ursday, May 31, 1973
hrlichman
lasts CIA
for role
n coverup
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In retrospect, had General Wal-
rs at the June 1972 meeting
aid to Mr. Haldeman and me
e things he apparently said
te ...ad we heen told flatly
era was no 'Mexican conec-
on' to the CIA at that time,
at would have ended the mat-
r as far as I was concerned,"
hrlichman said.
On the Ellsberg matter, Ehrlich-
an would not flatly contradict
e testimony of former CIA
puty director Cushman, but he
id he has on evidence or re-
llection to support it.
Cushman s w o r e Ehrlichman
led him around July 7, 1971,
ad stated that Howard Hunt
s a bona fide employe, a con-
ltant on security matters and
at Hunt would come to see me
d request assistance which Mr.
irlichman r e q ue s t e d that I
ve."
Ehrlichman testified yesterday
at he hasn't "even the faintest
collection" of calling Cushman
out Hunt. Furthermore, he said
at earlier this year, at his urg-
g, Cushman wrote him a mem-
andum stating that Cushman
uldn't recall who had phoned
request aid for Hunt. Ehrlich-
an said it's possible someone
lied Cushman and used his
me.
n another Watergate develop-
nt, the Justice Department
sterday denied that a special
elligence unit had engaged in
tive spying.
ources close to the Watergate
estigation said Justice Depart-
ant agents of the Intelligence
aluation Committee (IEC) in-
cepted m a i , tapped tele-
ones, audited income-tax re-
ns and planted informers. The
urces said the IEC became "a
ver for a secret police opera-
'" soon fater it was formed in
cember 1970.
tohn Hushen, director of public
ormation for the Justice De-
rtment, said the committee
as never been an operational
it." He said the IEC has a
all staff and merely evaluates
ormation supplied to it by
er agencies. Hushen said as
as he knows no one in gov-
ment engaged in the kinds of
ing in question.
n a related development, Rep.
arles Wilson (D-Cal.), chair-
a of a House Post Office com-
ttee, asked for an investiga-
n yesterday into -eports that
il of two Democratic presi-
itial candidates was illegally
ened.
ilson, in a letter to Post-
ster General E. T. Klassen,
id he is trying to confirm in-
mation that the federal Wate^-
te grand jury is probing the
tter.
A congressional aide to Wilson,
orge Gould, said some of the
oil of Sen. Edmund Muskie (D-
a.) was apparently set aside
the Washington, D.C., pst
fice, read, copied and put back
the original envelopes. This
portedly occurred during Mus-
's 1972 presidential 'id in New
mpshire.
he mail of Sen. George Mc-
vern (D-S.D.) was also apper-
tly tampered with while le
mpaigned for the Democratic
esidential nomination in Flor-
a, Gould said, quoting his own
urces.
LAST CHANCE!
MIXED LEAGUE
BOWLING
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THE SUMMER DAILY
Page Eleven
Confict of interest
probed in Abplanalp
bank charter deal
WASHINGTON (/)-New York industrialist Robert Abplanalp is a
principal stockholder in a new bank which sought its federal charter
during the year after his undisclosed purchase of much of the land at
President Nixon's San Clemente, Calif., retreat.
The agent for the bank and one of its founders was William Griffin,
Abplanalp's attorney. Griffin purchased two Key Biscane, Fla., lots
from the President, at a substantial profit to Nixon, late in 1972.
A SPOKESMAN said no one at the White House was involved or
aware of the chartering of the Yonkers, N.Y., bank, opened just over
a yeaor ago.
Available records indicate the application was processed and
approved routinely before the charter was granted to Hudson Valley
National Bank, although one examiner found "no real need" for the
bank.
Griffin said he talked to no one at the White House about the
charter.
ABPLANALP HAS BEEN ill and was unavailable for comment.
Gerald Warren, deputy White House press secretary, said: "No
one at the White House was aware of, or involved in any way, with
this charter application."
Records show that Abplanalp, a multimillionaire and close per-
sonal friend of Nixon, bought $115,000 worth of stock in the bank. That
made him the largest single shareholder other than the bank's
organizers. None of them purchased more than $125,000 from the
initial stock issue of $2.5 million.
The White House disclosed Friday that Nixon had borrowed $625,000
from Abplanalp to help purchase his San Clemente estate in 1969.
X AOULTS ONLY
24th WEEK
Happy together
Princess Anne, 22, and Lt. Mark Phillips, 24, whose engagement
was announced Tuesday, stroll through the grounds of Buckingham
Palace yesterday afternoon. Phillips was reportedly petrified
when he asked Anne's father, Phince Philip, for her hand in mar-
riage.
BEGINS TOMORROW:
Greek festivities===
ancing, food, fun
Following up last summer's
popular cultural festival, St.
Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
will open "Ya'ssoo Ann Arbor,
1973" tomorrow, which promises
to be an even bigger-and tastier
-event.
Running through Saturday
night, the high-spirited festival
will take place at the church on
N. Main, bringing Greek food,
music, dancing, and crafts to the
over 10,000 people expected.
ONE WELL-ATTENDED festi-
val- feature is the bake sale, this
year from 9 a.m. to midnight
both days. The women of the
church have prepared such good-
ies as baklava (diamond delights)
and koulourakia (sugared butter
cookies) for three weeks, while
the church men have taken
charge of the Greek luncheons
and dinners to be served under
an outdoor canopy. Greek shish-
kabob and wines will be fea-
tured.
At the Saturday afternoon
luncheon, folk and modern
dance demonstrations will be
presented by young costumed
members of Ann Arbor's Greek
community.
But for those who don't merely
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want to stand back and watch,
a Greek bouzouki band, the
Rhodians, are scheduled to play
during the evenings. Even the
church's pastor, Rev. Father
Athenagoras Aneste, joined in
the dancing at last summer's
festival!
GREEK ARTIFACTS including persons
vases, records, dolls, and religi-
ous items will be on sale and on
display during the festival.
Proceeds from the festival go
to the Church building fund.
THURSDAY & FRIDAY
F MLEEMARVIN and GENE HACKMAN...
Lee Marvm, as t1 hebg-tmne synoicate
enforcer, is pitted against Gene Hack-
man. who runs a "branch office" a00
who also decides to do away with the.
syndicate profit-sharing. Hackman uses
a cattle slaughterhouse as a front for two Academy Award
a prostitution racket that attributes winners--
ts asets to you gtfemale oa
Uondaet thecaefl anrectian otMishe
Ritchie (DOwNHILL RACER) you'll be
moving so fast you won't be able to
tell the real hot a ogs from the
e tkateers. PRIME CUT'S acting is top-
"MURDER, SYNDICATE STYLE"
each show
Modern $t.25
Languages ob$2.00
Bldg. duble
Wouh~nqtue
(East fatr
Washingaton
at Thayer 1 tickets on
ANN ARBOR sale at
6 Gp.m.
8:00& NEW
9:00 p.m WORLD
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t O'UM 3 f I.
MARLOW,
BRANDO/ N
SAA
SPEGEL'S
Pa i ir 1
ProduceresanSpiegel tc.orks an
explosive drama that exposes the
srditness of a small Southwest-
ern omnity. rana isaril-
liant as a brooding sheriff caught
up in the intrigue o the bigoted
town. Miss Fonda plays the con-
vict's wife. whois having an
affair with her husband's friend,
the pampered son of a an0
baron who rules the town. The
halsse affects all of them and
others nd sets off the fuse which
excoses the town's amorality and
bigotry. Arthur Penn has directed
this film superbly right aown to
the explosive climax.
7:15 & 9:30 p.m.-Aud. 4