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SAN CLEMENTE, Calif AP) President Nixon says he beheves there has been "ha- rassment on a massive basis of innocent people" by some members of the press and pros- ecutors in the Watergate case. And in an interview made public on Tuesday, he said "the chance to get a fair trial any- place is impossible" for any Watergate figure. He said that if the charges against him in connection with Watergate were true, "I wouldn't serve for one minute" and nobody would have to ask him to resign. He termed Wa- tergate "the thinnest scandal in American history." The President said that if he "had bugged out of Vietnam," as some liberal members of the press wanted, "Watergate would have been a blip. They terms Watergate 'thinnest scandal' in U.S.

history ys in a 6 3 therefore I will stay Nixon said he believed some much of the television press. WASHINGTON JT wouldn't have cared." The interview is included in a new paperback book, "The Personal Nixon: Staying on the Summit," written by Rabbi Ba- ruch M. Korff of Providence, R.I., and Rehoboth, Mass. He is head of an anti-impeachment organization known as the Na- tional Citizens' Committee for Fairness to the Presidency. Rabbi Korff said the May 13 interview at the White House was arranged by Bruce Her- schensohn, deputy assistant to the President.

Herschensohn also provided a flattering commentary about the author for the back cover. Staffers in the press office of the Western White House were providing duplicate copies of sections of the interview for distribution to reporters. Rabbi Korff's committee published the $1.23 paperback and will print 300,000 copies in the next month, a key time in the Watergate impeachment proceedings. The committee gets the royalties, the rabbi said. The tape-recorded interview contained a defense of the President's position, harsh crit- icism of the news media and some of the special Watergate prosecutor's men and a denial of any anti-semitism in re- sponse to reports of racial slurs in transcripts of some presiden- tial conversations.

In the interview, the Presi- dent said that if charges against him on Watergate and the cover-up were true, "no- body would have to ask me to resign. I wouldn't serve for one minute if they were true. "But, 1 know they are not true, and therefore I will stay here, do the job that I was elected to do, and trust to the American constitutional process to make the final verdict." However, the President said he felt resignation or impeach- ment at this time "would have devastating consequences in terms of foreign policy, would jeopardize the best hope we have to build a structure of peace in the world." Nixon said "the great major- ity of those who have analyzed the (Watergate presidential) transcripts say they don't find an impeachable offense, but they don't like their tone. "Well, I can say if they were to tape the conversations of Presidents that I have known they wouldn't like their tone ei- ther." Nixon said he believed some of Special Prosecutor Leon Ja- worski's "eager-beaver staf- fers" had engaged in "an abu- sive process." He said "it will be found that there has been harassment on a massive basis of innocent people, that many without guilt have had their reputations bad- ly damaged Many who have been charged with guilt have been charged on flimsy in- dictments as was indicated in the Mitchell-Stans trial." He referred to former Atty. Gen.

John N. Mitchell and for- mer Commerce Secretary Maurice H. Stans, who were ac- quitted of criminal conspiracy charges in connection with fund-raising efforts for Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign. "Much of the press, and par- ticularly, I am sorry to say, much of the television press, has not been responsible," Nix- on charged. When Nixon made similar charges in the past, he refused to elaborate.

Nixon said in the interview that as a result of congressional hearings, inspired leaks and source stories, the reputations of innocent men have been fiad- ly damaged. "I would say it would be ex- tremely difficult for anyone to get a fair trial, for example in the District of Columbia now," Nixon said. He made his com- ments before the civil rights conspiracy conviction there last week of his former domestic affairs adviser, John D. Ehrlichman. Rabbi Korff told newsmen after meeting with Nixon on Tuesday that he personally considered the Ehrlichman verdict "a blot on justice." Asked if Nixon agreed with him, Korff told reporters, "He agrees with me that it is a blot on justice.

1 have the im- pression that he would agree with me." WASHINGTON (AP) House Judiciary Committee is preparing to take the last testi- mony in its impeachment in- quiry and then turn to drawing up proposed articles of im- peachment. At least six articles, the chief one charging obstruction of Justice in connection with the Watergate cover-up, are reported to be drafted and ready for presentation to the committee in secret briefing sessions Thursday and Friday. The questioning today of Her- bert W. Kalmbach, President Nixon's former personal law- yer, completes a 10-week examination by the committee into a wide range of actions by the President and his close associates. After Kalmbach's testimony White House Counsel James D.

