News-Palladium, The (Newspaper) - September 10, 1974, Benton Harbor, Michigan WEATHER Tim Men ma M T M S 44 M FINAL M PAGES I SECTIONS BENTON HARBOR MICH TUESDAY M 1914 Nixon Ready To End Law Career By SIEVE LAWIENCE Press Writer SACRAMENTO Calif AP Richard M Nixon's lawyer says the former president is ready to write an end to 35 years as an attorney Nixon's lawyer Dean Butler of Los Angeles told newsmen on Monday that Nixon would resign soon from the California bar which is gathering evidence on Nixon's role in Watergate for possible disciplinary action Nixon is also a member of the Mew York bar and Butler said Nixon also plans to resign from that organization Nixon's decision probably means the California bar will not pursue its investigation of the former president Bar ANNOUNCES Los Angeles Attorney Dean Butter attorney for former President Richard Nixon announces Monday Nixon plans to resign his membership to the California Bar AP Wirephoto Rep Hutchinson Has Surgery Congressman Edward Hutchinson Joseph was expected to return to his Washington office today after un- what was called minor surgery for a prostate condition A spokesman for said he surgery was performed over the Labor day recess at Naval hospital Hutchinson's office also issued a statement on his reaction to the pardoning of Richard Nixon II was the right thing to Hutchinson was quoted as saying Paper Claims Nixon Rejected Confession President Seth Hufstedler said the bar seldom recommends that the state Supreme Court reject a resignation Butler's announcement came two hours before the California bar's House of Delegates overwhelmingly condemned President Ford's pardon of Nixon for crimes he may have committed in the While House Butler denied that Nixon's pending action is designed to avoid disbarment or suspension from the practice of law in California It is a decision he made some time ago that he would not engage in the practice of Butter told newsmen Butler did not say when the resignations would be ted but Hufstedler said Nixon was preparing a resignation from the California bar and it would be submitted promptly Delegates to the California bar's annual convention approved 347 to 169 a tion condemning the pardon an- by Ford on Sunday It said in part This action violates the principle that all persons stand equal before the law and presents a substantial threat that the confidence of our citizens m the American system of justice will be undermined The bar's board of governors refused to allow delegates to vote on a portion of the tion which urged that the of Nixon continue NEW YORK AP The New York Times says that during negotiations over President Nixon's pardon White House lawyers unsuccessfully tried to persuade Nixon to make a full statement on his role in gate Robber Scores In 2nd Holdup SOUTH HAVEN A lone gunman robbed a South Haven business of yesterday after apparently being foiled in the attempted a holdup of another store earlier in the day City police said a man in his late robbed a woman employe of the Liberty Cable TV office 952 Bailey p.m The loot included in checks police said Earlier that afternoon police said a subject matching the description of the Liberty dup man attempted to rob Books Home Furniture com- pany 206 Center street but was scared away when an employe Richard Day started yelling for help The suspect in both instances brandished a revolver police said In another incident police said in equipment and merchandise was reported taken from a barber shop owned by William Jones 909 Indiana avenue sometime turday night and early day Entry was gained by breaking a lock to a door police said Quoting what it described as a reliable source the newspaper said today in a dispatch from San Calif that Mr Nixon was asked by President Ford's lawyers to make what the former President regarded as a public confession of criminal guilt He angrily refused and subsequent between the two camps caused a delay in reaching an agreement on the eventual However the newspaper reported that John Hushen deputy White House press secretary said in Washington Monday night that the White House did not seek a statement from Nixon in conjunction with his pardon There was no quid pro quo regarding the Hushen was quoted in the Times There were no requests or demands that he issue a statement There was no and no delay The Times said the tions began last Thursday at Nixon's residence in San Participating were Ford's representative Benton L Becker Nixon's lawyer Herbert J Miller Jr and Ronald L a Nixon ad- viser and House press secretary The newspaper said the White House wanted a full statement from Nixon to satisfy Congress and allow Ford to grant the pardon without major criticism Nixon reportedly joined the talks and refused But the Times said a compromise was reached last Saturday night after a of Willow Dies FORT LAUDERDALE Fla AP Barbara Marciano 46 widow of former heavyweight boxing