At the Whl te House--a discussh,.1 of impeachment strategy. Pre 1dent1al speechwriter ra t Buchanan saying the President may request a HouR vote--without d e bate. This--we are told•-in or der to "'get i t over q uickly" in the House. And then, if he's impeached, to give t he President a chance to prove his inno c ence in the S .mate. Buchanan saying: "non~ of us want to see the House Repu . blicans--put in a very difficult p0sition; especially if the likelihood is not great--that we will prevail." However, B uchan&.11 trial balloo~*uickly punctured on C apitol Hill. A spot check o , f Rouse members--showing almst no support. The consensus perhaps best expressed--by Congressman Dennis of the House Indiana; one of the President's -.:s ~ ee: - Judiciary Committee. "Th . at's a /, -="and I 'm against it. " chief defeLders--on c o p - o u t l r ~ e TAPF.' FOI LOW Wllll'r ' 1!0USI!: L.t,,~ M anwhll . the President today claiming exe utive privilege-- ;\ on forty eight minutes of those tapes he tumed over yesterday to .Jud iri a. The President's lawyers also disclosing that some five minu es of one conversation--simply do not exist. saying: "the tape ran out" - -and had to be replaced. HO U. F '!iri t el ·u 11 a c ain--th e House today completed ongressional a.pproval--o !' a n e w wenty .' i ve billion dollar aid to educatiori bill. This including a •ompromlse--anti-busing provision: one ~h at th•· H ouse previously said--i t would not approve: and the P r esident s aid--he would surely veto. Observers noting, h r t i 1e previous objections arc now largelv moot--due to .owe v e , . J he upreme curt' s re ent anti-busing ruling. . o ?·me r : •: hite H0us,, . i i e J o hn E hrli hman wa arraigned ror sen ~n in f tcJ ay--in t h E" F llsbe rg b?·eak-1n ,.n. c ase. n11en aske to :n ak e a s ·a ~ · ment--telling " Tu dg e Gesell: ''I believe I'm the only ne whc ?· e ally ! rnows--whether I am guilty. h " Then your . onor. a d1ng: "I am innocent--of each and every count." Th P . udge--apparently un1mpressed. In response, observing tha t ~ hrl ichman held a position-- "of highest public trust.'' Fur her no ing: '' he ~ onsti tuti . on was ignoredJ-the rights of c1 t 1z ns were abused and falsehoods and concealments were employed. 11 .,·hereupon he sentenced the defendant--to twenty months t o !'1 ve years in Federal Prison. With regard to Ehrlichman's co-defendants--the judge proving somewhat more lenient. convicted Watergate conspirators B~ rnard Barker and Fugenio Ma . rtinez-- . getting suspended sentences• The judge telling them-- "you've been punished enough." While -{on G. Gordon Liddy- 8 , 1,t,~ 3. one to three year sentence; to nm c o ncurrently hough--with his present Watergate te · rm. In re.Lated evelopmen • a former gen ral manager of the na ion•~ largest milk cooperative--today pleaded guilty to making illegal cam aign ontributions. nefendant Harold Nelson of an Antoni o--also pleading guilty to an attempt at bribing former T xas o\Terno r John onnally. His sentencing set for later-- following a probs.t1on report. BEN'l'. EN - ·rom . enator Bentsen of T xas;n,,.~ .. ; ; ; ! ; ~ h J @ Ci %HJ:- o he President's recent economic address, !Wfni,eu 881 ,- 118 t:he ttres1I,ern 0CTereIJ o&PeenlJ "•: , i t l r i I a A 1." i i i I ♦ i I PA.1' e +t41b1 tlltih➔9--SJ11w @,IDWLlii 111 ' " sin,, t 11 , •• , . I i • • w.a± .=- Bee.< aM:J uggest--di. as a Democratic alternative- ,, what h called a "workable program for economic recovery)" 4Pf\1\e including a new easy money policy--a new cost of living ta sk force--a rein on Federal spending--and a complete overhaul of the U.S. tax system. .r.. m a mmot h I'lood aid t o be the worst in twenty years--is repor-ed oday from no1· th ern Bangladesh. ~~ Thet-13rahmaputra ~iver mon s o over 'lowing 1 ts banks--under the onslaught of heavy ~~ ~ ~ Jl . .:"-41,Pa.,~, n r ain s: ~ i n u n d a t i n g an estimated twelve thousand square miles of fann land--along with four small towns • .,, .... 'IP acca. setting the death toll--at --=ta hundredJ\so far. Unoffic lally though--1 t 's more like two-hundred-and -fifty. And !le worst--rnay be yet to c ome. In the wake of the raging will :~1 odwa·ers--an outbreak of choler~ ..kt least six national Red r o s ~ ~ -raci . ng in to help. tJFBFC I't'Y Parlez vou s francais? If not, you may f ind it a bi t ot' ~ a handi ap--~~ ye~ ~ i s i t Quebec ~'Pr!ovi~o• ~, m--=?ez2••· - ~ 1 - ~ - The official language there, as of today--Frenc~ So approve1 by the Quebec le g 1 slature--ove r the bitter opposition of the provinc~ English speaking minorit y. ~ '! ~ • ~ t < ! u h a 1 "-Pat ttz .e .. e fponceia?" 11 Che•1n,iLat. "OLLF F P ARK At o llege Park Maryland--& meeting of the American society ~ of Animal ~ cienceA hearing today✓...,rfrom agriculture Secretary Earl B ut :: : wh o lashed out at Senator Humphrey of Minnesota-- f or ~s•gxx suggesting th&t Americans should eat one less ft ,l hamburge r a week to save grain. That--s&.id Butz--is "sheer demagogic nonsense." A far better way to reach such a "noble goal" --said he--would be to reduce "our cat and dog population by f1.fty per cent~" and then get rid of the nation's eight millio . n horses, mules and ~ asses-- "which no longer pull - . plow or dray." Butz " ~ observing: "it takes a lot of food --a lot of grain products-- to keep that many animals alive, sleek and contented." rt:.A.~.c9-~- ~ adding: the next time I hear that cry to cut back on hamburgers--1'm goin g t0 ask the speaker: how many dogs are there--on your block.'' ~ ~it.:- ~ . ALBANY This next--from Albany. Oregon. A woman by the name of Mrs. Lynda Haggard--getting barred from Jury duty for wearing a pant sui t . The .1udge ruling--ski rts only. So now she's suing-- charging a violation of her civil rights. 1rs . Haggard impaired--by what saying:"! don't feel a woman's judgment is she'• wearing. ,,.S,:;;i~~~•r can think just as well with my pants on--as with my pants off."