October 21, 1973

Two young women, sisters from the Caribbean island of Grenada, were thrown to their deaths from a Manhattan hotel window yesterday. Their suspected killer, a musician from Trinidad, apparently walked in front of a subway train later and was killed. Details on Page 73.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20—For the first time tonight, members of the Democratic and Republican leadership of the House of Representatives began talking publicly and seriously about impeaching President Nixon.

article reviews recent events in Watergate case; discusses Pres Nixon's compromise proposal with regard to Watergate-related White House tapes; notes opposition of Atty Gen Richardson and special Watergate prosecutor A Cox to proposal; cartoon

Saudi Arabia has decided to stop all oil exports to the United States “in view of the increase in American support for Israel,” the Government radio reported. Algeria announced similar action. Details on Page 28.

Atty Gen Richardson resigns on Oct 20 saying that he cannot carry out Pres Nixon's order to discharge special Watergate prosecutor A Cox in light of his earlier pledge to provide Cox with 'full authority' to contest Pres claims of exec privilege; Richardson, in his lr to Pres, made clear his feeling that Nixon's directive to Cox Oct 19 to cease all further attempts to obtain Pres materials through cts abrogated Cox guidelines; directive was contained in statement by Pres directing Cox not to carry to Sup Ct his attempt to subpoena tape recordings that Nixon contends are privileged; Nixon, at same time, announced 'compromise' proposal which Cox rejected, in which he would provide to Fed Dist Ct, Washington, DC, summary of portions of recorded conversations that concern Watergate case; Richardson is author of separate proposal, released by Cox at Oct 20 news conf, that called for submission of partial transcript, rather than summary, of recordings to ct and to Watergate grand jury; Cox said he rejected this plan because it did not include access to tapes and to other documents; Richardson says he neither approved nor proposed any potential agreement that would preclude further subpoenas of Pres documents or tapes and his plan said nothing about halting attempts by Cox to do so; Justice Dept spokesman J W Hushen says Richardson was not asked for his opinion of Nixon proposal by Pres; Nixon, in Oct 19 statement, implied that Richardson had approved of his decision to keep Cox from seeking further materials; Richardson disputes this; Atty Gen suggested that tapes be yielded to individual of 'wide experience, strong character and established reputation for veracity' who would also be given 'verbatim transcript' of their contents, but with certain omissions; transcript, to be written in 3d person, would not have included material that was not pertinent to Watergate case and 'verifier' would have been allowed to paraphrase language he deemed 'embarrassing to Pres' and to paraphrase or omit references to foreign policy or natl defense matters; Richardson career sketch