TRENTON, April 8 &#8212; The separate bank deposits of the State Republican Finance Committee and Governor Cahill's principal political fund&#8208;raisers in New Jersey have been subpoenaed in Federal and state investigations of Republican campaign funds, authoritative sources reported here tonight.

U.S. and lersey Investigate Cahill's Top Fund‐Raisers

Picasso, Pablo: P Picasso dies on Apr 8 at age of 91 ; illus

Picasso Is Dead in France at 91

Canadian Sec M W Sharp says, Apr 8, that apparent attack on control comm helicopter may justify terminating the comm; indicates that reptd death of a Canadian would not bring a Canadian withdrawal from the comm

VIETCONG ADMIT DOWNING COPTER

NY Times survey of reaction of Amers to inflation finds many are not letting it stand in way of good life; some consumers are cutting back to some extent, however; data in specific sectors of econ and on types of consumers detailed

Many Finding Inflation No Bar to the Good Life

Bonnet Carre Floodway is opened on Apr 8 in attempt to divert floodwaters from Miss River, which is bldg toward crest of 20.2 ft at New Orleans, highest level in 23 yrs; Army Corp of Engineers says Bonnet Carre Floodway will reduce water level at New Orleans by directing some of Miss's water through lakes and canals around city; Maj Gen C C Noble says decision to open spillway is based on new stage forecasts of Natl Weather Service, effects of winds and tides on high river stages and potential detrimental effect of prolonged high stages on Miss River levees in New Orleans; hundreds watch opening of spillway; illus; Army Corps of Engineers pours tons of crushed rock in Eagle Lake area in Mississippi to bolster dam in danger of giving away; steady evacuation of flood refugees continue in 4-county area north of Vicksburg; Army engineers spokesman in Memphis notes Miss River is dropping at rate of 2/10 to 3/10 of foot per day

Floodway Opened to Ease A Threat to New Orleans

NY Times survey of gains made by environmental movement in past 3 yrs discusses air quality standards legislated in Clean Air Act of '70

Environmental Movement Registers Gains in 3 Years

The New, York Knicks defeated the Baltimore Bullets, 109&#8208;99, yesterday at Madison Square Garden and advanced to the Eastern Conference final of the National Basketball Association playoffs. The Knicks now meet the winner of the Boston&#8208;Atlanta series. Details are on Page 53.

Knicks Go Into Final

NYS Investigation Comm in rept issued on Apr 8 concludes that major program initiated by Gov Rockefeller and supported by Pres Nixon to toughen prosecution of narcotics dealers in NYC has not been successful and that city's federally financed system of special narcotics cts have failed to bring about any significant improvements in the adm of justice in connection with narcotics felony cases; comm, headed by P J Curran, charges that special narcotics cts are not operating effectively, and that judges assigned to them are not imposing appropriate substantial prison sentences; says analysis of cases handled by cts between Sept '72 and Mar '73 shows that 28.5% of those convicted were sentenced to state prison, 12% to city prison, 18.4% to facilities operated by Narcotic Addiction Control Comm and 40.8% to probation or conditional discharge; Manhattan Asst Dist Atty Rogers calls, apptd in '72 to run citywide effort, calls rept 'unwarranted'; says number of state prison sentences and trial conviction rate have doubled since Sept '72 and that 5 times as many trials are being conducted as in '69; maintains great increase in trials as well as 'far tougher' plea bargaining policy demonstrates that effort is effective

NARCOTICS COURTS CALLED A FAILURE

Gen Haig, Nixon's personal repr, arrives in Bangkok, Thailand, on Apr 9 for talks with Thai leaders on latest situation in Indochina; his departure for Laos set

