September 14, 1970

Univ opens under open-enrollment plan; 33% of freshmen are black or Puerto Rican; chart shows ethnic composition of classes, '67-70

Israel arrests over 450 Arab residents off occupied west bank of Jordan River in apparent attempt to exert pressure on guerrillas; those arrested include business and professional men and reptdly women and some families; some reptdly are close relatives of guerrilla leaders in Jordan; move signals departure from Israeli policy of minimal interference in local affairs of west bank; Israeli repr says arrests are for interrogation and that persons are suspected Popular Front members or sympathizers; rept that arrests were made to force release of hostages noted; Arabs hold move is either to seize counterhostages or to exert more pressure on guerrillas; skepticism that those arrested are involved with Popular Front or other guerrilla group noted; other signs of toughening Israeli policy towards residents of occupied territories include deportation of 6 prominent Arabs including former Mayor of Gaza and possible request by prosecutor at trial of 5 guerrillas in Gaza for death penalty; declaration by ind newspaper Maariv that membership in Popular Front should be declared crime against humanity with harsher punishment than that given members of other guerrilla orgns noted; Knesset recalled to consider hijackings and possible punitive measures

PO Dept, in unannounced change, puts into effect program under which some special delivery lrs will be delivered with regular mail in Manhattan, NYC; repr says action will allow some special delivery lrs to go out sooner than if handled by special carrier; denies move is major change; Natl Lr Carriers Assn NY Branch pres Johnson charges action is aimed at reducing by 50 former 191 special carrier jobs south of 59th St; discusses alleged deficiencies in new policy

concern over possibility of deadlock in talks and dissension among 5 govts mounts; Freymond, in Geneva, says IRC is concentrating its efforts on improving situation for remaining hostages; IRC repr says negotiations for release of hostages are now up to individual govts; Swiss Cabinet sets emergency meeting; 3 Eur countries and US reptdly will attempt to persuade Freymond to return to Amman; uncertainty regarding exact number of hostages noted; Popular Front reptdly says number is about 50 rather than 40 and that some are suspected of being Israeli mil pilots; W Ger denies making separate deal and Switzerland repts asking Arab League to work with Popular Front to release hostages; GB expresses concern that main problem is how many guerrillas Israel will have to free; 4 Western govts express concern with Israeli seizure of 450 Arabs and bid from Amman delivered to W Ger Chancellor Brandt by Soc Dem party Mgr Wischnewski offering to exch several W Ger hostages for 3 guerrillas held in W Ger; Brandt rejects offer; earlier, Brit official cited desire of guerrillas to negotiate separately with each country, splitting their unity; Popular Front seen offering separate pacts to GB and W Ger despite insistence by both countries that only solution is deal negotiated on behalf of all countries; Brit Sec Maudling issues order extending period in which Khaled can be detained in W London police station; ordinarily, she would have been taken to prison, move that might have been misinterpreted

Study of tests given to about 80% of CUNY entering freshmen shows slightly more than half need varying degrees of remedial aid in math or reading or both, with 'considerable' overlapping of need; details; chart of test results