August 6, 1971

'72 draft lottery drawing

Sup Ct rejects Nguyen Cao Ky application for candidacy on ground it does not comply with new electoral rules; action prompts statement from Duong Van Minh that he considers withdrawing from race because disqualification proves Govt is dishonest in order to assure Nguyen Van Thieu's re-election; Nguyen Van Thieu's and Duong Van Minh's slates approved by ct; Nguyen Cao Ky to appeal ct ruling; accuses Nguyen Van Thieu of corruption and rigging of election

Soc Security Adm study of nation's health care, predicting that med expenses will rise 50% in 1st half of decade to more than $100-billion, predicts increased utilization of drugs

Wallace and assocs interpret slim margin over Brewer as indication of strength, not weakness

Maj Worden moves outside spacecraft Endeavour 196,000 mi from earth, becoming 1st man to make outside excursion in interplanetary space; is 1st Amer astronaut to perform task in space rather than merely demonstrate technique of space walk; makes 3 trips to rear section of craft to retrieve film cassettes and inspect scientific instruments; excursion televised by camera mounted near spacecraft hatch; Irwin stands in hatch unreeling 24-ft tether attaching Worden to ring inside cabin; excursion described; illus of Worden in space; illus of Worden's children and parents and controllers in Houston watching his televised walk

Reston repts Chinese are irritated by US decision on 2 Chinas in UN but that Peking Govt has not changed its decision to welcome Nixon

Top execs of large corps that are part of skyscraper complex expansion of Rockefeller Center, announcing elaborate plans for beautifying it, voice optimism for and confidence in city's future and tell why cos rejected moves to leave city; comments of S Fisher (McGraw-Hill), A Heiskell (Time Inc), J R Kennedy (Celanese Corp), S Vasquez (Standard Oil) noted; Lindsay spokesman thanks them

Labor Dept repts 1% decline in food prices in July

A sweeping reorganization of the nation's securities industry was recommended yesterday by William McChesney Martin Jr., the former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.

Sadat reptdly unequivocally informed USSR that UAR will continue to resist Communism in Arab world and USSR apparently has yielded to his position and decided that its strategic interests outweigh fate of Arab Communists; Cairo Al Akhbar alludes to s by Sadat to July 24 closed meeting of Arab Socialist Union at which he recounted confrontation with USSR; draws parallel between Sadat's stand and that of Nasser in late '50s when Soviet Premier Khruschev remonstrated over repression of UAR Communists and expressed his hostility towards presumably pro-Communist coup in Iraq; similarities between present and situation in '50s detailed

GM to raise '72 model prices avg $176, or 3.9%; move apparently assures industrywide price increase of about $200 a car as GM sets price pattern for indus; increases come with only minimal styling changes; linked to increased labor and materials costs; GM plans another price increase in Jan to cover safety equipment required by Fed Govt

Admr Kretchmer, discussing NYC's abandoning of plans for giant incinerator to be built at Bklyn Navy Yard, says incinerator would have been too concentrated a source of pollution, news conf; says 3,000 tons of particulate matter that facility would have emitted yrly is now considered unacceptable