February 21, 1971

SAIGON — Indochina, ironi cally, is hardly the place to be to learn the results—if, indeed, there are any substantial re sults—of the South Vietnamese drive into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Compared to the allied drive into the Cam bodian sanctuaries last year, with American ground forces fighting theme for two months, the Laos campaign seems almost invisible from here.

H Schwartz revs Nixon's proposals; illus; graphs indicating rise in hosp service charges, drs fees and all med care, '60- '70

M Bender article on relative independence of wives of young execs from their husbands' corps in light of picture presented in '56 book The Organization Man by W Whyte; illus

ANEW mood—more cautious and more question ing but perhaps quite temporary as well — ap peared to be enveloping investors last week the spectacular rally in the financial markets finally began to taper off after its three‐month surge.

TV and radio stations across country put on emergency alert of type that would be used in event of nuclear attack when an employe at Natl Emergency Warning Center at NORAD hq, Cheyenne Mt, Colo, during routine alert, mistakenly put on wire to all stations a tape containing authenticating code word to be used only in event of real alert; many stations went off air as required after telling listeners of emergency; others quickly checked, found transmission was error and continued broadcasting; Warning Center tried to cancel message several times but took over 30 mins to find authenticating code word for cancellation message; spokesmen for some stations comment on their reactions and those of listeners; radio station WQXR did not receive alert message because paper in its teletype machine had jammed; emergency warning system operations and safeguards that supposedly were built into it to prevent such accidents discussed; facsimile of teletype message