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...gave its first complete approval to a federal immunity statute. The underlying legal theory is that when a witness is given immunity from prosecution, he cannot incriminate himself; therefore he cannot invoke the Fifth Amendment guarantee against selfincrimination, and he must talk or face a prison sentence for contempt...
After Judge John J. Sirica sentenced Liddy to up to 20 years and the others to even stiffer terms, but with the promise that he would review the penalties if they spoke up, Liddy remained mum and received an additional sentence for contempt of court. McCord took the suggestion to heart, and he wrote Sirica, charging that higher authorities had been involved in a coverup. With that, the whole attempt at concealment began to collapse...
Liddy, who is McCord's chief source of information that the Watergate bugging was plotted by Administration high-ups, will probably remain silent, as he has since the start. That could cost Liddy still another contempt sentence, this one from the Ervin committee...
...Communist and part Sihanoukist. Equally clear is that their military training and direction come from Hanoi. The 1970 coup, the subsequent U.S. and South Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia, and the American bombing, served as the rallying point to bring all these factions together. They are united too in their contempt for Lon Nol, who is widely viewed as an American puppet-and an ineffectual and corrupt one at that...
...AMOUR Paul Morrissey-Andy Warhol movies are always something of a stalemate. It is impossible to determine exactly who receives more contempt and abuse, the people in the movies or the ones watching them. L'Amour ("presented" by Warhol, written and directed by Warhol and his protege Morrissey) features the wrecking crew from The Factory, Warhol's New York homestead, transported to Paris, where they scratch and stammer through a plot that might be a low-camp rewrite of La Ronde. Michael (Michael Sklar) and Max (Max Delys) are lovers. Michael, wanting to get married for appearances only...