WATERGATE Thursday, April 19, 1913 Reid Collins In tl,e government's official Watergate investigation - exit Richard Kleindienst. The U. s. Attorney General withdrawing from the probe - because, said he, it involves persons with whom he has "a close personal attd professio11al relationsl, it,. " ICle indieas t turning over the case to William Petersen - tire Assistant Attorney Getteral !n claarge of tlae Justice Department's CrimiJtal DivisioJt. TIie latter to ret,ort now - directly to Prllsident Nixon. Meanwhile, White House aide John Dean - fhaally breaking his long silence. In a ..,tatement issued to tlaepress - saying: "Some may hot,e or think that I will become a scQt,egoat - in the Watergate case." Adding, however: "A n y one who belie v es th is - does not kn ow m e , know the true facts, nor understand or,r system of j11stice . " Dean's statement - followed by an immediate White WATERGATE - 2 Bouse response. Press Secretary Ron Ziegler asserth1g •• a11grily: "Tise process now in motion - is ,aot a process to fhtd a scapegoat but to find Ille truth." PENTAGON For the seco,ed time since tlte start of tlle Viet11am cease-fire - a suspension of U.S. mines weeping operalio11s off lite coast of Nor tit Vietnam. TIie a11noro1ceme11t of today's actions - coming from tlte Pe11tago11. Spotesma11 Jerry Freedlteim citing "conti11ued cease-fire violatio11s by tl,e otlter side - in Sou tit Viet11am and Laos;" also, c"•r1l•8 Ba,eoi .,illa Jailing "lo respect - tl,e u11ilateral cease-fir• declared by Ille government of Ca,nbotlla." ROGERS FOLLOW PENTAGON More o,s tlie same - from Secretary of State William Rogers ; in Ii is a,s,sual foreig,s policy s ta teme,at - as delivered today lo Co,sgress. Rogers sayi,ag: "We look /or.,ard - to a more co,astructive relatio,sslliP .,it,. Nori" Vieh,am. But neit,.er t"is - nor eco,aomic assista,ace - will be possible" - said "e - "uJtless t"e Viel,sam agreemerel is fully carried out." COMMERCE From t"e U. s. Commerce Department comes today - some good news and some bad news . First - t"e good news. Tl,e U.S. eco11om1 surgi,ag al,ead during tl,,e first quarter of Ninetee11-Seve11ty-Tl,,ree at its fastest pace in nearly twenty years. Tl,,e 11aU011's Gross Natio11al ProdNct - i,rcreasi,ag by more tlaa• fourt••• · per ce,at. lrt dollar totals - m ore tlan Forty Billio,e. Now - tlle bad. Tl,e natiort 's rate of i11flatio11 tl•rl11g tle same period - jumpi,rg alt alarmi,ag six t,er ce,et; or nearly twice as ltigll - as originally forecast. All of this is said to provide tlle Nlxo,e Adml,eistratio,e with somethi11g of a dilemma: •• U Ii lee •• J•w•r• e•I Mow to cool off the currertt eco,romic boom - wit,.out Plunging tie economy i11to a dow,rspin. CAPITOL HILL 0,i Capitol Hill - anotleer attemf,t today to crack tlae Hig,.111ay Trust Fu red. TIie House voting ore a nseas11re as much as - aimed at diverting ,■■ .19.,Seve,a H11redred -lliore-a-year into mass trattsil projects. But again - it 111as 110 go. Tia• 111011ltl-be trust-busters - Jal i11g by a vote of tw,o-fift••" in less lla,a to otte-11ir1ety. Tlaeir tlaird sucl defeat - , -~id · - - .. fo11r years. , . JJ SAFETY From the National High"'•Y Traffic Safety Adminiatration - a11 order today requiring so-called "i,sterlock systems" o,a all Nineteen-Seventy-" our cars; •laicla ,. me,u,s tltat said cars will not be able to move - u,stil fror,t- ••r;•• s e11gers •• ve safely fastened laf>-••d-s lo11lder belts. Tlls to serve as 1111 alter•aUve to Ile air bag -f c• ••• so far failed to live a,/) to es/)ectatior,.) URBAN President Nixon se11t to Congress today - t•e first of four ext,ected revenue sliaring t,rot,osals. T,,i, 011e calli11g for the distribution of Two-poi11t-Tltree Billio11 to cities a11d towns across tl,e natio11; ,ol,fcl, could tlae11 spend allocated funds - in th.e Preside11t's aoords - "as llaey desire, to meet their oao,a commu11ity develoP•e11t." ~ t ' Tl,e President add"'laat his ne• plan - ' h i,itended to repla c , i11/lexible and fragmented categorical grant-i11-aid programs;" also, "to reduce tlae excessive Federal control - tl,at laas bee11 so frustrati11g to local government." UNITED NATIONS At tlae United Nations - an attempt today at a compromise. Britain and France joining togetlaer - it1 submittit1g a Security Council draft resolution; o,ee tllal deplores