European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 28 the stars and stripes thursday May 26, 1977 nearly refused Pardon Nixon says continued from Page i Down and cried in the celebrated Resigna Tion eve prayer meeting Between the two recounted in the final  he also reflected sadly on what res ignation has done to him calling it a life without purpose not having anything to live for. No one can know How it feels to resign the presidency of the United states retold Frost. Is that punishment enough he asked and in an apparent Philosoph ical Concession to his enemies concluded of probably  Nixon look a Tough Tine in his recollection of the full Pardon Ford granted Hima month after he resigned the office lie said he made no deals with his successor Roget it and called the decision to accept it almost As difficult As  said he told his lawyer at the time look if i accept the Pardon. I m in. I effect admitting guilt that 1 evaded my $1 million. 2 missing from truck Phoenix up1 an armoured truck carrying $1 million when it disappeared was found abandoned wednesday with no Trace of the1 two Veteran Driver guards for Puro Lator Security  said a Small amount of Money was found in the Blue and while Van Type truck after a department of Public safety helicopter spotted it at Daw near Bumblebee a ghost town 36 mites North of Phoenix. Authorities said the truck had been driven a Short distance off an exit Road and left among abandoned  radio was on and the keys were in the truck but its Drivers Cecil ncwkirk.53, and Russell Dempsey 50. Were miss ing. Fri agents joined Dps officers andya Apai county sheriff s deputies in searching for clues As to what happened to the  and dumps by both of whom had worked for Puro Lator for More than 20years, left Phoenix at 8 05 . Tuesday to make deliveries and pickups at Banks in the Prescott area. 100 Miles North. Search was launched after a Bank in pre Scott Valley where the truck was scheduled to make its first Stop at 10 .,notified authorities that it was three hours  Mitchell senior District manager for Puro Lator said he did not know How much Money was in the truck but the feb estimated $1 million. Our biggest worry is the men an what s happened to  said Mitchell. We Haven t gone into our files to see what they had on Board " Mitchell said Newkirk and Dempsey Are probably two of the finest employees we  said a $10,000 Reward was being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the  last reported sighting of the truck was by a Motorist who told authorities he saw a vehicle Matching the description of the truck parked behind a Semi trailer truck along interstate 17 about 10 .tuesday. The location was near where the Puro Lator truck was found. Europe fair top Rel Cloudy tnurid4r increasing . Dunce of the noon  in def. Fri Htun Hridel Twig n in 71. Low h sunup thu Ruhly  p to mini Terri uv4 j4.m.  wednesday Iceni income taxes that i raised the Price of milk because of contributions from the milk producers that i sold ambassador ships that i took Campaign contributions and put a million dollars into my House that i engaged in illegal activities including everything from obstruction of Justice to abuse of agencies to wiretapping it Cetera Etc Etera Etc Etera i said i d just As soon go through the agony of a trial and so that we can scrap away at least All the false charges and fight it out on those in which there May Bea doubt and i la take whatever the consequences  he said his lawyer prevailed by persuading him that in his Legal opinion there was was no Chance whatever that i could get a fair  Nixon claimed eve Leon Jaworski the watergate special prosecutor at the time held that  was suffering then from a phlebitis condition that ultimately put him in the Hospital and he suggested his general state of mental and physical exhaustion also led him to capitulate on the Pardon Issue. U. Gen. Donn a. Starry 4pm i 71  1 4 n Atheni p 49 1 71 a i no a a 4 a Berlin p 4 1 Ujj  � 9 u Copenn Fien p to 0-Cioudy p partly 4pm  London plan r Rome p act is 31 in weather so starry named for fourth Star continued rom Page ii 1943, and served in the enlisted ranks until he entered West Point in june of 1944. Berry who is also a 1948 graduate of the military Academy will Complete a three year tour As superintendent of the facade my next month. He is being succeeded at the Academy by retired Gen. Andrew , former supreme Allied com Mander Europe who is being recalled Tractive duty and will serve As a lieutenant , a paratrooper who was wounded in both Korea and Vietnam was com Mander of the 101st airborne div at it. Campbell ky., before his assignment lowest Point. Gerald Meyers named american motors president Southfield. Mich. Up Gerald. Meyers tuesday was elected president and chief operating officer of american motors . 49, executive vice president of am since november. 