July 30, 1973

The Skylab 2 astronauts are suffering from nausea caused by motion sickness. As a result, efforts to acti vate the space station have been slowed. Page 12.

Phnom Penh's wealthy elite are reptd hurriedly buying up dollars at black mkt rate of 325 riels to dollar, compared with official rate of 228 to dollar, to get their money out of Cambodia before they themselves leave as tensions mount over increasing enemy pressure around city

NY Times survey on increasing number of children who are receiving psychotherapy; '66 survey by Natl Inst of Mental Health found 483,000 children under 18 were being treated through some established mental health facility; by '71, figure had grown to 772,000, a 63% increase; figures do not include number of private patients and ether children who did not visit clinics, hosps or established mental health centers; Dr N Littner, dir of child therapy program of Chicago Inst of Psychoanaylsis, among best-regarded training programs for child psychotherapists, estimates that 10% of all Amer children have sufficient emotional problems to warrant professional attention, while only a miniscule number are getting help; psychotherapists believe that psychological problems should be dealt with as early as possible; several drs comment on childhood mental illness; 4 cases detailed

Truce control comm sources say comm is bankrupt and has accumulated debts of over $10-miliion; says crisis is so acute that unless enormous new funds are forthcoming soon, some essential services provided by private contractors may be cut off; add such action could paralyze the comm, whose effectiveness has already been badly impaired; say several delegations take advantage of lax acctg regulations to submit inflated expense statements; Polish delegation charged $30,000 for the rent of its chief delegate's villa, owned by Saigon Govt, actual rent of which is $120 a yr; other instances of inflated expense accounts cited; at budget meeting where these facts were revealed, Canadian M Gauvin critizied these expenditures and asked whether they were legitimate; officials believe comm's financial problems stem from failure of US and Hanoi negotiators in Paris to set up satisfactory fiscal procedure; present procedure detailed; Gauvin illus

Watkin's Glen, NY, concert ends July 29 after 15 hrs of music from the Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers and The Band; illus

Brezhnev's trip to US has intensified among ordinary Soviet people demand for more Amer consumer goods and desire to travel to US; improved relations are generating hopes at every level; various Russians quoted on their desires and on Soviet-Amer ties; illus

NYC Mayor Lindsay, in light of city's regular meat suppliers' refusal to sign contracts with city, says that city is preparing to substitute other foods for meat, news com; Consumer Affairs Comr B Furness says she has ordered wkly survey of food wholesalers to find out supply of food available to grocery stores; calls survey 'early-warning system' to let consumer know what is available in stores; holds there is no reason to believe that such repts might cause runs on supermkts by shoppers

Greek Govt spokesmen rept on July 30 that Greeks voted on July 29 to endorse abolishment of monarchy and to install Papadopoulos as Pres of new repub; hail results as crucial vote of confidence, despite repts of irregularities and charges of fraud by opposition leaders; new form of govt is called 'presidential parliamentary repub' by Papadopoulos adm and 'presidential dictatorship' by its opponents; referendum follows 1-sided campaign with Govt monopolizing bill boards, posters, radio and TV and allowing critics only ltd exposure in natl press; Papadopoulos will hold office until '81 and, under changes, will have almost unltd powers for natl security, public order and foreign policy; is supposed to share powers with new parliament to be elected later from lists of screened candidates; Gen O Anghelis will assume post of Vice Pres; spot check around Athens area shows many voters discarding 'yes' ballots on floor and inserting 'no' votes in voting envelopes; view at Ayia Paraskevi polling station confirms complaint that women voters were being handed only 'yes' slips; official reptldy switched tactics and began handing both kinds of slips to voters when correspondent entered room; election officials confirm that perhaps 'some mistakes' had been made but insist that policy was to hand voters both ballots; some Greeks complain that curtains on voting booths were too short, enabling officials to notice which ballot was discarded on floor; other voting irregularities noted; Deputy Premier S Pattakos insists that elections had been carried out in complete order with secrecy and freedom in voting; illus of Papadopoulos voting; illus of mil police stopping photographers outside polling place

Sen Watergate com leaders Ervin and Baker suggest on July 29, in compromise move, that Pres Nixon permit private audition of tape-recorded conversations dealing with scandal, int, CBS TV program Face the Nation; under proposal Ervin, Baker and special Watergate prosecutor A Cox would hear tapes and screen out statements unrelated to their investigations before making information public; Baker says 'separation of powers and exec privilege will probably prosper more by avoiding confrontation that it will by having it'; Ervin and Baker say they are now aware of nature of secret operation undertaken in '71 by White House investigative unit known as 'plumbers'; ex-White House aide Ehrlichman invoked exec privilege during his Watergate testimony in refusing to discuss operation; Baker confirms that he and Ervin subsequently met with White House attys J F Buzhardt Jr and L Garment for briefing on details of operation; Sens disagree on whether operation should ever be made known; Ervin says he does not think com has authority to pursue activity but that com will discuss it further; Sen Scott says on July 29 that White House recordings should somehow be made available, int, ABC TV program Issues and Answers; expects Nixon will follow course that will exonerate him; illus of Ervin and Baker

Sources close to Laotian Govt rept, July 29, agreement has been reached between Govt and Pathet Lao on broad lines and almost all questions of principle for a pol and mil settlement of the Laotian conflict; agreement on main principles for a new govt has not been signed; 2 sides reptdly are working out the final wording and details; initialing and signing will not come before return of Premier Souvanna Phouma, who has gone to Luang Prabang to submit present text of accord to King Savang Vatthana; on pol side, 2 parties agree on sharing of ministries, creation of 2 deputy premierships and formation of a pol consultative council; on mil side, they agree to neutralization of the 2 capitals, Vientiane and Luang Prabang, and division of the country into 2 zones along lines that will permit close surveillance of territory where opposing mil forces are dangerously close; provisional govt of natl union will be headed by a premier, aided by the 2 new deputy premiers; further pact provisions detailed

Statistical study of crime rates in 71 NYC police pcts relates racial composition, econ levels and age groupings of people in pcts, and ranks pcts in terms of numbers and rates of homicides, robberies and burglaries and '70 census data; study was prepared by NY Times and NYC-Rand Inst; Police Comr Cawley praises study; Dr K B Clark and Dr J A Jones discuss results and implications of study; data show that in 10 pcts with highest homicide rates, populations avg 54% black, 28% Hispanic and 18% white or other; median income ranges from $4,950 to $10,966, and there are .74 homicides, 26.20 robberies and 34.66 burglaries per 1,000 residents; in 10 pcts with lowest homicide rates, populations avg 2% black, 6% Hispanic and 92% white or other; median incomes range from $10,003 to $20,865, and there are .02 homicides, 5.8 robberies and 10.6 burglaries for every 1,000 residents; other statistics analyzed; chart of comparative data; pct map

tenacious band of 700-1,000 Moslem insurgents dug in on Cotabato seacoast is chief remaining pocket of what appears to be fading resistance against Philippines Govt on island of Mindanao; contingent, reptdly well-armed, has held out for mos against infantry assaults, air attacks and shelling by land and naval artillery from Govt forces superior in number and firepower; Govt casualties in area reptdly total 150 dead and many more wounded; insurgents are ensconced in thickly-wooded 5-sq-mile area with elaborate network of trenches, tunnels and underground shelters; issues in conflict revd; map