Murphy, holding meeting with dept top commanders, issues another tough warning that officials who fail to combat graft within their commands will be demoted to capt; also orders 172 top commanders to fill out questionnaires concerning their personal finances; Chief Inspector Lazarus, pres of Captains Endowment Assn who denounces financial questionnaire sent out by city comm probing allegations of police corruption, indicates that he will not oppose Murphy's order; details

MURPHY TO CHECK ON AIDES'

Bronx Boro Pres Abrams to head natl task force on urban problems for Sen McGovern's campaign for Pres nomination; Abrams to formulate McGovern's campaign proposals on issue; Councilman Troy in Milwaukee seeking to line up urban support for McGovern

Abrams Endorses Bid by McGovern For'72 Nomination

dollar is strong as trading resumes on foreign-exch mkts; levels of dollar depreciation vary little from those in last wk's unofficial trading; no rush to sell dollars is noted and banks remain fairly calm; transactions on various mkts reptd; illus

DOLLAR IS STRONG AS MONEY TRADING RESUMES ABROAD

Lynch and 16 Ulster Opposition MPs, after joint conf in Dublin, announce campaign of civil disobedience to spur unification of Ireland; Lynch seen hoping his strong support of civil disobedience campaign will blunt efforts of IRA to take over passive resistance movement themselves; Lynch is especially worried about meeting in Ireland of 100 'activist' Ulster Caths who urge civil disobedience campaign that would ultimately lead to abolishment of Parliament in Belfast as well as Dublin; radicals urged single natl govt and denounced Lynch's efforts, new violence erupts in Belfast; sentry is fatally shot by sniper in Ardoyne area, making total of 14 soldiers killed since '69

ULSTER CATHOLICS AND DUBLIN START UNIFICATION DRIVE

ACCORD ON BERLIN DRAFTED BY BIG FOUR AMBASSADORS; EASING OF TENSIONS IS SEEN

Life and Death: 3 Hours Of a Policeman's Tour

Tex Atty Gen Martin rules that Smith does not have authority to set aside Nixon wage-price freeze as it applies to state employes and teachers; Smith says he will abide by ruling

Texas Bows to Pay Freeze As Governor Is Overruled

White House press sec Ziegler, commenting on suggestion by IMF managing dir Schweitzer for small upward change in price of gold, holds it is not Adm's intention to change price of gold either up or down; notes this position has been made clear by Sec Connally; Schweitzer cites concern that period of monetary warfare might begin, TV int; says his aim is return as soon as possible to orderly exch rate pattern and normally functioning exch system; notes new pattern of exch rates could probably not have been initiated unless US had first stopped selling gold; holds current situation of partly floating exch rates is not leading by itself to satisfactory pattern of exch rates; later meets with Bank of Italy Deputy Gov R Ossola; says Ossola is exploring usefulness of meeting of deputies from leading nations in non-Communist world; will fly to Ottawa to confer with Canadian Min Benson

U.S. REJECTS RISE IN PRICE OF GOLD

Pres Cost of Living Council, in ruling on Pres Nixon's 90-day wage-price freeze, decides to permit rate increases for liability ins if they were announced before Aug 15 and if substantial number of transactions occurred at increased rate

Insurers Allowed Some Rate Rises Under New Ruling

Meskill signs bill repealing state income tax and substituting revenue pkg that increases sales tax to 6.5%; cuts $85-million from $1.07-billion budget; says biggest reductions will be in aid to localities and soc services; expresses confidence that voters are more willing to accept spending cuts than income tax; pledges there will be no wholesale layoffs of govt employes; calls revenue pkg 'miserable failure'; says he signed it because it was only way he could repeal income tax; Gov's office repts spending cuts will be in 91 separate areas; some major cuts discussed

CONNECTICUT TAX ON INCOME ENDED

Nguyen Cao Ky's refusal to run in election reptdly discussed by Nguyen Van Thieu and his advisers; one aide says Nguyen Van Thieu considers nothing changed in the election which will be organized as scheduled'; repts Nguyen Van Thieu holds Nguyen Cao Ky purposely created a crisis; says he considers 'absurd' Nguyen Cao Ky's proposal they both resign while new elections are organized; Ellsworth meets with Nguyen Van Thieu; subject of conf not revealed; Nguyen Cao Ky says if his name is on ballot despite his withdrawal 'then the farce is reaching outer limits,' news conf; says if he could get back his campaign deposit of $7,000 he would give it to the widow of the veteran who burned himself in election protest; offer appears to win support among 200,000 disabled war veterans who are growing increasingly anti-Nguyen Van Thieu

Thieu Says Election is On Despite Ky's Withdrawal

army and air force units bombard central tower of Univ of San Andres where leftist students make last stand; illus of armored car moving toward students; at least 8 killed, 25 hurt; bombardment overshadows Paz's arrival; mil-civic front seen backed by important business sectors which view with growing uneasiness radical policies adopted by Torres under leftist pressure

