University of South Carolina Libraries
Nfc 'betl spay ByR. L Gamecock Former White House ch the June 1972 Watergate 1 find information that Democratic Party and to i Telephone & Telegraph C< Dean made his remai Tuesday night at a lecture Issues Committ of the Union. THE BREAK-IN at headquarters occurred, D attempts to burglarize nominee George McGovt ters failed. Dean said the origin of be traced to the spring Richard M. Nixon "had series of task force report conduct his 1972 re-electi The reports were on ev and Nixon noticed a "co reports, Dean said. * \/ 1 lilctl ctl memo, dated April 1971, White House chief of staff, wanted "in 1972 a far be operation than we had in "That memo would star would ultimately becori Watergate," Dean said. In the spring of 1972 it campaign year for Republ reason was the Democr ? ? a ? cnarges agamsi an aueg< Republican Party. JOHN MITCHELL, til resigned to head the re-e Kleindienst, the deputy a nominated to replace Mi HF I X [ ' f\ Di rV Ti< Good at the & Columbia ALL THE ' Purchase at, tl Government 0 from 10-18 Se \ Kon' ter in /ned w Chesley Staff Writer lief counsel John Dean < 3reak-in was an attemp would embarrass neutralize the Internatic )., ITT, anti-trust hearir rks at Carolina Colise sponsored by the Ideas. Russell House Univer: the Democratic natic ean said, after three ot Democratic presiden 2rn's campaign headqi the Watergate scandal of 1971 when ex-Presid just completed readinj s on what would be don< on ramnaiffn " ery facet of the campa nspicuous absence" in bsence, Nixon directe< to H.R. "Bob" Haldem to inform Haldman thai itter intelligence-gather 1968," Dean said, t a process, that as I se< ne the break-in at was starting to be a 1 i/>onc r\AO*> rTI*/v ^ ivuiiOf i^vcui oaiu. xnc ill ats' refusal to let up ed ITT contribution to le attorney general, 1 lection campaign. Rich ttorney general, had b tchell and was appear Free Delh of Best P South ( Serving 1 more tj ^ GEI 2772 Ro 771-94F) \\ ith Ad ? your fir Dine-in order ? B .scount 1 :kets )R ONLY PER TIC Bush River Mall Cinen riMEH _ _J RES ie Russell Ho iff ices on Tue 8-4 EACH WE s seek itelligi Wate before the Senate in c said. :Q|H TVin nnnfiKmniU- I FU1U A lie LU1I1U UlclllVJIl IICcll t to headlines across the na the "They ended up hai >nal whether or not Dick Kle ?gs. to be attorney general mm whether or not it was tr and somehow worked out sity poration," Dean said. "THE ITT corporatio 1 #<VAA Art/V - * * miiii *zuu,uuu in casn ana 9 her Republicans to hold thei tial he said. lar- To counteract the r election committee < can gathering operation, hea lent negative information a g a said. e to The night the third at campaign headquarters ign in at the Democratic n the Watergate occurred, he "EVERYONE THOU< I a being stirred up and pnr an, was the chairman of the Committee," Dean said ing Larry O'Brien was a Nixon White House bee i it, paign manager of John the Nixon in the 1960 presic There was no "deep bad Watergate break-in," D am They were "fishing on neutralize the ITT hear the Democrats, Dean said. WATERGATE PRO\ had system did work. "It v ard designed it to work, een "If Watergate is to lea ing it is a legacy that it will n ' -? izza in pgl 'arolina... Bjg I Colombia for t " ban 25 years j VO S 1 sewood Drive 17 or 254-5414 I WBZ REE ?g st beverage with a | xnrr or ?oii orinks L rheatre j|| raiiabiel p $8.18 HI Cinemas MS rEVER WB TRICTED! J use Student pjgj a. 8c Thurs. g| ting ence' xgate onfirmation hearings, Dean rings were causing upsetting ition, he said. ring very little to do with indienst was qualified or not but a great deal to do with ue that the Republicans had a deal with the ITT corn had allegedly given some >200,000 in facilities for the ir convention in San Diego," legative publicity, the relirPrtpH ltc ided by Gordon Liddy, to find bout the Democrats, Dean tempt failed at McGovern's was the night the first breakational headquarters at the said. SHT the ITT hearings were U-. T Am-' * ujvcu uy ixti ry w jonen, wno the Democratic National much-feared figure in the a use he had been the camF. Kennedy, who defeated lential election, Dean said. ), dark conspiracy in the ean said. for information" to help ings and to use against the rED, Dean said, that the ifArlr/wl 41 >uincu caocii^ uie way we ve legacy," he said, "I hope ever happen again." r jhl v wrxm -': r -J"/. I I%IH nil J Joh I I-. HIg 1 Saluda fit Gi 256 Phone ahead 4;H:J | ' A j MfVAP^kV ?;,7? .V-"f Uff*!:?" -V1 rf ^ yr-^iAS y r~ n Dean "1 mm reen 5 Points -6681 for faster service MBmmm '?nv