Apparently deranged man with 2 fire-bombs and revolver shoots NYC Police Sgt D Brennan and Lt F DarConte in 19th Pct stationhouse on July 23 before being killed by police bullets; assailant is tentatively identified as V L Camacho-Rivera; after firing at sgt, gunman leaped behind desk to attack other policemen; Mayor Lindsay and Police Comr Cawley denounce cheap handguns, such as 1 used in attack; map; illus

Intruder in Police Station Shoots 2 Officers, Is Slain

article discusses legal doctrines of separation of power and exec privilege upon which Pres Nixon based his July 23 refusal to furnish White House tapes to Sen Watergate com; says neither principle has been tested in cts in anything resembling current Watergate context, but Nixon's action seems certain to precipitate such test; notes definitions of principles; discusses Nixon's lr to Sen Ervin and C A Wright's lr to special Watergate prosecutor A Cox defining refusal to release tapes; possible action by Sen com and by Cox; says com will probably issue and serve subpoenas to Pres Nixon for tapes

President Based Decision On Two Legal Doctrines

Caserta, Gary: 16-yr-old G Caserta, NYC Parks Dept summer worker, is robbed of $1 and stabbed to death on July 23 in maintenance bldg of Hamilton Fish Pool in Lower East Side park; other criminal and violent incidents occuring recently at pool noted

Boy, 16, Is Slain for $1 While on Park Pool Job

Capt Edward (Eddie) Rickenbacker, leading US mil aviator during World War 1 dies in Zurich, Switzerland on July 23; illus

Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker Is Dead at 82

A Pan American jet bound from Tahiti to California with 69 passengers and 10 crewmen crashed in the Pacific just after take&#8208;off yesterday. There was only one known survivor.

116 Reported Dead In Two Air Crashes

G Strachan, former aide to H R Haldeman, testifies on July 23 before Sen Watergate com that 3 days after Watergate break-in, under what he believed to be orders from Haldeman, he destroyed documents indicating that Haldeman knew that Watergate conspirator G G Liddy was conducting a pol intelligence operation with a sizable budget; says Haldeman instructed him, after Watergate burglary, to 'make sure our files are clean'; says he had no doubt then and has none now that Haldeman was telling him to destroy papers showing that Haldeman knew of scheme and that he put such material through a paper shredder; says that among other documents he shredded were memo he sent to Haldeman briefly describing Liddy intelligence plan and its budget and a 'talking paper' mentioning plan Haldeman had used at a meeting with ex-Atty Gen Mitchell in Apr '72; says he also destroyed documents sent to Haldeman that contained intelligence information about Dem Pres candidates; says that as early as Apr 4 '72, Haldeman discussed intelligence plan with ex-Atty Gen Mitchell, who was then Nixon's campaign dir; produces no evidence showing that Haldeman knew that electronic eavesdropping and burglary were part of pol intelligence plan and says he had no indication that Nixon knew anything about scheme; says he was merely a staff asst who had 'very little discretion' to take initiatives on his own and that he reptd everything he learned to Haldeman; contests several points made by J S Magruder in his testimony to Sen com about him; says last Mar Magruder tried to persuade him to commit perjury before Watergate grand jury but that he rejected suggestion; says Haldeman, whom he calls brutal taskmaster who expected complete devotion from his staff, was aware of Liddy's intelligence activities because in Apr '72 he instructed Strachan to tell Liddy to 'transfer his capabilities' from Sen Muskie to Sen McGovern; describes Haldeman's intricate telephone monitoring system in his own office; says other White House officials, including C W Colson and L M Higby, had tape-recording devices attached to their telephones that would enable them to record conversations as they wished; when asked what advice he would give to other young people who want to come to Washington to work for Govt, Strachan says 'My advice would be to stay away'

Strachan Sure Haldeman Wanted Files Destroyed

Pres Nixon on July 23 refuses to release tape recordings of his conversations about Watergate case; special Watergate prosecutor A Cox and Sen Watergate com move immediately to subpoena tapes; 3 subpoenas--1 each from Cox and Sen com covering tapes and 1 from com covering other documents--are served and accepted by acting White House counsel L Garment and special counsel J F Buzhardt Jr; com's subpoenas are delivered by deputy counsel R Edmisten and asst chief counsel T F Lenzner; subpoena from Cox is delivered by aides P Lacovara and P Kreindler; rejection of Cox's request is stated by C A Wright, law prof who has been serving as consultant to White House on Watergate matters; Wright dismisses Cox's contention that, because he was apptd by Pres, he is part of exec branch and thus not involved in any separation-of-powers question; Cox says Wright's arguments are 'without foundation'; White House deputy press sec Warren says he cannot predict whether they will be honored or not but other White House officials say decision has already been made to ignore them, thus implicitly inviting test in Fed cts; Nixon stands behind doctrine of separation of powers; takes risk that battle could result in his being 1st Pres to be impeached since A Johnson in 1868; Nixon argues, in lr to Sen Ervin, that 'tapes are entirely consistent with what I know to be the truth and what I have stated to be the truth'; insists that tapes would not finally settle question of his involvement; says tapes 'contain comments that persons with different perspectives and motivations would inevitably interpret in different ways'; Ervin makes public private lr from Nixon in which Pres says he knows of 'no useful purpose that will be served' by a meeting between himself and Ervin; Nixon says he is willing to go through with meeting if Ervin insists, but Ervin says he would not; illus of Ervin, Prof A Miller and deputy counsel Edmisten

