February 25, 1973

Former NY Giants pro football player J Morrison is named on Feb 24 as head football coach of Tenn Univ at Chattanooga

FORT LAUDERDALE, Feb. 24 —Forrest Fezler didn't allow his golf game to fizzle today. The 23‐year‐old Californian, who started the day with a two‐stroke lead over Lee Trevino in the $260,000 Jackie Gleason Inverrary. National Airlines open, increased his advantage to three shots with a 68. He has a 54‐hole total of 204, 12 under par.

NMU pres and founder J Curran, due to retire with nearly $1-million in severance pay and lump-sum pension benefits under NMU Officers Pension Plan, approved by IRS and union membership, is criticized by J M Morrissey, candidate for union pres, who calls amt owed to Curran 'obscene'; calls for end to 'raiding' of NMU treasury by officers and criticizes settlement made with former union official W Perry, who was discharged in '69 but received $222,200 pension payment and $104,595 which Curran testified was due him through Oct '74 expiration of contract with union; NMU spokesman declines comment, noting upcoming union elections prevent discussion of issue; in addition to Morrissey's candidacy, pres contenders include A Dinko whose platform includes abolition of officials' special million-dollar pension funds, reduction of top officials' salaries by 30% and paring pres salary to $35,000; breakdown of Curran's proposed pension and severance pay; Currans' career revd; his por; although it is customary for corp heads to receive sizable pensions on retirement, union leaders' benefits are generally more modest; NMU dissidents contend that Curran's package seems excessive for relatively small union hard hit by reduced merchant marine of 50,000 members with only 25,000 reptdly employed on ships

Pres Nixon on Feb 24 recommends that such Fed subsidies as hosp construction be eliminated and savings shifted to more productive areas, such as research on cancer and heart disease, prerecorded radio address; says that 'no Amer family should be denied good health care because of inability to pay'; adds that 'no family should be deprived of freedom to make its own health care arrangements without bureaucratic meddling'

City of Kontum, S Vietnam, is still besieged despite cease-fire; shelling has slackened but cease-fire has brought few other changes for the better; destruction in city described; there are few civilians on the sts; hill tribe people demonstrate against Communists in protest organized by prov officials; control comm subregional team begins moving into town; map