CHICAGO, Sept. 16 &#8212; The Cubs walloped five home runs and took advantage of 15 bases on balls today to saddle the Mets with an 18&#8208;5 trouncing, the worst defeat in their 11 years. Chicago's total was the most runs scored by a team in the National League this sea son.

Mets Routed, 18‐5, for Worst Loss Ever

H Whitman article describes tourist attractions of Concord (Mass); illus

Thoreau's Concord Is Willing to Leave Nature's Work Alone

Article on frequent swindling by carriers and travel agents of passengers flying between US and Eur on what CAB calls 'illegal' charter flights; drawing

Fly Air Chance, Costly Bargain

comment on 'Lairdgrams', top-secret repts, with maps, on bombing of N Vietnam, signed by Sec Laird and sent to White House; Nixon Adm has been discovering in recent wks with growing discomfort and concern that correlation between technically perfect bombing and its real impact on Hanoi's battlefield capabilities in S Vietnam is considerably less than meets the eye on Laird's maps; other top-secret repts from CIA, Defense Intelligence Agency and USAF provide evidence that despite bombings Communists not only have been able to keep their forces in S Vietnam adequately supplied, but also have managed to send down 20,000 fresh troops in last 6 wks-for a grand total of 100,000

The Nation

Pope Paul VI, during visit to Venice tells audience that city 'must never be corroded by manifestations of aesthetic and moral decadence'; reptdly refers to avant garde films shown earlier in summer as part of Venice Film Festival

PONITFF, IN VENICE, WARNS OF DECAY

MILWAUKEE, Sept. 16&#8212; Woody Fryman and Chuck Seelbach combined on a seven&#8208; hitter and Ed Brinkman knock ed in the deciding run with a fourth&#8208;inning single today in leading the Detroit Tigers to a 2&#8208;1 victory over the Milwau kee Brewers.

Milwaukee Beaten, 2‐1

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 16&#8212;Tom Harmon, former star Michigan running back and father of Mark, the young University of California, Los Angeles quarter back, credited the Bruins with playing &#8220;just about a perfect nine with only one noticeable mistake&#8221; when U.C.L.A. upset Nebraska a week ago.

WISHBONE CLICKS

Natl Acad of Sciences, in rept sharply criticizing HEW Dept and Office of Pres, says accidental injuries impose 'staggering demand' on US health services and that such injuries are leading killer of Amers aged 1 through 38; attributes loss of thousands of lives to lack of systematic application of estab principles of emergency care, noting that many attendants who treat accident victims do not know even basics of first aid; urges several measures to raise level of emergency care; urgency expressed in criticisms reflects growing efforts that private orgns are taking to improve emergency med services

Science Academy Assails Nation's Emergency Care

DETROIT, Sept. 16&#8212;After a winter of almost ludicrous pessimism and a training sea son of perhaps excessive op timism, the New York Giants open their National Football League season here tomor row against the Detroit Lions.

Lions Look Too Tough For Giants

Mayor Lindsay announces that controversial Madison Av Mall will get 3-mo test, starting next Mar, as 1st step toward permanent mall; says test plan for av from 44th to 57th St will provide 2-lane center corridor for buses, emergency vehicles and delivery trucks only, sidewalks for pedestrians and 'shoppers bus loop' to promote retail-trade; says test will cost about $250,000 and can be handled by budget shifts; says he would have preferred to start permanent mall at once but estimates that $4-million cost would require approval by Bd of Estimate and City Council and is not now politically feasible; opposition to test is voiced immediately by 5th Av Assn through exec vp M B Grosso, who says that special counsel B Richland held that only Bd of Estimate, after public hearing, can alter dimensions of sidewalks; Grosso asserts that other major civic and trade groups oppose project, that city study shows other avenues cannot handle diverted traffic; Midtown Planning and Development Office dir Robertson counters that 10 top employers in area and majority of ground-floor retailers, mostly smaller shops, are in favor of test but that bigger stores remain opposed; says 2-hr ban on vehicles, except for buses, in Apr '71, showed 50% reduction in noise levels and reduction of carbon monoxide to '76 Fed goal; Lindsay hints at similar plans for malls in other boroughs; declares that all over world, cities are beginning to redesign their core areas to favor man on foot and so have revitalized business and enhanced quality of life in downtown areas; map; illus of artist's model of permanent Madison Av Mall

Madison Ave. Mall Test Due to Begin Next March

Article notes that only 1 economist, C L Harriss, has suggested that Dem Pres candidate Sen McGovern's tax reforms, as they apply to business, might ultimately raise prices consumers pay by amt equal to 1% value-added tax

