March 9, 1972

HAPPINESS & VITALITY Arica Institute (212) 489‐7930 —Advt.

Sen McGovern apparently wins share of NH delegates to Dem Natl Conv in addition to running strong 2d to Sen Muskie in state's Pres primary; final results on voting for 20 conv delegates are incomplete but based on some 50% of delegate ballots, Muskie has 14 delegates pledged or favorable to him while McGovern has 6 delegates pledged or favorable to him; Muskie was expected to sweep all 20 delegates and McGovern's showing represents surprise; Muskie and wife illus with copy of Manchester Union Leader proclaiming his victory; voting in Dem primary was 85,000, heavier than expected and 20,000 more than ‘68; Dem vote seen swelled by swing of ind voters to’ back McGovern's campaign; Repub Pres aspirant Repr McCloskey concludes such swing occurred; McGovern benefitted from heavy voting by students in various univ towns; Muskie showed unexpected strength in Rockingham County on Mass border; tally of votes recd by Dem and Repub aspirants; Pres Nixon wins all 14 Repub delegates; effect of primary on future of McCloskey, who recd 20% of vote, remains unknown; Repr Ashbrook, who recd 10% of vote, appears determined to continue in other primaries; in Vice‐Pres preference voting, ex‐Gov Peabody gets 36,343 votes with 1,800 write‐in votes for on Dem ballot for Vice Pres Agnew; Agnew, in Repub Vice‐Pres write‐in vote, swamps disavowed campaign on behalf of Sen Brooke

US Defense Dept sources rept USSR naval attache declined US offer of aid for nuclear powered missile submarine experiencing mechanical trouble in its nuclear power plant and ventilation system in high seas NE of Nfld; State Dept sources say US Sec of State Rogers was thanked by USSR Adm A F Dobrynin for offer of assistance; also note that US Chief of Naval Operations Adm Zumwalt declared in separate offer to USSR Adm of the Fleet S G Gorshkov that USN is ready to help; note USSR is assembling a 10‐ship flotilla, including a helicopter carrier, for rescue operations; Defense Dept spokesmen, noting submarine is of a different class than is usually seen in the Nfld area, speculate that its mission may be to test craft being modified to carry new SSN‐8 missiles; rept there is no danger of submarine's nuclear power plant exploding

Solicitor Gen Griswold testifies at Sen Judiciary Com hearing on ITT case; says if Govt had brought case to Sup Ct he believes Govt would have lost; terms settlement substantial victory for Govt; testifies he had originally agreed to appeal to Sup Ct against ITT to test Justice Dept theory that conglomerates could be broken up under present law; says he disagrees with view in lr by ITT atty L E Walsh that held Govt could win case in Sup Ct; former chief of Justice Dept Antitrust Div McLaren protests questions by Sen Tunney as attack on his judgment rather than examination of merits of ITT settlement; Kleindienst insists that denial and explanations offered by witnesses have answered questions about settlement; says only implication is in Beard memo ‘written by a poor soul'; testifies he knew at time that McLaren asked White House aide P M Flanigan to hire R J Ramsden to present ITT analysis; says there is nothing questionable about procedure; J Anderson will appear as witness at next hearing; Flanigan will be ‘invited’ to testify, which would permit him to demur without having to invoke exec privilege; other witnesses to be called are ITT pres Geneen, ITT vp Merriam, co exec J Ryan, Repr B Wilson, Lt Gov E Reinecke, Reinecke asst E Gillenwaters, atty L E Walsh, Ramsden and Dr V L Liszka; Arlington County Medical Soc repts it will look into possible violations of med ethics made by Dr Liszka in his testimony about patient Mrs Beard; Griswold por

NYS Educ Dept officials say they are studying new method for teaching reading which in last 2 yrs has raised reading scores of mostly black, disadvantaged students in Wyandanch, LI, school dist; Met Applied Research Center founder Dr K B Clark says method, developed 3 yrs ago by G Cureton, is so astounding that every child in country should be taught in this way; NYS Educ Dept dir of educ testing V Tabor also hails method; method relies heavily on family and community involvement, with students teaching their younger bros and sisters and slow students in learning group being assisted by faster pupils; test results of students in Wyandanch Dist show that in ‘69, before introduction of Cureton method, 6% of 3d‐grade students registered above‐avg reading scores, while 56% showed below‐minimum competence; by ‘71, figures for pupils taught by Cureton method showed 49% above avg and 14% below; Clark's center is planning to publish testing materials nationwide under Carnegie Foundation grant

bomb rips apart cockpit of TWA Boeing 707 while craft is empty and on ground at McCarran Airport, Las Vegas, in what is believed to be part of $2‐million extortion plot; security measures occasioned by discovery of additional bombs aboard aircraft revd; TWA craft illus

Nixon signs Exec order to limit secrecy surrounding Fed documents

HR, 272‐139, votes to take uncompromising stand against Sen and insist on its own strong antibusing legis in amendments to higher educ aid bill; in rare parliamentary move, HR instructs its conferees on aid bill to ‘insist’ on 3 antibusing amendments that HR has attached to bill; effect of vote is to allow HR members of conf com no room for compromise on issue; Mansfield says he expects Sen members of conf to stand behind Sen's more liberal antibusing positions; if neither side gives, there is possibility that no legis will be approved before present authorization for desegregation assistance and other educ aid expires; HR amendments would prohibit use of Fed aid to pay for busing, forbid Fed officials to encourage communities to use own funds for busing and would delay ct‐ordered busing until all appeals from ct decisions were exhausted; Sen bill would permit Fed Govt to pay for busing if local school officials asked for money, prohibit busing only if it endangers health and safety of students involved or impairs educ, and delay ct‐ordered busing only if it requires students to be moved across dist lines; HR conferees could theoretically violate their instructions and agree to compromise, but this is considered unlikely and in any event, HR would reject any compromise; reasons for HR action discussed

NYC Deputy Mayor Hamilton, responding to Berlinger's attack on NYC welfare adm, declares that city leads nation in ‘all aspects of adm reform and innovation’ in welfare; charges that Berlinger had ‘once again substituted reckless language’ for serious proposals with ‘distorted and in many cases unfounded charges'; statement leads Berlinger to cite what he says are new examples of inefficiency and fraud in city welfare system

wedding of Franco's granddaughter M Martinez‐Bordiu becomes pol embarrassment for Prince Juan Carlos who attends ceremonies but remains noncommital; monarchists say bride's parents and Don Jaime, bridegroom's father who renounced his claims to succession yrs ago because of ill health, have tended to blur fact that it is Don Jaime's younger brother Don Juan and his descendants who are head of Spain's royal house; wedding protocol draws protest from Don Juan, who refuses to come to wedding; Martinez and Don Alfonso illus with Mrs Franco; bride illus being escorted by Franco

Bklyn Asst Dist Atty Panzarella suspended after being charged with failing to present to grand jury case involving politically connected correction officer J Evereley, accused of possession of $200,000 worth of cocaine; Dist Atty Gold says Panzarella will probably be dismissed; contends he made serious error in judgment

Sen Fulbright and other members of Foreign Relations Com question Rogers on his role in policy formulation, with Fulbright suggesting that Rogers has let Kissinger dominate policy; Rogers insists he is ‘perfectly satisfied’ with current div of responsibility; most members at hearing personally praise Rogers for his work, though they have often criticized Nixon Adm policy itself