August 14, 1972

NYS Comm of Investigation's 14th annual rept on Aug 13 accuses NYC Police Dept of failing to investigate repts given it by Fed Bur of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs between '68 and '70 that 72 policemen, including ptl, detectives, sergeants, lieutenants and a captain, were improperly engaged in narcotics traffic; is result of 2-yr investigation of law enforcement in regard to narcotics ordered by Gov Rockefeller in Feb, '70; investigation detailed; illus

11 persons, including 5 children riding in Volkswagen minibus, are seriously injured on Aug 13 in head-on collision on H Hudson Pkwy near 125th St; illus

S Vietnamese Pres Nguyen Van Thieu insists on Aug 1 that cease-fire in Vietnam must include Laos and Cambodia, where N Vietnamese maintain staging areas and supply routes, to be acceptable to his Govt, speech, Saigon

Nixon Adm sources rept on Aug 13 that US and USSR have agreed to hold next phase of SALT talks in Geneva instead of shuttling between Helsinki and Vienna, as was done in earlier rounds; joint announcement to be made after Austrian and Finnish Govts are informed; various considerations for selection of Geneva as permanent hq for talks discussed; 1st meeting in SALT 2, tentatively set for Oct, might have to be held in Vienna if 2 sides are unable to secure necessary accommodations in Geneva in time; US repr Dir Smith and USSR repr Deputy Min Semyonov illus during Helsinki phase

article on drug therapy programs holds that in NYC and other large met areas methadone-maintenance programs are rapidly expanding in efforts to help thousands of heroin addicts, but that programs are hampered by fact that increasing number of persons-frequently nonaddicts-are dying from overdoses of methadone, while an uncertain number of others have become addicted to it; holds situation has resulted in controversy over controls that should govern dispensation of methadone, noting that while physicians involved in methadone-maintenance programs argue that they are being hampered by Fed regulations, those who would regulate them insist that the Jekyll-Hyde' properties of drug dictate extreme caution; cites opinion of Special Action for Drug Abuse Prevention dir Dr Jaffee, who holds that while methadone-maintenance programs have been an important rehabilitative tool, there is need for additional controls over methadone to prevent its diversion from legitimate uses to black mkt, where addict-patients retail it to a varied clientele of genuine heroin addicts, ploy-drug abusers and simple experimenters; recent developments highlighting debate over methadone maintenance detailed