WASHINGTON REPORT

ON television recently I saw Alfred Hitchcock's film thriller set on a train, &#8220;The Lady Vanishes,&#8221; and as I had to travel to Los Angeles on business anyway, I thought &#8220;why not via Amtrak?&#8221; Here's the way Am trak and I went:

The Trains That Went Clickity‐Clack Now Go

Book Notable American Women, 1607-1950. A Biographical Dictionary, edited by E T James, J W James and P S Boyer, revd by H Vendler

Given adversity, women can do anything

ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 16&#8212; Acclimatization, relatively un heralded and unsung, contrib uted a record&#8208;equaling perform ance in winning the $100,000 United Nations Handicap today. With Carlos Barrera riding the Nelson Bunker Hunt representa tive, Acclimatization negotiated the firm turf course in 1:54 while beating his nearest rival, Dubassoff, by 1&#190; lengths. A field of 13 competed.

ACCLIMATIZATION WINS U.N. STAKE

WASHINGTON&#8212;The case of Lieut. Gen. John D. Lavelle and his private air war reached the Senate Armed Services Committee last week, with one immediate casualty&#8212;the concept that the highest&#8208;ranking military or civilian authorities have ultimate com mand and control over the air war in Vietnam.

BUFFALO, Sept. 16&#8212;Con vinced that they have their best team in three years and a good shot at a champion ship if only they can keep players from getting hurt, the New York Jets will open their 13th season tomorrow against a Buffalo team ooz ing optimism on its own more modest level. The game will be seen on television in New York on Channel 4 at 1 P.M.

Jets Face Bills Today In Opener

BOSTON, Sept. 16 &#8212; Luis Tiant pitched a three&#8208;hitter and Carl Yastrzemski knocked in four runs today as the Boston Red Sox walloped the Cleve land Indians, 10&#8208;0, and main tained their hold on first place in the American League East.

Tiant Hurls 3‐Hitter

comment on Kissinger's mission to Moscow and on surface impression in Moscow that USSR has gained more than US from it

KISSINGER HINTS LITTLE PROGRESS AT PARIS SESSION

Futurity Stakes: Secretariat wins Futurity Stakes at Belmont Pk on Sept 16

FUTURITY IS WON BY SECRETARIAT

W Kerr comment on problems involved in selecting names of theatrical personalities to be hon in Theater Hall of Fame to be constructed in Uris Theater, NYC, in Oct

Yes, There Are Sacred Cows And Yes, There Should Be

Article, citing natural gas shortage in US, predicts shipbldg boom for new LNG tankers worth billions of dollars; notes Amer shipbldrs are expected to participate fully in new development as result of Fed subsidies and that thousands of new jobs could result; predicts fleet of 125 large LNG tankers will be needed by '85 to fill import requirements of LNG; cites evaluation by Shipbldrs Council of Amer pres E M Hood that US shipyards have necessary expertise to undertake task; sees improvement in Amer shipyards as result of Merchant Marine Act of '70; notes Amer shipyards will be in even stronger position if 23% subsidy proposed by Maritime Adm for construction of LNG tankers is approved; development of LNG tankers revd; diagram; illus

Gas Tankers Buoy Shipyard Hopes

The Disney&#8208;like fantasy in which the Yankees had been cavorting for much of the un believable summer disinte grated yesterday.

3D DEFEAT IN ROW

P O'Toole, appearing in film The Ruling Class, int on career; illus

Peter O'Toole, From ‘Lawrence’ To ‘La Mancha’

S E Rubin describes rehearsals for Met Opera opening night performance of Bizet's Carmen; opera, which was to be staged by late Met gen mgr G Gentele, is directed by B Igesz; L Bernstein will conduct; singers M Home and J McCracken will perform; performers comment; illus

What's In The Cards For ‘Carmen’?

Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff was an Armenian-American actor of film, stage, and television. One of the premier character actors of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tamiroff developed a prolific career despite his thick accent, appearing in at least 80 motion pictures over a span of 37 years.

September 17, 1972

Headlines from September 17, 1972

Mets Routed, 18‐5, for Worst Loss Ever

Thoreau's Concord Is Willing to Leave Nature's Work Alone

Fly Air Chance, Costly Bargain

The Nation

PONITFF, IN VENICE, WARNS OF DECAY

Billboard 200

Chicago V

Never A Dull Moment

Big Bambu

Carney

Moods

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for September 17, 1972