St. Clair will be given an oppor- tunity to sum up the case against impeachment and the stage will then be set for the final act in the committee's his- toric proceedings. In a related development, the chairman of ihe Democratic National Committee, Robert S. Strauss, said in an interview he would be "terribly surprised and shocked" if the committee and full House did not vote to impeach Nixon. He said he had reached this decision over the weekend after studying the transcripts ami other evidence released by the committee.

He said he has not discussed impeachment with the House leadership. In an interview with Rabbi Baruch Korff, a Nixon support- er from Providence, R. 1., Kix- on described Watergate as the "thinnest scandal in American history" and said that if the charges against him were true "I wouldn't serve for one min- ute." Korff is chairman of the Na- tional Citizens' Committee for Fairness to the Presidency, Inc. The interview was pub- lished today in a paperback book called "The Personal Nix- on: Staying on the Summit." Judiciary Committee Chair- man Peter W. Rodino D- N.J., said Tuesday he hopes the t'ujiliniu-d page 101st YEAR NO.

167 FERGUS FALLS, MINNESOTA56537 Labor unrest Nine file governor State election filings formally completed IS Continuing ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) a Republican and six minor mnpnt ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Eleven Minnesota legislative candidates, all but one of them DFLers, will get a free ride through the primary and gener- al elections as the result of election filings completed Tuesday.

In each case, an incumbent was the only candidate to file, meaning the only possible de- feat would be through a writein campaign. The lone Republican to get a free ride was Rep. Rod Searle, Waseca. Included among the 10 DFLers without opposition was House Speaker Martin Sabo, Minneapolis. By contrast, as filings closed there were 11 candidates for Congress in the 8th District and nine contenders for governor.

In the governor race, there will be eight candidates left after the primary and that will be a record for Minnesota. The November ballot will list a Republican and six minor party or independent candi- dates, along with a DFLer. Gov. Wendell Anderson has taken opposition in the DFL primary but is expected to be the DFL nominee. The close of filings also dis- closed that 13 Republicans and 11 DFLers in the House did not file for reelection.

The list of Republican retiuees includes veteran Aubrey Dirlam, Red- wood Falls, the House minority leader. Most of the legislative retire- ments had been announced ear- lier. Among retirements not previously announced were those of Reps. Lynn Becklin, R- Cambridge, and Robert McFarlin, R-St. Louis Park.

An unofficial tally showed the DFL party with candidates in all but one of the 134 House dis- tricts. Rep! Rod Skearle of Waseca appeared to be the only Republican without a DFL op- ponent. Candidates in the race to suc- ceed the retiring Rep. John Blatnik, in the 8th District include six DFLers, three Republicans and two in- dependents. Latest to file were Robert C.

Bester, Duluth, former deputy commissioner of labor and in- dustry, as an independent; Beatrice Mooney, Lakeland, as a Republican, and Thomas E. Cooper, Spring Lake Park, a DFLer. Seven party-endorsed candi- dates for Congress will have opposition in the Sept. 10 pri- mary. Charles-Turnbull, 41, St.

Pe- ter, filed Tuesday to challenge DFL endorsed Steve Babcock, Mankato, in the 2nd District. Turnbull had said he would not run. without endorsement "The wise man "changes' his mind, the fool never," said Turnbull. Filing in the 1st District Tuesday was Blaine Lundeen, 51, a Dover farmer arrested in 1970 for carrying a stick of dynamite into a Twin Cities television station in what he said was a move to call atten- tion to security problems. Lundeen filed against Ulric Scott, Winona, the DFIv-en- dorsed candidate.

In the race for governor, most of the candidates repre- sentated minor parties, filing by petition for the November ballot. Gov. Wendell Anderson has token opposition in the DFL primary from Tom McDonald of Minneapolis, a frequent can- didate for various offices. Candidates for governor who filed Tuesday included Richard R. Kleinow, 30, North Oaks, representing the Libertarian Harry Pool, Inde- pendence, representing the American party.

