'PLUMBERS' DATA REPORTEDLY KEPT FROM F.B.I. IN 1972; Gray and Petersen Are Said to Have Withheld C.I.A.'s Reports of Assistance Petersen Got Data Data on 'Plumbers' Reportedly Withheld Information on Hunt 'Never Had a Chance' Transmitals to Gray Kleindienst Comments
Date: 10 July 1973
By DENNY WALSHSpecial to The New York Times
sources close to FBI Watergate investigation rept that 2 high Justice Dept officials for many mos withheld from FBI agents information that would have led agents much earlier to White House 'plumbers' group set up to scrutinize Govt leaks to newsmen; rept that early in July '72 CIA furnished acting FBI Dir L P Gray 3d with documentation of CIA aid furnished to plumbers; say that 3 Fed prosecutors and FBI field agents assigned to Watergate case and related matters did not know Gray had material until it was found in his office safe after he resigned as head of bur on Apr 27; Asst Atty Gen H E Petersen obtained information from CIA in Oct and at same time learned that Gray was in possession of material; Petersen, then in charge of Watergate investigation, did not pass on material to FBI agents, nor did he make it known that Gray had concealed material; full scope of CIA support of plumbers was not known to FBI agents until early in May, when it came to light independently of them, during latter stages of trial of Dr Daniel Ellsberg in Pentagon papers case; CIA documentation was turned over to Petersen in response to series of questions submitted to agency by Asst US Atty E J Silbert, then chief prosecutor in Watergate case; R Helms, then CIA Dir, arranged to turn over material to R G Kleindienst, then Atty Gen; Kleindienst says material was delivered to him in manila envelope and that he delivered it to Petersen without opening it; indicates that he was not aware that Gray had material; pors of Petersen and Gray
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A Nervous Montevideo Awaits the Outcome as Workers Resist Army Crackdown; Student Is Killed
Date: 09 July 1973
By MARVINE HOWE
Marvine HOWE
Uruguayan gen strike protesting Pres Bordaberry's closing of Cong enters 12th day; factories are cleared by army only to be re-occupied by workers; observers feel that fate of democracy in Uruguay depends on ability of strikers to hold out; 30,000 take part in funeral cortege of R Pere Bardier, who was shot in back on July 6 by mil patrol, which said he fired on them; closing of Cong has led to formation of informal alliance of trade unions, most pol parties, students and such professionals as doctors and journalists; goal of alliance is Bordaberry's ouster and restoration of democracy; even Govt is affected, with resignations of several officials reptd; public is caught in middle of contest between strikers and Govt and its mil backers; hardships are not sufficient at moment to provoke mass protest but there is anxiety about what will happen when continued closing of most of factories is felt; strike of bank workers is most disruptive; money is in short supply and trade has slowed dramatically; effect of strike on public transport, food supply and news media noted; army and police still patrol Montevideo; Govt has ordered all public servants be dismissed if they do not return to work and that strikers in private enterprise can be let go without compensation
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Sabotaging the G. O.P.'s Rivals: Story of a $100,000 Operation; Scope of Activity How Rivals of the Republicans Were Sabotaged: Story of a $100,000 Operation Fear of 'Next Time' A 'Negative Campaign' Muskie Staff Knew Meeting in Capitol Legitimate' Surveillance Payment to Liddy Aide Balked Smear Reports' Use of Viewer The 'Sedan Chair' Was Paid $6,000 Told to Expect Call If I'd Known'
Date: 09 July 1973
By JOHN M. CREWDSON
2-part NY Times survey of Repub Party's effort to sabotage Dem Pres candidates in '72 points out testimony before Sen Watergate com by H L Porter, scheduling dir at Nixon re-election com, that he disbursed nearly $70,000 in cash at request of J S Magruder, deputy dir of campaign com, for sabotage purposes, including additional $31,000 to G G Liddy for unspecified 'dirty tricks' and $4,400 for purchase of full-page ad in NY Times purported to represent grassroots support for mining of Haiphong Harbor; former White House aides D L Chapin and G Strachan have reptdly testified at secret session of Watergate grand jury that they both take full responsibility for hiring D H Segretti, who subsequently recruited a network of pol spies; illus
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News Summary and Index; The Major Events of the Day
Date: 09 July 1973
Correction story on July 1 rept that San Francisco Sheriff R D Hongisto had accompanied transvestite to homosexual dance says sheriff actually visited dance and happened to be photographed there in conversation with transvestite
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At ?? News Parley. Orge Soda Washes Down Rhetoricetoric
Date: 09 July 1973
By DAVID K. SHIPLERSpecial to The New York Times
David SHIPLERSpecial
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Abernathy Resigns Post, Scoring Affluent Blacks; Emotional News Conference
Date: 10 July 1973
By PAUL DELANESpecial to The New York Times
Rev R D Abernathy on July 9 resigns as pres of SCLC ending his 17-yr career with orgn, 5 of which he served as pres; in long statement read at news conf, Atlanta (Ga), Abernathy accuses affluent blacks of not supporting orgn financially; also accuses Mrs C S King, widow of slain Rev Dr M L King Jr, of not sharing money recd from M L King Jr Center for Soc Change or from fund-raising affairs with orgn; attributes 'lack of financial support, which is so desperately needed at time to institute and carry out creative and dynamic programs in nation in crisis,' as reason for resignation; notes that he will devote his attention to being pastor at West Hunter St Baptist Ch; says he will still remain member of orgn; discusses orgn's financial situation; some of orgn's achievements noted; illus
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Sports News Briefs; 109 Yachts Off for Halifax; Hood Out
Date: 09 July 1973
Sapporo Open Golf Tournament: M Ozaki wins Sapporo (Japan) open golf tourn on July 8
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