August 5, 1969

BLS repts unemployment rate rose to 3.6%, July; 79.6-million persons were employed, 3.2-million unemployed; Asst Comr Goldstein says rise in unemployment rate occurred primarily among white males; nonwhite jobless rate put at 6.4%, 0.6% under June

Equipment breakdown knocks out more than 20% of Con Ed power producing capacity and plunges NYC into most serious power crisis since '65 blackout; co manages to get through day by buying huge amounts of power from neighboring elec cos, but is left with virtually no reserve power and with prospect of future power shortages; appeals to New Yorkers for 2d time in less than 3 wks to reduce elec consumption; co spokesman says further appeals for curtailment in elec use will depend on situation as it develops on daily basis; 3 breakdowns led to crisis; Lindsay, noting restoration of equipment could take up to 4 wks, calls on PSC to investigate; Luce says most optimistic estimate is that it will take 2 wks to get 1-million kw generator in Queens back into service; warns city can experience repeated shortages; conditions in city described; figures indicating magnitude of co problem listed; details on crisis; Luce, in news conf, stresses that co has sought for several yrs to expand capacity but has met with opposition from various groups; notes objections to Cornwall plant; Vandivert comments; illus

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Amer Govt agencies in S Vietnam are quietly cutting back their staffs; civilian reductions are part of Nixon order to reduce Amer presence overseas; 3 agencies in Saigon (Embassy, USIS and AID) will lose total of 240 people over next 10 mos; figure is 10% of Amers on Washington's payroll in S Vietnam; activities and statistics on members of aid program and orgn of program discussed

FDA exec Dr Jennings acknowledges scores of drugs now on mkt have undergone safety and efficacy tests of questionable validity, recent memorandum to Ley, made available to Sen subcom staff; FDA apparently had doubts about tests, including those conducted by Stough, as long as 2 yrs ago, but made no move to regulate them or disqualify Stough; Jennings argues that 2 inspections of prison testing programs, conducted by Lisook, revealed no violations of FDA regulations but says FDA should be concerned that operation such as Stough's could exist under current regulations; memo, briefly recounting Stough's activities, detailed; notes Feb '69 inspection of Southern Food & Drug Research Inc was not materially different from '67 inspection; notes minimal dr-subject contact and execution of studies primarily by med technicians but indicates lab records and progress repts appear complete and in original form and that no evidence to indicate that tests were not actually performed exists; memo questions validity of studies, especially possibility of concurrent testing of drugs (apparent reference to testing of more than 1 experimental drug on same person at same time); list of 175 experimental drugs and mfrs, sought by Times while July 29 article was in preparation, was attached to memo