December 21, 1971

wave of bombings strike 9 targets in Belfast and 4 on outskirts of city, causing fears of widespread violence by IRA; girl is shot and killed later in day in city's Ardoyne section, bringing death toll to 203 since '69; Lieut Gen Sir H Tuzo, in yr-end assessment of crisis in Ulster, calls IRA members misguided idealists and criminals; illus of bombings

White House press sec Ziegler says that future relationships between US and EEC were discussed by Nixon and Heath in Bermuda conf; illus

destruction of Conway Hotel in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, 1 of targets in wave of bombings throughout Ulster, described as example of type of guerrilla warfare waged by IRA

Price Comm, in effort to clarify situation, rules landlords can raise rents in line with state and local guidelines pending rev by comm to determine whether controls meet Fed objectives, statement; reaffirms its decision to leave rent control with existing local rent control agencies; also states that rent-controlled units are not exempt from comm's regulations; situation is greatly complicated by fact that Fed guidelines, against which increases in NYC and elsewhere would presumably be judged, are in disarray; is further complicated by recent Cong amendment to wage-price controls dealing with rent regulation; comm's Rent Advisory Bd sets up procedures to insure views of tenants will be heard and that increases will be subject to limit or decrease; procedures for tenants to get their views across to Rent Advisory Bd described

US command confirms that 4 US jets were shot down over N Laos last weekend and that at least 1 of them was apparently destroyed in an air-to-air battle with a N Vietnamese MIG that flew across the border to challenge them; US planes ordered not to fly into areas most threatened by MIGs; 1 US jet downed by AA fire Dec 19 along Laos-N Vietnam border; N Vietnamese reaction to continued US bombing of N Vietnamese supply trails in Laos has been building up for wks; US command has not announced any retaliatory actions, which in the past have included strikes against N Vietnamese airfields from which MIGs came; map

NYC Police Comr Murphy says NYC cts 'must accept the giant share of the blame for the continual rise in crime' in the city, s, NYC Bar Assn; charges that the cts let too many criminals go free and give others sentences that are too light; says entire judicial system is lax, unjust, inefficient and 'in bankruptcy'; suggests that the bad work by the cts has not only fostered police corruption but has spread the impression that the police are more corrupt than they really are; urges reforms; cites statistics on arrests made in '71 and ct actions on them

The West Side Urban Re newal area, the largest and most highly lauded model of integrated community planning in the country, is split by an angry debate that in its most emotional moments echoes the furor of Forest Hills.

Jay L. Kriegel, one of Mayor Lindsay's closest advisers, yes terday denied his own previous sworn testimony that he once told Mr. Lindsay about an al legation that the Police De partment was not properly in vestigating a report of wide spread corruption within its ranks.

NYC Deputy Mayor Costello to resign post to become pres of Adelphi Univ

ICC repts former top Penn Central Transportation Co officials were probably guilty of conflict of interest when they invested funds from employe pension plans in stocks they were also buying for themselves, 2d ICC study of events leading to rr's '70 bankruptcy; current study discusses alleged failures to manage operations of co following co's creation in '68 merger; says manner in which mgt implemented or failed to implement merger produced 'total chaos' in merged co's operations; sees inadequate attention paid to operations by top officials as 1 of main sources of operational problems; maintains they allegedly were 'preoccupied with co's diversification program'; notes Bevan and co vp R Hazlett 'were able to exercise total control over investments of 2 employe pension funds'; charge this control, when coupled with quest for personal profits, seems to constitute misuse pension pensions funds; notes Hazlett's investments in stocks were made through Penphil Corp, private investment club created by goup of Penn Central officials; discloses that employes of small ins co which Bevan serves as finance com chmn were permitted to join Penn Central's pension program; cites other reasons for rr's collapse, including Penn Central's interlocking relationships with banks that allegedly put pressure on co to continue dividend payments because their trust depts held so much Penn Central stock; notes comm had difficulty obtaining all documents needed for study; notes correspondence of Bevan, Saunders and E A Kater were among items comm could not locate

agreement on monetary realignment leads to extremely heavy trading and sharp price fluctuations on NY Stock Exch amid indications of renewed confidence from foreign investors; most Eur foreign-exch mkts are closed but strong demand for US securities and sharp decline in interest rates on dollar deposits held outside US indicates that tide of money apparently has begun moving toward US; NY foreign-exch mkt, 1 of few open, repts dollar is generally stronger; internatl monetary agreement relieves pressures on investment mkts

Sen Smith proposes constitutional amendment requiring Cong to expel any member who misses more than 40% of votes in any session; attacks 'moonlighters,' 'junketeers' and 'prima donnas' who miss votes because they are away collecting lecture fees or running for Pres or are 'dedicated to their own personal accommodation'; Cong Quarterly shows that average Congressman voted 79% of time in 91st Cong; 21 Reprs and 6 Sens were absent for over 40% of votes in '69-70; 3 Dem Pres aspirants missed over 40% of '72 votes through Oct, with Harris answering 44% of roll calls, Bayh 49% and McGovern 59%; among other Pres aspirants, Jackson voted 64% of time, Muskie 69%, Humphrey 75% and Kennedy 77%; Mrs Smith holds record for most consecutive votes, answering 2,941 roll calls before she underwent surgery in '68; her proposal makes no provision for illness or other circumstances; Sen Mundt has not voted since he had stroke in early '70; Mrs Smith says she is not criticizing Sens who run for Pres as long as they do not neglect their Sen duties; deplores Sens 'bent upon squeezing out every bit of Sen-paid world travel and entertainment they can'; her proposal given little chance of passage; Smith por