Manhattan and Bklyn, NYC, Dist Attys Hogan and Gold and NYS Sup Ct Justice Brownstein on Dec 16 urge passage of legis to enable NYC Police Dept to speedily destroy contraband narcotics to avoid repetition of recent thefts of large quantities of heroin from property clerk's office; dept spokesman says it is conducting across-the-bd investigation of all persons who handled stolen heroin

Legislation Urged to Avert Drug Thefts From Police

CHAPEL HILL, N. C. &#8212; This is the kind of town where an alderperson (that is, a lady alderman) lofts a helium filled balloon above the main street on a 90&#8208;foot string to dramatize the visual damage that would be done if the zoning board approved a bank's plan to construct a nine&#8208;story building in the center of an otherwise two&#8208;story town. She helped get the building cut down to three stories.

‘Capital of the Southern Mind’

Christmas shopping surge in retail stores across US discussed; sales gains over Dec '72 are already running from 4%-12% and merchants are predicting there will be carry-over of about 7% to 8% higher sales through next spring; retailers cite several changes in consumer mood, including greater confidence in econ, desire for more comfortable living and increased indulgence in luxury goods; illus; graph of wkly dept store sales

Christmas Shopping Surge

Former President Harry S. Truman remained in &#8220;very serious&#8221; condition in a Kan sas City hospital yesterday, suffering from lung conges tion, heart irregularity, kid ney malfunction and inability to absorb food. Page 60.

Truman's Condition

West Texas State and St. Louis University, unbeaten Mis souri Valley Conference teams, brought their basketball reputa tions to Madison Square Garden yesterday for a college double header. The West Texas Buf &#8216;loes&#8217; puffed&#8208;up six&#8208;game streak was punctured in the first game by Long Island University. 89&#8208; 64.

L.I.U. and St. Louis Triumph at Garden

W Sullivan on Apollo project maintains scientific fruits of Apollo 17 must await prolonged monitoring of instruments that were left in Taurus-Litterow Valley landing site by astronauts; Apollo 17 astronaut Dr H H Schmitt illus on lunar surface

The Nation

San Francisco Forty-Niners on Dec 16 clinch Natl Football Conf's Western Div champ; illus

VIKINGS BEATEN

R Poe describes atmosphere aboard jetliner with professional football fans journeying from NYC to Miami to watch NY Jets-Miami Dolphins football game; cartoon

Your Captain Speaking: It's 81° in Miami, the Dolphins by 6…

DALLAS, Dec. 16 &#8212; The schedule says this will be the last game of the 1972 season for the New York Giants, but it may really be the first game of 1973 when they face the Dallas Cowboys tomor row at 4 P.M. New York time (Channel 2).

Final Game of 1972 May Provide Insights on Prospects for 1973

NY Times correspondents appraise results of 'Smithsonian agreement' from their various capitals 1-yr after Dec 18 '71 agreement was reached to restore order in internatl monetary system; E L Dale Jr, in dispatch from Washington, notes agreement is regarded in Washington as having worked well on whole, including rate established for dollar; notes there is still question as to how much success exch-rate changes will have in bringing 'adjustment' to US's and other nations' balance of payments; holds only actual decision US has made in yr was decision of Fed Reserve Bd to intervene from time to time in foreign-exch mkts to help offset 'speculation', even though no decision was made to support dollar's exch rate by regular intervention; C L Farnsworth, in dispatch from Paris, Bonn and Brussels see situation much better today because of agreement reached at Smithsonian Institution, even though agreement left up in air major question of new rules for outdated monetary system; holds agreement has achieved far more than many in Eur ever thought it would; notes for while it was feared that Smithsonian agreement would be torn apart from shock of speculation against pound and, subsequently, the dollar, but that money flows started reversing over Atlantic and dollar gradually came into demand; repts Eur experts assess devaluation effect from realignment at between 10% and 12%; R Halloran, in dispatch from Tokyo, notes Japanese believe Smithsonian realignment has worked out fine; notes Japanese are seeking time for revaluation to take hold and that major fear is that they will not be given enough time; M Stern, in dispatch from London, says Brit Govt leaders believe Smithsonian agreement set what proved to be impossibly high new parity for pound while at same time easing pressure on dollar and setting temporary new relationships among major currencies as better system of internatl monetary relationships is worked out; details EEC proposals for monetary reform but says major concern is to find ways to put principles into practice; illus of Smithsonian Institution; list of official reserves for various countries and percentage change from yr ago; graph of currency fluctuations for various countries during '72

