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i COLOR- Shoivers cTSw TEEE-'lp 0y STAR Chance of showers tonight, partly SSfl JjgO 1 1 cloudy tomorrow through Sunday. 4(J AAM, Tr Vfe CIMAI Full Report on Page 41 108th Year No. 251 WrMrk SU 1-2424 FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1973 68 PAGES DAILY 15c, Nixon Orders USF Coach Stays Gaillard Spurns Long Beach Bid Billy Martin Quits Tigers9 Pilot Splits Over Fielder Stories in Sports lltilll Piiii Staff to Testify On Watergate HaldemanKnew Of Watergate' Missuig Yanks Probably Dead, POWs Report By Larry D. Hatfield Examiner News Staff The Americans listed as missing in action in Vietnam are probably dead, four returned prisoners of war said today. The somber note was sounded at a Travis Air Force Base press conference by Capt.

William W. Butler, 31, San Rafael; Capt. Carl D. Chambers, 32, Yuba City; Maj. David E.

Ford, 37, Sacramento, and Capt. James E. Sehorn, 32, Forest Grove, all of the Air Force. All four told of torture and otherwise inhuman treat By Harry Kelly Examiner Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Convicted Watergate wiretapper James McCord Jr. told investigating Senators that presidential assistant H.

R. Haldeman knew in advance about the plot to bug the Democratic National Committee, a Senate source said today. IT WAS LIKE "CARRYING THE CROSS" Sacheen Littlefeather during S.F. conference today Examiner photo by Gordon Stone A POWs Story of 'The Zoo? Jeremiah Denton was the first American prisoner of war off the first plane to land at Clark Field last month from Hanoi. He stepped to the microphones and, in a moment the nation wilUong remember, he said, "God bless America." Here are some of his thoughts and recollections of the seven and a half years of imprisonment.

By Captain Jeremiah A. Denton As told to Kathryn Johnson Associated Press Writer After Robby Risner left The Zoo in October 1965, I became the senior officer at that camp during the phase of captivity in North Vietnam in which the enemy aims were most ambitious. It was also the time when their torture was most widespread. I think this phase was one of the most critical of what I call our "Battle of Hanoi." It was in 1966 that we prisoners initially organized our resistance against their torture and their demands. In February 1966, when they wanted me to give -See Back Page, Col.

6 I Wiliam O'Brien to end ur in iail after 9 "niiiiiiiiriiii iiiiiiiriiiiJiiiiTiiiitiiiiiiiii traffic citation. i WASHINGTON (AP) The White House opened up the possibility today that members of the White House staff might make informal appearances before senators investigating the Watergate conspiracy. At the same time, press secretary Ronald Ziegler said any White House employes summoned before a federal grand jury currently conducting a parallel inquiry have been ordered by President Nixon to appear and testify. In the past, the White House had suggested that exchanges between White House staff members and the Senate Select Committee investigating the Watergate affair would probably be in writing. 'Other Ways' Ziegler said today, however, that "there are other ways perhaps that can be worked out." He said the White House pledges full cooperation to the committee and is "ready to work out a procedure" that would permit staff members to provide information and answer questions short of an appearance at a formal committee meeting.

Ziegler volunteered at a news briefing what he described as a lengthy restatement of long-standing White House policy regarding the twin Watergate inquiries. He said he did so "to dispel the myth that we seek to cover up." GOP Critic Ziegler repeated the White House position that "no one in the White House had any involvement or prior knowledge in that event" the early summer 1972 bugging Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex. He was asked if he was volunteering his statement because several Republican See Back Page, Col. 4 Brando Stand-in Tells Why in S.F. By C.

P. McCarthy Sacheen Littlefeather, the San Francisco actress-model who played Marlon Brando on the Academy Awards show, today compared her Oscar-rejecting performance to "Christ carrying the weight of the cross." ment at the hands of their North Vietnamese captors, continuing the shocking reports about life in prison which started to come out yesterday. They said some prisoners died in captivity, and Ford declared: "I would say they were probably tortured to death. "Most of the guards would qualify as war criminals," he added. All were bitter about the visits to Hanoi by such anti-war activists as actress Jane Fonda and Ramsey Clark.

Ford said these peo pie came back and told the press "lies and distortions" siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiMiiiiiiiiiii'i about the alleged good treatment and adequate medical care given the POWs. The fact was, he said, that the prisoners were being beaten, starved and tortured at first in a demand that they give military information and later to force them to make anti-war propagan-da statements. "People like that are crazy," Chambers said. "She didn't know what she was talking about "These people didn't help us, gentlemen they hurt us." Capt. Butler said he and See Back Page, Col.

6 By It is easy OdMMft McCord said Haldeman, the White House chief of staff, was familiar with the operation although not an active participant in it and was in daily contact with John Mitchell, the former attorney general who was then chairman of President Nixon's re-election committee, the source said. California Race (In addition, the Associated Press said today that Senate investigation has learned that the top White House staff members involved in the Watergate incident had what was called "a history of being involved in similar activities in past elections. talking about people w6rking around Nixon from 1962 on," the AP said it was told. (While the names of the White House staff members were not disclosed, it was noted that according to a judgment filed Oct. 30, 1964, by the San Francisco Superior Court, Nixon and Haldeman, a high official of his 1962 campaign for governor of California, had approved an effort to undermine the campaign of his Democratic opponent, former Gov.

