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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1976
Kelly’s gifts may bring reprimand
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gifts, until he reviews the findings in the
staff report.
An FBI spokesman said Kelley is “abso
lutely not” considering resigning. The di
rector believes it was proper for him to
accept the gifts and he has no present plans
to return any of them or make restitution
for them, the spokesman said in response
to questions.
In a statement issued Tuesday, Kelley
had said he was “prepared to make restitu
tion for any of such gifts which are not
clearly permitted” by federal law.
Kelley’s gifts have become an issue in the
department investigation of financial mis
conduct and abuses of power within the
FBI. Kelley said he voluntarily told de
partment investigators about the gifts and
about personal services performed for him
by FBI personnel.
Department sources said the official
heading the investigation, John Dowd, told
Levi that Kelley should be fired for accept
ing the gifts.
But Michael Shaheen, the department of
counsel on professional responsibility and
Dowd’s supervisor, disagreed and instead
proposed that Levi publicly reprimand
Kelley, the sources said.
Levi said reports about those recom
mendations were not entirely accurate, but
he declined to elaborate.
White House Press Secretary Ron Nes-
sen said Ford “has complete faith in the
FBI director.”
And, Levi said, “I think Kelley has been
doing an excellent job. But the attorney
general declined to say whether his confi
dence in Kelley was diminished when he
learned of the gifts.
A reporter told Levi his praise of Kelley
could be construed to mean he was not
considering the FBI director to resign. I
don’t think you should conclude anything,
Levi responded.
Asked whether he thinks Kelley should
have refused the gifts, Levi replied, “Well,
I think you have to know more about it.”
He said he received staff reports on the
situation Monday, but sent them to Dep
uty Atty. Gen. Harold R. Tyler before re
viewing them himself.
Department sources said the gifts in
clude a $200 walnut table, a $250 clock, a
$250 easy chair and a handmade teak and
mahogany jewelry box. All were Christmas
or anniversary gifts to Kelley from the
FBI’s executive conference of senior offi
cials.
Federal regulations permit government
employes to make voluntary gifts of nomi
nal value to their bosses on special occa-
aiuua.
“The question is what is ‘nominal,’ an
FBI official said. “All these gifts were given
by 17 people, and nobody put in more than
$15.” He suggested that department
sources inflated the value of the gifts, pos
sibly by using retail prices, while FBI offi
cials bought the items wholesale. The
clock, he said, cost $98 instead of $250.
Cadets’ lawyers try for deal
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Lawyers for
West Point cadets accused in the
academy cheating scandal are offer
ing to give authorities evidence of
widespread honor code violations if
the Army promises that cadets in
volved will not be subject to automa
tic expulsion.
The evidence is contained in
sworn affidavits from West Point
cadets and gives names, places,
dates and details of code violations.
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according to attorney Michael T.
Rose.
Rose told a House armed services
subcommittee yesterday that his
offer of evidence does not rule out
“expulsion for those who warrant it”
and that the affidavits will show that
as many as 700 individuals in classes
of 1974 through 1977 have violated
the honor code and gone undetected
and unpunished.
Meanwhile, Cadet Michael E.
Ivy, chairman of the Cadet Honor
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he had been brought to Washington
the day before his appearance and
ordered to the Pentagon where
Army officers went over his answers
to questions they anticipated he
would face at the hearing.
But Ivy said under oath that his
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answers were not changed by what
occurred at the session, which he
said lasted from 9:30 a.m. to 5:45
p.m. But he said Army officers did
make “suggestions as to how I could
improve the clarity of my answers.”
Ivy said he thought expulsion was
the correct penalty for those who
cheated at West Point, but that
“there is room for punishment less
than expulsion” within the system
for minor transgressions.
In another development. Rose
complained that West Point superin
tendent Lt. Gen. Sidney Berry at
tempted to “undermine the confi
dence of our cadet clients in their
attorneys” at mandatory meetings
called for all cadets accused in the
scandal.
