News-Palladium, The (Newspaper) - August 10, 1974, Benton Harbor, Michigan FINAL EDITION PAGES 4 SECTIONS WEATHER MM Frl K IK I MICH SATURDAY AUGUST II m 13c Ford Asks Advisors For Inflation Cures WASHINGTON AP The government's economic ad- visers are under orders from President Ford to outline tions he can take to deal with inflation which they now say will be worse this year than they had predicted The news that inflation would not decline in the last half of 1974 by as much as previously believed was the message Ford received from the circle of economic advisers on his first day as president It was at that meeting Friday afternoon in the White House that Ford said inflation would be a and first priority of his administration He called for the outlines of the various actions he could take to combat inflation and scheduled another session with the economists next week Ford believes inflation to be the world's greatest problem and many believe the current rale of 11 per cent a year in this country is the major concern of the electorate Kenneth I Hush a special presidential adviser on the LEAVING Former Treasury Secretary John B Connally leaves U S District court in Washington Friday accompanied by wife Connally en- tered not guilty plea to charges of bribery conspiracy and perjury stemming from the milk fund case AP Wirephoto Connally's Innocent Plea Sets Up Battle B Connally's plea of innocence in the bribe affair has set the stage for what could be one of most colorful court battles Connally who has denied accusations that he took two payments from the nation's biggest dairy cooperative officially pleaded innocent on Friday to charges of bribery perjury and piracy Chief U.S District Judge George L Hart Jr set no trial dale When the trial comes it could bring fireworks On Connally's side is his lawyer Edward Bennett Williams one of the nation's best-known criminal attorneys Connally himself is a partner in a Houston law firm that is among the nation's largest Both men cut impressive troom figures Opposing Connally is the Wa- tergate Special Prosecution Force with a nearly unblemished record of troom victories The tion has at least three witnesses and what appears to lie a mass of documentary evidence But the case may turn on the of a single slar witness Jake Jacobsen 55 a former aide to President don Johnson And Jacobsen has already admitted lying under oath Harold S Nelson and Bob A See back page sec 1 cnl fi NIXON'S FINAL Richard Nixon says goodby to members of his staff outside White House Friday after resigning as President of the United Stales He boarded helicopter for Andrews Air Force Base where he and Mrs Nixon with daughter and son-in-law Tricia and Edward Cox left for their home in San Calif Wirephoto economy said in a telephone interview that not only will inflation be somewhat worse than thought but the nation's economic output will probably show a small decline in 1974 A small increase had been predicted earlier Rush said the rate of inflation will probably be between 7 and 8 per cent by the end of the year and probably nearer to eight than seven lie said there is some feeling the rate may be above 8 per cent So far this year inflation has been above 11 per cent but administration economists had been predicting this would decline to a rate of about 7 per cent by year's end Rush said Ford made clear he wants action and wants it soon Treasury Secretary William E Simon who also attended the meeting agreed with Rush in a separate telephone interview The inflation forecast is a litlle worse than our original Simon said He declined to make a prediction of his own saying the inflation rate is currently under review But he said he would not disagree with Rush's tions Rush said causes of the sening economic outlook include the drought in the Midwest farm belt which has lowered the crop production outlook Wholesale farm prices increased -7.8 per cent in July Besides Rush and Simon others at Friday's meeting were Chairman Arthur F Burns of the Federal Reserve Board Herbert Stein and Alan pan of the Council of Economic Advisers Budget Director Roy L Ash and former vania Gov William K Scranton Ford has asked Simon Hu remain permanently as treasury secretary and Simon has agreed to stay his aides said Friday Ford also reaffirmed former President Richard Nixon's Sce hack page sec 1 col 4 PRESIDENT Gerald R Ford takes the oath as House Friday Chief Justice of the United States the President of the United States as his wife Warren Burger administers the oath of office XP Betty stands at his side in the East Room of the White Wirephoto President Huddles 1 With The Old Cabinet WASHINGTON AP President Ford acting to steady the ship of state after his sudden elevation to the helm is set to firm his request that Richard M Nixon's Cabinet stay on the job at least for now A day after his assumption of the nation's highest office Ford summoned the Cabinet members to the White for a mid- morning meeting He already had asked the government's top