Trial tapes ruled public WASHINGTON (UPI)—A- federal judge ruled yesterday that former President Richard M. Nixon's tapes played during the Watergate cover-up trial may be broadcast publicly. U.S. DiStrict Judge Gerhard A. Gesell said that Nixon has "no right to prevent normal access to these public documents which have already been released in full text..." The tapes will not be made available, however, until after the trial. In an eight-page memorandum and or der, Gesell set a date of Jan. 3 for receiving suggestions on working out the "administrative and mechanical dif ficulties" in reproducing the tapes. Gesell rejected as "wholly without merit" the claim of the networks and the Reporters' Committee For Freedom of the Press for access to the tapes on grounds of the First Amendment. "The question presented by the ap plications then boils down to a far simpler issue," Gesell said. - "Are representatives ofbroadcast media entitled along with the Vesco denies wring-doing , promises not to bribe critics SAN JOSE, Costa Rica UPI) Fugitive financier Robert Vesco denied yesterday any Wrong-doing in this Central American coffee country and promised critics who want him deported he will not use his millions to quiet them. In a television and radio appearance Vesco depicted himself as a law-biding foreign resident and said "I am not going to buy off my detractors." The former head of the Swiss-based, scandal wracked Investors Overseas Services mutuM fund firm gave no indication he would voluntarily end his self imposed exile, despite a "Vesco Go Home" campaign launched by a group of citizens. Their petition, bearing 209 signatures and submitted last week to President Daniel Oduber, made Vesco break the silence he has maintained since coming here two and a half years ago. The petition asked the government to expel the 39-year-old Vesco, whom they linked with "the Mafia." He denied the Mafia charge. The petition, which called natural fiber imported fabrics for giving No MEI MINI MI OM MEM- -Mg STUDENTS: YOU CAN EARN FROM 1 •Phone 237-5761 237-5762 If you qualify as a plasma donor, you will be making a significant contribution in fighting "such dread problems as child birth diseases, leukemia, hemophilia, etc. Latest scientific developments permit donations every week without weakness or special diet or after effects. SERA TEC BIOLOGICALS 120 SOUTH ALLEN STREET (REAR) / STATE COLLEGE, PA 16801 GROUP A, GROUP B, GROUP AB AND GROUP 0 ARE NEEDED IN THIS CONTINUOUS PROGRAM, CONDUCTED WITH COMPLETE SAFETY. general public to auFal copies of exhibits after they have been received in evidence in a criminal trial as a normal con comitant of the constitutional require ments of a public trial found in the Sixth Amendment?" Gesell pointed out that it was normal for copies of any document received as trial evidence to be made available at the cost of reproduction. "Neither the defendants in this case nor the special Watergate prosecutor object to release of the tapes, nor had Judge John J. Sirica indicated any reason to deviate from general practice in the interests of a fair trial," Gesell said. "Former President Nixon does ob ject, although he has been pardoned, he has standing to protest release by the court but he has no right to prevent normal, ac cess to these public documents which have already been released in full text after af fording the greatest protection to presiden tial confidentiality 'consistent with the fair administration of justice.' " Vesco a "filgitive from justice" and his exile here "last stop before jail," was read on television Wednesday by the vice rector of the University of Costa Rica, Maria Eugenia de Vargas. Among the signers was former President Jose Joaquin Trejos Fernandez, three former vice presidents, and several cabinet ministers. "I have never been tried or condemned for any criminal offense in any country, in spite of the United States embassy saying that I have," Vesco said in reply. This was in apparent reference to grand jury ac cusations made against him in NeW York last year, the U.S. government's un successful attempt to 'have him extradited, and, the Securities and -Exchange Commission's charges that he "looted" the ICS of an estimated $225 million. Efforts to get Vesco ex tradited on charges that he contributed $250,000 illegally to former President Richard M. Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign, failed when the Costa Rican Supreme Court ruled there were no legal grounds for deporting him. $6O la 4 :1 MONTH ALL BLOOD TYPES URGENTLY NEEDED Vesco said: "I have liquidated the small sums I had invested in sensitive areas" in Costa Rica but did not give details. Last year Vesco's in vestments were described by him as totalling about $25 million and, at the time, he said he planned to invest another $25 million. Shapp foes offered jobs HARRISBURG (AP) Two lawyer inestigators who angered Gov. Shapp with their) probe of state contract piactices may become permanent Republican staff members for the Senate Appropriations Committee. The committee's ranking Republican, Richard Tilghman of Montgomery County, said yesterday he has offered the jobs to Stephen Freind and Michael Willmann. Freind said he and Willmann are inclined to take the jobs because "there are an awful lot of areas in state government that need looking into." Under contract from Tilghman, they each were paid $675 a week to probe allegations against county highway offices, state leasing and purchasing practices and political fund raising. Their main target was the Shapp administration. The governor spent three days before the llllllllllllllllllllillillllllulnuuluulllllllll Prevention of campus crime be gins with student awareness. Use strong bicycle chains, carry purses carefully, and report all thefts to Police Services imme diately by calling 865-5458. Monday thru Friday 9:00-9:00 Saturday 9:00-5:30 $BO Daytime hours B:3oam-80pm Mon - Thum 8:30 am - 4:00 pTri Fri Would be boon to environment Morton wants automobile limits WASHINGTON (UPl)—lnterior Secretary 's Aug. 31, 1975, the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Rogers C. B. Morton said yesterday a ceiling on Act. automobile production would save fuel and benefit . the environment. In an appearance at the Joint Economic sub committee on urban affairs, Morton said new car production continues to increase every