June 16, 1973

NYC Mayor Lindsay, NYC City Council Majority Leader T J Cuite and Finance Com Chmn M J Troy Jr, at secret City Hall meeting on June 15 to accept Controller A D Beame's expense budget proposed for fiscal '74, agree to close budget gap and provide funds for 'extra points' by in part increasing projected welfare case falloff from 6,500 a mo to 7,500 a mo

Fed regulatory agencies on June 15 advise nation's airlines that Pres Nixon's 60-day price freeze applies to rates they may charge; CAB says Nixon's announcement has led it to defer all pending airline fare or rate increases until sept 1

NATO Mins Council announces at conclusion of its meeting in Copenhagen on June 15 it has agreed to rev its pol, econ and mil arrangements in light of 'profound changes' in internatl situation in recent yrs and in response to US's announced initiative for 'new Atlantic charter'; rev to be done by NATO Council permanent reprs; Sec Gen Luns and US Sec Rogers, in news conf following Mins Council meeting, hail accord for rev; Luns calls it broad underwriting of position of US outlined by Dr Kissinger in his NYC speech Apr 23; Rogers calls it very positive response to Nixon's initiative on a 'yr of Eur'; reluctance for rev on part of France, GB and Netherlands noted; French adherence to accord attributed largely to pleasant influence of Rogers on Min Jobert, who reptdly later deletes some harsh criticism of Amer position from speech he prepared for delivery to Council; neither Rogers nor Luns indicate Japan will be involved in NATO rev, althouth they say she might play part in other discussions; diplomats say that 'profound changes' in internatl situation mentioned in communique include East-West confs on Eur security and mutual troop reductions in Central Eur

Fed Govt on June 15 approves NYC's stringent traffic control program, which is designed to meet clean-air standards through such measures as bans on taxi cruising in midtown Manhattan, restrictions on parking and tolls on East River bridges to cut traffic by 50%; proposes tougher program for NJ because prevailing wind patterns blow pollution to NYC

June 16-30: J J Wilson, atty for ex-White House aide H R Haldeman, denies on June 15 that Haldeman had learned of Watergate cover-up plot in Jan at meeting with J S Magruder; says apptmt diary, in which Haldeman's sec had noted 'everyone who went through his door,' shows that he did not meet with Magruder this yr until Feb 14; statement conflicts with Magruder's June 14 sworn testimony before Sen Watergate com; Wilson says session dealt with Govt job for Magruder and that it was not until late in Mar when Pres Nixon had reopened investigation that Magruder indicated that cover-up had in fact occurred; aide to special Watergate prosecutor A Cox says Cox might open new investigations beyond those already publicly connected with case