December 14, 1970

Acute shortage of pub money for housing construction, plus increasing difficulty in relocating tenants, forcing Lindsay adm to curtail plans for new urban renewal projects and concentrate instead on completing those already under way; adm's shift in emphasis, disclosed in ints with Fed and local officials, has been taking shape over last yr and is evident in 1st projections of HDA's '71-72 budget; shift represents 1st time adm has played down so-called 'pipeline,' process under which plans are made for publicly assisted housing; recent indications of policy change include Planning Comm rejection of HDA requests and slashing to zero '71-72 capital budget outlays for acquisition and clearance of new urban renewal sites, HUD Dept Regional Admr S W Green announcing that Fed money for same purpose will be cut back this yr to half of what it was last yr and that there is little prospect that it will be increased next yr, dwindling housing construction and difficulty in relocating tenants forced out by urban renewal into sound housing because of city s critical housing shortage; city and Fed housing officials comment

graphs show number of vehicle deaths and death rate per 100-million vehicle mi, '55-70

Thousands of, New Yorkers, chilled hut happy; ‘took part yesterday In the latest in urban adventures—a stroll on traffic less Fifth Avenue to watch di versions ranging from folk dancing to ice skating on thermoplaitic laid over the pavement.

Dayan says Israel will never permit stationing of any UN troops on its territory, US TV int; illus; scorns idea of internatl supervision of settlement or demilitarization of border areas; says Israel has had bad and bitter experiences with such measures in past and has found no substitute for its own forces as guarantor of peace; says proper conditions for return to talks have not occurred; says Israel wants to be sure that it will be in position to negotiate freely and that Security Council will not intervene and impose solution; says he cannot detail how Israel intends to get assurances that it wants, reply to query whether Israel is seeking US pledge that it will veto any such resolution in Security Council; takes hard line on issue of future territorial settlements; Hussein says he would like to see US and USSR assume active peace-keeping role, US TV int; illus; says direct US-USSR participation in peace-keeping mission will help relieve suspicion and insure success of negotiated settlement; says he believes that odds favor eventual big-power participation; restates his willingness to agree to some territorial adjustments to bring about peaceful solution; statement marks 1st time that Arab leader has publicly backed idea of US-USSR peace-keeping role, idea suggested by Nixon Adm in Aug and later dropped

'70 census reptdly indicates Lithuanians have regained majority of population of Vilna, Lithuanian capital, for 1st time since World War II; map