February 24, 1970

1,000 pro-Israel demonstrators parade with anti-Pompidou signs at White House

NYC Bar Assn Study rept urges Cong to adopt stringent new code of financial disclosure rules, affecting both members and high-paid staff workers and involving property holdings and debts as well as income; rept will be pub as book but key proposals have been submitted to HR ethics (Price) com; rept says it is unnecessary to make members divulge total net worth; calls instead for them to submit sealed repts of income, property and debts, to be available only to official investigators; information that disclosure rules would require outlined; highest-paid staff members are those earning $18,000 or more; above disclosures would also be required of wives and minor children of members and highest-paid staff members; present Sen and HR rules compared with rept proposals; attys who are Cong members or high-paid staff aides would have to make pub all legal fees of $1,000 or more from clients paid to any firms with which members have professional relationships

2d article discusses emergence of conservation as major pol issue; state and local govt officials are responding to pub pressure with flood of proposals for new environmental protection laws; Govs and legis leaders in more than 12 states now give environment top priority; local officials are pressing for pollution control measures; examples cited; proliferation of conservation orgns discussed; Dems, Repubs, liberals and conservatives all seek credit for reforms; some of pol infighting described; many long-time conservationists are concerned movement's popularity has attracted some people with ulterior motives; Sierra Club pres Berry holds politicians, industrialists and anarchists are suspect; number of states have recently created or proposed new environmental protection agencies; illus

Amer Mrs T W Ertle killed, 2 other women on bus tour of Holy Land injured when bus is raked by shots near Hebron, occupied Jordan; some guerrilla orgns have declared area dangerous for visitors; attack described; tour leader says group does not feel situation is more dangerous than expected; wounded are taken to Jerusalem hosp; Bapt Life Assn sponsored tour; daughter of tour leader int; map; illus

Mrs Romney announces candidacy for Repub US Sen nomination; is endorsed by Milliken, seen assured of being party's preferred candidate in primary; Romney denies newspaper repts that wife was not popular choice at party meeting, lauds her qualifications; Huber vows primary fight; Riegle withdraws, then says he may remain in race