5 SHIPS OF CONVOY WITII FUEL REACH CAMBODIA CAPITAL

Sources say J W McCord Jr has told Fed grand jury that he believes K W Parkinson, atty for Pres Nixon's re-election com, channeled cash payments to Watergate defendants in return for silence after their arrest inside Dem hq last June; source says McCord testified that he believed that Parkinson was responsible for 'applying the pressure' on defendants to plead guilty shortly before trial began in Jan; McCord confirms testimony in telephone int with NY Times but refuses to provide further details; sources note that McCord based much of his grand jury testimony on hearsay evidence; sources say he acknowledges that his basic information about Parkinson's alleged role in funneling money and advice to men was told to him by conspirator E H Hunt Jr's late wife; names Mrs Hunt as conduit for money; Parkinson denies making any cash payments to Mrs Hunt; denies he ever met Mr or Mrs Hunt or any of other defendants; says he was not connected with re-election campaign in any way until few days after Watergate break-in when he was retained to represent Repubs in civil lawsuit filed by L F O'Brien; Justice Dept sources confirm that McCord named Parkinson along with other Repub officials in his grand jury testimony; sources say Govt is now considering whether re-election com might have actively worked to obstruct justice by, in effect, bribing Watergate defendants; sources say McCord testified that Mrs Hunt talked to him many times about her role as delivery women and often turned to him for advice; say on occasion, Mrs Hunt flew cash, always in $100 bills, to Sturgis and other Watergate principals in Miami area; when she was killed in airplane crash on Dec 8, she was carrying $10,000 in cash belonging to her husband and planned to invest it in a motel somewhere in Chicago area; Parkinson illus

ITCORD REPORTED LINKING PAYOFFS TO A G.O.P. LAWYER

LINDSAY CHARGES GOVERNORHARRIES CITY GOVERNMENT

Xuan Thuy leaves Paris for Hanoi, Apr 8, after heading N Vietnamese delegation to 4-yr peace talks that led to Vietnam truce accord; will assume official functions in Hanoi as Min of state; his departure follows shortly departure from Paris of Mrs Nguyen Thi Binh, who headed Vietcong delegation to the peace talks

Hanoi Aide Leaves Paris After Four Years of Talks

The Proceedings In the U.N. Today

F Brimicombe, British tobacco co exec, is 24th kidnap victim in Buenos Aires this yr; seized by 4 gunmen on Apr 8; A DaCruz, Eastman Kodak Co exec held since Apr 2, freed after Kodak pays $1.5-million ransom

New Argentine Kidnapping Follows American's Release

K S Bajpai, ranking Indian pol officer in Sikkim, on Apr 8 announces that Indian Govt has taken over adm of Sikkim, which has been shaken by agitation for pol reform during last wk; says move was made at request of Sikkim's ruler Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal, who reptdly has been confined to his palace with his Amer-born wife, former H Cooke; Bajpai says special officer will arrive from New Delhi to replace him; K L Dorji, leader of campaign for pol reforms, says that time has passed for negotiations with Chogyal; says his supporters are calling for Chogyal's abdication; spokesman for Chogyal declares that there has been 'no such thing' as widespread fighting; concedes that Indian troops were asked to quell demonstrations

New Delhi Takes Over Control Of Sikkim on Request of Ruler

25 bombs explode on Apr 8 in Paphos, Cyprus; no casualties are reptd, but damage is estimated in tens of thousands of dollars; bombings are attributed to groups that oppose underground movement loyal to Gen Grivas; 5 bombs explode in Limassol and 2 in Larnaca; A Kalogirou, head of Grivas's orgn in Paphos, says that all attacks were against supporters of enosis movements or members of opposition; holds tactics are 'a scandal'; says attacks are part of planned operation and that police did nothing; observers believe that attacks are in retalation against recent murder of G Photiou, leftist supporter of Pres Makarios; Makarios denounces violence by his suppoeters and says there is 'reasonable suspicion' that bombings are work of persons supporting Govt; masked men allegedly belonging to Grivas's underground blow up police station at Aylophagou shortly before Makarios issues statement; steal weapons, grenades and all of ammunition there; illus of auto wrecked in bombing

25 More Bombs Go Off in Cypriote Town

Pres Thieu arrives in Rome, Apr 8, for a 2-day visit; about 200 persons demonstrate in downtown Rome protesting visit

