August 1, 1969

Nixon, in India, goes out of his way to express support for S Vietnamese Govt; lauds Nguyen Van Thieu; says S Vietnam's govt insts are strong; calls Nguyen Van Thieu 1 of 4 or 5 best pol leaders in world

HR writes into educ funds bill, requirement that colls and univs cut off funds to students who participate in campus disorders; liberals, led by Reprs Reid and Brademas, block move to require Fed enforcement of curb

Mariner 6 transmits 24 close-up pictures to earth; many of pictures, which must still be processed further by computer, resemble partly developed photos; 1 of craft's scanning systems designed to provide data on Martian atmosphere fails because of cooling system malfunction; earlier, Jet Propulsion Lab flight controllers twisted Mariner 7's position by radio command, so its electric guidance eye was pointed toward star Canopus and its directional antenna toward earth; craft was apparently damaged in collision with meteorite; illus of digital data sheet used in computer translation of photos (W Sullivan rept)

Nixon Adm budget planners study potential effect of cutting back on harassing arty fire

Reform proposals; HR cam com completes work on reform bill, agreeing to tax relief for poor, middle class and rich, with largest proportional relief going to poor; expands special deduction for low-income families proposed by Nixon; sets rise in standard deduction to 13%, with $1,400 maximum, in '70, 14% and $1,700 in '71 and 15% and $2,000 in '72; sets 5% avg cut in tax rates, spread over '71-72, for persons with taxable income over $8,000; would tax widows and widowers at rates for married people if they have children under 19 or who are students and would tax all other single people over 35 at head-of-household rates; sets 50% top tax rate on salaries; relief provisions are expected to cut collections by $1.9-b illion, '70, and by $6.9-billion when all changes go into effect; com votes to raise tax rate paid by corps on capital gains to 30% from 25%, move that would yield $200-million annually; votes to let rrs depreciate freight cars over 7 yrs, although actual useful life of cars is several times that