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twocar suffered injury one-monthold by failure by 10 Kuykendall takes former Atty. Gen. Mitchell to task MEMPHIS (AP) - Rep. Dan Kuykendall, R-Tenn., took former U. S. Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell to task durthe weekend for not having told President Nixon the facts of the Watergate Case as soon as Mitchell knew them. Kuykendall, appearing Saturday, before Republican the Convention, Tennessee characterized Mitchell as a member of an "insular, self protective palace guard.". Kuykendall said if Mitchell had given President Nixon what he knew about Watergate * and the subsequent coverup. Nixon would have *blown the whistle" on the entire affair. *Mitchell didn't have, faith in the President to sell that point of view to the people, and he didn't have faith in the people to admire a public official who won't stand for corruption and dirty, politics in his own organization,' Kuykendall said. Meanwhile, the convention of Young Republicans, affirmed faith in Nixon with cheers, applause and a resolution. The approximately 200 delegates at the session adopted a resolution supporting Nixon's stance on the Watergate ques• tion and a belief •of Nixon's innocence of any wrong- "*Intelligent lovalty demandmanded that he (Nixon) be told what was going on when it was going on. not* months later when he was reading about it on the front pages of the Washington newspaper.": Kuykendall said of Mitchell's role. in the Watergate question. Earlier in the convention, Rep. Robin Beard. R-Tenn.. told the gathering Tennessee voters are "too well informed to hold all public officials responsible for the actions of a few" in the Watergate Case. The resolution adopted by the convention drew slight opposition. It supported Nixon's position that he will not appear before the Senate Watergate committee because of a possible conflict in the separation of powers. The resolution, however, called on Nixon to "place the Watergate affair into per: spective in a form of his choice within a reasonable time The convention elected Richard Medlen of Smithville as the new Young Republican state chairman to succeed Jerry Jackson of Dyersburg: Mrs. Brenda Piercy of Hixson as executive vice chairman; Jim Stephens of Memphis as national committeeman, Mrs. King will not accept SCLC presidency ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) - Coretta King says she would not accept the presidency of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference if it were offered. She said she is committed to the development of a center being built here in memory of her husband. slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The national board of directors of SCLC is to meet Tuesday in Indianapolis, Ind., to name a successor to the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy. He announced his resignation in July. There have been reports that Mrs. King would be named president of' SCLC, which her husband founded, and which, now faces declining fortunes and an uncertain future, There also have been reports that Abernathy might be persuaded to remain as president. He has said he might stay if he had 'a "mandate" to do so. **I, have no knowledge that I am being seriously considered for the position of president of " SCLC." Mrs. King said in a weekend interview. "I would not accept this position if it were offered to me.' She continued: "My primary responsibility is raising my : four children, and a dominant factor in my life now is the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. I'm committed to seeing this completed. "*For the next five years, I will be deeply involved Will this and would not consider assuming any other major responsibility." Mrs. King works from an office in the basement of the modest, red-brick home where she- lived when her husband was killed in 1968. Her oldest child, 17-year-old Yolanda, is a sophomore at Smith College. The three younger childrenMartin Luther III. 15, Dexter, 12. and Bernice, 10-attend : a private school in Atlanta. "They're normal children with normal needs." said the 46-year-old widow. "The teenage period is a trying time.' During her husband's lifetime. Mrs. King played a strong supporting role in his activities. but she long since has emerged as an independent personality. an eloquent voice for civil rights and the cause of women. The strong will that lies beneath the placid calm and dignity is revealed by Mrs: King's determination to complete a permanent memorial to her husband's dream. . "I'm going on with my usual responsibilities and business to build a permanent, viable memorial which will be a working help to bring about the fulfillment of the dream my husband enunciated at the Washington Monument," she said. "Since that time, we've achieved some of the things we did. not have. We've made tremendous progress, but there. are still areas such as jobs in which more needs to achieved."
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