HR Appropriations com votes on July 25 to eliminte White House's traditional $1.5-million 'special projects' fund, which was established in '56 to implement Exec orders and from which Nixon Adm paid Watergate conspirator E H Hunt Jr's consulting fee of $100-a-day

WHITE HOUSE FUND FACING ABOLITION

J J Wilson, atty for J D Ehrlichman at Watergate hearings, has scholarly debate with Sen S J Ervin Jr about pres authority in which he admits that as lawyer for Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co 20 yrs ago he successfully argued Ervin's position before Sup Ct; ct decided that then Pres Truman did not have authority under natl security powers to take over strike-threatened steel mills whose output was needed for Korean War effort

Ervin and Lawyer in Clash On Powers of Presidency

Air Force C/S Gen J D Ryan testifies on July 25 that under '58 reorganization of Defense Dept, Army, Navy and Air Force Sees were intentionally excluded from chain of command regarding mil operations; illus

EX‐AIR SECRETARY DISCLAIMS A ROLE IN SECRET BOMBING

J D Ehrlichman, Pres Nixon's former domestic affairs adviser, says that Nixon should have dismissed late FBI Dir Hoover early in his Pres, testimony to Sen Watergate com; says that Hoover declined to pursue investigation of Pentagon Papers case defendant Dr D Ellsberg thoroughly because Hoover was friend of L Marx, Ellsberg's father-in-law

Ehrlichman Says Hoover Should Have Been Ousted

The stock market climbed sharply yesterday in the heav iest trading in five months. The Dow&#8208;Jones industrial average rose 14.30 points to close at 933.02. Page 53.

Stocks Climb Sharply

HR passes, 254-164, on July 25 bill to curb President's bower to impound funds appropriated by Cong; bill will also set a $267.1-billion spending ceiling in fiscal '74; bill will permit either HR or Sen to require Pres to release impounded funds but freeze will continue unless either body acts within 60 days after Pres's impoundment; anti-impoundment mechanism will be effective only for current fiscal yr; controversy over Presidential impoundment discussed; HR rejects, 206-205, move to lower spending ceiling from $267.1-billion to $263.3-billion; rejects, 212-208, proposal by Repr Anderson to recommit bill with instructions to require action by both Houses, not just 1, in overruling a Presidential impoundment

HOUSE ACTS TO CUT PRESIDENT'S RIGHT TO IMPOUND FUNDS

Racing will resume at Aqueduct today. Striking maintenance men agreed to a new contract yesterday. Details are on Page 47.

Aqueduct Opens Today

Ex-White House counsel J D Ehrlichman categorically denies on July 25 in testimony before Sen Watergate com a series of charges linking him to Watergate cover-up and insists he never sought Pres Nixon's pledge of executive clemency for Watergate conspirator E H Hunt Jr; challenges testimony of ex-White House counsel J W Dean 3d who swore that Ehrlichman had told him to throw into Potomac River pol sensitive documents taken from Hunt's White House safe shortly after Watergate burglary; takes issue with contention of former FBI Acting Dir Gray that when he (Gray) destroyed Hunt documents he acted on basis of June 28 '72 meeting with Ehrlichman and Dean; Gray has told Govt investigators that he subsequently burned documents because he had been instructed that they should 'never see the light of day'; Ehrlichman says only suggestion he made to Gray at meeting was that it would be best if documents did not get into hands of FBI agents in Washington field office who might 'leak' them to press; says that in telephone conversation Gray told him he would deny Dean's statement to Fed prosecutors that he (Dean) had turned documents over to Gray; says Gray told Ehrlichman 'you have got to back me up on this'; says he told him he would not do this; says, in contradiction to testimony of ex-Atty Gen Mitchell, that he gave Mitchell briefing in '71 on activities of White House 'plumbers,' that he did not discuss 'plumbers' unit activities of Hunt and co-conspirator G G Liddy after Hunt and Liddy were implicated in Watergate burglary; refuses to acknowledge any impropriety in his approach to Fed Judge Byrne, judge in Pentagon papers trial, to sound him out on his willingness to accept post of FBI Dir; insists there was no ulterior motive; says Nixon did not fire him--he resigned; says Nixon suggested they take leave of absence but that he and H R Haldeman agreed that plan was 'unviable'; Ehrichman describes Jan 3 discussion of exec clemency with Dean and ex-aide C W Colson that is quite different from Dean's testimony; insists he advised Colson and Dean of a discussion with Nixon last yr and that Nixon had foreclosed possibility of clemency for 7 original Watergate defendants; says only outcome of meeting was that Colson met with Hunt's atty W O Bittman to give him assurance that Colson had not forgotten his friendship with Hunt; authoritative White House sources say that Fed ct will be asked on July 26 to set aside at least 1 of 3 subpoenas directing Nixon to produce confidential documents and tape recordings that might show who is telling truth in Watergate case; illus of Ehrlichman, his atty J J Wilson and Sens Ervin and Baker

