January 29, 1971

Special investigative panel probing city's juvenile centers finds only some children are given reading tests to determine what class they should be in; rept also notes teachers are allowed to select youngsters they want in class and return others to dormitories where they are allowed to sit idle all day; says educ of children is further undermined by racial discord among members of school staff

Pres Nixon asks $1.5-billion in pay increases and other benefits to help achieve goal of ending draft by mid-'73 and replacing it with an all-volunteer force, message to Cong; funds would provide about 50% increase in pay for most enlisted personnel

Team of Fed housing specialists, commissioned by HUD Dept, issues rept charging that Newark Housing Auth is top-heavy with superfluous employes and wasteful in its management of city's pub housing and urban renewal programs; orders further that auth, which is approaching $1-million debt in its operating expenses, undertake major reorganization of its personnel or face loss of continued Fed assistance; rept's findings outlined; Newark Mayor Gibson and HUD Dept's Regional Dir Green comment

Rogers says Adm has no intention of expanding scope of Amer mil activities in Cambodia, Sen Foreign Relations Com closed hearing; does not foreclose Adm resort to close air support of Cambodian and S Vietnamese troops if mil situation demands, televised statement to newsmen after hearing; says US will continue to use air power the way Nixon feels necessary to protect Amer lives

A City Council committee yesterday approved a package of taxicab legislation, including a fare increase that would come to $41‐million a year and the setting up of a regulatory commission for medallion cabs and for‐hire limousines.