May 24, 1972

Natl Health Service Corp, new Fed orgn created to place med personnel in areas short of health services, on May 23 initially assigns 288 med professionals to 122 communities throughout US; HEW Asst Sec DuVal says corps is assigning personnel to areas that are understaffed although some communities have enough drs; personnel will work under US PHS; DuVal appts Dr H M Rimple corps dir; says volunteers joining corp will be fulfilling draft obligation for duration of their service; salaries are Fed funded; applicants are selected under terms of '70 Emergency Health Personnel Act

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Gov Meskill signs into law on May 23 measure passed earlier by Conn Gen Assembly that will allow an abortion only when life of expectant mother is endangered by pregnancy; measure passed after Sen withdrew its amendment to bill rather than force issue to conf com in effort to reach compromise; amendment permitted abortions within 20 wks of pregnacy in cases of rape and incest; measure had initially passed in HR before it was amended in Sen; Gov Meskill criticized amendment at news conf, before HR met again to deal with Sen change, maintaining that any woman wanting an abortion would claim she was raped or had an incestuous relationship; group called Women v Conn, which succeeded in getting Fed Ct to overturn former strict law on ground that it deprived women of right to govern their own bodies, announces plans to challenge new law in cts; new measure passed by Assembly differs from former law in that its preamble emphasizes 'right to life' of human fetus; illus

May 24: US command, May 23, says more than 1,000 sorties employing laser‐guided bombs have been flown against N Vietnam in 3‐day period, with unusual effectiveness against small targets; S Vietnamese marines raid N Vietnamese‐held Quangtri Province; other mil actions noted; map of Southeast Asia showing battle locations

Cong and Nixon Adm official say on May 23 that US and USSR have all but concluded agreements to limit some strategic nuclear arms that would give Russians a possible numerical edge in number of land‐based and sea‐based missiles; sr official says that potential Soviet lead in individual missiles would be more than offset by Amer superiority in multiple‐warhead tech, that this would allow US substantial advantage in number of warheads targeted on USSR; Repr Ashbrook, who opposes Nixon's conciliatory moves toward USSR, says he has learned of expected limitation accords and holds they will 'doom US to nuclear inferiority,' news conf, Washington; officials rebut his interpretation of accords; expected relative missile strengths of US and USSR discussed; each nation would be permitted to 'cash in' obsolete missiles for new developments in submarine‐launched missile field

May 24: (Ore & RI Primaries—Dem Aspirants' Activities) Sen McGovern wins Ore and RI Dem Pres primaries on May 23 with 49% of vote and 34 delegates in Ore and all 22 delegates in RI; Gov Wallace gets 20%, Sen Humphrey 13% and Sen Jackson 6% of vote in Ore, where none of them campaigned; tally; Sen Kennedy, who tried to be excluded from Ore ballot, finishes 5th, followed by Repr Mink; response to Wallace reptd unusually good, considering lack of Southern Dem tradition in Ore; Dem and Repub aspirants listed; McGovern campaign strategy discussed; importance of Ore ballot in past Pres primaries noted; illus

NYC Estimate Bd members and City Council leaders reach agreement on fiscal '73 expense budget of $9.5‐billion on May 23; budget is opposed by some Councilmen because of its potential heavy impact on homeowners; agreement calls for balancing budget at a level $813‐million higher than a yr ago, partially by invoking $65‐million in extra real estate taxes, which were made possible by changes in state's equalization ratio, and $35‐million in increased water rates; would eliminate $141‐million nuisance tax pkg; Council Finance Com approves agreement, which includes $162‐million cut in welfare expenditures; com chmn Merola supports agreement; Councilman Troy leads opposition to it; says he will propose additional budget cuts, particularly aimed at superagencies created during Lindsay adm; Budget Dir Grossman says agreement includes $101‐million increase in estimated gen fund revenues

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NY Hosp, Cornell Univ Med Coll, Rockefeller Univ and Hosp for Special Surgery announce detailed plans on May 23 for $300‐million med complex expansion they want to build using air space over FDR Drive in the 60s; chances for continuation have been enhanced by passage by NYS Legis of bill permitting NYC to sell those rights; 2 alternative expansion plans, including expansion into residential areas and moving to suburban properties, have been rejected; plan must be approved by City Planning comm, where it is now awaiting action, and by Bd of Estimate

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