July 28, 1974

text of Article I of proposed articles of impeachment (L)

US Repr Robert H Steele defeats Bridgeport Mayor Nicholas A Panuzio for Repub Conn gubernatorial nomination on 1st ballot by 753 votes to 472; House Speaker Francis J Collins receives 61 votes and Agr Comr Fenton Futtner 1; Panuzio, who was Repub orgn choice and who gave Steele hardest fight, tells conv that he will accept defeat and support Steele without forcing Sept primary even though he won more than enough votes to qualify for primary; Steele says he feels 'really great' after victory; conv picks State Repr James H Brannen to run against Dem US Sen Ribicoff; Brannen, who is 1st black candidate nominated by either party for Sen, refuses to believe that Ribicoff is runaway winner; defeated State Repr Herbert V Camp Jr, Edward J Kozlowski and Mrs Norma Jorgensen; conv nominates State Controller Nathan G Agostinelli for Lt Gov; Steele supporter State Sen John J Zajac is nominated for Treas by acclamation; State Repr James F Bingham wins nomination for Atty Gen, defeating former State Repr Gerard Spiegel; Southbury First Selectman and Panuzio supporter Michael Kenney is nominated by acclamation for Controller immediately after Panuzio says he will accept defeat; another Panuzio supporter Norwalk City Councilman Sally Bolster is nominated as Sec of State after Hartford City Councilman Margaret V Tedone withdraws; Steele's background and career sketched; illus of Steele; illus of Steele and Panuzio (L)

Article by Julius Duscha, dir of Washington Journalism Center, on Consumer Price Index; discusses what index measures, why it is not a cost‐of‐living index, and importance of data; notes that if index goes up 1 point, escalator clauses add estimated $1‐billion to US incomes; index, established in 1918 and formally known as Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, will be continued, but in '77 a new Consumer Price Index for All Urban Households will be introduced to expand data base to 80% of all Amers; illus; chart showing yrly avg of Consumer Price Index, '54‐73 and 1st half of '74 ((L)

HR Judiciary Com votes, 27‐11, to recommend impeachment of Pres Nixon on charge that he personally engaged in 'course of conduct' designed to obstruct justice in Watergate in 1st article of impeachment; all 21 Dems and 6 Repubs vote for impeachment; 6 Repubs are Reprs T F Railsback, H Fish Jr, L J Hogan, M C Butler, W S Cohen and H V Froehlich; specifically, com charges that Nixon, in violation of his const oath to uphold law, 'engaged personally and through his subordinates or agents in a course of conduct or plan designed to delay, impede and obstruct investigation' of Watergate break‐in; article lists 9 methods by which Nixon was alleged to have carried out plan to obstruct justice; they include accusations that Nixon made 'false or misleading statements' to investigators, concealed evidence of criminal wrongdoing, counseled associates to commit perjury, misused sensitive agencies of Govt and approved or allowed payment of hush money to convicted criminals; voting described; Nixon becomes 13th Amer official, and only Pres since A Johnson was impeached but acquitted 106 yrs ago, to face removal from office; arrangements being made for possible Sen trial noted; articles of impeachment still to be considered by HR Judiciary Com noted; preamble to article quoted; Reprs W Flowers, W L Hungate, E Hutchinson, E Mezvinsky, P W Rodino Jr, C W Sandman Jr, B C Jordan, D L Latta, W Mayne, C E Wiggins, T Lott, D W Dennis, W Owens and J Eilberg comment; illus of Hogan and Flowers and of Sandman and Hutchinson (L)

Lexington Handicap: Jack Sprat and Hasty Tudor win divs of Lexington Hdcp on July 27 at Aqueduct (M)