Silver City Daily Press (Newspaper) - May 25, 1973, Silver City, New Mexico SOUTHWEST MICRO FILM COMP. ROY C. JOHNS P.O. BOX 10054 EL TEXAS 79991 FLY member of the James Hamilton girls Softball learn tucks away a fly ball for an out in a recent game played at Slicker The girls have gotten together and organized a league with regularly scheduled Staff Extent Of Nixon Knowledge Real Mystery Of Water gate By RICHARD K. MEYER AP Writer Phase 1 of the Watergate hearings has ended with key in conflict over mises of executive clemency and whether there was an attempt to blame the with unresolved controversy over the major point How much did the President know? McCord Caulfield Alch Barker all testified on the red carpet in front of the long table covered with green where the Senate Watergate committee sought answers to what Chairman Sam J. Ervin Jr. called that strike at the very undergirding of our As the Watergate hearings recessed sday until June 5, contradictions during the five days of investigation came down more clearly than ever before in the nearly long story of Watergate to one man's word against These conflicts are clear in testimony and the two major Watergate statements by President televised on April 30 and the other distributed to White House reporters last the Watergate conspirators ing under sanction from the James W. McCord 48, convicted Watergate by virtue of his position as attorney general of the United and John by virtue of his position as a counsel to the by their consideration and approval of the Watergate in my gave sanction to the Watergate operation by both the White House and the attorney general's It was not my habit to question when two such high offices sanctioned an carried the full force and effect of presidential burglary and bugging of the Democratic National Committee ters came as a complete surprise to me. I had no inkling that any such activities had been if I had I would not have permitted In his McCord said he had heard from G. Gordon a fellow con- that Mitchell and Dean had approved the Watergate The in his statement decried charges which amount to hand And Ervin made it clear far as John Mitchell John Dean are con- cerned does not connect them legally Nixon said he had emphasized national security strongly of the emphasis I put on the crucial importance of protecting the national 1 can under- stand how highly motivated individuals could have felt justified in engaging in specific activities that I would have proved had they been brought to my he as well as activities took place in the course of of these took place with my specific approval or To the extent that I may in any way have contributed to the climate in which they took I did not Lordsburg Bypass Hearing Opens Today SANTA U.S. District Court Judge Edwin L. Mechem opened today a hearing on the attempt by Lordsburg Mayor Alan Koff to prevent construction of the proposed Lordsburg Interstate 10 Koff seeks a delay in the project pending an environmental impact The Highway Department opened bids last Friday on the with Brown tion Co. of Albuquerque submitting the apparent low bid of But the department said the bid exceeded the department estimate by more than 10 per cent and was subject to review by the Highway Koff obtained a preliminary injunction to stop the the job can't begin until an environmental impact ment is intend to the extent that I failed to prevent 1 should have been more it now appears that there were sons who may have gone beyond my tives and sought to expand on my efforts to protect the national security to cover up any involvement they or certain others might have had in there pressure on the defendants to plead guilty in return for help later had heard from Mr. Barker specifically that Mr. Hunt Watergate had brought pressure to bear upon Mr. Barker and the Cubans to use as their defense that this was a CIA Mr. Barker came to me in the corridor I the troom of the U.S. District Court building in Washington during breaks in the court and proceeded to relate to me the pressure which he said was being imposed upon him and upon the other men who were Mr. Mr. that he stated was stemming from Mr. Hunt and other unnamed individuals to plead guilty and to go off to jail or prison and ultimately to receive executive mency and to receive financial support for their families while they were in prison and he stated promises were made that they would be given help in ing a job or at the Nobody told him Watergate was a CIA He had Hunt's word that was national security and above the FBI and There was no pressure or offer of executive clemency to plead guilty and go to jail in was 1 was caught inside the Democratic national quarters at in the Nor were there conditions attached to to he received from Hunt's late wife for Alch my attorney though the stated that he had a gestion that I use as my defense that the Watergate operation was a CIA He could use as our defense you could ostensibly have been recalled to the CIA to undertake the Watergate Conspirators Testify They Followed Orders SILVER CITY DAILY Associated Leased Wire And Gateway To The Gila Wilderness Silver New Mexico May 15, 1973-No. 291 Vol. Pages Hurley Refusal Cuts Cobre Funds The Hurley Town in a special meeting Wednesday voted not to approve the requested one mill increase for the Cobre Consolidated School according to a spokesman at the Hurley Town The one mill levy would have been effective only in district the measure were Ed Pete and B. A. Robbins while H. M. Maners voted for The three council members who voted no on the proposal said the people outside the municipality did not know of the raise in taxes and since they would have been the load carrier on the extra they should have been contacted for their feelings on the spokesman at the city The lone voter in favor of the said if the schools need they should have it because they educate the dren and the children are the the spokesman Hurley mayor David in a telephone said that although he was unable to vote since a tie did not he went on record as being in favor of the Bayard and Central had previously approved the measure and passage appeared certain until Hurley balked at it. In order for the levy to be enacted all three municipalities had to approve it. Cobre superintendant David in expressing his extreme disappointment con- the said it will now be sible for the district to grant any raises to any of its personnel for school year 1973-74. He added the Cobre Schools will be operating on an extreme austerity budget next In the final he Bayard and Central supported the request and the final vote of the Hurley council indicated they did Walker expressed his thanks to the people who worked for the measurers Skylab Crew To Effect Repairs CAPE Fla. Three American astronauts rocketed from earth today on an unprecedented mission to vage the crippled Skylab space station and make it their orbital home for a record 28 Riding with the crew of Charles Conrad Dr. Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz were hopes that they could repair this nation's first orbiting laboratory and save the billion A Saturn IB 22 stories blasted away from Cape Kennedy to start the Weather Widely scattered afternoon and ing thundershowers today and windy today and cooler High in Silver Cily on sday was 80 and the overnight low was 46. The expected high for today is 73 and the expected low is 50. astronauts in pursuit of the 85-ton They were to stalk it through the skies at miles an catching up with it after Once they will examine damage caused when a heat shield was ripped away during the launch of the laboratory 11 days exposing the lab to the extreme heat of the sun. They'll determine how best to erect a sunshade to cool the overheated lab and decide if they can free a jammed solar panel to produce more electrical Post Offices Closed Monday Post Offices in Grant County will be closed in observance of Memorial Normal service will be provided There will be no delivery service provided Monday and service counters will be The Silver City Post Office will provide vice to post office and mail will be dispatched from Silver City By LARENCE L. KNUTSON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON member of a pro minent Republican family and a zealous foe of Cuban communism say they involved themselves without question in the affair because they were trained to The ultimate origin of those orders remains a major unanswered question of the Watergate But the directives led Bernard L. Barker on a midnight search through Democratic party headquarters in the and former FBI agent Albert C. Baldwin III to a lookout and wiretap listening post across the Both were members of a team described ruefully by Barker Thursday as having become best-known burglars in the Barker told the Senate Watergate committee he was looking for proof that the government of Fidel a he fought at the Bay of was funding Democratic He did not find he a member of a prominent Con- said he was looking only for a steady He did not find it. It was the fifth day of hearings in the crowded Senate Caucus Room and five tators were forcibly ejected by one after shouting that he was a candidate for After security increased and six uniformed backed by an unknown number of plainclothes were stationed around the room at all Scores of other stood by There were predictions be tightened even further when the member committee reconvenes on June 5. There were emotional moments the long day of testimony from men who sat at the witness table under banks of hot television the lawyer who resented convicted Watergate wiretapper James W. McCord at his offered to take a test as proof of his truthfulness in claiming McCord lied to the committee and slandered him who was a government witness at that his family has been dis- graced as of the duties he performed the Committee for the Re-election of the a job he said included keeping the log of a wiretap on high Democratic a veteran of the disastrous invasion at Cuba's Bay of Pigs 12 years denied he was ever offered executive clemency or influenced to plead He said he and those he recruited acted only in the interests of American national security and of obtaining help for the liberation of Cuba from personally was convinced at the and I am today that what I did was cor- Barker In denying any offer of executive Barker's testimony was in contrast to that of James W. McCord another Watergate who said he had discussed such mises with Barker said he could not and had never if the espionage missions for which he was recruited were being run by the To he it was enough that his aid had been sought by the former CIA agent under whom he served at the Bay of E. Howard who at the time of the Watergate break-in was a member of the White House He said he had no idea other than See on page 8 See Extent on page 8 S tat Jockey For Position In 1974 By FEATHER Associated Press Writer SANTA FE NM an eye toward the 1974 a number of potential candidates are testing the political The governor's office will be Gov Bruce who will be winding up his four-year is constitutionally ineligible to serve The same applies to other state executive including ary of attorney land treasurer t was approved by voters in 1970 y mentioned as candidates cropped up this Former Atty. Gen. Boston now in private law practice in Santa acknowledged Wednesday he was working on a trial loon in the governor's have been approached on the I am thinking about Witt obviously picked up the phone and talked with some people around the and will continue to do not on the basis that I am going to run for but rather seeking their candid opinion on Witt Witt is a Democrat who served as attorney general from 1965-68. Two other Santa Fe Democrats also acknowledged Wednesday they are considering the 1974 primary election for the state treasurer's Jesse who has been treasurer since December 1968, is not eligible for re-election under the constitutional Former Congressman E. S. Johnny Walker and Alex a deputy in the state treasurer's both said when that they are considering the I do run for the only office I'm giving any serious consideration to is state Walker have been I am seriously considering Pacheco Pacheco has been in several positions in state government for 23 and has been with the treasurer's office since December 1968, when Kornegay became he has been active in several Pacheco has never run for state Walker said he is considering running for state but his family is opposed to his reentering elective Walker was state land commissioner for four two-year from 1953-56 and 1961-64. He was elected to Congress in 1964 and served from 1965-68. have enjoyed my involuntary Walker said He was defeated in 1968 by former Republican Congressman Ed I feel like I'm still young or rather not old enough to he Walker said the treasurer's job is administrative and if he decides to run he will emphasize his experience as state land commissioner and service on the state investment Secretary of State Betty Fiorina also will be ineligible A number of persons have been mentioned as possible Democratic They include State Sen. Gladys former Dona Ana County a member of King's and Liz former Bernalillo County Democratic SCHOOL'S youth wasted no time in getting intn the swing of the warm weather today as most of the area schools closed their doors for the above are Kim and Robby Elliot who decided to start vacation out with a little Staff