TONE IS SOFTENED

Temporary truce is called on July 25 between warring commercial and sports fishermen over whose right it is to fish closer to Conn shore in Long Island Sound; Fed Judge R C Zampano, after hearing arguments from both sides, establishes new boundary lines for commercial and sports fishermen; neither side is pleased with Zampano's decision but say they will abide by order until 3-judge panel is convened; before Zampano's July 23 ruling, sports fishermen closed in on commercial fishing trawler in Long Island Sound near Stratford and prevented trawlers' crew from retrieving nets they had placed in waters; 1 sports fisherman was arrested and USCG had to disperse sportsmen's circle surrounding commercial trawler; other incidents between 2 groups noted; map

Fish War on Sound Is Halted by Court

Fed Judge O G Judd July 25 ruling that US air raids on Cambodia are 'unauthorized and illegal' culminates an earlier series of rulings in which he rejected suits by servicemen to declare mil operations in Vietnam unlawful; he then upheld Govt's contention that Cong, in appropriations bill had shown 'its continued support of the Vietnam action'

Judge Here Rules Raids On Cambodia Are Illegal

Bronx, NYC, Dist Atty Mario Merola on July 25 repts destruction of internatl narcotics ring allegedly masterminded by Howard Z Fuchs, 27-yr-old former Yeshiva Univ student and NYC welfare investigator; says 61 persons have been indicted or arrested in connection with ring's activities, adding that ring smuggled and distributed 600 pounds of cocaine and 4,000 pounds of hashish annually; says more than 40 pounds of cocaine, 25 pounds of marijuana and 17 ounces of hashish oil were either seized or purchased by undercover police agents during 1-yr investigation; names Eddie Cohen, Michael Arlen and Robert Richardson as other leaders of ring; events leading to arrest of Fuchs described; Fuchs illus in police custody; biog sketch

61 Seized in a Drug Ring With Middle‐Class Ties

Communist forces shell Phnom Penh outskirts, July 25, in what appears to be a terror attack on the civilian population; shelling seems to have no mil objective; all shells hit civilian areas, except for 5 of 30 that land in an army officers' housing compound; Lon Nol appeals to people for vigilance and unity in struggle, radio speech, but many mil experts and foreign diplomats doubt the effectiveness of such efforts to rally the people at this late stage; illus of smoke from US bombs dropped to support Cambodian soldiers near Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh Outskirts Shelled by Reds

US State Dept, July 25, defends US secret bombing of Cambodia by asserting that Sihanouk solicited the raids to rid his country of N Vietnamese and Vietcong forces; dept spokesman C W Bray seeks to refute views of several senators who suggested, July 24, that Sec Rogers had been less than candid about the raids when he discussed Cambodia at hearings of Foreign Relations Com in Apr '70; says Rogers mentioned the raids on Apr 2 and 27, '70; acknowledges that Rogers had not volunteered details on magnitude of the raids; State Dept makes pub its accounts of the exchanges with Sihanouk to support its contention the raids had his sanction and therefore did not violate the neturality or soverignty of Cambodia; details on exchanges; Sen Mansfield denies Sihanouk ever mentioned bombing to him in a conversation, as alleged by State Dept; Sen Fulbright says he does not remember Rogers saying anything about the bombing; Repr T E Morgan, chmn of HR Foreign Affairs Com says his com had been informed that US was bombing in Cambodia at Sihanouk's invitation; Sihanouk cables NY Times that he never authorized bombing; message text

