April 6, 1971

US Sup Ct rules that 4th Amendment was not violated when Govt agents planted transmitter on informer, listened to conversation between informer and suspected narcotics peddler and then testified against peddler in ct; holds that Const does not forbid electronic eavesdropping by police when it is carried out with consent of 1 party to 'bugged' conversation

UFA and NYC reptdly roach tentative accord generally following panel recommendations, with full-pay pensions after 40 yrs and salary raise to $14,150 in final stage of 28-mo contract; accord subject to membership ratification; Kiernan declines to be bound by reptd settlement

Fire Base 6 is under heavy shelling; withstood recent wave of N Vietnamese ground attacks; Maj Gen Ngo Dzu says base is vital to security of central highlands; says it is encircled by enemy; details on action at and near base; Saigon command says 1,914 N Vietnamese and 61 S Vietnamese have been killed in fighting at base; map

City official holds Educ Bd's adm staff costs have increased avg of 16% over past 5 yrs, while school budget has risen only 11%; illus

Sgt D L Pitzer, who spent 4 yrs as prisoner of Vietcong, substitutes for Pres Nixon in throwing out ball in Washington Senators opening-day game; Sec Laird reads message from Nixon; illus