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Tap shows Nisom knew "if ''l TS i-j i of, Watergate earlier i 10 Cent )ttilv15e Sunday rf r--ii IT, iVS i Mi Pax i vi v- y' vn Vol.96-No250 Paducah, Ky, 42001, Friday, October i 4 i Pi i ir r- rr I I 1 rr Recession symptoms grow despite Ford inflation duel i ir a Crimimal charges discussed By HARRY F. ROSENTHAL Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) A tape recording played at the Watergate cover-up trial today disclosed that former President Richard M. Nixon discussed the vunerability of some of his top aides to criminal charges on March 17,1973 four days before he claimed to have his first detailed knowledge about Watergate. It was the first time that portion of the tape or a transcript of it has ever been made public In the conversation Nixon was told by John W. Dean III that he had attended meetings where political espionage, including burglary and wiretapping, was discussed but that lie thought the plans had been "turned off." The jury then heard Dean saying, "The next thing I heard was the break-in on June Nixon asked, "You heard discussion of that, but you didn't hear any discussion of bugging, did you, in that, your meetings? Or did you?" Dean, testifying at the Watergate cover-up trial of Ehrfichman and four other men, said the demand was communicated to special counsel Charles W.

Colson from E. Howard Hunt, one of the principals in the Watergate burglary. On Jan. 3, 1973, Dean said, Colson reported that he had met with Hunt's attorney, William O. Bittman, who said Hunt was "most distraught, washed out, his ulcers were bothering him, his mental attitude was bad and he wanted to plead guilty" unless assurances were coming from the White House.

vEhrlichman said Colson By G. DAVID WALLACE Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) While President Ford prescribes anti-inflation medicine for the economy, the symptoms of a recession are growing more pronounced. The real value of the goods and services churned out by the economy showed the third consecutive quarterly The face value of the gross national product for July The Interstate 24 bridge linking Kentucky and Illinois was opened to traffic today. Because of 'f construction problems, the span over the Ohio River was delayed for about three years. There was no formal ceremony but wellwishers in one car were seen to cheer as they rode across the structure for the first time.

Traffic flow is improved as 1-24 bridge in operation Cook-backed 'sweetheart' ad slammed by Ford camp era at ast Thursday afternoon was a typical time, on the Irvin Cobb Bridge on U.S. 45. A truck carrying pipe and a moving van had trouble negotiating a sharp curve on the Illinois end of the bridge. Passing is not permitted on the bridge, and the truck with the pipe moved so slowly that 19 other vehicles trailed it into Paducah. Much of the traffic formerly moving through Brookport and Paducah now is expected to use I lATIIAPrfltc CllO Op the 1-24 bridge.

Some Southern Illinois residents particularly older persons expressed fear in the pasfof using the Irvin Cobb Bridge because of heavy traffic and their contention the bridge is too narrow for safe travel. The bridge has been the site of 'occasional! accidents, resulting in traffic tieups. Repair work will be done on the Cobb Bridge in 1975.. 18, 1974 Chairman Arthur F. Burns and other economists dubbed the current -economic slump a recession.

The adininistration's contention, repeated anew by Commerce Secretary Frederick B. Dent and his top economists, is that the decline in the economy's output is the product of isolated quirks. The Arab oil embargo, higher oil prices, overeager stockpiling by industry in anticipation of inflationary price increases and a home building industry staggering under high interest rates are examples. "It appears to me the economy is actually moving sideways at the current time," said economist James L. Pate.

"We're talking about sideways waffling," said Dent. Economists such as Leif H. Olsen of New York's First National City Bank argue that inflation's doom already is sealed and the nation "now confronts a decidedly new situation with new and different complications." While supporting the spending programs in the President's economic proposals, Olsen said in a rpppni snwrh that thp nrn- posed 5 per cent surtax "is ill-timed politically as Mr. Ford himself acknowledged and it See RECESSION Page 2, Column 7, This Section Trade bill with Russia announced WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. Henry M.

Jackson, announced today at the White House what he described as a historic step aimed at ensuring free emigration from the Soviet Union of at least 60,000 persons a year. The accord involving Congress, the Ford administration and the Soviet Union, also opens the way for congressional passage of major trade legislation and ends a two-year fight by Jackson and others to liberalize Soviet emigration policies. Following a half-hour meet- See TRADE Page 2, Column 7, This Section By SY RAMSEY Associated Press Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP)-A "sweetheart commercial" sponsored by Sen. Marlow Cook's campaign has aroused the fury of Gov.

