April 16, 1973

Congressional forces are trying to extend regional medical programs despite Nixon Adm objections; Adm has wanted to kill regional health aid program partly as an econ move and partly because of dissatisfaction with their accomplishments; projects that face extinction cover broad range of efforts to improve health care, particularly among poor and disadvantaged; Sen Kennedy is chief sponsor of Sen bill to keep regional programs alive

S Vietnamese troops reptdly have pushed across the Cambodian border for the 1st time since the Vietnam truce accord went into effect on Jan 28; fighting reptd at 2 points along the border and hundreds of refugees have reptdly fled from Cambodia into S Vietnam; Saigon command spokesman Lt Col Le Trung Hien denies border crossing, but command has denied such incursions in the past until wks after they take place; troop movements confirmed by S Vietnamese border guards and by Cambodian officers on scene; S Vietnamese reptdly pushed a half-mile into Cambodia in a defensive operation aimed at driving N Vietnamese and Cambodian Communist troops back from the frontier; crossing reptdly made from Vietnamese town of Tinh Bien; comment on S Vietnamese operations on Cambodian territory since Mar '70

Holy Week, last 7 days in Lent that commem final events in life of Christ before His Resurrection, begins on Apr 15 in RC and Prot chs with traditional meditations and music on Palm Sunday; most Eastern Orthodox Chs will observe beginning of Holy Week on Apr 22; Easter Sunday in various parts of world described; illus

1st article in NY Times series on world fuel and energy situation details newly won power of oil-producing nations to control internatl oil dealings, fix prices, determine production levels and exert increasing pol leverage through oil revenue accumulations; discusses shift in balance of power from Western cos to producer nations, largely through efforts of Orgn of Petroleum Exporting Countries; chart of proven Middle Eastern reserves, natl oil incomes and daily production; illus

The Knicks and Rangers lost second‐round playoff games yesterday. The Knicks dropped the opening game, 134‐108, to the Celtics in Boston. The Rangers fell, 54, to the Black Hawks in Chicago, with the series now even at one each. Details, Page 53.