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Zebra alaylnga raspecta held (Page A-3) Times Tlie Reporter 71st Year SSI Dwer-tow FhlladelpliU, OhU 1SY4 Price IS Cents Forecast Showers and thundershowers tonight, lows in the low and mid Ms. Showers and thundershowers Friday, highs in the 70s. Split Judiciary says Nixon didn't comply WASHINGTON (AP) The House Judiciary Committee has charged President Nixon with failure to comply with its subpoena for Watergate tapes. The committee's chairman and chief counsel said Nixon's noncompliance could be an impeachable offense. By a narrow, 20-18 vote that shattered its bipartisan approach to the inquiry, the committee directed Chairman Peter W.

Rodino to notify Nixon that his delivery of edited transcripts instead of tapes does not meet the committee's request. "In this country there are no exceptions to the command of law," said John Ooar, chief impeachment counsel for the committee, at a rare nighttime meeting that lasted until nearly midnight Wednesday. The committee declined, however, to recommend that Nixon be cited for contempt of Congress. A motion by Rep. John Conyers to do so was tabled, 32 to 5.

Although the committee members, all lawyers, agreed that Nixon had failed to meet the terms of the subpoena, the Republicans urged a further attempt at negotiation rather than a blunt declaration of noncompllancd. "In our system of government it was never contemplated that the separate branches should confront each other," said Rep. Edward Hutchinson, the ranking Republican member. "It should be avoided at all costs." In the end, however, it was a Republican, Rep. William S.

Cohen of Maine, who cast the deciding vote which authorized Rodino to send a letter to Nixon citing him for failure to comply. Two Democrats, Conyers and Rep. Jerome R. Waldie, who favored sterner action, had voted against the motion and it appeared headed for a losing 19-19 tie vote when Cohen, a freshman and one of the last to vote, cast the sole Republican vote for it. Cohen earlier had tried to get the committee to send a more conciliatory letter that specified the shortcomings in Nixon's response and suggested means for improving it, but this move was defeated, 27-11.

The letter Rodino is sending to Nixon today is short and to the point. It reads: "Dear Mr. President: The Committee on the Judiciary has directed me to advise you that it finds that as of 10 a.m. April 30 you have failed to comply with the committee's subpoena of April 11, 1974." Waldie called it meaningless. "It would seem to inform the President of See A-3 Involvement of top aides known early By BOB WOODWARD aid CARL BERNSTEIN The Washington Post WASHINGTON The edited transcripts of President Nixon's recorded White House conversations indicate that Nixon was aware of the possible criminal involvement of his top aides well before March 21, 1973, the date he has maintained he first learned of the Watergate coverup.

The tapes show that on Sept. 15,1972, and Feb. 28, March 13 and March 20, 1973, Nixon, a lawyer, made statements, asked questions and received information that indicated he knew there was far more to the Watergate story than government investigators said they had been told by that time. For example, on March 13,1973, White House counsel John W. Dean III specifically told Nixon that White House aide Gordon Strachan was aware of the illegal Watergate bugging operation during the period in 1972 when telephones at Democratic National Headquarters were tapped.

"I will be damned," the President responded. Then, referring to his White House chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, Nixon added: "Well, that is the problem in Bob's case." Strachan worked directly for Haldeman in the White House. ADVISED BY DEAN that investigators "would have one hell of a time proving that Strachan had knowledge of it though," the President asked Dean: "Who knew better? Magruder?" "Magruder and Liddy," Dean replied, referring to Nixon's deputy campaign manager, Jeb Stuart Magruder, and Watergate burglar G. Gordon Liddy.

"Oh, I see," the President observed. "The other weak link for Bob (Haldeman) is Magruder. He hired him, et cetera." A key issue in the House impeachment inquiry could be whether President Nixon failed in this and other instances documented in the transcripts to inform Watergate prosecutors about his knowledge of possibly criminal acts. At no time in these conversations before and after the critical date of March the President or his advisors recommend simply telling the whole truth to either the public or law enforcement authorities. Nixon relives Hiss hearings in Watergate By LINDA MATHEWS The Los Aageles Times WASHINGTON Like a dinosaur trapped in some weird time machine, the name of Alger Hiss pops up again and again in the transcripts of President Nixon's private Watergate conversations.

The former State Department officials, convicted in 1950 of lying to a federal grand ury about leaking secret government documents, may have been relegated to the history books, as far as most people are concerned. But to Rich ard Nixon, who won national recognition during the congressional investigation of Hiss, his quarry is still very real. ACCORDING TO the transcripts, Nixon occasionally relives the Hiss battle 25 years later, regaling his young aides with all the details and drawing analogies to Watergate. On Feb. 28,1973, as he consulted with John W.