Wendell Ford's camp, which has demanded that broadcast media correct what it calls falsehoods. But Cook, a Republican seeking re-election, and his aids have indicated they stand by the allegations of the television and radio commercial and in turn have, accused Ford, a Democrat, of attempting to intimidate the broadcast outlets. The furor arose over a brief political spot which begins with the recorded voices of Nelson' output dropped in three successive quarters. The most recent recession, that of 1969-70, was marked by only two consecutive quarters of decline. There are other symptoms, such as a maximum drop of 1.9 per cent in industrial production so far, which are less severe than in the most recent re-.

cessions. Yet even before the latest national product figures came out, Federal Reserve Board Gun Club. In a letter sent to tv and radio stations William Wester, co chairman of the Ford campaign, said the "sweetheart" spots contain false statements and defamatory remarks against Ford. Wester attached documentation which he said proves their falsity and defamation and demanded that any broadcast media using the commercials remove them or make porrec-tions. "Consideration will be given by the Ford campaign to fur ther action and possible legal remedies if your station fails to make both a conspicuous and timely broadcast of these cor rections," Wester's letter said.

Larry Van Hoose, ex. dir. of the Kentucky Republican party, estimated Thursday eight to ten stations had received the "sweetheart" commercials for use. It was not known how nany outlets were running the spots. In a taped interview with WKYT-TV at Lexington, Cook said that Ford should file any complaints with the Federal Communications Commission "and not try and intimidate television and radio stations throughout Kentucky." He said that "ail of these things have been public knowledge," and that he has not complained in a similar letter after Ford called him "the senator from sarcasm about Cook's alleged lack of interest in Kentucky.

"Perhaps I should have, but See COOK Page 2, Column 2, This Section TU QTI tl vUfhouldnot get into any specific LPJLdll 114111 executive clemency or grants for Ford-vetoed bill FCC head: Stations have ad discretion Traffic between Illinois and cCracken County moved "easier, faster and safer today with the opening of the $18.5 million Interstate-24 bridge. The two-span structure was put' into use without fanfare. Workmen simply removed the last large barricades at U.S. 45 near 111. 145 in Illinois and token blocks' on the Kentucky side.

Motorists found two spans, a four-lane roadway divided by a retaining wall, and a gently climbing approach on both sides of the bridge. There isn't much difference in the distance to' downtown Paducah from- the 1-24 intersection on U.5. 45 in Illinois. The old along U.S. 45, is 9.7 miles.

The new, additional route, over J-24 and Ky. '305, is 10.5 miles. By using the U.S. 60 exit the distance is II miles. Driving time along the old route took 18 minutes Thursday afternoon for a Sun-Democrat newsman.

The driving time, by using Ky. 305, is about 15 minutes. The U.S. 60 route is about 16 Illinois motorists will find the irst Paducah exit to their convenience. It goes into Ky.

305, a wide two-lane road and into Paducah's N. 13th Street which intersects Broadway, a one-way street headed toward the Ohio River. Until further segments of 1-24 are opened, it is anticipated many Illinois truckers will use the Ky. 305 outlet as a means of reentering U.S. 45 at N.

13th St. Later, Park Avenue will be made into a four-lane roadway between Noble Park and an 1-24 interchange on U.S. 60.. of clemency with Mr. Bittman," Dean said.

He added that Ehrlichman said he "would take it up with the President himself and that Colson- should not bring it but wait until Ehrlichman gets back to him." On Jan. 5, three days before Hunt and the six other men were scheduled to go on trial, Colson told Ehrlichman' and Dean that "I have given Bittman assurances, but no hard commitments," Dean testified, He said that Colson related he See NIXON Page 2, Column 3, This Section Today's index Telephone 443-1771 3Sections-38Pages Classifieds 12A-17A Editorials Family News Landers-Thosteson 10A, 11A Theater 8B Weather Roundup 12A Church TV Section 4 Pages through September rose 8.3 per cent projected at an annual rate, to $1,114.6 billion, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Yet inflation sapped the dollars of 11.5 per cent of their value in the same period, so the real value of the economy's output shrunk by 2.9 per cent. That left the output just slightly ahead of where it was. in 1972.

It was the first time since the 1960-61 recession the Eddy and Jeanette McDonald singing "Sweetheart, Sweetheart, Sweetheart," from a popular operetta of the 1930s. Then a voice says: "Do you know what a sweetheart contract is? That is when 'a politician pays off a so-called friend with your tax dollars. "Wendell Ford is an expert on sweetheart contracts. Remember these? These scandals cost the taxpayers over one million dollars thanks to Wendell Ford." The commercial, then makes reference to controversies of the state administration on warehouse leasing, a moving contract, the Cumberland Falls chairlift- and the Owensboro spots)," Ray said, "the stations would have no right to censor them. Under Section 315 (of the FCC Rules and Regulations) any censorship of what a candidate says is forbidden." Larry Van Hoose, executive director of the Kentucky Republican party, said "He's not on the 'sweetheart ad' that I recall.

