October 26, 1972

Fed Judge P J Romiti acquits Cook County (III) State's Atty E V Hanrahan and 13 co-defendants on Oct 25 of charge of conspiring to obstruct justice by thwarting prosecution of Chicago policemen involved in '69 police raid on Black Panther hq which resulted in shooting deaths of M Clark and F Hampton; rev of events surrounding 13 1/2 week trial; Hanrahan por

SAIGON, South Vietnam, Thursday, Oct. 26 (UPI) — The Hanoi radio in an Englishlanguage broadcast heard here said:

Acad of Sciences announces on Oct 25 that '72 Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics will be shared by Brit Prof Sir J R Hicks and Amer Prof K J Arrow for their 'pioneering contributions to general econ equilibrium theory and welfare theory'; Swedish Prof B Ohlin comments on their work; Hicks and Arrow comment on winning award

Hanoi Govt statement says US and Hanoi agreed in Paris on a cease-fire to be signed in Hanoi and Paris this month, but that the US backed off, claiming difficulties in Saigon, Hanoi broadcast, Oct 26; says US claim of difficulties is excuse to renege on matters it had promised; US silent on statement; statement says that under plan offered to Kissinger Oct 8 a cease-fire would go into immediate effect, after which 'two present adms' in S Vietnam would negotiate with each other on a pol settlement; says cease-fire would take effect within 24 hrs after signing and that immediate steps would be taken for release of POWs; Hanoi proposal also says that within 60 days US would withdraw all Amer and allied foreign troops and US would not engage itself in any pol activities on behalf of any individuals in S Vietnam; Hanoi statement says US indicated its satisfaction with the proposal and agreed to a timetable, with US to stop all bombing of N Vietnam on Oct 18, the agreement to be signed in Hanoi on Oct 19 and in Paris on Oct 26; says slight changes in timetable were proposed by US to which Hanoi agreed

Oct 26: pol figures and diplomats in Saigon believe Thieu's vaguely worded rejection, Oct 24, of a cease-fire in place indicates he will still accept a cease-fire soon, but only if Kissinger can negotiate further concessions from Hanoi; say Thieu's speech placed the Kissinger talks with Hanoi into an even more delicate and critical stage than usual; feel a breakthrough in talks can be prevented by a number of factors, including strong measures that Thieu plans to take against known Communists in the event of a cease-fire; Min Tran Van Lam, after swearing them to secrecy, briefs several ambs on latest peace proposals advanced by Hanoi to Kissinger in Paris, apparently earlier this month; cease-fire discussion among Saigon officials detailed; Min Lam por