Warm Mood Is Continuing To Surround Nixon Trip

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Japan reptdly has refused an Amer request that she refrain from sending her 1st official mission to N Vietnam this mo, presumably because it might embarrass Nixon during his visit to China

JAPAN REJECTED U.S.PLEA ON HANOI

W R Phillips, suspended NYC ptl who became undercover agent and key witness for Knapp Comm investigation of alleged police corruption, is being questioned by Manhattan Dist Atty Hogan in connection with murder of J Goldberg and 18‐yr‐old S Stango in East Side bordello in '68; Phillips’ atty S E Orenstein comments; case detailed

POLICE WITNESS Al KNAPP INQUIRY CALLED IN KILLING

Justice Dept files suit against Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co and an Amalgamated Meat Cutters Baltimore local, alleging violation of Pay Bd regulations; suit is 1st charging violation of wage guidelines; bd repts that it has ruled on 101 new cases for total of 384 out of 2,298 submitted to it; notes that it approved a weighted avg wage increase of 4.3% to 3.6‐million workers in units of more than 1,000 workers since Phase 2 began

Sen Muskie illus with Chicago Mayor Daley

Muskie Praised by Daley And Likened to Kennedy

Nixon Adm 2d‐string officials seen relaxing and accomplishing little while Pres and top officials are away in China; various activities detailed

In Washington, They Also Serve Who Putter and Mind the Store

US Sup Ct declares unanimously that it is unconst to punish persons as vagrants under vague laws that outlawed such conduct as loafing, 'nightwalking,’ and avoiding work; Ct, striking down Jacksonville, Fla, ordinance, rules in terms broad enough to invalidate many of vagrancy laws on state and city statute book across nation; ruling detailed

A Vagrancy Law in Florida Upset by Supreme Court

NYS Dem Chmn Crangle, confident that Dems can win 3 Appeals Ct judgeships in Nov, is urging Dem leaders to break '69 bipartisan agreement and wage election contests for posts; says he does not consider himself bound by agreement, under which Dems endorsed Rcpub Appeals Ct Judge Gibson in exch for bipartisan endorsement this yr of 2 Dems and 1 Repub to replace 3 retiring judges; NYC Dem leaders oppose contests because they fear wide‐open election could produce party‐splitting primary fight in June over nominations; Nassau County Dem Chmn Christenfeld backs agreement, contending that 1 of Dem nominations was promised to Nassau Sup Ct Justice Meyer; Manhattan Dem Chmn Rossetti says Presiding Justice Stevens, Negro, is 1 of his candidates for judgeship; informed sources rept Stevens is not anxious to wage statewide campaign because of high cost but indicate he would accept bipartisan endorsement; NYS Repub Chmn Lanigan scores Crangle; holds agreement should be hon; says he seeks to remove judgeships from pol realm; Crangle por

Crangle Asks Party To End Court Pact

IRS, concerned because too much money is being withheld from many Fed income‐tax payers under new withholding tables, calls attention to new system of figuring dependency allowances which should be used in conjunction with new tables to assure proper withholding; system takes into acct for 1st time family status, number of jobs held by taxpayer, whether spouse also works and level of itemized deductions; requires workers seeking to increase take‐home pay to file new W‐4 form for special withholding allowances if there is no 2d wage income for household or if itemized deductions exceed 15% of income; IRS Acting Comr Klinsman discusses situation, int; Govt economists are concerned about econ effect of overwithholding during recession; table for figuring additional allowances

I.R.S. Pleads for an End To Tax Overtwithholding

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24&#8212;&#8216;,The Senate approved by a comfortable margin today, compromise legislation that seeks to put some restraints on the use of busing for school desegregation without turning back the integration effort that has been under way for 18 years.

SENATE APPROVES COMPROMISE PLAN TO GOVERN BUSING

Frankel's 'reporters notebook’ dispatch from Peking; Nixon visit to Great Wall discussed; Kissinger absence noted; Nixon lauds gymnastics exhibition and ballet Red Detachment of Women; Nixon illus at Ming Tombs; workers illus clearing snow in Peking st

Reporter's Notebook: But Wall Survives

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illus of Cambodian soldiers during recent fighting near Angkor Wat temples

South Vietnam Fighting Slows; Foe Shells Bases in Highlands

Official Brit (Widgery) inquiry into Londonderry shootings continues as Cath priest testifies that Brit soldiers shot unarmed boys; bombers are active in several areas of Ulster

Priest Tells Ulster Inquiry British Shot Unarmed Boys

S Vietnamese Pres Nguyen Van Thieu predicts ltd offensive by N Vietnamese in Vietnam war during Pres Nixon trip to Moscow in May

Thieu Says Soviet Urged a Drive by Hanoi

Irish Repub police arrest 10 more IRA militants in Irish Repub Govt's new crackdown on orgn; those most recently arrested are members of provisional wing

10 More Seized in Ireland

2 Amers killed in action, 21 wounded, wk; total US casualties are 45,650 killed, 302,651 wounded; 208 S Vietnamese killed, 531 wounded, wk; enemy deaths estimated at 637, wk

