January 18, 1973

S Vietnamese source, Jan 17, says Pres Thieu objects to 4 key issues in proposed truce accord, although he accepts the broad outlines of a draft accord; issues are: vagueness in protocols about which prisoners are to be released after a cease-fire, stationing of mixed mil comms around Vietnam, limitations on activities of mil and police units in S Vietnam and Hanoi's refusal to recognize as Saigon's territory the half of the DMZ that lies S of the demarcation line which runs through the middle of the zone; objections deal not with the main accord but with protocols; Thieu is still expected to approve the accord; objections reptdly have been conveyed to Gen A M Haig Jr, Nixon's special repr, who presented Thieu with the Vietnamese text of the draft accord on Jan 16; Haig leaves for Cambodia; objections fully detailed; in apparent effort to resolve these issues, Thieu has sent mil delegation headed by Lt Gen Vinh Loc to Paris to work on the protocols; Vietcong units in S Vietnam are being informed that a cease-fire is coming around Jan 20; mil activity remains at a low level; Saigon Govt denies CBS rept from Saigon that a cease-fire will be declared on Jan 19; map indicates cities where Thieu and Hanoi want truce supervisory units stationed

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 —There is strong evidence that pregnant women who smoke cigarettes are thereby increasing the risk of death of their babies, a Public Health Service report said today.

Killing by Bernardsville, NJ, Ptl W Sorgie of 21-yr-old Negro W Wells, who grew up in Bernardsville's affluent white community, leaves community with feeling of anger, fear and frustration, particularly among young; Wells was shot to death during tavern fight in which he reptdly was not involved; Sorgie has been removed from duty with pay, pending results of county probe; illus

Last of series of M Tolchin articles on S Bronx area of NYC questions whether present construction is too late to halt 'malignancy' that is result of decades of neglect; over last 3 yrs, NYC received $60-million in Fed funds to revive area but despite this infusion of money, divisiveness between blacks and Puerto Ricans, who comprise population of area, delayed badly-needed construction; rebuilding did not begin until 1969; now Batances Houses, with 1,000 dwelling units, is completed and Davidson Houses, with 1,530 low-income units, is under construction; area depends upon Fed aid because private builders shun S Bronx but Nixon Adm's recent freeze on housing subsidies will make it impossible to build critically needed low-income housing there; cost of rebuilding S Bronx is formidable and rebuilding housing alone is estimated at $3-billion; R Moses believes area should be leveled and people relocated elsewhere but M Gill, banker engaged in community programs, believes future of NYC depends upon solving problems in S Bronx; map; illus

Pres Nixon's nominee for Labor Sec, P J Brennan, announces on Jan 17 that he has convinced URR unions and mgt to halt strike for 90 days while negotiations continue; strikers are scheduled to return to work on Jan 19, with 1st trains to run on Jan 20; workers will receive 6% wage increase retroactive to Jan 1, '72; MTA Chmn Ronan pledges that there will be no fare increase in '73; Brennan, Ronan and LIRR pres W L Schlager Jr illus