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\ PAGE THIRTY-TWO - MANCHESTER EVENING HERALD, Manchester, Conn., Wed., Sept. 26, 1973 • * Dissentin Soviet Uiiion Assessed anrIjfHtfr iupntnn llrralJ) evolutionary reform. It frankly EDITOR’S NOTE - Andrei elected leaders accountable to Yuji Daniel and Andrei calling Itself SMOG, the Russ hand in carbon copies, carried strangle a Communist party all Jews. Beat the anti-Soviets.’ praised capitalism, denigrated D. Sakharov, a nuclear an elected parliament and some Sinyavsky were arrested for acronym for "Word, Tliought, names, dates, places, prison liberalization brought a public " Some were beaten, many MANCHESTER, CONN., THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 1973 - VOL. XCII, No. 304 Mancheiter—A City of Village Charm t w e n t y -e ig h t p a g e s physicist, and Alexander I. vaguely socialist aims. The having written critically of the Image, Depth," Issued a terms, types of persecution and protest demonstration in arrested. Soviet socialism. TWO SECTIONS PRICE i FIFTEEN CENTS Solzhenitsyn, the Russian regime hit them hard in 1967, Soviet system. Their writings manifesto and even staged a other information of Interest to Moscow. In the words of the -^1969; A "Program for a -November 1970; Sakharov, novelist, are perhaps the best arresting anywhere from 60 to had found theijr way to the demonstration in D ecern^. dissidents. It appeared regular- young poet Natalaya Qor- Democratic Movement" cir­ with two other physicists, known dissenters in the Soviet several hundred. Many went to West. This was a benchmark —April 1968; The chronicle of Iy<.every two months until Oc­ banevskaya, soon to be im­ culated underground. It spoke formed the Human Rights Com­ ’4[ H Union today. Who are the harsh labor camps on charges case since the harsh sentences Current Events appeared. This tober 1972. prisoned; "The KGB in civilian for those who wanted to dis­ mittee, later joined by many House Turns Down Agnew Request others? What chance do they of treason. the two drew led to open underground, /typewritten —August 1968; The Soviet-led clothes fell upon us. Rushing up mantle the whole Soviet system other eminent figures. In­ have in changing the Soviet —September 1965; Writers protests. One protest group newspaper, circulated hand to invasion of Czechoslovakia to to us they shouted, 'These are rather than invest any hope in cluding Solzhenitsyn as a system? What is the Kremlin "corresponding member." doing about them? Following is the first of three articles on the Soviet civil rights movement. Grand Jury Begins By WILLIAM L. RYAN AP Special Correspondent The Kremlin today seems to 1 ^ . be searching cautiously for a safe way to snuff out what remains of the Soviet civil f\ rights movement; but while it Probe of Charges has won some battles, it is far BALTIMORE, Md. (AP) - A One of the lawyers, Judah courthouse corridor leading to It has, though, already in­ from winning the war. OF aaanchester special federal grand jury Best, told newsmen In the grand jury hearing room so dicted one Maryland official, N. It has moved deliberately, today began hearing evidence Washington that final touches that newsmen could not see who Dale Anderson, who succeeded anxious to avoid arousing the allegedly involving Vice Presi­ were being put on a motion came and went. Agnew as Baltimore County sort of protest outcry that could dent Spiro T. Agnew in a endanger its quest for impor­ seeking a temporary injunction There were reports that the executive when Agnew was widespread tangle of political and said the motion could be federal prosecutors handling tant economic concessions corruption. elected governor in 1966. Ander­ filed early next week. Best said the investigation were seriously son has pleaded innocent to 39 from the United States and the Only an eleventh-hour effort he did not feel that the start of considering daily sessions of counts of bribery, extortion and West. by Agnew’s lawyers to seek an This latest in a series of the grand jury hearings would the grand jury in order to speed conspiracy and has branded the injunction against the inquiry make it any more difficult to up the probe. Should that charges a result of “coerced repression campaigns, i could have stopped the un­ launched almost two years ago, stop them. happen, sources said, presenta­ and perjured testimony. precedented investigation of has wounded the movement "We are going to file,” Best tion of evidence could be com­ It is Agnew’s view, which alleged wrongdoing by a vice severely, but it remains alive. said. pleted within a week. Albert declined to accept "at president of the United States. The drive began when the The grand jury session began Agnew is under investigation this time,” that a House in­ That effort never materialized. Kremlin was building its amid the same overwhelming for possible violation of tax, vestigation is the proper form The possibility still existed, current policy of peaceful security precautions that have