News-Palladium, The (Newspaper) - July 30, 1974, Benton Harbor, Michigan Allegedly paid bribe FINAL EDITION 24 PAGES 2 SECTIONS MICH TUESDAY JULY 31 NIXON CONVERT INDICTED Innocent Says Connally JACKSON Writer WASHINGTON AP John B Connally indicted for bribery perjury and piracy denies any guilt and says he will fight the charges The former Treasury tary was indicted Monday by a Watergate grand jury accused of taking two bribes from milk producers and then to cover up the payment wilh testimony I deny again thai I am guilty of any wrongdoing and I am confident lhal I will tely vindicated of these charges Connally said in a statement issued through his Houston law off ice For months there have been leaks rumors and speculation The matter is now in the open where it can be dealt with honestly and fairly Monday night Connally told the Dallas Morning News thai he was heartsick over the in- dictment We're going to keep fighting he said We're going to use every resource and we're going to win it We are not giving up said he wasn't surprised by the grand jury tion but he said he had kept thinking that it might not occur I'm saddened of the three-time Texas governor said I've been engaged in many campaigns for many years and there have never been any whispers or suspicions about my activities Cunnally is the fourth former member of President Nixon's Cabinet to lie charged with a crime He has hired noted criminal lawyer Edward nett Williams to run his defense The grand jury accused nally of two counts of bribery one count of conspiracy to truct justice and two counts of perjury He faces a maximum of 19 years in jail and in fines if convicted on all counts The grand jury accused Con- nally of taking two payments from his friend Jake a Texas lawyer working for Associated Milk Producers Inc the nation's largest tive The money allegedly was paid for Connally's help in getting President Nixon to raise federal milk price supports in March The first was paid around May 14 and the second around Sept 24 the indictment said also was indicted on a single bribery count carrying a maximum penalty of two years in jail and a fine There have been reports that had struck a deal with the Watergate prosecution force agreeing to plead guilty to a single bribery count provided the government would drop all other charges against him scheduled for pleading Aug 7 Connally for Aug 9 The indictment charges that Connally and cover up the alleged bribes after federal tors began checking testimony by a former lobbyist for the milk producers lioli A Lilly who said he gave to give to Connally swore lie drew only from the milk producers and that lie offered it to Connally twice and Connally testified that the See back page see 1 col 1 Cloudy and cool through Wednesday 17 n 4 o m 1 Readings from Mod noon to 70 3 75 ot p.m Low 55 at 1 JOHN CONNALLY Allegedly accepted bribe PRESIDENTIAL DEFIANCE Article II Clears Panel MAMA CASS Picture shows Mama Cass as she arrived at London's Heathrow airport July 10 for a tour of England Singer was found dead in her apartment in London Monday afternoon Investigation is underway into cause of her death AP By JOHN BECKLER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON AP President Nixon's failure to comply with House Judiciary Committee subpoenas will be the basis for a third article of impeachment the committee is expected to approve Rep Robert McClury sponsor of the article predicts it will be adopted by a margin There is also a chance a fourth article based on Nixon's personal finances will be approved Today's meeting which could wind up the committee's long impeachment proceedings was broadcast nationally on television and radio The committee climaxed a session Monday night by voting in favor of an article charging Nixon with Mania Cass Death Probed In London LONDON AP Britain's lop pathologist said after an topsy today that further tests would be needed to determine how Mama Cass Elliot the sweet-voiced pop singer died Prof Keith Simpson gave no details of his examination said she did nol appear to have died from natural causes He did not elaborate Police said an inquest will be- held at Westminister court Wednesday Simpson's statement came only hours after the singer's doctor Anthony told I think the will probably show that she died as a result of choking on a sandwich while ing in and inhaling her own She was a very big lady and I could nol rule out the of a heart attack Dot MacLeod the singer's secretary said she found the star's Monday afternoon slightly propped up in her double bed in he six-room apartment she occupying during engagements in Britain The television set was on and a ham sandwich and a soft drink were beside her pillow Miss MacLeod said She had been dead for a considerable time before her body was found Dr burg said The singer who rose to fame in the as the leading Mama of The Mamas and the Papas completed a engagement al the Palladium Saturday night She was preparing to start a tour of tain This last week was the piest I have ever seen her said her manager Allan Carr She told me after she had received a standing ovation at the I feel that I have given the best of myself 23 times but I have never felt ter about anything I have ever done professionally Dr said she had been dieting and had been Benton Man Loses License The Michigan Liquor Control commission has revoked a license held by a Benlon township man who was convicted earlier this year on a charge The license SDM for beer and wine takeout was held by Robert U-c Finch who formerly did business at Fair grocery store 1069 Highland avenue The building is now vacant and sustained fire damage atout two months ago township police said Finch lasl April 12 was convicted in Berrien circuit court on a of assault wilh a dangerous weapon He was accused of spooling another man in the arm Dec 5 197.1 ing quite well She told an in- from the Times of London a few days ago she had losl pounds in Ihc past year Miss Elliot's daughter by singer James R Vanessa was reported