March 29, 1970

Syria claims its troops occupied 21 Israeli positions at night along Golan Hts cease-fire line; holds troops destroyed Israeli strongholds, killed or wounded Israelis occupying them and demolished engineering installations; repts they repulsed attack by Israeli rescue force; Israel rejects rept; says only small unit of some 20 Syrian soldiers launched bazooka attack from close range on Israeli position S of Khisfin; repts 1 Israeli killed, 2d hurt; repts finding abandoned sabotage equipment and arms; repts Syrian shells fell harmlessly in another area; Allon says Israeli air raids at canal are aimed at destroying UAR air-defense system in area, apparently including SAM-3s, radio s; holds installation of missiles would change balance of power; stops short of saying Israeli jets attack newer missiles; suggests USSR is heavily committed to re-establishing UAR strength at canal; map

demonstrations demanding return of Norodom Sihanouk reptdly continue in provs along frontier with S Vietnam but open pro-Norodom Sihanouk activities appear on wane; most demonstrations take place in Takeo Prov; reptdly are under control; N Vietnamese and Vietcong reptdly increase pressure in frontier regions; details on noting at Kompong Cham; many of the 1,000 demonstrators arrested to be released soon; Govt announces mobilization of all former servicemen in face of reptd advance on Pnompenh by 3,600 Vietcong soldiers; Vietcong and N Vietnamese diplomats arrive, Hanoi

holiday season, NYC, described; illus; Pope presides over 2-hr vigil and mass, St Peter's Basilica, Rome

S Vietnamese 2d operation into Cambodia to trap Vietcong force reptdly conducted with active cooperation of 2 bns of Cambodian troops; official S Vietnamese denial of such operations believed to be an attempt not to embarrass new Govt; top Vietnamese officer involved in operation says he has been ordered not to discuss any aspects of cross-border sweeps with newsmen; Amer advisers recd like orders; map

Killed in bomb explosion in Lower East Side, NYC, tenement apt