January 3, 1970

HEW Dept relaxes for part-time personnel security clearance procedures that led to blacklisting of scientific consultants to Govt; Sec Finch says that prospective nominee will be asked to submit 3 character references and sign affidavit that he does not advocate overthrow of Govt by violence; Dr D G Pruch hails move; dept also releases text of rept on security procedures prepared by H R Ellis and conceding blacklists had been unofficially drawn up within dept; rept scores present system

now 30c tokens go on sale at all 484 subway stations; will go into use Jan 4 at 12:01 AM; tokens illus; final adjustments on 3,000 turnstiles seen completed by late Jan 3; NYCTA spokesman says old tokens will be put in storage; Auth raises fares on Aqueduct Race Track express subway from 75c to $1, Whitestone Bridge bus from 25c to 35c, SI-Bklyn express bus by 10c, Great Kills-Wall St bus to 85c and Great Kills Pk-Midtown bus to $1

NYCTA bd raises transit fare to 30c, rejecting Lindsay plea to support move to seek increased gasoline tax to subsidize fare; MTA chmn Ronan notes no evidence existed that Legis would support new tax

Israeli commandos removed 7-ton radar installation last wk from UAR coastal position at Ras Ghareb on Gulf of Suez and brought it back to Israeli territory; reptdly called in freight-carrying helicopters when they realized that they had stumbled onto new USSR-built base; incident has been pub knowledge in Israel all wk, but repts have been barred by mil censorship; Israelis disclosed at time of raid only that site had been attacked, 4 prisoners taken and casualties inflicted; prisoners reptdly are USSR-trained technicians found unarmed in bunkers; radar base reptdly has been reassembled and is being studied; is believed to be worth $1-million; Israel is believed to have kept acquisition secret to avoid spurring further USSR arms aid to UAR; London Daily Express, which broke story, repts raid was carried out after Israeli pilots reptd they were meeting AA fire no matter how fast and low they flew

Fed agents make series of raids around US designed to attack Detroit-based nationwide gambling syndicate reputedly involving widely known sports figures; arrest 10 men; confiscate $172,000 in cash and over $450,000 in cashier and business checks along with gambling records; search J (Dizzy) Dean and his room at Las Vegas hotel for gambling records but find none and do not arrest him; J Ritchie, Justice Dept strike force chief in Detroit, says Fed grand jury will soon hear testimony from sports figures and bookmakers; US Atty Brickley says Govt will present evidence to establish that defendants were involved in multistate gambling and wagering operations involving betting of hundreds of thousands of dollars on all sports events; Mrs Dean derides search of husband