champion Rocky ciano died on Sunday following an extended illness Her band who retired undefeated after six years as champion was killed in an Iowa plane crash in 1969 telephone calls between Washington and California Nixon was allowed to he was wrong without admitting to any criminal acts the newspaper said Meanwhile pardon for former President Richard It Nixon has brought President Ford ing criticism and has tracked a Vietnam amnesty plan he was to have announced today Ford missed his own deadline for announcing terms of tional amnesty for deserters and draft evaders because he was focusing tion on Nixon's pardon aides said Now no time is set for Ford's amnesty decision affecting See back page set 1 ed said Nixon had gone swimming in the large pool on the grounds of the estate and planned to play golf on the tate's course during his stay Sanchez said the former RETURNS TO President Ford steps off Air Force One at Washington Monday following a flight from Pittsburgh where he addressed the sixth Inter- national Conference on Urban Transportation Ford made no reference to the pardon of Richard Nixon in his speech before the transportation confab AP Wirephoto NILES POWER LINE FALLS Long Risky Wait For Firemen BY JOHN DYE NILES Nites township firemen sweated through some uneasy moments last night as they waited for almost an hour and a half for Niles Board of Public Works employes to shut oil power to a downed electrical line that had fallen into the loading dock area of a fuel oil bulk plant south of here in Niks township Capt Stanley Woltman of the Mies township Ore department avid that firemen received a call after p.m reporting that the electrical power line had fallen into the loading dock of the Bowman Amerson com- Fourth street bulk plant located just south of the Niles city limits But BPW employes contacted shortly after firemen arrived did not reach the scene until after II p.m Wottman said that firemen considered the tion to be potentially because the high voltage line had fallen within 30 feet of a fuel tank truck and four large MB located nearby Firemen considered ing the area because the line might nave set off an explosion Woltman said Woltman said the line served machinery at the Creative tics plant located nearby and that an overload oh the line probably started a fire on a utility pole causing the line to fall Firemen said they were ble to determine if the tanker truck in the loading dock was full or empty at the time of the incident A tor Bowman Amerson this morning refused to say if the truck was loaded and also declined to state how much and what kind of chemical arc stored at the plant Woltman said the Niles BPW which provides electrical power to the area was unable to find an employe willing to cut off power to the line until about II p.m and BPW manager S.A Brett confirmed report this morning Brett said that the BPW has bad in finding any of its willing to make a late tight or holiday call Mace new contract with Local 13729 o the United Steel Workers union was tentatively ratified last month after a nine week strike Apparently some of the men arc still Brett said Weekend and holiday standby crews were eliminated under terms of the new contract Brett said Brett said that the BPW is currently considering ways to make emergency workmen more readily available by i president would stay maybe two days more or a week New York literary agent Lazaar Irving said Sunday he had been engaged to negotiate the sale of Nixon's memoirs but Sanchez declined to say whether the papers Nixon was working on were the memoirs You're going to get me fired if I say anything more Sanchez said said action on that section would have jeopardized the former president's right to due process of law The deleted section read The conference trusts that the disciplinary processes of the state bar which have already been invoked will continue to lie conducted without regard to the rank or station of the lawyers involved Nixon began his legal career in in when he opened up a law office near his hometown of in Southern California He career was interrupted when he joined the Navy during World War II and then ran for Congress in 1946 He resumed practice following his defeat for the presidency in and again when he lost a bid for the governorship of California in 1962 He hasn't practiced law in California since moving to New York in 1963 Nixon spent Monday at the Palm Springs estate of Walter H U.S ambassador to Britain The former president's said Nixon was in good sprits and was working on his papers Nixon and his wife Pat have been at the Annenberg estate since Sunday They left their seaside villa at San for the drive to Palm Springs before Ford's announcement of the pardon After he resigned it was a bard time for all of valet Manolo Sanchez told newsmen on Monday Someday I'm ing to tell you everything the way they framed him I think maybe it was even harder on me than on him