March 10, 1973

NYS Assembly Speaker Duryea holds news conf at Leone's Restaurant in NYC on Mar 9 to discuss bill he plans to introduce creating NYS Sports Authority that would be allowed to help communities in state develop and modernize sports facilities; sees program enhancing morale and econ position of state; Duryea notes bipartisan support for bill in Assembly and favorable view expressed by Gov Rockefeller; bill will not have any direct effect on renovation of Yankee Stadium; authority would make it easier for communities to get funding for construction of sports facility, but would have nothing to do with controlling sports, seeking franchises or operating facilities when built; it would provide central source for funds and expert judgement on feasibility of any plan, and also would deal with govt, but not with any private group; authority would issue own revenue bonds; NYS Mayor Lindsay comments on proposal; por

M Bundy details his expertise as natl security and foreign policy expert and tells jury how he served Pres Kennedy and Johnson from '61 through '66, Pentagon papers case

US BLS repts on Mar 9 that index of hrly compensation, adjusted to eliminate such factors as overtime, was 142.4 in Feb, down from 142.5 in Jan; index uses '67 level as a base of 100; compared with Feb '72 figures, index shows that hrly compensation of nonsupervisory employes was up 5.6% or close to Govt's wage control guideline figure of 5.5%; repts avg workweek for payroll employes rose by 0.4 of an hr to 37.3 hrs in Feb, seasonally adjusted

terrorists who set off Mar 8 two large explosions in central London, Eng, are described on Mar 9 as members of special squad sent to London within last 10 days by militant Provisional wing of IRA; as police continue questioning 7 men and 3 women detained at Heathrow, London's airport, on Mar 8, sources within Provisional ranks tell reporters in Belfast, N Ireland, that 8 members of squad returned safely to N Ireland; bomb explosions killed 1 man and injured more than 200; Comdr R Huntley, who is leading search for terrorists, says some explosives might have come over from N Ireland in stolen car parked in front of Old Bailey, Central Criminal Ct; says Scotland Yard still lacks conclusive evidence linking Provisional wing with explosions; Provisional sources say 2 of women detained in London are sisters, D and M Price, whose father was prominent in earlier IRA campaigns; officials in London believe explosions were timed to coincide with Mar 8 referendum in N Ireland on whether province should remain under Brit control; Brit Prime Min Heath meets with Home Sec R Carr, who has jurisdiction over police; continues talks with Irish Prime Min-elect L Cosgrave and B Corish, his deputy; is joined by Defense Min Lord Carrington; Cosgrave is believed to have been told in detail of Brit Govt's thinking about constitutional future of N Ireland, to be set out in white paper that is expected soon

US, in effort to heal its battered relationship with Bangladesh that began when it supported Pakistan in Dec '71 war, has emerged as Bangladesh's biggest source of aid; US formally recognized Bangladesh after war and mounted aid program that currently totals over $318-million; India is Bangladesh's 2d largest donor with $262-million in aid; USSR has provided about $136-million; there seems to be no specific reason for US aid, which will probably total additional $100-million in '73; aid seems to be based on combination of humanitarian, pol and pragmatic motives; largest amt has been food aid totaling over $136-million; Prime Min Sheik Mujibar Rahman is seeking to improve Bangladesh-US relations although anger against US still persists

last 3 Amers held prisoner in China to be freed next week; Premier Chou Enlai agrees to commute sentence of J Downey of CIA, held since '52, allowing him to leave Mar 12 after personal request by Pres Nixon; critical illness of Downey's mother factor in Nixon's intercession; Downey and mother illus; Flynn and Smith pors

Ancient bronze sculpture, reputedly by Lysippus, and said to date from 4th century BC is now on sale in Munich, Ger, for $3.5-million; Greek art experts consider Lysippus one of ancient world's finest sculptors and if bronze can be definitively attributed to him, it will be one of most significant finds in ancient art; T P F Hoving, Met Museum dir, says museum will consider buying bronze, owned by Artemis Fund, only if it has clear title; sculpture is reptdly offered to N Siman and J P Getty

US offers on Mar 9 to cooperate with EEC to help settle latest monetary crisis and to insure jointly an orderly exch-rate system; finance mins and central-bank govs meeting in Paris issue communique indicating no substantive decisions have been made on crisis but imply certain changes in US monetary policy; set Mar 19 as date for reopening of exch mkts; agree that crisis is due to speculative movements of funds and indicate satisfaction with existing relationships between currency values; communique says mins and govs believe crisis underlines need for reform of monetary system but omits refs to parities or fixed rates; key questions are whether EEC can maintain its monetary unity in such new system and whether new rules can be written to define conditions for exch rate moves to avert currency wars; Min Giscard d'Estaing tells reporters that exch rates set on Feb 12 would be defended; Sec Shultz says he made no commitment of any kind except to work constructively with others; says EEC's list of measures it suggested to US requires 'careful thought' and that he can make no commitments about any possible Amer policy moves until US sees what Eurs do; rules out suggestion that US raise its interest rates to attract more dollars home; appears to rule out revocation, sought by Eurs, of Amer plans to phase out controls over outflow of capital by '74; denies any parallel between present situation and '30s; will remain in Paris for private talk with Giscard d'Estaing; Eurs are reptd to have suggested US intervene in exch mkts to defend dollar's parity; Under Sec Volcker is reptd to have told C Pierre-Brossolette that US interest rates would be rising to control econ expansion

Pioneer Foods Inc: NYC Ptl J Cooke and C DiGiorgio foil attempted robbery of Pioneer Food Store in Bronx on Mar 9 killing 2 teen-agers, wounding third and capturing 2 others in process; robbers had staged 14 successful holdups in last 9 months at same store; dead youths identified as R Walton and M Frair

Pres Nixon's re-election com repts returning $89,000 to R H Allen; money reptdly was that which passed through Mex bank to leader of alleged pol espionage operation against Dem Natl Com hq

Justice Dept officials on Mar 9 rept they have 'reached agreement in principle' that could end 11-day standoff between Fed forces and dissident Indians who are occupying Wounded Knee, SD; Fed Govt, as settlement appears closer, bars newsmen and other outsiders from passing Fed checkpoint and entering village; Rev W Hunter, 1 of observers who has been participating in talks between attys for Govt and Indians, says that 'only 1 or 2' points remain to be settled; R Roubideaux, atty for Indians, says that new negotiators, including lawyer W M Kunstler, will take part in negotiations; Indians, who appeared to drop 'non-negotiable' demands for new election for Oglala Sioux Tribal Council, reptdly assert them anew at time when other details that would have led to their withdrawal from Wounded Knee had been worked out; new faction, led by G One Feather, R Wilson's predecessor as tribal chmn, noted

Pres Nixon's special asst J D Ehrlichman warns on Mar 9 that Pres Nixon will veto variety of bills pending in Cong and, as last resort, will attempt to impound funds they will authorize should his veto be overridden; by White House accounting, Nixon has previously declined to spend at least $8.7-billion of appropriated funds but some Cong leaders place figure at more than $12-billion; Ehrlichman says that if bills are enacted they will result in budget excesses totaling $8.7-billion over next 3 fiscal yrs; makes it clear that Nixon believes that Cong spending threatens validity of his campaign promise of no new taxes during his 2d term; suit challenging Pres authority to impound appropriated funds is being litigated in Fed Dist Ct, Mo; Ehrlichman illus