July 17, 1970

Named NYC ps system Chancellor

Charles and Anne arrive, White House; greeted by Pres and Mrs Nixon; illus; Charles says he and his sister have always longed to come to America, welcoming ceremony; Nixon recalls 1860 and 1919 visits by a Prince of Wales; Charles and Anne fly to Camp David for cookout and make quick evening tour of Washington's lighted monuments; illus; planned activities noted

NYC Police Comr Leary, Chief Inspector McManus, Detectives Chief Lusen and Lt K O'Neill tell Sen subcom that wave of bombings in city has reached 'gigantic' proportions; Leary says that there have been 368 bombings from Jan '69 through May '70, more than twice as many as in 8 preceding yrs; says 4 deaths have occurred in recent wave of bombings and large number of persons have been injured; O'Neill discloses that bomb threats have risen from approximately 3,300 in '69 to more than 6,000 in 1st 6 mos of '70; Leary says dramatic rise in bombings has 'functioned as their incompassionate designers intended' to spread fear and demonstrate city's vulnerability to this type of terrorism; recommends series of controls to limit access to high explosives; recommendations outlined; other testimony noted; major bomb blasts reptd in city in '70 listed; illus

Leonard says Justice Dept will send 100 lawyers and other officials to staff 65 Southern regional command posts and to travel through South from Aug through Oct under plan developed in Feb; staff will listen to complaints of discrimination and will transmit them to law officers; will seek assistance of civil rights orgns in publicizing locations of posts and encouraging citizens to voice complaints; posts will also offer consultative service for schools from Educ Office officials who will form part of staff; Leonard says normal field offices of FBI will be alerted to possibility of immediate investigations if called for

negotiations continue past strike deadline after union agrees to study Kheel's compromise proposal; State Sup Ct agrees to postpone hearings on injunctions