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...letter to Morgan's attorney from Special Prosecutor Henry Ruth indicated that the guilty plea was being accepted on the condition that Morgan will cooperate in the Government's continuing investigation. Other potential targets of that probe include Nixon's personal tax attorney, Frank DeMarco Jr., and the professional appraiser who evaluated the papers, Ralph G. Newman...
...Sugar Probe. The Justice Department also has begun digging on its own for evidence of collusion in suspiciously large price rises, rather than waiting for complaints as it usually does. Last week Saxbe disclosed that trustbusters are looking for evidence that price fixing is inflating the cost of such foods as beef, milk, bread and especially sugar, which in the past year has rocketed from 140 per Ib. wholesale to a record 460. The Council on Wage and Price Stability also will hold hearings to determine whether sugar refiners are making undue profits. Justice teams are further sifting through data...
Soon after November 19, students for the first time will be able to probe the innards of their heretofore confidential undergraduate records. But their chance to see the files will be limited and, at least for a while, much of the confidential material will be missing...
...Made the Movies. An interesting probe into Alfred Hitchcock with clips of: gruesome murders in Psycho (1960) and Torn Curtain (1966); psychopaths in Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Frenzy (1972); and suspense in North by Northwest (1959), Saboteur (1942) and The Birds (1963). Hitchcock is the only film director who has consistently sent pulses through film viewers' nervous systems that feel like 1000 kilowatt bursts of electricity--most critics call that "fear" for lack of a better word. Ch. 2, 8 p.m., 1 hour. Repeat...
...from Congress about the Nixon pardon, Ford could have supplied written replies or none at all. Instead, in the interest of an open presidency and in the hope of putting the issue to rest, he volunteered to testify before a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee this week.* The probe will be televised. Said the delighted Democratic subcommittee chairman, William Hungate: "It is consistent with the frankness and openness he displayed as a Congressman...