August 2, 1973

IRS says on Aug 1 that its agents have begun serving notices of meat price ceiling violations at various levels of trade in NYC met area; NY Beef Wholesalers spokesman A Mayer says that wholesalers will join 300 NY, Chicago, Boston and Cleveland beef cos suing in Fed Ct, Omaha (Neb), to stop Fed enforcement of freeze on beef prices; Iowa Gov R D Ray urges Pres Nixon to lift freeze on retail beef prices

NYS Environmental Conservation Comr H L Diamond on Aug 1 rejects 1st application for major development for 2d homes in Adirondack State Park; says his decision is designed to prevent subdiv of park and destruction of its natural beauty of forests and lakes; project, called Ton-Da-Lay, has been planned to put recreational community of some 20,000 people on tract covering 18,386 acres in town of Altamont; Diamond says he is not against all development, just overdevelopment; holds he would consider revised application of project, but does not say how much development would be allowed; decision is expected to be tested in cts; Diamond notes that project would have about 300 homes per square mi, while master plan drawn up by Adirondack Park Agency suggests no more than about 17 people per square mi; major developers have considered agency's density plan unecon; opponents to plan say that where there are local zoning codes these should continue to be allowed to take precedence over any state action; Altamont's Planning Bd as approved Ton-Da-Lay project; project head L Paparazzo says he will not submit revised plan for less dense development of his tract; adds he will not decide on course of action until he has read Diamond's documents; denounces Diamond's decision as 'sham' and as another delaying action to keep him from going ahead with project; Diamond emphasizes protection of environemnt for all people as major reason for his decision; map

Ulbricht dies on Aug 1 at age of 80; career sketch; por

H R Haldeman acknowledges on Aug 1, in testimony before Sen Watergate com, that he suggested this yr that White House 'tie all '72 demonstrations to McGovern and thus to the Dems'; says he proposed 'to get our people to put out the story on the foreign or Communist money that was used in support of demonstrations against the Pres in '72'; says there is evidence to support this contention; proposal was contained in memo, dated Feb 10 '73 from Haldeman to then-White House counsel J W Dean 3d; Haldeman says purpose of putting forth his version of demonstrations was to counter Dem attacks on Adm on Watergate issues; discloses that he took additional recordings of Pres Nixon's private conversations home with him early in July '73; says he cannot recall dates of other tapes although he says he believes they were between Feb and Apr '73; says he decided not to listen to these other tapes because he had not been present at meetings; says, when asked why he had taken tapes home, that it would have been 'difficult and awkward to listen to them in 'open suite' in Exec Office Bldg that he was allowed to use as office while he was preparing for his Watergate testimony; says he cannot recall whether he or Nixon 1st suggested that he listen to recordings; says he discussed tapes with White House chief of staff Haig or White House counsel J F Buzhardt Jr, or Haig's asst S Bull; acknowledges that he ordered a '71 investigation by FBI of CBS Washington correspondent D Schorr but that he cannot recall ordering 24-hr surveillance of Sen Kennedy; says list of White House 'enemies' was prepared solely to keep foes of Nixon Adm from receiving such courtesies as invitations to White House; says Dean told Nixon on Sept 15 that he was compiling 'enemies' list and that Nixon voiced his approval; Sen Weicker introduces memo from Nixon campaign's chief advance man R H Walker to Haldeman, on which Haldeman had scribbled 'good' and 'great' in margin next to suggestions that Nixon and Rev Graham be confronted with violent demonstrations and obscene signs during Pres trip to Charlotte, NC, in '71; says memo indicated that Nixon campaign welcomed rowdy demonstrations against Pres as way to present Nixon as underdog; Haldeman says opposite was true; says he was pleased that demonstrations were planned because they would show public that such demonstrations were not spontaneous; text of Haldeman's memo to Dean; illus of chief counsel S Dash, legis aide A S Field, Haldeman and Sens Weicker, Ervin and Inouye; illus of Walker's memo

FDA on Aug 1 announces regulations governing all vitamins in current use, subject that has caused nationwide debate and controversy for at least 10 yrs; regulations, that will become effective in 60 days, will require prescriptions for high-dosage forms of vitamins A and D; smaller units of same vitamins will still be available over the counter; FDA officials emphasize that no vitamins will be forced off mkt and none will be restricted exclusively to prescription use; controversy over vitamin issue recalled; FDA has been probing use of vitamins for at least 10 yrs and has held hearings for past 2 yrs; FDA Comr Dr A M Schmidt comments on controversial nature of issue; notes new regulations are based on best and broadest available scientific evidence and that their most important purpose is to require full and honest labeling and fair promotion of vitamin and mineral products; vitamin-containing products will be divided into 3 classes, depending on their content; categories and their specifications listed; regulations for vitamins A and D will not be fully in effect until end of '74; danger of excess dosages of both vitamins noted; vitamin regulations are part of larger pkg of new and proposed regulations designed to give consumer clearer and more useful information about food products on mkt