May 31, 1972

May 31: Vietnam is one of major issues during 2d TV debate, May 30, between US Sens Humphrey and McGovern, competing in crucial Calif Dem Pres primary; Humphrey says he would cut off all further funds for S Vietnam if elected Pres; holds he has no further interest in defending S Vietnamese Govt

Nixon arrives in Teheran, Iran, on May 30 from Kiev; pledges he will not allow his diplomatic overtures to Peking and Moscow to damage bonds and treaties between old friends of US; Shah of Iran, at a banquet, lauds Nixon's mission to Moscow as historic occasion that produced agreements of ‘utmost importance'; Kissinger gives newsmen on Nixon's flight from Kiev a brief assessment of trip to Moscow; consensus of his remarks and those of other Nixon aides is that Nixon and Brezhnev developed a sound relationship that greatly reduces danger of miscalculation; aides cite encounter with Brezhnev at his dacha on subject of Vietnam; aides express positiveness about mission but slop short of jubilation; map of Nixon route from Moscow to Kiev, Teheran and projected flight to Warsaw; illus

3 gunmen armed with automatic rifles and hand grenades attack crowd of 250 to 300 people on May 30 at Lod (Lydda) Internatl Airport outside Tel Aviv killing 25 persons and wounding 72; gunmen, identified as Japanese, pulled weapons from their luggage and began firing shortly after debarking from Air France jetliner from Paris and Rome; among victims are 11 Puerto Ricans who are members of delegation of Christian pilgrims beginning visit to Holy Land; 1 attacker commits suicide using grenade, 2d is caught by airport maintenance man and 3d is killed apparently by bullets fired by his companions; captured attacker says he is member of ‘Army of the Red Star,’ left‐wing Japanese group mobilized by Arab guerrilla movement; militant Marxist‐oriented Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, in Lebanon, claims responsibilty for attack; Premier Meir visits airport and hospital; Min Peres says ‘Govt of Israel will take every step to fight this new madness'

US Sup Ct on May 30 refuses to stay lower ct's decision barring 500,000 or more 18‐to 20‐yr‐old NYS residents from voting in state's primary election June 20; 5‐4 decision will bar about 80% of young voters who were granted right to vote by Congress in ‘70; case grew out of NY election law designed to prevent cross‐party voting; under statute, person cannot vote in a primary election unless he was enrolled in party during last gen election; none of new voters may participate in June 20 primary unless they registered before Oct 2, ‘71; Ct gives no reason for denying stay; curtailment of youth vote is not expected to have substantial impact upon Dem Pres primary, but could have crucial impact upon several Cong primaries; Fed cts have struck down similar laws in several other states; those cts relied partially on decision by Chief Judge Mishler of Fed Dist Ct, Bklyn, who declared NYS law unconst; subsequently, US Appeals Ct reversed Mishler's decision

NY Gov Rockefeller signs bill May 30 allowing Deputy Atty Gen heading state's Organized Crime Task Force to obtain eavesdropping warrant