January 24, 1970

Israelis withdraw from Shadwan after neutralizing it as mil base; rept removing radar unit, destroying all mil installations; reptdly take 62 prisoners; say UAR will he prevented from re-establishing island as mil base, Israeli and foreign newsmen witness operation and withdrawal, confirm Israeli accts of battle; say fighting for island was fierce but brief, Bar-Lev says all of UAR is considered battle zone since UAR says it will not keep cease-fire; says he does not consider Shadwan operation turning point in conflict, indicates further such operations are likely; holds UAR will play down operation and claim Israelis withdrew under pressure; Israel repts UAR jets penetrated 85 mi inside occupied Sinai to bomb El Arish, largest town in peninsula, repts 2 Arab residents hurt, some bldgs damaged; repts Israeli jets raided mil camp 2 mi N of Helwan and Huckstep mil base; repts UAR jets earlier conducted lightning strike against Israeli positions at Suez Canal southern sec; UAR repts 4 planes were involved in air raids near Cairo; repts Israelis were forced to withdraw from Shadwan, illus

Israeli High Ct rules, 5-4, that Israeli con register his children as Jewish by nationality rather than by religion even though their mother is not Jewish, suit brought by Lt Comdr B Shalit; religious law holds only child of Jewish mother or convert is Jewish; some religious leaders see decision tending to undermine unity of Jewish people; Natl Religious party leaders, including Min Shapiro, weigh seeking law reversing effect of ruling; ruling seen doing little to change traditional definition of a Jew; Comdr Shalit sees ct sidesteping issue of who is a Jew; opinions of some justices cited; illus

Natl Econ Research Associates' computer analysis, intended to cover 4,000 construction contracts let by Con Ed between '59-'69, shows that conspiracy by contractors to rig bids has inflated Con Ed construction costs by nearly 10%, PSC hearing; study was sponsored by Con Ed; reveals that successful bids when group of contractors, indicted in '68, were bidding only against themselves averaged 9.4% higher than when one or more nonindicted contractors were bidding; graph; PSC chief Raso repts, in supportive study, cost of specific items such as steel gas main and steel plate used in construction rocketed between '55 and '67; graph; cites cost trend of steel mains and outlines patterns of bidding for Con Ed and Bklyn Union Gas Co; other witnesses comment

2d collection of her paintings, pub by Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, goes on sale at $14 a copy; 30,000 copies sold thus far; proceeds to go to Japanese Red Cross; her art work discussed; illus

Govt charges 8 alleged Mafia leaders, tax consultant W Williams and suspended IRS special agent D Powell with conspiring to bribe IRS agents to protect 8 against tax problems and to get confidential data on pending probes, NYC; arrests reptdly were made despite continuing probe because of possible danger to lives of some undercover tax agents; US Atty Seymour says all agents but Powell reptd bribes to superiors; lauds them for blocking attempt to penetrate IRS; complaint holds $7,250 was actually given to agents; probe began when agent investigating 1 of alleged Mafiosi reptd bribe attempt by Williams; defendants include N Rattenni, whose Westchester Carting Co and Fleetwood Haulage were also named defendants, and J A Masiello; others listed