BOLIVIA STRAFING KILLS 8 STUDENTS

Nixon to conf at Western White House with Amb W J Porter, new chief delegate to Paris peace talks; White House says there are no indications that Porter's assumption of post on Aug 30 will be accompanied by any breakthrough in 3-yr-old talks; says other side has 'not been responsive to our probing' for clarification of their July 1 peace proposal

NIXON AND PORTER TO CONFER ON PARIS

US watching developments but declines comment

U.S. Watching Bolivia

PRETORIA, South Africa, Aug. 23 (Reuters) &#8212; The trial on terrorism charges of the Anglican Dean of Johannes burg, the Very Rev. Gonville ffrench&#8208;Beytagh, was adjourned today until Sept. 7. The dean, 59 years old, faces 10 charges under the sweeping Terrorism Act, including supplying money to banned persons and groups.

South African Trial Adjourns

troop strength drops by 2,800 men, wk, to 220,100, lowest in 5 ½ yrs; details on each service

U.S. Force in Vietnam Drops to 5½‐Year Low

Special Committee on Co lonialism, subcommittee on Caribbean territories &#8212; 10:30 A.M. and 3 P.M.

The Proceedings In the U.N. Today

Washington sources, reptg that Nixon, through R D Murphy last Apr, informed Pres Chiang that US was shifting its stand to support seating of Peking in UN, note that Murphy was in Taiwan about 3 wks after Peking responded for 1st time to Nixon overtures for improved ties by inviting US table tennis team to China; officials decline to say if Nixon informed Peking then of UN stand

Nixon Is Said to Have Told Chiang In April of Shift in China Policy

23 prisoners who escape from S Korean Air Force stockade on Silmi Island 'invade' Seoul, cause several hrs of panic and confusion when Govt initially mistakes them for N Korean commandos; Govt imposes emergency alert for all S Korean mil forces and temporarily closes Kimpo Internatl Airport; 34 persons die, 30 wounded and 7 are missing in incident; Min Jung Nae Hiuk describes the 23 as 'special criminals, not mil men'; says they killed 12 air force guards and wounded another during their escape; prisoners, dressed in paratrooper uniforms, escaped in a bus which crashed into a tree in southwestern Seoul when surrounded by Govt forces; 15 killed, 4 wounded when prisoners set off hand-grenades inside bus; bus and Jung Nae Hiuk illus

34 Die as Korean Prisoners ‘Invade’ Seoul

cynicism about elections revealed in St ints

Campaign Ups and Downs Stir Cynicism on Streets of Saigon

SAIGON, Aug. 24 (Reuters)&#8212;A South Vietnamese armored column ran into a strong North Vietnamese force one mile out side a fire base near the de militarized zone yesterday and killed 37 enemy soldiers in a fierce engagement, a South Vietnamese military spokesman said today. Government losses were put at four killed and 25 wounded.

Saigon Troops Claim 37

S Vietnamese troops on scouting mission rept finding 76 enemy dead after B-52 raid about 15 mi south of buffer zone; only 1 ground encounter reptd about a mi from firebase Alpha 4

76 Enemy Dead Reported Found Alter B‐52 Raid Near the DMZ

Govt troops advance northward along Route 6; kill 60 enemy soldiers in fierce fighting 60 mi from Pnompenh

Cambodian Advance Reported

Vietcong delegation to Paris peace talks charges Nixon Adm carries out new electoral farce to maintain the warlike Nguyen Van Thieu group in power'

U.S. Role Assailed

Marcos, in move to stem what he calls 'an armed insurrection', suspends right of habeas corpus for all those accused of rebellion or insurgence, radio and TV s; charges insurrection has the 'active moral and material support of a foreign power'; repts 9 suspected Communist conspirators have been rounded up on suspicion of attempting to overthrow Govt; pub reaction mixed; radical student groups hold rallies protesting suspension and arrest of 4 members of Maoist party Patriotic Youth; Dr N Prudente, head of Philippine Commerce Coll, 2 of his subordinates and 2 pol commentators held

August 24, 1971

Headlines from August 24, 1971

MURPHY TO CHECK ON AIDES'

Abrams Endorses Bid by McGovern For'72 Nomination

DOLLAR IS STRONG AS MONEY TRADING RESUMES ABROAD

ULSTER CATHOLICS AND DUBLIN START UNIFICATION DRIVE

ACCORD ON BERLIN DRAFTED BY BIG FOUR AMBASSADORS; EASING OF TENSIONS IS SEEN

Billboard 200

Tapestry

Ram

Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon

Jesus Christ Superstar

Carpenters

Historical Context for August 24, 1971