June 23, 1973

Assn of Amer Publishers issues statement on June 22 which echoes reactions of much of book indus toward Sup Ct obscenity decisions; assn exec K D McCormick calls actions 'retrogressive,' warning they will 'impede operations of natl communications companies'; Random House pres R L Bernstein denounces decision as 'call to arms by every crazy vigilante group in this country'; Farrar Straus & Giroux pres R Giroux is echoed by Atheneum head M Bessie in terming strictures as 'terrible'; B Rosset, head of Grove Press which has already fallen afoul of cts under existing obscenity rulings, says legis is 'part of the era of Nixon'

Pres Nixon and USSR leader L I Brezhnev fly from Washington to Calif White House on June 23; will spend wk-end there

33 nations from Soviet and Western blocs have agreed in Helsinki on detailed agenda for forthcoming Eur security conf, including such proposals as exch of mil observers between NATO and Warsaw Pact and advance notice of major mil movements; conf to open formally with meeting of foreign mins in Helsinki on July 3 which is expected to last about wk; 2d phase will consist of series of comms and subcomms working on various issues; what happens in 3d phase, according to Western diplomats, will depend on what comms accomplish; it could be an East-West summit meeting producing new document of principles formally ending cold war or, diplomats say, it could be nothing at all; agenda includes major areas of security, human contacts and cooperation in econ, scientific and tech affairs; other major points noted; 33 participating nations listed

Administration and oil in dustry officials report that Gov. John A. Love of Colo rado, a Republican, is Presi dent Nixon's choice to head the proposed Department of Energy and Natural Re sources. Page 11.

Apollo spacecraft with astronauts Capt Conrad, Comdr Weitz and Dr Kerwin splash down in Pacific 840 mi southwest of San Diego on June 22 after crew spends 28 days aboard orbiting Skylab space station; is recovered by USS Ticonderoga; physicians rept that astronauts are experiencing dizziness, nausea, fatigue and low blood pressure as result of exposure to prolonged weightlessness, but that they are recovering gradually; Pres Nixon sends message welcoming return of crew 'from the Skylab spaceship to Spaceship Earth'; tells them: 'You have given conclusive evidence that even with the most advanced scientific and technological support...the courage and resourcefulness of good men are still central to the success of the human adventure'; extends invitation for crew to visit at Western White House at San Clemente, Calif; Skylab project dir Schneider repts that astronauts were able to accomplish 80% of their assigned work with solar telescopes during mission and 90% of med experiments, and that they took earth-surveying photographs of 31 states and 9 countries; map of recovery area in Pacific; astronauts illus on deck of Ticonderoga; illus of Apollo command module being hoisted aboard vessel; TV picture of Skylab space station taken by astronauts from Apollo spacecraft