March 13, 1973

special asst to Atty Gen R E Erickson announces that armed Fed officers will re-establish roadblocks on all rds to occupied Wounded Knee, SD, on May 12 after both sides cancel meeting; move came after Mar 11 gun battle between Indians and FBI in which FBI agent was wounded; chief of Fed marshals' force W Colburn says Govt will have to take strong position against insurgents; officials hope that because of roadblock, hunger will force negotiations; Colburn and assoc Deputy Atty Gen C B Abelard plan 'no rash action' but note forced entry 'has to remain as an option'; S Holder, head of security arrangements for militants, notes Indians have declared themselves an independent nation and no longer recognize authority of US Govt; illus

Peronist H J Campora wins pres election in Argentina with 49% of vote; illus; many Peronist candidates for legis, provincial and municipal posts also victorious; 90% of those eligible turn out to vote; Peronists, banned from legal pol activity since Peron's deposition in '55, take over Govt on May 25; Campora's closest rival, R Balbin, gets only 21.2% of vote; Campora pledges to represent Peron 'with all fidelity'; Peron, forbidden by mil rulers to return to Argentina until after elections, hears of results in exile in Spain; despite moderate platform offered by Peronist coalition, many, remembering abuses of old Peron regime, fear return of Peronist govt; some, however, question ability of new Peronist coalition to act as cohesive force once in power; in Buenos Aires, police use tear gas grenades to disperse Peronist demonstrators

Pres Nixon says on Mar 12 that members and former members of his personal staff will decline to make any formal appearances before Cong coms, policy statement on exec privilege; statement indicates that Nixon is ruling out appearances before Cong of Pres counsel J W Dean 3d and former White House aide D L Chapin in Sen inquiry into pol sabotage during last yr's Pres race; Sen is expected to ask Dean to testify and may ask Chapin

NY Times survey of rising unemployment among execs and technicians in W Eur; prime factors are co mergers and a recent recession; specific cases cited; affected people comment; illus; chart of rising unemployment among highly qualified in GB and France

Bermuda Govt extends police emergency powers in effort to speed solution to March 10 murder of Gov R Sharpies and aide de camp Capt H Sayers; no arrests announced but police detain several for questioning; all those detained reptdly are black; Scotland Yard sends 3d highest-ranking officer, Comdr J Morrison, to oversee investigation by largest force of detectives (9) ever sent by Yard to Bermuda; Govt taking same close-mouthed attitude it did following still unsolved murder 6 mos ago of Bermuda Police Chief G Duckett; Govt House, where murder of Sharpies and Sayers occurred, is 17-room residence, basically unprotected, of island's governor; Lady Sharpies expected to announce funeral plans tomorrow; officials reportedly assume murders were committed by Bermudians; tourism, island's main industry, seemingly unaffected by recent events