July 23, 1973

Morel, Mario: Drunken gunman D Nenaya is beaten unconscious by local residents after he shoots and kills M Morel and wounds 2 of his brothers P and C Morel, 19, on July 22; is charged with homicide, felonious assault and weapon possession; incident appears to lend support to hopes of trend seen last mo among New Yorkers toward involving themselves in welfare of their neighbors

Queens construction worker J Winfield on July 22 goes on shooting spree, killing 1 man and wounding 3 others; tells police he was furious at having been beaten unconscious and robbed for 6th time preceding incident; dead is R Winn; other victims are W Crawford, H King and J Wilson; Winfield is treated for head injury and missing teeth knocked out in robbery

R L Bear, Mennonite farmer and father of 6, has been cast as heretic and excommunicated from his ch for challenging the faith; heresy charges are based on number of public denunciations of ch doctrine and its bishops and accusations that ch hierarchy has lied; his wife also has shunned him; it is ch's position that excommunication and shunning are not punishments to be meted against sinners, but to bring them back 'to the fold'; Bear and his wife were excommunicated in '65 but were allowed to return to ch; Bear contends bishops must be discredited and that he will fight to accomplish that goal; illus; map

Article says that showdown between Sen Watergate com and Pres Nixon over com's urgent request for tape recordings made in Nixon's office is expected to come July 23; says com is scheduled to meet in closed exec session July 23 and expects to receive Pres lr on matter; insiders rept that Nixon, despite stresses of Watergate scandal, continues to rely largely on advice of 3 men--Gen Haig, R Ziegler and H A Kissinger; Gallup Poll repts that 3/4 of Amer people continue to believe Nixon was involved to some extent in Watergate case and almost half still consider it a 'very serious matter'; list of witnesses scheduled to appear before com and of potential witnesses; com sources say they expect Sens to vote to subpoena tapes and documents if White House does not release them voluntarily; Labor Sec Brennan says he does not condone people taping conversations without other person knowing, int, ABC TV program Issues and Answers; Agr Sec Butz says he thinks such recordings for historical record are 'proper,' int, NBC TV program Meet the Press; special Watergate prosecutor's office announces apptmts of 3 attys to its Watergate investigative staff, including C F C Ruff, T P Ruane and J W Volner

Article discusses financial crisis in Wall St amid profit squeeze and falling revenues for brokerage cos; describes current situation as even more precarious because of onset of summer doldrums, noting almost everyone agrees central problem has been declining revenues in face of sharply rising costs; sketches gloomy picture of current scene; cites comments of several indus execs; notes profit squeeze of major brokerage cos such as Merrill Lynch, E F Hutton, D Witter & Co and Reynolds Securities; graphs of losses for all NYSE cos, employment in exch community and decline of member orgns