The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 71, No. 213, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 6, 1973 Page: 1 of 32
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Nixon Rebuilds Staff
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Priddy Held
In Extortion
Filter Plant Facility Riddled With Faults
Clear Well Repair Costs To Climb
there was a delay in pouring
concrete batches when it is
Cong will issue a joint appeal
calling for dose observance of
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cause of widespread faults
discovered in the three • mil-
lion-gallon concrete facility,
public works officials said to-
day.
Built in 1968 by A & A
Construction Company, Musk-
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Sunny, Warm
Weather To Stay
Sunny sides, warm days and
fair nights are in store for
Southwest Oklahoma residents
through Thursday.
Temperatures should range
from the mid 80s today to the
upper 80s Thursday and to the
low 60s tonight. High Tuesday
was 80. low 61.
only about one-half to two-
thirds of its potential.
As the astronauts awakened
■ for their 13th day in space, just
one shy of the American record
United -States will take."
Secretary of the Treasury
said.
The FBI in Washington con-
firmed the identity of Gerald
Edward Priddy. 53, of North
Hollywood, who was arrested in
a $250,000 extortion bomb plot
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ence that Nixon is “concern-
ed, determined and not up
tight in any way" as was the
case in previous times.
Nixon’s accomplishments tn
foreign affairs and tn the eco-
nomic field will more than
offset the Watergate adver-
sity. Klein said
Sloan said when he raised
Watergate concerns at the
White House, one Nixon aide
told him the President had to
be protected, and another said
he didn’t want to know of any
links between the campaign
and the burglary.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - For-
V mer campaign treasurer
Hugh W. Sloan Jr. testified
today he tried to warn the
White House shortly after the
Watergate burglary that the
affair posed “a tremendous
problem” for President Nix-
on’s politcal organization, but
got nowhere.
.As the Senate Watergate
committee continued its hear-
ings with the appearance of
Sloan, Vice President Spiro
Agnew and Herbert G. Klein,
a long-time Nixon aide, ral-
lied to Nixon’s defense.
-vopvuoms, av. uar -uliusu which commander Charles Con- duct limited earth resources,
nications office as well as the for Strict implementation of the rad Jr. will try to pry or cut solar observatory7 and medical
DEPAIR of the city filter
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leaky clear well is expected
to cost considerably more
than the contract price be-
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This is the exterior of the five-year-old filter plant water storage facility showing the extent to which faul.
ty material had to be removed. Engineers say the faulty construction, indicated by holes and troughs re-
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I "As assistant to the Presh Henry A. Kissinger and ______________—
dent, he will be Involved in pol- Hanoi’s Le Duc Tho resumed the electricity to their power- third battery began losing pow-
icy meetings both with the talks in the French capital, and short laboratory. er Tuesday night, apparently
President and other senior staff informants said they expect at Two of the 18 available bat because of a short circuit in a
members, and also will retain the conclusion of the talks that teries already have failed, and transistor, and was producing
his briefing responsibilities and the United States, North and
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our original estimates of nec-
essary repairs were just the
tip of an iceberg."
Exactly how much the ad-
ditional repair work will cost
above the contract price,
Brune said- could not be ac-
curately estimated at this
time. He mentioned $25,000
as a possible added cost.
Provisions for added costs
are written into the contract
and Brune said funds wil be
available.
Leaks in the relatively new
facility have occurred almost
from the time it was built
and even before the city fully
accepted the clear well from
the contractors.
City Hall records show
project engineer Wyatt Hend-
rick in a letter dated April
22, 1968, advised the mayor
and City Council the contract-
on needed to correct seepage
from the clear weB.
He listed 12 other items in
the letter that needed to be
corrected at the new filter
LOS ANGELES (AP) - For-
mer major league ball player
Jerry Priddy was held on ex-
tortion charges today in con-
nectign. wjth a.bomb threat
against a luxury ship, officials
ogee, as part of a $2 million
filter plant expansion project,
the clear well is currently
under repair by Indiana Gun-
ite and Construction Com-
pany of Alabama under a
: $33,630 contract.