Paris

Hanoi delegation to formal Paris peace talks, Dec 17, terms 'completely untrue' Kissinger charges that Communists had demanded changes in the Vietnam cease-fire accord; spokesman Nguyen Thanh Le statement says it is regrettable that US has once again acted at variance with agreement not to publicly comment on the substance of the private truce talks; says US deliberately distorts the facts; says if US really wants to settle the war peacefully and insure return of POWs it should sign the accord agreed upon with delay and without any change; says Hanoi will strictly respect the entire accord text and is prepared to sign it; earlier, N Vietnamese sources in Paris said Kissinger's news conf showed that it was the US that had gone back on the draft accord announced Oct 20; says Le Duc Tho had bargained with Kissinger in good faith; commenting on Kissinger's remark about differences between English and Vietnamese texts of the Oct accord, say the knowledge of Vietnamese shown by Kissinger aide J Negroponte was remarkable and that translations were carefully agreed upon; Vietcong statement in Paris says US 'schemes to revise the content' of the Oct accord; Sen McGovern, reacting to Kissinger's news conf, says that Cong should act to end US role in the war; says it is regrettable that the Nixon Adm, in the closing days of the Pres campaign, had misled many people into believing the war was virtually over; Sen Buckley issues statement lauding Nixon stand

Kissinger Charges Untrue, Hanoi Aide in Paris Says

B Keating article describes his visit to Saraburi, Thailand, to photograph elephants working at nearby logging camp; illus

Tales of Thailand, Or, Br'er Elephant

NY Times correspondent C H Farnsworth, in dispatch from Paris assessing effectiveness of 'Smithsonian agreement' 1 yr after agreement was reached on new pattern of exch rates intended to restore order in internatl monetary system, notes for while it was feared that agreement would be torn apart from shock of speculation against pound; says pound absorbed shock directly, floating downward from previously fixed value of $2.60, stabilizing at about 10% under old value; M Stern, in dispatch from London, says Brit officials believe agreement set what proved to be impossibly high new parity for pound; says it is generally agreed in GB that revaluation of pound was mistake, although there probably was no way GB could have resisted it; cites Barber view that parity was 'not unrealistic' but that pound's' troubles resulted from irrational flight from sterling of what he calls 'a massive, highly mobile body of private funds'; says it is expected that no decision on repegging pound will be made until Govt completes anti-inflation machinery it is now devising and until plan has some time to take hold

Building a Monetary System

Comment on Nixon Adm plan to extend wage-price controls and on key factors of persistent inflation, '73 collective bargaining schedule and a booming econ; question of change in some major sectors of program discussed; graphs of wage and price rates; Sec Shultz illus

&#8220;We're a tough club, we don't beat ourselves often,&#8221; said Dick Motta, the coach of the Chicago Bulls, last night after his team made a bevy of mistakes in los ing to the Knicks, 97&#8208;83, be fore a capacity crowd of 19,694 at Madison Square Garden.

Knicks Top Bulls, 97‐83, For 10th in Row at Garden

US Atty for Southern Dist of NY Seymour on Dec 16 issues special booklet telling businessmen how to uncover and crack down on white-collar crime; 64-page booklet was prepared by Seymour's staff to advise businessmen on steps they should take to combat consumer frauds, securities violations, tax evasions, price fixing, commercial bribery, kickbacks, embezzlement and misuse of foreign bank accounts; booklet lists agencies to notify of business crime

