April 25, 1973

former Atty Gen Mitchell testifies before Fed grand jury on Apr 24, NYC, apparently about $200,000 cash contribution from R L Vesco to Pres Nixon's '72 election campaign; M H Stans, who was chmn of Finance Com to Re-Elect the Pres, reptdly has previously testified twice to jury; Mitchell declines to reveal subject of testimony; illus; says he answered all queries; says he never met Vesco to discuss financial problem with him

high Nixon Adm officials say on Apr 24 that Kissinger's call for 'new Atlantic charter' was meant to signal W Eur leaders that Nixon wants to sign major document of agreed principles when he visits their countries later this yr; say Nixon contemplates charter similar in format to 'basic principles' he signed in Moscow last May with Brezhnev; White House reptd pleased with broad coverage of Kissinger's speech in Eur press; Sen Javits welcomes speech; Voice of Amer broadcast it live and sent copies abroad for distribution

MTA on Apr 24 makes public long-awaited blueprint, which recommends $1-billion transformation of Stewart Airport, Newburgh (NY), into 4th major jetport in NYC met area; major recommendations of rept discussed; map depicts location of Stewart, Kennedy and La Guardia airports

publishers of 4 Saturday Review magazines file bankruptcy proceedings on Apr 24 and announce plans to merge publications with World Magazine to form single biweekly called Saturday Review/World; N Cousins will head new pub; Saturday Review exec com chmn F S Wyle breaks news to staff

Sources dose to Watergate case say on Apr 24 that Fed investigators have determined that White House officials were regularly kept informed last May and June of some of information obtained through illegal wiretapping of Dem Natl Com hq; say that typed repts of overheard conversations, which were prepared by sec working at Nixon's re-election com, were not transmitted to White House but that com official apparently edited, in effect, typed rept so as to send only most significant pol information to White House; it is known that at least 3 White House aides maintained regular contact with re-election com during campaign: Haldeman, C W Colson and communications deputy dir K W Clawson; it is not known who recd edited repts; it is not known whether reptd White House recipients of wiretap information were fully aware of its origin; sources say that documents contained highly confidential information about Dem planning for their natl conv as well as details on delegate selection; testimony of A C Baldwin 3d, who monitored wiretaps, discussed; Watergate conspirator reptdly told Sen com that he was convinced that at least 1 copy of wiretap logs went to office of ex-Atty Gen Mitchell; notes that grand jury has learned that J S Magruder also had access to repts; S Harmony, sec to G G Liddy, allegedly testified before grand jury that she used secret special stationery to retype repts on conversations of Dem party officials that had word 'Gemstone' printed on top