C a nvickts' hostages HUNTSVILLE, Tex. (AP) The ringleader of the armed convicts holdirg 15 hostages in:a state prison library indicated last night the confrontation might come to an end by today. "Things are looking up," said Fred Gomez Carrasco, 34, the leader of the three armed convicts. "I believe we will conclude this in a few hours. If not provoked tonight, I believe tomorrow will be the day of release." Most of the hostages have been held since last Wednesday. "Right now they have delivered on the helmet," Carrasco told reporters by telephone, referring to the second of three bullet-proof helmets he has demanded. The first one was delivered Saturday night. The prison system is making the; helmets, using a welder's helmet, reinforced with steel plating. "I have good faith," Carrasco said. "Certain comments have been made the prison officials will come through. I; believe we will come to a satisfactory condition." The former narcotics czar of Smith da:l;Collegian Impeachment looms as charges increase WASHINGTON (P) Members of the House Judiciary Committee were shaping additional charges against President Nixon yesterday amid growing predictions from both Republicans and Democrats that impeachment is likely. Nixon, meanwhile was flying back from a California working vacation, already focusing on the full House, where he predicts he will ' in vindication. The committee vod 27 to 11 Saturday night to recommend Nixon's impeachment for having "prevented, obstructed and impeded administnition of justice" in the Watergate coverup. All 21 Democrats and six of the 17 Republicans on the committee voted for the article of impeachment. Senate Majority Whip Robert C. Byrd, D.W. Va., predicted yesterday the House will impeach Nixon. He said the votes were not yet present for a Senate con viction, but that "the possibilitfet for conviction, I think, are ;•-, growing daily." A majority vote in the House is needed for impeachment, with a two-thirds vote required in the Senate for removal from office. One of the six committee Republicans who voted for the impeachment recommendation, Rep. L. Caldwell Butler of Virginia, said yesterday he expects the vote in the full House to mirror the margin in the committee. Appearing on the CBS interview program, "Face the Nation," Butler predicted at least one-third of the Republicans in the House would vote for impe4chment. Another committee member, Rep. Ray Thornton, D-Ark., predicted on the same program that a number of Southern Democrats also will support impeachment. House Democratic leader Thomas P. O'Neill of Massachusetts, who has repeatedly predicted the House would approve impeachment by a margin of 60 votes or more, predicted after the committee's 27-11 decision that im peachment would carry by at least 70 votes. OTIS may orbanizel councils to discuss tenants' complaints The Organization of Town In dependent Students probably will organize tenant councils in an apartment complex Fall Term, ac cording to OTIS President Thomas "Doc" Sweitzer. Sweitzer, who would not name the apartment building, said the councils would improve communication lines between landlords and tenants. They will be organized by asking tenants to meet on a regular basis to discuss problems and then approach the landlords with these grievances, Sweitzer said. The councils are needed, he said, because many student tenants who have problems do not ask for help or complain to the wrong people. OTIS also plans to introduce rent stabilization ordinances to the State College Borough Council in January 1976, the date the home rule charter goes into effect, according to Sweitzer. OTIS will pass petitions among tenants and the council must act upon it if two per cent of the registered voters in State College sign it, he said. According to Sweitzer, these ideas are a more logical approach to im proving apartment living conditions than the Undergraduate Student Government's proposed tenant union. Sweitzer said most OTIS members will not support a union now. OTIS does all the things a tenant union will do, Sweitzer said. With experience in handling complaints and its success rate at solving lead may Texas and Mexico reaffirmed his desire to go to Cuba and said of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, "I believe if I do have an opportunity to communicate with him by telephone, I do believe the man will give me refuge." Carrasco said earlier yesterday he has set no deadline for prison officials to meet his escape demands because "it' would be unfair to the hostages to do so." Carrasco also warned against efforts to use his wife or mother to influence him. "Anyone who tries to get in touch with my wife or mother finds it will be to no avail ... even if my mother comes and gets down on her knees," Carrasco told a reporter via telephone. He said bringing his wife or mother to Huntsville would make him mad and "things would get tougher im mediately." Carrasco held interviews with a number of newsmen yesterday. He told one reporter the reason he was talking to them was because "I believe ) that a person who is about' to be executed has a right to tell the people how he feels." Democratic committee members caucused yesterday to discuss additional articles of impeachment. Most appeared relieved the climactic vote was behind them. "Last night was the first good night's sleep I've had in a month," said Rep. Walter Flowers, D-Ala. "I'm glad it's over." When it reconvenes at 10:30 a.m7EDT itoday, the committee it will take up other articles of impeachment which sponsors spent the weekend refining. The session is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. EDT, with CBS providing live television coverage under the rotation plan established by the three commercial networks. ' National public radio and CBS radio are broadcasting the hearings live, while NBC, ABC and Mutual radio networks have said they will carry highlights. Public television will offer live broadcast of the hearings to its member stations. The first probably will be a broad article charging Nixon with violating the constitutional requirements of his office by various acts, ranging from alleged misuse of the Internal , Revenue Service to setting up the White House plumbers unit. The committee's second-ranking Republican, Rep. Robert McClory of Illinois, has drafted such an