NYC Police Dept announces transfer of 203 ptl out of its narcotics bureau and into various detective squads throughout city in what is described as reward for their good work and not as result of Knapp hearings; police spokesman says that aim of transfers is to spread ptl's expertise to precincts where it is needed and also paves way for possible future promotion to rank of detective

MURPHY SHUFFLES NARCOTICS SQUAD

Consumer Price Index records 0.3% decrease in food prices during Sept, 1st decrease in '71 and largest in 4 1/2 yrs

PRICES CLIMB 0.2%; MONTH'S DATA HINT FREEZE VIOLATIONS

Abel apptd labor member of Pay Bd, which will adm Phase 2 of econ stabilization program

White House Appoints 22 To Pay and Price Boards

USSR makes 'resolute' protest to US over sniper attack on Soviet UN Mission, note handed to US Amb Beam at meeting with Deputy Min Kuznetsov; note charges that Amer officials are not taking effective measures to prevent such incidents and are not punishing those responsible for them; asserts that unless US takes such measures, Amer will bear all responsibility for possible consequences; queries whether matters are not being pushed to point where further functioning of Soviet insts in US will become impossible

MOSCOW PROTESTS TO U.S. ON SHOOTING

US Sec Rogers tells reprs of 6 major US corps that US will take steps to cut off aid to Chile unless it provides prompt, fair compensation for nationalized properties; steps reptdly include invoking of Hickenlooper Amendment to foreign aid bill of '62 which oblige US to deny aid of any kind to foreign country that fails to pay adequate compensation within 6 mos after seizing property of US citizens; reprs note that Asst Sec Meyer pointed out that charter of OAS bars econ or other sanctions among members

Rogers Threatens Chilean Aid Cutoff In Expropriations

Army Engineers Corps agrees to curtail start of construction of Tocks Is Dam at request of President's Environmental Quality Council; council chmn Train's lr to Army Sec Froehlke asks further detailed information on effects of drawdown and possible eutrophication; asks Army for cost of preventing eutrophication; Engineers Corps study submitted to council on Oct 1 contained rept on eutrophication by J McCormick Assocs; rept detailed

WORK IS DELAYED ON TOCKS I. DAM

both sides in China representation issue predict victory by slim margins; US Amb Phillips says important‐question resolution is expected to pass by 1 vote; other side sees it being defeated by 3 votes; delay in debate caused by continuing bitter debate over shooting into Soviet mission; Amb Terence says Burundi will vote to seat Peking; Burundi had been listed in NY Times table as either abstaining or voting 'no' on important question; Khamphan Panya suggests Laos may vote for Albanian resolution

Both Sides in U.N. See Victory on China

US and USSR naval negotiators reach tentative understanding in talks on measures to prevent collisions of ships engaged in intelligence activities, and other incidents; to submit new procedures to 2 Govts; USSR issues statement which seems to suggest further talks might be necessary to achieve agreement; Warner declines comment on substance of talks but describes them as constructive, news conf, Moscow; says talks were restricted to operational and technical measures for improving safety at sea

U.S. AND RUSSIANS IN UNDERSTANDING ON SEA INCIDENTS

US BLS repts NYC met area consumer price index rose 0.5%, Sept, despite Nixon Adm wage‐price freeze; regional dir Bienstock and other BLS officials caution against interpreting increase as sign that freeze was ineffective; Bienstock holds index is only 'crude' instrument and that mo‐to‐mo changes are not always statistically significant; index rise is 0.3% above natl level; BLS special survey finds prices of 7% of non‐food items increased, Aug 15‐Sept 30, despite freeze; Bienstock repts index rose only 1.1%, 3d qr '71, smallest qrly increase in 4 yrs

PRICES HERE RISE IN FACE OF FREEZE

Patrolman Says ‘All But 2’ Of Colleagues Got Bribes

Fed Dist Ct, NYC, temporarily bars NYS from reducing Medicaid benefits for drugs prescribed outside hosps and other mod care areas for 660,000 non‐welfare Medicaid enroles; cuts were previously enacted by NYS Legis in order to cut 10% from Medicaid program but were temporarily barred by Fed Ct last May; history of challenge to cuts revd