officials to slay at his side during the transition period and was ready to enunciate again that request today as he resumed a pace of conferences and meetings that began even before he took the oath of office In that ceremony on Friday Ford formally became the only president never in have faced a national election succeeding the only president ever to resign a man driven from office by scandals shattered his Republican administration After pronouncing an end to our long Ford set about in accomplishing a transition that his aides said he wanted to be positive swift and sure Between the lime he was sworn in and his lale evening return to his suburban Virginia home the Fords won't move into the White House until some time next week there were these President said through a spokesman that he considers the selection of a new vice president to succeed himself to be priority with the goal of announcing his choice within a week or ten days met with ambassadors from 57 nations whom he called to the White House to assure them that U.S foreign policy remains basically unchanged With Secretary of Stale Henry A Kissinger See back page sec 1 col 7 INDEX To Inside Pages SECTION ONE Twin Cities 3 Woman's Sectin Pages 4 S Church News Page 5 Ann C Building 10 12 SECTION TWO Area 13 Sports Pages 14 TV ij Markets Page IS Weather II Classified Ads Pages 21 a SECTION THREE Family Pages SECTION FOUR American Republic Pages Prayers For President Ford The Berrien County Council of Churches has called for prayers for new President Gerald R Ford during worship services this weekend The Rev Arnold H Bolin executive director of the council As requested by our new President I urge that all services of this weekend include prayers on behalf of Gerald Ford and the nation The dinary circumstances surrounding the elevation of Mr Ford to the presidency demand the prayerful interest of all citizens and I trust that we will not only pray for him and the office in public worship but that we will offer private and personal prayerful support Ford asked U.S citizens to confirm him with their prayers after he was sworn in Friday Watergate Still Cloud In Future Of Citizen Nixon SAN CLEMENTE Calif AP The cheers and applause of supporters eased Richard Nixon's re-entry to private life at his Pacific oceanfront villa but the former president faces a future still full of Watergate He flew home from ton aboard Air Force One on Friday becoming Citizen Nixon in mid-flight as his resignation brought on by the Watergate scandal was received by Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger at EOT A crowd of about at nearby El Torn Marine Corps Air Station cheered the ex- president as he descended from the plane promising to continue working for world peace Having completed one task docs not mean that I am going to sit in this marvelous California sunshine and do Nixon said smiling broadly before the crowd Over the next two years I can assure you that in all the lime that I have that can be useful I am going to continue to work for peace Scores of closer friends joined to greet him a minutes later at the helipad next to his Spanish-style estate here Telegrams and phone calls of good wishes poured into the former Western While House Persons who saw him up close said was relaxed and in good spirits after the dramatic and draining week thai in his decision lo leave office But asked about immediate family plans an aide said I think they just want to relax Even as lie relaxes however Lake The temperature of Michigan at shoreline today is 60 degrees Motor Route Operator for Union Pier New Buffalo area hours afternoons year around Ph Mr Chapman Adv Golf At Paw Paw Lake Adv Mxon finds himself in new No longer is he immune from prosecution civil action or being called as a ness in legal proceedings sprouting from Watergate At a more everyday level perhaps typifying his new tus someone called as Nixon drove off in a golf cart have a California driver's No but I have Secret he replied Nixon is en- titled to agents protection for the rest of his life So abrupt was the departure that his Julie and her husband David Eisenhower remained in Washington to supervise packing of family effects at lie White House Daughter Tricia and her husband Edward Cox accompanied the former president and his wife Pat on the flight West Aides who accompanied Nixon on the trip said the staff was unable to handle the deluge of phone calls at thy owned offices next to Nixon's STAYING Richard Nixon's daughter and son-in-law Julie and David Eisenhower watch as boards a helicopter at White House Friday after resigning as president President of the United States remained behind to supervise packing of former first family's belongings AP Wirephoto estate With Nixon were former pross secretary Ronald L Ziegler former presidential assistant Stephen Bull and Col lack who said the volume Ste back page I ctl Dining Dancing at The Derby South Haven Fit Sat night Featuring Carter 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