February 24, 1967

Mayor Zirpolo and Council Pres Jacks indicted for taking $110,000 in bribes to permit Colonial Pipeline Corp (Atlanta) to build pipeline and storage tanks in twp

NYC Bar Assn special com on radio, TV and adm of justice issues rept urging adoption of strict voluntary codes by press and police in reptg crime data and 'drastic' tightening of legal ethics cannons to halt flow of prejudicial publicity by attys; holds cts lack power to impose direct controls on news or police; holds only personal data not related to crime or defendant's character should be released to press; prosecutors and attys would be barred from making any comment on case at risk of suspension or disbarment; rept hails voluntary guidelines adopted by Toledo Times and Toledo Blade which rule out pub of defendant's confession, prior criminal record and ct arguments made without jury present; Judge Medina, com chmn, notes rept differs from proposals made by Amer Bar Assn in that latter recommended that police, attys and newsmen be held in contempt of ct for issuing prejudicial data; holds issue of prejudicial publicity is exaggerated; 3 com members dissent from Medina's proposal that otherwise prohibited data might be pub in cases of 'overriding pub need,' such as assassination; AP Managing Eds Assn pres Hill says com's proposals would keep news from public; ASNE statement backs statement that cts lack power to control press and police but holds proposals to curb dissemination of data to press are unduly restrictive; com members listed

ABC and ITT file formal rebuttal to dept charges with FCC; charge dept withheld notes taken at special ABC bd meeting, on file with dept for 1 yr, that bear on issue of whether ITT planned to put funds into ABC or vice versa; details

rept to White House on CIA support of non-Govt groups

Natl Farmers Orgn pres Staley repts drive to get members to sell off sows and cows to cut future output gains momentum

Lindsay recommends moderate increases in bldgs where rents remain exceptionally low; rejects suggestions for more drastic changes; insists on controls retention, citing '65 Fed survey showing 3.19% vacancy rate in rental units; also suggests protection for tenants harassed by landlords, strengthening of renovation programs and detailed econ survey that would lead to future revision of law; would permit landlord to raise rent up to 15% increase since '43; details; Berman says rises would avg about 5%; Met Fair Rent Com attacks proposals

Maoist ideological pub Hung Chi calls off Maoist attacks on main party orgn; Hong Kong analysts think econ and pol disorders and disillusion with pol immaturity of Maoist mass orgns may be forcing Mao to drop cultural revolution goals; ed says officials who committed errors can still be given appropriate leading posts; ed attempts to dissociate Mao from purge excesses; Red Guard reptdly ransacked Hsiao Hua home after unauthorized criticism of him

US troops begin Junction City Operation, largest operation of war near Cambodian border in War Zone C; 25,000 men in action; 2 helicopters downed; B-52s and other planes used in support of helicopter landing; illus, map

US studies withdrawing 1 div from Ger to ease financial strain; State Dept reptdly resists for pol reasons

BAL HARBOUR, Fla., Feb. 23--George Meany, who a year ago was hinting angrily that organized labor might break with the Administration, today endorsed President Johnson for re-election in 1968.

Defeated, Parliamentary election

Natl Council of Chs pres Flemming repts med aid programs of Prot and RC missions will be joined to combat disease on global scale, news conf; repts surveys of programs and health problems already begun; other data