Word: hunts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...contradict his current testimony. Repeatedly, Haldeman denied the incriminating implication of his recorded words, insisting that "there must be another explanation"-although he often failed to offer one. One tape showed that Haldeman was present, for example, when Mitchell reported that the cash demands of Burglar E. Howard Hunt "had been taken care of; Haldeman said he did not know what Mitchell had meant by that. Asked Ben-Veniste: "What did you think-Mitchell was going to take Hunt down to the Bankers Trust and co-sign a loan for him?" Repeated Haldeman: "I didn't know...
...call Charles W. Colson, imprisoned for his role in trying to defame Daniel Ellsberg, as a court witness. That allowed freer questioning and Colson promptly gave damaging testimony against Mitchell, Haldeman and even Ehrlichman. He helped Ehrlichman only in contending that an aborted White House effort to have Hunt leave the country before his arrest was John Dean's idea, not Ehrlichman...
Cross-examined by William Hundley, Mitchell's lawyer, Colson struck back by recalling an incident shortly after the 1972 Watergate breakin. Colson said he had told Mitchell that he hoped Hunt was not involved. According to Colson, Mitchell replied: "He is up to his ears in it." That indicated an early knowledge that Mitchell has repeatedly denied...
...Veniste got Colson to rebut Haldeman's testimony that he was unaware of hush-money payments. In January 1973, Colson said, he had been asked by Haldeman what would happen if Hunt "blew" (talked to investigators). "I said I thought it would be very bad... Bob [Haldeman] said, 'Then we can't let that happen.' " When Colson was finished, Chief Prosecutor James Neal told Sirica in a lawyers' conference that he was "more than willing" for the defense to "bring on more witnesses like Colson...
...Notre Dame recently with four touchdowns, including a 102-yd. kickoff return, but also eclipsed O.J. Simpson's career rushing record at U.S.C. Moreover, he was runner-up for the Heisman Trophy (the prize went last week to Ohio State Running Back Archie Griffin, a junior). Those who hunt pro talent for a living though, say that Randy White, a defensive end from Maryland, is likely to go first in the draft. In fact, according to TIME'S annual poll of pro scouts, several Brobdingnagian blockers and tacklers may well be picked ahead of Davis because this year...