February 20, 1960

Higher Educ Bd considers proposals to strengthen chancellorship; still seeks candidate

Wagner, acting on Kaplan preliminary rept, clears Manhattan Boro Pres office in '56 award of $1,926,413 contract to Manhattan Water Works; orders payment of about $100,000 held up till Kaplan completes probe; comments

Western Big 3 reject E Ger passes for their mil missions at Potsdam, lrs to USSR mil comdr; Amb Smirnov releases memo to W Ger Soc Dems reiterating USSR warning that E Ger would be given control of access to W Berlin unless USSR settlement plan is accepted; memo attacks Mayor Brandt; seen as failure

Born

hearing; WILD disk jockey J Smith testifies 2 record cos paid him royalties on records sold in Boston area, including 1 record in which D Clark had interest; admits getting $8,955 from 4 cos and 7 mfrs in 3 yrs; denies payola; Dumont head D Dumont admits giving $8,565 to disk jockeys, denies payola; AFTRA exec I Lewis testifies on complaints from artists who appeared on TV musical shows and were not paid; WHDH-TV disk jockey B Clayton denies Lewis charge; admits getting $300 from Music Suppliers but denies payola; comments on Miami disk jockey conv; Moss urges IRS probe record distributors books; hearings recess