April 30, 1972

April 30: (Dem Aspirants' Activities) Sens Humphrey and McGovern appear to be in close contest for May 2 Ohio Dem Pres primary; strategists for both men agree that Humphrey is leading but disagree whether gap between 2 men is growing narrower or wider; withdrawal of Sen Muskie altered race from what was expected to be 3-way race to 2-way contest; McGovern, since his victory in Mass Dem Pres primary, has devoted all his time to Ohio, most significant of 4 primaries, Ala, Dist of Columbia, Indiana and Ohio, set for May 2; Humphrey has campaigned in Indiana, where he is pitted against Gov Wallace while Sen Jackson has been campaigning in Ohio since Apr 14; ex-Sen McCarthy has delegates entered in Ohio but has not actively campaigned; Muskie delegates remain on ballot but are given virtually no chance to win; Ohio Dem Party exec J E Jones says he thinks 20 delegates remain up for grabs and that favorite-son slates for Cleveland ex-Mayor Stokes and Repr Hays will probably share remaining 13 delegates; Stokes' slate is unopposed in Cleveland; Ohio Gov Gilligan and most of state's other Dems backed Muskie but Jones and official party machine has remained neutral; Humphrey is now seeking to get support of UAW, which backed Muskie; in Repub primary, Pres Nixon is facing only token opposition

For those bicyclists who are not content with the tame bike paths of Eisenhower Park and want to expand their range beyond their neighborhoods, here are three suggested routes for ambitious trips on Long Island.

Article describes use of poetry as tool in treating psychic illnesses; recognition of potentiality of poetry is hope of Assn of Poetry Therapy, group of 200 psychiatrists, psychologists and lay members who recently held their 2d annual Poetry Therapy Day at Cumberland Hosp, Bklyn; Dr J Leedy, dir of Therapy Day and associate attending psychiatrist at Cumberland, says poetry therapy has achieved dramatic results in otherwise hopeless cases; Leedy, author of Poetry Therapy, says poetry therapy can also be used as tool to heal psychosomatic illnesses; says therapy works in some instances 'by crystallizing great hostility patient might have to someone'; groups sessions and readings discussed; Dr A Lerner, pres of LA County Psychological Assn, is among 1st persons to receive official hosp recognition as poetry therapist and has been apptd poet-in-residence at Calabasas Hosp Neuropsychiatric Center, Calif; history of poetry therapy revd; use of several famous poems to help patients suffering from insomnia and anxiety discussed; illus

Article on commodities trading maintains public's interest in futures is increasing; notes '72 futures trading is far above '71 record volume of $98-million; factors leading to increase in commodities trading discussed; graph compares broker transactions in US Govt securities, combined estimated value of commodities traded and dollar value on NYSE between '61 and '71; brokers illus

Fed agents uncover, Apr 29, $1,078,000 in cash from backyard and basement walls of Bronx residence belonging to L Cirillo, convicted narcotics distributor; say Cirillo intended to use some of the money to hire a gunman to kill a witness against him; Cirillo is 1 of 23 persons indicted by Fed grand jury in Jan '72 on charges of smuggling 1,500 pounds of heroin into the US from France; evidence introduced during Cirillo's trial showed that he had been obtaining heroin from a French smuggling ring headed by J Signoli, A Salles and A Andreani, all of whom are in custody of French police; Cirillo illus