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said las t ni gh t t h a t a t o nep o i n t K i s s i n g e r ha d f e l tt h ere w as no c h a n c e ' t o ge tan a g r e e m e n t , bu t t h a t no whe f e l t t h ere w as su ch ac ha n c e on h is p r e s e n t m i s -s ion .

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m is m tha t K i ss i nger ' s m i s-s i o n m ay su cceed .

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i c a n o f f i c i a l h a s s a i d .K i ss i nger e x p e c t s t o b e ab l eto j u d g e w h e t h e r h e c a nc om p le te a n a g r e e m e n t o nt h i s t r i p . T h a t m eant h e ex-pects to complete at leasto n e m o r e S yr i a - I s rae l sh u t -tl e a f t e r tod a y .

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A s b at t l e resu m ed yes t e r -da y f o r t h e ( l i s t co nsecu t i ved a y . Se c r e t a r y o f S t a t e H en-ry A . K i ss i nger d i spa t ch edh i s t w o ch i e f a i des t o t h eG ola n r e g i on for a s i x-h o u ri nspec t i o n t r i p a r o u n d t h ek ey c i t y of Q u n e i t r a .

A S y r i a n m i l i t a r y c o m m u -n i q u e s a i d f i g h t i n g o nM o u n t H e r m o n c o n t i n u e dt h r o u g h o u t F r i d a y n i g h tan d s p r e a d y e s t e r d a y loo t h e r sec tors of the G o l a nH e i g h t s f r o n t .

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D u r i n g th e n i g h t , t h ec o m m a n d s a i d , A r a hg u n n e r s in L e b a n o n di r ec t -ed b az o o k a an d l i g h t a r m sf i r e at M o s h a v /aril in then o r t h w e s t e r n co rner of I s ra -e l , cau s i ng no casu a l t i es .

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i c o p te r g u n s h i p s s t r a f e dC o m m u n i s t forces a r o u n d 0T a h a y . th e s our c e s s a id , an dd r o p p e d a m m u n i t i o n an df o o d i n t o th e po s i t i o n to th es u r v i v o r s .

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sect ion of n o t i o n a l H i g h w a y] a b o u t 2 0 m i l e s s o u t h e a s to f P h n o m P e n h y e s t e r d a y .24 h o u r s a f t e r i n s u r g e n t s ,f o r th e f i r s t " t i m e .in tw ow e e k s , ha d closed it .

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c o n n e c t s P h n o m P e n h w i thth e d e e p w a t e r po r t c i t y ofI s o m p o n g S o m . g o v e r n m e n tpo s i t i o ns h ave b een u ndera t t a c k al l w e e k .

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A m i l i t a ry a i rs t r i p wa scarved o u t i n K o m p o n g S o mi tself in th e even t C o m m un i s t s h e l l f i r e f o r ce s the clos-in g o f K o m p o n g S o m ' s a i r -port at Kan K o n g , 14 m i l esn o r t h e a s t of the t o w n .

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k eeps r i s i ng or s tays h i ghf o r a l o ng t i m e .

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t ion a l ly ' d o w n to the w i r e "r a t h e r t h a n res ign . T h e ysa i d t h e t ape t ranscr i p t sm ere l y sh o w h i m as " ah u m a n b ei ng w h o saw h i sd r e a m s c r u m b l i n g . "

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— a n d he r hus b a n d c on -d u c t e d th e o u t do o r n e w sc o n f e r e n c e w h i l e M r. N i x o nw o rk ed in his E x e c u t i v e O f-

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She said th ey sh o u l d B eread w i t h th e ' u n d e r s t a n d -in g t h a t , a t t he t i m e , N i x o nw as " a m an w h o saw h i sd r e am s c r u m b l i n g d o w n 'a r o u n d h i m . "

D avi d us e d t h a t sam eph rase . T he t ranscr i p t s , lies a id , revea l " a m an w ho w as

r e a c t i n g as a h u m a n b e i n gw l i o s a w h i s d r e a m s c r u m -b l in g . "

H e sa i d t h e s e w ere " pr i -va t e t a l k s u nder t h e m o stc o m p e l l i n g s i t u a t i o n i nw h i c h th e P res i den t w ast ry i ng to r e m o v e th e t a i n t o fan y c r i m i n a l i t y f r o m th eW h i e H o u s e . ' . ."