Rose said the cadets were warned
to “beware of individuals who are
advising you to aid their own-self
interest” and the cadets were told
they were “being used by crusad
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‘Floating’ Mexican peso
may sink Rio merchants
Associated Press
McALLEN — Rio Grande Valley
merchants were to get an inkling
today whether they will sink or swim
with the “floating” Mexican peso.
Businessmen — left in limbo after
yesterday’s devaluation of the peso
— nervously awaited the opening of
Mexican banks this morning.
The banks closed their doors yes
terday in observance of a national
political holiday.
The Mexican government an
nounced yesterday the peso would
be allowed to float in the interna
tional money market.
When U.S. merchants opened
their doors to peso-carrying custom
ers the rate of exchange varied from
16 to 25 pesos per American dollar.
Tuesday’s standard was 12.5 pesos
per dollar.
The value of the floating peso fluc
tuated from four cents in the
McAllen-Hidalgo area across the Rio
Grande from Reynosa, Mexico, to
five cents in Brownsville, the sister
city to Matamoros, Mex.
“For a while, the confusion over
the value of the peso will cause con
cern,” said W. M. “Buster” Steven
son, president of the Brownsville
Chamber of Commerce. “But the
lower prices in Mexico that results
from the devaluation will attract
more U.S. tourists which will help
our tourist trade also. ’
The Brownsville area alone gets
“more than $46 million a year in
tourist trade” says Stevenson.
Businessmen from the
McAllen- Hidalgo area were urged to
accept pesos. Andy Paris, one of the
spokesmen at a Wednesday meeting
in McAllen for retailers, asked mer
chants to risk taking a loss at the
20-to-l exchange rate.
Coeds flushed hy toilet
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stuff was seeping out of the shower
drain,” Garza said. She said that she
leaped out of the shower im
mediately, and the girls spent their
day turning in work orders on the
plumbing.
They had also turned in earlier
work orders on the toilet, since it
had been backing up and over
flowing every time the toilet on the
floor above them was flushed.
“The workmen said that they had
unclogged the toilet, but they
couldn’t guarantee that it wouldn’t
back up again. It sure did,” Wilkins
said.
So the girls spent the day wiping,
mopping, sponging and disinfect-
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Opponent calls U.S. ‘arms pusher
House to fight military aiJ;
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Ford
administration’s $5.9-bilIion arms
package, the bulk of which would go
to Iran, faces roadblocks in Congress
based on fear of an uncontrollable
arms race in the Persian Gulf and
concern for Israel’s security.
Calling the United States the
would-be “arms pusher of the cen
tury,” Sen. William Proxmire,
D-Wis., has pledged to introduce
resolutions to block most, if not all,
of the projected sales to 10 countries
before Congress adjourns on Oct. 2.
Sources said that other senators
and a group of House members fol
lowing the lead of Rep. Benjamin
Rosenthal, D-N.Y., are prepared to
whittle away at the Saudi Arabia
share.
In an llth-hour concession, the
Ford administration trimmed its
Saudi request to 850 Sidewinder and
650 Maverick missiles, but pro-
Israel minded congressmen still may
hack away at the total.
Recent legislation gives Congress
authority to kill any foreign arms
deal involving $25 million or more
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A Senate staff study published
Aug. 2 said U.S. arms sales to Iran
have been chaotic and are “not yet
fully under control.” Noting that
about 1,500 Defense Department
personnel are assigned in Iran, the
report said that in the event of a clash
in the area “the United States per
sonnel . . . could become, in a sense,
hostages.”
Proxmire, vowing a floor fight,
said, “Iran and Saudi Arabia are ma
neuvering for military dominance in
and around the Arabian Gulf.”
lion in weapons, could sparltm
arms race with India.
Since 1972, Iran has receiij
billion in U.S. arms
Arabia, running a strongsei
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would get the hulk of then
arms package — $4.4!
He objected also that the
Mavericks and Sidewinders ticketed
for Saudi Arabia could be turned
against Israel. He said that arming
Pakistan, which is to receive $80 mil-
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singer, when visiting TelnJ
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But we won’t be able to move
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