SEYMOUR ASKS AID ON BUSINESS CRIME

Apollo 17 spacecraft with astronauts Cernan, Schmitt and Evans aboard blasts out of lunar orbit at 6:35 PM on Dec 16 and begins journey back to earth; crew fires engine of command module for 23 mins while craft is on far side of moon, increasing its velocity by 2,000 mph and decreasing hold of lunar gravity; crew transmits color telecast of moon as craft accelerates at rate of 195,000 ft-per-sec, which gives views of Crater Tsiolkovsky and plain of Sea of Serenity; scientists reptdly are beginning to form new ideas as to origin of moon on basis of mission's radioed data and descriptions; many theorize that moon may have warm interior, higher proportion of radioactive elements than earth, may have had explosive volcanoes that shaped its surface and may still be venting some gases as the 'last gasps' of volcanism; Dr W R Meuhlberger, principal geological investigator for Apollo 17 mission, says mission apparently has fulfilled its goal of collecting both the oldest and youngest lunar rocks ever examined by man; speculates that data strongly suggest that Taurus-Litterow Valley landing site was shaped, in part, by volcanic lava flows and that orange-colored soil discovered by astronauts indicates that gases continued to spew out from interior long after major volcanic eruptions; scientists theorize that massive meteorite crashed into surface of moon during early lunar history, 4-billion yrs ago or earlier, gouging out Sea of Serenity and causing pressures that radiated outward, resulting in buckling of lunar crust and formation of ridges and mts that nearly surround Taurus-Litterow Valley landing site; theorize that debris ejected from other impacts to south and east of valley probably fell on valley and mountaintops, forming some of layering that astronauts reptd seeing in slopes; speculate that as mountains were pushed up, valley floors dropped and were later flooded with lava; note gravity readings taken by crew of Apollo 17 indicate that Taurus-Litterow Valley apparently is filled with basalt, type of dark gray rock formed by solidification of molten material; say seismic signals created by detonation of explosive charges at landing site indicate that valley's subsurface material is 'definitely more solid' than at sites visited by previous explorers and is 'quite probably from a volcanic flow'; believe eruptions occurred 40 mi south of valley or on Sea of Serenity, but that lava flows extended into valley and that subsequent shifting and straining of surface, possibly from moonquakes, tilted valley floor to east; speculate eruptions were probably followed by long period of post-volcanic venting of gases and ash, which would account for light material that covers valley floor

APOLLO ROCKETS FROM LUNAR ORBIT FOR TRIP TO EARTH

Scientists of WHO rept that they are expanding use of computers to detect environmental health hazards, with ultimate aim of building a world monitoring and surveillance system; say that system will keep watch on factors that affect health conditions; see necessity for further research in certain environmental fields; assert that rept is intended for health officals to use as reference to check deterioration of environment; claim that environmental problems, 'if allowed to proceed unchecked,' could result in irreversible damage to life on planet; claim that industrialized nations have eliminated poor sanitary conditions prevalent in underdeveloped nations but have introduced other environmental hazards; rept claims that by collecting data statistics on environmental hazards, health dangers could be detected early; certain hazards and possible solutions discussed

Scientists to Utilize Computers to Detect Environment Perils

NY Times correspondent E L Dale Jr, in dispatch from Washington appraising effectiveness of 'Smithsonian agreement' 1 yr after agreement was reached, notes events of last 12 mos have raised some new questions about impact of exch-rate change on internatl trade picture of US; says high Govt officials readily concede that improvement in US trade balance has been slower than was expected 1 yr ago

Washington

comment on failure of current round of secret peace talks and Kissinger's Dec 16 news conf; comment on Nixon and Pres Thieu roles; Kissinger and Le Duc Tho illus

KISSINGER SAYS TALKS HAVE NOT REACHED ‘JUST AND FAIR’ AGREEMENT

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WASHINGTON&#8212;&#8220;Dr. Kissinger, do you think peace is at hand?&#8221; A reporter put the question mischievously to Henry Kissinger when the plane bring ing the White House aide back from his latest talks in Paris landed at Andrews Air Force base last Wednes day night. &#8220;That's a good phrase,&#8221; the peace negotiator cracked back, &#8220;who used it?&#8221;

USSR on Dec 16 names noted poet R I Rozhdestvensky as Presidium chmn of Soviet Basketball Fed; por

Poet Heads Russian Basketball

CHICAGO&#8212;Have you ever wondered what the American Ladder Institute, the Facing Tile Institute, the Instant Potato Products Association, the National Association of Bank&#8208;Women, the National Pecan Shellers and Proces sors Association, the Pie Fill ing Institute; the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and the Sterile Disposable Device Committee have in common?

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December 17, 1972

Headlines from December 17, 1972

Legislation Urged to Avert Drug Thefts From Police

‘Capital of the Southern Mind’

Christmas Shopping Surge

Truman's Condition

L.I.U. and St. Louis Triumph at Garden

Billboard 200

Seventh Sojourn

Rhymes & Reasons

All Directions

Catch Bull At Four

Living With The Past

Notable Births

Historical Context for December 17, 1972