June 14, 1971

US ethnic profile undergoing marked change as result of shifting immigration patterns since liberalization of immigration laws in '65; Immigration Act of '65 abolished natl quotas and opened gates to large-scale immigration from countries outside Northern Eur; Fall River, Mass, with growing Portuguese population, typifies new patterns; illus; graph of immigration patterns, '65 and '70

Hundreds of Young Lords and members of other radical PR groups interrupt PR Day parade, NYC, in protest over nation's status; illus; 19 police hurt, 20 arrested

NYC Human Rights Comm chmn E H Norton s at Vassar Coll commencement; por

Women's House of Detention closes as last of inmates are transferred to Rikers Island; about 200 pickets demonstrate outside bldg protesting transfer on grounds that it would isolate prisoners from community and lessen safeguards against institutional harassment; history of prison revd; speculation on what will become of bldg; illus

Israel says Liberian tanker carrying 70,000 tons of crude oil for Israel sailing into Red Sea through Strait of Bab el Mandeb was fired upon from unmarked launch on June 11; map; attack ripped 3 holes in tanker's side and started number of fires which were quickly extinguished; tanker, Coral Sea, continued to Elath; Meir describes incident to Cabinet and reptdly declares her expectation that maritime nations will act to prevent attacks on civilian targets in internatl waters; declares Israel's intention to safeguard civilian navigation to its ports; incident detailed; Israeli Army radio analyst notes that since S Yemen achieved independence from GB in '67 there has been speculation over attempt to block Red Sea to Israeli shipping; Southern Yemenis seen fortifying Perim Island in strait but attack seen work of Palestinian guerrillas who are frustrated by Hussein's crackdown on their activities in Jordan; leftist Govt of S Yemen and Eritrean Liberation Front both have strong ties with Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine and either might have provided bases for attack; oil reptdly was bound from unidentified source east of Suez for Mediterranean coast via Elath and Ashkelon for transshipment to Eur