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offic bogged Own i wsn 4 have been regarded in any way improper or unethical," he said. Kalmbach's prepared statement did not identify by name the he referred to as No. 2 ard No. 3 men on the Vvli'te House staff. Kalmbach was a trustee from January of 1969 to early February 1972 of an estimated $1.6 mil'ion in surplus funds from Nixon's 1863 campaign.

Quoing Richard M. Nixon on the function of congressional in-vestiga'ings, the chairman of the Watergate committee defended its inquiry as "crucial to the welfare of the nation." Kalmbach testified he dispersed portions of that sum "only at the express direction of H. It. HaVleman or others ciearly having the authority to orect such disbursements." Kalmbach earlier had denied that portions of that fund were used to help finance the purchase of La Casa Pacifica, Nixon's oceanside estate at San Clemcntc, Ca-if. Kalmbach was also the principal fund raiser in the earlier stages of the President's 1972 campaign for re-election.

versations da'ing back the summer of 1970 remain available. Butterfield, who said he took the stand with only three hov.rs' notice, was called to testify prior to the scheduled appearance of Herbert. W. Kalmbach, Nixon's former personal lawyer. In his wri ten statement, Kalmbach denied any participation in the planning of campaign sabotage or unethical activity.

"My in the period immediately following the break-in which involved the raising of funds to provide for the legal defense of the Watergate defendants and for the support of their families were prompted in the belief that it was proper and necessary to discharge what I assumed to be a moral obligation that had arisen in some manner unknown to me by reason of earlier events," Kalmbach said. "The fact that I had been directed to undertake these actions by the No. 2 and No. 3 men on the White House staff made it absolutely incomprehensible to me that my actions in this regard could i nx 4 8 (left) talks with his counsel, James O'Connor COLOKADOAN piddlinGS He said he completed this assignment in the spring of 1972 and transferred the original fund-raising records to the Finance Committee for the Reelection of the President. But he said Nixon's finance chairman, former Commerce Secretary Maurice H.

Stans, directed Kalmbach's secretary "to destroy my files which were wholly personal and supportive of the original files earlier transferred to the finance committee." "This action on my part was intended to insure the continued confidentiality of the contacts that I had had with various contributors with whom I had dealt during this period," Kalm-back said. Ho said he has supplied to the Senate Watergate committee staff copies of his remaining records and some bank records. In his statement Kalmbach said he had never asked for immunity from prosecution nor indicated he would exercise his rights to remain silent under WATERGATE, 1 3, Col. 1 15 CENTS SMsf IT 1.. Colotadosil pholo by Mark Ltislng 1 mF KfS jl nil Herbert Kalmbach MONDAY, JULY 16, WASHINGTON (AP) The government today issued guidelines designed to restrict the use of no-knock narcotics raids and promised swift punishment of agents who violate the new rule.

John R. Bartels acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, said the guidelines represent an administration "shift in emphasis" toward the protection of individual rights. the guidelines: Require federal drug agents to obtain the approval of Bartels or his deputy for any no-knock raids. Require agents to secure a warrant from a federal magistrate "whenever humanly practical" before executing a forced entry into someone's home; Instruct agents to wear badges or other devices identifying themselves whenever making raids, and knock pfrxqfh v. vA --f.

ft il4? il Jrl It fw WASHINGTON (AP) A former presidential aide testified today that President Nixon had listening devices installed in his offices and on his telephones at the White House, the Executive Office Building and Camp David. Md. Alexander P. Butterfield, a surprise witness at the Senate's televised Watelgate hearings, said the tape recording equipment was installed by the Secret Service, acting on authority relayed from the President. "There was no doubt in my mind that they were installed to record things for posterity, for the Nixon Library," said Butterfield, now administrator of the Federal Aviation Admin-is' ration.

"The President was very conscious of that, kind of thing Butterfield said the devices were installed on the authority of the President "by way of" H. R. Haldeman and Lawrence Higby, an aide to the former White House chief of s'aff. Butterfield said the equipment was installed about three years ago. Butterfield said as far as he knows tapes of presidential con- mm Bartels last Thursday promised "rapid and severe disciplinary action" against any agent who violates agency standards or acts "in any way in an unprofessional manner." He was serving as a second-ranking official at one of those agencies when his boss, Mylcs J.

