August 31, 1971

early returns show that opposition candidates will probably win 50 to 60 of the 159 seats in lower house; winners may include many independents whose views are not known; of 1,240 candidates, 118 are incumbents and only about 30 of them are re-elected; An Quang Buddhist faction apparently gains some 30 seats; showing held significant because Buddhists are majority in S Vietnam; Bunker met yesterday with Nguyen Van Thieu, presumably to discuss both pres and lower house races; elections considered to have been reasonably well conducted, although 2 anti-Govt incumbents, Ngo Cong Duc and Vuong Van Ba, charge they lost because of intimidation and dishonesty by Mekong Delta prov chiefs apptd by Nguyen Van Thieu; anti-Govt candidates are more successful in big cities, while Nguyen Van Thieu supporters are strongest in countryside; Sen Tran Van Don is one prominent opposition winner; details on other results; Saigon election scene illus

Survey reveals record gypsy moth devastation in eastern US; secs of Penna, NY, NJ and Conn are among those hardest hit; specialists fear moths will have spread over most of country before recently discovered biological weapons against them can be put to use; Dr R W Campbell and other researchers discuss problem; scope of infestation detailed; map shows hardest hit areas

Amer Inst of Planners' NY Met Chap issues critique charging NYC Master Plan lacks goals and objectives and omits any real historical analysis of dry's development and over-all description of its problems and potentials; says plan might even be called, without invidious connotation, pub relations device; cites other omissions in plan as well as some ingenious proposals; outlines suggestions for inclusion in plan; City Planning Comm Chmn Elliott says traditional physical plan would have been inappropriate for large US city in '70s; Mayor Lindsay repr hails plan; critique was pub after some professional planners had complained that Elliott had intervened to soften rept, which he denied

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 — This fall, for the first time, a substantial amount of school desegregation is scheduled to take place in cities outside the South and the Border States.

McCracken predicts that Nixon Adm's econ program will add net of $15-billion to GNP in 72 and create about 500,000 new jobs, Cong Joint Econ Com hearing