February 29, 1972

GINLEY'S THE NAME GUMSHOE'S THE GAME‐ADVT

confidential 'master plan' for improving NYC Police Dept contains more than 100 recommendations for change, including elimination of some precincts, dismissal of unproductive policemen and development of a 'police West Point' for training of commanders; copy of plan was obtained by NY Times; plan also proposes extension of present 6‐mo probationary period for ptl to 1 1/2 yrs and adoption of policy in which assignment to busiest precincts would no longer be used to punish 'problem' ptl; plan, sent to top commanders by Patrol Chief Cawley, will probably generate concern among various departmental orgns and community groups; Cawley comments on plan; plan detailed; Cawley por

US Asst Sec Green and J H Holdridge, in Tokyo, assure Japanese Govt Nixon made no secret deals during visit to China; Green sees Premier Sato and Min Fukuda; illus with Fukuda

NYS Educ Comr Nyquist rules parents have right to see all school records concerning their children, including teachers' comments, guidance notes and other informal data placed in students' file; up to now, parents of ps pupils have generally had access to children's official school records but not to data considered by school officials to be unofficial; suit was brought by NYC ACLU chapter in behalf of NYC ps pupil and her mother; spokesman for NYC Schools Chancellor Scribner says Scribner supports ruling; Nyquist also rules that it is illegal for school system to exclude pupils from grad exercises on grounds of bad citizenship; ruling supports order issued last Dec by Scribner that hs diplomas must be awarded on basis of educ standards and cannot be denied, delayed or withheld to punish students for poor conduct in school

Mrs Nixon illus

Sen passes measure sponsored by Sen Bayh to deny Fed funds to most public insts that discriminate against women in admissions and faculty hiring; amendment would not apply to military schools, private insts or ch insts; traditionally one‐sex insts that are now becoming coeduc would have 7 yrs to complete transition without facing loss of Fed funds; public insts which have admitted only 1 sex since their founding would be exempt pending further study; ban on sex discrimination would apply to student admissions, granting of scholarships and other forms of student aid and hiring, promotion and pay of faculty; amendment was attached to pending $24‐billion higher educ bill; HR has already passed different version of bill but narrow margin of passage there indicates it will probably accept Sen version of bill

Tass, in dispatch from Washington, shows signs of relief that Nixon's talks with Chinese leaders evidently achieved only modest results; says essential differences between US and China remain; dispatch seen indicating USSR leaders now see obstacles in way of any serious Chinese‐US collaboration against Moscow

Chinese Nationalist Govt issues statement expressing strong disapproval of Nixon‐Chou communique; says Nationalist Govt will consider 'null and void' any agreements reached in China talks

Ervin por

Pittson Co atty admits Buffalo Mining Co dam, which collapsed and flooded 14 Logan County, W Va, communities leaving 5,000 homeless, was built across a tributary of Buffalo Creek, possibly in violation of state law; says co potentially has great liability; asserts refuse pile had functional purpose; co vp terms disaster 'an act of God'; efforts to aid flood survivors detailed; area described as suffering complete devastation; Gov Moore illus; flood damage illus; survivors illus

Nixon returns to Washington from visit to China

Polish Finance Min repts it will no longer require RC Ch to rept on income and spending or keep records of assets; decree seen major gesture in Polish Govt drive to seek normal ties with ch; Govt efforts to improve ties revd