European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes february asked Nixon for Pardon Haldeman describes plea new York tap in the following excerpt from his Book the ends o Haldeman describes a phone Call in which Nixon Lold him he was resigning the presidency wednesday August to and i were having an carry breakfast her family Beach House in Newport the Telephone rang and 1 an the White House operator was on the line and said the president was the usually resonant voice was Bob i want you to know that i have decided to the Telephone Felt cold in my Dod asks billion As deterrent to wars Washington up Pentagon officials asked Congress thursday to spend billion in us next fiscal year to develop new weapons which will make the horrors of battlefields so terrible they will be a deterrent to William undersecretary of de sense for research and told r the House armed services committee if ithe Pentagon is battlefields f Are going to be a More horrendous that should give us a greater enhanced to deter v Perry if the United states exploits its Lead in precision guided we greatly enhance our ability to deter War without having to compete tank for missile for missile with the soviet we will effectively shift the compel to a technological area where we have Kab fundamental Lon term in his first report to Perry spoke of sensors and infrared devices that twill strip away darkness from Battlefield targets in bad laser guided sys f Cluster bomb lets dropped from a and kinetic Energy pens iterators that Pierce super Tough the major thrust in our sensor techno is to develop sensors that can see tar i gets on the Battlefield Day or and in Perry our developments in Pur Forward packing infrared night vision devices and that take a picture of a ground linking Dollar traded tin the cellar London apr the Dollar was being traded in the according to a Frankfurt dealer Friday As the Ameri can Money slumped further on nervous european foreign the european Price of slipped Back Only marginally after Hilling its highest level since March in London Gold is a traditional hedge in times of economic in Frankfurt at one stage in the Day the Dollar plunged to a record Low Iiams of West German Marks in brisk Trad ing before recovering to a lain Rale of the late rate thursday was the previous record few of 2 0623 Marks was set last a Frankfurt dealer commented the Dollar is trading in the it cannot go much a two Mark Dollar is not at All the West German Central Bank bought million to prevent the currency sinking even the slide of the do Jar was accelerated in Europe thursday when Treasury undersecretary Anthony Salomon said in Paris that the Federal Reserve Board had not intervened in support of the Dollar for the past three scene Are he the Pentagon also is producing advanced systems for artillery Rock ets and thereby converting these barrage Type weapons into highly accurate weapons for attacking Point at the same time we Are developing their successors precision guidance sys tems which can operate in a fir and forget Perry this technology will receive very High emphasis in our research and development while we Are producing the laser guided in conventional Perry said we Are developing highly efficient kinetic Energy Penetra lors for attacking super Tough and we Are developing club Ter which in a con trolled a Large number of bomb leu from a single warhead to greatly increase the area of effectiveness of the Carter continued from Page 1 by to negotiators and maintaining frequent consultations with the he said he Hopes the which rejected the last proposed will immediately accept a new one and Send it for the country is suffering already from the consequences of the Coal Carter asked if he thought another week of a strike could be he re plied 1 dont think we could afford another week of Carters session was billed As a Region Al news with new England reporters permitted to join Washington re porters in asking Carter said he thinks Congress will approve his controversial proposals to sell f 15 fighters for saudi Arabia and uses for he pointed out that Flea already Are in the hands of the and Israel now will receive figs As we have already sold military equip ment to saudi Carter adding that the Sale of he simpler f5es to Cairo is justified because Egypt severed its close relationship with the soviet Union and became our and there b no danger of the relatively Short ranged use disrupting peace in the Middle israeli surgeons perform their 2nd heart transplant Petal Israel Puli surgeons at the Billinson Hospital successfully transplanted a heart into a 21yearold Man Here in a three hour it was the second heart transplant surgery in israels the identity of recipient or donor was not but Hospital sources said the heart was removed from a patient who donated his body to Morris lev performed the sur 1 is tills a final and Are you sure you Are doing the right thing Nixon replied that it was there no use fighting it any i just Don t have the political support in Congress that 1 need to continue to function As and i cant let the country be torn apart and our foreign policy destroyed by six months or More of an impeachment 1 had a horrible sinking feeling the Man i had seen at the pfc Nacle of Power was now at the other end of the Telephone line quietly telling me of is humiliating decision and despite my sadness and compassion for this now broken i Felt there was still one thing 1 should raise will him i firmly believe that before you leave office you should exercise your constitutional authority Grant pardons to All those who have been or May be charged with any crimes in connection with water 1 think its imperative that you bring watergate o an end before you leave for the Sake of the country and especially for your realize this is a minor in con Trast to what you Are now but 1 think it is very then Nixon i Haven had a Chance to give that any but t assure you i 1 just dont know what should be i suggested that 1 prepare some written recommendations and get them to i when do you plan to make an announcement Nixon sighed and in just not not before and Proba Bly not until t could see that t have much time to prepare any thing i whatever i wish you the president i wish i could do something to he in afraid theres not much anyone can do in help and the historic conversation panel rules on retirement continued from Page i value of military family housing with com parable rental property in the private several commissioners said they would prefer to leave the decision on that proposal to the defense the commission recommended full travel entitlement for the dependents of Junior enlisted grades assigned both in the states and the in its by 1979 budget has requested con Gress to extend the entitlement Only to those personnel assigned the commission is also recommending that there should be some improve ments in compensating service personnel for their moving no mention of the amount or manner for improving this item of compensation was the commission is recommending that the Secretary of defense be Given total flexibility in allocating the annual pay raise and in the area of regular military compensation Mcl Basic hous ing and food besides the issues of deferred compensation and Severance other areas remaining for the commission to resolve include the commis Exchange and health care in the commission favors Leav ing Loose benefits there May be some deferment of those benefits for personnel Fuco separate from the military before completing 25 years of Indi cations Are that eligibility for those Bene fits would be linked to the criteria for receiving the retirement annuity at Ages or Mia is 1944il Deburi continued then to waiting several ated a markers and added lot attended by col l defense attache to the and a clan Oil a Sevenman 3im i squad delivered a Salute at the i pallbearers then Rem i lag from the sent Edil to it is amazing How ing 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