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2 Sh Ki onmg TO a i Nixon milk: meeting Lawyerquesti ooHr mmiis jiying 1 1 reconnaissance 1 ww "And you are willing to do something about it. And I must say a lot of businessmen and others I get around this table, iL.i. I 1.11. 1-1 I i WASHINGTONy(APj A lawyer who has' obtained a jVhite rtouse tape has ques-tioned President- Nixon's account of a key meeting with dairymen. William Dobrovir, who represent? consumer advocate Ralph Nader in a suit challenging the administration's 1971 increase in milk price supports on Friday, filed court papers saying iK.

1 i tV, 'I "'ifX jr. I overflights by the American reconnaissance aircraft. The U.S. Embassy on Friday refused comment on the reconnaissance flights. But the embassy in Vientiane is known to have pushed hard for a continuation of aerial reconnaissance over Laos following the ceasefire and wa concerned when the Royal Lao government gave way to the Pathet Lao on this point in writing the protocols.

No U.S. Air Force reconnaisance aircraft from Udorn has been fired on since the American bombing halt in Cambodia last August, Hildreth said. Other senior American officers said this was probably because fast RF4E planes probably "have done their stuff before the guys on the ground have had time to know what's happened." "Those Phantoms are coming and going at will all the time," said one military source in Vientiane. "They have cameras that photograph a man plucking an eyelash from five' miles up. And with Hanoi still sending men and equipment down through Laos( I don't blame the Pentagon for wanting to keep flying those missions.

But I would like to see under what heading they justify it all." the White House account of the meeting "does not appear to be exact Dobrovir said a transcript of Nixon's remarks, taken from a tape recording the White House provided him under court order, can be interpreted as showing that the-President thanked dairy leaders for their political support jn March 23, 1971. Later that day Nixon ordered price supports increased. Nader contends Nixon's order was brought about by the dairymen's campaign contributions. The White House denies that the contributions influenced the decision. A White House spokesman, commenting on Dobrovir's assertion, said, "We disagree entirely with the interpretation he puts on the meeting" between the President and dairy industry representatives.

"The facts as stated in the White House statement (released Tuesday) are the correct facts," the spokesman said. The White House statement said Nixon opened the 1971 meeting "by thanking the dairy leaders for the support they' had UDORN AIR FORCE BASE, Thailand (AP The United States Air Force has acknowledged flying regular reconnaissance missions over Laos, which diplomatic sources in Vientiane say violates the coun- try's Feb. 21 cease-fire agreement. The unarmed flights, said to be the best way to gather intelligence about North Vietnamese troop and supply movements in Laos, have been bitterly denounced by the Communist Pathet Lao. Brig.

Gen. James R'. Hildreth, commander of the Air Force's 13th Advance Echelon at Udorn Air Base in northeastern Thailand, said this week that unarmed RF4E Phantom jets from his base carry out regular photo reconnaissance missions over Cambodia and South Vietnam. Ouday Souvannavong, the Royal Lao government's spokesman, said ending the flights is completely up to the Americans. "We ignore completely what the United States Air Force is doing over Laos or over anywhere else," he said.

An Air Force spokesman described the RF4E as "the newest and most improved Phantom in the inventory," able to fly at speeds up to 1,300 miles per hour and equipped with sensitive optical and infrared cameras. He said the plane can carry out reconnaissance in all weather at high or low altitudes. 4 "These flights are permitted under the Vietnam cease-fire agreement," said Col. Robert W. Clement? the commander of the 432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing.

The agreement on ending the war in Vietnam says there shall be no reconnaissance flights over North Vietnam but is vague about South Vietnam. There is no cease-fire agreement in Cambodia; But as for Lads, diplomatic sources in Vientiane say there are no provisions for reconnaissance flights over Laos under vthe terms of the separate Laotian protocols. Article 14 of the protocols "says: "Movements by air forces, including reconnaissance and supply flights by one side which violate the air space of the other side's zone, are forbidden until the determination of the route has been made officially The protocols were signed by the two Laotian factions Sept. 14 and diplomats in Vientiane claim that the American -flights should have ended more than three months ago. Radio Samneua, the clandestine station that broadcast? from a transmitter near the mounainous North Vietnamese border, has said the bulk of the Vientiane government's alleged cease-fire violations concerned Saxbe 4 f) If if -'I Hi 1 AP Wirtphote Iced over (Continued From Page 1) whether a sitting President can be indicted prior.to impeachment.

On other subjects, Saxbe endorsed legislation to protect individuals from an invasion of privacy by the government and private business. He gave no details of the proposal he favors. He promised a public report after an internal investigation of art FBI counterintelligence program against the New Left movement. The operation was ordered by the late FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover "to expose, disrupt and otherwise neutralize" the New Left in 1968 and terminated by Hoover in 1971.

