Fed Govt takes major steps toward regulating use of methadone and gathering proof of its value in rehabilitating narcotics addicts; Justice Dept's Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Bureau Dir Ingersoll announces new proposed regulations that are expected to drive out of operation some of groups using heroin substitute in programs for addicts, news conf; other groups may find it easier to get legal start while over-all use of methadone is expected to increase significantly under new regulations; regulations include recommended plan for investigative use, outlining method of selecting subjects, treatment regimen, record keeping and evaluating results; regulations outlined; officials comment

U.S. Methadone Plan Proposed To Guide Wider Use and Study

US command quotes USMC lt as saying enemy soldiers threw stachel charges and grenades into houses in Baren

70 CIVILIANS DEAD IN A VIETCONG RAID

Communist troops reptdly seize control of temple ruins of Angkor; reptdly open new attack on Siemreap; Cambodian mil spokesman Maj Gen Am Rong says planes cannot be used against enemy in Angkor because 'temples are our patrimony'; appeals to 'internatl opinion' for help to save them; says aid is sought for all kinds of arms, not just for Angkor Wat, but for all Cambodia; says S Vietnamese were not asked to help because of 'question of mil strategy'; loss of Angkor would be serious psychological blow to Cambodian Govt; US Defense Dept has pledged to avoid damaging cultural sites as long as US troops safety is maintained

Temple Ruins at Angkor Reported in Foe's Hands

USSR repts it increases mil and econ aid to N Vietnam as result of broader Indochina war

SOVIET WIDENS AID TO NORTH VIETNAM

Pres Nixon, acting on repts that situation is rapidly worsening, assumes direction of efforts to assure safety of Amer hostages and other Amers; meets with aide H A Kissinger to decide on possible civilian or mil rescue operations; Adm emergency policy-making team meets throughout day to consider implications of fighting; US officals have recd fragmentary repts of looting of Amer homes; US diplomats are having difficulty communicating with Jordanian officials; fighting in city has barred movement by Amer diplomats in Amman; US officials say that as far as they know US did not press Hussein to oust 2 gens to obtain release of hostages; IRC repr who is guest at Amman hotel is negotiating for their release

HUSSEIN ACCEPTS GUERRILLA TERMS; OUSTS 2 GENERALS

Pres Nixon is considering plan to reorganize AEC into over-all energy agency, which would deal with elec power shortage, threatening much of East this summer

NIXON AIDES WEIGH RESHAPING A.E.C. FOR A WIDER ROLE

Top US Defense Dept official says strong budgetary pressures are forcing Adm to seek agreement to remove large part of Amer mil force over 2 or 3 yrs, starting in 71; repts secret negotiations are set to work out withdrawl schedule; Adm officials reptdly are prepared to seek special Cone outlay of about $1-billion, spread over 5 yrs, to modernize Korean Army in addition to $140-million now spent in mil aid to maintain S Korean armed forces; will take position that high cost will be more than offset by demobilizing 1 withdrawn div; plan to have US keep primary responsibility for providing air cover for S Korea in event of an invasion

U.S. Troop Cut in South Korea Reported Sought to Save Funds

Shultz's apptmt hailed by Fed officials responsble for natl econ policy; move seen placing man with comprehensive knowledge of economics in dual position of key spot on White House staff and as head of major operating agency; officials in major econ-policy agencies have felt increasing frustration for at least yr over apparent inability to get their ideas and arguments through to Nixon

NAMING OF SHULTZ HAILED IN CAPITAL

W Ger Amb von Holleben kidnapped from his auto on Rio st by 5 armed terrorists; kidnappers kill Brazilian security guard and wound 2 others; leave leaflets indicating they will exch von Holleben for pol prisoners and demanding that police make no attempt to capture them while talks for exch of hostages are in progress; express regret at resorting to kidnapping but hold that while patriots are being tortured or killed in prisons, no other choice exists; leaflets are signed with initials presumably representing 2 leftist urban guerrilla groups; W Ger repr in Rio silent; says police are handling case

Terrorists in Brazil Kidnap Bonn Envoy

Kings County Dist Atty Gold announces that 35 reputed underworld figures have been arrested in 8 counties in and around city on charges of criminal contempt; 11 other men whose indictments were also announced are still being sought on same charges; charges result from defendants' alleged refusal to answer questions put to them after they were granted immunity from prosecution by Kings County grand jury investigating infiltration of legitimate businesses by organized crime; Gold comments; case revd; those named in indictments listed

REPUTED MAFIOSI SEIZED IN RAIDS

Alexander Kerensky Dies Here at 89

Pres Nixon asks Cong to approve legis canceling 20 Fed oil leases in sanctuary, approximately 18 mi long, paralleling shore and extending 20 mi seaward to Santa Cruz Island; map; oil drilling will be banned unless exigencies of natl interest require that reserves be explored; bill will not limit drilling on 50 leases in channel which lie outside of proposed sanctuary and on 391,300 acres that are still unleased; bill seen not likely to satisfy conservation groups that want to ban all drilling in area; provides that cos holding these leases will be recompensed from Naval Petroleum Reserve; Geological Survey dir Pecora stresses compensation will be determined by cts, news conf; Govt will insist on ct determination of compensation since none of 20 leases to be canceled has announced any oil discovery; cos will have yr to file suit; Nixon says pumping will continue in 3 leases, 2 owned by Union Oil and I by Sun Oil, where damage to geological formation resulted in oil spill; says this is necessary to bleed off high pressure oil that may escape through weakened structure formation, causing further pollution; notes bill illustrates strong commitment to use offshore lands in responsible manner; bill had been proposed by Sens Murphy and Cranston after Hickel had suggested similar plan at meeting of conservation reprs and Sens' adm assts; Nixon had delayed support because of vigorous opposition by Navy, Defense and Justice Depts; bill is almost certain to be passed in tight of Cong's present responsive mood to environmental problems; Standard Oil comments, others decline

