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THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN NEWS SUMMARY July 5, 1973 (Wed. nets, wires) The major stories of the day: - Julie says RN considered resigning and asked the family's advice. "We said no because it'd have been admission of wrongdoing, 11 said Julie. "And we felt he's the man for the job, He had started things and needed to finish them. 11 Julie feels RN's trust in others caused him to fail to discover promptly something was wrong but she said he'll be vindicated, Led ABC/NBC and was #2 on CBS which led w/ Schorr on Silbert status report for Cox which recommends HRH/JDE/ Mitchell/ Dean be indicted "as ringleaders in conspiracy to obstruct justice. 11 Documentary and verbal case against them. Prosecutors didn't deal w/ RN role the Schorr said evidence raises questions but they're constitutional problems re: any action against Pres. Thus, prosecutors said by Schorr to be considering putting material before Hill in event of impeachment proceedings CBS also w/ extremely positive look at Weicker back home in Conn. for 4th NBC noted NY News story that Strachan/Porter will plead guilty in coverup and implicate HRH, (Porter has denied story) Clem Stone on Today w/ very positive look at RN's record and expression of confidence that RN and US will come out of Watergate better than ever, - EMK at Wallace fete in Ala calls on South to "surmount injustices of present and division of past" in helping restore constitutional principles he said have been "trampled" by Admin. Seen as 1 of strongest attacks on Admin by EMK. Also noted is his linking of name w/ Wallace as 2 men who "don't compile lists of enemies whose careers and lives are to be shattered because of disagreement. " Brief ABC/CBS note that EMK said he and Wallace agree on right of all to speak out fearlessly.