all acts of violence in Ille Middle East - but sf>ecifically condemns tlaat Israeli raid last •eel, oa B•lr•t. A vote on tlle British and Frencll proposal - 110• set for tomorrow. - BUDAPEST Palestinian guerilla leader Yasser Arafat - .;,.. tl,e subject of a11 interview published today i,r Budapest. He's q•oted as saying: "The Palestinian resista11ce move,,.e11t is f ac i,ag a very grave s ilua tion. " First - 1,e c o,a " " " ed because "Washington has declared open war agai,ast it." A11d second - because "Israeli leaders, e11couraged by 11,;, I support - no longer care about their world image." TEL \ l' / \ ' F L L H /J l IJ A PE • T ll C' I ( ! Y • . ' S id ' - fr O Ill T , f A I i I • / S r ll (' / i Chi " f of la .If <, ' ' II • rat Du, i<I Ela~ar - l o da . , pr i r/ ic lin g a "long I ar" wi llt \rab K Ii rilla 0 11 a u or ldu i d balll ro11/. \ddin f.(, i11 1 /f c I : TI, g u 1 ' i II a · ·a n' I 11 1 i 11 - bu I I h imply refuse to qttil . G n ral Elazar al o a id that "nobod 3 will dictate tit nd or m e thod or pla e " - of Isra eli repri als. This - said It - b e aus e tlte guerillas "/Jla dirt - they allack it ilia,is plant bombs 011 innocent girls , ( ' ( • # ' c . ; i~ila11 aircraft - /ta ; ' no moral limitations . " ,.. - attac k ' PLANE /11/h curr11/i u o Bu ' i11 • H I i - ju I o tt I a /ory loda.\ deali11f! uith t>iloll e · planes. A Pentagon p o k e 111 a 11 q II o l d a · · a y i II ff Iii a l r o b o l p I a n e - hate air ad_\ b 11 11 e d i11 ietnam. Adding that the) "appear ,,eady nou lo perform u h mis ion as radar jamming, high-altitud photo ·eco1znai sance and trikes against gr o iuz d a n d s ea t a 1 - · g e t . " Th e e x p e ,, I a re f urt h e r s a id t o "foresee fleets of unmanned bombers, for example - by the e11d of thi decade . " ,GE TED LE D-JN T THOMA TAPE "JON LINDBERGH" And now - ii' · lime a rain for Lon II Thomas. His ubj I /011i hi - th 011 o f the Jam d "Lou Eagle." Lor1 ll . . . , ] LI DBEilG/1 Jo11 Liudb r![/J is ltai iux a ) ur off from hi d P · • n di, iU J!. A . .\O U probabl 1 1 ill r ca ll thi s ha be 11 . \Ollll K Liudb r)!lt occ11palio11 for . om e .\ nr • H hilc his f a/It r s /1 e ·iali z d in .fl)iUJ!, Ille son's lif e It a ~ Ill O t d i 11 f /J O p /> 0 . i / d i Y C / i O II - I /1 d un e r ea. A lthou K h a a d e p ea di r h e ur ly li •e d a 11 g r o II s l i I u 1 a s a II a II t o m o b i l a c c id II t la s I ) ' ea r t ha t 111 a d e de e p ea di L i ,, I! o II I of tit <J II e s t i o 11 Jo r a period of lwel ·e 111011th or o. During /hi · tim h e is de 1• e l op i II g s al mo II farm i 11 g I e c I, .i q u e. 11 a r hi home in th e Pug I SOlllld ar ea 11 ar S e attl e. H e al o has bee11 making a tudy of nviro1lmenlal probl e ms - pollutio1l. As he puts ti -- th most serio11s probl e tn are not the ob tou on tit lo c a l o 11 e s li k e o i I s pi ll s w It i c It g o way. H i much concerned regardi1lg p slicide r e idue which to~• e years lo de elop and th e n we find a whole life specie· has d isappeared along some coastal area. J ~ L I ' D B E R G II - ., F o r " I i m <' yo 11 ,, g l i II db t' r t! It Ii 1 1 t ' d a/ / It c ho/10111 of lh L' . ._• a, al a dcf>llt of f our l11111dr • <I nud thirty f • /, iu u 1 /rn/ is referred lo a:-; ' 1 1/1 fir.-./ "'"' r- a ha ital . '' II • n11d a co111pa11io11 sla_\( ' ,I do, 11 tit ,, for fo1 • /y nine hours iu a r11bbe ' r /11/, (; lit , dim e ,1sion ~ of L hich z er s rcn fe I b) 1hr , f e l. Jon Lindb rKh ha l e~l 1 d n et na :l ' submari,ies, he help d r oi r Iha/ mis ing lt3 1 drol(e11 bomb off Ille coast of Spain n oupl of •ear ago, and he played a par/ in rnis ,,g a 1111k e11 s-a:m ubmari11 from a depllz of te11 thou a,id f I. SUGGESTED FOI.,LOW TO TIIOMAS TAPE "JON LI DBERGH" Thank yo tt, Lott e ll. final /or y - in a moment. 1oscon P f> · i- ola c 111 lo R11 ia. Th i11al a1 • · ra11gem nls igned and · al , d loda.\ in Mo cot . Th Pep i o firm - agreeing lo build a ne, plant al No oro i k on the Black S a · I here Io I II r II o u I an initial annual prod II c Ii on - of three millio11 ca e o f P P i: i11 Yelurn for I hi h the Russia,zs will pro ide Pep ico - , ilh half-a-million ca e of odka each year. By the t ay, /he achie emenl of Loda_ 's pact calling for toast all around. But not with Pepsi - or vodka . Instead - Russian champagne.