January 31, 1972

Survey on increases in US state and local taxes; '70 map and '60‐'70 table showing state and local per capita tax burden

Natl Standards Bur scientists develop potential method for measuring both distance and time that may lead to significant improvement in marksmanship of space shots because of increased accuracy in measuring speed of light

Jan 31: US intelligence sources rept that pol officers attached to Communist units tell their troops that 'decisive blows' must be dealt against allied forces while Pres Nixon visits China in Feb; Sec Laird says enemy will have several 'spectaculars' this yr, probably some time in Feb, again in summer and some time before the Pres election in US, TV int; confident in ability of S Vietnamese to cope with attacks; J P Vann, sr US civilian adviser in Mil Region II says 'it is absolutely certain an offensive will take place'

Jan 31: Sen Muskie receives 37.8% of delegates in Ariz Dem Pres pet voting for delegates to Natl Conv; Mayor Lindsay gets 23.6% and Sen McGovern gets 20.4% in potent showing for liberal candidates in state, among nation's most conservative; Lindsay's showing in his 1st election outside NYC apparently establishes him as viable Dem Pres contender while McGovern's showing indicates he can provide challenge to Lindsay; voting represents 1st significant test of Dem party's reform rules, which are stunning triumph; new delegate‐selection system described; aim of rules, to open party to broad public participation, is met as wide variety of persons of varying racial, ethnic, socio‐econ backgrounds run as delegates; selection procedure compared to '68, when 5 prominent Dems met in closed meetings to name Ariz delegation; unofficial tally indicating number of delegates recd by Muskie, Lindsay, McGovern, Sens Humphrey, Jackson and Hartke and Repr Chisholm and uncommitted delegates; party rules leave little room for maneuvering at state level, giving Muskie some 10 votes at natl conv, Lindsay 6 votes, McGovern 4 votes with 4 votes uncommitted; uncommitted effort of state AFL‐CIO was voting's major failure; significance of victory for Muskie described; Lindsay campaign, which made intensive use of media, reptdly cost some $18,000 and was designed by D Garth; he comments

Z A Bhutto illus

Jan 31‐Feb 3: at least 13 persons are shot dead by Brit troops in Londonderry when rioting erupts after civil rights march, held in defiance of Govt ban on marches; Brit army officials say dead were snipers who fired at troops who were trying to break up rock‐throwing mobs; local people and IRA provisional wing spokesman contend that soldiers panicked and fired wildly; spokesman says that dead men were all in their 20s; 15 civilians and 3 soldiers were wounded; death toll for Ulster conflict is now 231 in 3 yrs; 25 people have died so far in '72; Ulster MP I Cooper says there were no snipers and that Brit army shot down unarmed people; Ulster MP J Hume calls soldiers' actions cold‐blooded murder; Bishop of Londonderry N Farren sends wire to Heath demanding pub inquiry into shootings; Abp of All Ireland Cardinal Conway also calls for ind inquiry and urges Caths to remain calm; Prime Min Faulkner says events illustrate necessity of general ban on all marches in Ulster; Irish MP in Brit Parliament B Devlin calls incident 'mass murder' and says there is no point in calling for 'whitewash' inquiries; calls for general strike until Brit army is withdrawn; other civil rights leaders call for day of mourning in Londonderry; killings are seen as possible turning point in Ulster crisis and there is speculation that IRA retaliation would force Brit army to take responsiblity for security from Ulster Govt, resulting in direct Brit rule of Ulster; Reuters repts spokesman for IRA moderate wing says Brit troops will be shot in reprisal; illus of riots

Reasons for indus boom in Bergen County, NJ, in recent yrs discussed; county has been less affected by natl econ recession than most suburban communities; 40% of 500 US corps with highest earnings now have natl hq or regional offices in county; number of businesses put at 2,000; is rising by 150 each yr; sag in office rentals and drop in number of mfg jobs are 2 major weak spots in econ; illus; map

Sec Laird announces there will be no draft calls before Apr at the earliest, TV int; illus; announcement means that virtually all men born in '51 or before and who did not hold deferments on Dec 31 '71 will not be called, regardless of their lottery numbers; Selective Service System says that about 115,000 potential draftees are affected; Laird discusses reasons for suspending inductions

Jan 31: Israeli mil govt sets election of local officials in 14 Jordan west bank towns for May 2; voting will be on basis of Jordanian law; Israelis note Jordan, which earlier threatened Arabs participating in elections, has been silent on matter recently

Bengali soldiers and police cordon off 2 Bihari neighborhoods, search for weapons and impose 24‐hr curfew; action follows Jan 30 violence in which Biharis opened fire on Bengali refugees who were returning to their homes in Mohammedpur; Biharis open fire on police and troops, reptdly wounding Bengali soldier and suffering 2 casualties; pitched battle reptdly breaks out in Mipur between Biharis and Bengali forces; newsmen are barred from area; police arrest dozens of Biharis in Mohammedpur and seize light machine guns and Sten guns; hundreds of armed guerrillas descend on Prime Min Mujibur Rahman's official residence demanding punitive action against Biharis; Mujibur promises 'he will take care of everything', asking them to return to their homes; guerrillas are reptdly barred from Bihari neighborhoods but are roaming edges of these areas

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Bhutto leaves Rawalpindi for 2‐day official visit to Peking, accompanied by his wife and party of 60