The Berkeley Gazette from Berkeley, California • 18

Berkeley DAILY GAZETTE Get 20 1973 Sen Howard Baker: 'Watergate hasn't damaged GOP' THE ARAB-AMERICAH COMMUNITY IN THE BAY AREA NEEDS DONATIONS FOR MIDDLE EAST WAR VICTIMS PLEASE GIVE US YOUR SUPPORT CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE SENT TO: HAJDA ARAB MEDICAL RELIEF FUND PO BOX 6051 ALBANY CALIFORNIA 94708 ALL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE CHICAGO (UPI) Sen Howard Baker R-Tenn said Friday he has seen no evidence the Watergate scandal has damaged Republican election chances for 1976 and predicted over-confident Democrats would be in for a terrible jolt Baker a member of the Senate -Wategrate Committee also disputed a charge by AFLCIO President George Meany who called the Nixon administration the most corrupt in US history I do not argue with Mr Meany that it is patently clear there have been political excesses from the political norm Baker told a news conference But the fact is that only certain people in the administration have been called to account Mr Meanys statement is inconsistent with the fact that a bi-partisan vote of 77-0 established the Watergate Committee and that the committee itself is composed of Republicans as well as Democrats he said As for Republican chances in future elections Baker said judging from his own post Watergate assessment Democrats who plan to stand around and be handed the election on a silver platter are in for a terrible jolt Baker was in Chicago to address a convention of the National Automatic Merchandising Association He said he was not surprised at ex-administra-tion aide John Deans guilty plea to one charge of obstructing justice and predicted we will see a string of similar pleas in the days to come Baker said the Watergate Committee probably will accept an adverse Supreme Court decision on the question of whether President Nixon should turn over his taped office conversations to the committee" but we wont like it He said he also regards as unlikely that the President would refuse to surrender the tapes if ordered to do so by the high court There has been much speculation on this matter but I will continue on my as sumption that if the court orders Mr Nixon to turn over the takes he will do Poage attacks milk support policy WASHINGTON (UPI) -A milk shortage could result from the Agriculture Departments plan to keep federal support of milk prices unchanged Rep Poage D-Tex contended Friday ti jr LAURENCE DAYTON talks to Masons Masons 6 receive 50-year honors Laurence Dayton past Grand Master of Masons in California and Hawaii will be the speaker and present six 50-year veteran Masonic buttons to members of Shat-tuck-Stephens Lodge No 541 Saturday Oct 27 at the Oakland Masonic Temple Rodney Ellsworth William Hoskins Herbert Middents Shayer 0 Robinson Clifford A Russell and Kenneth Thomas will receive the buttons The program under the leadership of Robert A Ha maker Master-of the Lodge will be preceded by a dinner at 6:30 pm A program of dancers and musicians will be staged under the direction of Margo Women and friends of members are invited to join in the celebration Advance reservations are required and may be obtained from any lodge member The lodge was constituted Oct 23 1923 in Berkeley and was named in honor of two of the most prominent pioneers of the town Hrancis Kittredge Shattuck and Henry Morse Stephens Regular meetings are held at the El Cerrito Masonic Temple l-F 'VA A'' iimfL A M' S' ''i i f' "W'1' A 4 "UV 1 u' v' Hj" 4 ciuto tail 1 iliji Lu 1 'V' i WulL WVv Vl 1 VS i lH ULiAAl UAL A 'V'wH -LV-LT ikmmtt ALL T2-ZE 3 N6 A GREAT STORE it -4 A A a rr Jt -L- -ii- v-t of Yttfc i fl inly plus Uiscoimt rnces SHOP fiART 10 worlds fastest growing discount department store and auto center SHOP WART now serving millions in the U5 Canada Puerto Rico and Australia SHOP ir tiliir our customer policy is "give satisfaction always or your money back Twrj vyjMr-n -4 TJl a Aji A- LAH i Corona booktermed sham9 YUBA CITY (UPI) -Sutter County Sheriff Roy Whit-eaker criticized Friday as lies and a sham a book on the Juan Corona murder trial written by a member of the defense team The newly-published book Burden of Proof was written by Los Angeles freelance author Ed Cray who served as an assistant to defense attorney Richard Hawk during the trial In a statement Whitcaker declared: Crays book is composed of lies mistakes derogatory innuendoes and is a sham to the citizens of Sutter County Among other things the book disclosed that Hawk now believes he made a mistake by not staging a defense for Corona who was convicted of murdering 25 transient farm workers Whiteaker said he also found it unfair to prosecutors and investigators The sheriff said he believed some of the personnel of this office are being maliciously and libelously victimized by Mr Cray as a means of furtherance of controversy in promoting a biased and prejudiced book Reagan hits the road for tax measure SACRAMENTO (UPI) -Gov Ronald Reagan will be away from the Capitol next week promoting his tax limitation ballot 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