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Victor Marche ti: More Revelations Of CIA To Come Ex-Agent Is Fearful

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Ni-robn~c~n;idere oup, writer says former CIA agent said herP. yesterday he has learned from a reporter From 1966 through 1969, Marchetti was a staff offi• cer in the CIA director's office - apparently during the same period he said the plan was developed.

p.m. 11H1L-1ut:~=, "11.1.v .... 6 •• .......---· •• ~c,..-,,.. ~Wip i"' • • l -'t I } 7 '5"' Area colleges and universities are opening their first drama and comedy productions of the year, and from prelimmary reports talent and dazzle aboundq. Th University of San Diego will present two acts of the Neil Simon comedy "Plaza Suite" at 8 p.m. Nov. 7-9 in the Salomon Lecture Hall. The first two acts o[ the highly acclaimed play have been subtitled "Visitors from Mamaroneck" and "Visitors from Forest Hills." Pamela Smith Connolly is the guest director. Ticltets are $2.50.

who buys a ticket, nd Guignol, a bit d, a bit Charles eat fun. press releases are Jly the committee Barnhart are Glo- ral Cochairman; orture Chamber; i1a•d Doctor's •n - and that's a rerged on Vaca- k to benefit the •go, consume a chicken-salad essage for fall ered a zingy, ·ade (28 mod-

So you've tried TM and T and the rest. So what's left' Witchcraft, for one thin~ for another, and the Klee 1 ety of the Museum of Mar to give you a provocative t the black arts. Klee Wyk members wi their annual "Haunted benefit next week with Calypso party in Balboa F

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Of Reprisal; 'More Guts Than Brains?' B, GENE CUBBISON SAND!Ef,ODAILYTIIANSCllIPT ti/I W,im

that Conner president Rich- ard Nixon "came very close" to attempting a mili- tary coup dunng the last days of his presidency. Victor Marchell!, author of th • bOOk "The CIA and th Cull of Intelligence," · 1d the plan was "to detain people, put them in prison and take over the news media." Marl'hetti offered llttle proof of his claim other thal\ to say details will com out In a soon-to-be released article by reporter Hon Rid nhour m the New Times magazine. He also said the already r ported fact that Defense y. James Schlesinger or- dered a careful watch or military commands during the last days of the Nixon presidency shows that 1xon almost tarted the l'OUP \archetti made his com- ments during a press con- ference pnor to a speech last mght at the University or San Diego. The speech was part of a nationwide tour designed to promote his book. The plan for the military takeov r was called Opera• tton Gard n Plot, he said. It was drafted during the J n n administration and flnallz d during lxon's f crm, h said

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But he said yesterday he did not know of the plan when he was in the CIA and learned of it only recently from Ridenhour. In his speech, Marchetti argued that the CIA's clan- destine operations should be stopped or restricted, al- though its analytic func- tions should continue. He also said that domes- tic spying is "unforgiveable and unjustifiable," and that the claim it is needed for national security is falla• CIOUS. "If we're so afraid of the Russians, why do we sell them wheat and lipstick?" he asked Marchetti was a CIA agent for 14 years.

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Burl Stiff: A Devilish Party Set_

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USD HOMECOMING THIS WEEKEND ()tv,ajN USD homecoming crlebra- out the weekend, which will X t1ons are scheduled this close with an alumni family weekend with class reunions brunch Sunday· Walter and for the classes of 1970, 1965 Rosemary Joh~ston chair- ansd •~- 1 h'b'ts d d men of the events. should be pec1a ex 1 1 an em- -:i onstrations are scheduled contacted for further infor• '- for visiting parents through- mation.

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plete with witch doctors, men, rum and Coca-Cola a devil only knows what else. Saturday, Oct. 23, is the dat Chairwoman Carolyn B promises exotic food and ly exotic entertainment, a torch-light parade from the ML of Man to the Casa de! Prado w it all off to a rollicking start. (Calypso costume is optional be a sport; it won't hurt you native for a night.) The preview party is by invit only (reservations close Mon but the Haunted Museum wl

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' (Continued from Page D-1) 1s chairwom- USC Trojan Alumni Club t for the USO members and guests wil\ 1,,arty )s spon- gather at the Dave Perrys auxiliary. place in Coronado Cays Sun- show, even day afternoon for the gs. group's annual Boat Party 1ectator told - so called because that's ~r: "There's how a lot of the guests get ots or knick- there. n't I?" Rick Barrett is the club Col. l) president. • • •

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- Staff Photos bv Larry Armstrong A1· USD fashion show, cop to borrom: Catherine Barker, Susan Barber, Helen Casey.

