April 29, 1973

D Rabe play The Orphan, presented at NY Shakespeare Festival, revd by W Kerr

US Census Bur demographer L H Long repts findings of new study of '70 Census showing that Southern blacks who have moved by hundreds of thousands to crowded inner cities of North, mostly over last 2 decades, are less likely to be poor or on welfare than their urban-born counterparts, rept to Population Assn of Amer; also finds that blacks who had moved from South since '65 were more likely to be poor or on welfare than either earlier migrants or urban-born; Long suggests that results of study make it appear unlikely that large number of blacks had been attracted to North by prospect of higher welfare payments, a notion that has been broadly accepted and espoused by Pres Nixon; concludes from data that black Southern migrants are 'more economically successful' than blacks born in Northern cities; contends that black women who were heads of households that had migrated from South were less likely to be on welfare or to have incomes under poverty level than those born in states in which cities were situated; other findings detailed

R Hamilton article on vicissitudes of Netherlands' windmills throughout country's history; although number of windmills has dwindled to 950 from 9,000 a century ago, Dutch Windmill Soc, which is celebrating its 50th anniv in '73, and Guild of Voluntary Millers have helped revive interest in windmills, which were made historical monuments in '61; int with miller A Berkhout; suggestions given on study and location of Netherlands' windmills; illus

Fed narcotics agents stage drug raids on Collinsville, Ill, homes of H Giglotto and D Askew on Apr 23 in case of mistaken identity; residents allegedly were abused and terrorized by agents; incident detailed; similar raid in Winthrop, Mass, recalled; illus

summary of events leading to FBI Acting Dir Gray's Apr 27 resignation; apptmt of W D Ruckelshaus as Gray's temporary replacement successor noted