Edmund G. Brown. (Judge Byron Arnold ruled that a postcard poll or-ganzied by the Nixon campaign committee and aimed at undermining support for Brown a reviewed, amended and finally approved by Mr. Nixon personally" and that "Mr. Nixon and Mr.

Haldeman approved the plan and project (Neither Nixon norllalde- See Back Page, Col. 1 28.30. The sell-off was attributeu to profit-taking and doubt that meat price ceilings will cool inflation. Details on Page 64 Why Nixon Acted on Meat Lid WASHINGTON (UPI) President Nixon has modified his Phase III economic program in the face of a consumer revolt against rapidly rising food prices and decreed a rigid ceiling on beef, pork and lamb prices. Nixon announced his move in a televised address to the nation last night, saying the ceiling effective immediately would be retained "as long as it is necessary to do the job." "Meat prices must not go higher," he said.

The order placed a lid on most meat prices at the highest level of the past 30 days. Farmers were exempted from the rule, as they have been throughout the Administration's economic stabilization o-gram, but the rest of the food industry from slaughterhouse to supermarket was covered. Nixon's action was the toughest he has taken yet to combat soaring food prices. It came just three days before the formal start of a "April Fool's Week" nationwide meat boycott, whose initial effects already have caused sharp changes in livestock prices. Three paragraphs describing the new price control measure were sandwiched into Nixon's 20-minute speech, in which he also praised the conduct of returning prisoners of war, thanked "the great majority of Americans" who support- See Back Page, Col.

1 see psychological benefits, and hoped that a better sup ply of meat later this year would provide what really is needed a drop in retail prices. "The freeze will work for the short term, as long as there is no distortion of the supply-demand situation and black markets don't grow See Back Page, Col. 4 How Despite the burden, the beautiful Apache said she appeared "for my people." Miss Littlefeather, 26, returned to San Francisco today following two days of seclusion in Los Angeles after providing newsmen at the Oscar ceremonies with Brando's statement that he rejected the Academy Award in protest of Hollywood's treatment of American Indians. Brando Called Responding to criticism of Brando for not having the courage to appear at the awards show himself, Miss Littlefeather said it took "a heck of a lot more guts to do what he did." She said Brando, she had met through his interest in the Indian movement, called her last Sunday and asked her to fly to Los Angeles for "something to See Back Page, Col. 7 IN THIS EDITION Bridge 38 Business 64-67 Crossword Puzzle 39 Traffic Tags Can Alioto Hits Hunters Pt.

Fund Slash By Harry Johanesen The federal government's proposed budget for social services would have a "paralyzing impact on Hunters Point where almost all of The City's social programs are presently operated," Mayor Alioto said today. He testified before the State Senate's governmental services committee holding hearings at Board of Education headquarters here under the chairmanship of Sen. Milton Marks (R-San Francisco). Alioto was one of seven California mayors testifying. $12 Million Cut "This year," the Mayor said in prepared remarks, "we are spending $19.3 million on Hunters Point under the existing federal program.

"The new budget would reduce that funding to $7 million," he said. Alioto said that the Nixon administration would resist any efforts to reduce the funding for police depart, ments including increasing the numbers of patrolmen on city streets. Criminal Incentive "Yet the Nixon proposed budget cuts today threaten the very programs which have proven themselves See Back Page, Col. 4 Sharp Sell-off of Stocks Examiner News Service NEW YORK The stock week there was a net gain of paying off a Pretty Jacqueline Holt, 22, nudged her wheels into a bus passen- ger loading zone while parking at i Columbus Avenue and Jackson Street. Her car was towed away.

Mrs. Holt went to Central Police I Station here to pay the $21 fee and I secure a release for her impounded I auto. No release. Police, as required by the depart- ment's general order, ran a check i with the PIN machine (Police Infor- mation Network) computer. The com- puter showed a "hit" on young Mrs.

Holt. 1 sIt reported that Mrs. Holt failed In the past to appear in court to answer a citation for. illegally crossing a dou- ble yellow line. There was a warrant for her arrest with $54 bail required, i the PIN machine reported.

Mrs. Holt wrote out a $54 check and received the release for her car. Almost immediately she sold the vehi- cle, declaring she had enough troubles with auto ownership and never again I wanted to be in jeopardy. Her hassle over the towed car oc- curred on a Wednesday in Three days later, in the role of a Good Samaritan, she agreed to drive a friend home in the friend's auto. She was sirened to the curb and 1 informed the left tail light of the friend's auto was unlit.

The officer issuing the citation made a routine 1 check by radio to see if Mrs. Holt was the subject of any warrant for arrest. PIN again disgorged the informa- Turn to Page 6, Col. 1 aunt You market slipped sharply today after four days of rising prices. The Dow Jones industrials lost 8.13 points on the session at 951.01.

For the Experts TT TT1 Here Kap freeze A spokesman for meat packers spoke angrily about the "sandwich" effect on his people. And a home economist observed the freeze comes too late to help consumers with fixed incomes or large families, who have seen meat prices rise 60 percent. An agricultural economist at the Bank of America did Death Notices 55 Editorial 36 Horoscope 38 Movies 3Q.34 Obituaries 55 5Cene 23-27 Shipping 65 Sports 57-63 Theaters 30-34 TV-Radio 41 Vital Statistics 55 Want Ads 43-55 Weather 41 By Carl Irving Th Presidential freeze on meat prices received little enthusiastic support among experts or those in the busi- ness here- The president of Safeway Stores told The Examiner he feared black markets of the World War II variety if the freeze stayed in effect too long. siuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iniimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.

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