February 26, 1973

article on Irish Repub Prime Min Lynch's campaign before election on Feb 28 notes he is barnstorming country, using his full mastery of symbolism, sentiment, humor and above all intimacy that traditionally wins Irish votes; notes Lynch's Fianna Fail party has won elections over all but 4 of last 41 yrs; says that when Lynch called election for this mo he was conceded easy victory; notes that Fine Gael, main Opposition party, has arranged coalition with smaller Labor party with program calling for attack on inflation, increased social benefits and reduction of unpopular tax on rents; says that Fianna Fail is using last days of campaign to exploit its strongest cards: its own formidable electoral tradition and political appeal of Lynch; notes opposition, led quietly by unobstrusive L Cosgrave, has nothing so spectacular; Lynch illus

Joint mil comm fails, Feb 26, to give US details of next release of 100 Amer POWs, meeting of subcomm on captured persons; US sources say word of a POWs exch may still be delivered by Communist delegates outside the meeting

PARIS, Feb. 25—Secretary of State William P. Rogers began private talks tonight with Foreign Minister phi Peng‐fei of China on settling each country's financial claims against the other, and set up a meeting later this week with Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko of the Soviet Union.

Survey of efforts being made by American cities to resurrect their downtown areas; increasing numbers of city residents have moved to suburbs, leaving many downtown areas literally deserted after dark; now some of afflicted cities have begun to fight back with carefully planned developments that will hopefully bring families back to inner city areas; most plans are being refinanced with pre-Nixon Adm urban renewal money and munic bond issues and private development funds; redevelopment plans for Denver, Oklahoma City, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Detroit are discussed; illus of construction in Denver

Demonstrators throw rocks at barracks of N Vietnamese members of Four-Party Joint Mil Comm in Da Nang and Hue on Feb 25; 5 N Vietnamese in Hue are reptd slightly injured; melee is brought to an end after more than an hr by a colonel from S Vietnamese delegation to Mil Comm, who told demonstrators that it is senseless to damage S Vietnamese property; illus of melee