We sent all the stations some dubs (copies) that could be added to the end with the senator's picture and a disclaimer. If that qualifies us then I assume it's up to the stations to put these on if that's what they're worried about." A disclaimer in broadcasting SeeFCC Page 2, Column 6, This Section Julie and Sarah Hoberg toss lpavpc on thp rrnnnrl arp iucf who headed an 11-year drive for the Freedom of Information Act enacted in 1967. The Supreme Court decided that a president could classify documents basically free of judicial review. This bill would give federal courts power to see if documents were properly classified. Ford argued that this would mean courts would be allowed to make what amounts to "the initial classification decision in sensitive and complex areas where they have no expertise." Moss, in a telephone interview from Sacramento, said, "I would rather trust the courts, and I think their action through the whole unhappy history of Watergate proves that we can place our confidence in the judicial system of this nation." Sen.

Edward M. Kennedy, D- See DEMOCRATS Page 2, Column 6, This Section1 and the, members of Congress and the American people that there was no deal, period, under no circumstances," he said. Ford said the first mention ever made to him of a pardon still President's testimony praised for By CARL C. CRAFT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Key Democrats plan to press Congress to override President Ford's veto of what he brands an "unconstitutional and unworkable" bill to amend the Freedom of Information Act! The bill, overturning a 1973 Supreme Court decision in a secrecy-stamping case and closing what the measure's authors call major loopholes in the law, could adversely affect intelligence secrets and diplomatic relations, Ford said as he vetoed it Thursday. "The President is demonstrating an arrogance that would be believable if a man holding a mandate from the people occupied the office of the presidency.

But it is unbelievable, almost incredible, arrogance for a man whose only mandate came from a single 'congressional district," said Rep. John E. Moss, sel Phillip Buchen and possibly outgoing special Watergate Prosecutor Leon Jaworski. Most Republicans agreed with Ford the subcommittee should end the inquiry so the country can "shift our attention from the pursuit of a fallen president to the pursuit of the urgent needs of a rising nation." "This certainly should be the end of it," said Rep. Robert McClory, "It's time to lay off the President." But Rep.

Bella S. Abzug, author of one of the formal resolutions of inquiry that Ford appeared to answer, said "this is just a beginning." Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman, contended Ford's testimony "raised more questions than it answered." It was under Miss Holtzman's questioning. on how Ford could answer the "suspicions raised" in the public mind on whether the pardon was part of a deal, that Ford interrupted to make one of his major points. "I want to assure you unsettled candor; question WASHINGTON (AP) The chief of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Division of Complaints and Compliances said Thursday night broadcast stations have discretion regarding the running of particular political spots.

Concerning the spots on behalf of U.S. Sen. Marlow Cook, which have been attacked by the camp of Democratic Gov. Wendell Ford, William B. Ray said stations may decide not to broadcast spots which do not contain the picture or voice of the candidate as long as they do not "establish a pattern of discrimination against the candidate." "If Cook was in them (the disclosures that might remove' Nixon from office.

A Ford pardon for Nixon was one-of six alternatives Haig listed, Ford testified. He said See PRESIDENT Page 2, Column 8, This Section Weather Forecast Weather Map, River and Lake Data on Page 12A PADUCAH AND VICINITY Increasing cloudiness and cold tonight, low in the mid 30s to near 40. Mostly cloudy and cool Saturday with a slight chance of rain, high in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Precipitation probability is 20 per cent Saturday. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS -Partly cloudy and cool tonight, low in the upper 30s to lower 40s.

Partly sunny and cool Saturday, high in the mid to upper 50s. TEMPERATURES 11 a.m. 61, low 48; 1973 high 72, low 47. Study challenges trend Conservation is energy solution for Nixon came from Haig during a meeting Aug. 1 eight days before Nixon resigned at which he said Haig also informed him of upcoming "dev-astating, even catastrophic" velopment.

It was attacked immediately by the oil industry. The American Petroleum Institute said reliance on energy conservation would be a reckless gamble. The president of Mobil Oil Corp. called it "a formula for perpetual economic stagnation." However, the report anticipated and rejected such charges. See ENERGY Page 2, Column 1, This Section By JIM ADAMS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) President Ford's historic testimony on his pardon for former President Richard M.

Nixon has drawn high praise from congressmen for candor, but sharp disagreement on whether he laid the pardon controversy to fest. -Ford assured a House Judiciary subcommittee and a nationwide television audience Thursday "there was no deal, period" forjhe pardon and said he is convinced he did not grant it too hastily: Subcommittee members split afterwards on whether Ford's testimony settled the matter, and Chairman William L. Hun-gate, said the inquiry on the pardon may continue after Congress returns Nov. 18 from i election campaign recess. Subcommittee Democrats called for more witnesses involved in the pardon con sultations, including former White House chief of staff Alexander M.

Haig Ford coun By STAN BENJAMIN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) A two-year study says the energy crisis can be beaten by all-out conservation instead of all-out fuel production, avoiding the need to strip-mine the West or to drill for oil off Atlantic beaches. The report, issued Thursday by the Ford Foundation's Energy Policy Project, sharply challenged the present government inclination toward energy de Fall frolics eaves in the air as they play at Washington Park in Peru, El. The )ne more toy to them. (APWirephoto) leaves in the air as they play nnp mnrp tnv tn thpm.