December 22, 1970

Agr Dept buys 851,000 cases of processed orange juice and 154,800 cases of canned grapefruit sections for distribution to needy families

Sup Ct upholds '70 voting rights amendments, including the outlawing of literacy tests

USSR, Rumania and E Ger send warm messages to Gierek; observers await Gierek's initial adm and econ moves; see concentration on improving econ; speculation on possible post in new Govt for Deputy Premier Kociolek increases as Kociolek joins Gierek in welcoming reprs from Plock oil refinery, Warsaw, 1 of Gierek's 1st official appearances; illus

states' reaction; 47 states where voting age ranges from 19 to 21 are considering following choices: lowering age for state and local elections to 18; using 2 voting machines, 1 with ballot listing all offices and candidates, 1 with special ballot for younger voters listing only Fed candidates; installing mechanism to lock levers under state and local offices; providing special paper ballot for younger voters; Ore Atty Gen Johnson sees 'intolerable adm burden'; NYS Sec Lomenzo, NJ Atty Gen Kugler, W Va Sec Rockefeller comment

Kosygin, in Kremlin s hon UAR delegation under Sabry, warns Israel against expecting any concessions in return for agreeing to peaceful settlement; calls for immediate acceptance UN Nov '67 resolution; avoids endorsing publicly UAR refusal to extend cease-fire now in effect after it expires on Feb 5 unless Israel agrees to firm withdrawal timetable; Sabry holds UAR prepared to make any sacrifices for 'liberation of our land and return of our legitimate rights,' s; with Kosygin, sharply condemns US for supporting Israel; UAR delegation, earlier, confs with Brezhnev, Podgorny and Kosygin