Former Minneapolis Mayor City operations coordinator finds challenges, solutions part of job By PHILIP HAGE City Editor Don Eisenhuth is a difficult man to contact. If he isn't on the telephone listening to a citizen complain about barking dogs, he may be meeting with public works employees to plan more efficient operation and use of city equipment, or consulting with the city administrator about a sewer problem. Eisenhuth describes his job of city operations coor- dinator as "letting everyone in city government know what everyone else is doing." More specifically, he works to aid communication and coordination between city departments. "I guess you could say I'm trying to build cooperation within the city DON EISENHUTH "If yon can't see that year are ac- complishing something, you have to ask yourself why yo are Ten file in county commissioner race A total of ten persons have filed for 2nd District County Com- missioner. Three more persons filed in the County Auditor's Office Tuesday afternoon before filings ended.

Incumbent commissioner Dick Dillon is not seeking reelection. The latest persons to file are Ted Carr, RichviUe Route Uoyd H. Lyng, Fergus Falls Route and Roger W. Halvorson, Fergus Falls Route 1. Others to file for the post include Berton Hovland, Pelican Rapids; Bennie J.

Johnson, Pelican Rapids Route Richard Portmann, Fergus Falls Route Kelly Drey, Aurdal Township: Kenneth Clambey, Fergus Falls Route Otto Richter, Fergus Falls Route and Emma Ness, FergusFalls Route 1. Incumbent Carlton Mortensen and Bobby Robbins, Pelican Rapids, have filed for County Sheriff. Incumbent Helen Skramsted and lather Wilkinson have filed for Register of Deeds. Others whohave filed include Treasurer George Nelson, Auditor Ken Hanson, 4th District Commissioner Hub Nordgren and County Attorney Harlan Nelson. The primary election will be held Sept.

10 and the general election on Nov. 5. The only office that will be put to the primary vote will be that for 2nd District Commissioner. The two can- didates with the largest number of votes will be nominated to the general election. All other candidates for other offices will pass the primary and enter the Reneral election directly.

departments so they will function as one unit," he ex- plained. The position of operations coordinator was created last fall to help ease increasing responsibilities of the city administrator and to work with the city engineer, which had been changed to a part-time position. After two months as operations coordinator, Eisenhuth recently took a little time to reflect about his job, the bureaucracy of city govern- ment, and city planning. Eisenhuth left a post as manager of Medallion Kitchens for the newly created job in city government. "I felt I had done as much for Medallion as possible.

It was a question of leaving Fergus to seek a similar job or becoming operations coordinator for the city." Eisenhuth describes his position as "a funnel" for citizen complaints about city government and operation and municipal problems. "I handle all the complaints, check their validity and channel them to the proper department so they can be solved. This department has never been here before. Citizens have a right to know about their government, and it's necessary that they be aware that there is a person available to listen to their complaints." Eisenhuth modestly claims to be an unimportant member of the city administration, but it is apparent that he likes the challenge of dealing with dif- ferent city departments and attempting to solve problems within city government and from citizens. "I enjoy seeing things started and accomplished.

I get satisfaction in solving small problems and seeing them fit into the progress of the city," he says. The city administrator became overloaded trying to solve these problems in ad- dition to his other duties. Eisenhuth is plagued not by too many complaints, but perhaps by too few. He notes with some irritation the scarcity of citizens who attend city council and plan- ning meetings. He concedes that many of the problems faced by the city may not be solved more easily by in- creased citizen input, but maintains that city officials would be better aware of citizen interests and better able to act accordingly.

Eisenhuth says he has developed a different per- ception of city planning and since taking his new post. He says he can now see a pattern for city efforts in progress and growth. "I can see the progress the city is trying to accomplish. My opinions (about city govern- ment) have changed drastically. The city govern- ment is really trying to help the citizens." Eisenhuth is philosophic about the contribution he makes to city government.

"If you can't see for yourself that you are accomplishing something, you have to ask yourself why you are there." Charles Stenvig ended specula- tion over his political plans by filing for the south Minneapolis legislative seat now held by re- tiring Rep. Ray Wolcott. In the 6th District, Archie Possum, 54, a Redwood Falls farmer, filed as a Republican to oppose Jon Grunseth, Cold Spring, the GOP endorsee Phillip J. Ratte, 36, Columbia Heights, filed as Republican candidate for Congress in the 5th District against Rep. Don- ald Fraser, D-Minn.

