April 1, 1972

Carnegie Corp gives Carnegie House and property on 5th Av, NYC, valued at about $8‐million, to Cooper‐Hewitt Museum; fate of the decorative‐arts museum has been uncertain since ‘63, when it was removed from Cooper Union and then rescued by citizens’ com and Smithsonian Inst; museum's future seen assured as result of Carnegie gift, a $500,000 grant from A W Mellon Foundation, $ 92,000 for conservation lab from S H Kress Foundation and some smaller grants and gifts; museum will be vastly expanded in concept to include everything from objets d'art to environmental design; museum's arts and artifacts form 1 of world's most distinguished and unusual working or reference collections; new museum will still be a study collection, with all of its possessions accessible to public, and new bldg will be remodeled in part to accommodate this new kind of inst; illus of bldg

C Martin dismissed as director of HDA's Emergency Repair Program on Mar 31

NYS Sup Ct Justice Martinis releases ‘Harlem 4’ defendants, W Thomas, W Craig, R Felder and W Baker, charged with ‘64 murder of Mrs M Sugar and knifing of husband F Sugar in robbery attempt, NYC; 4 are released on bail after spending 8 yrs in jail, Apr 1; about 200 relatives and friends greet defendants outside Manhattan House of Detention (Tombs) as they leave jail; defendants comment on their release; previous trials revd; illus

UMW pres Boyle convicted on Mar 31 on all 13 counts of conspiracy and making illegal pol contributions with union funds; sec‐treas Owens and union lobbyist Kmetz acquitted; Boyle faces maximum of 32 yrs in prison and fines of up to $120,000; trial revd; Boyle por

Soviet press agency Tass repts Mar 31 that Radio‐Engineering Min Kalmykov and deputy mins Nemtsov and Fyodorov have been reprimanded for responsibility in serious accident at Minsk radio engineering plant on Mar 11; gives no casualty figures and avoids any detailed description of accident, which appeared to involve a fire or an explosion or both; some 100 persons are believed to have died in factory, 1 of USSR's largest mfrs of radio and TV sets; Tass repts investigatory comm had found that accident was ‘due to errors in design’ of cabinet‐making dept's ventilating system and negligence of safety engineering regulations in operating it; says factory dir L Zahharenko and head of inst that designed ventilating system, whose name was not given, have been dismissed from their posts and are being investigated for possible criminal prosecution