The pardon was a big relief to us all He is in good spirits thank you God Sanchez interviewed while purchasing pipe tobacco for Nixon at a shopping center near Annenberg's estate Shoreline Protection George Miller Sons Inc Adv A state police artist drew these two pictures of bandits in the robbery at department store Plaza Benton township police said drawings were based on descriptions of two bandits provided by Mrs Lucille Heeler 55 who was the lone cashier on duty when the robbery occurred last Wednesday Both suspects were described as 25 to 30 years old about 6 feet tall Suspect on left has dark brown hair and one at right light brown Township police reported this morning there are still no new major developments in the case and again appealed to anyone who may have possible information to notify police Utility Stamps Would Aid Elderly LANSING Mich AP A to provide utility stamps to elderly pay their gas and electric bills has been prornised in the Michigan Legislature Serf Harvey Lodge ford said Monday he would in- a to set up a utility services stamp program for senior citizens with household income of up to DMHHI He said the would permit poisons 65 years of age or older with incomes of not more than to obtain free stamps They would be able to use the stamps to help pay their Ttro Get Shot At Million Two Van Buren county residents are among 120 sons who have a shot at the State prize Sept 17 in Kalamazoo Included among the finalists are Lewis Drake of Paw Paw and Gloria nf Sister Lakes Their names were among the 120 recent winners who survived last week's elimination drawing for a chance at the big prize The drawing for Michigan's Wth million dollar winner will be held at Western Michigan university's Read fieldhouse GM Names Slack Man DETROIT AP General Motors Corp has named three vice presidents including a former state Supreme Court justice who is the first black ever elected to the vice presidency of an auto company Former justice Otis M Smith will serve as GM's general counsel as well as a vice president He will advise the firm tin legal matters Thomas E will head the newly created Procurement and Production Control Staff a job made necessary by supply shortages and competition for basic materials said GM Chairman Richard C berg Henry L Jr was elected vice-president in charge of economic studies and analyses at GM All three men wen promoted at the company's monthly of meeting to New York utility Lodge said Municipalities and private utility companies could redeem the stamps for face value through the state The stamps would be in denominations of and and could be obtained through paying not more than five per cent of the senior citizen's an- household income 1 feel that something must be done soon to help people on limited incomes with their fuel bills as well as their food Lodge said This is designed to provide relief for hose who face the prospect of living in poorly heated homes because they cannot afford the constantly rising price of energy Plunge Is Fatal To Illinois Youth St Joseph police reported Charles Huss 18 Calumet City 111 died Saturday at Memorial hospital after being injured critically when hu fell down a bluff at Lake Front park near the St Joseph band shell on Sept 2 Police reported Huss died in the intensive care unit at the pital Hospital officials reported Huss never responded to treat- ment after being admitted Police reported the accident occurred while Huss was running in the park and fell over a short retainer wall and landed on Water street He fell an estimated 12 feet Police reported Huss sustained intracranial bleeding and con- cussion due to the fall The body was taken to Illinois for burial Clark President Is Optimistic Clark Equipment Company remains highly optimistic that 1974 will produce record sales and improved profit Bert E Phillips president told a meeting of security analysis in New York yesterday Phillips also disclosed the company has concluded an agreement with Hitachi Shipping and ing of Osaka Japan for the sale of Clark's 17.1 per cent ownership in Toyo Co Ltd This sale will give Clark approximately million profit after Phillips said Although declining to make an estimate for the year Phillips did say he expected Clark to have sales volume in excess of billion in 1974 and our ing margins should continue to improve throughout the balance of the Phillips said Phillips indicated a tion of the strong demand and large backlogs now evident in the company's main product of material handling equipment construction ado and sions Clark Equipment which is headquartered in Buchannan and operates the construction machinery division on tone road Benton township is a major producer of material handling equipment tion machinery axles and transmissions truck trailers and commercial refrigeration and food service equipment INDEX Editorials Newa Pages Facet Pace It SECTION TWO Area Page It Smarts CMes TV Weather Pace a