Saxbe defended the Justice Department bargain that allowed former Vice President Icicles hang from the face of this statue outside the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, Friday morning after the city was hit by a night of freezing rain. Won deal given to administration policies." said the White House tape showed Nixon said this; "I first want to say that I am very, grateful for the support that we have, had (inaudible word) from this group. I know that in American agriculture Spiro T. Agnew third party Apew resigned his office and accepted probation and a $10,000 fine pleading no contest to a'single count of tax evasion. As for critics who say Agnew should have gone to jail, SaxM asserted, "Most of those same peoojewho say he should have been given 29years are the same ones who bHyaaie about giving a guy six months for mugging." World conference on energy may be an urgent necessity uiey yammer anu iai a ioi uui they don't do anything about i But you and I appreciate that.

don't need to spell it out. Friends talk, and others keep me posted as to what you do." The White House statement acknowledged that Nixon had been told that dairymen had pr0mised to give $2 million to his l7Z campaign The statement said Nixon's decision to overrule Agriculture Secretary Clifford Hardin and raise milk price supports was made because of economic considerations, congressional pressure and traditional political considerations. The tape Dobrovir transcribed is the one he played in part at a Washington party last month. The local bar association is investigating his conduct in that affair and the judge in the case criticized the lawyer for it. Dobrovir included the partial transcript of Nixon's words in a motion seeking a court order to force the White House to produce certain documents and records that it has refused to mak J.

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Judge L. Stringer. The day was called by Stringer in a proclamation stating King should be remembered for his "profound influence and contribution in the area of human relations." Tuesday, which marks the 45th birthday anniversary of King, will be, according to the proclamation, a time to "pause to honor King and the ideas of brotherhood, equality and peace, a tribute of the life and work of the human rights leader." All Hobson City offices will be closed Tuesday, Stringer 'd through Energy (Continued Hodges statement came after union representatives met with City Manager James Standridge for two hours Friday afternoon." At that time uicy asivcu ouiuui tugc to the city council to meet them in an "effort to resolve the present impasse in negotiations." Standridge said Friday he would contact council members, but he emphasized that whatever decision was made was up to the council, He said today he informed Hodges of the request on Friday. Dan Eberhart, staff representative of the International Association of Fire Fighters; Lindsey Moore, a national vice president of the National Union of Police Officers (NUPO) Billy Briggs, state director for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes (AFSCME); John Tucker, vice president of the Alabama Labor Council and Al Borrell, president of NUPO Local 831, called on Standridge to contact council members as "soon as possible" because morale of the men was getting low. Eberhart, who issued a statement on behalf of all three groups said, "it is hereby determined that the city council is violating the constitutional rights" of the men by not recognizing their union.

Eberhart added "This union representative team shall have the authority to call some type you're widely recognized; that it cuts across all the farmer organizations, is represented in all the states. "I know, too, that you are a group that are politically' very conscious, not in any party rpallZP that what utSss success SfSLZoi r-Z en policy (inaudible word) trOllbleS ROME (AP) Rome is Italy's largest city in terms of population, but only ranks No. 4 on the scale of tax disputes. Tax authorities say Turin has the most disputed income tax returns, followed by Milan, Naples and then Rome. Miss Your Paper? We hope not, but if your paper is not delivered or if you have a question regarding service, call: 236-1551 Between 5:30 p.m.

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RYAN AP Special Correspondent The way things are shaping up, a world conference on ener gy problems may be an urgent necessity before the year is out. Such a conference might be limited to the non-Communist world, but it wouldn't be at all surprising if the Soviet Union would be interested in sitting in. It, too, has. considerable stakes jn what happens to the world's reserves of oil. But there's much more to the picture than oil.

There is a broad spectrum of problems dealing with the interplay of the energy situation with the over all supply of vital raw 'ma- PROSMIV THC MOST CONTROVERSIM. NHM Or OUR TWM SAT. SUN. AT: 1:15 2:50 4:25 6:05 7:40 9:20 CP EXIT UXSJIXTII ICSEtT ITMM rnuctii EXECUTIVE: ACTION isle 'miniiiro 1 II i to escape a prison sentence porting Countries, to whom Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger has directed a warning: It is not in their interests "to bring about a worldwide depression." Initial reaction to the consumer-nation meeting has been generally positive, though it generated some grumbling about the fact that three Common Market oil consumers were left out.

The second phase of the initiative, the consumer-OPEC meeting, has inspired less enthusiasm. The OPEC members consider themselves underdeveloped, part of that Third World of which many areas now are feeling the impact of the oil crisis. OPEC members have been talking of using some of their vast incomes to help their Third World colleagues. There appears to be resistance inside the OPEC to negotiating only with the big-nation consumers. Probably there would be less resistance to a world meeting, In fact, sources in Venezuela connected with the OPEC have been quoted lately as saying some sort of global agreement on oil and raw materials commerce is rapidly becoming a necessity if chaos is to be averted within a relatively short time.

