July 2, 1974

Nixon visits Minsk after flight from Yalta area July 1; uses occasion to dramatize his efforts to achieve peace and friendship between US and USSR; exchanges toasts with Byelorussian Pres Fyodor A Surganov; visits Minsk as it is celebrating 30th anniv of its recapture from Gers in World War II; lays wreath at war memorial; mingles with crowds; walks with slight stiffness of left leg as he steps off plane in Minsk; his assistants say leg continues to be swollen from phlebitis; press aide Gerald L Warren says Nixon's drs said July 1 he is not taking medication for phlebitis; says he has been declared in good health except for swelling; Nixon, with Mrs Nixon, drives 35 mi into country from Minsk to village of Khatyn, where 150 villagers were killed by Gers in World War II for supposed aid to anti-Nazi guerrillas; both sign visitors book; Nixon returns to Moscow; illus signing visitors book at Khatyn; Mrs Nixon illus at Minsk airport; map; Nixon illus viewing statue at Khatyn (M)

Robert A Maheu wins defamation suit against his former employer Howard Hughes; money value of damage to be decided in hearing beginning Oct 8; jury rejects $4.5-million counterclaim by Summa Corp; case revd; Hughes' failure to appear at trial noted (M)

Marcus Wayne Chenault Jr, former Ohio State Univ student accused of murdering Mrs Martin L King Sr, says he was 'sent on mission and it was partially accomplished, testimony before arraigning Judge E T Brock, June 30, Atlanta (Ga); refers to himself as a Hebrew and gives his name to ct as 'Servant Jacob'; testimony by Rev Calvin Morris, guest min who spoke at June 30 Ebenezer Bapt Ch service instead of Rev Martin L King Sr, noted; Chenault is being held for action by grand jury; his atty Randy Bacote attempted to enter pleas of no contest to 2 murder charges and several lesser counts, but was told that such action was unacceptable under Ga law; entered pleas of not guilty to murder charges, 2 charges of carrying concealed weapons and 1 of assault; says he was retained to represent Chenault by 'parties who did not want to be named'; Rev Ralph D Abernathy says that Chenault admitted to him that there was 'conspiracy to get all civil rights leaders'; illus of Chenault being escorted by police officer C G Solomon (L)

Peron, Juan Domingo (Pres)

NYC police Detective Robert L Leuci testifies in Fed Ct, NYC, that his superiors in NYC Police Dept's narcotics div shared money seized in drug raids; denies involvement in thefts of large quantities of narcotics from dept's property clerk's office as well as allegations of police informer Richard B Lawrence that Leuci engaged in extensive narcotics dealings even after becoming anticorruption agent (L)