May 7, 1973

mostly white slate, backed by UFT and opposed to Lower East Side School Dist 1 supt L Fuentes, wins 6 of 9 seats in dist school bd election, figures released May 6; repts say Fuentes will be removed from office when new bd takes over on July 1; unofficial results from 8 of 32 city school dists are made available; 7 of 9 seats on Canarsie bd are won by Canarsie residents apparently opposed to busing of Brownsville youths into area; members of opposing slates in Fuentes dist comment on results; several Assemblymen are elected to school bds in Bklyn; Fuentes illus

defense attys in Pentagon papers trial plan to ask US Appeals Ct to dismiss case against D Ellsberg and A J Russo on ground that White House tried to compromise trial judge W M Byrne Jr by arranging 2 meetings between him and White House aide J D Ehrlichman during which Byrne was offered job as head of FBI; say that final decision on when to go to higher ct will be made by defendants; one grounds for going to higher ct is that case is one of selective pol prosecution directed from White House, rather than normal criminal prosecution directed by Atty Gen; other is what defense terms 'long history' of Govt 'misbehavior' in case; writ of mandamus drawn up during past weekend asserts that Byrne did not volunteered information on his meetings with Ehrlichman only after news of meetings was published in newspapers, and that even then disclosure came about after defense solicited statement from Byrne; proposed writ charges 'selective political prosecution' stemming from allegation that E H Hunt Jr, convicted Watergate conspirator, leaked 'top secret' information to now defunct Life magazine and was not prosecuted for it

The Knicks defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, 87‐83, at Madison Square Garden yesterday and gained a 2‐1 lead in the four‐of‐seven‐game National Basketball Association championship series. The fourth game will be played at the Garden tomorrow night. Details on Page 55.

Official documents authorizing wiretaps on the telephones of reporters and White House aides reportedly disappeared from J. Edgar Hoover's files in 1971 after he threatened to disclose that taps existed. Page 46.

Fed and Indian negotiators announce on May 6 agreement to end 68-day-old occupation of Wounded Knee (SD) by militant Indians and their supporters; agreement, unlike previous one signed in early Apr, includes detailed written procedures for disarmament and evacuation of Wounded Knee; stipulates that Govt armored personnel carriers will begin pulling back from roadblocks and bunkers on May 9; occupiers will then evacuate hamlet; Fed officials say that 35 to 40 Indians will be arrested; reprs from both sides seem optimistic that agreement will end occupation, which began on Feb 27; Amer Indian Movement lawyer R Roubideaux claims seizure 'has been an historic tragic event'; chief Fed negotiator Deputy Asst Atty Gen Hellstern hails agreement as 1 that can be implemented; Interior Dept solicitor Frizzell praises Fed agents for their patience during stalled meetings; Hellstern says that Govt learned a lot during seizure and that such patience 'will not necessarily be pattern followed in future confrontations'; agreement was spurred by lr from L Garment, counsel to Pres Nixon; lr promised that 5 White House reprs would arrive at Wounded Knee to hear Indian grievances; Fed officials, with agreement in hand, approve burial at hamlet of L Lamont, tribe member who died in gunfight 9 days ago; agreement signed by Hellstern, Frizzell, Chief US Marshal W B Colburn and 11 Indians; Amer Indian Movement leader D J Banks refuses to sign agreement, claiming that it is 'outside protection of US Const'; main provisions of agreement given; illus