poster or other non sparent material upon or in the front windshield slide or side or rear dows of the vehicle which obstructs the driver's view of the highway or any intersecting highway or a clear view from the or into the interior of the vehicle THAT PART is pretty clear law enforcement on Packing royalty Mary Ellen Lopez a junior at Wait Mesa High School pocks her royal robot before leaving for El Paso to represent New Mexico in the Miss American Gl Forum national pageant through Sunday Mary Ellen 17 is ter of Mrs
