Friday, August 3, 1973 MOSCOW The first Phase of the Senate Watergate hearings was originally scheduled to terminate today. This may accoi,11t - for wltat we hear from Moscow. The Soviet News Ags,acy Tass - offering its first comment on Watergate; in effect, a summation - of all the testimony to date. Tllss saying that "former governme11t officials a,ad White House staff members''quote "have saoor,a tllat Presld••I Nixo,a was blameless." Tass adding tllat tl,e Se,aate i11vestigatio,a l,as "lieus absolved tl,e Preside,a t of a,ay wro,ag-doing." Tllat - from Moscow. WATERGATE ~ It ~ ~ ~ - <if #fl . i ,:e- ~ .. la~, Watergate hearings - L • Pa tr I ck A ~ Gray to t•• ,.r.- toda~..,. /elling of lao111 lie received secret papers - taken from the safe of convicted Watergate conspirator E B0111ard Bunt. Wlalte Ho•se meeting IY wlll J _ ol&n Elrllclama• a•d Jol&rt Dea•. TIie former F B 1 director sa1l•1 •• tl•• took tlae B••I 1apers - to lals laome In Slo,al•glon, C o,u,ecllc•t Kead tl&em - a•d burned tlaem - alo•g •Ill llae Clarlstmas lrasla. Tlae former acting F B I Director gol•g o• lo say: "It Is tr•e tlaat nelller Mr. Blarllcl••• aor Mr. _ Dea• - e%1ressly l•str•cled n1e to destroy IAe files." "B•I tlaere 111as a•d Is no do•bt" - •• coall•••d "tl&at destr•ctlon •as lnleaded." Gray addl•g llaat lae d Is II,. ct l y rec a ll s "Mr. De a• say I,. g - "t la es e fl le• •er e political dynamite and clearly slaould 11ot see llae Uglt of day. " WALTERS FOLLOW WATERGATE Gray's testimony If follow-f4 tltat of Deputy ,'( _ 9--- ' C I A D,rector Vernon Walters: who told of a• appare•t Wla,te House attempt .,,,. to ••valve tlae C I A ,,. tl,e ~ Watergate couerup. ,-..Ge•eral Walters; 1l1w1114- - ••••••r. "'n all fa,rness K ,t was Joi,• Dea,a wlao •as 6'"'"• ••• ,, a Aard 1,me. Tl,e General addl•g llaat esceJJt for a "•o furtller co,stact .,,,,, Mr. BArtlclama,s, or Mr. Baldema• - at a,ay time "· BOMBING With Congress about to begin a mo,elh ~t ~ lon g recess - J. a special message today from President Nlxo•. Subject: The scheduled A•g••I flfteent'l1 cut-off -rN o,r U S bombing h1 Cambodia. Tlte President falling lo ask for a bo,,.bl•g exle,esio,e - as some tho•gltt he - mlgltl. lnatead saying: "The Co,agress ltas expressed Its .,,,, I• tie form of law - aftd the adml•lstraUon will obey tlat law. " Be tlte11 added: "I ca••ol do so, I•••• lo••11•r, toltlto•t staU•g my grave perso,eal reservatlo•• - co,ecer,el,eg 1,e da,egero•s potential co•seq•e,ece• of tltls meas•re." Tie Preslde,el 's message - tllo•gl atltlre••ed lo Co,egress - also servl,eg as a toar,el,eg to Baaol. - "I can o•ly loJle" - said lie - "th a t tlle Norll Viet•••••• ~ tolll ,eat drato . . erro,eeo•s co•cl•slo11 fro,,. lltls actlo,e ~ ) tlaat tltey are free lo lau,aclt a military offe,eslve ,,. oilier BOMBING 2 areas. " If so - he co11lh1ued - "North Vietnam •ordd be maki11g a very da11gerous error;" and, "Ille A merlca11 people would respo,ad to sucll -,,,, aggresslo,a - •ill, appropriate actio11. " - WHITE HOUSE F ~ ~ 4 - - ~ the White House~~ ' the publication of a report - from the Presidential commlsslo,e on flttattclal struct•re attd reg•latlotts; ~ ~ ~ llw.