March 16, 1970

Cambodian officials rept clash between Cambodian and N Vietnamese troops, Nui O area

Israel repts its commando units penetrated 55 miles into Syria at night to shell army camp near Quteife, 20 miles beyond Damascus, and sabotage power line just N of Damascus; repts another raiding party destroyed culvert and 2 pillboxes just behind cease-fire line several hrs later; says action, heaviest against Syria since war, followed 148 cease-fire violations this yr; Syria repts 5 soldiers killed, 14 wounded, holds camp and power line were hit in bombing raid; Palestinian guerrillas rept conducting heavy rocket attacks on 4 Israeli settlements, including Dan, in Upper Galilee; map

Amer Airlines and Braniff Internatl announce programs to install reduced-smoke combustors on all 727 engines, at cost of $1.17-million to Amer and $690,000 to Braniff when completed before end of '72

indus development of S Amer inland areas seen having adverse impact on surviving Indian tribes; sharp decline in Indian population since 16th century, particularly in last 20 yrs, noted; some of Indians' soc and econ problems discussed; situation in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru described; illus

Sen Commerce Com set to vote on Sen Pastore bill to deal with TV campaign costs; bill would do following: suspend permanently equal time rule for Pres and Vice-Pres candidates, making unsponsored TV debates between Dem and Repub candidates regular part of natl campaigns; encourage broadcasters to offer free time, though not necessarily equal time, to 'significant' 3d- and 4th-party candidates; establish candidate's discount of 25% off commercial rates in last 4 wks of campaign for certain elections-- including Sen, HR and Gov campaigns; limit amt of money candidate could spend on broadcast ad to 5 cents for every popular vote cast in last election for that office; HR candidates could spend $20,000 for broadcast ad whether or not that figure could be justified by nickel-a-voter formula; difference between Pastore bill and bill drafted earlier by Natl Com for Effective Cong noted; latter bill would guarantee minimum of TV exposure for candidates and mandates much larger discounts for broadcast ad; sets no limits on spending; does not deal with equal time rule