bribery, extortion and con­ — not the grand jury. however, that Agnew’s lawyers coexistence. marked the last two sessions of spiracy laws. He has labeled all He feels that even if the would take some action soon to the panel. Federal marshals charges against him as House investigation would lead It has silenced the un­ halt the inquiry. derground press, the cement completely blocked off the “damined lies.” to impeachment proceedings he that has kept a frail rights The allegations center on would be vindicated. movement together. However, kickbacks from contractors in the Kremlin ran head-on into a i k the 1960s when Agnew was chief Launch Jaycee Fund Raising Project highly publicized challenge, a Yale Constitution executive of Baltimore County Patent situation unique in the history and then governor of Maryland. Edgar Clarke, left, chauffeurs Charles Burr In a 1910 Knox of the show being sponsored by the Manchester Jaycees. of Communist power, when it : : i i Expert Believes * There also have been published Speedster to the main entrance of Manchester Memorial Proceeds of the show will be donated by the Jaycees to turned its heaviest artillery on reports, all denied, that Agnew Reform Hospital where Burr purchases the first ticket to the An­ help defray the cost of a fetal heart monitoring machine in the outstanding figures of the received illegal cash after he tique Auto Show and Flea Market to be held Sunday from the obstetrics unit at the hospital. (Herald photo by rights movement. Agnew Unindictable took office as vice president in Requested 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at tbe Antique Auto Museum on Slater St. Bevins) Stubborn voices, like those of 1969.■ Atty. John Papa, seller of the ticket, is project chairman NEW HAVEN (AP) - The;, no job, really,” and legal action Agnew’s lawyers huddled WASHINGTON (AP) - Andrei D. Sakharov, the argument by Vice President President Nixon told Congress nuclear physicist, and against him while the president Wednesday to assess their ' Spiro T. Agnew’s lawyers that is functioning in office would client’s position after Speaker today that the nation’s patent On Jewish Emigration Alexander I. ^Izhenitsyn, the he cannot be indicted while in system, basically unchanged Nobel Prize-winning novelist, not cause government to suffer. Carl Albert, noting the matter office appears to be supported He said he believed it was was before the courts, rejected for more than a century, needs News Capsules refused to be silenced. by the Constitution, a Yale to be reformed to keep pace The Communist party “perfectly proper” for Agnew Agnew’s appeal for the House University law professor says. to request the House of of Representatives to conduct with dram atic changes in - Congress Warned couldn’t remain aloof to this technology and research. “It’s a much qloser question Representatives to investigate its own investigation of charges Charges Dropped UAW Vice President Ken Ban- challenge. But these'stalwarte than in the case of the In a message to Capitol Hill, were not ordinary men. It bribery allegations against him against him. WASHINGTON (AP) - Navy non said on Wednesday; president,” but “my view is the President submitted his Pa­ would not be as easy to deal because the House has sole Secretary John R. Warner has “There’s no indication that Not To Push that on balance I do not think he tent Modernization and Reform with them the way others had authority to impeach him. Any legal blocking effort decided to drop charges of mis­ there will be a proposal on the is indictable,” Prof. Alexander Act of 1973 which he said com­ been dealt with; shipment to in­ charge mth our “Assuming that he thinks he would have to be decided by conduct and mutiny against two table by next Thur^ay.” UAW M. Bickel, an authority on con- bines “the best parts of our sane asylums, forced labor or is innocent, I think it was a U.S. Dist. Court Judge Walter former prisoners of war. President Leonard Woodcock Soviets Too Far stitutional law, said existing system with the most- exile. Their towering creditable, statesmanlike ac­ Hoffman of Norfolk, Va. He However, Pentagon sources added that the meeting had not UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) — Secretary of State Wednesday. tion to take,” he said. promising proposals for im­ been called because of a reputations made their voices was named to handle the Agnew proving it.” said Warner will censure the Henry A. Kissinger says the prospect of continued im­ too clearly heard. A president’s immunity from However, Rep. Robert N. phase of the investigation after men. Marine Lt. Col. Edison breakdown in contract talks. indictment should extend to the He said the proposed legisla­ provement in American-Soviet relations could be en­ The dissenters are scientists, Giaimo, D-Conn., said the all nine federal judges in Wainright Miller and Navy vice president, Bickel said, tion results from a number of writers, other intellectuals.

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