European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Gop governors wednesday november 21/1973 the stars and stripes Page 7 Memphis term. A pollster George Gallup told the Republican Gover nors monday they were in trouble politically because of watergate but vice presi Dent designate Gerald Ford said the re publican party still has a winning combination. Meanwhile the governors adopted a Resolution of general support for the presi Dent including urging Nixon to make full disclosure about the watergate affair. The Only thing we have to fear is fear itself Ford told the governors lifting a Gallup tells them scandal will Hurt Ford says republicans Are winners quote from president Franklin d. Roose velt. Let s not let the problems of the past Blind us to the Challenge and Promise of the Republican future the american future Ford said. We have a great party a great president and a great country. With that winning combination As Long As we All do our Best there is no Way we can fail to  the Republican governors were told ear Lier by Gallup that they were deluding themselves if they thought watergate would have no effect on the elections in 5 a of $  a j it to study in Black and White a Light sky produces a perfect Silhouette effect As seven Birds rest on a Light pole for the Benefit of a photographer in Down town Detroit. Up photo Agnew gala group fined Annapolis my up the Salute to Ted Agnew committee was fined $2,000 monday after pleading guilty to falsifying financial reports of the 1972 gala for the former vice president. Officials said the Money was borrowed because the party was in danger of being a  circuit court judge James l. Wray imposed the Fine after the committee changed its plea from innocent to guilty of reporting a $50,000 loan from the commit tee to re elect the president cup As donations from 32 individuals. The committee was indicted aug. 22 on four counts of false reporting to the state elections Board. Seven committee Mem Bers were named As co conspirators but not indicted. Defense attorney William Hundley told the judge the wide publicity Given the deception was enough to deter future committees from repeating such a silly act if i might use that  Hundley asked Wray not to impose a Fine because the committee is inactive and All its funds dispersed. The maximum Fine would have been $1,000 on each of the counts. Wray gave the committee 60 Days to pay the Fine which he imposed because too Many people in this society act without re Gard to consequences. There has to be a beginning  assistant state s attorney Martin Wolff offered a statement of evidence to the Fourt saying cup financial directors Maurice stans and Hugh Sloan handled Theloan. Wolff told the court the loan was made because ticket sales were slow. The com Mittee members were not working very hard and it appeared it would be a  1974. The Resolution was adopted just before Ford s arrival and less than 24 hours be fore Nixon was scheduled to meet with the governors. The last paragraph of the 150-word Reso Lution said we applaud the determination of the president to make full disclosure to the Public concerning watergate and we look Forward to his visit to this conference to Morrow As part of that  gov. Linwood Holton of Virginia out going chairman of the Republican Gover nors association said the Resolution was approved with no disagreement of  y he said both gov. Meldrim Thomson of new Hampshire a Strong Nixon supporter and Oregon gov. Tom Mccall who has been critical of the presidential handling of watergate said they had no trouble wit this  the Resolution praised Nixon for his efforts against inflation the settlement of the Middle East War the detente with the soviet Union and his determination tomake the details of watergate Public. Fri Man Nixon appear to differ on Hughes gift Washington not an agent of the Federal Bureau of investigation has Given his superiors an account that appears to contradict president Nixon s ver Sion of How a secret $100,000 gift from How Ard r. Hughes the billionaire Industrial is was handled. Nixon reportedly told a group of House members last week that his confidant and sometime business partner c. G. Bebe Rebozo of Miami had the Fri Check  the Fri Nixon reportedly said had the thousand $100 Bills fingerprinted and the serial numbers checked to make sure that the Money originally Given to Rebozo for Nixon was the same Money that was re turned. So maybe or. Rebozo in t so dumb said the president according to notes made by rep. Charles w. Whalen jr., a Ohio Republican. Following reports Nixon made his comment after reports that the Senate watergate committee was investigating the $100,000 to see whether it had been used for other than Campaign purposes. Kenneth Whitaker the agent in charge of the Miami Field office of the Fri the agent to whom Nixon reportedly referred has told his superiors that Rebozo asked him to verify