October 16, 1970

co to move exec offices of parent co and 6 subsidiaries from NYC to site in southern Fairfield County, Conn, early in '73; announces decision despite efforts by Mayor Lindsay and Admr Patton to dissuade co; declines to comment on reasons for shift; Patton expresses regret

Baltimore wins 5th game, 9-3, and champ

AT&T and Comsat expected to announce telecommunications system linking AT&T ground facilities with Comsat satellite system; would be nation's 1st wholly domestic system; plans call for Comsat to launch two 3,008-lb satellites from Cape Kennedy into 22,300-mi-high synchronous orbits; tech advances will permit satellites to transmit 840-million bits of data per second and carry 10,800 to 14,400 voice transmissions at a time; system scheduled to be in operation 30 mos after FCC approval

Nixon Adm indicates interest in Palestinian state as part of over-all peace settlement; State Dept does not specifically endorse idea but hints that high-level probe is underway; says US is still trying to encourage talks between govts but acknowledges that Palestinians will have to be partner and their interests and aspirations will have to be considered; says US has no preconceived ideas about form of Palestinian cooperation but notes interest in idea of Palestinian entity; Adm has privately expressed doubts that refugee problem can be solved through repatriation or resettlement and compensation; factors influencing shift in US emphasis from dealing with established Arab govts seen as death of Nasser and failure of Hussein to quash guerrilla movement; US officials cite lack of direct contact with guerrillas and difficulty of determining who represents them as reasons for continuing US emphasis on working with established govts

Soviet Communist party newspaper Pravda revives Soviet plan for Middle East settlement providing for formal state of peace prior to completion of Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Arab territories; plan asks Israel and Arab states to do everything possible to prevent hostile acts against each other from their territory, seen response to Israeli demands that Arab states be held responsible for incursions made by guerrillas; timing of pub of plan linked to Gromyko's visit to UN and apparent impasse in US talks resulting from alleged cease-fire violations; plan's proposals detailed; most significant departure concerns implementation of formal peace arrangement; plan provides that as soon as Jarring has agreement to end crisis and deposits it at UN, both sides must refrain from hostile actions; stresses need to resolve Palestinian problem and indicates that it backs UN resolutions calling on Israel to repatriate or compensate refugees; does not back demand for establishment of new Palestinian state in place of Israel; Western diplomats say plan was proposed at Big 4 meeting in NY on June 24