The facility had been leak-
ing badly for some time and
losing up to one million gal-
lons of treated water daily,
according to some officials.
Public Works Director Paul
Brune today said draining of
the dear well and excavation
of dirt from its base have
confirmed “what we believed
. , Laird, a former US House shelling end infantry attacks SPACE CENTER, Houston Flight Director Charles Lewis
essential to have continuous, member from Wisconsin, "wiH was reported along the central (AP) _ The urgency of freeing told newsmen that if the third
pours. The concrete does not be responsible for the over-all coast today, and both the gov- a stuck Skylab solar panel dur- went out, and the panel could
bond when long delays occur formulation and coordination of ernment and Viet Cong blamed ing a two-man space walk not be freed, the astronauts
between pours, officials said, domestic policy, ” said the each other for bloody fighting Thursday was underscored to- would have to drastically cur-
day when another battery on tail their research.
Tuesday.
Priddy, who spent 11 years in
the major leagues between 1941
and 1953, was arrested after
two cigarette peck-sized items
were found on the cruise ship
Island Princess while at sea.
Bomb Found
The ship’s captain said the
packages were live bombs and
were thrown overboard, offi-
cials reported.
Spokesmen for the Coast
Guard and the FBI said today
they were unaware of any oilier
explosive devices on board, but
the vessel’s captain ordered a
further search as the cruise
continued.
This statement contradicted
Agnew, conducting some
low-key fence mending among
the nation's governors, reject-
ed the contention of some that
the Watergate scandal has
paralyzed the Nixon adminis-
tration.
“I don’t believe from what
Tve seen in Washington and
outside that there is any
claim of paralysis that is
worthy of any- credibility," the
vice president told reporters
during a dinner at the Na-
tional Governor’s Conference
Tuesday night.
In rejecting the paralysis
A worker for Indiana Gunite and Construction Company peers through a hole,
three feet by eight feet, in a clear well wall at the Medicine Park filter plant.
The hole was made when faulty material was removed. The clear well had
been leaking hundreds of thousands of gallons of filtered water daily.
stemmed from its construc-
tion. Haig will be responsible for
City Engineer Mike John- "coordination and supervision
। Eartier today, before the the truce.
White House announcement,. They added that according to
Ralph Nader’s Public Citizen, captured documents, the Com-
Inc., sued Wednesday to strip munists intend to launch large-
Haig of his military rank and scale attacks in the central
| privileges. coastal provinces of Quang
Haig forfeited his milttar Ngai and Binh Dinh, perhaps to
standing when he was appoint- mark the fourth anniversary of
ed assistant to the president the founding of the Viet Cong's
the suit in U.S. District Court Provisional Revolutionary Gov-
The construction company White House. He will be given .
foreman mentioned apparent a seat on the National Security In the Mekong Del.a.
(See clear well. Poge 4 coi. n Council. Government sources
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known and it should be
J known.”
Laird emphasized that in his
new role he will maintain close
ties with heads of federal de-
partments and agencies and
with members of the Senate
and House
i There had been frequent
complaints that predecessor
Ehrlichman had too often been
aloof from congressmen and
members of the executive
branch.
He reported that he was join-
ing the Nixon staff because of
“a long and deep and abiding
faith in our government.”
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theory, Agnew declared that
President Nixon is very busy.
He said that serious matters
were uken up at a While
House meeting Tuesday morn-
ing "and none of them related
to Watergate."
Klein predicted today that
Nixon will emerge strongly
from the Watergate scandal
and achieve a second-term
record superior to the first.
Klein is leaving his post as
White House Director of Com-
munications to become a
broadcasting executive.
He said at a press confer-
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has held on an interim basis, then with his Cabinet. Such ses- ,
Former Secretary of Defense sions normally' precede major
Melvin R. Laird was appointed policy announcements.
