January 20, 1972

NYC Mayor Lindsay appts 1st Deputy Correction Comr Malcolm as Comr, $37,500-a-yr-post; Malcolm, who succeeds G P McGrath, becomes 1st black to hold job; McGrath says Malcolm was selected because of his 'demonstrated ability,' news conf; Malcolm's apptmt follows nationwide talent search; some city officials hold city had difficulty luring out-of-state officials away from their jobs, reflecting gen recognition that city post is 'pressure-cooker' job; Correction Bd Chmn vanden Heuvel says New Haven Police Comr Ahearn and Minn Correction Comr Fogel were also given serious consideration for job; Malcolm and McGrath illus

police of 24th Pct in Upper West Side of Manhattan, pressing their controversial parking-ticket offensive, issue record 1,294 summonses on Jan 16, compared with 16 on Jan 1; inspector Bonacum and Deputy Inspector Andersson praise action; NYC City Councilman Cohen, Assemblyman Silverman and State Sen Lewis, noting that policemen in precinct have been making relatively few arrests since ticket quotas went into effect, demand that police rescind such quotas and concentrate on st crime, news conf; residents of area comment

NJ Superior Ct Judge T I Botter rules that state's system of financing ps educ through local property taxes is unconst; decision follows similar rulings in Tex, Calif and Minn that are likely to be appealed to US Sup Ct; NJ State Const includes educ and equal-protection clauses so that no matter what is ultimately decided on natl level, decision will still be law in NJ; Botter says that in order to avoid immediate chaos, decision will not prevent continued operation of school system and existing tax laws; ruling establishes 2-yr deadline ending Jan '74, after which continued operations could be enjoined; also establishes 1-yr deadline, expiring Jan '73, for legis to approve const taxing system for financing ps educ; Botter warns that if 1-yr deadline is not met, none of $30-million in state aid to local schools can be distributed; Gov Cahill, in news conf, says decision will increase pressure on Legis to come up with const formula by end of yr; although ruling names Cahill as defendant, it gives him powerful argument for his recent proposals for reform of state's ps financing

US and Laotian Govts lift 10-yr veil of secrecy from mil base maintained at Long Tieng, Laos, permit newsmen to visit it; base found badly damaged and has been put out of effective action by Communists; about 6,000 Govt troops hold key position on Skytop Ridge and are still under enemy attack; illus; top Amer official estimates Laotian casualties in fighting around the base at about 600; Gen Vang Pao, in what appears to be a wildly optimistic estimate, claims 8,000 enemy soldiers were killed; major role played by Amer planes in dropping arms and other supplies discussed; map

Cost of Living Council exempts over 40% of rental housing in US from Phase 2 of Pres Nixon's econ stabilization program; holds units of least significance are involved and that competition from bigger, still-controlled competitors will tend to keep them in check; categories of exempted rental units are apts renting for $500 mo or more, dwellings of 4 units or less that are owner-occupied and rented under agreements that run longer than from mo to mo and single-family homes when leases run longer than from mo to mo and when landlord owns 4 units or fewer; council repts about 10-million of 23.6-million rental units in US fall into these categories