Ho ld s B ack A n g e r"It's u n f a i r - t o h o l d th e

t o ne o f th ese co nversa t i o nsa g a i n s t h i m . " he sa i d .

J u l i e w o r k e d vi s i b l y to .hold b ack he r a n g e r w h e n arepo r t e r s u g g e s t e d ' t h e co u -pl e w as m ere l y co i n-ey i ngth e W h i t e H o u s e l i ne o n M rN' i xo n ' s b eh al f .

"I'm so p r o u d of h im t h a t Iw o u l d n e v e r be a f r a i d toco m e ou t h ere an d t a l k toany m em b er o f t h e pressa b o u t res i gna t i o n o r any-

t h i n g , even t h o u gh i t goesaga i ns t my g r a i n , b ecau se 1k n o w he d oe s n ' t w a n t m e t oc o m e ou t h e r e . " s h e s a id .

"H e do esn ' t w an t anyo neto c o n s t r u e t h a t I' m t r y i n gl o answ er q u es t i o ns f o rh i m . '

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N ix o n in a n h o u r - l o n g m e e t -i ng F r i day .

For d , i n an a d d r e s s t o t h eg r a d u a t i n g class of Texas A.a n d M . U n i v e r s i t y , b r u s h e da s i d e n e w s acco u nt s o f aT h u rsday speech t h a t re-po r t ed h e h ad m ade h i ss ha r p e s t a t t ack ye t o n Mr .

. N i x o n ' s h a n d l i n g of theWat erga t e a f f a i r .

Ford a l l u d e d to n e w s re -• p o r t s o f h i s c r i t i c i s m inC h a r l e s t o n , I I I . , on T h u r s -day o f t h e w ay t h e Wat er-g a t e t ranscr i p t s h ad b eened i t ed b y t h e Wh i t e H o u seb ef o re t he y we r e ma d e p u b -lic .

Cites N ew s Stories"The n e x t day t h e n e w s

s tor ies said I was m a k i n gm y s ha r p e s t a t t a c k to d a t eo n t h e P res i den t and t ry i ngto l i ne m yse l f u p w i t h t h o sew h o a r e t r y i n g to j u m p o ffh i s sh i p o f s ta te w i t h o u t e x -a c t l y s a y i n g so," said Ford.

"W e l l . I had a long t a l kw i t h P r e s i d e n t N i x o n 'ye-s t e r d a y ( F r i d a y ) m o r n i n gFor d added .

"I told hi m t h a t I ' ve b eent e l l i n g a s m a n y m e m b e r s of

• the c lass of 1974 as I canreach t h a t th e g o v e r n m e n ti n Wash i ng t o n i sn ' t ab o u t t os i nk and t h a t it i s and w i l lc o n t i n u e to be a b o u t asgoodas co ncerned an d conscien-t i o u s c i t i z ens m ak e i t . t h a tth e co ns t i t u t i o na l processesa re w o r k i n g a s t h e f o u n d i n gf a t h e r s i n t ended- w i t h o u tr iot , ( i r r e p r e s s i on w i t h o u ta s y e t ser i o u s l y w eak en i ngou r s t r e n g t h at h o m e an da b r o a d , " he said

Mai n t a i n! ! S u ppo r tT h i s w as h i s o n l y m en-

t i o n of W a t e r g a t e in th e re-m a r k s . S o m e passages co n-c e r n i n g h i s o b s e r v a t io n sa f te r a t r i p to P e k i n g tw oyoarsagoas H o u s e R e p u b l i -ca n leader we r e i den t i ca l tot h o s e In a speech he m a d e aw eek ago a t t h e U n i v e r s i t yof M i c h i g a n

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B u f f a l o . N . Y . F r i day t h a the su ppo r t s Pr e s i d e n t N i x -on as m u c h no w as h e d i dw h e n h e b ecam e v i ce presi-dent last t a l i .

