March 12, 1973

NJ on Mar 11 orders milk sellers F and A Plushanski to raise milk prices to minimum of 57c for half-gallon and $1.08 for gallon; State Agr Dept's Dairy Indus Div dir W W Moffet says Milk Control Act is designed to stabilize mkt for milk and assure adequate supply at reasonable prices; milk is perishable and must be processed rapidly so its price is susceptible to fluctuation; illus

Strike of French air traffic controllers has resulted in traffic congestion at airports in Belgium; situation described

early returns in Argentina's pres and legis election give Peronist coalition solid lead, but falling short of 50% majority needed for outright win; illus; heavy voting turnout reported; interest centers on Peronists, appearing for first time since being banned as pol movement when leader J D Peron was deposed in '55; election not issue-oriented since major parties offer similar platforms; Peron, in exile, conducting running argument with Argentina's mil Govt; mil seeking guarantee that armed forces will have major voice in Govt after elections; mil, angered by Peron's condoning of recent incidents of urban guerrillas, refuses Peron entry into country until after election; 200,000 troups are stationed at polling centers but no violence reported; in NY 60 followers of Peron demonstrate at UN for return of Peron to Argentina

Nixon Adm sources say, Mar 11, adm will ask Cong to approve postwar aid to N Vietnam only if N Vietnamese troops in Laos are withdrawn and if N Vietnamese infiltration into South ceases; Sen sources say Sens Humphrey and McGovern no longer support aid; Kissinger and Sec Rogers talk to Sen and HR members in attempt to gain support for aid

NY Times survey on mounting natl controversy over use of brain surgery to erase symptoms of otherwise untreatable behavioral and emotional disorders; controversy concerns purpose, effectiveness and side-effects of psychosurgery, modern technique by which tiny portions of brain are destroyed through surgery, ultrasound; such surgery is both hailed as blessing to those apparently uncurable, and decried as irreversible 'mutilation' of brain; experts in neurology, psychiatry, law and ethics are trying to assess true value and potential of psychosurgery and define its role in treatment; Dr P R Breggin, leader in fight against psychosurgery, contends technique might be used as weapon for controlling violent prisoners, institutionalized patients or pol activists; says psychosurgery might be easy solution to mental illness and replace attempts to correct its underlying causes; drawing of brain, illus of brain X-ray