October 15, 1971

HR Com, 31-0, repts out measure in program requiring Adm to reverse eligibility provision; size of vote indicates HR will pass measure easily; at least 50 Sens sign lr protesting cuts to be sent to Nixon; breadth of sentiment is taken as strong indication that Sen will endorse HR bill; Nixon's special consultant on hunger Dr J Mayer also rebukes Adm in s to Sen hearing on Humphrey proposal, calling program requirements 'mean-spirited'; says cuts made for econ reasons should not deprive hungry children

Shah and Empress illus welcoming Yugoslav Pres Tito and wife to festivities commemg 2,500th anniv of Persian Empire

squad of Brit soldiers is ambushed by IRA guerrillas on unmarked sec of border and 1 soldier is wounded; fighting is most serious border incident since IRA harassment campaign of early '60s; police spokesmen in Dublin say Irish Army troops and police sealed off Repub's side of border and arrested 4 young men; men are 1st members of IRA to be detained within Repub since present crisis began, indicating toughening attitude by Irish Repub Govt toward IRA illegal operations; demolition program has been angering farmers on both sides of frontier; army spokesmen say at least 1 crater has since been filled in and that alternative routes have been driven through fields and hedgerows by unobserved border residents; Brit troops raid several Belfast homes searching for arms and wanted men; IRA reacts to action by hijacking and setting fire to 6 buses in suburban areas previously free of trouble; illus

HR, 344-44, passes bill to create Consumer Protection Agency with power to advocate and defend consumer interests before Fed regulatory agencies; approval follows unsuccessful effort by Cong allies of R Nader to broaden agency powers; Nader accuses Repr Mills of bringing about defeat of strengthening amendment, which was voted down by 218 to 160; bill, among other provisions, authorizes White House Office of Consumer Affairs to coordinate Adm's consumer activities; Nixon's aide for consumer affairs Mrs V H Knauer hails passage

'71 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med awarded to Dr E W Sutherland Jr (US) for discoveries concerning mechanisms of action of hormones; his discovery of new chem substance named cyclic AMP noted; Sutherland and wife illus