November 26, 1971

authorities in 4 Western states initiate search in 500-mi corridor of mts and river valleys for hijacker; FBI says search is being concentrated in wilderness area 25 mi NE of Portland, Ore, but acknowledges manhunt in area is based on supposition rather than hard information; map; hijacker is identified as 'D B Cooper'; officials say hijacking apparently was intricately planned since hijacker made specific demands for special parachutes and ordered that craft fly below 10,000 ft with rear stairwell open and wing flaps canted; pilot of craft describes hijacking; illus with stewardess

Indian sources feel Pakistani troops are being so badly hurt that Yahya Khan will have to react with declaration of war; observers think India may be trying to provoke war, holding successful war can more quickly achieve Indian objective of friendly, independent E Pakistan; guerrillas in E Pakistan reptdly are doing most of front-line combat with Indians providing artillery and other support; observers see extreme Indian reaction to shelling of Balurghat in W Bengal as possible move to lay groundwork for heavy retaliatory attack; Defense Min Ram cites Nov 21 battles, in which Indian troops crossed into E Pakistan to repel Pakistani attack, as ‘sufficient warning’ that if war comes battles will be fought on Pakistani territory, s, pub rally in Hariana State

Brit Foreign Sec Home outlines terms of proposed settlement with Rhodesia, Commons; defends terms as ‘fair and honorable’ and only realistic alternative to outright apartheid; Labor MPs, led by D Healey, charge agreement makes no provision for firm time-scale for progress toward majority rule, for outside guarantees against broken pledges and for outright repeal of Land Tenure Act; Home announces apptmt of Lord Pearce as head of Brit comm that will survey Rhodesian opinion on agreement

article on mil, pol and econ effect in S Vietnam of continuing US troops and materiel withdrawal; Saigon claims 90% of population of 17 million in countryside is under its control; US officials rept security sagging in several areas, particularly in northern and central provs; see regression in many sees left by US units; rept increased presence of Vietcong and of their extensive and effective pol work in secs left by Amers; S Vietnamese seen growing more resistant to US advice

Article finds annexations and mergers and influx of whites has reduced number of all-black state colls in nation from 35 to 29 in recent yrs and many black educators and supporters expect them to disappear altogether in near future; Race Relations Information Center study finds Negro pub colls are in danger of losing their identity through mergers, reduced status or outright abolition; says black colls, which were created by segregationists during period of de jure segregation, are no longer needed by them; many black educators and coll admrs voice resentment, bitterness and frustration and feeling of helplessness because they feel fate of black colls is in white hands, which created them to keep blacks out of white insts; many admrs and teachers also fear loss of jobs, as has happened to teachers and principals as result of ps integration; students voice mixed sentiments, feeling that it doesn't matter if schools survive as long as they can finish their educ; recent studies show more black students are attending white colls than are attending black schools, causing black inst enrollment to remain constant or decrease; illus; graph shows number of black students in both black and white schools