Mid-East dispute concerns Kremlin
USSR warns major powers
LONDON (UPI)—The Kremlin has warned Washington, London and Paris that the Soviet Union cannot stand idly by if the escalating crisis in the Middle East erupts into another full-scale war between Israel and the Arabs, high diplomatic sources said Tuesday.
The warnings came in personal messages from Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin to President Nixon, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson, and French President Georges Pompidou.
White House Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler said Nixon received a message from Kosygin concerning the Middle East crisis on Saturday. He said the note was being studied and a reply would be given in due course.
Soviet ambassadors delivered Kosygin's message to Wilson in London and Pompidou in Paris on Monday.
According to the sources, Kosygin said the Soviets wanted a political settlement in the Middle
East and urged the big three Western leaders to press Israel to "cool it."
Kosygin did not spell out what the Soviets intended to do, the informants said, but left all options open for action depending on developments in the Middle East crisis.
The sources indicated Moscow may supply more sophisticated offensive weapons, including offensive missiles and the latest type MIG23 supersonic jets, to its Arab allies, notably Egypt which
has been under almost daily attack by Israeli planes. Some have penetrated to within six miles of the capital city of Cairo.
The informants did not rule out Soviet intervention in the event of another all-out war which would threaten the Arabs with a new defeat on the scale of the 1987 war.
But the informants said the Kremlin could not sit on its hands in the face of the growing hostilities and certainly would be in no position to swallow another crushing defeat of the Arab armies by Israel.
Committee withheld recommendation from Robert Geer, named by Docking to the State Board of Tax Appeals.
TOPEKA (UPI) — By a onevote margin, a Senate committee today voted against recommending Robert N. Woodson, director of state penal institutions, for confirmation to the position.
It was the second appointee of Gov. Robert B. Docking to be rejected by Senate committees in the last ten days. Last week the Senate Assessment and Taxation
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The only members of the Senate State and Local Affairs Committee to cast votes in Woodson's favor were the three Democrats on the 11-man committee, Sens. Harold Herd, D-Coldwater, Theo Saar Jr., D-Pittsburgh, and Charles
Inchely, D-Kansas City, and two Republicans, Sens. Steadman Ball, R-Atchison, and Jack Robinson, R-Wichita.
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The sources said Moscow does not want direct involvement in the Middle East, nor any confrontation with the United States, unless it sees no other way out of its dilemma.
The rejection followed two weeks of suspense while committee members deliberated on the former Leavenworth county sheriff's qualifications. A vote would have been taken last Thursday had it not been for a technicality in Senate procedure.
High court denies Sinatra petition
Sinatra's lawyers had previously sought a federal court ruling declaring the commission unconstitutional and asking that a special three-judge panel be formed to hear his argument. At the same time, he requested a temporary restraining order against the contempt citation.
WASHINGTON (UPI)—The Supreme Court denied a petition by singer Frank Sinatra seeking to stay a contempt citation by the New Jersey Commission of Investigation for failure to respond to a subpoena in its inquiry into racketeering.
The Supreme Court ruled against Sinatra on a split vote. Justices Hugo L. Black, William O. Douglas and Thurgood Marshall disagreed with the majority, and Justice William J. Brennan did not take part.
When subpoenaed last June 25, Sinatra told the commission he did not have to respond because he considered the commission unconstitutional and its proceedings "accusitorial." Anyone who appears before it is thus denied due
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Jim Ryun, Wichita senior majoring in journalism, has been chosen as one of twenty finalists in a photojournalism contest sponsored by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation Journalism Awards.
The Hearst Foundation sponsored the annual contest in journalism categories including general news, features, editorials, photojournalism, spot news and investigative and interpretative news.
Ryun will now enter final competition which will be completed by March 23. Top prize in the contest is a $1,000 cash prize plus a $1,500 scholarship. Prizes will be awarded to the top ten finalists. All finalists and their schools will receive medallions.
process of law, his lawyers contended.
An early indication of majority sentiment by committee members toward Woodson came Monday when the committee introduced a bill that would upgrade the qualifications and salary for the post.
The measure would require that appointees have a minimum of five years of executive experience in prison administration, either in state or federal penal systems. Under present law the governor can appoint a person whose experience he judges to be equivalent.
The commission issued a warrant for Sinatra's arrest on the grounds of contempt.
The Supreme Court disagreed in its Tuesday denial of application for a stay, which it rendered without comment. The New Jersey commission is now free to pursue its contempt action against Sinatra.
Sinatra's lawyers consequently told the Supreme Court an indictment against Sinatra would do him and his career irreparable harm. The questions they want to raise in their appeal to a circuit court are substantial, they should delay the contempt indictment until the questions are settled by the Circuit Court.
Woodson's experience has been mostly in county and municipal law enforcement, although he did supervise a federally-approved jail. Some legislators felt Woodson's lack of specialized experience was responsible for his not stemming prisoner unrest at the Kansas Penitentiary at Lansing last year.
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A final roll call vote on confirmation of Woodson will probably come Wednesday in the full Senate.
The committee's bill would also raise the salary from $15,000 a year to $25,000 a year.
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