June 20, 1973

bystanders, in 3d incident in 1 wk, capture crime suspect on June 18 when 12-yr-old boy runs to street from his Brownsville apt screaming that man had broken in and was hurting his 9-yr-old sister; several dozen angry people pounce on man as he runs from bldg and beat him into unconsciousness; suspect, D Hill, is in fair condition with collapsed lung, cuts and bruises; is charged with burglary, attempted rape, sexual abuse and endangering welfare of minor; Mayor Lindsay expresses hope that incidents mark beginning of trend of people helping each other; Police Comr Cawley, while praising citizen participation, voices concern lest public take law into its own hands

bodies of oceanographers E C Link and A Stover are removed from research submarine Johnson-Sea-Link on June 19, 29 hrs after vessel is untangled from debris on submerged destroyer F T Berry, and following gradual depressurization of aft compartment; spokesman for Smithsonian Inst, owner of vessel, says intensive inquiry is planned into tragedy; physician on mother ship Dr D Youngblood attributes divers' deaths to exposure, noting chilling 40-degree temperature in their compartment was coupled with rising carbon monoxide level, rendering 2 men unconscious; pressure in forward chamber was maintained at surface level allowing survivors A Menzies and R Meek to be released from submarine immediately and spend only 90 mins in decompression chamber as precaution; says initial rescue efforts were balked by swiftness of Gulf Stream current; support ship Sea Diver is tied up at Key West Naval Base on June 19; rev of events of submarine's entanglement in scuttled destroyer; illus

demand that overtime be made voluntary has become key and decisive issue in upcoming negotiations for new contract between UAW and auto cos; negotiators for cos have warned that they are on collision course unless UAW modifies its demands on overtime; there is still optimism that peaceful settlement can be reached; heavy overtime during last 2 yrs has enabled auto indus to enjoy record sales and profits and has swelled paychecks of workers; it has also left many workers fatigued and angry, wondering if it is worth disruption that it has caused in their lives; wages and fringes will still be important in talks, but noneconomic issues such as health and safety in plants, reform of grievance procedures and whether man can be ordered to work overtime have become dominant; cos have warned that voluntary overtime would decrease efficiency and hurt their competitive position, forcing them to expand plant capacity that would often stand idle in highly fluctuating auto mkt; issue is not new; it has been raised during negotiations since '67, but never before has it agitated so many of industry's 700,000 production workers; most of them have been working Saturdays and extra hrs each day, and in some key plants 7 days a wk with every other Sunday off; big 4 cos have put together 8.2-million cars, which is 11.2% higher than figure for '72 model yr and will easily exceed standing record production of 8.8-million cars in '65; extra production has been achieved mainly through overtime rather than new hiring or expanding plant capacity; GM hourly employes averaged 42.9 hrs a wk during 1st '73 qr, earning avg $270 a wk as compared to 40.1 hrs a wk and pay of $236 for same '72 qr; some workers and co officials comment

Pres Nixon on June 19 signs legis authorizing expenditures of $310-million per yr for next 2 fiscal yr for contract authority for airport development grants

NYS Sup Ct Justice Gellinoff on June 19 orders that NYC postpone implementing new law that repeals city's maximum base rent formula; action does not affect rents in city's 1.2-million rent-controlled apts because next round of increases under maximum base rent formula is not scheduled until next Jan and repeal law would not roll back past increases; Gellinoff's order will permit city to continue computing rent increase authorizations and delays possibility of widespread strike by apt bldg employes; dispute over repeal of maximum base rent formula does not affect apts under rent stabilization