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Saigon sources disclose Saigon Govt has released thousands of mil and civilian prisoners in last few days; they are turned loose on their own despite truce accord provisions requiring they be turned over to Hanoi or the Vietcong; 20,000 Communist POWs and about equal number of civilian prisoners reptdly released; US official believes total is more like 10,000 and that all are pol prisoners; Saigon reptdly prefers to release POWs and let them wander home rather than formally return them to the Vietcong command, as the pact requires; Saigon official says that those freed had renounced the Communist cause and pledged to support the Saigon Govt; Saigon believed to hold about 35,000 POWs and 60,000 to 125,000 pol prisoners; 1,000 POWs were reptdly turned loose on Jan 28; illus of freed Vietcong soldier

SAIGON BYPASSES ACCORD IN FREEING MANY PRISONERS

Sen R C Byrd introduces bill on Feb 5 to require that all Cabinet officers be required to undergo reconfirmation by Sen if they are retained from 1 Adm to next

Senate Votes to Require Approval of Budget Aides

Juan V. Corona was denied a new trial yesterday in Fairfield, Calif., and sentenced to 25 consecutive life terms for the murder of 25 itinerant farm workers. Page 20.

Life Term for Corona

Budget Office Dir R L Ash repts on Feb 5 that $6-billion in water pollution control funds Pres Nixon refused to allocate are not included in $8.7-billion Nixon is holding in reserve; officials say $8.7-billion refers only to impounded fund actually appropriated, whereas pollution funds were authorized but not appropriated by Water Pollution Control Act of '72; White House charges that Adm foes are attempting to lump water pollution funds with reserves to inflate figure; Repr J L Whitten scores impoundments, charging they are unconst

WHITE HOUSE SETS IMPOUNDED FUNDS BELOW ESTIMATE

Nolde is buried Feb 5 at Arlington National Cemetery; illus; Rev R V Peters delivers eulogy; Gen A M Haig Jr attends; Nolde family meets afterward at White House with Pres Nixon; Nolde's life is traced; Mrs Nolde comments

Last American Killed Before the Truce Is Buried in Arlington

TRENTON, Feb. 5 &#8212; The chairman of the New Jersey Parole Board said tonight that the board was reviewing all parole cases that were processed by Dr. William King, the staff psychiatrist for the Trenton State Prison who has been charged with plotting the murder of his former wife and two members of her family.

Jailing of Prison Doctor Opens 400 Parole Cases

F Waters, former principal Fed narcotocs agent in French Connection narcotics case is indicted on Feb 5 on charges of selling heroin and cocaine; Bur of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs regional dir Casey says investigators are trying to determine whether heroin that Waters allegedly sold had originated in NYC Police Dept's property clerk's office; says investigators have not identified 1.1 pounds of heroin tied to Water's alleged dealings as having come from French Connection case, and that he is not optimistic that origin of heroin can be traced; Waters is accused of funnelling drugs to C R McDonnell, Baltimore-based narcotics official, who was imprisoned in '71 after conviction for selling heroin to undercover agent; Waters illus

‘Connection’ Agent Is Indicted by U.S. In Narcotics Sales

Teams of International Comm for Control and Supervision (ICCS) move into regional hq in 7 places in S Vietnam Feb 5; members of Four-Party Joint Mil Comm are to move into regional hq on Feb 6; N Vietnamese suggest that release of POWs held in South be linked to start of removal of mines from North Vietnamese harbors and waters; illus of teenager with captured US gun and of Canadian officer with ICCS; map

CEASE‐FIRE UNITS TAKE THEIR POSTS

US airports win temporary restraining on Feb 5, which will bar implementation of new Fed regulations requiring posting of armed guards at airport embarkation points; order was requested by Airport Operators Council Internatl, orgn of 132 state and local governmental agencies that operate almost 200 airports, which contended that Nixon Adm improperly bypassed normal rule-making procedures of FAA by declaring 'emergency' when none existed; orgn contends Fed Govt should underwrite cost of providing guards at airports and that local agencies should not be required to enforce antihijacking statutes; Adm maintains antihijacking methods are as much a local responsibility as providing fire protection at airports