Dean III about the Watergate Committee's upcoming hearings, Nixon suddenly reminisced about the Hiss investigation. The President suggested that Dean "go back and read Chapter I of 'Six his book on his up-and- down political career, for further details, fee A-3 DAVID GRIMM AT CHRISTMAS "Snoopy" was gift from nurse David Grimm 9 fight C7 against cancer ends A plucky Strasburg 3rd grader's battle against cancer ended early this morning. David Gene Grimm, 9, died in Canton Aultman Hospital where he had undergone numerous chemo-thera- py treatments to arrest the disease following removal of a malignant abdominal tumor last Sept. 19. He was the son of Gene D.

and Margaret Plotner Grimm of 167 4th st. SW, Strasburg. David's courageous fight became the No. 1 cause for the entire community of Strasburg. To assist the family with medical expenses students held basketball marathons, bake sales were staged and there were donations from clubs and individuals.

It is believed that practically every resident of Strasburg and many who did not live in the community had a part in raising the between $5000 and $6000 that was deposited in a special account at the Citizens State Bank. During his illness David became a favorite of the nurses at Union Hospital in Dover, where he became a patient Sept. 11 after being ill for three weeks, and at Aultman. A student nurse at Aultman gave David his friend, Snoopy, and another nurse helped him build Snoopy's dog house. The stuffed animal and his house were fixtures under the Christmas tree in the Grimm residence last December.

He was a student in Mrs. Howard Fox's 3rd grade at Strasburg elementary. He returned to classes on a regular basis Jan. 9 and continued until Feb. 27, according to Mrs.

Fox. Thereafter, he returned to the classroom infrequently. David's last visit shortly before Easter a spelldown was held. He was one of the four finalists. On April 10, David had a front-row seat during the Canton appearance of the Harlem Globetrotters, whom he visited in the lockerroom following the exhibition.

He had been dismissed from the hospital for that special occasion. He was also a member of the Lakeview Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he is survived by one brother, Todd, and three sisters, Bobbi, Lee Ann and Beth Ann, all of the home; paternal grandmother, Mrs, Mary Grimm of Strasburg, and maternal grandparents, Mrs. and Mrs. Jack Plotner ofSugarcreek.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:30 in the Toland-Herzig Funeral Home at Dover with Rev. Robert Veenhuis officiating. Burial will be in Ridgecrest Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday night from 7 to 9. Observance set at Schoenbrunn The Tuscarawas County Historical Society will mark the 202nd anniversary of the founding of Schoenbrunn by David Zeisberger and five Christian Indian families this weekend with a canoe trip and vesper service.

The canoe trip will start at 1 p.m. Sunday from a point below the Tuscarawas av. bridge in Dover. Last year 100 people participated in the eight-mile trip to Schoenbrunn. Persons in canoes are reminded to wear life-saving equipment.

Subpoena deadline delayed six days WASHINGTON (AP) President Nixon's lawyers, fighting a Watergate subpoena, were given six more days today in a move to avoid turning over any more tapes and documents. U.S. District Judge John J. Sirica set a hearing for May 8 on White House arguments that Nixon should not have to honor a sweeping subpoena from the Watergate special prosecutor which had been due today. Sirica gave the prosecutor's office and attorneys for seven defendants in the Watergate cover-up trial until 2 p.m.

next Monday to file answers to a White House motion that the subpoena for materials covering 64 presidential conversations be quashed. A hearing on all the motions was set for May 8. The White House said the tapes supporting documents sought contained confidential communications to the President and could be denied on grounds of executive privilege. James St. Clair, Nixon's chief Watergate-impeachment said before filing the motiotr that the House already had given up all that Watergate praters to finish their business.

The confrontation with special prosecutor Leon Jaworski followed close on Nixon's surrender of 1,308 pages of transcript to the House Judiciary Committee for its impeachment inquiry in response to another subpoena. The committee voted 20 to 18 Wednesday night, virtually along party lines, to inform the President that the materials he supplied, failed to comply with its subpoena for tapes. At 4 p.m. there will be a vesper service and Moravian Lovefeast in the church at Scnoenbrunn. The Moravian brass choir will play.

During the afternoon, a drill team composed of Tuscarawas County men wearing uniforms from the era of the American Revolution will perform. The observance marks the beginning of David Zeisberger Week in Tuscarawas County. Admission to Schoenbrunn is $1 for adults and 50 cents for children. "If I was on the House Committee, I would demand the tapes. And I expect that Jaworski will demand them," commented Sen.

Sam J. Ervin who heads the Senate Watergate committee. But Vice President Gerald R. Ford declared that the transcripts the President of any wrongdoing. He called for bipartisan support of Nixon.

"The only difference I would have with the President is that, and in my mind it is significant, I think the President should have done this some months ago, and I wish he had," Ford said. Today was the deadline for honoring a subpoena issued at Jaworski's request by Judge John J. Sirica April 18. Twenty four of the conversations sought by Jaworski overlap some of those for which Nixon gave the Judiciary Committee transcripts. Jaworgki has said he needs the material for toe Watergate cover-up trill of "seven former Nixon administration and campaign aides.

