November 5, 1970

W Riles, Negro, defeats Pub Instruction Supt Rafferty, right-wing spokesman, in major pol upset; Riles illus; Reagan wins by margin smaller than in '66, is unable to carry Murphy; Repub E J Younger elected Atty Gen by small margin; Repubs Lt Gov Reinecke, Controller Flournoy and Treas Priest win by margins larger than Reagan's; E G Brown Jr elected State Sen, defeating Repub J L Flournoy, Negro; Riles-Rafferty campaign revd; Rafferty was not given heavy conservative financial support that marked his earlier campaigns, has disenchanted many Repubs who blame him for past election defeats; was endorsed by Reagan and Nixon aide R H Finch; Dems win control of Legis

US to withdraw lone Amer div, 2d Inf, guarding 18-mi stretch of demilitarized zone, turn over defense of entire 155-mi boundary to S Korea; Adm official links move to effort to reduce danger of border clashes with decisions on involvement of Amer troops being made by comdrs at front; says bulk of Amer troops and their supporting units, positioned many mi to rear, will remain, that Amer troop involvement in any hostilities would come only in event of major invasion by N Koreans, with decisions made at high level; S Korea reptdly resisted withdrawal of Amer div, proposed alternative move; Defense Dept officials see savings of $400-to $500-million a yr from inactivation of withdrawn div; will propose funds be used to build up S Korean forces; map

UN Gen Assembly, 57-16 with 39 abstentions, adopts UAR-backed resolution sponsored by 20 African and Asian countries and Yugoslavia, calling for 3-mo extension of cease-fire and unconditional resumption of Jarring talks; US and Israel opposed resolution; US withdrew its draft resolution; Assembly, 45-49 with 27 abstentions, rejected compromise resolution proposed by 20 Latin-Amer countries, which avoided allusions to missile withdrawal; Riad says he has instructions to conf with Jarring and that UAR will observe 3-mo extension; Eban says vote has made resumption of talks less likely than before despite Israeli willingness to accept cease-fire extension; says UAR-backed resolution distorts balance of Nov '67 UN resolution; Assembly vote creates 3-way split among Big 4 powers with US voting against resolution, GB abstaining and USSR and France backing it; French repr Kosciusko-Morizet persuaded UAR and resolution's sponsors to include references to need for lasting peace, recognition of sovereignty of every Middle Eastern state and secure boundaries, those countries opposing resolution included Australia, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dahomey, Iceland, Malawi, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, El Salvador and Uruguay; vote also creates spin among Arab countries with Algeria, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, S Yemen and Syria refusing to vote because resolution failed to satisfactorily provide for demands of Palestinians, Palestinians seen emerging strengthened because resolution states that their rights must be recognized as part of lasting peace; resolution also recognizes Israel's territorial integrity but fails to provide for Palestinian demand that their rights to homeland be recognized; meaning of vote and debate preceding it seen extending beyond parliamentary infighting and affecting situation; UAR seen burying issue of reptd violations

Repub and Dem leaders agree that tax rise is certain to be enacted by '71 Legis because of mandated rises in state spending, inflation and lagging econ; proposals include 1 cent rise in sales tax to produce $400-million a yr