July 22, 1972

BLS repts price of elec and gas in met area has risen 10.8% over last 12 mos, partially attributing increase to law requiring use of nonpolluting low-sulphur fuels as well as recent rate increase won by cos

N Vietnamese Army, which still holds Quangtri Citadel, appears to be initiating its classic technique of forcing enemy troops into a long, narrow corridor and then attacking from the sides; use of tactic extends along the entire western flank of Rte 1 from Danang to Hue and then on toward Quangtri; huge traffic jams on rd are easy target for enemy; in a little over 1 wk, 4 newsmen have come under fire and were apparently killed in this area; N Vietnamese in area are strongly entrenched; mil experts expect Rte 1 campaign to last for mos; Rte 1 scene illus

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NYC Chief Med Examiner Dr M Helpern repts 57 homicides occurred in NYC in 7-day period ending July 20, setting record for largest number ever committed in 1 wk; police attribute increase to hot weather, chance and the fact that relief checks were sent out during period; 26 of deaths were caused by stabbings, 24 by shootings, 5 by assaults, 1 person was set on fire and one 18-mo-old baby was thrown out of a window; some cases detailed

US Cost of Living Council announces that pro athletes are exempt from Pay Bd's regulations under Nixon Adm's econ stabilization program; ruling is of special importance to Natl Hockey League players whose clubs have offered them large salary increases to keep them jumping to World Hockey Assn; in related development, council announces that Fed Dist Ct has fined Chicago Black Hawks $18,900 because team raised price of programs in Oct 71, when blanket 90-day wage-price freeze was still in effect

thousands of Penn Central commuters are stranded in sweltering trains and thousands of others delayed during evening rush hr on July 21 as lightning storm cuts all power on Penn Central New Haven div between New Haven, Conn, and Mt Vernon, NY; delays of up to 1 hr are encountered on rr's Hudson and Harlem divs because of damaged 3rd rails; 60,000 commuters are affected; delays detailed; map

CIA officials have recently persuaded publishers of forthcoming expose on CIA and drug traffic to allow orgn to review manuscript prior to publication, in part of attempt to disprove accusations made by A W McCoy that agency condones and abets drug trafficking activities by US allies in Indochina; CIA official C Meyer Jr's informal request to Harper & Row is followed by CIA gen counsel L R Houston lr stating that agency is able to disprove many of McCoy's claims, and noting that no reputable publishing house would wish to print fictitious material; Harper & Row vp B B Thomas agrees to CIA's purveying of manuscript, int; Random House and Assn of Amer Publishers pres R L Bernstein notes Random House has refused similar CIA requests on 2 occasions, int

US Commerce and Labor Depts, reptg rise in GNP and notable drop in rate of inflation in 2d qr of '72, indicate that consumers savings rate dropped to 6.6 cents out of each after-tax dollar from 8.6 cents in 1st qr

Map shows site where allied troops have pushed into Kompong Trabek, Cambodia

Egyptian sources say on July 21 that Pres Sadat's decision to end Egypt's reliance on Soviet mil assistance was deliberate move that was several wks in making; say all categories of 18,000 to 20,000 Soviet mil men in Egypt are affected by July 18 order that Soviet 'advisers and experts' be withdrawn immediately; say most of approximately 4,000 Soviet advisers to Egyptian units are believed to have left Egypt while about 12,000 members of regular Soviet units stationed in Egypt are reptd to be about to leave; hold only few of 2,000 highly specialized Soviet technicians are understood to be staying and will be under Egyptian command; say Sadat acted in response to pressure from leading Army officers including Min Sadek and C/S Shazli, who were frustrated when USSR did not deliver offensive weapons on dates that Egyptians thought they had agreed upon; illus of Sadek, Soviet party leader Brezhnev and Min Grechko during June meeting in USSR

Treas Under Sec Cohen says on July 21 that value-added tax is not only tax change his staff has under rev, Joint Econ Com; says he has orders to examine entire tax structure

IRA guerrillas set off 22 bombs within about 80 mins in Belfast on July 21, killing 13 persons and wounding 130 and creating scenes of terror at various locations; attack, for which IRA provisional wing claims responsibility, is believed to be most savage assault on civilians since strife began in '69; bombings are followed by sporadic sniper fire; details on deaths of 4 persons in shooting incidents; toll of fatalities in 3 yrs of Ulster sectarian strife reaches 466, more than 250 in '72 and 54 in last 2 wks; Brit Army spokesman says munitions experts calculate more than 1,000 lbs of explosives were used by guerrillas; more than 100 injured persons were hospitalized, about 1/4 of them children; police say no warning was given in more than 1/2 of explosions; hold that when warnings were given they came too late for civilians to be evacuated; Brit Govt spokesman charges bombs were deliberately placed on Fri afternoon at bus and ry stations to slaughter and maim; Brit adm Whitelaw says he has authorized 'certain operations' against terrorists; statement is taken to mean he is abandoning policy of not permitting troops to enter heavily fortified RC areas; Whitelaw and Brit Min Lord Carrington meet with security chiefs; militant Prot leaders call for immediate mil action against guerrillas; bombing incidents revd; Belfast illus