In the 4th, perennial filer Wil- liam T. Heine, St. Paul, got on the ballot against DFL Rep. Jo- seph Karth. Five members of Divorce Re- form Inc.

filed against in- cumbent Supreme Court judges. They are expected to be ruled off the ballot because of a constitutional requirement that be''3earhed in the law." Bob Meek, a DFL party spokesman, said the Republi- can failure to field candidates in 12 districts was "more than we really could have hoped for. It is obvious that we are going to benefit by having so many seats conceded to us." DFLers outnumbered Re- publicans 78-56 in the House in the last two years. Republican chances of reducing that mar- gin dimmed after 13 GOP in- cumbents decided not to seek re-election. The list of unopposed candi- dates includes: Reps.

Willis Eken, DFL-Twin Valley; Robert McEachern, DFL-St. Michael; Carl M. Johnson, DFL-St. Peter; George Mann, DFL-Windom; Harry Sieben, DFL-Hastings; John Sarna, DFL-Minneapolis- Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Min- neapolis; Martin Sabo, DFL- Minneapolis; Joel Jacobs, DFL Coon Rapids, and Gordon Voss DFL-Blaine. Also unopposed is Austin Continued on page 18 Off Page One across nation On Ihe local scene.

Page 2 Area happenings. Page From Belfast to Fergus Falls a six-month reprieve. Page By NICK TATRO Associated Press Writer National Guardsmen pa- trolled prisons in Ohio and Rhode Island again today, repl- acing striking guards. Contin- uing walkouts also left San Francisco area commuters without bus service and stran- ded or inconvenienced travelers on two airlines. Copper miners, liquor store clerks, hospital employes and auto workers marched picket lines across the nation in what the Federal Mediation and Con- ciliation Service said was the largest number of strikes since the organization started keep- ing records in 1959.

The service said there were 588 strikes involving 230,000 workers in the week ended July 15. Last year at the same time, the service said, there were 279 strikes involving 70,000 work- ers. Analysts say the labor unrest bubbled to the surface with the lifting of economic controls. United Steelworkers Presi- dent I.W. Abel predicted on Tuesday that there would be fewer strikes in the second half of the year because "most of the major negotiations are be- hind us and the pattern of set- tlement has been set." Leaders of one of four unions involved in the Ohio walkouts gathered today for a vote on an offer by a legislative proposal that would boost salaries.

7,500 striking public em- ployes closed 25 liquor stores and hampered operations at two universities, 15 mental hos- pitals and eight prisons today. National Guard troops were called up to assist with security and medical services at Lima State Hospital for the criminal- ly insane after pickets hurled baseball bats and balls at work- ers who crossed their lines. Other troops were at the state's largest prison in Lucasville where prison guards are on strike. Auto workers kept General Motors' Ixirdstoivn plant shut for the fifth day and about 2,000 Ohio coal workers closed mines in a one-day protest of proposed federal strip mining legislation. State lawmakers drew up a wage proposal they hoped would lure the striking public employes, out since July 6, back to work.

Prison handling of an inmate assault on a guard sparked a walkout by some of the 247 offi- cers at the Adult Correction In- stitution in Cranston, R.I., on Tuesday. Gov. Philip W. Noel fired the striking guards and called in National Guard troops and state police to watch the 568 in- mates. National Airlines, the nation's eighth largest, furloughed 5,500 of its 8,000 employes as prospects dimmed for an early settlement of a strike by 1,600 mechanics, clerks, fuel truck drivers and inspectors.

The airline can- celed all 155 daily flights to 45 American cities and London until Friday. About 200,000 Oakland-to-San Francisco bus commuters have been forced to travel by other means because of a transit strike by 1,680 bus drivers, me- chanics and clerks seeking a cost of living raise. The Federal Energy Administration urged a quick settlement to halt the waste of gasoline. Officials in Arizona com- plained a national copper strike costing the slate $3.3 mil- lion a clay in lost sales and wages. Half the 30,000 striking workers are in Arizona.

