January 14, 1971

Mayor Gibson, after meeting with Vice Pres Agnew, says Agnew assured him that Nixon would not cut existing Fed aid programs to produce funds for his revenue-sharing program; meeting illus; Agnew's office issues later clarification that appears to contradict Gibson's statement; says Agnew told Gibson that that Nixon's program 'would contain new money, not that it would be completely new money'; clarification seen lending weight to speculation that Nixon plans would be linked to elimination of some categorical grant programs, or cuts in their budgets

US Interior Dept rept concludes proposed construction of 800-mi, $1-billion oil pipeline across Alaska would cause 'unavoidable' environmental damage but recommends that it be constructed because development of rich new oil field on Arctic North Slope is 'essential' to 'strength, growth and natl security' of US; contends stiff regulations on pipeline's construction and monitoring of its operations would 'reduce foreseeable environmental costs to acceptable levels'; regulations detailed; dept says rept is 'tentative' and subject to alteration following upcoming pub hearings in Washington, DC, and Alaska; rept, required by '69 Environmental Policy Act and prepared by dept tech, geological and environmental specialists, is based on 2-yr study; intense struggle between conservationists and developers over project revd; map

2 bombs explode at London home of Brit Employment Min Carr; Carr, wife and daughter unhurt, though house and auto are damaged; incident raises widespread concern that pol violence, which has been avoided in GB for many yrs, may be erupting; police link attack to bitterly-opposed labor-reform bill, which Carr is piloting through Parliament; Carr says bombings will 'create outrage in British society and will not become part of our natl life'; Labor party leader H Wilson holds use of violence must be treated as major crime; Prime Min Heath sends Carr message expressing relief at his escape; Sec Maudling says security precautions for Govt members are being urgently revd; extra guards placed at homes and official residences of all Cabinet mins and other sr politicians; Carr residence illus

Berrigan bros deny they are part of alleged plot to kidnap Nixon aide Kissinger and blow up heating systems in Fed bldgs in Washington, statement issued from Fed prison in Danbury, Conn, through their atty, W M Kunstler; score charges as 'fabrication by Govt' in effort to destroy peace movement; Kunstler says Berrigans authorized him and 1/2 doz other peace movement attys to represent them and to look into possibility that alleged co-conspirators also be indicted 'so they can have their day in ct'; says Berrigans view charges as 'colossal blunder into which Govt was stampeded after FBI Dir Hoover concocted them to justify appropriation' for more agents; other defendants and co-conspirators listed

Suffolk County, NY, Repub and Dem leaders announce joint resolve to bar their candidates on local, county and statewide level from accepting endorsements of minor parties, move to counter growing influence on nominations of 3d parties, notably Conservatives in Suffolk; Nassau County leaders plan similar action

Census Bur demographer C F Taeuber calls econ and soc factors and population distribution more important challenges to quality of life in Amer than population growth itself

Jarring reptdly recd strong Israeli commitment to principle of withdrawal from some occupied territories during visit to Jerusalem; commitment reptdly is contingent on acceptance by UAR and Jordan of precise, mutually binding peace agreement; Israelis reptdly deliberately refrained from defining where their ultimate boundaries should lie; ideas reptdly were presented to Jarring by Meir in written statement, which reflected only part of views presented during confs; Israeli 'paper' reptdly was not self-contained blueprint but rather statement of 'certain ideas' placed on negotiating table and available to be picked up by other side; Israeli leaders declared they went out of their way to make document noncontroversial and that UAR and Jordan should find it easy to accept if their desire to negotiate is sincere; suggestion seen as as test of will of Arabs to negotiate; Israel reptdly stated its promise to withdraw from territories more clearly than on previous occasions while paper reptdly placed heavy emphasis on need for strong, mutually binding contract between Israel and its neighbors, idea seen as key to solution; reptd omission from document of any discussion of future boundaries results in differing comments from diplomatic sources; document reptdly also dealt with question of Arab refugees but not with issue of demilitarized zone as way of providing security; reptdly makes clear that there is no change in Israeli contention that security must be assured by conditions existing in area and cannot be guaranteed by outside powers; Jarring has conveyed suggestions to Zayyat and Farra but responses have not been forthcoming as yet; Zayyat issues statement saying that UAR proposal for Big 4 peace-keeping force is not answer to Israeli suggestion but had been formulated earlier

Bethlehem Steel Corp chmn Cort, defying Nixon displeasure, says co will go ahead with plans for steel price increase of about 12% on some major products; says he had discussed move with McCracken, that McCracken was not enthusiastic but did not seem excessively disturbed; McCracken spokesman confirms he was informed by Cort

Defense Dept sources say Laird, particularly interested in whether further deterioration of mil situation in Cambodian might interfere with plans to continue or step up US withdrawals from Vietnam, discussed Cambodian situation with senior Amer comdrs in Saigon

small skirmishes reptd

Dist Atty Rogers office informs league that it is presenting to grand jury 4 criminal cases involving orgn or its leader Kahane, including Dec disorder outside Soviet UN Mission, NYC, alleged attack in May on Dr M T Mehdi, June invasion of offices of Soviet trading corp Amtorg and Nov pipe-bomb explosion in doorway of Soviet airline and tourist agency offices; league official L Fine says he assumes that Russians may be attempting to infiltrate league's activities for information purposes; NYC police official says dept has 'been maintaining heavy perimeter surveillance by plainclothesmen' at league's demonstrations; quiet encounter between ptl and elderly Jewish woman at Soviet UN Mission, NYC, described; illus

A special grand jury indicted the administrative assistant to Senator Hiram L. Fong of Hawaii and two New York resi dents yesterday on charges of conspiracy to quash a Federal stock‐fraud case that involved organized crime.