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lianrl|p0tpr S iif ntng BpralJi MANCHESTER, CONN., MONDAY, SEPT. 30, 1974- VOL. XCIII, No. 307 Manchester—A City of Village Charm i jia ri EKN p a (; k s PRICE: FIFTEEN CENTS \ Watergate Cover-Up A t-' Trial Opens Tuesday •f WASHINGTON (UPI) - On the eve of As with the other defendants Strachan, prosecution for whatever he did, because the Watergate cover-up trial, U.S. District an aide to former White House chief of of the full pardon he received Sept. 8. Judge John J. Sirica today granted a staff H.R. Haldeman, was indicted for Might Be Full Airing government motion to give one of the conspiracy and in addition was indicted The trial might provide the fullest airing defendants, Gordon L. Strachan, a for obstruction of justice and lying. of whatever his role was. separate trial. In addition to Haldeman, the other Nixon resigned as president Aug. 9. He The cover-up trial — expected to be the defendants to go on trial Tuesday were has been in a hospital 3,000 miles away for culmination of the scandals that have ab former Attorney General John N. a week, and his lawyers suggest he is too sorbed the nation during the past two Mitchell, former White House aide John ill to testify at the trial, or to answer years and brought the resignation of D. Ehrlichman, former assistant Attorney questions the lawyers say only he can President Nixon — is scheduled to begin at General Robert C. Mardian and Kenneth answer. W. Parkinson, an official of the Nixon re- 9:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday with Sirica Both Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski presiding. election committee. r iJ i and Ehrlichman have subpoenaed Nixon. Sirica granted the motion to sever But Nixon — named as an unindicted Presumably, Jaworski needs him to cer Strachan's case from the other five defen [made coconspirator in the cover-up — was the tify the authenticity of the 30 hours of dants, but declined to reconsider his mo main center of attention. White House tapes the prosecution wants tion to dismiss the charges. The govern to use, and Ehrlichman wants to show he ment had asked that the trial be separated was acting as the president’s agent. because it has had difficulties with The former president is the star to Ford Stan- Strachan's indictment. witness. He is no longer subject to federal Chief trial prosecutor James F. Neal ice. Because a will take six weeks to two months to make le same thing his case. >r the money, Since five burgiars were arrested inside mon features; the Democratic National Committee at . All Ford Life- the Watergate complex June 17, 1972, a i in nn LTD nre DevCo Seeks Approval series of events have come to light wilder than any Washington fiction. or less routine There were the White House Of Coventry Project “plumbers” and their 1971 break-in at the At body primer, Rain Shortens Jazz Concert in the Park office of a psychiatrist treating Pentagon s rust-proofing tal impact, and populations projects, and Papers defendant Daniel Ellsberg. nies o f the Pinto MONICA SHEA various required legal and technical There were allegations of widespread month, a concert was given by the Correspondent The final Concert Series '74, spon by rain Sunday afternoon. More than 742-9495 documents. wiretapping — including eavesdropping in lance intervals. 100 persons risked the impending rain Spinx Temple Shrine Band. The con the Oval Office — “enemies lists” and a :cn service help sored by the Retail Trade Commis The Greater Hartford Community 6,000 Unit Planned sion of the Greater Manchester threat to come out and listen to Ken certs were staged in Center Park. The total number of dwelling units in the campaign to raise illegal corporate Development Corporation today filed an political campaign contributions. isc/rear drum Chamber of Commerce was cut short Morgester’s Jazz Band. Earlier in the (Herald photo by Pinto) application for a change of zone and the new zone is 6,000 with an intended over-all that resist heat maximum density of four units per acre. Four Cabinet Members 'ith long-wearing addition of a new section to the zoning ing power. regulations in Coventry which would per Of the 1,543 acres controlled by DevCo it Four former Cabinet members and several top aides in the Nixon White House ension xompo- mit and regulate a planned new communi proposes to leave 27 per cent of it into open ation are greatly ty on 1,534 acres which DevCo controls in space. and re-election committee were accused 11x1 rear rubber- Experts Agree on Problems; the northwest corner of Coventry. The proposed plan calls for a broad — and in 14 cases, convicted — of crime. David Hewitt, DevCo board chairman, range of housing types and hopes