European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 01, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Nixon Book first part admits he was selfish in firing Ehrlichman Demon new York i i in a selfish Effort to save his presidency. Richard Nixon concedes he fired his close friends John Ehrlichman and . Haldeman for vering up watergate things that in myself was part in the first instalment of his Long waited memoirs published sunday in the new York times and other newspapers Nixon broke no new ground about the scan dal that drove him from office. In fact his account differed from what some of his closest associates have writing was Cool almost detached. The former president renewed a therefrom his aug. 8,1974, resignation speech that he had committed no crime or Mise Meanor warranting impeachment and was quitting simply because his political base had eroded. And there was none of the emotional Ca Tharsis that accompanied portions of Nixon s television interviews last summer with David Frost when he declared dra pondering his Choice Ramar the Gorilla scratches his chivas if considering which of three females at the Philadelphia zoo he finds most attractive. Zoo officials Are waiting until after a quarantine period to see if he is interested. A 3 females waiting does Ramar care Philadelphia a. A Ramar has left his Home in West Africa and his nightclub act in Las vegas to spend the rest of his life with females. Ramar is a 350-Pound male Gorilla brought to the Philadelphia zoo from North Carolina. He is in quarantine and zoo officials say it will be perhaps two weeks before hell get a Chance Tosee if he s compatible with the ladies. Three female gorillas Are waiting but zoo officials have no guarantee that he s their the male Gorilla Johnny we be had Here for at least four shows Little if any interest in mating Junior zookeeper Patti Kuntz Mann said Friday. Hamar May be the same , an endangered species Are highly social animals who tend to follow examples. Should Ramar mate zoo officials Hope Johnny would imitate his behaviour. Ramar Ike Johnny is 9 years is reaching maturity and has not had the Opportunity to socialize with others of his said Andrew Lueker the North Carolina zoo s actin director. We owe it to him to provide that Opportunity before he grows too old to , a native of Angola once was a nightclub Star. An animal Trainer started him at the age of 1. When he weighed Only 22 pounds playing club from Miami to Las vegas peddling a tricycle and doing handstands atop a 10-foot pole. He was sold to the North car Olina zoo in 1974 at 200 pounds he was too big for tricycles. If baby gorillas Are born the Nort Carolina zoo will get the first one. And every Odd numbered one will keep the even numbered spent much his first Day at the zoo sleeping. The Day before group of school children kept him awake amazed at his every of the children wore to shirts pro claiming i m ape Over 100 Yards away sat Massa at age 47 the world s oldest captive Goril la. A Bachelor he too once was encouraged to mate but in a match that never could have worked out. He originally be a magically i have impeached myself. I Lethe american people Down and i have to carry that Burden with me for the rest of my Nixon s explanation of the first 12months of the scandal was in the first of seven instalments excerpted from in the memoirs of Richard Nixon a 400,000 word Book that will be published May is by Grosset and Dunlap. In it he acknowledges his participation in efforts to cover up the break in june 17, 1972. At democratic Headquarters at the watergate. He concedes that in All of his statements on the scandal i failed to Tell americans what they wanted to hear How a president of the United states could so incompetently allow himself to get in such a he says his actions not Only were not criminal but the result of a series of Tacti Cal errors or misjudgments made As the watergate web inexorably tightened continued on Page 28, col. 1 authorized unofficial publication for the us armed forces vol. 37, no. H of Sulo monday May 1, 1978 if 21855 a More heat less fallout . Plans blast bomb Washington a the government has begun secret exploratory research on a new nuclear blast bomb for the Mili tary that would produce increased heat and blast but reduced radioactive fallout it was Learned saturday night. Funds for preliminary Basic research on the blast bomb which the Pentagon Calls the err or reduced residual Radia Tion bomb Are contained in an Energy department budget request for $1.5 billion for nuclear weapons and other research activities next budget request was presented to the House appropriations subcommittee nonpublic works last month by or. Donald m. Kerr acting assistant Secretary of Energy for defense programs. An unclassified transcript of his testimony was published last week. In a Telephone interview Kerr said exploratory research on the new blast bomb was under Way at government laboratories at los Alamos . And Livermore. assignment he said was to Start work on developing a nuclear device that would minimize residual radiation duo to the purpose is to allow Promp Access by our ground troops to an area where this device is detonated Kerr effects of the blast bomb would be the opposite of the Neutron bomb which features increased radiation but reduced heat and blast. Last month preside Tcarter ordered production of the Neutron bomb deferred Neutron bomb is designed to be exploded above ground generating lethal doses of radiation that can penetrate steel and kill or incapacitate enemy tank of surrounding buildings and other structures would be kept to a mini mum. By contrast the blast bomb would be detonated at ground level sending enor Mous amounts of debris into the air. It purpose might be to dig huge craters de Molish buildings or Bury Mountain passes under an Avalanche of debris. All these tasks once were assigned to atomic demo Ifica mines in the . Nuclear stockpile. The objective of the preliminary research now under a at los Alamos Ami Livermore is to determine whether it impossible to build such a bomb with the characteristic of minimizing radiation of the sail and other debris sent into the air when it is purpose As Kerr explained is to allow american combat troops to re enter the target area As soon As possible after the explosion with minimum exposure to deadly radioactive fallout. The Energy department performs re a continued on Page 28, col. I spy freed in 3-nation. Exchange Lewisburg a. Up Robert , convicted 13 years ago of spying for the soviet Union sunday was released from Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary As part of a prisoner Exchange involving three nations. Thompson was to be escorted to Berlin where he was scheduled to be turned Over to East German officials monday in Exchange for Alan Van Norm in a Minnesota College student who was imprisoned Las summer after he was caught trying to smuggle an East German family to the West in the trunk of his car. The Leavy set bearded Thompso strode from the prison Gates at 11 30 . Accompanied by Federal prison see How the Sun shines that s How 1 feel Thompson 42, told said he wanted to thank All the people who were involved in the prisoner Swap and said now i want to go Home and be at peace with the said he would have nothing to say to Van Norman. 22, of windom.minn., when the Exchange is made at an Fco Linued on Page 28, col. 3
