July 7, 1973

Source close to Sen Watergate com says that soon after M J Kopechne drowned in Sen Kennedy's car on Chappaquiddick Island on July 18 '69, an illegal wiretap was placed on phone in Georgetown house where she had lived with 3 other girls; says wiretap was installed either by or under direction of J Caulfield and A T Ulasewicz, who became part of White House 'Plumbers' in '71; M Carroll, former Kopechne roommate, says on July 6, after being told about tap, that she had suspected it, int; ex-White House counsel J W Dean 3d's testimony regarding indicent noted

WASHINGTON, July 6 — American Airlines admitted today that it illegally contributed $55,000 in company funds to President Nixon's re‐election campaign early last year. The airline thus became the first corporation voluntarily to acknowledge an illegal political contribution in the Watergate investigation.

Traders on foreign exch mkts says continuing decline of dollar is linked to fear that Watergate scandal is making Nixon Adm unable to cope with problem of managing econ

27-day strike by Local 365 of Cemetery Workers and Green Attendants Union members ends on July 6 with settlement being reached several hrs before union pres S Cimaglia was to be jailed for continuing strike; union members return to work before contract is ratified; NYC Health Comm spokesman says that approximately 1,400 bodies in NYC are awaiting burial; says number of bodies to be buried outside city has not been determined; Cimaglia says that he is 'elated' about settlement; notes that union recd at least 75% of its demands; outlines contract terms; por; contract settlement was reached as result of compulsory arbitration conducted by NYS Mediation Bd Chmn V D McDonnell; rev of effects strike had on NYC met area cemeteries

Rhodesia African guerrillas on July 5 kidnap 278 people, most of them schoolchildren between ages of 13 and 18, from RC mission in Northeastern Rhodesia, reptdly with aim of training them as guerrillas; Rhodesian Govt later says it has rescued 191 and 12 others managed to escape, leaving 75 still in hands of guerrillas