March 22, 1971

NYS officials are more confident of success of state's pure waters program to build sewage treatment plants as result of renewed Fed promises to provide funds; concede that program has fallen far behind schedule, that it will cost much more than Gov Rockefeller had said and that even when project is completed waters will be less that 100% pure; delay in Pure Waters Program and Rockefeller's refusal to admit that project would cost more than $1-billion bond issue discussed; state has already committed all of $1-billion bond issue to some 353 sewage projects, of which 168 are finished and rest are either under construction or final design; Controller's audit shows that Pure Waters Auth, which has been renamed Environmental Facilities Corp, has been less than success in terms of promoting its services to municipalities; illus

US mil spokesmen rept 2 platoons of Amer armored cavalrymen refuse orders to advance along embattled Route 9 near Laotian border, and their commanding officer, identified later as Capt C A Poveda, is relieved of duty; say platoons, with fewer than 100 men, were ordered to 'secure' damaged equipment from battle zone between Langvei and Laotian border; say another unit carried out assignment; similar incident in '69, involving Lt E Shurtz Jr, recalled

Jewish Defense League chmn Rabbi Kahane and other speakers urge continued demonstrations against and harassment of Russians in US until all Soviet Jews who want to emigrate are given permission to do so, Washington rally

Gov Rockefeller plans to seek authority for med corpsmen returning from Vietnam to become paraprofessionals to assist drs

Gov Rockefeller will ask Legis to approve development of former Stewart Air Force Base, Newburgh, NY, as met area's 4th jetport; map; base was acquired by MTA in '70 after USAF declared it surplus; resistance to proposal expected from local citizens' groups, airlines and NY Port Auth which holds site is too far from NYC