June 25, 1973 Monday WATERGATE On Capitol Hill - John Dean was telling all today and then some. The first installment - in the form of a two hundred and forty-five page statement· which he read aloud - to the Senate Watergate Committee. The former White House aide sta'Y'ting out by saying: "It is m honest belief that while the President was involved - he did not realize or appreciate the implications of his involvement." Adding: "When the facts come o,d - I hope the President will be forgiven." And then - a massive indictment of the Nixon Administration. "Watergate matter" - said Dean - "was an inevitable outgrowth of a climate of excessive concern over leaks an insatiable appetite for political intelligence - all coupled with a do-it-yourself White House staff regardless of the law." Dean als O telling of a meeting •.ith the President WATERGATE - 2 the day the original Watergate indictments were handed down. Saying he told the President - of Ids eff o · rts to k eet, the scandal "out of the White House." Whereupon the President complimented him - said Dean. Later on, Dean telling of a meeting with tlae Preslde,it - last March. "I told the President" - said he - "about the fact that there were money demands - being made by ~ - tlae seven convicted defendants; that there -r no mo,ae_y pay tllese individuals to meet those de,,.a,ads." "Re asked me laow much it could cost" - Dean we,at on "I told laim it might be as laigla as a Million Dollars" - lie co,aH,aued. The Preside,at he said replied: "Tltat would be 110 problem." Dean concedi,ag, llowever, tlle Preside,at later •aid - lie was "only kidding." At the western White Bouse, tlle reaction to all this a determined sile,ace. Press secretary Ro,a Ziegler sayi,ag: "We do not f,lan to ha a cmmment - as t 1 ' Ervin Committee -roceeds. " ANDREWS At Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland _ hail and farewell toda to Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Since President Nix1Jn was still in San Clemente _ Vice President Spiro Agnew was on hand for the official ltonors. "We have made great progress during your visit" - he told Brezluaev - "in develot,hag good working relatio11s. It llas been on honor to welcome you" - lie continued - "a11d we wish you a safe journey home." Brezhnev responding by saying: "I wish the America,a t,eot,le peace and t,rost,erity - allthe best a,ad goodbye '"•til we meet agai,a." A,ad later - en route to Paris - lte also se,at back a st,ecial message to Preside11t Nixo,a. Ext,ressing "sincere gratitude for tlte warm welcome" he received - "and for the co11structive spirit of our fruitful 11egotiations. " w h il e Br• z h,. e v was s till in th e a i r the ,. e was off I c i al t,a,bl ica ti on of the joint comm unique he signed yes lerday II alo,ag with President Nixon. TIie two leaders haili,ag llteir ANDREWS - 2 si,mmit talks - as a milestone in promoting u. s. 0 ,.d Russian relatlons~reeing t/tat t>rospeals are no., favorable - for reaching a perma11e11t treaty limitiftg tlie 11se of ""clear weapons . Fur titer set ti11g a goal of T,oo-to-Tlaree Bill io11 i,a So vie t-A merican trade - over tit e 11e,: t tla re• year•. SUPREME COURT From tlae U.S. Sut,reme Court - a t,air of ver,Ucts today striking down newly-e11acted laws - i,a New, York a,ad Pe11,as yl van ia; tla ere by ba,a,sing i11d irec t a id to ,,,.,.oc laial scllools , by means of tax credits or t11Uio,s t,ayme,ats. laave a "Primary effect tlaat adva,aces religio,a;" a,ad tlterefore violate tlae Co,ssti111tio,aal provision - calli,sg for ••P•ratio,s of cla11rcla aad state. GAS Washington again - the first results of a ,aatio,uoide claeck - to determine tlae effective,iess of Preside,it Nixo,a's ,sew price freeae . Tl,,e Preside,at'• Eost of Livi,ag Co•,acil reporting that more tlaan eleven l,•,adred gas statio,as - were fo•,ad to be overcltarging their customers r -.:4N·• ... r-••r> abo•t two ce,ats a gallo,a. special Fr•••e Director James Mc Lar,e adds, 1,o••ver, tlaat all tlte statior,s i,a q•estio,a - agreed immediately to roll &act tla•ir prices. l,a tl,,e case of U least o,ae big ,ol,olesalev - a big refu,ad is also i,a order. McLara• sayi,ag: "Tl,e ,aecessity cf all