Ambrose, suspended the agents involved in the Collinsville raids on a limited basis with pay. Bartels last Wednesday suspended seven of them for 30 days without pay pending a review of further disciplinary action. On the night of April 23, a narcotics task force fanned out through Collinsville in raids on several suspected cocaine dealers. They broke into the home of Mr. and Mrs.

Herbert Gig-lotto, who has claimed in a Si-million damage suit that the agents brandished guns, ransacked their belongings, and used abusive language. The Giglottos said the agents admitted they raided the wrong address. ecomes that he hoped to resolve the differences between urban and rural dwel'ers which blocked passage of a comprehensive land use bill in the last legislative session. "If we also recognize that the lands now devoted to agriculture are as well as the habitat of our wildlife we can act to preserve those lands, and to preserve also the mountain ranges which soar tall above them," he said. The new governor said this is a time of "a period of growth which must, become a period of consolidation, a period of affluence which must, particularly in the fields of energy and environmental protection, become a period of conservation." Vanderhoof opened his address by praising the executive leadership of Love, terming his administration one "not.

only of style, but of substance." He said Iivc's outstanding ability and wide reputation for honor and good judgment, resulted in his appointment to assist the President in resolving the energy crisis. Vanderhoof's wife, Mcrric Lynn, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Vanderhoof of Glen-wood Springs plus his brother Donald, were present for the ceremony. Vanderhoof, a Republican like I)ve, has said he plans no imnodiate change in the stale government and will continue programs during the 18 months he has left to serve before the 1974 election.

Sen. Ted Strickland, a Republican from Westminster, automatically moves up to lieutenant governor, but does not carry the title. He will, as state Senate president pro tern, perform the duties of the office. yy years A Nx 1 GAS 9 MEEDS i Gasless carriage 973 Prohibit agenls from firing their guns except in self defense, the defense of another person and o-ficial target practice. Bartels acknowledged that many of the requirements of the new guidelines were already included in the agents' manual when agents allegedly abused individual rights in mistaken raids in Illinois and elsewhere.

But he said the issuance of a separate manual on search and arrest policies and his personal insistence that the rules be observed would curtail repetition of such incidents. Bartels has dispatched an assistant to regional ard district offices to emphasize the arrest policies. He said he also had asked the agency's medical officer to review the value of requiring applicants to take psychological tests "to screen out applicants vnsuited for the drug enforcement profession." Bartels was responding to DENVER (AP) John Van-derhoof was sworn in today as Colorado's 37th governor and in accepting the chief executive's position pledged to conserve the state's assets without building a wall around its borders. Vanderhoof and outgoing Gov. John Love were greeted by waves of applause as they walked down the center aisle of the Colorado House of Representatives.

Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Edward Pringle gave the oath of office to Vanderhoof, 51. Love has resigned the governorship after lO'z years to head President Nixon's Energy Policy Office. In a brief speech before the swearing ceremony Love told the audience of about 500 that he looked back on his years of service "with gratitude," and said he loked forward with "confidence and enthusiasm to the new administration of state governor r.ou' ting complaints, that fed-c t1 agents have terrorized in-rocent citizens by bursting into their homes in futile searches for drugs. Two Collinsville, 111., raids have become the most celebrated cases of several that have become known. Sources in the Senate and in civil liberties organizations say many others may have occurred but have remained obscure because the victims have chosen not to speak out.

In the reported cases, the agents have been accused of failing to identify themselves as police officers until long terrifying moments after the break-in. Since his temporary appointment July 1, Bartels has warned that he will not tolerate such mistakes. Atty. Gen. Elliot L.

