June 18, 1974

Fed Court Judge John J Sirica sentences Herbert W Kalmbach to 6 to 18 months in prison and $10,000 fine for illegal fund-raising activities on behalf of White House; Kalmbach tells Judge he is 'deeply embarrassed'; had pleaded guilty to charge of operating illegal campaign com, in that it had no chmn or treas and filed no repts, that raised $4-million to support Cong candidates in '70 elections; also pleaded guilty to charge he promised J Fyfe Symington Jr an Amb post in exch for $100,000 contribution to Pres Nixon's re-election campaign; Kalmbach atty James H O'Connor tells Sirica that Kalmbach was not in on scheming, but merely raised funds at request of White House figures he believed to be honorable men; cases of other Nixon Adm or re-election campaign officials who have pleaded or been found guilty this far in Watergate affair revd; Kalmbach's sentence seen following general pattern of light penalties imposed on Watergate figures who have negotiated pleas and agreed to cooperate; Kalmbach illus (L)

 

Sup Ct, in 6 to 3 vote, rules that states can deny disability benefits to women incapacitated by normal pregnancy without committing unconst discrimination, Calif case; decision is serious setback for advocates of equal rights for women, who have won limited victories in cts recently on related issues; Justice Potter Stewart writes majority opinion; Calif changed its disability benefit rules to cover benefits for pregnancies involving med complications, while Sup Ct decision was pending (L)

KYRENIA, Cyprus—About 2,200 years ago a merchant ship set oft on a journey through the eastern Mediterranean, stopping at such islands as Samos, Kos and Rhodes, trading in oil and wine, millstones and almonds.

Pres Nixon's econ adviser Kenneth Rush announces that supermkt reprs have promised effort to reduce meat prices and promote sales, news briefing following White House meeting on cattle industry's problems; Natl Assn of Food Chains pres Clarence G Adamy urges 'serious consideration' of Govt and producer requests for 'emergency maximum promotion effort' to move excessive beef and pork into mkts; Govt officials make no promises regarding import quotas or credit proposals, which were requested by cattlemen, but producers gain impression that increased Govt purchases are likely; Rush says imposition of import quotas could cause problems in internatl trade negotiations; Agr Sec Butz says progress is being made in negotiations with Australia on voluntary restraints on beef exports to US; says he expects agreement within 1 wk that will provide some relief by reopening Canadian mkt to US beef; says beef supplies will continue to be adequate despite repts of sharply reduced number of cattle fattened in feedlots; Repr John Melcher disputes Butz's view; illus (L)