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Tomorrow night's Hellenic Ball at Hotel del Coronado is the 11th annual dinner-dance given by the Hellenic _Cultur- al Society of San Diego - and the firSt one to have a woman in charge. . Cynthia SamarkOS is chairwoman of the ball, which has as its theme "Hel- lenic Heritage.'' Guests of honor will in• elude Greek Ambassador to the United States MeneJaos Alexandrakis and Greek consul General Hannibal Velliadis of San Francisco. Judge Earl Cantos will be master of ceremonies. The 450 guests will be sere• naded by strolling stnngs during cocktails, and later they'll dance Greek dances to the music of The Hellenic Sounds and domestic da~ces to the music or Paul Ravmo. (YOU will hardly be surprised to learn that, from hors d'oeuvres to dessert, the food will be Greek.)

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Law Briefs

Corporation Law is Topic Thl l CLA Lav. Rl•vicw

A 14 -year veteran of th CIA before hi resignation, Mnrchetti . aid h ~ill find him If under CIA urw11lance occas10nally and that his J>l.>earances arc monitored hy a Chi ?go•ha cd clipping and videotape en1rc working for the CIA. The ag ncy h !ought a fiPree 1,·gal bntlle lo keep many nf h". I . IS reve ation out. of print: the mo t rC('ent edition of his hook, co• author d by former Forl·ign Service (Continued on Page 2A, CIA Reform Won't be Easy -Marchetti (Continued from Page lA) officer John Marks, contains 168 , rourt-npproved dl·letions. Marchetti id his First Am ndm nt uit haJ been remanded by led r I ppellate judges back to th · di trirt ourt level for a third round of heanngs. He noted with irony that sup- porters and evPn other critics of the CIA have been able to publish work about the agency with little or no mt,•rfcrl'nce. Anothl·r ex-ag ·nt, Philip Agee, recently managed to get his expose off th,• pr in England but not befor · the CIA approached Mar- rh,•tti -to no avail to do them a fuvor for old tim,·s' sake: Steal the manuscript. MarchPtti, a resident of the Wn hington D.C. area. said he is working on 11 ,·cond and final book on the CIA. which i "kC(•ping tabs on cv rything." A ~ed ~f he h f,,ars of reprisal, ho replied: 'Yes, hut you houlcl ask my wife nhoul that. he . ys I've got more guts than brains."

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OPERATES INBLACK USD Refutes Idea Of Floundering Private Colleges private uni versitil's arc in finanl'ial trou hie. Author E. Hughes. president of the University of San Diego. lay har his un1Vl'rsity' finanrl'S yesterdw before a group of local banker preparatory to the offl'ring or $2.8 million in tax exempt bonds. Hughes' financial review rovered the five year sincl" 1971 thl e r lx•came president and about tt-'c timl' the university bec-ame indl•pcrid( nt or thl' San Diego Catholic Dion· c ,\ssets have grown during th, t time by 1.7 million to $'30.6 million and liabilities from around 5 million to $6.6 million. with the ratio ·ppi g from 5.6 to 1 to 4.6 to 1. The Contrary to the tenor of many ston<· recently, not all v11lue of around 15 million. For the year 1971 the university had an operating deficit or around $~1,000 hut that included some span· shuffling in integrating thP men's and women's rnlll•ges. This past year USO ended with a $31,000 surplus from opcration-s. The operations budget int"ludes payments of $50.000 each to the Catholic diocese and to the Religious of Sacred Heart to reduce in- debtedness. The diocese. whirh is owed $1.9 is owed $1.2 million, chargl' no intl"rest on thl'ir loans. Total indcbtednt-ss is now about $4.198 million, down about $600,000 from 1971. has grown from $91,556 to $500,000, and Hughes says it may be enham·,·d hy anothPr $1 million soon. Although the univer ·ity has inrn•asl->d faculty salaries. bringing full professors to a ••ff' category on a cale or A to D, and a si tanL" and as. · ates to the C level, Hughes said he ha · also (•conomized. One example of that JS that in t 971. USD has 37 gardener , and today it has only 8. Tuition at USD will be $2,600 m•xl yc;1r. and Hughe-; argue lhal tuition al private universities has (Continued on Page 2A) million, and the Religious of the Sacred Heart, which USD's endowment fund v.ilues nrc t cost, Hugh1 s nd would have an appr.,i I aid,

