April 3, 1973

NYC Bd of Estimate, 18‐4, on Apr 2 approves construction of med facilities over FDR Drive; Manhattan and Bronx Boro Pres oppose; approval comes in face of strong action fought by Manhattan Boro Pres Sutton, who called granting of air rights ‘giant giveaway'; Sutton acted as advocate for Yorkville residents who came to express fear that med insts would force them to relocate and replace them with inst employes; Dr E H Luckey, pres of NY Hosp, emphasized in his testimony that it had always been center's policy not to evict or relocate any nonstaff tenants for expansion; NY Hosp will build 10‐story structure and 600‐car garage; Rockefeller Univ plans to build 3 structures; estimated cost of construction has been put at $400‐million, but does not include construction plans for Hosp for Special Surgery, which has not announced its plans; insts, in return for air rights, have agreed to widen and improve approaches at 63d and 71st Sts where pedestrian bridges already exist and to build new approaches at 68th and 72d Sts; Skidmore Owings & Merrill are architects for project; no date has been set for construction to begin; no further city action is needed

impact of nationwide meat boycott is beginning to take its toll in NYC met area on Apr 2 as shoppers shun meats; repts from city's boroughs indicate that boycott has strongest effect in middle‐income and wealthy neighborhoods, where reptdly 80% of consumers are avoiding meats; pattern in low‐income areas seems less clearly defined; consumers, butchers and supermkt meat managers comment on effects of boycott; illus

Saigon spokesman, Lt Col Le Trung Hien, says, Apr 2, Saigon will boycott Two‐Party Joint Mil Comm meetings until dispute over besieged S Vietnamese ranger outpost at Tong Le Chan is settled; hints it is prepared to undertake major mil action to relieve besieged outpost; Vietcong warns that if Saigon boycotts comm meetings, it would ‘bear the responsibility for the consequences'; comm meeting set for Apr 3 canceled; Saigon says outpost has been under siege by the Communists since Feb 26; says 15 of its men have been killed and 109 wounded since siege began; Saigon has called on control comm to probe siege but comm has been unable to act; Canada and Indonesia press for probe; Hungary and Poland are reluctant to go along without assurances that investigators could operate safely; control comm source says body agreed to attempt to arrange a meeting between opposing comdrs at Tong Le Chan; move favored by Vietcong but is reptdly opposed by Saigon; new comm first Mar 29 and discussed Tong Le Chan dispute; map

L Oelsner series on NYC's juvenile justice system; discusses juvenile crime, its causes and manner in which juvenile justice system attempts to cope with problems; Judges DiCarlo and Roache express frustrations in attempting to resolve problems of children brought before them; illus

Pres Nixon and Pres Thieu open 2‐day conf, Apr 2, Western White House, in what White House calls ‘atmosphere of friendship and cordiality'; White House press sec R L Ziegler says topics discussed included future US mil and econ aid to Saigon Govt, problems caused by alleged continued N Vietnamese infiltration into S Vietnam, and situation in Cambodia; Nixon known to have entered talks ready to renew US pledge of postwar aid, but Adm sources say he will resist any attempt to draw US into a commitment of renewed mil involvement in the event of an all‐out N Vietnamese offensive; Ziegler sidesteps questions on whether Nixon urged Thieu to reverse decision by Saigon to boycott meetings of the Two‐Party Joint Military Comm; Saigon spokesman has said that Saigon would boycott further meetings unless Communists stop besieging ranger outpost at Tong Le Chan; Thieu flew to conf from Los Angeles; Sec Rogers gives luncheon for Thieu after the conf; H A Kissinger and Nguyen Phu Duc attend conf with Nixon; anti‐Thieu demonstration held outside Nixon compound; Nixon and Thieu illus with wives