that the $100,000 returned to Hughes was the same Money he had Bee Given. Whitaker a Friend of Rebozo said he could not do it. He said that the serial numbers on the Bills that he saw were not consecutive no were the Bills new. Whitaker called to Washington to be interviewed by the watergate committee staff told superiors in the Justice depart ment that Rebozo showed him the Money about six months before it was returned. Rebozo has told the Miami Herald that he did not take an inventory of the Bills or take Down their serial numbers until he decided to return them. He told the Herald that this was after the watergate commit tee had begun its investigation. It is not profs split on mini computers for exams san Francisco a pocket sized electronic calculators Are multiplying among College students and dividing professors Ever whether the expensive gadgets add an unfair advantage to their owners. Since it takes an affluent student to afford a computer and if a computer gives a person an advantage Over those who Don t have one then they ought not to be used of examinations said rus sell Hardwick professor of chemistry at the University of California s los an Geles Campus. The mini computers which Cost from $50 to $400, have been banned this Quarter for All examinations in freshman chemistry at ugly. At the University of California at Ber Keley they have been banned from freshman chemistry midterm examinations in which the time pressure is High. But they Are permitted in quizzes and final examinations. Professors at Stanford and san fran Cisco state University report no prob lems Over the various Battery operated calculators. They can add subtract find Square roots and perform trigonometric functions. Last year Only about 10 persons among the. 1,000 Urcla freshman chemistry students sported the calculators. About 50 students own them this  calculations with the com Puter is faster and less Likely to be mis read than on a slide Rule Hardwick said. This is unfair to people who can t afford them. If a student is affluent he can make better grades with a  Hardwick also said More sophisticated calculators can almost think for themselves because the background for a problem is built right into  we had a big debate in class on whether to allow calculators said chemistry prof. George Pimentel Patuc Berkeley where about a third of the freshman class has calculators. He compromised and approved them on quizzes and finals where the time pres sure in t As great As on midterms. Known whether the Hughes organization has a record of the serial numbers on the ills that were Given to Rebozo. Rebozo had the Money in safety Deposit boxes in his key Biscayne Bank where Nixon and members of his family maintain checking accounts. Whitaker declined comment. However sources said he had been asked to explain Why he had such a conversation with a private citizen without re porting to his superiors and Why he did not immediately report having seen the $100,-000. The Money was sent to Rebozo for Nixon in 1970 in two shipments of $50,000. A for Mer aide of Hughes Robert Maheu has said half the Money was supposed to bring a favourable ruling on an antitrust problem. Robert Danner the manager of a Hughes owned gambling Casino and hotel in Las vegas who delivered the Money said in a deposition that it was for the 1970 congressional elections. Rebozo has said he put the Money in Safe Deposit boxes to hold for the 1972 presidential election and did not Tell Nixon about it. Watergate Prober banished for Story leak Washington a the Senate watergate committee often criticized for fail ing to keep secrets suspended a staff investigator monday for leaking information used in a Story critical of the committee staff. Chief counsel Samuel dash said investigator Scott Armstrong had acknowledged he was the source of some of the material in an article by Timothy Crouse published in the nov. 22 Issue of rolling Stone. Armstrong s one month suspension was ordered by dash and approved by chair Man Sam j. Ervin jr., d-n.c., the chief counsel said. Dash called the investigator a very Fine staff member who will be Welcome Back because we need  hours later sen. Lowell p. Weicker jr., r-conn., Junior member of the watergate panel announced that he would ask Arm Strong to join his own watergate investigation which was launched before the hearings began. We think he s one of the finest investigators on the committee Weicker said and we will offer him a Job on our  Armstrong worked for assistant chief counsel Terry Lenzner and reportedly had been concentrating recently on billionaire Howard r. Hughes s $100,000 contribution to c. G. Bebe Rebozo president Nixon s close Friend and key Biscayne fla., neigh Bor. Sources on the committee said Arm Strong had been ordered to surrender All watergate related documents in dispossession and to have no Contact with the staff during the suspension period