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Wednesday, September 11, 1974
University Daily Kansan
DIGEST
Ford may pardon all accused of Watergate crimes
From the Associated Press
WASHINGTON—President Gerald R. Ford is considering dionning all those convicted or accused of Watergate-related crimes, a spokesman said viedarday.
The surprise disclosure, heightening the controversy touched off by Ford's pardon Sunday of former President Richard M. Nixon, was made by acting Press Secretary John Hushen, who said he spoke with Ford's express authorization.
"The question of pardons is under study," he said, adding that the review embraced all 48 individuals who had been accused or convicted of Watergate crimes.
In other developments, a White House aide released a memo from Leo Jawerski, special prosecutor, listing 10 areas in addition to the Watergate coverup that had been investigated for the possible filing of charges against Nixon.
Of those 48, 39 have pleaded guilty or been convicted.
Sen. Hugh Scott, R-Pa., said Ford knew before the pardoning the nature of charges against him.
The New York Times reported that White House lawyers had unsuccessfully tried to get Nixon to make a full statement of his Watergate role but that Nixon had nigher
refused, slowing down negotiations prior to Ford's pardon.
Reaction against Ford's decision continued to build from both prominent and lesser-known sources.
Senate Whip Robert C. Byrd, D-W. Va.
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House Speaker Carl Albert, D-Okaia, said the world viewed as an abuse of president Obama.
Sen. Sam Ervin, D-N.C., whose committee investigated Wategate in the summer of 1973, said pardoning the men would be a mockery of justice.
A National Committee to Impeach President Ford was formed in California. In Ohio, two ministers called for a special presidential election.
At a press conference, Hushen said Ford was aware that additional pardons could fail.
"I think those factors have been taken into account," he said.
Husband said the White House had received 16,000 telegrams on the pardoning, running six to one against Ford. He said that telephone reaction had changed
significantly and now a majority of calls favored the decision.
A spokesman in the special prosecutor's
launch statement surprised that Ford
was concerned about the assault.
the pardon.
Phil Buchen, presidential counsel, was asked at a press conference whether Ford had considered seeking a guilty plea from Nixon to at least one charge before ordering
He said that Nixon's attorney seemed certain there would never be a plea and added that the acceptance of the pardon considered an admission of guilty by Nixon.
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These were among the findings that emerged from the voyage of Pioneer 1, a small unmanned spacecraft that passed within 81,000 miles of the planet last Dec. 5. The results were announced by project scientists at a news conference yesterday.
The space probe found that Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet, setted with intense heat and electrical currents and that it had no detectable surface.
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"There is no other reason for granting a pardon," he said.
From the Associated Press
More than half of the interviewed said they flatly opposed the pardoning.
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had made a deal about the pardon before Nixon resigned.
Buchen also denied that Ford and Nixon
He said that Ford knew the decision would be controversial and that he thought rumors about Nixon's mental and physical health didn't played a major part in the decision.
Meanwhile, attorneys for six former Nixon aides facing trial Sept. 30 in connection with the Watergate coverup continued to prepare their defenses. Several major legal experts said the pardoning of Nixon could seriously affect the hearings.
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