March 29, 1973

Sen Foreign Relations subcom opens hearings on multinatl cos

NYC Mayor Lindsay appts A J Ranieri on Mar 28 as acting Tax Comm pres, temporarily replacing N A Levy, who is on unpaid leave; Citizens Union has criticized apptmt, saying it had urged selection of someone free of 'partisan pol involvement'; NYS Investigation Comm, in recent rept criticizing Levy and city adm for 'mixing pol and sensitive tax assessment procedures,' says Ranieri was pol 'aligned' with Mayor Lindsay in '69 and apptd to Tax Comm upon 'recommendation' of Lindsay Assn coordinator T Mastroianni; Mastroianni is now Deputy Parks Comr; Lindsay spokesman defends apptmt, saying Lindsay's 'sole consideration' was picking experienced comm member during current crucial hearing period; S Jacobi is apptd to replace Ranieri on comm; brief sketches of Ranieri's and Jacobi's careers; Ranieri por

Fed Govt spokesman repts on Mar 28 that 100 of Indians holding hamlet of Wounded Knee, SD, have offered to surrender, but hard-core dissidents, vowing to die, are said to be keeping them in village at gunpoint; Asst Atty Gen K Frizzell asserts '5 or 6 seem to want 2d Wounded Knee'; says 100 who are willing to surrender are being led by P Bissonet, head of a Sioux civil rights group, and by L Crow Dog, medicine man at Rosebud Sioux Reservation; meeting field in Rapid City, SD, to discuss when and how Wounded Knee might be surrendered ends in failure; FBI, which with US marshals is guarding perimeter around Wounded Knee, moves 3 more armored cars to within sight of hamlet after rept that Govt expected renewed conflict with Indians; cease-fire has been in effect since noon Mar 27, and only 1 shot was heard last night; however, Frizzell says a Govt informant reptd that D J Banks, 'war chief' of Amer Indian Movement, had said 'today is day we go for broke'; most repts coming out of Wounded Knee have been unofficial, as Govt has not allowed reporters to enter since Mar 25; Frizzell asserts Banks and R C Means are leading faction that refuses to allow Bissonet and Crow Dog to surrender their followers; at meeting in Rapid City, SD, Amer Indian Movement leader A Desersa denies that there is any conflict among Indians still holding Wounded Knee and demanding that Fed Govt honor all Indian treaties

NYS Legis on Mar 28 approves state budget that includes $2.47-billion in school aid, increase of $98-million over '72

Grumman Aerospace Corp and Fairchild Hiller Corp are chosen by USAF on Mar 28 to build wings and tail fin for manned space shuttle, decision that will result in infusion of approximately $53-million into ailing areospace indus on LI, NY; Govt sources rept Grumman has won competition for wing contract, which will total $40-million or more, and that Fairchild will construct tail fin at cost of $13-million; artist's concept of space tug ferrying satellite payload from space shuttle's orbital stage