Thieu, on TV, Calls Crisis in Cambodia Cause for Concern,

Apr 9-10: Israel on Apr 8 decides not to permit individual Israelis or Israeli concerns to buy land in Arab territories occupied since '67 war; bowing to heavy domestic and internatl criticism, Israeli Min Dayan withdraws his proposal to authorize such purhases before Cabinet holds its wkly session; Govt reaffirms existing policy, which permits transfers of land only among residents of occupied territories and transfers to official Israel Lands Authority for govt-approved settlement; Israeli citizens, Jewish or Arab, as well as foreigners are forbidden to acquire such land; decision is seen as major victory for so-called doves in Israel led by Min Eban; US Asst Sec J J Sisco telephoned Israeli Amb S Dinitz on Apr 7 to get clarification of Israeli position on matter; UN Sec Gen Waldheim summons Israeli Amb Y Tekoah on Apr 8, apparently to advise him of protests he received on Apr 7 from reprs of Jordan, Syria and Egypt; Israeli Premier Meir holds separate meetings before Cabinet session on Apr 8 with Dayan and Min Y S Shapiro, who had drafted similar proposal; Shapiro says Meir expressed her reluctant opposition to idea and persuaded both mins to withdraw their proposals rather than create Cabinet crisis over issue; sources say Dayan agreed to Meir's request, although he still believes that Govt should permit Israelis to make such purchases, particularly in west bank of Jordan River; Govt's action has come as setback to scores of speculators who reptdly made numerous land deals on west bank in recent mos

Israel Bars Occupied‐Land Purchases

Mrs Allard of Chicago, Ill, whose son Specialist 4 R M Allard is listed as missing in action by Army, claims she saw her son in prison camp in Cambodia in Jan '72 along with about 25 other Amer POWs; Pentagon says it is unaware of his being held; Mrs Allard details her visit to Indochina; says she reptd on visit to her son to her casualty assistance officer when she returned to US; queries why US denies existence of other POWs; A C Egan Jr, reporter for New Hampshire Sunday News which published story on Apr 8, says he discussed case with high ranking officer at Ft Sheridan, Ill, who explained why Pentagon cannot fully confirm Mrs Allard's story

Woman Says Son Is P.O.W. in Cambodia

Sihanouk says on Apr 8 that he had visited 'liberated areas' of Cambodia, had been there 1 1/2 mos, had been accompanied by his wife Princess Monique and that trip was carried out in complete security, Hanoi statement

Sihanouk, in Hanoi, Describes a Visit Made to Cambodia

LOME, Togo, April 8 (AP)&#8212;A head&#8208;on collision today between a car and a bus returning from a school football game killed 9 children and injured 34, the police reported.

9 Die in Collision in Togo

Language question, one of most delicate and dangerous issues in Indian pol, has emerged again and has stirred quiet debate within Govt; officials concede that English remains dominant and cohesive natl link in educ, indus and cts although Hindi is designated natl language; Govt says efforts to promote Hindi have been blunted largely by language and ethnic disparities within sprawling Indian states; language question has deep emotional reverberations; Hindi, language of north-central India, is understood by about 45% of population; many of these Indians are convinced that nation's independence will be complete only when language of Brit colonies has been supplanted; English is spoken by less than 3% of population, and understood by about 15%

LANGUAGE ISSUE STIRS INDIA AGAIN

Expansion of tourism in Bali seen by some to cause growing commercialization of island's culture; others hold that culture is still alive and flourishing, basically uncorrupted by money and new influences; creative and artistic work is still done although objects, more than ever produced for the tourist trade, snow lack of inspiration; authorities have made Bali chief focus for development of Indonesian tourism because it has few natural resources, is overpopulated and poor

BALI FLOURISHING AS TOURISM RISES

article on repercussions in E Ger caused by USSR Communist party leader Brezhnev's plans to visit W Ger in Apr for talks with Chancellor Brandt; E Ger party newspaper reprints int in which W Ger State Sec H Grabert declared that E Ger is 'not a foreign country' to W Gers; observers in E and W Berlin claim Soviets were behind printing of int as goodwill gesture to W Ger on eve of Brezhnev's visit

Brezhnev Trip Plans Stir East Germans

Amer mil analysts rept that Somalia has agreed to allow Soviet medium-range jets to operate from her territory in return for Soviet agreement to expand airfield at Berbera, Soviet supplying of Somali armed forces with mil aircraft, boats, carriers and anti-aircraft artillery, and Soviet establishment of anchorages off coast

April 9, 1973

Headlines from April 9, 1973

U.S. and lersey Investigate Cahill's Top Fund‐Raisers

Picasso Is Dead in France at 91

VIETCONG ADMIT DOWNING COPTER

Many Finding Inflation No Bar to the Good Life

Floodway Opened to Ease A Threat to New Orleans

Billboard 200

Lady Sings The Blues (Soundtrack)

Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player

Prelude

Dueling Banjos

Rocky Mountain High

Historical Context for April 9, 1973