He said the subject of thePr e s i d e n t ' s possible resig-n a t ion w a s n ' t e v e n m e n -t i o ned du r i ng h i s m eet i ngw i t h M r . N i x o n .

" We d i d no t even ge t i n t ores i gna t i o n . " K u r d . sa i d ." B u t 1 co u l d i n f e r t h a t heha s n o i n t en t i o n of resign-ing."

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ered "a g r e a t m a n y s u b -j e c t s , i n c l u d i n g f o r e i g np o l i c y m a t t e r s ' ' a n d" i m p e a c h m e n t p r o c e e d -ings ."

"We t a l ke d ab o u t th ep r o c e d u r e s t h a t w o u l d b efo l l owe d ." F ord s a i d .

Ford said he feels th ePres iden t is not gui l ty ofan y i mp e a e ha bl e o f f ense ,an d predicted a "close vote"in the House j u d i c i a ry com-m i t t ee , w h i ch i s cu rren t l yc o n s i d e ri n g i m p e a c h m e n t .

R e f e r r i n g to his recent

speeches. Ford sa i d Mr .N i x o n sh o w ed " no indica-t i o n of d i s p l e a s ur e in therole I pl ayed . " add i ng t h a tM r . N i x o n s a i d h e w a s"mos t l y c on c e r n e d with th ef a c t t h a t i p e r h a p s w asw o rk i ng to o h ard on t hejob ."

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"A s l o ng as I 'm a l i ve . V l lke e p c omi n g ba c k l o HolyCross." said the g ol d e n -haired s inger F r iday n i g h t .

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the $35,000 to $70.000 ran gear e s t i l l in t r o u b l e in t o day ' st i gh t m o rt gage m o ney m ar-ket:

Mr . Ni xo n t o o k severa l ac-t i o ns F r i da y t o a l l o ca t e810,300,000,000 in f e d e r a lf u n d s to s t i m u l a t e co ns t ru c-t ion of m o r e i h a n 250,000ne w h o m es w h o se b u yersw o u l d b e p a r t i a l l ys u b s i d i z e d f r o m t h eT r e a s u r y .

B u t u n d e r th e t e r m s oft h e co m pl i ca t ed p ro gram s,m o s t m i d d l e i n c o in eA m eri can ' s w ere l e f t to f endf o r t h em sel ves .

Br i ef l y , th e P res i den t p ro -v id e d for:

• A n a d d i t i o n a 183,300.000,000 of m o r t g a g em o n e y to s ubs i d i ze federa Ih o u s i n g a d m i n i s t r a t i o n an dv e t e r a n s a d m i n i s t r a t i o nloa n s to the - e x t e n t t h a tq u al i f i ed b u y e r s w o u l d - p a y8% i n t e res t , w h i l e l endersw o u l d receive t h e new l y e f -fect ive rate of 8.75%,

• U p to 83,000,000,000u nder a new pro gram t o p ro -v i d e su b s i d i es to pro spec-t i ve b u y e r s of S35.000 or lessh o m es no t el igible f o r FH Aan d V A f i n a n c i n g , a l l o w i n ga b u y e r to pay 8.75% inter- ' ,est instead of p r e v a i l i n gm ark e t ra t es of! )% or more.

• A n a d d i t i o n a I84 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 f r o m th ef e d e r a l H o m e L o a n B a n ksystem a t b e l o w m ark e tra tes f o r sav i ngs and l o ani ns t i t u t i o ns , t h e . p r i m a r ys our c e of m o n e y fo r c o n v e n -t i o n a l mor t g a g e s .

. l o in l ly w i t h th e Presi -den t ' s ac t i o ns , F H A a n d V A

raised the i n t e r e s t c e i l i n gon f e d e r a l l y g u a r a n t e e dl o ans f r o m S.5% to S .75%.H o u s i n g an d U r b a n D evel -o p m e n t S e c r e t a ry J a m e s T .L y n n . sa i d t h e i ncreasesw ere a r e c og n i t ion o f c o n d i -t i o ns i n t h e m ark e t .

