September 26, 1969

The Appellate Division yestedray reinstated scheduled Blue Cross rate increases, averaging 43.3 per cent, that were blocked three weeks ago by State Supreme Court Justice Joseph A. Brust.

Rockefeller accuses Goodell of 'undermining' Nixon efforts, statement; says action is 'ill-advised'; telephone conversation between Rockefeller and Goodell, in which Rockefeller unsuccessfully attempted to head off move, reptd

Controller Mario A. Procaccino announced late yesterday that he had accepted three dates for live, televised debates with Mayor Lindsay.

Repr Mills statement holds study indicates city makes unauthorized payments of $66-million a yr; sees estimate 'conservative,' asks Gen Acctg Office for more data; Repr Delaney makes available copy of rept; covering lr by HEW official J Twiname sees need for corrective action; notes that, although 9.4% of 543 child aid cases studied were ineligible under that program, only 3% were ineligible under any program

Art collection of late R Lehman, valued at over $100-million, given to Met Museum of Art, NYC; gift, comprising nearly 3,000 objects of W Eur art, is said to be 1 of world's greatest collections, comparable in scope and quality to Frick, Mellon and Widener Collections; collection was begun some 60 yrs ago by Lehman's father, Philip, and is especially rich in Italian paintings of 14th and 15th centuries, Flemish, French and Ger paintings of Renaissance and French paintings of 19th and 20th centuries; described; terms of pact between R Lehman foundation and museum specify that gift, now housed in Lehman's 18-room Park Av apt and 5-story mansion on W 54th St, be preserved 'forever' as separate entity within museum; gift announced by foundation pres E L Weisl and Lehman's son, Robert Owen, at dinner inaugurating museum's yr-long centennial fetes; dinner took place in museum's 6 newly renovated Eur paintings galleries, now open to pub; illus; Hoving hails gift