February 7, 1970

BLS repts unemployment rate rose to 3.9%, Jan; notes number of workers who lost jobs or were laid off rose to 1.6-million, 600,000 above Jan '69 level; repts rise in unemployment among adult males and blue collar workers; puts Negro jobless rate at 6.3%; Sec Kennedy holds rept may indicate 'easing of labor mkts'

resigns as Dem Natl Com chmn, press conf; illus

Sen votes, 43-32, to reject Dominick amendment; Sen Eagleton, sponsor of pub housing provision, admits impacted program is in disrepute but stresses educ benefits which can be afforded children in pub housing; HR has already passed educ bill with provision to include pub housing as part of program aiding school dists that are crowded because of nearby Fed installations; both measures are watered down with amendments

Israel repts its jets attacked and sank 700-ton UAR minelayer with crew of 80 in Gulf of Suez, 35 mi S of Shadwan; attack apparently is in retaliation for Elath blasts, which sank 500-ton supply ship and damaged smaller landing craft; Israel repts no casualties in blasts; Dayan and Bar-Lev visit Elath, later conf with Meir; Dayan calls blasts part of UAR's war of attrition; Israelis also launch 6-hr bombardment of Suez Canal, one of longest sustained attacks since '67 war, bomb Tel el Kabir camp, 25 mi NE of Cairo and Ganadla, in Nile Valley; say UAR jets attacked Israeli positions at canal, injuring 3 Israelis and 2 UN observers; see UAR attacks as preparation for forthcoming conf of Arab 'front-line' nations; Israeli press repts diplomatic activity from several capitals, holds it stems from USSR's desperate effort to aid Nasser; UAR repts its frogmen sunk 2 vessels at Elath that were being prepared for assault operation; repts Israeli jets attacked Red Sea ports of Hurghada and Safaga for 2 hrs; says craft sunk by Israelis was 120-ton supply boat, repts crew rescued; Cairo Al Ahram scores Western calls for restoration of cease-fire; deplores proposals for curbs on arms shipments to area and again rejects negotiations with Israel; map; illus

Sentenced to 4 1/2-yr prison term for bribery involving ex-Comr Marcus; term to run concurrently with current sentence in earlier conviction