December 8, 1970

illus of Brandt kneeling at memorial, Warsaw ghetto

Hussein says future of west bank and Palestinians will be dealt with after gen settlement following lines of Nov '67 UN resolution, London Sunday Times int; says that when settlement has been implemented, issue, including possibility of separation of west bank from Jordan, can be re-examined; influential west-bank Palestinian Arab leader H Canaan renounces any wish to return to Jordanian rule and challenges Hussein to grant legal autonomy to west bank even before Israeli occupation ends, statement pub in E Jerusalem Al Quds (pub); scores Hussein's promises to 're-examine' future status of west bank after Israeli withdrawal; says west-bank residents do not want rule similar to that prior to '67 war and says they will accept no other solution; statement, 1 of strongest of Palestinian self-expression since '67 war, indicates willingness by Palestinian notable to publicly express sentiments expressed only in private; Al Quds pub ed arguing that even if UAR and Jordan accept principle of negotiations with Israel, Palestinians should also have right to make their own arrangements; role of Al Quds as catalyst for ind pol expression among intellectuals and notables in occupied territories discussed; proposals of other local groups, which have not yet made pub statements, demanding total independence from Israel and Jordan with UN trusteeship over west bank and Gaza Strip during interim period in preparation for Palestinian plebiscite, noted

Sen, 52-25, defeats move by Sen Fulbright to add $150-million to appropriations bill for Fed grants to communities for construction of sewer and water facilities

Sen com votes to increase size of tax credit available to retired persons; maximum credit for single person would rise from $229 to $281, for couples from $343 to $421

ALBANY, Dec. 7—Dr. Ewald B. Nyquist, the State Commis sioner of Education, today urged adoption of an informal British approach to schooling in which elementary school children essentially work on their own at whatever they desire.