August 9, 1973

Herbert, Roberta: Macy's ad copywriter R Herbert is stabbed to death on Aug 8 at lunchtime in entry of her Greenwich Village apt bldg after she resisted attempt to snatch her purse; assailant is pursued by workers and police, who seize H S Turner hiding behind boiler; suspect is heroin addict with arrest record; police say $7 was taken from victim; neighbors and friends comment; illus

Repr E Holtzman, commenting on Aug 8 decision by US Appeals Ct, NYC, overturning a ct order, which she had sought, to stop Amer bombing of Cambodia, says she will ask Sup Ct to act at once and will press case even after Aug 15, when bombing is scheduled to end, to determine President's authority to wage war

Extensive destruction in Neak Luong, accidentally bombed by US on Aug 6, described; big chunks of center of town demolished; damage was described as 'minimal' by US Embassy air attache Col D H E Opfer on evening of Aug 6; atmosphere of town described as silent, sad and bewildered at being bombed by an ally; everyone has lost either relatives or friends; entire families were wiped out in some cases; map; US Embassy spokesman repts on Aug 8 third US bombing error in 3 days on village on Phnom Penh-Saigon hwy; US Defense Dept denies rept; illus of villagers in Veal Sbou taking cover during recent attack

article compares Vice Pres Agnew's position with regard to Fed investigation of possible criminal violations with Pres Nixon's position vis-a-vis Watergate affair; says although 2 cases differ in several respects, Agnew may want to raise on his own behalf some of arguments that Pres Nixon presented in Fed Ct on Aug 7 in effort to keep from giving Washington, DC, grand jury recordings of some of his personal conversations; arguments of White House attys noted; there are no precedents or Sup Ct decisions holding that Vice Pres is entitled to same privileges and immunities as Pres, but most legal scholars believe that it would be difficult to distinguish between 2 offices for such purposes; for Agnew to contend in ct that he is entitled to invoke exec privilege, he would presumably have to demonstrate that he was inextricably involved at highest level in exec branch decisions; Agnew's position is different from that of Nixon in that grand jury inquiry in which he is involved deals largely with events during his service as Baltimore County Exec and Md Gov; question of immunity discussed; question of necessity of impeaching before prosecuting discussed

Special State Prosecutor M H Nadjari is investigating alleged criminal violations involving Civil Court Judge R J DiLorenzo; investigation arises from Dilorenzo's efforts six yrs ago to discourage A Piazza, former asst counsel to Waterfront Comm, from pursuing investigation of T Massotto, listed by police and Justice Dept as member of Mafia family of C Gambino; meeting between DiLorenzo and Piazza, which occurred on Feb 6 '67, was arranged by former Sup Ct Justice A De Phillips, who resigned from bench thereafter; Nadjari sends letter on Aug 8 to Gov Rockefeller, Mayor Lindsay and presiding justices of NYS Appellate Division informing them that special grand jury in Brooklyn is seeking to learn whether Judge DiLorenzo had committed perjury and had tried to obstruct justice; lr says DiLorenzo has been supoenaed by grand jury, that he has been asked to sign waiver of immunity when he appears before it and that he has refused; sources say testimony given by judge during Appellate Div's investigation is believed to be basis of perjury charges mentioned in letter; after investigation, panel of 5 justices censured him but did not remove him from bench; charges against judge for improperly trying to influence Piazza and for testifying falsely before chief counsel to Appellate Div S A Klein were not sustained by panel