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The Independent-Record from Helena, Montana • 2

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2 The Independent Record. Helena, Tuesday, August 20, 1974 House accepts Judiciary report on impeachment Weather H. 87 87 95 68 64 72 82 71 MONTANA B'lhoqs Belgrade Broadus. Butte Cut Bank D'Hon Glasaow Great Falls P. 0 .18 .17 01 38 111 22 1.37 .12 51 22 05 .07 75 Havre Helena 71 67 WASHINGTON (AP) The House quickly passed without debate today a resolution to accept the House Judiciary Committee's final report on the case for its proposed articles of impeachment against former President Richard M.

Nixon. The resolution making the document an official House re port was introduced by Democratic Leader Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. of Massachusetts who said it "writes a final chapter in a momentous proceeding in the history of the House." The vote signaled the end of the congressional impeachment inquiry which began Feb. 1 when the House directed the House Judiciary Committee to investigate whether Nixon should be impeached.

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Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Snokane cannot be translated an as an endorsemen98of the committee's recommendations. Because of this, most Republicans had been expected to vote for it. The resolution will describe the sequence of three events: The House's Feb. 1 direction to the committee, the committee's votes on July 27, 29 and 30 to recommend articles of impeachment 'and Nixon's Aug. 9 resignation as President.

It then would have the House accept the report and direct that it be printed as an official House document. The report records the committee's decision to recommend Nixon's impeachment for obstruction of justice, abuse of governmental encies and refusal to honor subpoenas 77 80 95 69 .75 H. 94 68 91 78 88 91 90 109 64 92 .90 .72 63 .71 83 .03 ASSASSIN FIRES Security guards, left, rush on stage as Moon Se-Kwang, right, points a gun at South Korean President Chung-hee Park during the assassination attempt Thursday that killed Park's wife. (Newsweek photo via UPI) 1 35 Washington DAILY PRECIPITATION SUMMARY Korean officials offer to quit Amount 24 hours endinq at midnight .71 Total this month to date 2 78 Total this month to date last year 23 Normal this month to date 52 January 1 todate this year 7.71 January 1 todate last year .3 18 January I todate 30 year normal 8.17 issued by the committee. fgs BICENTENNIAL Rebozo is target of new grand jury probe WASHINGTON (AP) A federal grand jury is investigating whether political campaign contributions were used for the personal benefit of former President Nixon and his friend Charles G.

"Bebe" Rebozo. Special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski disclosed the inquiry Monday in a legal paper filed in U.S. District Court. The document was submitted to oppose efforts by Rebozo's attorneys to dismiss several prosecution subpoenas for their records. The grand jury's probe is an extension of an investigation of Rebozo's financial transactions by the Senate Watergate committee.

In its final report last month the committee said that nearly $5,000 in leftover 1968 campaign funds was laundered through Rebozo's Key Biscayne, bank and used to buy a pair of diamond earrings that Nixon gave his wife for her 60th birthday. In addition, the panel traced more than $45,000 from Rebozo's personal bank account to payment for a swimming pool and other luxuries at Nixon's Key Biscayne house. Jaworski, claiming the transactions were routed through trust accounts held by Rebozo's lawyers, said, "The special prosecutor submits that this inf ormation indicates that Mr. Rebozo used his attorneys' accounts to launder political campaign funds in order to conceal their character." Park named Park Kyong-won, 51, as himself a retired army general, to be home minister. Park said he would name a new chief of the presidential protective force in a few days.

The new home minister has served twice previously in that capacity and once as communications minister under President Park. Resignations had poured in from Premier Kim Jong-pil; the 14 members of his cabinet; the top five officials of Park's ruling Democratic Republican party; the national police director; mayor and police chief of Seoul; Korea's ambassador to Japan; Park's chief secretary and chief protocol officer; four economic tack last Thursday as he made an Independence Day address in Seoul, but his wife and a teen-age girl in the audience were killed. Mrs. Park was buried on Monday. The assassin, Moon Se-kwang, was a Korean living in Japan who came to Seoul with a Japanese passport issued to him under an assumed name.

The government has not explained how he got in to the National Theater for the invitation-only Independence Day ceremony. Park's government charged that Moon was acting as an agent of North Korea and its sympathizers in Japan. North Korea denied the charge Monday. Moon was wounded by security guards and captured. and political assistants; Park Chong-kyoo and eight other senior officials of the presidential protective service.

