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MANCHESTER, CONN., THURSDAY, MAY 2,1974- VOL. XCIH, No. 181 Manchester—A City of Village Charm THIRTY-SIX PAGES - \ t WO SECTIONS PRICE: FIFTEEN CENTS Judiciary Committee Not Satisfied ___ 4 ^ President to Carry Case to High Court WASHINGTON (UPI) — subpoena Wednesday, saying Nixon already this week had President Nixon’s lawyers stronger language voting with giving up the tapes would "be made public transcripts of 20 of refused to meet today’s sub­ the Republicans. ' inconsistent with the public in­ the 64 conversations sought. poena deadline to hand over The committee has informa­ terest’’ because the tapes “There is no confidentiality .tapes of 64 Watergate-related tion from the White House in covered confidential conver­ left,” Lacovara said. the form of tapes previously conversations to special sations between the President John 'McCahill, a St. Clair turned over to Jaworski as well prosecutor Leon Jaworski and and his advisers. assistant, responded that as other material gathered by said they would fight the case St. Clair claimed Jaworski although the edited transcripts the grand jury, federal agen­ alt the way to the Supreme was on a “ fishing expedition’’ Court if necessary. had been released, .“the Presi­ cies, the Senate Watergate to get more information for his dent has not waived privilege on U.S. District Judge John J. committee and its own in­ case against the seven cover-up the tapes themselves.” Sirica set a Monday deadline vestigators. ‘The meeting today defendants and the tapes The transcripts released by for Jaworski and the seven was to decide how to use that to already provided the Nixon were for Watergate its best advantage. defendants in the Watergate prosecutor and the public related conversations by Nixon Vice President Gerald R. cover-up case, scheduled to go should.be enough for the trial. on tepes subpoenaed by the Ford today warned the com­ ■i’. A on trial in September, to St. Clair said Wednesday the Judiciary Committee. answer the White House motion mittee not to get involved in a case would be taken to the partisan wrangle. to quash the subpoena. The committee voted shortly Supreme Court if Sirica ruled “This is a very serious The House Judiciary Com­ against the White House. before midnight Wednesday to \ ts mittee, which voted late notify Nixon by letter that matter — the impeachment or Wednesday night on a nearly The . subpoena was despite the more than 1,250 nonimpeachment ■ of the straight party line to inform answerable at 10 a.m. today. In pages of private conversations President,” Ford said on NBC- Nixon he had not complied with a lO^minute hearing, Sirica set now public, Nixon “failed to TV’s Today Show. “And for it to its subpoena for 42 tapes, held a a 2 p.m. EDT Monday deadline comply!’ with the subpoena develop into a partisan issue ^They Trapped Me^ meeting this morning to decide for Jaworski to answer the asking for the 42 tapes would. get the House action how to' use the information it White House motion and away from the facts.” themselves. “They trapped m e,” testifies Maxwell Smart as played by Joseph Adorno and playing th^ ourt clerk to his right is has gathered in its inquiry into scheduled a hearing on the Ford said he was “convinced Jay April in the Law Day mock trial at East Catholic High matter for 10 a.m. Wednesday.’ §cotte Gordon, ECHS student. (Herald photo by Barlow) possible presidential impeach­ The 20-18 vote was almost a beyond any doubt” after School’s gym Wednesday. Playing the judge is Judge ment. straight partisan vote, with reading the transcripts that the S' Phillip A. Lacovara, an assis­ only one of 17 Republican James D. St. Clair, Nixon’s President is innocent of any tant to Jaworski, argued briefly members voting with the chief Watergate lawyer, filed that the motion should be Democrats to send the letter , the motion to quash Jaworski’s (See Page Eighteen) denied “summarily” because and two Democrats who wanted Mock Trial Staged for Law Day By MAL BARLOW Kissinger’s Mideast Mission Atty. Craig p. White played “trapped” into the sale and the history of the trials Ideally ‘Not guilty,’ pronounced the counsel foi;/the defense and jury apparently agreed. since they began in the Ihte foreman of , the 12-student jury must haye been persuasive as 1950s, he noted. \ Enters Into Crucial Phase Wednesday afternoon at East he goLMax off the hook. The original play got a second Catholic High School at the end run this morning at Manchester The mock trials were a key of the trial of “Maxwell Smart” /Manchester Policemen Gary JERUSALEM (UPI) - The official said the first Kissinger, said he and his find out within hours of arriving High School where the judge part