B e c a u s e 'o f th e l o w e rF H A a n d V A rates , l endersar e re l u c t an t to - i nves t int h e m I n a d d i t i o n , L y n nsa i d , prices of FH A a n d V Ahon i e s ar e i n f l a t ed t o co m -p e n s a t e for the l o w er re -t u r n s to l e n d e r s and b u i l d -ers.

B ecau se of the 835,000mor t g a g e l im i t o n t h e newc o n v e n t i o n a l su b s i dy p ro -gram and the 833,000 cei l -

in g on FH A - in s ' u r e d l o ans , ,b u y e r s l o o k i ng fo r h o m e scost ing more than 835,000w e r e l e f t to co m pet e fo rm o ney w i t h t h e r i ch an dbus i n e s s .

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G o v. R o nal d R eagan F r i dayve t o ed a b i l l req u i r i ng C a l i-fornia's pol ice and f i r e m e nbe pa i d ex t ra fo r ro u t i ne

o ver t im e , dec l a r i ng i t w o u l dbe too costly .

T he m e a s u r e ( A B 8 1 9 i byA s s e m b l y m a n L a w r e n c eK api l o f f (D-78th Distr ic t) ,pro v i ded for an ov e r t i mera te of t ime-and-a-half pay.o r a n y o t h e r rate negotiatedb e t w e e n local g o v e r n m e n t san d their police an d fi re em -p l oy e s .

In his veto message.Reagan sa id the "substan-t i a l " added costs w o u l dforce local agencies "toseekhi g he r local taxes or theyw o u l d h ave to reduce th elevel of services."

, Kapilof f ha d argu ed th em e a s u r e wa s n e e d e d be -c a u s e "cities u p a n d d o w nth e s ta le ar e del i b era t e l yu n d o r s t a f f i n g t h e i r po l i ceand f i re depar t m ent s" t ot a k e a d v a n t a g e o f o v e r t im e

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T h e b i l l w o u l d h a v e e x -cluded overtime I n e m e r -gency situations, such asriots and earthquakes, andw h e n pol ice or f i r e m e nw ere called to testify onthe ir o\vn l i m e i n court.

S A C R A M E N T O ( U P I ) -T i l e s t a t e perso nne l b o ardt h i s w eek reco m m endedSSI,700,000 .i n sa l a ry in -creases fo r s ta le C i v i l Ser-v ic e w o rk ers t h i s year , near-

ly d o u b l e it s i n i t i a l o f f e rw h i c h pro m pt ed t h rea t s of ag o v e r n in e n t e in p I o y es t r i k e .

Th e pack age ca l l ed f o r Ju -ly 1 pay h i k es ' averag i ngO . S C ' c ' for the s ta te 's 105.500f u l l - t i m e C i v i l Service em -p l oy e s .

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cost of S43,2()0,00() was c rit i-c i z ed b y t h e C a l i f o r n i a St a t eE m p l o y e s A s s oc ia t ion as i n -a d e q ua te : t o k eep pace w i t hi n f l a t i o n .

T he l a t es t r e c o m m e n d a -t i o n s , w h i c h w ere f o r war d-ed to G o v. R o nal d R e a g a n ,pro v i ded fo r "special ine-q u i t y a d j u s t m e n t s to a l i m i t -

ed n u m b e r of em pl o yes an da genera l ac ro ss- t h e-b o ards a l a r y i ncrease . "

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l a r g e s t c h u n k o f _ s t a t e " "w o rk ers , i s su ed a s t a t em ent ' ,s a y i n g 'i t w a s " p l eased "-w i t h th e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s .Th e asso c i a t i o n ' s b o ard ofdi rec t o rs sa i d it w o u l d look

f u r t h e r a t the pro po sa l du r -in g i t s regu l a r m e e t i n g May^18-19 in Fr e s n o . TJt

C S E A ha d t h rea t ened IIC... Jf i r s t - e v e r st rike vote of its-' m e m b e r s h i p if the R e a g a na d m i n i s t r a t i o n refused tob u d g e f rom th e i n i t i a l . 2 . ~ 5 £ L ~ .

