May 15, 1972

H E Salisbury article on Pyongyang, N Korea's capital city; he and J M Lee are 1st Amer newsmen to visit city since Korean War; population estimated at 400,000 in '53 is now 1-million; city is almost completely rebuilt and shows no signs of war damage; city's new bldgs and layout described; illus of Chollima St

Willie May, playing his first game as a Met, broke a tie with his 647th career home run in the fifth inning for a 5‐4 victory over the San Francisco Giants at Shea Stadium before 35,505. Detsils on Page 47.

Question of sex at home for the young is presenting emotional problem to parents, many of whom are unwilling to accept emotionally what they are prepared to support, intellectually; several parents, all resigned to premarital sex away from home, describe attitudes, conceding apparently double standard for sons and daughters; liberal parents see trend as 'end to hypocrisy' but the traditional-minded repeatedly cite respect for the home and their values

S Vietnamese troops, in 2d counterattack of weekend against Communist forces, May 14, push out from 2 points SW of Hue in an effort to disrupt enemy preparations for attack on city; S Vietnamese marines complete swift strike behind enemy lines in Quangtri Prov, reptg they killed 300 N Vietnamese; enemy tanks and inf begin 1st major attack on Kontum city but are beaten back after 5 hrs of fighting; US planes continue bombing of North; attack major road and rr bridge N of Thanhhoa; siege of Anloc continues; heavy US bombing in support of Saigon forces continues in S Vietnam; enemy shells allied air bases at Danang and Hoian; map

Unusual NYC Police investigation uncovers evidence that small number of precincts may have falsified their crime statistics by understating robberies reptd by public; findings in citywide investigation have prompted a 2d inspection of crime-reptg procedures that is focusing on those areas in which deliberate manipulation of crime statistics is suspected; some precinct captains will be removed from their commands, perhaps as early as this wk, if 2d investigation confirms findings of first; police officials say that the temptation for precinct comdrs to manipulate their crime statistics, and thus show Hq they are doing a better job of controlling crime, has increased in last 18 mos; assert this is because Comr Murphy has placed far more emphasis on crime control in deciding who will be promoted than did his predecessor, H R Leary; Chief of Patrol Cawley discusses investigation of crime-reptg apparatus and consequences that may flow from it, int; grants int in anticipation of May 14 release of Police Dept's monthly crime rept, which said that 28.3% fewer robberies had been recorded during 1st 3 mos of '72 than during same period last yr; asserts that he strongly believes that any deliberate misclassification of crime uncovered by dept would have only small effect on total number of reptd robberies and would not reverse their gen downward trend; investigation was done by interviewing 755 victims of crimes that had been classified as larcenies in Jan; found that almost 5% of sampling should have been recorded as robberies; graph shows fluctuation in number of robberies reptd to police; Cawley illus