Ford's lawyers
request papers
‘‘ ASHING-TON (UPI A spokesman for the Special
Laws ers for President Ford and the Prosecutor's Office said the agree
tt atergate Special Prosecutor yester. ment would afford almost total
da . disclosed a proposed- agreement access to the tapes and papers, would
to make Richard M Nixon's White eliminate court subpoena fights and
House tapes and-papers available for „ would virtually assure the materials
criminal investigations without sub- would not be transferred to Nixon in
poena California any time soon.
In a joint motion filed in S dis- Although Nixon —because of Ford's
trict court. the lawyers asked pardon —is immune from prosecution
that investigators be allowed to for any wrongdoing. the special
make a general re.yiew of the prosecutor's office is investigating
materials and directly examine all possible illegal actions of others in a
items relating to current criminal number of areas relating to the Nixon
investigations White House.
Long strike may hurt economy
NATE() PRESS IN - fp:RN vri(o.
A nationwide coal strike lasting more than
two weeks could have a devastating effect on the
S economy, putting hundreds of thousands of
nonstriking workers out of jobs and crippling steel,
auto and power production •
But the nation's railroads. which depend on ship
ment of coal for 10 per cent of their total revenue,
k ere expected to feel the impact immediately and
most severely One industry association estimated
railroads would - lose $2l million a week.
The Penn Central, the Norfolk and Western
and the Chesapeake and Ohio railroads posted
notices of layoffs in advance of the scheduled start
it the strike today
The 120.000 miners represented by ,the United
Mine Workers iProduce about 70 per cent of the
nation's coal gimlies. Most of the remaining 30 per
cent is produc:Mbv small Western mines, many of
which are non-union
The Big Three automakers, with 68,200 workers
on indefinite layoffs because of sagging sales, said
even more workers will be thrown out of work if
Vet's Day date debated
H% UNITED PRESS INT,ERNATION.II
The overwhelming majority of the states, fourth Monday in October- so Americans
41 of them, celebrated Vetefan's Day yester- would have a three-day holiday weekend
day two weeks after the federal holiday was each year. The American Legion says,
officially observed Oct. 28.- however, 41 states have chosen to keep the
The failure of most of the states to gifi - along day Nov. 11 whether it falls on a Monday or
with the October date resulted for the most not.
- -
part from the reluctance of veterans' In New York City few people turned out
organizations to shift from Nov. 11, formerly yesterday to watch as • American
called Armistice Day, which honored the Legionaires, police officers and Boy and Girl
nation's war dead
Before the Korean War the holiday applied Avenue.
specifically to men killed in World War I and . The parade was disrupted briefly when a
World War 11. In 1954 Congress•changed the small group of Vietnam Veterans Against the
name to Veteratg, Day and made it apply to War tried to join the marchers. However,
Americans killed in all wars. police on horses quickly dispersed the group.
the coal strike goes beyond two weeks.
- A lack of steel could cause us, to begin curtailing
some of our assembly operations in a few weeks,
long before our own supply of coal is exhausted,"
said a spokesman for General Motors. "It wouldn't
be long before we would have to shut down all of
our plants."
Spokesman for GM, Ford and Chrysler said the
auto industry has a two-month supply of coal on
hand. but would be crippled when the steel and
energy industries run out of coal —in less than two
weeks for major steel producers.
have
Steel Corp. said its production would
have to be curtailed Within two or three days of a
strike. United States Steel Corp., the nation's lar
gest, Said it was taking steps to stretch its small
stockpile of coal.
The federal Office of Emergency Preparedness
has estimated that a prolonged coal strike could
put 600,000 to one million persons out of work
nationwide.
In other economic developments:
—The cut in crude oil prices by three Arab
Later Congress changed the date to the
Scouts marched down New York's Fifth
Ford's press secretary, Ron
Nessen, said the proposed agree
ment to expand access to the
materials was made because Ford
felt "the due administration of
justice and the public interest require
that the special prosecutor have
prompt and effective use of those
presidential materials of the Nixon
administration now located in the
White House cofnplex that are rele
vant and important to ongoing
criminal investigations and'
prosecutions within the special
prosecutor's jurisdiction."
Ford signed the agreement Friday.
Nessen said.
Under .a temporary injunction by
U.S. District Judge Charles R.
Richey, Nixon's tapes and papers
may not be moved nor anyone given
access to them except under
proper subpoena —until their
ownership 'and custody is
judicially determined.
