December 27, 1971

Lindsay has reptdly budgeted $1-million for his Fla and Wis Pres primary campaigns; funds will be used mostly for TV and campaign consultants, who will work with City Hall aides and ex-aides; consultants hired so far are C Martin and J Bruno; Lindsay seen using TV to make best advantage of his photogenic appearance and as substitute for personal campaigning; intends to campaign in Fla and Wis only on wk-ends to avoid charges that he is neglecting NYC; recent charges leveled by Councilman Troy noted; J I Miller seen providing most of Lindsay's campaign money; J V Lindsay Assns reptdly have provided relatively small amounts; McGovern has raised $500,000 for his primary campaign; Muskie seen spending $5-million in dozen primaries; Lindsay press aides confirm that Mayor and wife are leaving tonight for Miami news conf and will then fly to Wis for appearances in Madison, Eau Claire, Cadott, LaCrosse and Milwaukee

The Baltimore Colts and San Francisco 49ers won National Football League playoff games yesterday.

Dec 27: Indian repr in Dacca D P Dhar says India is examining its responsibilities under internatl law, refusing to say whether India intends to turn over Pakistani prisoners to Bangladesh; holds India continues to hold all Pakistani officials in Dacca mil cantonment; delegation of women holds news conf and demands India investigate disappearance of their husbands who had been arrested by W Pakistanis; 2 Biharis from Mohammadpur say 7 Bengalis led by a policeman entered their home and arrested 5 persons

US command repts US planes attacked mil sites in N Vietnam on Dec 26 and 27; silent on details, but other mil sources rept raids were of greater intensity than usual ‘protective reaction’ strikes; sources say raids involved all aircraft US could spare in Indochina; Hanoi radio says that 5 US planes had been shot down in provs of Quangbinh, Thanhoa and Nghean; map

J M Vasquez article on problems still facing Postal Service since it replaced PO Dept 6 mos ago; discusses some problems, including delivery service and criticism of rate changes; notes delays in Postal Service reorgn because of old facilities and its efforts to improve service, including proposed bulk mail centers; map showing sites of bulk mail centers to be completed in '75

NY times survey finds that union men at lower levels around country are now echoing harsh criticism that top labor loaders leveled in beginning at Nixon's econ stabilization program; finds that, at same time, union members clearly believe that labor and business alike should try to make controls work; many union members believe that, in inflation fight, Pay Bd has worked effectively to hold down pay; believe its efforts might help brake inflation psychology; also show evidence of pronounced feeling that wage controls are victimizing workingman; feeling seen having significant implications for Nixon's re-election efforts should it persist; union men and local leaders quoted

J K Zwicker, deserter from USN in Vietnam, who escaped to exile in Sweden, voluntarily returns to US, under arrest; his story seen cut from a pattern formed by yrs of US involvement in an unpopular war; Zwicker's father, asst publisher of Keene (NH) Sentinel, relates his son's story because it may ‘help a lot of other families who have gone through the same thing'; number of desertions from US mil, not all from Vietnam, since '67 when 40,227 men deserted, has steadily grown; 354,112 have deserted in a 5-yr period; details; Zwicker and father illus

16 antiwar veterans seize control of Statue of Liberty, NY Harbor and vow to stay there until Now Yr's Eve as protest against continuation of the war; veterans hid in basement when last of tourists visiting statue left, evict a night watchman who discovered them and barricade themselves inside by blocking entrances with beams; Natl Pk Service makes no attempt to evict them; USCG, NYC police and pk service's flying squad in Washington alerted to stand by for action; veterans, who say they are members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, pledge to engage in no violence, but stress they will not leave ‘until they feel they make their point'; pk service aide says all efforts will be made to negotiate the veterans’ departure; veterans group exec sec A Hubbard says action is symbolic and is ‘effort to show support for any person who refutes to kill'; illus

TWU members authorize union leaders to call strike if they do not have new contract on New Yr's Day, meeting, NYC; roar approval as union leaders threaten to shut down system unless NYCTA offers acceptable new contract; despite strike threat, union officers express optimism that peaceful contract settlement can be achieved; Guinan says union wants to keep system operating; TWU Local 100 pres Gilmartin charges auth is trying ‘to take away all benefits’ union has; union vp Watts and sec-treas D L McMahon also comment; resolution adopted unanimously at meeting scores NYCTA's failure to offer wage proposal; strike instructions and picket office locations are distributed to union members at meeting; meeting illus

Nguyen Van Thanh reptdly tells Hope that he will not be granted a visa to visit Amer POWs in North Vietnam

Greek archeologists, excavating 3,500-yr-old city of Akroitiri (also known as Santorini) on Aegean island of Thera, unearth prehistoric art gallery as well as large amt of pottery; map; illus of excavation site; latest findings include 2 frescoes painted before volcanic eruption of 1500 BC that destroyed most of island; Prof S Marinatos describes frescoes, which are expected to remain in Athens because of hazards of returning them to island

Chief Procurator Hoang Quoc Viet article in Communist party pub Hoc Tap on problems besetting N Vietnamese econ charges that corruption, waste and defiance of Communist party policies are occurring on important levels in N Vietnam