to draw Nixon resigned as the House neared an They give excel- commenting on today’s submission, said, its residents from the housing market of impeachment vote. gas mileage, “This plan for the proposed new communi Windham and Hartford areas. The trial will begin in the large nt process. Anti- ty in Coventry has been thoroughly The proposed new community would be ceremonial court room on the sixth floor o coats of rust' But Widely Split on Solutions reviewed, though each step of the plan servic^ by water from wells on land of the U.S. district Court house, with jury if acrylic enamel selection expected to consume several shell by an elec- ning process, by members of the DevCo owned by the applicant in the Willimantic beautiful finish, WASHINGTON (UPI) - The economic Two days of talk in the huge, oval On one point, no dispute existed. Gloom Board of Directors. We feel it reflects a River Valley. This land is above a major days and the trial most likely lasting until Christmas. inized muffler, experts could agree on this; The United shaped underground ballroom of the over U.S. vulnerability to foreign control thoughtful and responsible approach to aquifier with a projected water yield of fice life with a States is facing runaway inflation and Washington Hilton did not paper over the of the price and supply of petroleum land conservation and development.” 20.7 million gallons per day. James F. Davey, clerk of court, said rising unemployment. But they could not sharp ideological splits that still exist spread over the conference like an oil Sewer Plans between 650 and 675 persons were on call Two Years of Planning for jury duty. Of these, 170 have been told ider body parts, agree on solutions, and now President after a month of summitry; slick. In the general development plan, the Peter Libassi, president of DevCo, to report Tuesday, 190 on Wednesday and linc-rich primer Ford is asking ordinary citizens to help. —Labor and spokesman for the poor and The experts were still in disagreement community would preferably be sewered added to Hewitt’s comments by noting, 150 on Thursday. In his closing speech Saturday to the for consumers feel the Ford administra Sunday. by a townwide sewer system, or if that “Nearly two years of work on the plan for After the jury is selected, the trial will summit meeting on the economy. Ford tion may be ready to trade off higher un The conservatives said the first priority the new community have been successful isn’t feasable a system in the proposed said: employment to create the marketplace was to cut federal spending —which could be moved to Sirica’s own Courtroom No. 2 ly completed with this submission. We on the second floor. "Right now make up a list of 10 ways slowdown that can lead to lower prices. itself increase unemployment. The look forward now to full and public discus (See Page Eighteen) you can save energy and fight inflation. —Farmers fear the elements of scarcity liberals felt the poor and middle class sion with the people of Coventry and town Little things that have become habits but that gave them a short-lived boom in re should have cushions for the effects of in officials, as the town’s review process don't really affect your health and hap cent years will be built out of the system flation and were again proposing controls begins.” piness. Exchange your family’s list with through the creation of food reserves and on wages, rents and prices. Accompaning today’s application are a Alexander Jarvis your neighbors and send me a copy. controls on farm exports. In a broadcast interview (on NBC’s proposed zoning regulation of a planned .Vaks for Ideas Iinbaluiices Feared “Meet the Press” ), Chairman Alan community as well as a petition to es “Some of the best ideas come from your —Democrats contend tax incentives Greenspan of the Council of Economic Ad tablish the boundaries of a planned com home rather than the White House. The designed to induce consumers to save, in visers said, “ 1 tliink we have stagflation munity zone and to approve the general Dies; Rites Set success or failure of our fight against in vestors to invest and businesses to expand already. development plan and first phase detailed H "I’d say that the current state of affairs flation rests with every individual are bound to create greater imbalances in developement plan for the proposed Alexander Jarvis, 71, local contractor, He also built some of the town's first shop in which we find ourselves —that is low American." the tax system. project. developer and Realtor, of 26 Alexander ping plazas. double-digit inflation and an unemploy The speech talked of a federal budget —Many felt the Federal Reserve had The submission to the Planning and St., died this morning at his home.