puhhsh in August ,fovoted to Cal'fornia's nt•w ~cm 1 r,1l l'Orporation , 1v. whkh takes elfod Jan. 1. 1977 Pro!. \\-ilham K.S Wang of the l ·11v..rsity of San Dil'go i~ a c·ontrib ling :iuthor t,, the 350- pagc• 1•dition which ,·osts 6. Advant'l' flrd1-rs should he plac1·d with UCLA Law Review, 400 Hil ard AV<'., Los :i <.pc•etal Ul'

• • • It's "Artza-Poppln" time again, and this year the an- nual benefit for the La Jolla Civic-University Symphony will tum UCSD's Mandeville Auditorium into a romping, stomping boomtown on Sun- day, Nov. 7. They're calling it Gold the party hours will be an art show, a film, a magic act, a barber· shop quartet, square danc- ing (and other kmds, too), cocktails, dinner, and a pops concert by the symphony. Pat Smith and Barbara Carlson are running the show. Rush '76. Packed into

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LOCAL BEAUTY TO COMPETE'-> 1 - 1 ' MISS San Diego of 1976, Terri Ketchum, le yester- day for Santa Cruz to take part in the Miss California coJnpetition this week. The winner, who will be chosen Saturday, will com· pete in the Miss Am_erica Pageant in September m At- lantic City, N J. Miss Ketchum, 21, the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Ben Ketchum of Pacific ach is a senior at the Umvefsity of San Diego, where she is director of the Speakers' Bureau. She plans to enter law school.

-o' Bicentennial Event Scheduled By USD

The University ?f San ll:S Engstrand,_ profe~r of Diego will have a B1centen- history, will discuss Jose nial celebration July 15 in· de Galvez ~fter ~00 !ears: a eluding a Mass in the Imma- Retrospective View. . culata Church and a pro- "The Integral Prominence gram in the Salomon of Missionary Architecture" Lecture Hall on California's will be explained by Therese catholic heritage. Truitt Whitcomb, associate [he event is part of Bicen- professor of art. tenmal observances in the _Ray Brand~s, professor of San Diego, Los Angeles and history and drr~ctor of grad- San Francisco dioceses by uate and spec!f _programs, the ,alifomia Catholic Con- will discuss Mission Sa~ ference. Diego de Alcal~; Archeologi- Program highlights ~ll ~al .~nd H1stoncal Discover- feature slide presentations 1es. . . aad readings of artic\es by Associate professor of his- U D faculty members ap- tory James Robert Moriarty pearing in "Some California will present a paper on Remmiscences for the Unit- "Golden State's Proto Mar- ed Sta s Bicentennial" pub- tyr: Luis Jayme." . Ush for the CCC by the The program also will fea- Knlghts of Columbus. ture an exhibit in the Copley Four faculty members will Library and a dinner in the present their articles. Dr, Rose Garden.

P l ·t . sponsor, Ms. Philomena Sera1dans, owner of the Menagerie. Miss Ketchum, 21, was chosen Miss San Diego in the March 7 competition held the U.S. Gra t Hotel. She is the daugh ,,_.,. of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ketchum of La Jo a. The Miss California finals wil I be televl d June 27. Inc Not present was the third u 1 zer, . .

La Jorfa's Terry Ketchum, Miss San Diego of 1976, is busy with preparations for the upcoming Miss California Pageant to e held in Santa Cruz June 22 through 27. The University of San Diego iunior, center, meets with two of her sponsors to sel~ct her wardrobe for the pageant. Millie Davis, left, is manager of Fun 'N Fancy Fashions. Sharon Siegener, right, manages LIiiy

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