talks resume briefly, but no progress is reptd, NYCTA repts sharp rise in bus and subway riders over wk-end; many people rent autos to solve their transportation problems; gypsy cab and regular drivers in private cars continue to furtively pick up riders; virtually all of 4,963 owner-drivers join strike; issues outlined

CAB NEGOTIATIONS RESUME BRIEFLY

Las Vegas sheriff's party searches Hughes's vacant penthouse at Desert Inn on suspicion that felony had been committed there; no evidence of felony found; spokesman for group of execs fighting for control of Hughes empire in Nev accuse other group of inventing felony matter to permit search to be made; Under Sheriff L Bell comments on search; power struggle continues as attys for Maheu obtain restraining order forbidding Gay-Davis group from interfering with normal operations of Hughes businesses in Nev; speculation continues on why Hughes left Las Vegas

Hughes's Home Searched On Suspicion of ‘a Felony’

WARSAW, Dec. 6&#8212;Chancellor Willy Brandt of West Germany, arrived here tonight to sign treaty opening normal relations with Poland.

BRANDY IN POLAND, SIGNS PACT TODAY FOR NORMAL TIES

phone caller to radio station WINS claiming credit for explosion at Humble Oil refinery in Linden, NJ, forecasts other explosions unless 'pol prisoners' like Davis are released

WARNING BY PHONE LINKS SABOTEURS TO JERSEY BLAST

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NEW HAVEN, Dec. 6&#8212;Yale University, one of the many educational institutions facing a major financial crisis, re ceived help today in the form of a $15,348,000 gift from the estate of one alumnus and $1,917,000 gift from another alumnus.

Yale Gets $17,265,000 in Two Alumni Gifts

Article on apparent rise in number and quality of USSR intelligence agents in Latin Amer; US intelligence specialists believe USSR aims at diminishing or replacing US influence by capitalizing on Latin-Amer discontent over US trade and foreign policies; campaign reptdly conducted by 'new breed' of agents, described as personable, cosmopolitan and fluent in Spanish and often in English; 2/3 of force reptdly work for KGB, Soviet intelligence agency, and rest for GRU, Soviet army intelligence; rise in intelligence activities seen paralleling steady increase in USSR-Latin-Amer ties; USSR has opened 8 new embassies in hemisphere since World War II, plans more; reptdly seeks adherents among Latin-Amer diplomats in Moscow and tries to build orgn of young Latin leftists to serve as Soviet advocates; activities, pieced together from testimony of defectors and US intelligence, described; USSR seen quietly backing both rural and urban revolutionary movements, depending on time and place; main base for all activities is Cuba, where about 2,500 Latin Amers reptdly were trained in pol subversion between '61 and '69

Soviet Intelligence Role In Latin America Rises

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Adoption officials, noting recent drop in number of white infants being placed for adoption, cite probable causes, including eased abortion laws

Adoption Agencies Report Shortage of White Infants

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NY Times survey on state pollution bds; repts that membership of bds in 35 states is heavily weighted with reprs of principal sources of pollution, that only 7 states have bds without such reprs and that 8 others, among them NY and NJ, have full-time pollution agencies; says possibility that bd members' personal connections could prejudice objective handling of pollution problems is deplored by Fed officials, who say privately that bds' composition may be major reason why abatement has not progressed faster; details membership of various state bds, citing steel, lead, chem and paper industries as most heavily represented on bds and also principal pollution sources; says there is no direct evidence of impact of polluter influence within pollution bds but details abundant circumstantial evidence indicating 'drag effect' that such pollution bds may have in getting antipollution programs moving; notes recent efforts to eliminate possible conflicts of interest on bds; illus of Pittsburgh steel mill pollution; table of pollution bds

Polluters Sit on Antipollution Boards

trial session; defense establishes keynote of its case by testimony on use of torture against defendants to admit killing of Manzanas; J Abrisqueta tells of torture, explains aims of ETA; trial incidents described; illus

Burgos Court: Stage for Basque Cause

3d installment of memoirs pub in Life; illus

‘Memoir’ Says Khrushchev Signed Purge Death Orders

excerpts depicting events before Khrushchev's secret '56 de-Stalinization s

Excerpts From ‘Memoir’ on Events Before De‐Stalinization Speech

Radical party issues statement favoring end of state rule over local and regional life, 69th conv; sees French Govt becoming part of US of Eur and having powers over defense, foreign and monetary policies; party platform seen victory for Servan-Schreiber; opposition to statement within party noted; Pompidou and Gaullist-Conservative majority seen unprepared to relinquish state powers, even in Eur framework

French Radical Party Asks End Of State Rule Over Local Life

relatives and friends of 146 young people killed in St Laurent fire demonstrate in town, demanding thorough probe of responsibility

Protest Held on French Fire

comment holds front made no gains by kidnapping but notes fears of Bourassa and others in prov that terrorism is not ended; position of separatist movement now discussed

For Quebec Radicals, No Gains

The Proceedings In the U.N. Today

Burma switches after 4 mos of preparation

Burma Makes Road Switch

Pope calls legalization 'unhappy' event, s to crowd in St Peter's Sq

Pope Describes Attack As the Act of a Madman

Pope, in Rome, reminisces about 'apostolic pilgrimage'; churchmen debate achievements of trip; many query ceremonial aspects, feel Pope should have spent more time with bishops and priests; trip and highlights recalled

Churchmen Debate What the Pope's Trip Achieved

Lynch believed to have pol strength to sustain his crackdown on alleged kidnapping conspiracy; is said to have been emboldened to order crackdown by unexpectedly good showing of his Fianna Fail party in 2 by-elections on Dec 2; various 'republican' orgns that back reunification charge Govt acts with 'hysteria,' being pressured by GB to crack down on extremist groups preaching violence against Ulster

LYNCH'S POSITION BELIEVED STRONG

Enemy forces free J Lee, Korean TV cameraman captured Nov 22

Korean Newsman Freed

W Ger Red Cross officials rept Poland will grant 90,000 Gers exit permits, Jan '71-Dec '72; will submit lists to Polish Govt, which has reserved right to make final decision on eligibility and will not permit Poles to emigrate to W Ger for econ reasons; rept language spoken at home and parents' nationality will be among key factors in establishing eligibility

POLES DUE TO LET GERMANS MIGRATE

LONDON, Dec. 6 (AP)&#8212;The British diplomat James R. Cross, reunited with his family after two months as a hostage of Quebec extremists, spent quiet&#8208;day today at the country residence of Sir Alec Douglas Home, the British Foreign Sec retary.

Sir Alec Lends His Home In the Country to Crosses

Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg, better known as Rube Goldberg, was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor.

December 7, 1970

Headlines from December 7, 1970

CAB NEGOTIATIONS RESUME BRIEFLY

Hughes's Home Searched On Suspicion of ‘a Felony’

BRANDY IN POLAND, SIGNS PACT TODAY FOR NORMAL TIES

WARNING BY PHONE LINKS SABOTEURS TO JERSEY BLAST

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Billboard 200

Abraxas

Close To You

Led Zeppelin III

Sweet Baby James

Third Album

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for December 7, 1970