September 8, 1972

3‐judge Fed ct on Sept 7 extends central voter regis in NYS to Sept 23 and rules unconst a provision of State Election Law that terminates such regis earlier; holds that law violates Fed Voting Rights Act of ‘70 and construes latter as requiring that voter regis for future Pres elections must continue through 30th day prior to election; 30‐page decision on suit brought by ACLU NY unit, which asked that Sec 355 of State Election Law be declared unconst, also directs that all volunteer regis efforts be permitted through Sept 23; panel, comprising Judge W R Mansfield of 2d Circuit Appeals Ct and Dist Ct Judges J R Bartels and J F Dooling Jr, had granted on Aug 31 a temporary restraining order in Bklyn barring enforcement of state law; state law would have mandated end to central regis in NYC Sept 2; State Sec Lomenzo, Gov Rockefeller and NYC and Nassau County Election Bd officials were principal defendants; ct notes that NYC bd pres Dinkins and Nassau Elections Comr Cristenfeld favored extension of regis period; in another regis suit, NYC bd asks Fed Dist Ct, Manhattan, to declare unconst a provision of State Election Law barring regis on Sundays

C Jencks repts 3‐yr study by Harvard U research team he headed shows that efforts to provide better schooling for poor children, even when successful, have ‘surprisingly little effect’ on their prospects for econ success as adults, news conf; says study found that differences in schools, cognitive skills, genes, home background and IQ explain only 25% of variations in Amers’ incomes; cites luck and personality as major factors in determining income levels; holds improving schools will do little to wipe out poverty or reduce gap in income; calls on Govt to set up machinery to put floor and ceiling on how much Amers can have; rept notes other countries call such Govt action socialism; stresses importance of action to achieve econ reform; was funded by Carnegie Corp and based on extensive, computerized analysis of data on family, schooling, jobs and income gathered over last decade; will be published as book; Jencks illus

Sept 8: 10 of slain members of Israel's Olympic delegation arrive in Israel on Sept 7, their coffins met by cortege of army command cars at Tel Aviv airport; all but 1 of victims of battle with Arab terrorists in Munich, W Ger, on Sept 5 are honored at formal state funeral at Tel Aviv airport; body of 11th victim, D Berger, is flown from Munich to US at request of his family in Cleveland, Ohio; Deputy Premier Allon characterizes Munich murders as ‘grotesque contradiction’ of the Olympic spirit; denounces Arab terrorists; Israeli Premier Meir does not attend ceremony because of death of her sister, S Korngold; Allon repeats warning that Israel will hold Arab states as well as terrorist groups responsible for shootings in Munich; at end of ceremony, command cars proceed to individual private funerals that were held later in day throughout country; illus of widow of Israeli Olympic athlete J Romano, US Air Force officers carrying coffin of D Berger and surviving member of Israeli Olympic team beside coffins of their slain teammates during ceremony at Lydda (Lod) Internatl Airport

Israeli armored patrol supported by helicopters on Sept 7 strikes across Lebanese border in search of Arab guerrillas; Lebanese mil spokesman says 2 Israeli incursions of company strength took place in southern Lebanon; says Israeli troops searched houses and set off explosion before withdrawing 2 hrs later; says 3 formations of Israeli mil aircraft flew sorties over southern Lebanon; repts clash between Lebanese Army troop and Palestinian commando group in area near Israeli border; says 1 commando is killed; repts commandos were carrying rockets of type that Israel said were fired across border leading to Israeli incursion into Lebanon; border activity raises fear that Israel might stage reprisal attacks against neighboring countries harboring Palestinian commandos and members of Black September orgn, which claimed responsibility for fatal kidnapping of 11 Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich, W Ger, on Sept 5; Palestinian guerrilla press agency repts that Israel has moved heavy tanks, artillery and helicopter‐borne armored infantry into positions facing Lebanon and Syria and are prepared for ‘an all‐out attack'; Israeli mil spokesman says patrol penetrated more than 1 mile inside Lebanon in pursuit of Arab infiltrators after clashes on Israeli side of border on Sept 6‐7 in which 2 Arabs and 1 Israeli were killed; map

NYC Educ Bd and UFT announce agreement on Sept 7 on new 3‐yr contract, averting citywide school strike; teachers are scheduled to vote on contract when they rept to schools to prepare for classes; new contract will provide about $300‐million to teachers in higher salaries and other benefits; bd abandoned demand that principals be given authority to assign teachers to such duties as hall patrols during preparation periods and settle for contract provision that will define preparation to prevent abuses by teachers; UFT pres Shanker comments