Richardson says Bartels' stern approach "meets with my wholehearted approval." A federal grand jury is investigating possible civil rights violations in the Collinsville raids and others in the area. Vanderhoof's inaugural speech bore heavily on environmental Issues. "It is my judgment that Colorado, with her explosive growth rate of the last decade, has in many sense turned inward that it is now time to conserve what we have and, without trying to build a Chinese wall around us, to reassert the of a state which has, along its Front Range, achieved near maximal growth." Vanderhoof pledged to work now and in the next legislative session toward land use and policies law which will permit the regulation of growth and also preserve the power balance between state and local government. He said he hoped to bridge the gap between eastern Colorado and the Western Slope and retain the economic balance between agriculture and industry. Vanderhoof made it clear interest! The record Weather the gasoline shortage- by advertising: the two-wheel special that never faces a shortage as long- as the legs can still pump.

Not so many months ago, the bicycle was transportation lor students and the physically fit but now Hie market is expanding. A local bike shop capitalizes on Nixon better; release set for Friday WASHINGTON (AP) President Nixon was described by his doctors as looking and feeling better today and is now expected to leave the hospital Friday. The viral pneumonia from which Nixon has been suffering since Thursday seems to be subsiding, doctors said. They said congestion in the President's lungs had lessened. As a sign of the President's progress, presidential Press Secretary Ronald L.

Ziegler said he does not anticipate any adjustment in the forthcoming visits of three heads of government, beginning with the Shah of Iran on July 24. Dr. Sol Katz, the consulting pulmonary disease expert from Georgetown University School of Medicine reported that the President's "spirits are just fine," that he is "vivacious and loquacious," but that while there is "continuing improvement he is not entirely well." The doctors approved a small increase in Nixon's business schedule. Ziegler said the President, was expected to see Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz- today or Tuesday to discuss Phase 4 economic conditions.

Visits also were expected from presidential counselors Bryce Harlow and Melvin R. Laird. Doctors said the 20-minute inhalation, chest massage and vibration treatments the President has been undergoing four times daily would be decreased to three times today and probably will do down to One on Tuesday. Doctors said the President still is suffering from fatigue and a lack of energy as anticipated. They said he received a mild pain killer to relieve the discomfort that follows the chest therapy, which Katz said NIXON, P.

3, Col. 3 Court overturns ruling in marijuana case here pecial -Common Cause a spur to lawmakers. Page 7. Miss CSO was second runnerup in the Miss Colorado competition. Page 9.

Shad's retains crown in tournament here. Page 13. IjKN'VKR fAP) The 'olo-rado Supremo Court to-lay overturned a ruling by Larimer County District Court Judgi-Conrad which suppress. evidence in a marijuana case involving a Colorado State 1 indent. The judge had ordered thai, evidence seiz in the ea.se be suppressed because it was oV tained through a faulty search warrant.

The warrant was ob'aimd under an affidavit which said a "confidential, reliable interment" had advKd authorises that the informant had personally seen marijuana at an apartment occupier! by the C'SII udents Kim Treadway and Gary Howies. The officer signing affidavit, Howard L. Kced, had slated that tli: infoiinant. had provided reliable inhumation in ano'her ease 1 1 months earlier, which was accurate and resulted in the arrest and conviction of an individual for drug possession. Al'orney-- for Treadway and argued, however, that, there was a 1 1 mouth lapse in the time the informant had information in the previous ease and ill the Treadway-Howies case and that might affect the informant's reliability.

The high court said it, believed the affidavi' contained sufficient facts to permit a finding of reliability, since the informant's aid resulted in aires' and conviction in Hie previous ea.s: It said the time factor between was not The motion to suppress was view of William Erick-son. He an analysis of thj ea.se there is a heresay ((inclusion the informant once supp'ied "reliable" information concerning marijuana, and that the conclusiooii was set. forth that wha'evsT information was supplied was "accurate" and resulted in the conviction of some individual. lie said there were no concrete facts to base an independent judgment 'he informant was re'iatile. and the judg" was simply asked io aecep' 'he police of VhlvVy.

Erickson judge must irdenendo-t'y (Vcide her probable catre exists Cor issuing a search md "mis' rot rerelv 'bbcr amp the police rl.cision." On inside pages SECTION I Comics 11 Community Focus 4 Dear Abby 10 Editorial page 6 Heloisc 4 Obituaries 3 Television log 10 SECTION II Classified ads 13-19 Horoscope 20 Markets 13 Sports.

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