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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1974
Cover-up trial
Sirica seeks jury
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WASHINGTON (AP) — District
Judge John J. Sirica pressed his
search for an impartial jury in the
Watergate cover-up trial Wednes
day while one of the defendants,
John D. Ehrlichman, claimed dou
ble jeopardy as ground for dismis
sing him.
Ehrlichman said the White
House plumbers case, in which he
already stands convicted, is so inex
tricably linked to the Watergate
cover-up that the separate accusa
tions violate his constitutional
rights.
He said in a memorandum that as
soon as a jury is chosen he will peti
tion the court to dismiss the Water
gate charges of obstructing justice
and conspiring to obstruct.
The prosecution, meanwhile,
disclosed that it has linked one more
person to the alleged conspiracy.
Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski
filed a statement that as a result of
newly discovered evidence made
known to the defendants on Mon
day, another person had been
named an unindicted co-cospirator.
The list of unindicted co
conspirators has never officially
been made public, except for ack
nowledgement that former Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon was one of
those named.
Jaworski also filed a response on
behalf of the Central Intelligence
Agency to a subpoena filed by Ehr
lichman demanding CIA docu
ments.
The prosecutor said the agency
would provide voluntarily some of
the material subpoenaed but asked
that the subpoena be dismissed.
Without identifying the specific
items subpoenaed, the response de
scribed the demand as “a blanket
request for every piece of paper in
the agency’s files that mentions or in
any way refers to” individuals linked
to Watergate.
Jury selection on the second day
of the cover-up trial of former Nixon
administration and campaign aides
closely followed the pattern set on
Tuesday.
Sirica told prospective jurors the
cover-up trial might last three or
four months and that the 12 jurors
and six alternates would be sepa
rated from their families for the en
tire period.
When the judge asked for a count
of those who felt service would be a
hardship, 81 persons stood up. One
by one they were called to a room
behind the large ceremonial cour
troom to tell Sirica why they wished
to be excused.
The judge hoped by the end of
the day to have a large enough
panel—about 150 persons—to
move on to individual, private ques
tioning to weed out those pre
judiced by the massive publicity
generated by the Watergate scan
dal.
After the first day, 65 persons
were on the panel.
Meanwhile, word was awaited
from former President Nixon on
whether he would obey subpoenas
demanding his appearance as a de
fense witness for former White
House aide John D. Ehrlichman
and as a prosecution witness.
Herbert J. Miller, Nixon’s
Washington attorney, said last week
he would submit material to the
court by Thursday. But Miller de
clined to say publicly whether his
submission would be a motion ask
ing dismissal of the subpoenas or a
statement on the former President’s
health.
Earlier this week. Dr. John C.
Lungren, who has been treating
Nixon for a recurrence of phlebitis,
said it would be weeks before the
former president would be well
enough to travel.
OUT SUNNING BY THE MSC reflection pool are Mark Rothenburg and his six-foot boa
constrictor. Needless to say the snake got a few strange looks as well as...
... a visit from a big black dog that would have liked a snake steak. Instead the dog decided to take a
quick dip in the reflection pool to cool off as...
...a little bird looks down from high atop the glass and iron tree sculpture next to Rudder tower.
He’s probably glad that he’s up there and that snakes don’t fly. (Photos by Chris Svatek)
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