o f f e r . -. '"•Th e perso nne l b o ard is an.. ^

a r m o f th e adm i n i s t ra t i o n ; ; . ' . •an d recen t l y c on c lud e d a se-f,r ies o f h e a r i n g s w i t h s t a t e . •w o rk ers on the pay d i s p ut e . . . . ••

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A s p o k e s m a n fo r t h e ,b oa r d said it had not beejT.d e t e r m i n e d y et e x a c t l y ho\r'm a n y an d w h i c h empl o yo & -w o u i d receive the "special"i n e q u i t y " raises an d how:;m u c h w o u l d b e l e f t forother- 'w o rk ers . --••

T h e i n e q u i t y category 'w as des i gned t o pu t wage*;o f so m e w o rk ers c l o ser in -

l in e w i t h w h a t is pai d in pri- 'v a te i n d u s t r y a n d o t h e r go y 2"e m i n e n t agenc i es .. T he b o a r d e s t i m a t e d , . - .105,500 w o rk ers w o u l d r£

ce i ve a pay h i k e d u r i n g the-f i s c a l year . N ot in c lud e d i t ) ,th e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w e n ?so-called exem pt employes.;those in the U n iv e r s i ty ofC al i f o r n i a an d s t a t e u n l v e t !s i t y and co l l ege s y s t e ms . -;

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H o w e v e r , th e S a n ' F r a n -' c i s c o C h r o n i c l e q u o t e ds o u r c e s say i ng D ef reez e f edi n f o r m a t i o n to po l i ce f rom1 9 B 7 u n t i l 1069 when hew as co m m i t t ed to state pr i s -on .

A L o s A ngel es police ser-g e a n t , w ho w as sa i d t o h avebe e n D ef reez e ' s co n t ac t ,sa i d h e w as u nder o rdersn ot to c o m m e n t .

D e f r e e z e , n o w c a l l i n gh i m s e l f C i n q u e , i s b e i ngso u gh t b y t h e FB I a l o ngw i t h e i gh t oth ers i n c l u d i n gM is s H e a r s t , wh o - . s t a t ed int ape reco rd i ngs af t e r th e

F e b. 4 k i d n a p i n g t h a t sliew i l l i n g l y i s r e m a i n i n g wi t h ,th e t e r ro r i s t g ro u p . C i nq u ean d M i s s H e a r s t w e r e

a m o n g a n S L A g r o u p t h a ir ob b e d a San F ranc i scob a n k o f SI0,000. • -

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R a d i c a l g r oup s b i t t e r l yc r i t i c a l of SLA tact ics ofm u r d e r a n d k i d n a p in g have-ch arged t h a t D ef reez e h ad" a"repu t a t i o n am o ng fello \yc on v ic t s , w h e n he was im - -p r i s o n e d , o f b e i n g ' . ' asni tch." ;_ '

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. o u t s i de a b ank f rom w h i c hh e ran a f t e r an u n su ccessf u la t t e m p t to cash a s t o l e n "

c he c k .Last y e a r D ef reez e es -caped w h e n l e f t a l o ne 'hiTam i n i m u m secu r i t y sec t i o no f C a l i f o r n i a ' s S o l edad Pris---on .

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Th e St a t e C o u r t o f A p p e a lsa i d t h e m edi a co u l d pu b l -ish or broadcast in f o r m a t ionw h i c h they o b t a i ned f roms o u r c e s o t h er t h a n pol iceo t h e r city off icials and a t -torneys in the case.

Petition FiledM u n i c ip a l Court Judge

Agnes O'Brien Smith hadoriginally issued an ordergagging the o f f i c i a l s , an dextended the order Thurs-da y to the media.

Professional journalismg r o up s immediate ly ex -pressed out rage, newsorganizations called theirlawyers and the A m e r i c a nC i v i l Liberties L ' n i o n a n -nounc e d t h a t i t w o u l d a p - 'peal the order.

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. m o d i f i c a t i o n .

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c ontinue d to be prohibitedf r o m reporting "statement*,opin ions or conclusions" ob-

t a in e d o u t o f co u r t from o f f s "c ia l s co nnec t ed w i t h th ecase.

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