Industrial nations, both Communist and non-Communist, are using up reserves of raw materials at.an enormous rate. Not a nation in the Soviet bloc is now without its own good reasons for mounting campaigns to conserve energy "resources" raw material expenditure. Moreover, the U.S.SR. is gc ing to have to import a lot more oil in the next half-dozen years, and itself has a growing economic stake in the future of those Middle East reserves. Leaks double bill PITTSBURGH (AP) A pinhole leak in a water line, or a badly leaking faucet can cause your water bill to double every bill, according to Rockwell International largest water meter producer in the A pinhole leak can mean a loss of 18,000 gallons of water per quarter, equalling normal demand from the average home.

Where water bills are combined with sewage bills, this could mean quadrupling of -the bill each quarter. terials around the world. The two are going to be closely linked. The United States needs 13 essential metals for its industry. In the case of half of these, it must import.

In anoth- Analysis er dozen years, it may be, on balance, import-dependent for 12 of the 13. If those materials should be unavailable, the resulting dislocations could make today's U.S. oil crisis look like kid stuff, and the rest of the advanced industrial world is in a similar situation. Where are those metals? Much of them are in what is called the Third World. Thus, if interlocking problems of energy and raw materials are going to be examined, how can the nations owning much of the.

raw materials be left out of the picture? President Nixon's recent initiative sought a Feb. 11 meeting of the United States, Canada, Japan, France, Italy; the Netherlands, Norway and West Germany to consider coopera-live approaches to the enormous problems posed by the energy crisis. the United States hopes that the big oil-gobbling nations can meet with the Organization of. Petroleum 1st Run Adults Only Nynui. of job if the are representatives unsuccessful at negotiating with the Council.

On Tuesday Hodges told city ciuyjco ulc uulu Hu longer recognize the three city employe unions and, he said, the city would no longer union dues from employes' paychecks. Briggs said today that he had met with members of his union (AFSCME Local 1099) Friday, and all the men had "agreed, to wait and see what action the council would take on our request fora meeting." Briggs said therewts no discussion of a strike at that time. Moore met with members of NUPO Local 831 at the Machinists hall Friday morning and he said all of the members had agreed to the decision as well. Eberhart met with members of Local 508 on Thursday and said all of his men had also agreed. Hodges said today, "we the council feel responsibility to the city and to the employes and we never said the employes couldn't belong to a union.

This is a democracy. But we have to deal with the entire community and the problem is how best to do it." J'ville (Continued From Page 1) Decatur, who contracted the work for the clinic, said the building was "adequately insured" against fire, but he could not recall the amount. Jacksonville building inspector Harry Jernigan said he inspected the building Friday and found "nothing that he believed could cause a fire. Power lines had been installed in the clinic, but had not been connected, according to the spokesman He said a fire marshal would investigate the arson possibility sometime today. Galloway sees limit on Army saving energy SAN ANTONIO, Tex.

(AP) --Army Secretary Howard H7" Callaway says the the Army must not be forced by the energy crisis to return to a "World War II situation where we played with wooden rifles." Callaway said the Army has reduced its use of energy, supplies by 25 per cent but 'that level of reduction cannot be maintained for more than six months without impairing training and Callaway made the comment Wednesday while on a tour of Army installations in the San Antonio area. fo From Page 1) buildings heat must be reduced 10 degrees unless savings can be made some other way. Representatives of trade grjoups will conje to Washington for a crash course the paperwork of the new rules, FEO officials said. Going into effect Tuesday will be regulations covering gasoline, middle distillate oils including home heating fuel and diesel fuel, and propane gas. Regulations covering the distribution of crude oil, aviation viel, residual fuel oil, butane gas and minor products took effect Dec.

27. Tm the job front, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported iaaBmyTast Night (RJ I IIAST- Meyer's Open 6:00 Show 7:00 a new name tor ran old Iff 71J 'A Friday that there were some job losses in various Industries "which appear to be due to actual or anticipated shortages of gasoline." Hardest hit were automotive dealership and service station workers where employment declined a seasonally adjusted 50,000 in December. And government analysts said evidence indicated that the gasoline shortage as well as the general economic slowdown may have been responsible for the additional loss of nearly 50,000 jobs in service industries Further energy related developments included: Saxbe said the antitrust division is checking to see whether major oil companies collaborated to Contrive a fraudulent fuel shortage. But he noted that antitrust officials say that so far they have found little evidence of such collusion. The Exxon Co.

announced it is increasing gasoline prices 0.7 cents a gallon, and home heating oil by 5.1 cents a gallon immediately. A Japanese official said that Arab oil supplies are reaching the United States and the Netherlands despite the embargo. 1 United Air Lines announced that 490 ground crew employes will be laid off Jan. 26 because of the energy crisis. Officials said these will include customer service' attendants, ramp service agents and food and maintenance personnel.

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