article. He also has prepared another one accusing Nixon of contempt of Congress for failing to comply with eight committee subpoenas for 147 taped conversations. McClory voted against the article of impeachmentl approved by the committee Saturday. Another article, being drafted by Rep. Edward Mezvinsky, D-lowa, charges Nixon with claiming unauthorized income tax deduction and using government funds to improve his California and Florida homes. The President was strolling on the Pacific beach when the committee voted Saturday night. He picked uP an outdoor telephone to receive word of the vote from Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. problems, Sweitzer said, OTIS where students should seek help concerning apartment problems. Sweitzer questioned the amount time the Undergraduate Student Government people could devote organizing a union and if they ha studied the problem thoroughly. Sweitzer said he has talked to many students who would support the union but not want to be part of any Igal action where they face possible arrest. Another obstacle to forming the union will be making student tenants more aware of a union effort because many people who come to look fof apartments do not understand the concept of a tenant union, he added. Sweitzer said he foresees money problems if members are only charged $3 or, $4. "If the union is run properly, this is much too little" because two full-time attorneys will have to be hired to carry on any legal battles, he said. A tenant union is not needed to insure safe return of security deposits because the deposits are "well protected by Pennsylvania law," Sweitzer claimed. Sweitzer said it is difficult for a union to use its biggest weapon, the rept strike, in settling grievances. A rent strike takes two years to be ef feCtive and all tenants must back the strike or it will fold. Sweitzer added that most landlords can stand a prnlonged rent strike. be released He explained that he expects to die if his demands are not met. Carrasco's statements to reporters yesterday afternoon followed a morning at the siege site described as "relaxed and calm" by prison spokesman Ron Taylor. Taylor said the convicts and their hostages had a leisurely breakfast and attended.a Mass celebrated by the Rev. Joseph O'Brien, the prison chaplain. Carrasco had initially demanded a helicopter to leave the country, but then said he wasn't sure whether he wanted a helicopter or a plane. Carrasco, an underworld narcotics figure who is serving a life sentence for assault to murder, threatened to take the Roman Catholic priest and three women hostages with him. "I will let the hostages go when we reach safe soil in Cuba. I can promise you that," he said. He also mentioned Mexico as a possible destination. Yesterday morning, Carrasco asked for and received several newspapers. He also asked for a list of names of all the newsmen at the prison. Negoti4tors await Turks' decision 'Provisional' Cyprus pact drafted By The AP The foreign, ministers of Greece, Turkey and Britain agreed early today on a "provisional solution" •to end the military confrontation on Cyprus and sent it to the Turkish government for approval, Greek Foreign Minister George Mavrok announced. "If they accept, we will have found a provisional solution," Mavros said. Details of the agreement were not immediately available. The negotiations in Geneva continued into this morning despite a Turkish threat to walk out then unl€ss the Greeks accepted conditions set earlier by Turkey for a settlement. The Greek government said the Turkish demands were "unacceptable and non negotiable" and also accused Turkish forces on Cyprus of numerous cease-fire violations. •Leadership void governors' topic ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) The chairman of the Western Governors' Conference disputed yesterday the Nixon administration's contention that the national government is functioning normally,in spite of Watergate and the impeachment proceedings. Democrat Bruce King.of,New Mexico called on his fellow state chief executives to exert stronger leadership "to fill some of the void" created by the Watergate-impeachment crisis. King's comments came in a news conference - as the West's, governors opened their annual meeting, which runs through Wednesday. indicates Authorities gave Carrasco one helmet Sattiday and yid he tested it with two shoti from the .313-caliber pistol that he had smuggled into the prison. Prison officials said they were preparing similar helmets for the other two inmates who joined Carrasco in the rebellion: Ignacio Cuevas, 44 a con victed murderer, and Rudy Dominguez, 27, convicted of attempted murder. The trouble started shortly after midday Wednesday when Carrasco pulled his pistol, shot a guard in the foot and took a dozen hostages, all prison system employes. He released two of them the wounded guard and a teacher who suffered a heart attack. Father O'Brien entered the library Thursday to try to act as a go-between and officials say they consider him a hostage. University Park, Pennsylvania Published by Students of The Pennsylvania State University Ten cents per copy "The President was not surprised. We have expected this ..." said spokesman Gerald L. Warren. Later, the Western White House issued a terse statement: . "The President remains confident that the full House will recognize that there simply is not the evidence to support this or any other article of impeachment and will not vote to im peach. He is confident because he knows he has committed no impeachabln,offense.!" Congressional leaders want the House to reach a decision by late August. