January 6, 1967

US Asst Sec Sylvester, resigning from Defense Dept, defends Govt pub relations during '62 missile crisis and his statement then that Govt has inherent right to lie in time of natl peril; furor over Govt news mgt recalled

Met Commuter Transportation Auth Chmn Ronan discusses potential impact of plan; says it could spur early start on new E Side and Queens subway lines, spur bldg of LIRR terminals in E Midtown and Wall St areas, promote other subway and rr improvements

Rodriguez Jailed after Chief Asst Dist Atty Roberts charges that aides of Rodriguez threatened him and said they would kill Taylor; Carney denies defense motion for mistrial on grounds 'inflamatory statements' by Roberts prejudiced right to fair trial; Roberts discloses Rodriguez was charged by client in '66 with asking for $200 to fix a judge; defense says charge was dismissed; repts Bronx Dist Atty Dollinger may testify

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N Vietnam envoy Mai Van Bo says safety considerations limit number of Western newsmen who may visit, news conf, Paris

Dr M I Eisenstein, who spoke to Thaler and criticized conditions at Harlem Hasp and affiliation program, tells Procaccino he was relieved of duties at Harlem Hosp by Columbia U Physicians and Surgeons Coll, which has pact with Hosp; is also pres of Hosps Dept Drs Assn; assn bd says he was suspended solely for speaking to Thaler; threatens to strike hosp, Columbia-Presb Med Center and Columbia U main campus if he is not reinstated; Thaler at conf, 'shocked' by suspension, to offer bill in Sen to censure Columbia; State, County and Munic Employes Fed (SCMEF) would hon picket lines; Procaccino to probe; Brown says city will not interfere

Speaker McCormack tells group of Dem liberals that he will not back move to discipline Powell; group includes Thompson, O'Hara, Reuss, Holifield; group proposes denying Powell his chmnship as way of heading off move to bar him from seat; McCormack confs with Van Deerlin; Powell calls critics foes of 'black progress,' statement; Hays holds Powell would have been probed earlier were he white; Bell denies racist conspiracy

Spain signs consular and commercial accord with Rumania, 1st of expected links with E Eur countries

Heller reveals plan to cut pollution resulting from pub facilities heating by use of new interruptible gas service from Con Ed, supplemented by home-grade fuel oil with low sulphur content; some installations considered for conversion noted; Heller comments on Lindsay's demand that Con Ed cut sulphuric pollution; Crawford reaffirms co stand on availability of low-sulphur oil; oil indus reprs at conf support co stand; Rihm says NYS would aid NYC search for fuels with low pollution potential; Heller proposes air quality standards be developed by Met Regional Council; Rihm charges 81.6-sq-mi sec of NJ produces 25% of entire regional total of sulphur dioxide; says most sulphur dioxide affecting NYC comes from power plants of Pub Service Elec & Gas and Jersey Central; adds 6 to list of NJ plants that might contribute to NYC problem

Cutting off virtually all trade with Rhodesia

R C de Thuin, confessed rare-stamp counterfeiter operating out of Merida, Mex, gets out of stamp business; disclosed to have agreed in Dec for an undisclosed amt of cash, to turn over his material to Amer Philatelic Soc; disclosure made in news conf with soc pres E L Willard, Harrisburg, Pa; soc displays Thuin work; counterfeiting may have cost world stamp collectors millions of dollars; US PO Dept issued fraud orders against Thuin in '47 and Aug '65; Thuin illus

Air Taxi Co: all 9 aboard killed as Beechcraft crashes, Red Bank, NJ, during takeoff for NYC; illus; map