with her grandmother in Baltimore Md Born Ellen Naomi Cohen in Baltimore Md she up in Virginia and Maryland and took the name Cassandra Elliot before going to New York at Ifl to try for a stage career After a few small parts and a role in a touring company of The Music Man she turned to singing first with Denny Doherty and Tim Rose in a group called The Big Three then with Doherly and two others as The The Mugwumps also failed with public and up Then Miss and Doherly teamed wilh John and Michelle Phillips as The Mamas and the Papas Success came quickly in the form of gold records and sellout concerts across the country The Mamas and the Papas split up amicably in 1968 and Miss Elliot struck out on her own with recordings and television and night club Her hit records as a single included Dream a Dream of Me and Make Your Own Kind of Irving Her first solo appearance was nt Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas reportedly for a week She and Hendricks were married in and divorced in In 1971 she married a Bavarian baron Donald von violations of his oath of office and his Seven Republicans joined the 21 committee Democrats in support of the article which many of them judged to be stronger than the obstruction of justice article approved day as a abuse of power holds more danger for the republic than a single criminal act so is this a far more serious charge than in the article already said Rep Lawrence J Hogan Md a leading supporter of Ar- ticle II Rep Robert F Drinan D- Mass called the committee's action a victory for justice and said history may compare it to the challenge of the English barons that led to signing of Magna Carta in 1215 a milestone in growth of tical liberty in England President Nixon's supporters on the panel viewed the proceedings darkly I'm deeply concerned for the of said Rep L Latta Rep Charles E Wiggins Calif said the committee was a step toward parliamentary government by basing impeachment on so vague a charge as abuse of presidential power But the Democrats and Republicans supporting the ar- ticle said the offenses charged against Nixon were so serious they threatened the freedom of the American people Article II is based on the oath a President lakes to faithfully execute his office and to preserve protect and defend the Constitution and on the duty Constitution imposes on him to see thai the laws arc faithfully executed It charges Nixon with ing both his and his duties by misusing the Revenue Service illegal a secret unit in the White House that en- gaged in unlawful activities and interfering with tions of the Watergate break-in and cover-up We came perilously close to losing our basic freedoms said Rep Paul S Sarbanes D- Md in a final round of debate before the vote And it is for that reason we must act affir- tonight During the long day and night of debate on article Nixon's supporters insisted there either was no evidence linking the President to the illegal acts charged or thai the acts were justified by national security considerations The article covers acts by Nixon's subordinates as well as his own a provision challenged by Wiggins as attempting lo See back page sec 1 col 5 MAKING HIS Rep Edward Hutchinson St Joseph Mich Republican gestures with his finger as he chats with Chairman Peter of the House Judiciary Committee in Washington Monday Hutchinson is the ranking minority member of the panel AP Wirephoto Smietanka Will Appeal Drug Charge Dismissal By RUSH Staff Writer The Berrien county tor's office intends to appeal an order by Berrien Circuit Judge William S White dismissing criminal narcotics charges against Dr Byung I loon Lee of Harbor The appeal may also affect criminal charges of delivery of amphetamines against Dr Durwood L Dill a Based on the court opinion in the Lee case the office moved this week o dismiss charges against Dill pending the appeal A preliminary examination had been scheduled to open today in district court on the charges Both doctors were arrested last March on charges of dis- drugs without proper procedure Dr Lee's license to practice medicine was revoked SENATORS GET Senate leaders meet in Washington Monday on possible trial as the House impeachment action against President Nixon gathers momentum From left are Senators Robert Byrd Mike Mansfield D- Mont majority leader Hugh Scott minority leader and Robert Griffin AP Wirephoto effective July 12 by the Michigan Board of Medicine in connection with the charges But the criminal charges were dismissed by Judge White on the grounds the statute under which Dr Lee was arrested is unconstitutional as it applies lo the medical profession Lee had been charged with delivery of drugs to undercover agents in his office at street last and January outside course of professional practice Dr Dill's license was pended for ill days last April by the Michigan Board of Registration and Examination for violation of regulations in connection with dispensing of drugs The suspension was stayed by a stipulation between Dill's at- torney and the slate attorney general's office pending an in Berrien circuit court A hearing on a motion by at- torney general's office to dis- miss the appeal has been scheduled for next Monday in Judge White's court The stipulated stay of sion allowed Dr Dill to practice prescribe and write hospital orders for drugs bin nol dis- pense them himself Dr Dill was scheduled for three days of preliminary examination this week in Berrien Fifth District court on criminal charges of delivery of amphetamines in his office at 1707 Broadway in Niles to un- agents between tober and January The charges allege he prescribed drugs without conducting medical histories or physical tions But the office moved to dismiss the charges because Dr Dill's case is similar to Dr Lee and the court would presumably rule the same way in dismissing the charges Berrien Prosecutor John Smietanka said Smietanka said his office See hack page sec 1 col 4 INDEX Editorials Page 2 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