Union and management wen- reported near agreement on a new three-year contract tor 750,000 Bell Telephone System employes. Sources predicted an agreement before current con- tracts expire at midnight tonight. Strikes by Baltimore, blue-collar workers and police have ended with ratification of two-year contracts with hefty wage hikes. City meets with Metro City officials told Metro Meat Company representatives last week that Metro must provide screening devices and must maintain discharge standards in order to re-open the Fergus Falls slaughtering plant. Metro and the city are con- ducting a series of meetings to plan necessary steps for re- opening the local plant.

The city- forced Metro to shut down five weeks ago after slaughtering wastes overloaded the city wastewater treatment plant. City Engineer James Voyen and Tom Kirk, member of the city consulting firm of Toltz, King, Duvall, Anderson and Associates, met with Metro president George Heimel Jr. and a representative of Metro's consulting firm, at Metro's St. Paul office. Most of the meeting was taken up discussing short-term plans for re-opening the plant.

Kirk told Metro officials that Cyprus military rebels may want unity with government in Greece the company rnust provide a coarse screening device to remove hair, toe nails, paunch manure and other animal parts from the packing plant discharge before it enters the city waste water treatment plant. Kirk also told Metro officials that the packing plant design biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) loading of 1,500 pounds per day must not be exceeded. The BOD is one method used to determine strength of the sewage. The BOD is a measurement of the amount of oxygen that must be introduced into the waste water for the waste to be decomposed. The packing plant BOD loading schedule of 1 500 pounds is based on the slaughter of 600 hogs and 50 cattle per day.

Design plans for the treat- ment plant were based on 1968 Continued on is By The Associated Press Informed sources said Turkey was moving 90,000 troops and war materiel to its Mediterranean shores today following the coup on Cyprus, and newspapers reported Turkish ships were sailing near the Greek islands of Rhodes and Mitilene. The moves came as Turkish leaders Hew to J-ondon for ur- WEATHER FERGUS FALLS AREA Fair to partly cloudy through Thursday. Low tonight mid 60s High Thursday mid 80s. High Tuesday 88. Overnight Low 69.

At 8 a.m. 72. At noon 86. Precipitation 24 hours ending 8 a.m. today, trace.

Temperatures One Year Ago Maximum 89. Minimum 64. gent talks on the Cyprus crisis, military rebels tightened their grip on the island, and Arch- bishop Makarios told a news conference in England he left Cyprus because he felt he would be able to help his people more effectively from outside the country. There are approximately Greeks and 115,000 Turks on Cyprus. The military rebels that overthrew Makarios on Monday are believed to be committed to enosis, or union with Greece, and the Turkish government fears any such move would threaten its inter- ests on the Mediterranean island.

Greece has denied any involvement with the coup. In Brussels, all members of the North Atlantic Treaty Or- ganization except Greece sup- ported a call for the withdrawal of Greek officers from the Cyprus national guard as the best way to calm the situation, a NATO source said. Makarios said the coup against him Monday was organized by the Greek military regime in Athens and led by Greek officers serving in his national guard. "They tried to kill me by at- tacking the presidential pa'lace with mortars and other weap- ons," he said. "The palace was demolished.

"They thought I was killed and they said on the radio lhat I was taken--but as you can sec I am alive. "I succeeded in escaping. I went first to Paphos, where there is a radio station from which I made several broad- casts to my people. "Yesterd'ay morning a small warship of the national guard fired at the radio station and demolished it, while at the same time armored cars and tanks moved toward Paphos Paphos is Makarios's home town in southwest Cyprus. Explaining his decision to leave, Makarios said, "I didn't want to fall into the hands of the Greek junta.

I preferred to leave Cyprus. 1 fell that going into hiding was not the an- After consultation with Brit- ish government leaders, Ma- karios was expected to fly on to New York to appeal to the United Nations Security Council for help in reversing the coup that unseated him on Monday. The British forces" radio sta- tion on Cyprus reported a calm night for the island, with only "an occasional rifle shot and automatic weapons fire heard." It said the curfew imposed by leaders of the coup on Greek Cypriot sectors of the island had been lifted but might be reirnposed later in the day. A pooled news dispatch lale Tuesday from Xicosia, the capital, said shooting continued in some towns. But Greek sources in Athens reported the surrender of pro-Makarios forces in Paphos.

the president- archbishop's stronghold to which he had fled Monday, and the National Guard whose IS MAKARIOS.