State Department Asserts Sihanouk Solicited Raids

Vietcong reptdly refused on July 23 to accept from S Vietnam group of dissidents including Tran Ngoc Chau; Vietcong reptdly tell S Vietnamese officers exhorting the prisoners that 'these are not our men' but that they would be accepted should they choose to be released; about 375 civilian prisoners were handed over, first under civilian phase of the exchanges called for in truce accord; Chau and the others refused to leave the plane and were flown back to Bien Hao air base and then returned to prison in Saigon; Thieu Govt reptdly reversed its stand and decided to release Chau in Saigon, but this cannot be confirmed; Chau case revd; pol analysts see Thieu strategy as an effort to render Chau politically ineffective even after his release

VIETCONG REFUSE DISSIDENT GROUP

July 26: Oslo, Norway, police officials on July 25 say that 2 of 5 foreigners arrested for murder of Moroccan A Bouchiki in town of Lillehammer on July 21 have stated that they belonged to Israeli counterterrorist orgn; say group arrived in Norway last wk to counter attempt by Black September, Palestinian terrorist orgn, to attack either Israeli Embassy or offices of El Al Airlines in Scandinavian country; rept that 2 of 5 men under arrest said they tracked, down member of Black September in Oslo and followed him to Lillehammer where he supposedly made contact with Bouchiki; public prosecutor H Wiker says that men, believing Bouchiki was behind reptd plan, decided to kill him

2 IN NORWAY KILLING TIED TO ISRAEL UNIT

Philippines Pres Marcos on July 25 announces that Filipinos will have 2 days instead of 1 to vote in referendum, scheduled to begin July 27, on whether Marcos should continue in office; extension of voting time reptdly stems from urging by Elections Comm, which expressed concern that facilities would not permit electorate, which consists of 22-million people over age of 15, to vote in 1 day; large majority of Filipinos reptdly feel good measure of peace, stability and efficiency has been brought about by Marcos's martial-law regime; many persons also fear that those who vote against Marcos will be subject to Govt harassment despite provisions for secret ballot

MARCOS EXTENDS PERIOD FOR VOTING

2 Japan Air Lines jetliners are directed to Libya on July 25 to pick up 137 person who went through 3 1/2 day air piracy that ended with their Japan Air Line Boeing 747 airliner being blown up in Benghazi, Libya, on July 24; hijackers, 3 Palestinians and 1 Japanese, who were disowned by all regular Palestinian guerrilla groups, are being interrogated by Libyan authorities; 137 passengers and crewmen are guests of Libyan Govt and are lodged in Benghazi hotel; Dutch passenger says passengers were kicked and manhandled by hijackers; Soviet press agency Tass repts that Libya will put hijackers on trial

2 JETS GO TO LIBYA FOR PASSENGERS

Thailand's Premier, Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn, on July 25 formally criticizes US Cong rept, which maintained that major portion of heroin being smuggled into US flows unhampered from Thailand, and which accuses Thai officials of at least tacit complicity in Thailand's huge narcotics traffic; asserts that rept, written by US Repr Wolff was 'ignorant of the facts' and that the Govt has achieved notable recent successes in curbing flow of opium and its derivatives; cites lr of thanks from US Amb Leonard Unger as evidence that US officials have been satisfied with Thai efforts to curb narcotics trade; some achievements of Thai narcotics agents detailed

