February 18, 1972

Nixon illus

NYC Police Comr Murphy issues appeal to Pres Nixon, Atty Gen Mitchell and FBI to ‘give highest priority’ to search for killers of Ptl Laurie and Foster, deaths he attributes to members of Black Liberation Army; says that he is considering sending witnesses to St Louis where R Carter was slain and R Brown and 2d man were captured in shootout with police; all 3 have been linked to Laurie‐Foster case; St Louis police, meanwhile, say that Carter was killed by bullet fired by 1 of his accomplices and not by police; details

R Ginzburg turns himself in to deputy marshal's custody to begin serving 3‐yr prison sentence at Lewisburg, Pa, Fed Penitentiary after conviction on charges of sending obscene materials through mail in ‘63; thanks Com for Free Press for full page ad they ran in NY Times scoring his imprisonment, int; in ad, playwright A Miller said Ginzburg's pubs were on level with National Geographic (pub); com chmn K D McCormick warned that ct's ruling on Ginzburg shows there is ‘no guarantee of freedom in dem soc’; illus of Ginzburg in custody of deputy marshal outside prison

8 men, including reputed Mafia figures R Miraglia and I Pisani and 3 officials of Ital‐Amer Civil Rights League, are arrested by FBI agents for allegedly giving false information last yr to obtain loans from Kings Lafayette Bank; are charged with falsely saying in applications for personal loans that they had no judgments, garnishments or other legal proceedings against them; are arraigned in Bklyn Fed Ct and released on bail; illus; P Rossillo, 1 of 8 men arrested, is described by police as a prime suspect in shooting of alleged assailant of J A Colombo Sr last June

Nixon Adm officials familiar with SALT talks rept 1st phase of talks are expected to end in May with treaty allowing both US and USSR to deploy 150 to 200 ABMs anywhere on their territories; 2 sides, in Vienna, reptdly discussed language of a treaty in preamble of which US and USSR pledge to work toward a more comprehensive treaty including offensive weapons; language also said to include joint rev of strategic situation after a certain period; in regard to accord on offensive missiles, US expected to agree to interim agreement to limit land‐based missiles only; State Dept official predicts forthcoming Helsinki round of talks will probably wind up in late Apr or early May, with an agreement announced in Moscow by Nixon and Soviet leaders; Dir Smith has briefed Cong members recently on talks