PRESIDENT REFUSES TO RELEASE TAPES; SENATE UNIT AND COX SERVE SUBPOENAS; WHITE HOUSE EXPECTED TO IGNORE THEM

There will be no racing at Aqueduct today because of a strike called last night by Local 15B of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Details, Page 23,

Aqueduct Shut Today

Beginning of what has been widely predicted as 'bulge' or 'peak' in food prices following Govt's lifting of price controls on food becomes evident on July 23, as price increases go into effect at wholesale and retail levels; price increases for several food items noted; Grocery Mfrs of Amer warns that any 'slight peak' currently evident will be nothing compared with food prices about Oct 12, 1 mo after all restrictions on food prices will be lifted; orgn pres G W Koch says that because of Phase 4 prices will soar higher over 'mos to come'; NYC's Mkt Basket survey shows that cost of feeding family of 4 for wk ended July 18 rose 0.1%, to $52.74, compared with $52.71 previous wk; retailers comment; chart of city's Mkt Basket prices

FOOD‐PRICE RISES ARE SHARP HERE; MORE PREDICTED

Gov Rockefeller on July 23 proposes giving State Banking Bd power to set home mortgage loan rates at whatever ceiling it judges necessary for changing market conditions; proposal will be submitted to Legis July 25; Sen Dem minority leader J Zaretzki says Dems will oppose bill because 'we don't think the banking board is a borrower's agency'; Rockefeller says bill he is proposing would require bd to consult with various Fed and state agencies, including chmn of state Consumer Protection Bd, and would let banking bd set ceiling according to natl avg of current yields on conventional home mortgages as determined by variety of factors, including data from Fed Home Loan Bank Bd and Fed Natl Mortgage Assn

Governor Proposes Flexibility in Ceiling On Mortgage Rates

July 24: hijacked Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 jetliner is blown up at Benghazi airport, Libya, on July 24 after evacuation of 122 passengers and 21 crew members; earlier, airliner, parked on desert airfield in Persian Gulf sheikdom of Dubai since July 21, takes off and flies to Damascus, Syria, and then takes off again to Benghazi; in Damascus, high-ranking Syrian Govt officials and Japanese charge d'affaires S Akiyama are on hand when plane arrives; Akiyama boards jetliner, hijacked on July 20 after take-off from Amsterdam, and talks with hijackers; Syrian Govt says hijackers rejected its appeal to release hostages in exch for safe conduct to any destination they chose; before take-off in Dubai, hijackers release 2 passengers, Y Kagebayaschi and his wife Sachiyo, who are believed to be sick; hijackers give credit for their release to 'sincerity and compassion' of Dubai Defense Min Sheik M bin Rashid, who appealed repeatedly over control-tower radio for hostages' release; hijackers reject offers of fresh crew and demand return of body of woman who was killed on July 20, apparently by hand grenade she was carrying; demand return of Y Miyashita, chief purser who was wounded when grenade went off and released in Dubai, but authorities refuse to comply; Dubai control tower relays to hijackers message which authorities say originated in W Ger and may have been in code: 'If you intend to kill the passengers on board jumbo 444 do it at once, otherwise be human enough to release them'; message is signed '13569 inhabitants of Fed Repub of Ger'; hijackers are believed to be pro-Palestinian guerrillas; have referred to themselves as 'sons of occupied territory,' 'Mount Carmel martyrs' who have been 'awaiting instructions' from unknown sources; offers by officials of Japan Air Lines and Japanese Govt that they be exchanged for hostages were rejected, as were proposals to negotiate

Stolen Jet Reported Blown Up,141 Safe

Sen Armed Services Com holds 2-hr secret meeting on secret bombing of Cambodia, July 23, with Defense Dept spokesman J W Friedheim as the only witness; com members silent on whether Friedheim named official who authorized him to send falsified classified material to com; com sources say that Friedheim testimony marks beginning of what could be extensive hearings into over-all conduct of Vietnam air war; com acting chmn Sen Symington says that $145-million appropriated by Cong to pay for the secret B-52 bombing may have been obtained under 'false pretenses'; Sec J R Schlesinger calls decision to falsify repts of the bombing as 'a little less than perfect'; Sen Hughes scores 'official practices of official deceit and secret warfare,' speech, Sen

