October 12, 1972

Inmates at Washington DC jail stage rebellion on Oct 11 but release last of 10 hostages 22 hrs later after giving up demands for freedom in exch for immediate ct hearings on their grievances corrections dir K L Hardy, after being held hostage, suffers mild heart attack and is listed in satisfactory condition at hosp; rebellion is limited to 1 cellblock, but separate disturbance flares in other cellblock and is quickly put down by guards, with 1 inmate injured; inmates at Women's Detention Center stage sympathy protest which is quickly put down by police; Dist Ct Judge A C Bryant, after listening to grievances of 1st group of inmates, orders city to provide every inmate in affected cellblock with an atty and orders that psychiatrist be made available to them; orders no reprisals be taken against rebels and instructs attys assigned to them to work on emergency basis; orders immediate segregation of juveniles from adult prisoners; major grievance of inmates is length of time some have spent in jail awaiting trial or preliminary hearings; 30 to 40 men are reptd involved in takeover; DC Mayor W Washington sends 2 closest friends to negotiate with inmates but will not appear himself; negotiations described; Repr S Chisholm is reptd to have played major role in negotiations; illus of dir Hardy being held hostage

J F Gould, pres of Radio City Music Hall, repts on Oct 11 that it is suspending operations on Oct 12 because members of its orchestra have rejected final contract offer; Mayor Lindsay calls meeting of both sides at Gracie Mansion; spokesman for Gould stresses that closing is not permanent; orchestra unit chmn J Schnupp says that orchestra members have been instructed to rept to work as usual while efforts to resolve differences continue

NYS Appellate Div revokes traditional 2-wk Xmas holiday for NYS Sup Ct judges in Manhattan and Bronx with sole exception of Xmas Day and New Year's Day; Justice Dudley, adm judge of involved cts, discusses new directive; says cts have always been closed because neither witnesses nor jurors are available at holiday season; says new rule is an experiment to see if full bench can effectively operate during period; repts Legal Aid Society and Bronx and Manhattan Dist attys have agreed to man each of 42 criminal parts of ct during period

Kissinger and N Vietnamese reprs, Oct 11, hold 4th consecutive negotiating session; White House silent on whether there is progress in talks; French Min J-P Lecat says there is 'rapid progress,' TV int; State Dept spokesman R J McCloskey statement that he will no longer reiterate publicly the US and N Vietnamese stands appears to suggest that some changes in the official negotiating postures of the sides may be in the offing; informed Adm officials believe additional consultations by White House spokesmen will be held in Saigon with Pres Thieu, central figure on pol aspects of a settlement; J Hart says a N Vietnamese 'who speaks with authority' said in Hanoi that Thieu would be acceptable as the leader of one of the factions in the 3-part govt proposed by the Communists, CBS radio rept

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