June 24, 1973

Article gives preview of testimony ex‐White House counsel J W Dean 3d is expected to give to Sen Watergate com on June 25; says Dean's testimony is crucial to Watergate case because more than anyone else he was by all accts at center of buggings, burglaries, pol espionage, cover‐ups and pay‐offs; notes other recent developments

Sources close to J W Dean 3d say that Dean will tell Sen Watergate com that Pres Nixon indicated to him in mid‐Mar that he had discussed exec clemency for E H Hunt Jr with C W Colson; say that Dean will testify that Pres seemed upset as he described conversations; David I Shapiro, Colson's law partner, holds exec clemency charge is nonsense; Colson has denied published repts that he relayed request for exec clemency to Dean and J D Ehrlichman; White House reptdly prepared to counterattack as soon as Dean's testimony is completed; sources close to White House say that Dean's most damaging testimony will concern matters not related to Watergate; Dean reptdly preparing statement of over 150 pages to read at opening of his testimony

NYC Health Services Adm lists effects of Pres Nixon's proposed cutbacks in Fed health funds

Assn of Tennis Professionals announces on June 23 that 82 of its members will participate in boycott of Wimbledon tennis tourn because of ILTF's suspension of N Pilic for his refusal to play on Yugoslavia's Davis Cup team; also announces that J Barrett has resigned from assn's exec bd in protest over boycott

Amer Farm Bur Fed repts that many egg producers, particularly in Southern states, are having severe financial difficulties as result of Pres Nixon Adm's freeze on wholesale and retail meat and poultry prices; egg producers warn egg supplies will be drastically reduced unless ceiling is lifted in 50 days; egg producers in Chicago area hold they are losing 7c on each dozen eggs they sell

article on problems facing auto indus by increased consumer demand for smaller, more economical cars because of gasoline shortage; indus execs and investment analysts comment; some recent moves to foster construction of small cars discussed; charts

NYC Dem mayoral aspirant Controller Beame intensifies campaign; is fearful that low turnout among orgn Dems could help Badillo, who has hard‐core support of liberals, Puerto Ricans and Negroes; begins radio‐TV drive; B Beame comments; Beame campaigns on Lower E Side, Badillo in Bklyn; illus of both; both sides expected to spend amts up to $250,000; Beame and party leaders such as Councilman Troy counting on local Dem capts to get out vote; Badillo is being aided by New Dem Coalition clubs and primary will be major test for antiorgn groups

E Barber article describes 2‐wk cycling tour of rustic countryside in Burgundy, France; illus; map

I Nastase defeats R Taylor on June 23 to win London grass‐court tennis men's singles champ; O Morozova defeats E Goolagong to win women's champ; illus

PITTSBURGH, June 23 — It took 10 innings and some alert play by the Pirates to return the. New York Mets to their losing ways tonight. A line single by Manny Sanguillen with the bases loaded gave Pittsburgh a 3‐2 victory.

US and USSR on June 23 sign agreement, which will expand commercial air service between both nations; pact calls for 'a modest expansion' in passenger service by Pan Amer and Aeroflot, which presently operate flights between NYC and Moscow; will give Pan Amer landing rights in Leningrad and Aeroflot landing privileges in Washington, DC, and will permit both carriers 3 round‐trip flights per wk instead of current twice‐wkly limit; will allow Pan Amer to use Boeing 747s for flights to western Eur, where it would transfer Moscow‐bound passengers to smaller Boeing 707s; under agreement both carriers have pledged to facilitate charter flights between both nations; Pan Amer carried 7,000 travelers to USSR in '71 and '72, and Aeroflot 11,500 and 17,000 during same period; US and USSR established commercial airline service in '68; agreement is signed by US Transportation Sec Brinegar and Soviet Civil Aviation Min Bugayev, and is 9th Soviet‐Amer agreement made public during Amer visit of USSR Communist party leader Brezhnev

actor N Williamson, who appears in play Uncle Vanya, being presented by Circle in Sq Theater on Bway, int on career; illus