Official resignations are customary in the Far East whenever an embarrassing incident occurs. Even had Park accepted all the resignations, the mass turnover would probably not have affected government policy since the president exercises dictatorial powers. Information Minister Yun Chu-young announced that the cabinet was quitting to show its deep regret over its failure "to prevent the assassination attempt carried out in the capital at the instruction of the North Korean puppets." Park was uninjured in the at- SEOUL, South Korea AP) -Thirty-nine of President Chung Hee Park's top government and political associates resigned today in the wake of last week's assassination attempt on Park. The gesture was a symbolic one that's customary in Korea after embarrassing incidents. The president, however, accepted the resignations of only two men: Home Minister Hong Snng-chul, whose ministry controls the police, and the chief presidential bodyguard, Park Chong-kyoo, one of his most trusted aides.

The resignations were to show that the men asssumed responsibility for the failure of the security forces to prevent the attempt on Park's life. Entry Blank; Parade NAME ADDRESS 'No economic controls' U.S. may close MAIL TO: JAYCEE BICENTENNIAL FAIR PARADE 1219 8th HELENA. MT. 59601 A House-Senate conference committee was expected to resolve the differences before the end of the week and send the measure to the White House for Ford's signature.

PARADE TIME: 1 p.m. AUG. 31, 1974 I C. -tt -c WASHINGTON (AP) President Ford declared today that "there will be no federal mandatory wage and price controls" and that he intends to combat inflation by monitoring any increases through the Cost of Living Council. Both the House and Senate have approved slightly differing versions of legislation requested by Ford to revive the commission.

House passes pension reform WASHINGTON (AP) The House today passed and sent to the Senate a massive congressional compromise pension reform bill. Republican congressmen said they expect President Ford to sign it. The vote was 407 to 2. Supporters said the bill's chief objective is assuring that American workers who are promised retirement benefits will receive them. 3 Neill Avenue; Ends in Downtown Mall (Continued from Page 1) Monday.

The Turks in Famagusta handed over 150 Greek Cypriots to United Nations forces. Most were women, children and elderly men who had been left in the east coast port city when most of the Greek Cypriots fled before the Turkish advance. A U.N. economic team said Nicosia was critically short of water, and several parts of the city were without water because of broken pumps. Davies was killed by sniper fire during a wild, anti-American demonstration by 300 to 600 Greek Cypriots who accused the U.S.

government of siding with Turkey. The snipers were believed to be gunmen from EOKA-B, the Greek Cypriot terrorist force whose aim is to unite Cyprus with Greece and which helped to overthrow President Makarios on July 15. Although hundreds of the demonstrators broke through the embassy gates and stoned the building and its U.S. Marine guard, an embassy official said bullet boles showed that the shots came from rooftops or balconies of neighboring buildings and the ambassador's second-floor office was clearly the target. Davies and members of his staff had taken refuge in a corridor outside his For Further Information, CALL 442-8736 ENTRIES DUE AUGUST 26th i ly Ford chooses Rockefeller mm mm Education and Welfare, as governor of New York longer than any other man.

"He is known across the lai.d as a person dedicated to the free enterprise system, a person who is recognized abroad for his talents, for his dedication, to making this a peaceful world," Ford said. Describing the selection (a multiple choice!) From the time Richard M. Nixon resigned on Aug. 9, Rockefeller had been rated a prime prospect in vice presidential speculation. His name and that of Republican National Chairman George Bush dominated the 11-day guessing game.

Ford managed to keep his secret until the formal announcement. Bush said the choice of Rock efeller was outstanding that "one couldn't find a man of more stature and who possesses more administrative ability." Following the question-and-answer session with reporters, Rockefeller was to fly to Maine to continue his vacation, going first to Bal Harbor and then to Seal Harbor. Rockefeller, at Ford's side in the Oval Office of the President, said he came to the job in "very serious times," requiring the closest cooperation between Congress and the White House. "They also require the dedication of every American to our common national interest," Rockefeller said. He said Ford's dedication and openness already have "reawakened faith and hope" in America.

Rockefeller said Americans have the will, determination and ability "to overcome the hard realities of our times." "I'm optimistic about the long term future," Rockefeller said. With that, congressional leaders and the Cabinet, assembled for the nationally televised announcement, applauded the new vice president-designate. Ford said he made the choice "after a greal deal of soul-searching," after considering the advice of members of Congress and Republican leaders around the country. "It was a tough call for a tough job," Ford said. Ford called Rockefeller "a person whose long record of accomplishments in the government and outside is well known." Rockefeller, 66, served 15 years as governor of New York, resigning last November to head his own commission on the problems facing America.