Symington Doubts Validity of Raid Fund

Cong members react cautiously to Pres Nixon's refusal to supply tape recordings of his personal conversations to Watergate investigators; many say privately that Pres made grave pol mistake; while there appears to be no genuine move toward impeachment, some Cong members are concerned that Nixon's action will make it increasingly difficult to control potentially explosive situation; Repr Moss expected to introduce resolution to create HR com to study whether there are grounds for impeachment; Sens Mansfield and Humphrey see Nixon, when proper time comes, releasing tapes; Repub Natl Chmn Bush confident that Pres will 'fully expose' entire story; defends Nixon's decision on tapes; Sen Dole concerned that public will not understand decision

CONGRESS IS WARY ON NIXON  DECISION

article discusses plight of Calcutta's (India) residents during current monsoon season; Calcutta is city of slums in which monsoon rains turn sts into streams of squalor; '73 monsoon season is worse than in other yrs because of severe outbreak of smallpox; Mother Theresa, Albanian-born nun, repts that 13,000 derelicts who are forced to live in Calcutta sts have died of malnutrition since '52; illus

Monsoon Is Season of Death in the Slums of Calcutta

S Vietnam, July 23, delivers 375 civilian prisoners to Loc Ninh for release to the Vietcong; they are first of more than 4,000 civilian prisoners that Saigon plans to turn over to the Vietcong this wk; Paris truce accord requires a full exch of mil and civilian prisoners on both sides; exch has been repeatedly delayed over procedural differences; Tran Ngoc Chau, one of the most controversial men held by Saigon, is scheduled to be transferred this wk; he and other important prisoners are reptdly being held over for med treatment

Saigon Delivers First of Civilian Prisoners to Vietcong

US and Hanoi announce, July 23, Paris, that their latest round of talks on aid has produced no final results and that the talks are being suspended temporarily

U.S. and North Vietnam Suspend Talks on Aid

Japanese Premier Tanaka, endorsing Dr Kissinger's proposal for a new Atlantic charter including Japan, says he hopes to advance new 'triangular relationship' between Japan, US and W Eur in his upcoming discussions with Pres Nixon in Washington; makes statement at meeting with Amer newsmen in Tokyo July 23

Tanaka to Urge U.S.‐Japan‐Europe Link in Nixon Talk

US planes, July 23, make bomb runs directly over Phnom Penh, strike at Communist positions on all sides of the city; heavy ground fighting reptd south of city; Premier In Tam says he is 'not too disturbed' about the mil situation and that the scheduled cutoff of US bombing on Aug 15 will not automatically mean the fall of the govt, speech at meeting of civil servants called to explain Govt's decision to institute a mil draft

U.S. Planes Reported Bombing Within 6 Miles of Phnom Penh

48 persons killed on July 23 when bus plunges off bridge into river in northeast Iran

Iranian Bus Plunge Kills 47

Los Angeles Times correspondent J Leslie on July 23 is expelled from South Vietnam; had reptdly antagonized Govt by being 1st Amer correspondent to enter Vietcong territory after cease-fire in Jan; Govt spokesman Bui Bao Truc cites only 1 of Leslie's articles as basis for his expulsion-one alleging that high generals and office of Premier Tran Thien Khiem were involved in syndicate that had been smuggling brass shell casings out of country

REPORTER EXPELLED BY SAIGON LEAVES

Article on significance and impact of secret US bombing in Cambodia; some members of Sen Armed Services Com are convinced it will emerge as another, perhaps more dangerous, facet of the Watergate scandal; say fear of Congresional rejection of the bombing let to the carefully coordinated secret bombing campaign; intersection of Watergate scandal and matter of the secret bombing discussed; pattern of official deception discussed

The Secret Air War: Some Senators Sense Another Watergate

SAIGON, South Vietnam, July 23 (Reuters) &#8212; President Nguyen Van Thieu has called for an economic blockade of the areas of South Vietnam con trolled by the Vietcong.

THIEU WOULD BLOCK GOODS TO VIETCONG

TRENTON, Me., July 23 (AP) &#8212;Bob Sparks, a balloonist, says his planned trans&#8208;Atlantic flight has been deferred until next Tuesday at the earliest. Unfavorable weekend weather forced Mr. Sparks to postpone his &#8220;waft&#8208;off&#8221; twice within 12 hours.

Balloonist's Flight Put Off

The Proceedings In the U.N. Today

Brit judge on July 23 issues arrest warrant for Colin Levy, husband of Norma Levy, call girl linked to Lord Lambton, Brit Defense Under Sec who resigned in May; C Levy fails to appear for sentencing on traffic offense; is being held in Spain pending hearing on charges that he tried to murder his wife; attys in London say that they do not know whether Levy can be extradited

British Judge Asks Arrest Of Husband of Call Girl

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July 24, 1973

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Intruder in Police Station Shoots 2 Officers, Is Slain

President Based Decision On Two Legal Doctrines

Boy, 16, Is Slain for $1 While on Park Pool Job

Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker Is Dead at 82

116 Reported Dead In Two Air Crashes

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