of Law Day in Manchester. for possession with intent to selL 'Miner and Samuel Rotsch was played by state Circuit Secretary of State Henry A. thing needed was a definition of government colleagues were whether he has a chance to Law Day chairman was Atty. a controlled substan^ engineered the arrest of Max Court Judge Francis Quinn and Kissinger arrived here from the line to which Israel will “convinced that the friendship work out a troop disengage­ Thomas FitzGerald. The town (heroin). and testified about it. Atty. Max was played by Scott Mof- Egypt today to begin the crucial withdraw. Second was to define and the common values ment accord” during his fifth lawyers were assisted by the phase of his bid to end the Max, played by J^y April, White made it clear poor Max fit, a MHS student. All the other Manchester Junior Womens’ the strength of the forces on between Israel and the United Middle East peace mission must have been scared by the Israeli-Syrian fighting. He ran each side of the line and the States infinitely overshadows ECHS English tea^^r, was the characters were the same. Club. since last Octobers 17;day war. lead character ipthe mock trial size of Officer Rotsch, a rugged into demonstrations against third what kind of force would and outweigh^ any variety of ’The U.S. diplomat'^ade the / staged by theManchester Bar 185 pounder. Law Day is “directed toward Israeli concessions and be between them. viewpoints, and that the one-hour flight to Israel after The MHS jury verdict: “Not proinised not to work against Associattofi. The trial was youth and the law and is That meant whether there friendship is well founded and more than two days of talks guilty.” , II Israel’s security. writtem-^cept for the jury ver- There was little doubt in the designed to educate would be a U.N. Emergency has withstood many tests.” with Egyptian President Anwar Demonstrators chanting and dicttjy Atty. Ralph Alexander trial that Max had indeed Atty. Alexander noted the Manchester youths by con­ Force as Israel and the United In a jovial mood, Eban said Sadat in Alexandria. • ^ carrying signs urging no con­ who also played the prosecutor. turned over to the officers, not high schools have not turned in veying a deeper understanding States want or only U.N. Israeli officials had come to the A high American official cessions were outside State Circuit Court Judge in uniform at the time, three a “guilty” verdict in about and appreciation of what law is observers, as Syria has airport to greet Mrs. Nancy traveling with Kissinger said and how the legal process func­ Kissinger’s hotel when he Joseph Adorno did an ad­ “dime” bags of heroin in return seven years in the Law Day suggested. Kissinger on her first visit to the secretary of state would.get tions today,” according to Atty. arrived in Jerusalem. On mirable job as the judge of the for $150 in cash. The defense mock trials. There have only TTie American official said Israel. an indication of the outtodk of FitzGerald. Wednesday there were mock trial. argued that Max was been two“guilty” verdicts in the that the United States stands “To our very pleasant sur­ his fifth Middle East pedM mis­ demonstrations in Damascus with Israel in thinking that the prise,” he said, “we found that against what a May Day throng sion after today’s talks with return of 65 Israeli prisoners of the secretary of state had come Israeli leaders. called the “ cheap Aitierican, war held by Sytia since the Oc­ along as well.” Jewish conspirator.” U.S. officials have said Israel tober war must be part of a dis­ Kissinger was expected to probably would have to make Kissinger was engaging in a engagement agreement. series of meetings with Israeli the first move to break an im- Guay Named Deputy Warden Kissinger recalled when he passe/over troop disengage­ leaders expected to last into the landed the U.S. friendship for / . Don^t Know night and Friday, when he is ment on the Golan Heights, Dennis Guay of Guay beat 20-year-old Ellen- wa§ its first president. He com­ Israel during the October war, \raere the two sides have been prison,” LaBelle told the Par­ scheduled to fly on to Syria. Challenged M anchester, given a life mary Fogarty to death with ^ pleted work on a master’s dons ^ a rd in 1971. declaring: fighting daily fof nearly two A high official on the To Debate sentence in 19^ for the murder bowling pin on July 11, 1963 as degree in education from the The Board commuted Guay’s “I come here again to discuss months. of his sister-in-law that July,, she slept in her bed in Kissinger plane went out of his with the Israeli cabinet the University of Hartford in June, life sentence in May, 1971 CHICAGO (UPI) - /S e n .

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