Court Order Halts Medicaid Cuts Here

WASHINGTON. Oct. 22&#8212;Informed sources said today that President Nixon and Attorney General John N. Mitchell had intended to name Herschel H. Friday and Mildred L. Lillie to the Supreme Court. The sources said that the two men nominated last night, while highly regarded, were essentially &#8220;fallback,&#8217;  or stand&#8208;by, candidates.

Court Nominees Termed Nixon's Stand‐by Choices

last US combat units along Cambodian border pulled out from Fire Base Pace, sent back to Saigon in preparation for withdrawal from Vietnam

U.S. Troops Leave Camodian Border

India levies 'temporary' new taxes to raise $91‐million annually to meet refugee costs; sum will not come close to meeting $700‐million budgetary deficit caused by refugee costs; taxes to take effect Nov 15, will increase ry and internal air fares, certain postal charges and other items; India calls up army reserves and certain categories of navy and air force reservists

India Levies Taxes For Ref Refugee Care; Reservas Activated

foreign relief officials who originally predicted famine in Pakistan have concluded that situation is not so grave and are trying to back away from their forecasts; conclude that although there will be pockets of food shortage, there will be no awesome starvation and hunger in Pakistan, whatever happens among Bengali refugees in India; foreign officials are concerned that an expensive internatl relief effort may result in surplus food that could be used by Pakistan Govt to feed its occupation troops and local collaborators, and that vehicles purchased with foreign relief funds for distribution of food may be used for mil purposes; principal reason predictions of famine have not proved correct is that many E Pakistanis have fled to India; with population of 75‐million reduced by more than 10%, food needs have been reduced correspondingly, but officials maintain shortages still do exist, primarily because of distribution problems

Experts Now Doubt Famine In East Pakistan

Punjabi Militia Mobilized

S Korean anxieties over thaw in Chinese‐US ties and over Nixon visit to Peking discussed

U.S.‐Chinese Thaw Is Troubling Seoul

Rogers, in Washington conf with Nixon and Bush, expressed confidence Nationalist Chinese would retain seat

Rogers Voices Confidence

Kissinger on apparent trip to Great Wall of China

Kissinger on Excursion, Perhaps to Great Wall

US tells conf of aid officials from 16 countries that duration of monetary crisis will continue to demand that some of money it gives to developing nations be tied to purchases of Amer goods; links move to decision initially set in motion in Sept '70 at meeting of same countries in Tokyo

Some U.S. Aid to Keep Tie to Purchases

Picasso's 90th birthday is unmarked in Mougins, France, town where he now lives; illus; map; townspeople reptdly are irked that Picasso has not helped Mougins as he did Vallauris, his earlier home; they also resent his aloofness and efforts to secure privacy

Almost Every Place but Picasso's Town Noting His 90th Birthday

Guatemalan Army Moderates Seek End to Violence

about 100 young people conduct orderly demonstration on Kosygin's arrival, Vancouver airport, to protest alleged imprisonment of Ukrainians by USSR

VISIT TO VANCOUVER IS BEGUN BY KOSYGIN

Ontario voters reject 2 opposition parties that threatened to curb US investments

CONSERVATIVES WIN, KEEP ONTARIO RULE

Sec Laird hints us is exploring new approaches to Hanoi for release of Amer POWs, news conf; gives no details


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October 23, 1971

Headlines from October 23, 1971

MURPHY SHUFFLES NARCOTICS SQUAD

PRICES CLIMB 0.2%; MONTH'S DATA HINT FREEZE VIOLATIONS

White House Appoints 22 To Pay and Price Boards

MOSCOW PROTESTS TO U.S. ON SHOOTING

Rogers Threatens Chilean Aid Cutoff In Expropriations

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