Thanom Criticizes U.S. Report Linking Thai Officials to Drugs

Daud Khan on July 25 says that his regime will not be subservient to any other nation; denies that his coup last wk was prompted by USSR; indicates that Afghanistan is in for period of dictatorship; says const of Govt his mil supporters overthrew on July 17 is invalid and that Parliament has been dissolved; makes statements at his 1st news conf since he deposed King Mohammad Zahir Shah; observers abroad generally view Daud's seizure of power as diplomatic success for USSR; it was while he was Premier from '53 to '63 that Moscow became Afghanistan's chief source of mil and econ aid; western sources say that neither USSR nor Western Govts had advanced knowledge of Daud's coup; Daud says members of royal family still in country are 'safe and unharmed'; says 8 persons died in 'bloodless coup'; says coup had complete cooperation of army and support of people, particularly intellectuals and youth

AFGHAN PLEDGES NO SUBSERVIENCE

Rev of debate whether US should reduce its number of troops in Eur; 'great debate' of 22 yrs ago over sending troops to Eur recalled; moves in Cong for return of some forces include those by Repr Rosenthal and Sen Mansfield; background to debate, troop strength and costs discussed; pro and con arguments detailed; Mansfield illus preparing for a Sen subcom hearing on issue

Issue and Debate

US State Dept spokesman C W Bray 3d acknowledges, July 25, that 10 Amer civilian officials operate in Cambodia to provide information on the mil situation there, but denies they are engaged in any paramilitary activities; Washington Star-News reptd July 24 that US civilians operating under the CIA had been recruited from Laos to advise on paramilitary operations in Cambodia

U.S. ADMITS IT HAS AIDES IN CAMBODIA

Sen Mansfield renews on July 25 his call for reductions of Amer forces overseas with demand that 250,000 land-based troops be pulled back by beginning of '77; in testimony before Sen Foreign Relations subcom, says his reduction program would cut in half number of servicemen now based abroad, bulk of them in W Eur; opposes reducing size of US fleet abroad; speaks in opposition to Nixon Adm position that level of forces in Central Eur should be cut through East-West negotiations; suggests unilateral action by US to reduce troops in Eur while still maintaining US commitment with a more 'wisely structured but significantly reduced level' of troops could stimulate similar response on part of USSR; charges W Eur has been lax in sharing common defense burden; Deputy Sec Rush, testifying for Nixon Adm, explains that merely bringing troops back home, without demobilization, would be more costly than keeping them in Eur

MANSFIELD ASKS TROOP CUT AGAIN

biog sketch of Iranian Shah Mohammed Riza Pahlevi, who is in US for official talks with Pres Nixon; Shah illus; illus of Empress Farah and Pres Nixon, in receiving line, greeting Sen G McGovern, guest at Iranian Embassy reception on July 25

A Friend of American Presidents

Iranian Shah M R Pahlevi on July 25 says that he plans to purchase unspecified number of US F-14 Navy fighter planes and is interested in also buying latest Air Force fighter F-15 to boost his country's defenses, news conf in Washington (DC); stresses Iran's need for top-grade mil equipment for security reasons; meets with Pres Nixon; announces signing of contract with Ashland Oil Inc for joint operation of refineries and filling stations in US, using Iranian oil

SHAH SEEKS TO BUY U.S. F‐14 FIGHTERS

Dozens of tourists watch man strip to his underpants and leap 300 feet from cliff overhanging Colorado River, July 25, Las Vegas (Nev); police say that body has not been recovered

Tourists See Suicide

Kathrin Romany Beckinsale is an English actress. The only child of actors Richard Beckinsale and Judy Loe, she debuted in the series premiere of the 1975 daytime drama Couples.

Kate Beckinsale, English actress

Kate_Beckinsale

Mariano Raffo is an Argentine film director. He has made short films, music videos and documentaries.

July 26, 1973

Headlines from July 26, 1973

WHITE HOUSE FUND FACING ABOLITION

Ervin and Lawyer in Clash On Powers of Presidency

EX‐AIR SECRETARY DISCLAIMS A ROLE IN SECRET BOMBING

Ehrlichman Says Hoover Should Have Been Ousted

Stocks Climb Sharply

Billboard 200

Chicago VI

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Living In The Material World

Now & Then

There Goes Rhymin' Simon

Notable Births

Historical Context for July 26, 1973