.counselor to the President for At one point, the former sec- J
domestic affairs and in that retary of defense said:
' Cabinet-rank post, will in effect "Those people that are specu- j
succeed John D. Ehrlichmanating against the dollar are 9
whe resigned April.nsalongmaking a grave error that 1H
withthesformer chief H. i think they will live to regret.” J
hadyiphe. Roetea Asked on what basis he made 1
Ronald L Ziegler, while re- this, statement, he, said, 1 ;
that the city withhold $2,500 maining as press secretary, think it will besbased upon
in payment contracts until the will be given the .,^>4 utie of ons that the Presdent 0 me
corrections were made.
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clear wells at the filter plant, pohcy making. George Shultz delayed a trip to
none of which leaks as bad- Haig's retirement from the Par18 to confer Tuesday with L
)y as the five-year-old facil- Army wi take effect Aug. 1, at Nixon and other key adminis- u
ity. One is 40 years old and which time he will be appointed tration advisers in the econom- ■
another was built 30 years 'assistant to the President. A ic policy areas. ■
ago, Brune said. former deputy to foreign policy A similar session had been ■
Interviews with Brune, the expert Henry A. Kissinger, held a week earlier, and in the •
city engineer and the repair Haig had been recalled to the interim economist Shultz had
firm’s supervisor, Earl Cui- [white House from his post as.--------------------------------;----
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said power. Lewis said they might have
Working with ropes, tethers to abandon the huge workshop
ler, with the resignation of Her alerted for possible Communist and tools, the astronauts, area of the station to save ener-
■bert G. Klein as director of land-grabbing attacks before blocked off four hours today to gy and retreat to two smaller
rompmnsnisationsor “ appeal Is tssued from Paris rehearse for a walk during rooms where they courd com
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E Boost, Haig ^ssau/f /n Anti-Inflation Effort
i To Continue WASHINGTON (AP) — Melvin been spending much of his time mand that I heed this request
V R. Laird, President Nixon’s at the White House, from the President.
wAcon Ap, pgnew domestic policy chief, in- There have sprung up reports ’ in response to a question.
."4SNpTMCAn Mresidicated today Nixon will act that NIxon was abut 10 move Laird acknowledged he once
idenMon, in a major re soon 10 strengthen anti-inflation anew on the anti-inflation front, told newsmen that if Nixon
moves today in major re- programs and defend the falter- W po0 4 410 were involved in the Watergate
building of his Watergate-,.Meeting with newsmen at the ,
shaken White House staff ing dollar..B _ white House. Laird said he was sandalhe would not want to
At a White House news con- ,4,. -c, mm+ knOw about it.
Anny Gen. Alexander M. terence, Laird disclosed Nixon returning said he ‘be- Whie saying these remain
Haig Jr.wil retire from.active will meet Thursday morning , ntusbute that exist de- his personal views “because of
duty and continue as chief of with Democratic and Republi- my concern about the presiden-
the White House staff, a post hecan members of Congress and __ _____ _____ cy,” Laird said, “I have been
- : assured of his noninvolvement
and I accept that.”
Declaring that the govern-
mental system is functioning,
he said, “the truth will be
an earlier report from the
Coast Guard that they were
searching for four other bombs.
Priddy, meanwhile, was to be
arraigned today before a U.S.
magistrate on a charge of vio-
lating the federal extortion stat-
ute.
Career Outlined
He was arrested Tuesday j
near the offices of Jerry Priddy1
and Associates Products Unlim-
ited, an advertising specialities,
company which he heads.
During his major league, ten- ■
ure, he played m 1.296 games
with the New York Yankees,
Washington Senators, St. Louis
Browns and Detroit Tigers. He
compiled a lifetime batting av-
erage of .265. His best years
were in 1948 and 1949 with the
Browns when he hit 296 and
.290 respectively.
Authorities said Priddy alleg-
edly telephoned Princess
Cruises of Los Angeles, oper-
ators of the 20,000-ton lurury
vessel, on Tuesday and de-,
manded $250,000 in return for
information on the location of
the packages on the ship.
They said Priddy was ar-1
rested as he attempted to pick!
up the money.
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