European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday november 18, 1973 the stars and stripes Page 5 Sirica extends tape deadline . District court judge John j. Sirica is framed by his Gavel in his court Cham Bers in Washington As he prepares to extend the deadline for delivery of subpoenaed White House watergate tapes. The new timetable giving experts time to examine the recordings makes it certain that the first grand jury investigating watergate will not get the tapes before going out of existence dec. 5. But Congress is expected to extend the life of the panel. A photo 15 of 51 cops apparently kept lost wallets in . New York not a new York police department Experiment this fall found that of 51 patrolmen handed lost Wal lets containing $20 or More by strangers and asked to turn them in 15 officers apparently kept the Money without Mak ing a report. The random Survey part of the depart ment s Effort to gauge the effect of its Campaign against malfeasance was conducted by the undercover internal affairs Divi Sion. University of Alabama elects Black Queen Tuscaloosa Ala. A a 21 year old Black coed from birding Ham was the Homecoming Queen at the University of Alabama. Terry Points a senior majoring in business administration received the Homecoming Queen trophy Fri Day from gov. George c. Wallace. Ten years ago Wallace stood in the doorway of a University of Ala Bama building to Block the admission of Blacks. The Homecoming Queen is elected by popular vote of the student body. The presentation Friday night at a Homecoming Pep rally was greeted with an ovation from Stu dents and alumni. It looks like it shows that perhaps putting on a uniform does t change a Man s character said assistant chief in Spector John Guido the commander of the ant corruption unit. But if you did the same thing with 10 wallets in the general Public i m not sure one would find its Way Back to the police Guido said that Only two patrolmen of the 15 handed the missing wallets admitted later that they had kept the Money. Others said that they had misplaced them that they had dropped them in a Mailbox or that they could not recall receiving them. All have been served with departmental charges. The reaction of the patrolmen s benevolent association the Union of the uni formed Force was Swift. It s the worst kind of Sleazy business i be Ever heard of where the department sees fit to entice our men into wrongdoings said Robert m. Mckiernan president of the group. Mckiernan added that he held no Brief for the 15 men. I Don t condone stealing or the taking of something that belongs to somebody else he said. Most of the 36 cases in which the wallets and Money were returned including three containing $250 were routine. One officer whose patrol was near a school turned the Wallet Over to the school. Another at his own expense mailed the Wallet and Money to the address inside. White House sending relatives aides out to defend president by Frank Cormier Washington a the White House has set up a special surrogates program to defend president Nixon and counter what it views As unbalanced Media coverage and an organized Effort to promote impeachment. As in the 1972 re election Campaign Nixon s personal appearances Are being supplemented by members of his personal and official families through speeches interviews and appearances on television talk shows. Directing the Effort is Kenneth w. Clawson the administration s Deputy director of communications whose Rise in the White House Hierarchy was signalled by the recent assignment of an official limousine for his daily use. As part of the program key Cabinet level officials were sent a private White House memo dated nov. 5. After calling attention to attached clippings from news papers and from Nixon s daily news digest the memo stated there is an organized Effort to Manu facture Public sentiment for impeach ment. There Are numerous examples of unbalanced Media coverage available. Statements of support by High level officials is news the latter two words were underlined and it is essential at this time to help the Public get a reasonably balanced part of program the memo was initiated by John Guth Rie a staff assistant to Nixon. However Clawson said in an interview that the Docu ment was prepared at his direction As part of what he termed the surrogates pro Gram r Gurthrie who works in the White House scheduling office was said by Clawson to be handling much of the scheduling of Public appearances by Nixon s surrogate defenders. Among the clippings attached to the Guthrie memo were a Clawson interview in which he cited alleged Media Short comings a published report that Ralph Nader had launched an impeachment drive and a news digest item that said sen. Carl Curtis r-neb., had been sharply critical of fired watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox and had spoken of a massive conspiracy to destroy Nixon. One administration source said much other material distributed by Clawson including suggested surrogate attacks on Cox bore no Letterhead but was enclosed in envelopes indicating that it came from his office. Guthrie s memo carried a White House heading. Clawson said his office in addition to lining up surrogates and finding Public out lets for them has been Active in preparing fact sheets talking Points and other mate rials for their use in speeches and inter views. Asked to list the most Active surrogates Clawson cited Julie Nixon Eisenhower and her husband David presidential coun Selorus Anne Armstrong and Melvin r. Laird special assistants John a. Love and Stanley s. Scott Deputy special assistant John Mclaughlin Commerce Secretary Frederick b. Dent labor Secretary Peter j. Brennan Republican National chair Man George Bush and health education and welfare Secretary Caspar Weinberger. Scott is the highest ranking Black at the White House Mclaughlin a speechwriter and Jesuit priest. Glacier May cause serious in Canada Alaska Tacoma British Colum Bia s largest Glacier is galloping in spectacular fashion and could cause Seri Ous flooding next summer in Canada and Alaska according to scientists. Austin Post an american hydrologist said the flooding could result if 44
