August 17, 1972

Chrysler Corp chmn L A Townsend on Aug 16 says Nixon Adm's attempt to talk auto indus out of price increases for '73 models is 'arbitrary and discriminatory request' that is not 'compatible with the law', statement is issued 48 hrs after White House meeting with Cost of Living Council Dir Rumsfeld; asserts indus has been 'singled out to receive this kind of pressure' in violation of Adm's own rules; Amer Motors Corp pres W V Luneburg says co will not withdraw its proposed $78 avg increase for costs of new Fed safety and emission control requirements; UAW pres L Woodcock announces that his union supports R Nader suit compelling Price Comm to hold public hearings on auto prices, news conf; illus of Nader and Woodcock at news conf

NYC Mayor Lindsay on Aug 16 orders police to rid city of mobsters as result of mistaken identity murders of businessmen S Epstein and M Tekelch on Aug 11 in Manhattan restaurant Neopolitan Noodle by killer hired to execute alleged Mafia members; City Hall sources rept Lindsay has alloted extra money to police dept for purpose of driving out gangsters

World Opium Survey, US Govt rept on worldwide drug traffic finds only 'a small fraction' of total illegal flow of heroin has been seized despite increased enforcement efforts of US and other countries; finds internatl heroin mkt 'almost certainly' continues to have adequate supplies to meet demand in consuming countries; summarizes in detail drug traffic in 14 countries, and illustrates via maps illicit opium network in SE Asia as well as routes of opium and morphine base from Turkey through Eur to US; charts list estimated illicit opium output by major producers in 71 and illicit mkt prices from cultivation of opium to distribution of heroin; findings of survey detailed

R Bodden, 10-yr-old SI boy, is shot and killed by Ptl F P Ortolano on Aug 15 after joyride with 2 other companions ends in police chase through New Brighton sec of SI; W Graham, alleged driver of car, escapes but is later arrested; some 200 persons surge through predominantly black neighborhood tossing rocks and bottles in protest of shooting

Moroccan Air Force jet fighters on Aug 16 attack Boeing 727 returning King Hassan from France; craft lands safely after suffering minor damage; Hassan illus; maps of Morocco