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said he would meet today with Senate GOP leader Hugh Scott to begin "anticipatory" preparations for a possible Senate trial, perhaps beginning in September. Nixon's supporters are predicting the issue will never reach the Senate. Vice President Gerald R. Ford, in line to succeed to the presidency if Nixon is ousted, said the House will vote down impeachment if it considers the question solely "on the facts." Talking with reporters on the lawn of his suburban Virginia home an hour after the committee voted, Ford said he remains convinced Nixon is innocent of any impeachable offense. The vice p i kident said the fact that all 21 Democrats on the committee voted to recommend impeachment "tends to make it a partisan issue." When reporters noted that six of the committee's 17 Republicans had joined the Democrats, Ford said: "I am disappointed." SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) President Nixon's reac tion to the House Judiciary Committee recommendation that he be impeached was described by an aide yesterday as one of In the Turkish capital, Premier Bulent Ecevit met for two hours with the Greek ambassador to Turkey, then emerged early today with the announcement that the Geneva peace talks would continue. Ambassador Dimitrios Cosmo dopoulos requested the meeting to break the deadlock in Geneva over the conditions Turkey had set, including the right to continue reinforcing , its Cyprus invasion force until a permanent political agreement is reached. The Athens government announced that it had requested a meeting of the United Nations Security. Council, but at the United Nations, new Greek Am bassador Denis Carayannis said his government had decided not to do so because of "some fresh hope" at Geneva. The council nevertheless met last night. The special session was asked for by the Soviet Union because it said "the King doubted the conference, com- Watergate situation, that obviously they prised of, seven Democrats and six would have had additional time at the Republicais, would take any formal ' , tilitional level to look into, say, the in position on impeachment of. President .flationary problem, for one thing." Nixon when resolutions are adopted at The President tentatively had planned the concluding busfiness sessions to meet with the governors en route back Wednesday. to Washington froln California, but the Asked how Watergate has affected Albuquerque stop' was pre-empted by federal-state relationships, King replied, pressing business in Washington, the "Well, I would say it would be the un- Western White House said. certainty as to how our government does • function. "I know the administration says this Watergate has not had any effect on day to-day programming. But I think if we had not been as deeply involved in the Carrasco has asked for bullet-proof helmets, weapons, walkie-talkies and street clothes and has threatened to kill the hostages if his demands are not met. One of the hostages was shot in the shoulder ThursdaY by one of the con victs. Monday, July 29,1074 Vol. 75, No. 22 6 pages BINDERY V 202 PATIME Waiting it out fighting is still going on" on Cyprus and "a threat to international peace and security continues." "We are still seeking a peaceful The Greek government announcement solution," Ecevit said "I would not like said it also wanted a meeting of the to talk about the possibilities of war. But NATO foreign ministers because of its ewe are prepared for all possibilities." trouble with its North Atlantic Treaty The Soviet Union told conference Organization ally. participants it is sending a special envoy In another development, Athens also said Ecevit had proposed a summit conference between himself and Premier Constantine Caramanlis of Greece to discuss Cyprus. But government spokesman Panaghiotis Lambreas told The- Associated Press he could not say where or when the summit might be held. The Greek reaction to the reported Turkish proposal was unknown. In Ankara, Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit told newsmen that unless Turkey's demands are agreed to "we Meanwhile, the, Western governors express caution ,and uncertainty in assessing the potential impact of Watergate on 1974 elections in the 13 Western states. Govs. Ronald Reagan of California, a ~3 COPIES ALINE EVERTS, daughter of a prison librarian being held hostage in Huntsville, Tex., listens with her husband to a taped conversation between her mother and a news reporter. "anguish and disappointment, but no bitterness." Deputy Press Secretary Gerald L. Warren relayed the President's reaction. The comment came as Nixon prepared for a late afternoon flight to Washington after a 16-day stay at the Western White House. The committee voted 27-11 Saturday evening to send to the House of Representatives a nine-section document recom mending Nixon's removal from office for obstruction of justice in the Watergate cover-up. Nixon aides said the President was confident that the charges would be rejected by the full louse. Presidential press secretary Ronald Ziegler said there was no surprise at the White House over the Judiciary Committee decision that had been predicted by close Nixon associates for some time. The President was not watching on television as the vote was taken, nor had he viewed any of the committee proceedings, Ziegler said. The press secretary said the President had gone to a beach on the nearby Camp Pendleton Marine base. Daughter and son-in-law Tricia and Edward Cox were at the beach with Nixon. They were just leaving, aides said, when the President got a call from Ziegler on a nearby White House phone, telling him of the vote. An hour later, Ziegler issued this statement on the com mittee's vote: "The President remains confident that the full House will recognize that there simply Anot the evidence to support this or any other article of impeabhment and will not vote to im peach. He is confident because he knows he has committed no impeachable offense." will not be in a position to sign a cease fire agreement." ' to serve as an observer to the talks. The envoy was expected to play _a role similar to that of U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Buffifin, already an observer at the conference. The Soviet Union earlier in the day demanded that ousted Cyprus President Archbishop Makarios be allowed to join the talks and that all foreign troops both Greek and Turkis be withdrawn from the island. Greek Foreign Minister George Mavros told a newsman after emerging from a round of negotiations that "things are not going well." Republican, and Thomas Judge, of Montana, a Democrat, said that reaction to Watergate may cause many Republicans to stay home on election day in November. Today clearing and cooler with a chance of showers, high in the upper. 70s. Low tonight in the mid 50s to low 60s. Tomorrow clearing, high in the mid to high 70s. STATE COLL! PA. 16801 PgRITT WI. AP wirephoto Weather
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