Airports Get 10‐Day Delay On Boarding‐Gate Guards

41 important paintings from Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, and the Pushkin Museum, Moscow, including works by Picasso, Matisse, Cezanne and Van Gogh, will be shipped to US in Mar for showing in Natl Gallery of Art, Washington, and Knoedler Gallery, NYC; Natl Gallery describes array of impressionist and post impressionist works as 1st exhibit of Western art to be lent to US by USSR; exch was arranged by Dr A Hammer, oil exec and one of owners of Knoedler's, with Soviet Cultural Min Y A Furtseva, in series of visits in '72; final details of exch were worked out Feb 5 in trans-Atlantic call between Hammer and Natl Gallery dir J C Brown; Soviet Govt has agreed to bear part of cost of insuring works, which include 7 paintings by Matisse, 7 by Gauguin, 5 by Cezanne, 6 by Picasso, 3 by Van Gogh, 2 each by Monet, Renoir, Rousseau and Derain and single works by Pissarro, Sisley, Braque, Vlaminck and Leger; Russians reptdly ask that works be displayed under shatterproof glass; illus of Renoir painting and illus of Hammer

U.S. Gets Soviet Loan Of 41 Major Paintings

CIA acknowledges training police from about 12 domestic police agencies in US in handling explosives, detection of wiretaps and organization of intelligence files; acknowledgment was made by J C Maury, legislative counsel for CIA, in lr to NYC Repr Koch; Koch says training activities violated existing law and should be investigated by Cong; Maury says CIA does not consider that the training activities violated letter or spirit of law; Natl Security Act of 1947, which authorized establishment of CIA says that the agency shall have 'no police, subpoena, law-enforcement or internal security functions'; Koch questioned CIA on Dec 28 after he learned that 14 NYC police had been trained in handling political intelligence files; CIA replied on Jan 29 that training sessions covered 'variety of subjects' including audio control measure techniques; Koch says audio control techniques involved detection of wiretaps and bugs 'in which foreign interests are involved' and since CIA is barred from participating in law enforcement activities in US, he wants an investigation into matter by HR Govt Operations Com; Repr Holifield, chmn of Govt Operations Com, says question of what matters would be examined by com this yr had not yet been decided

C.I.A. Discloses It Trained Police From 12 Agencies

Cuban community in Madrid, Spain, now numbers 25,000 to 30,000; members came to Spain in '60s hoping for quick admission from there to US or PR but instead have faced delays and perhaps total ban because of US immigration laws; Spain can offer only limited assistance; many families get help from US-based relatives; existence is often hand-to-mouth; illus

Cuban Exiles in Spain Lock Eagerly to U.S.

Japanese Cabinet Sec S Nikaido announces, Feb 5, that Communist China is sending UN repr Chen Chu as 1st Amb to Japan; repts China approves apptmt of H Ogawa as Japan's 1st Amb to Peking

China's No. 2 Man at U.N. To Be First Envoy to Japan

345 French drs, in act of defiance against both Govt and law, on Feb 5 admit publicly that they have performed abortions; signers of manifesto for 'freedom of abortion' risk penalties of up to 10 yrs imprisonment and fines as high as $14,000; action puts French Med Soc and authorities in quandary; med soc, fundamentally conservative body with absolute power to license and suspend physicians, has favored applying abortion law strictly; finds it may have difficulty enforcing its point of view against determined opposition; manifesto points out that it is poor who suffer most, while those with means can have abortions; urges that abortions be made available on demand of woman concerned, cost to be reimbursed by soc security; signers say they are performing or helping to perform abortions 'outside of all financial considerations'; pledge to answer for their actions collectively 'before all judicial or med authority as well as before public opinion'; 250 professional people, including drs, med school deans, lawyers, Prot clergymen, Cath priests and members of College de France are expected to issue separate manifesto on Feb 7; will announce themselves jointly responsible for abortions that drs have performed over last 3 mos