year despite programs to conserve fuel and reduce pollution. "I wonder if anyone ever thought, that the number of cars ought to remain stable for a few years," he suggested. Morton continued to stress voluntary gition to conserve energy in the United States, but said if the current programs fail to reduce consumption such mandatory programs as I gasoline rationing, a gasoline tax, and a ceiling on petroleum imports might be used. . At the White House, President Ford signed legislation extending for six more months, through Shapp's bid cost $1.6 million HARRISBURG (AP) Gov. Shapp's re-election effort cost more than $1.6 million, according to reports filed yesterday by three political committees involved in his cam paign. More than $1.2 million was spent by the major committee supporting Republican gubernatorial candidate Drew Lewis, according to another campaign finance report filed with the Department of State. Democratic and Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate, as well as minor party candidates for all statewide offices, failed to meet the deadline for submitting post-election reports on their campaign financing, committee in October and repeatedly ac cused Freind and Willmann of unfair at tempts to defame his adminstration. The televised hearings were considered a political victory for Shapp, but Freind and Willmann say their efforts should lead to a number of criminal prosecutions. Much of the committee's evidence has been turned over to U.S. attorneys. Tilghman said he wants to hire Willmann and Freind as permanent staff members, at salaries'of $30,000 to $35,000 annually. Tilgh man controls $265,000 in committee funds. "I think it's important that there be some small group of people in state government who are now and then checking on various things that may come to light," Tilghman said. "I would spend every penny the Ap propriations Committee has if we can un cover fraud and save money for the people Pennsylvania." THE TRAIN STATION DAILY LUNCHEON SPECIALS A Herk:icher Enterprise r„- gr,,,1 e...... 4 ~.a.... ' 4 lthi, Milt 1 ' cs The act, passed in November, 1973, during a time of critical shortages, provides basic authority for the Federal Energy Administration's program to allocate crude oil and petrbleum products or control their. prices. It would have expired Feb. 28. The - Federal Energy Administration's chief scientist, Alvin M. Weinberg, meanwhile told a news conference that Americans must choose between nuclear fission with its potential hazards, or very expensive solar generators to produce most of the country's energy in the next century. He said coal—and the synthetic oil and gas from it—offers great promise for the next few decades, but could not meet the anticipated energy demands after the turn of the century. • Geothermal energy does not appear -- to be a practical source, and nuclear fusion has not according to State Department of ficials. Deputy Secretary of State Ronald Pettine said the candidates would be contacted individually and asked for their reports. They were due within 30 days after the Nov. 5 general election. Candidates for 'the U.S. House, the state legislature and local offices were required to file campaign finance reports in county seats of their election districts. The reports from Shapp and Lewis generally coincided with their pre election estimates. The Pennsylvanians- for Shapp- Kline Committee reported $1,097,25 in The Folklore Committee to the University Concert Committee An Evening of Bluegrass The Red, White, and Blue (Grass) "A landmark for true and traditional bluegrass progress." THIS SUNDAY DECEMBER 8 Bp.m. University Auditorium Tickets $3.00 A • On sale now at the HUB desk and at the door There is no smoking or beverages in the University Auditorium. expenditures and $362,269 in unpaid bills as of election day. The Allegheny County Penn sylvanians for Shapp-Kline, a separate committee, reported $137,462 in fund-raising. Another campaign arm, Pennsylvanians for Shapp, reported $5,854 in con tributions. The major debts of the Shapp campaign are an $BO,OOO printing bill and about $134,000 for services of an advertising agency, according to the governor's re-election campaign manager, Robert Kane. Kane said he expects post-election contributions to narrow the debts to about $200,000, to be paid off by fund- DELI NiTE SATURDAY, DECEMR R 7 6:3011r11 $2.00 members $3.00 non-members buffet-style: corned beef, tongue, etc. Also at Hillel: BOOK EXCHANGE We COLLECT today 11-3 We SELL Sunday 1:30-5:00 pame your price with 10% service donation SABBATH SERVICES— Friday night 8:00 p.m. Saturday morning 10:00 a.m. LOX & BAGEL BRUNCH Sunday morning 11:30-12:30 $l.OO members $2.00 non-members followed by GENERAL BOARD MEETING at 12:45 HANUKAH PARTY Sunday 7:30 p.m. with dreidles and latkes (potato pancakes) , 224 Locust Lane 237-2408 presents with Vassar Clements Norman Blake 4 The Daily Collegian Friday, December 6, 1974- progressed enough to be reliable, he said, leaving solar radiation and nuclear fission as the most likely prospects. "So," he said, "the American people are con fronted with a choice—fission which is relatively cheap and solar which is very expensive. Fission has certain potential hazards connected with it. Solar doesn't have those hazards." Morton's testimony deqlt with the more _im mediate aspects of petroleum conservation. He listed five areas of possible savings opportunities— increased auto fuel economy, decreased total miles driven, increased industrial efficiency, reduced lighting, heating and air conditioning, and reduced fuel requirements for electrical generation. He said lowering the number of miles driven by Americans represents "the single greatest op portunity" to cut imports of high-priced foreign oil. raising events surrounding inaugural ceremonies next month. Shapp defeated Lewis, a Mont gomery County businessman, by about 300,000 votes, according to unofficial returns. The Lewis for Governor Committee submitted an eight-inch thick report listing $1,240,051 in contributions and $1,234,955 in expenditures. It cited $15,645 in outstanding bills. None of the reports are considered comprehensive wrapups on spending by the candidates, because of post election bills and financial support from county and state party organizations: Music City News
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