July 20, 1972

FLOOD FREE JOHNSTOWN. PENNA. IS WELL AND PROSPERING Fur Details Write Tribute‐Democrat. Advt.

HR educ subcom on July 19 approves legis to prohibit Fed cts or agencies from requiring busing to desegregate elementary schools; bill would permit busing of pupils above 6th grade, but only as last resort and only after several other specified remedies failed to integrate jr and sr hs; these limits on busing are similar to those proposed by Nixon last March, but do not contain Nixon's plan to concentrate $2.5-billion in Fed aid on disadvantaged schools; there appear to be enough votes in com to send bill to HR floor; fact that com, which is 1 of most liberal in Cong, has voted to limit racial balance busing is seen as indication of what Cong perceives to be overwhelming natl opposition to use of busing; officials voice little doubt that measure will be passed by HR if it reaches floor; Sens and aides say it is unlikely that Sen will consider bill this yr but there are plans for parliamentary maneuvers to bypass com and bring bill directly to Sen; bill will also allow communities already using busing to return to ct for modification of busing requirements if they do not meet provisions of bill

NYC Health Comr J A Cimino on July 19 says recent polluted haze and heat accelerated deaths among chronically diseased; NYS Comr Diamond extends ban on open burning in NYC and imposes ban on 8 other counties to limit further pollution; illus

Brit Govt officials and IRA provisional wing members are conducting secret talks in Belfast and London in effort to work out new cease-fire agreement; talks involve aide to Sec Whitelaw D O'Connell and Brit Labor party leaders such as H Wilson; officials say possibilities of cease-fire remain uncertain and that talks may break down, but there is now growing feeling that truce can be negotiated with new concessions on both sides; key Cath demands are end to army raids and harassment in Cath areas, release of 346 men still held in internment camps and some form of public statement that united Ireland is not out of question; Brit are asking that Cath no go areas in Londonderry neighborhoods be dismantled and opened to police and army

Aluminum Co of Amer, replying to charge by Repr Vanik that 5 large corporations did not pay Fed taxes for '71, says it paid taxes but declines to disclose amt; Signal Companies says its '71 US taxable income was $26.08-million, on which Fed taxes of $10.5-million were accrued and payments completed in June '72; McDonnell Douglas Corp chmn J S McDonnell describes comments attributed to Vanik as 'both an oversimplification and misleading'; Gulf & Western Industries Inc says Vanik is in error; officials of Continental Oil Co are unavailable for comment