U.S. Toll Put at 2

Russian poet N E Gorbanevskaya, who was convicted of anti‐Soviet activities after demonstrating in '68 against Soviet invasion of Czech, returns to Moscow after release from mental hosp, Kazan; dissidents and established writers correct earlier repts that A A Galich was expelled from Moscow's writers union in Dec for encouraging intellectuals to emigrate to Israel; say expulsion followed his refusal to disavow responsibility for pub abroad of his underground pol songs

Poet Is Reported Freed From Hospital in Soviet

Communist delegations walk out of Paris peace talks session in protest against US bombing of N Vietnam, 1st time that 1 side has walked out on the other; session lasts 17 minutes, shortest on record; Hanoi delegate, 1st to speak, scores raids; all delegations must agree to set date for a following session; both US and S Vietnam refused to do this immediately; in the past, Communists have canceled meetings to protest US bombings, but allies were always notified of cancellations in advance; allies charge Communists violate rules of procedure; some observers link walk‐out with Communists’ annoyance with Nixon's visit to China; Hanoi spokesman Nguyen Than Le says rumors of meeting between Nixon and Hanoi leaders in China are 'without foundation'

Communists Walk Out of Paris Session

Dr G Wald, returned to US from visits to Hanoi and Peking, arrives with 86 lrs from POWs in N Vietnam; says it is 'a cruel deception’ for US to foster belief that there might be more POWs alive but unlisted; 1 lr is for Mrs A Cormier who says it is the 30th lr she received from her husband

Scientist Brings Letters From P.O.W.'s in North

staff members at Peace Corps hq hold series of meetings in attempt to stave off cuts ordered in overseas volunteers; begin ordering 1st cuts which they say are necessary because of budget squeeze by Cong; recommend as alternatives that living allowances be reduced, that staff members in Washington work 1 day a wk without pay, that appeals be made for contributions from hometown groups and parents of volunteers and that $75 readjustment allowance be eliminated; say actual orders to cut are scheduled to be cabled to field offices in several days but note they will let parents of volunteers, as well as volunteers, know of alternatives they have suggested; write to Peace Corps Dir Blatchford suggesting that sufficient savings can be made through personal sacrifice by staff in Washington and by volunteers and staffs overseas; some staff members, as well as Repr Passman, feel that budget is adequate and that cuts are unnecessary; contend that Blatchford is ordering cuts to make good on his statement to Cong that he will have to drop 4,000 people if budget is not increased; Blatchford is reptd out of town, but spokesmen for him decline to comment on what staff members have said; special projects mgr L Bond says several dirs in countries in Africa have urged Blatchford in lrs not to cut volunteers but that he bring dirs home early or cut officials’ salaries, including their own; acting dir of public relations for corps P Costello notes no decision has been made on whether there would be cuts; says it is premature to conclude that everything is locked in; notes recommended alternatives will be considered; staff members rept that foreign desk officers were told to prepare cut‐lists to be made in their countries; cuts of up to 50% were reptdly proposed for some countries; Passman, who maintains that corps does not need increase in its budget, refuses to confirm repts that White House official had so informed him

Capital Peace Corpsmen Fighting Overseas Slash

Chile decides to pay $5.7‐million to Kennecott Copper Corp after US Fed ct blocked bank accts of Chilean state enterprises in NYS; payment is 1st installment on a debt of $93‐million that Chile's state copper corp owes for acquisition of 51% of El Teniente copper mine in '67

CHILE PAYS COMPANY AFTER LAWSUIT HERE

Feb 25: Israeli Chief of Staff Elazar warns of possible reprisal action against Lebanese territory after an Israeli couple are killed by bazooka fire and 6 border policemen and 2 soldiers are wounded when their vehicle is fired upon; Elazar speculates certain Lebanese groups oppose lull that had been agreed upon by Lebanese Pres Salam and Palestinian guerrilla leaders; illus of Elazar reviewing armored units as army concluded 3 days of large‐scale maneuvers in Sinai Desert

Israel Warns Lebanon After 2 Die in Border Ambush

HR, 213‐167, approves compromise foreign aid appropriations bill; bill includes approximately $2.6‐billion in econ and mil aid and about $600‐million for allied programs; Repr Passman says one result of allowing various agencies to operate on Cong resolution that permitted continued spending on level slightly less than yr before is that Cong is no longer free to make cuts as deep as some members might wish because legis is unduly delayed

COMPROMISE AID BILL APPROVED BY HOUSE

Gottfried Erik Fuchs, also known as Godfrey Fuchs, was a German Olympic footballer. He scored a then-world record 10 goals for the Germany national team in a 16–0 win against Russia at the 1912 Olympics. He left Germany to escape the Holocaust, as he was Jewish, and ultimately emigrated to Canada.

February 25, 1972

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Warm Mood Is Continuing To Surround Nixon Trip

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JAPAN REJECTED U.S.PLEA ON HANOI

POLICE WITNESS Al KNAPP INQUIRY CALLED IN KILLING

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