President Asks End Of 20 Oil Contracts Off Santa Barbara

Sen, 52 to 47, rejects Byrd proposal, endorsed by Nixon; vote seen clearest test of Sen sentiment for imposing legis restrictions on Pres authority to involve US in mil action in Cambodia without consent of Cong; reinforces expectations that Sen will pass Cooper-Church amendment; Cooper-Church forces add provision, offered by Mansfield and adopted 91 to 0, specifying that nothing in the amendment 'shall be deemed to impugn the const powers of the Pres as Comdr in Chief

NIXON IS REBUFFED BY SENATE, 52‐47, ON CAMBODIA ISSUE

Hussein, after 5th day of bloody fighting, yields to 2 key commando demands, ousting Ben-Jamil as Comdr in Chief and Ben-Shaker as comdr of 3d Armored Div, which surrounds Amman; takes personal command of Army; reptdly rejects demand that Ben-Jamil, Ben-Shaker, al-Kallani and W Tal be deported; says his bodyguard was killed and 5 wounded earlier in attempt on his life, message read over Amman radio; charges commandos plot to solve Palestine problem by creating Palestinian state on Jordanian soil or by some kind of state, linked with Israel, on occupied Jordan River west bank; says he hopes eventually to be able to offer self-determination to west bank residents; acts after talks between his aide and Arafat; commandos are demanding right to conduct unrestricted operations across border into Israel; are in control of most sts in Amman, with army stationed mostly in suburbs; have set up scores of roadblocks; Fatah radio charges US asked Ben-Jamil to bring troops to city; most of day's violence consists of 2d commando attack on radio station; deterioration of security in Amman is underlined by Odell appeal for steps to protect lives and property of Amers; appeal follows repts that roving bands, claiming to be commandos, are stealing cars in residential areas; US Embassy has advised Amers to turn over car keys to commandos without argument; Fatah claims responsibility for killing of Perry; says he had been sniping at commandos from his home; Popular Front continues to hold foreign hostages and seize newly arriving foreigners; threatens to blow up hotel where most are being held if army continues to shell refugee camps

UN Sec Gen Thant expresses hope for early end to 'Cambodian adventure', proposes new Geneva-type conf he hopes may bring peace to Indochina, s, UN Correspondents Assn

THANT SAYS BIG TWO HOLD KEY IN MIDEAST

NATO COST‐SHARING ENDORSED BY LAIRD

T Hagen named head of UN engineers and aid experts who will survey damage; 2 IBRD experts to join survey; Thant expected to name Dr R Prebisch as his personal repr to preside over program; Peru seeks $165-million from IBRD and $35-million from Inter-Amer Development Bank; UN Development Program admr P G Hoffman comments on survey; White House issues pub appeal for relief supplies and funds

U.N. Picks Chief of Peru Quake Study

Israel repts its commandos took control of line of bunkers and fortified positions near Qantara and attacked guard station at Gulf of Suez N of Ras Gharib

Israelis Report Raiders Kill 20 Egyptian Soldiers

Premier Palme (Sweden) comments on impressions after 10-day tour compared with his stay in US as coll student in '48, int

Swedish Leader Senses ‘Kind of Division’ in U.S.

he stresses conflict damages Arab struggle against Israel

Nasser Denounces Fighting

Iraqi troops reptdly have been involved in skirmishes with Govt forces at least briefly this wk

Syria Proclaims Support For Guerrillas in Jordan

US formally returns Wheelus base to Libya; illus

U.S. Hands Over Base to Libyans

Blood, Sweat and Tears (group): Group, under US State Dept program, leaves June 13 for 11-concert, 26-day tour of Yugoslavia, Rumania and Poland; is 1st such modern US group to be sent to Communist countries under State Dept program; group waives its fees for tour

American Rock Group to Tour 3 Countries in Eastern Europe

about 2,600 members of Canadian Council of Postal Unions walk off jobs, Ont, in support of union demands in contract negotiations

Ontario Postmen Walk Out

State Dept declines to discuss Motrico case; says action in penalizing him is 'internal 'matter

June 12, 1970

Headlines from June 12, 1970

U.S. Methadone Plan Proposed To Guide Wider Use and Study

70 CIVILIANS DEAD IN A VIETCONG RAID

Temple Ruins at Angkor Reported in Foe's Hands

SOVIET WIDENS AID TO NORTH VIETNAM

HUSSEIN ACCEPTS GUERRILLA TERMS; OUSTS 2 GENERALS

Billboard 200

Let It Be (Soundtrack)

McCartney

Woodstock

Deja Vu

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Historical Context for June 12, 1970