December 30, 1971

Selective Service officials rept that over 70,000 physically qualified men with lottery numbers below 125 who graduated from coll in June and lost student deferments may never be called as result of sharply reduced draft quotas; another 30,000 men who are over age 20 and still in coll can drop deferments before Dec 31 and never be called if there are no calls in first 3 mos of '72

US planes begin 5th successive day of bombing of North; US command still silent on raids; main targets are presumed to be mil sites that are used in North's growing resistance to US bombing of Ho Chi Minh trail and stockpiled supplies destined for enemy troops; Saigon command denies rumor that S Vietnamese aircraft took part in bombing; Hanoi radio claims 7 more US planes downed, making total of 14 since raids began Dec 26; US plane illus; map

Rockefeller and NYS Legis leaders reach tentative agreement on revised $413.5-million revenue pkg; earlier, Assembly Dems discussed pkg; illus; Steingut says he will request modifications; some provisions of revised pkg detailed

fear of NATO planners that USSR may be permitted to use Maltese naval facilities noted in light of Brit announcement she will withdraw all forces from Malta; map

Repr Ashbrook, accusing Nixon of breaking campaign promises and endangering natl security, announces candidacy for Repub Pres nomination, press conf, Washington; says he will enter NH and Fla primaries; insists he is serious candidate; concedes 1 aim of his candidacy is to reverse 'leftward drift' of Nixon Adm; accuses Nixon of having broken pledges to lower Fed spending, oppose guaranteed annual income and wage-price controls and to maintain mil superiority over USSR; says many Repub conservative leaders, including Sen Goldwater, tried to dissuade him from running; says he does not expect Sen Buckely to campaign for him but expects strong support from W F Buckley Jr