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Wednesday, October 2, 1974
University Daily Kansan
Sirica screens Watergate jurors
From the Associated Press
As the Watergate coverup case went to
trial yesterday, U.S. DISTRICT Judge John H.
Sirica predicted it would be months before
the trial was over on the men in
charge of Watergate crimes.
"Every effort will be made to conclude the trial before the holiday season, but this cannot be guaranteed," Sirica said on the morning of its one-consuming process of selecting a jury.
The first pool of 155 prospective jurors was whittled to 65 yesterday, and each will be questioned in more detail and privacy tomorrow. In the meantime, a second panel of 175 will go through the initial selection process today.
Defendants in the conspiracy case are John Mitchell, attorney general under Richard Nixon, H. R. Haldeman, Nixon's chief of staff, and John D. Ehrlichman, through all domestic programs were cleared.
Along with co-defendants Robert C. Mardian and Kenneth W. Parkinson, who were employed by the Nixon re-election committee in 1972, they are accused of stealing $30 million from the Watergate break-in through "deceit, craft, trickery, and dishonest means."
Sirica heard and excused 90 jury prospects who asked to be let out of service. Most of them gave the care of children or home or problems of health as reasons.
The judge asked the prospective juors
Thieu charges broken promise
From the Associated Press
SAIGON, South Vietnam—President Nguyen Van Thiue charged last night that the United States resumed on promises of military support in South Vietnam because of "internal problems."
Thieu also rejected charges of corruption against him and his family and made clear himself that he had been absent term. However, he offered to resign if he loses the trust of the South Vietnamese government.
Theiud said the U.S. government promised him 20 months ago when he accepted the Paris agreement that ended American involvement in Vietnam that it would react to the crisis by violated the ceasefire and North Vietnamese troops infiltrated into the south.
"But now there is no such reaction because of their internal problems," he said.
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The judge asked about prior jury experience, prior involvement in any lawsuits and whether any potential juror was unable to accept the law in its entirety or had any "moral, ethical, philosophical or religious" reason for not wanting to sit in judgment of the case.
whether any had ever worked for the Department of Justice, the House Judiciary Committee, the U.S. Attorney's office, the Senate Watergate Committee or the special prosecutor's office, all of whom have investigated some phase of Watergate.
Sirica has not said how many challenges without cause he will permit the govern- ment to undertake.
depends on that decision. There will be 12
lurors and six alternates for the trial.
The judge admonished the potential jurors to stay away from news accounts of the day and to refrain from discussing the case at home, saying, "You have a very sacred duty to perform—perhaps one of the most important in your life."
He said that because of the publicity surrounding the case it would be necessary to sequester the jurors by keeping them from seeing their friends and friends for the duration, of the trial.
Once the jury is selected, the trial will move to the second floor courthouse. The jury will be sworn in by a judge.
defendents in January 1973.
Sirica expected to learn officially tomorrow whether former President Nixon will honor prosecution and defense subpenas for his appearance as a witness. Nixon's lawyers are expected to claim that the blood clot and phlebitis that caused his hospitalization will prevent a personal appearance by Nixon.
Higher prices for eggs, sugar, cookies and detergent helped boost the family grocery bill during September. An Associated Press marketbasket survey showed the average total was 12 per cent higher than at the start of this year.
From the Associated Press
The increases were partially offset by sales on some of the particularly pork chickens purchased chopped chicken.
The AP drew up a random list of 15 commonly purchased food and nonfood items, checked the prices on March 1, 1973, at a supermarket in each of 13 cities and rechecked prices at the beginning of succeeding months.
The latest check showed that during September the bill for the 15 items went up
Grocery market survey shows 12% price rise
in 11 cities and down in two. On the average, the bill at the start of October was 2.3 per cent higher than at the beginning of September.
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