April 22, 1973

WASHINGTON, April 21 —Advisers of Vice President Agnew are urging him to disassociate himself from the Watergate affair “in the most direct kind of way” to avoid what they see as a harmful political impact reaching to the 1976 Presidential election.

Wood Memorial: Angle Light wins Wood Memorial on Apr 21 at Aqueduct; illus

McCarden, Carl M A (Maj): NYC Mayor Lindsay announces on Apr 21 appt of Maj C M A McCarden as head of new multiservice Office of Veteran Action

Apr 22: UN Security Council, 11-0, on Apr 21 passes resolution condemning Israel's mil attacks on Lebanon; resolution also condemns 'all acts of violence which endanger or take innocent human lives,' phrase understood to refer to attacks by Palestinian terrorists in gen and, in particular, to killing of 3 diplomats in Khartoum, Sudan, on Mar 2; US, USSR, People's Republic of China and Guinea abstain; US UN repr J A Scali says US abstained because resolution did not provide for 'the evenhanded condemnation' of Israeli commando raid on Beirut, Lebanon, on Apr 10 along with acts of Palestinian terrorism that prompted raid; resolution was modified somewhat to avoid US veto; USSR, China and Guinea felt resolution was not strong enough in its condemnation of Israel; all nations that voted for resolution express displeasure and anger at modifications made at US insistence; say changes equated aggression by UN member with individual acts of terrorism; each expresses view that it voted for revised draft only because Lebanon asked it to do so; Scali says US is prepared to work with other nations to regulate supplies in Middle East and reduce risk of mil confrontation; Soviet repr Y A Malik scores Scali; Lebanese repr E Ghorra comments; Israeli repr Y Tekoah says that passage of resolution demonstrates that Security Council cannot deal equitably with questions pertaining to Middle East situation; resolution is sponsored by GB and France, who voted for it along with Australia, Austria, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Panama, Peru, Sudan and Yugoslavia

comment on Nixon shift from stand that no one in Adm had role in Watergate break-in to stand that he will lead effort to uncover facts as response to apparent loss of public confidence in Adm; Nixon retreat on question of letting his aides testify before Sen com seen indication of how seriously he views situation