White House lawyer Philip Buchen
and Special Prosecutor H enry S. Ruth
Jr. asked Richey for WI hearing on
their motion no later than
Wednesday.
The motion was filed in a suit
originally brought by' Nixon to re
quire government compltance with a
controversial' agreement with the
government's General Services Ad
ministrationplSept. 6. It gave Nixon
ownership of the materials under
joint custody with the government for
five years and providing for their
destruction.
In a related development five
members of Congress filed suit in
federal district court to keep the Nix
on White House tapes and papers in
tact while Congress completes work
on pending legislation to nullify the
GSA agreement.
Signing the petition were Sens.
Sam J. Ervin, D-N.C., Gaylord
Nelson. D-Wis., and Jacob Javits,
R-N.Y.. and Reps. John Brademas,
D-Ind.. and Wayne Hays, D-Ohio.
nations was not likely to produce lower prices at
the consumer level because the Arab states also
raised taxes and royalties , paid by oil companies.
Venezuela also is considering higher taxes to cut
into oil company profits, a Caracas newspaper
said. Oil companies would have to pass theie
higher taxes on to consumers, an oil company
source said.
—The sale trf..an additional 200,000 tons-' f wheat
to Egypt will not in itself drive up thelirice of
wheat products in the United States, according
to James J. Naive, a grain specialist for the
Department of Agriculture. The department an
ticipated such a sale in its 1975 export projections
of one billion to 1.1 billion bushels, and Naive said
the Egyptian deal will be "hardly noticeable" on
domestic food prices.
—Forporation profits have peaked and are
beginning to fall as the economy gets deeper into a
recession, First National City Bank of New
production
reported. The bank's economists predicted
production cutbacks and heavier unemployment
in months to come.
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Fall '75 proposed
for first TAP home
The Academic Development
Committee for a Thematic
Academic Program Center
has recommended that Fall
Term 1975 ,be/he target date
for the first TAP offering.
A TAP center would consist
of a residence for both stu
dents and faculty on campus
in which an integrated group
of courses would be offered
each term. Robert Dunham.
vice president for .undergrad
uate studies, has not com
mented '
on the comriittee's
report, but Paul Holtzman,
committed chairman, said
Dunham seems interested
in-TAP.
A main problem with get
ting the program off the
ground thu far has been find
ing an available residence .on
campus to house the center. A
center Warbled for this past
Nixon may return home soon
LONG BEACH. Calif. (UPI) Richard "Followup , studies on the status of his
Nixon will be discharged from the lungs also are in the process of being
hospital tllis week to begin convalescence at . developed. Depending on a favorable out
home if grist• surgery lung problems res- come of these studies we are hopeful that he
pond to treatment, his physician said yes- can be discharged from Memo r i a 1
terday. !: (Hospital) some time this week.
A medical bulletin by Dr.
• Joh . -7 • gren The 61-year-old ormer chief executive is
said the former President was '.. the expected to go,t his San Clemente home
serious list and his condition continu —to im- from the hospita and any such examina
prove." tion presumably would be conducted there.
Lungren said Nixon was back on a regular ,
diet, up and about in his room as much as his U.S. District Court Judge John J. Sirica an
weak condition permitted and that oral an- nounced at the Watergate coverup trial last
ticoagulant ; treatment to combat blood clot- week that hoped to appoint a special panel
ting had been resumed. of three doctors to examine Nixon and to give
"Special blood studies are being conducted their opinion as to whether it was possible for
this week," he said. him ,to give testimony.
summer would have been in
two on-campus fraternities.
The plans for the center failed
because of a lack of student in
terest.
It is now up to the University
administration to arrange
TAP housing, negotiate its
faculty and propose potential
TAP themes and course com
binations.
The program would enroll 50
to 80 students per term. Etch
student would earn 12 credits
with three four-credit courses.
A minimum , of. 40 students
was needed for the summe►l
program but only 20 applied.
Ed Pitts, coordinator for thei
summer pilot program, said
that the program probabl}i
failed because many students
couldn't participate during the,
summer;Pitts also said many,
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students may not have found
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their majors, and that ad
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insufficient.
Besides the problem of the
housing shortage on campus,
there would be the additional
problem of students getting
out of their dorm or apartment
contract for the term the
progi j am was offered and then
finding housing for - Nem again
after that term. 4
These housing problems
wouldn'; exist if the program
was..offered Summer Term,
but because the summer pilot
program failed. Pitts said the
next program has been
proposed for Fall Term.