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# DA SAYS STATE# FUNDS PLEDGED# IN CRIME PROBETinis DacaElusive Novel Will BeGranted Imynuity7 Oct 67- Cov. John J. McKeither's two-pranged investigation into organized crime in Levistama headed for a werkend all late Friday with these develpments:-East Baton Rouge District Atfurney Sargest Pitcher said that MicKeithen kas agreed to grant him state funds for the East Baton-Recoge Parish Grand Jury prebe into crime.Pitcher said fiat Mizkeiten put up 1,500 from his special law enforcement fund to beip cover probe expenses-Ellusive Gerdon Novel, who contends he knows it about srganized cxlime and criminals in the state, will be granted mmunity by McKelfies and Orleans Parish DA Jin Garrison for a visit to Extra Rosige sext week, Pitcher said.-Life Magazine reparter Dewat L. Chandler has been issued a subpesa to appear before the Orleams Parisia Grand Jury at 9 a.m. Wednesday.-Gov. McKeithen and one of his apponents in the cocaing gubertatorial race, U S Rep. John Rarick, both addressed be Association of Louisiana Eegtric Cooperatives in Baton Rouge, commenting on the probe of alleged ganzed crime.YOUNG RELEASED-Pincher said that inner Mo Keithen aid, Aubrey Young key ffigure in his probe, has been released from custacy of the Southeast Louisima Sate Mental Hospital at ManierileThe East Baton Rouge grand jury met most of the day Friday but returned no indictioments whem it adjourned about 4:30 p.m. until 9:30 am. Wednesday.Pitcher went to Chicago and said he found out any vaina-bie things from the visit concerning organized crime He said he was going in tel the grandi jury Friday, aut grand jury seasioms are secret so theiPitcher information was not available to the pressNowel, wanted by Garrison and McKeithea in connectionwith his statements concerning the John F. Kennedy assassina-then probe of Garrison, told Pitcher he would come back to Louisiana from Columbus, Ohio, if granted immunity from arrest regarding the JFK murder investigation.Pitcher said Novel will have kasamanity, from arrest while ta Louksiana and freedom to return to Columbus, or wherever he wants to go. He sald the indsentty is limited to arrest en any other charges and does ant extend to anything kyolving his appearance.Only one person has been indicted as result of the crime probes in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. That was D'Alton Smith, a former New Orleans electrical contractor who is accused of public bribery in offering $25,000. to Young to arrange a meeting.Smith posted a $1,500 fugi-tive band. In Denton, Tex., and is still at large. A bond of 55,800 has been set for him in Baton Rouge on the bribery charge.The Orleans Parish Grand Jury, which opened a probe into Life Magazine's charges of organized crime in New Orleans, has not returned an indictment.MCKEITHEN SPEAKSIn his talk Friday before the ALEC, McKeithen stated: "I would never betray the confidence the people have placed ita me. If your faith in me has been shaken at all, I want you to know you are looking at a man who has never had anything to do with them (rack-eteers), and I will never have anything to do with them."He said there is no doubt that calls came from Carlos Marcello, " not to the governor's office, to the office next door."Young has claimed he re-ceived two such telephone calls, but Life says as many as 60 may have been placed ea a particular telephone. The House speaker's office was next door to the governor's office at the time of the alleged calls.Addressing the group before McKeitthen, Rarick charged that the public is being hoodwinked. We must think and act for surselves," be added.1 TS PROBEIf the federal government is actually interested in combat-ting crime, the congressmant continued, federal grand juries should be probing crime conditions in Louisiana. He said illicit narcotics traffic, gambling and some interstate prostitution all come under the federal government's jurisdiction."The federal government handcuffs our police officers. then accuses us of being the home base of the Costa Nostra," Rarick concluded.CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAMRELEASE IN FULL 1998OTEL, GOREN