Rockefeller had twice run for the White House. His resignation was widely regarded as a move to position himself for a third campaign in 1976. Before striding from the Oval Office, Rockefeller walked down the line of congressional leaders and Cabinet officers who were present for Ford's announcement, shaking hands and accepting smiling "congratulations. The ceremony was brief but carefully orchestrated. Ford entering from a side door to the Oval Office desk he assumed 11 days ago upon the resignation of Richard M.

Nixon. It was only last October that Ford himself was nominated for the vice presidency by Nixon, under the 10 untested procedures of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution. Before he uttered Rockefeller's name. Ford traced the record of the former governor: service in the State Department under two presidents, in the Department of Health, (Continued from Page 1) road ahead of me." Formally announcing the nomination. Ford said Rockefeller will be "a good partner for me and I think a good partner for our country and the world." Then, in the press room, he added: "I think he'll make a great teammate.

I think he will be good for the country. I think hell be good for the world and I'm looking forward to working him." At his brief news conference, Rockefeller, a member of one of the nation's wealthiest families, fended off questions about his personal finances, but said he will make whatever dis closures are required in the congressional confirmation process. He refused to divulge his net worth at the news conference, bluntly telling questioners: "YouVe not the committee of Congress." "I will do two things," he said. "I will conform totally with whatever the law requires and I will answer any questions members of Congress feel appropriate." As for his vast holdings, he said he assumed they would be placed in trust. Ford said the selection was "a tough call." Rockefeller said the President first contacted him directly Saturday the day the White House dismissed published allegations that Rockefeller money had financed efforts to disrupt the 1972 Democratic National Convention.

Rockefeller said Ford told him Monday night that he was the choice for vice president. A Bobbie Bwolis nck sweater of soft touch acrylic in rah-rah colors. Long sleeve style in black, green, navy, red, pink and cream. Have wardrobe in sins 36 38-40 $1 1 B. shirts of fluid nylon knit.

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There was one surprise in the proceedings: Word of Ford's selection never leaked out until he announced it. Before making his announcement, Ford met with congressional leaders and the Cabinet. At his news conference, Rockefeller seemed at pains to emphasize that he would play a distinctly subordinate role in the vice presidency. Some had speculated that the stature and manner of a Rockefeller might cut into the Ford limelight. But Rockefeller said he came to the job cognizant of the fact that a vice president presides over the Senate and does what the President tells him to do.

"I will look forward to that opportunity of serving him in any way that can be useful to him," Rockefeller said. Rockefeller said he had no detailed understanding with Ford as to exactly what he will be assigned to do as vice president. "The role of a vice president totally depends on the President," Rockefeller said. "If the President wants to use him, wonderful. If he doesn't, fine." Rockefeller said he does expect to go on the campaign circuit for Republican candidates this fall.

Rockefeller has long been identified with the more liberal wing of the Republican Party, although he has in recent years taken positions more attuned to the conservative viewpoint, particularly on problems of crime and welfare. Confirmation 'no problem' (Continued from Page 1) And Sen. Frank Moss, D-Utah, said "I think he'll be confirmed without any delay," and indicated the nomination could be approved within a week. Sen. Robert Byrd, Senate majority whip, said Rockefeller was his top choice and he would do everything he could to expedite the nomination.

Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania, said upon leaving the White House that he had met with Byrd and that he hopes the nomination could be approved within 35 to 40 days rather than the 55 days used to approve Ford's nomination. Scott said that he is delighted with the choice. "A man who has been governor of a state like New York has got to be Mr. Clean," Scott said. In contrast with Moss report that the nomination would be cleared within a week, Scott said he doubts it would be taken up before the Senate returns from a late summer recess on Sept.

4. Scott and other congressional leaders said they had been informed of the decision about 15 minutes before it was announced publicly. One of those reported among the possible choices Ford considered, Republican National Chairman George Bush, called the choice of Rockefeller "outstanding." "In searching the country over one couldnt find a man of more stature and who possesses more administrative ability," he said. PARK FREE ON US Ask for yourcourtesy parking coin when you shop our store free with minimum purchase..

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