1975, succeeds Wil Liam v. Luneburg who has reached the mandatory retirement age of 65. A native of Buffalo . Meyers spent 12 years working for Ford motor co. And Chrysler corp. He joined american motors in 1962. Frankly he said i was so emotion ally drawn mentally beaten Down physically not up to Par that i said Well of ii do it and so i signed 1l" recalling the nationwide juror the Pardon provoked Nixon said he called Ford to say he was sorry he was receiving such  Nixon said " you know he says Idon t give a Damn about the criticism. I did it because it was right that s the Way  discussing his personal state of min during his resignation decision Nixon con ceded it had been a shattering experience for him but he dismissed As bunk reports in the final Days an elsewhere that aides and family relations were worried he was contemplating Sui cide during his last Days in office. I was t about to do that he said. Never think in those terms suicidal terms death wish and All that. That s All   in the 90-Minutc interview one of series for which he is reportedly getting a $600,000 fee and a percentage of the profits gunmen put 3 hostages on display continued rom Page 1 White were forced onto the track and held there for 45 minutes before they were taken Back into the train the spokesman  minutes later another Man was pushed out onto the track also roped and blindfolded according to the official s account. He was held there for Over an hour 63 minutes before being returned  developments came after several hours in which the train hijackers believed to number six men and a woman had appeared to Settle into an uneasy standoff with the authorities. Troops and combat police with armoured personnel carriers ringed the area but there had been Little action since the hijackers re fused to take on food and drink for the Esti. Mated 55 hostages  authorities claimed the episode look them by Surprise. We think the South moluccas on the train Felt obliged to show they had Complete Power Over the Passen Gers the official spokesman  other developments wednesday the people of Bove Smilde went to Church to Pray for the safety of their kidnapped Chil Dren. And Queen Juliana and Prince Bern hard sent a message of sympathy addressed to the  heart is with you in these terrible Days the Royal couple said in a  gunmen Are demanding the release of 21 other South moluccas tailed for terrorist activities and a jumbo Jet to Fly All of them with hostages to an undisclosed Desti  threatened to Start killing hostages if their demands were not met by 2 , but the deadline passed with out any sign of bloodshed agent who led search for Hearst leaving Fri san Francisco a Charles Bates the Fri agent who led the 19-month search for Patricia Hearst announced his retirement tuesday and said he was join ing a Security firm that once guarded the famous heiress. Bates. 57, said his decision to leave the Fri on june 17 was not due to a recent heart attack. The Veteran agent said head accepted a corporate position with bums International Security service whose guards were hired to protect Hearst after she was freed on bail last november. Nixon also commented on these other major controversies Agnew s resignation he said both Richardson and his Deputy Henry Peter sen told him the vice president Wouldhave to have a prison sentence. If he insisted on fighting through the courts a prospective indictment that he took bribes and kickbacks from contractors when he was governor of Maryland. Seeming to suggest Richardson had political motives he said there was no secret that Richardson had ambitions to be vice president or president in 1976, and earlier if possibly somebody had picked him. He called Agnew an honest and courageous Man who made  resigned oct. 10,1973, and pleaded no contest to one charge of income tax evasion in return for dropping of All other in Long aides he said he offered to use $100,000 in Campaign Contri buttons Given by Howard Hughes to his  Bebe Rebozo to help finance the trial defense of Haldeman and Ehrlich Man but they declined. Personal finances he again denied any personal guilt in the illegal tax Deduc Tion claim that left him owing the Federal government $432,000 in taxes saying i. Just did t frankly have any Good  he also said he has never maintained any foreign Bank accounts. Covert Chile policy he said he was justified in ordering the Central Intelli gence Agency to try to prevent leftist pres ident Salvador Allende from assuming office in 1970, asserting that Allende meant to impose a dictatorship and help Fidel Castro spread communism throughout the hemisphere even though the Cia reported he had no such goals. Jackie. Continued rom Page 1 Prince at a  said Onassis s daughter 19-year old Caroline Kennedy later met the Prince in Munich and invited him to new York where he spent a weekend with the  know Madame Onassis very Well Bild quoted the Prince As saying. A remarkable  the Prince s holdings include 81,500acres of european Farmland a brewery and Bank in Bavaria Canadian real estate in Toronto Calgary Edmonton and Van Couver a 160,000-acre ranch in Brazil Halfa dozen factories stocks and the 64-room Regensburg Castle in  who knows How much Money he has cannot really be Rich he said  never admit to More than 500 million  his wealth is based on a Fortune started when an ancestor in 1500 established the first regular mail service Between Vienna and Brussels. The system spread throughout the holy roman Empire and became the Empire s official mail service. Mia search