busi,aesses coMPlyi,eg t0UI, freeae rcgula tio,as - ca,a,aot be overstressed. " DUBLIN At Dublin Castle - a changittg of tl,e gua,d today ; a,itll an English- bo,n Protestant - becomi11g tire fourth Preside11t of the Irish Republic. Sixty-eigltt-yea,-old E'rskine Clailders - s1'cceedi11g the lege11dary Eamo11 De Valera. Tile ne,o Preside11t - a,r lrisla reside11t fo, mo,e ""'" J . ifty years; but Ile took lais fi,s t lesso11 in Gaelic - o,aly - tllree .,eeks ago. This so lie could take ltis oatlt today ,,. the 11a ti ve l'ris h to,ag•e. OMAGH A case of grim retribution - is reported t o d a y ~ Nortlaern Ire land., ....,_ f car bound for Omagla ha Cou,ety Tyrone, - w• Suddenly a treme,edo•s esplosion. TIie tltree men inside - killed instar-tly. Police saying tlaey were apparently members - of a terrorist bomb sqa,ad; .....a (i.e of tlaeir laome-made bombs ~goi,eg off prematurely, and tlla,s - victims of tlleir own laate. CANBERRA From Canberra - an announceme"t today suggesti,ag that the new government of Australia - lras fl,aally t,atclled tlrt,.gs up with Was I, ington. Australia,a P-rime Mi,alste-r Go11gll Wllitlam - sayi,ag lie t,la,as }f~ to meet 111itl, P-reside,at,...T•ly Tlai-rtietll in Washi,agton. This e11 -ro•te to a meeti,ag of Commo,a,oealth Prime Mi,aisters - ,,. Otta•a. TORONTO Britain's Queen Elizabeth a,id Prince Pltili p - arrived today in Toro,ato , · the first stop on an eleve,a-day "Meet tlie People" tour - tllat will take them to twenty Ct1,aadia,a cities. LONDON For India's touri,sg Indira Ga,sdlai - a brief stot>-off today in Lo,adon e,s route home. tt ••\I Ian e r, V - , 11 , , cwt+. Britisla Prime Edward Heall ;, ; tlen getti,sg i,sto h•r car to leave - wlaereupon slae waa mobbed by demo,estrators. These - mai,sly Paltistani immi1ra,sls; l11rU,a1 •11• at Madame Ga,adlai 's car - a,sd ge,aerally tryi,a6 to ••6•rr••• more titan n i,se ty thou• and P11k is tafli /)ris o••rs of ., • .,. . JACKSON Jackson, Mississif>t>i - the largest Presbyteria,i C1aurch in all of Mi s sissif>t>i - decides to go it alo,ie. T11e }trst Presbyterian Church of Jackso,i - vothag overw1aelm"'6fy to withdraw from tlae Presbyterian Church in the U,iiled States. Tlris in t>rotest agai,ist a numbet" of rece,et t,ositio,es - ta•e" by the Claurcle's Ge,eeral Assembly. T11e Revere•d Doctor Donald Patterson ,eoti,sg, for examt,le - a tolera,et ,ta,ece on abortion, ot,t,ositio,a to cat,ilal t>u•i•llme,et, a,ad ,eo•-sut,t,ort of official U. s. policy i,e Viet11am. Dr. Patterso,s addi,eg tlaat tlae Jac•so,i gro•t> • i l l •o• "conti•ui•g claurcla" - so•e•1aat more co,sservative i,i ,sature; o,se tllat more closely reflects llaeir o•" vie•• •aid lee - on a ,eumber of basic issues• BUENOS AIRES Just Jive days back in Argentina - seventy-seven-year- old Juan Peron was back in business today. The former dictator setting up an office - in tlle Argentine Ministry of Social Welfare; tlae same agency he first used as his spring oard to power - more than a quarter-of-a-century ago. Once settled - Peron saying he felt lite Ale~a11der tlte Greatf1111ien tl,e latter finally "installed 1iimself in a Palace - :s~, tl,at 1iad cost 1iim t1iree years of 1iard. battle." 1 teron sayl•g ~ ~ - , - Ha W-OM a-.. AleKtusde,¼ "T1ils is w1iat I call - bel•g a ~ ""•g. ,, jiiZ WHALES Starting today in London - tlae t11Jenty-fifth 011,.ual of co,,ference ,rr the International Wlaaling Commission. Keynote st,eaker - Antlaony Stodart, British Minilter of Agricul t•re and Fis laeries r,,rging stricter c o,eservatio11 measures - in laot,es of saving tlie wlaale from exti11ctio11. ''It is not enough , ;y tlJat depleted stocks of 1111,ales are recotJering" - said lae. Adding tliat "everytlaiMg must be 4o,ae tl,at can be do,ae " - to preserve a,ad protect tlte •laale. Next - American delegate Robert Wl,ite - wl,o •as even more blunt; 11oti11g tlat recent 1111,ale studies - l,ave sllo111n "a large and unkno11111 measure of a,acsrtai,sty;" tlterefore, urging "a complete moratorium - o• tl,e commercial taking of all wltales." "Tlaese vie111s" - said le - "stem from a deep-rooted feeli,sg i,s tlte people of my country _ that the time has come wlaen the killi,ag of wlaales must stop . "