January 11, 1973

Southern Airways: W R Haas, pilot of Southern Airways DC-9, which was hijacked to Havana by M Cale, L D Moore and H D Jackson in Nov after shooting of co-pilot and extortion of $2-million in ransom, describes hijacking in int on Jan 10; Haas and hijacked airliner illus

atty H Hollenberg, chief counsel to NYS Temporary Com to Evaluate the Drug Laws on Jan 10 sends Gov Rockefeller confidential memorandum, which reptdly outlines possible practical and const flaws in Governor's recent proposal to impose harsh prison sentences on all drug traffickers; reptdly insists that distinction be made between small-time addict-pusher and big-time drug dealer; contents of memo detailed

Section of Soc Security bill enacted in fall '72 that provides financial coverage for treatment of some kidney diseases discussed in light of recent discovery that such coverage may cost $1-billion by '80s; alternative to increased spending will be deaths of as many as 5,000 Amers annually from acute kidney disease; original cost estimates ranged from $35- to $75-million in 1st fiscal yr of operation and $250-million in 4th yr; calculations by Fed experts have set costs at $135-million, rising to $1-billion in '80s; spokesman for Sen Burdick, bill's co-sponsor, says he never would have backed amendment had he known that it was going to cost that much; co-sponsors Sens Long and Chiles say that they had been fully aware of costs and had backed plan to prevent people from dying needlessly; Sen Bennett, only legislator who spoke out against kidney provision, says 'Cong is always passing bills without good long-range cost estimates'

US Labor Dept on Jan 10 informs NYC that at least 95 munic employes hired under Emergency Employment Act of '71 are ineligible and must be dismissed; NYC Deputy Mayor E K Hamilton repts that city has cooperated fully in investigation of standards under which it hired unemployed persons; Labor Dept pays 90% of employes' wages under act; investigation, which began last Sept, shows that city authorities differ with Washington officials over eligiblity standards for some employes under act; Hamilton also says city has conceded that in NYC HDA proper guidelines were not enforced; Labor Dept announces that it will require city to discharge 95 persons it found to be ineligible; Hamilton asserts some employes have already left city service; estimates that about $300,000 in salaries paid to disputed employes will have to be returned to Washington; Labor Dept also says city must prove eligibiltiy of 26 other employes whose status is being questioned; in addition, hiring dates of all 2,544 employes hired under act must be validated to ascertain whether hiring freeze imposed last Aug was violated

NYC Police Comr Murphy says on Jan 10 that he will issue status rept on investigation of theft of large quantities of narcotics from NYC Police Dept within near future, news conf