-wua a series of bankl,ag prpposals from,,..Preslde,at. JU:aow .. Tltese l,acludh•g a seve• pol,r.t program - for sp11rrh1g ,ae., housing corsstr11ctioa. Tle Preslde•t 11rgl,eg removal of federal limits ~ on the l,eterest rates paid o,a savh1gs deposits - also, calll•g for a,a ersd to l•terest celllags ors botl VA a,ed F B A TJau.~ lome mortgages. F11rtlaer 11rglag addltlo•al claa•g•• = A to provide for l•crl'ased com1>etltlo• bel•e•• b•••s a,111 tlarlft ' ,, ••• l11stlt11tloas. "S•c" competltlo• - said 11,e Pre•ltle•I - "111011ld ltell> ellml•ate tlae laeq•ltles - 110• l•1>osetl the cost of tlae e,atlre package o f • fl•a•clal servlc es - for the cons11mer" • UN EMPLOYMENT On the ,. r ■ 11 economic front - the U S Job plctu,,-e continues to Improve. Government figures announced today - disclosing . . . anotler drop In the U S Unemployment rate; Jrom four point elg,,t percent In June - do•n to four point seve• ,erce•I § In July. And that - we are told - ,,,e lo,oest ---- figure sh1ce April of Nlnetee11 Seventy. JUSTICE By order of Attorney General Elliott Richardson - an old wound Is re-opened. Peterson loday ordering a new Investigation ,p hito the Nineteen Seve,aly shooting of.._ four Keftl State students by Oldo NaUoNal guardsme,a. Tlals on Ile basis of a mo•th- lo•g stud, .rv ol:revMous k l•vesllgatlo•. A spokes,na,r saying: "We tltl•N llere were - several facts missing".- I, - BARTH ORBIT Tltelr place In space safely assured - at least, for the time behtg - tlte Sky Lab T•o ~~ Ml astro,aauts •ere back/\.t,, lw ••••~ today; a• tltey orbited tlte eartlt - tald,ag a 1>1'0 to ••eel> from Seattle to Bousto• a,a4 on Soutlt; also setll•g •P preU••••ry 1>re11aratlo•s for tltelr flr•I s,ace •alk - •ldcla Is •o• sclae4tded for Mo•4ay. For t1,e first t••• • -dl-.u~ •l•ce tlaey •e•I aloft - llte tlaree astro•••I• ~•II sol to be "I• escelle•t co•41tlo•. " Wltlle ltere below, - at Ca/le K••••d1 - rescue mission. Ot1e tlaat •Ill •ever be •••4ed - t1,ey 1,ope. 1•4eed, t1,e Sty Lab T•o sll•llle craft Is re /IOrled to4a y ht ,,,,.,,., ,,. .. "' , , . flyable COfldlt•o•. " B "t s ti 11 - t It e y 're ta k I,. g ,. o c 1, a ,ac es • ISLE OF MAN The death toll In that fun palace fire o,a the Ji I e o I Man - Is no IO s et at f I It y ; 111 Ith "t., o or three "more - still missing, at last reports. body laad ,ml been • lde,allfled. BERKELEY We 1,ear times are a-claa11gin' - as witness Ille following from Berkeley, California. TIie Berkeley Barb one of tire Nation's first so-called u,adergrou,ad ,aetosf)at,ers - a,a,aou,aci,ag a ,aeav ad t,olicy. Publisller Mas Sclterr •ayiNI tllat as of today - tlle Barb will ,ao lo,ager accet,t sli,,., advertisi11g . So, maybe Bill, tlte u,adergro11,ad t,r••• is co•I• ut, for air. TRELLEBORG Over the past couple of years Uga•da• P'reslde•t I I a:ils Ide A"''• llas proved hlfflself a specialist N~ I• slePPl•g o• otller people's toes. In the saffle vel•, Afflln dlsclosl•g receatly lae Aas extrefflely large feet - sl•e fourtee•; so big, I• fact, tlaat lae 's uaable to get a flt I• Ugaada - exceJJI I• ar•y co,,.bal boots. All of 111Alc• serves •• a fro"' Trelleborg, S111edea. A local ae111sJJaJJer llaere -- tatlag •ol• of A"''•'• foot 1,-ouble•. Saylag It ••• lierefor• se,uHag ,,,,,. a gift - t•at ,,.a, laelp ,,,,,. o•t. Ti• •e•spaper sayl•g: "By Sal•rday, Presldeat A•I• slaould be able to re•ove lals boots - a•d JJ•I o• a pair of S•edlsla saadals."