345 French Doctors Fight for Abortion

UN Sec Gen Waldheim on Feb 5 confers for 1-hr with Indian Prime Min Gandhi in attempt to untangle Indian-Pakistani-Bangladesh relations; talks focus on 90,000 Pakistani soldiers and civilians being held prisoner in India, key issue in subcontinent dispute; Waldheim sees prime importance in creating right climate for solution; declines to discuss prisoner issue; illus

Waldheim and Mrs. Gandhi Talk in India

Australia continues to participate in defense of Malaysia and Singapore in partnership with GB and New Zealand despite pledge of Prime Min G Whitlam and Defense Min L H Barnard to bring home all Australian combat units in Southeast Asia; British Sec of Defense Lord Carrington outlines continuing commitment to Singapore and Malaysia through 5-power defense force known as ANZUK (Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom)

Australia Will Keep a Token Force in Malay is and Singapore

The Proceedings In the U.N. Today

A 72&#8208;year&#8208;old invalid died yesterday in a fire in his apartment in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. Firemen identified the victim as Victor Barrow of 949 Prospect Place. The cause of the fire was not ??ediately determined.

Brooklyn Fire Kills Invalid

Neruda resigns as Chilean Amb to France, reptdly because of poor health

Unified Legislature And a New Charter Proposed by Allende

Dominican Repub army repts small band of armed guerrillas from Cuba landed on southern coast and moved into interior; charges group has ties with ex-pres J Bosch; guerrillas are believed to be in country to attempt to overthrow Govt of Pres J Balaguer

DOMINICANS HUNT GOERRLLA BAND

3 Naga guerrillas and 5 Indian soldiers killed Feb 5 after 30 tribesmen armed with Chinese weapons ambush convoy

3 Nagas and 5 Soldiers Reported Killed in India

Former Tunisian govt min A B Salah, key aide of Pres Bourguiba, escapes from prison where he was serving 10 yrs for high treason; escape comes at time of unrest among Univ of Tunis students who have been protesting against Bourguiba regime

Former Key Aide Of Tunisian Leader Flees From Prison

Feb 6-10: Brit Govt on Feb 5 orders that 2 Prots in N Ireland be detained as terrorists; are 1st non-Catholics seized under terrorism law; Ulster Defense Assn leader T Herron says detention proves Brit Govt 'was capitulating to Irish Republican Army'; Prot extremists call 1-day strike for Feb 7 at hastily called meeting of all paramilitary groups, including banned Ulster Volunteer Force; Brit Sec for N Ireland W Whitelaw calls in security chiefs for urgent talks after 1 of Ulster's worst wks of violence

TWO PROTESTANTS HEED IN BELFAST

The 1973 Luhuo earthquake struck near the town of Zhaggo in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, China on February 6, 1973, with a magnitude of 7.6 Ms. The earthquake had a maximum intensity of X (Extreme) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. It resulted in between 2,175 and 2,204 deaths and a further 2,743 injuries. Serious and widespread destruction occurred in Luhuo County.

The Ms  7.6 Luhuo earthquake strikes Sichuan Province, causing widespread destruction and killing at least 2,199 people.

February 6, 1973

Headlines from February 6, 1973

NEWS INDEX

SAIGON BYPASSES ACCORD IN FREEING MANY PRISONERS

Senate Votes to Require Approval of Budget Aides

Life Term for Corona

WHITE HOUSE SETS IMPOUNDED FUNDS BELOW ESTIMATE

Billboard 200

No Secrets

The World Is A Ghetto

Talking Book

Rhymes & Reasons

Tommy

Historical Events

Historical Context for February 6, 1973