January 27, 1972

Some astrophysicists contend recent astronomical observations indicate that laws governing events in our solar system may not be valid in other regions of space and time, int; observations have brought into question reliability of current methods used to estimate distances to faraway galaxies and have revealed objects that seem to be moving faster than light, contrary to assumed physical law; have also shown objects whose energy output defies explanation; among proposals advanced to explain such observations is Sir F Hoyle's theory that atoms were lighter and gravity stronger millions of yrs ago, when observed events occurred; Dr R M Hjellming holds matter is entering universe from other universes, carrying with it physical 'constants' characteristic of those universes; most astrophysicists believe observations can be reconciled with conventional laws; are troubled by apparent one-sided nature of universe, which according to symmetries of nature should contain equal amt of matter and antimatter

Rev D J Berrigan, sentenced to 3-yr term for destroying draft records, gets med parole; por

Kissinger divulges some details about his modus operandi in going to Paris to meet with Hanoi officials for secret talks, news briefing; unpublicized trips featured a 'cover' each time he left Washington; illus leaving a Paris restaurant with M Osmer last July 12

Nixon Adm Pay Bd chmn Judge Bolt approves 5.5% wage increase for workers at Weyerhaeuser Co, Washington, in cases pending since wage-price freeze ended Nov 14

Sen, 48-46, agrees to give Equal Employment Opportunity Comm power to order cos to stop discrimination in their employment practices; vote is important victory for organized labor, civil rights groups and women's rights orgns and defeat for Nixon Adm, which wants to deny comm authority to issue cease-and-desist orders when it finds cases of job discrimination; Adm has recommended that comm be authorized only to institute ' suits in Fed ct in behalf of persons subject to discrimination; roll-call vote defeated Sen Dominick amendment that would have substituted Adm's plan for 1 backed by civil rights groups; narrow margin of victory is provided by Sens McGovern, Muskie and Humphrey, 3 Dem Pres aspirants who return from campaign trips to vote against amendment