Several of the defendants filed supporting motions saying they wanted the same items for their defense. A spokesman for the prosecutor's office said Wednesday the White House effort to have the subpoena set aside would be challenged, and defense lawyers are expected to attack the charges against the seven if the materials are not produced for their trial. "This is material we need," the. prosecutor's office said. "We will do everything we have to secure it." i i Clay Festival plans shape up UHRICHSVILLE Plans were finalized for the Clay Festival parade June IS when the festival committee met Wednesday night in Buckeye Hotel.

Trophies will be awarded in nine categories. They are marching non-band, church, scout, civic and fraternal, antique car, equestrian, commercial non- clay, commercial clay and best of parade. Three awards will be made in four categories. First place only will be a warded in the antique car, equestrian and commercial clay categories. Application forms for parade entries are available by calling (614) 922-5623 or by writing Post Office Box 49, Uhrichsville.

Tickets for the anniversary ball, to be held June 8 in observance of the festival's 25th anniversary will go on sale at 12.50 later this month. Doris Toland reported on the Miss Clay Festival contest. She currently is attempting to locate all former queens in order that they may participate and be honored during this year's celebration. The queen will be crowned June 10. Dick Kaiser said the antique car show will be held June 9 and Dale, Arnold informed the group announcements have been sent out for the June 15 horse and pony pull.

Advance sale tickets for midway rides have been received by the committee and will go on sale soon at five or $1. Bridge bids due Aug. 13 Mayor Harold Edwards reported this morning that bids to replace the N. Water st. bridge in Uhrichsville, destroyed nearly seven years ago, will be opened Aug.

13 by the Ohio Department of Transportation. Replacement of the bridge will re-unite the city that has been "divided" since a large piece of machinery being transported a flat car broke loose, tearing out the bridge and killing a couple driving over it. The project is being financed with State Issue I funds allotted to the county. Poppy sales set Mayors Harold Edwards of Uhrichsville and Eugene Hart of Dennison have proclaimed Friday and Saturday as Buddy Poppy Days, when poppies will be sold by Twin City Veterans of Foreign Wars in the downtown areas. The poppies are assembled by disabled veterans benefit them and widows and orphans of deceased veterans.

Project theme is "Honor the dead by helpingtheliving." More sale items needed The New Philadelphia Quakers Industrial Arts Club is accepting items, except clothing, for a garage sale to be held Saturday from 8 a. m. to 8:30 p. m. at 838 Tuscarawas av.

NW, New Philadelphia. Pickup can be arranged by calling 3435332 or 364-3827 after 5 p. m. Proceeds will be used to finance club activities and projects. Election supplies Presiding judges in Tuscarawas County's 134 precincts must pick up ballots and supplies at the board of elections pf- fice Saturday from 8:30 a.m.

to noon or Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Patrol to inspect autos The Ohio Highway Patrol is sponsoring a voluntary motor vehicle inspection Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Tuscarawas County fairgrounds in Dover.

Index 32 Pages 4 Sections Around the B-2 Court Records A-8 Editorials A-4 Hospital Hot Line B-l Obituaries A-5 Sports C-l, C-2, C-3 Stocks A-8 Television C-7 Localife B-4, B-5, B-6 Jury decides Filer's breakin case Dover man guilty of lesser count By DIANE YALE Dallas Washington, 21, of 210 Park Dover, was found guilty Wednesday of malicious entry and attempting to commit a felony in connection with an Oct. 13,1973, breakin at Eiler's Inc. on W. 3rd st. in Dover.

conviction was on a lesser charge than the one in the grand jury indictment against him breaking and entering with intent to steal or intent to commit a felony. The jury returned after deliberating only 90 minutes to pronounce him innocent on the original charge but guilty on the lesser one, which carries a penalty of from six months to five years in prison. A probation report will be compiled before Washington is sentenced. ASSISTANT Prosecutor Ron Collins ended his presentation Wednesday morning after calling two Eiler's Inc. employes as witnesses.

James Eiler, a salesman, testified that the store's doors were locked and the alarm system activated the night before the breakin. He also said that the only thing missing from the store after the breakin was a pipe wrench similar to one found under a pickup truck with Washington when he was arrested. During cross-examination by Defense Atty. William McLane of the public defender's office, Eiler admitted that the last time he had seen the wrench was two weeks before the breakin and that he didn't know if it actually had been taken during the breakin. Mrs.

Howard Gibbs, manager of Eiler's Candy Shop, also testified about the pipe wrench being missing and identified it as the one exhibited because of its age and rustiness. She also stated that the morning after the breakin, when she saw the heavy plate glass door broken, she immediately suspected the wrench might have been used and began to search for it. ARGUMENTS between Collins and McLane about the admissibility of evidence and testimony, and a motion by McLane for a directed verdict of acquittal, punctuated the trial. Judge Harlan Spies agreed with McLane that slivers of glass found in Washington's jacket pocket by an investigator for the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation could not be admitted as evidence. He based the decision on a case in which it was ruled that there must be a "reasonable certainty or probability" that such exhibits came from the breakin sight to make them admissible.

McLane also moved that testimony given by the investigator, Mark Gilbert, who appeared Tuesday, be striken from DOVER A-3.