August 15, 1973

end of US bombing of Cambodia on midnight of Aug 14, as voted by US Cong on June 30, marks official end to Amer's dozen yrs of combat activity in Indochina; although end to bombing is an historic landmark in the long Indochina war, Nixon Adm chooses to ignore it; volunteers no statement on the occasion

The value of the dollar jumped to its highest level in six weeks in Europe yesterday. The price of gold fell $7 an ounce to $95, its lowest level in three months. Prices on the New York Stock Exchange dropped sharply for the third day. Page 47.

US Steel, amid flood of requests by other industries following start of Phase 4 econ program, asks on Aug 14 for price increase of almost 5% on steel used in home appliances and automobiles, making request almost industrywide

White House announces on Aug 14 that Pres Nixon will address US on Watergate case over TV and radio on Aug 15; speech will be Nixon's 1st since May 22 on scandal; White House deputy press sec Warren says 4,000‐word statement on case will be released at about same time as speech; summary of issues involved in case; ABC, CBS, NBC and WNET will broadcast speech live

Explosion rocks Washine Div of Mallinckrodt Chem Works in Lodi, NJ, on Aug 14, critically injuring 7 and leaving at least 2 missing; some homes in area are evacuated; fire control operations are hindered by low water pressure and lack of foam used for fighting chem fires; firemen say borough is unwilling to pay $9 a gal that foam costs; Mallinkrodt is currently installing extensive fire‐fighting system that will be equipped to spray foam; illus

US planes, Aug 14, carry out intense bombings around Phnom Penh in last hrs before official end of bombing (11 AM, Aug 15, in Cambodia and midnight, Aug 14, NY time); Cambodian Govt is now dependent on its army of 250,000 men, women and teen‐agers and on a tiny air force; cessation marks end of 160 consecutive days of intense US bombing; US planes bombed Cambodia intermittently for 4 1/2 yrs, at first secretly, and in the last 6 mos have dropped more than 240,000 tons of bombs—50% more than the conventional explosives dropped on Japan in World War II; Phnom Penh residents go about their work apparently unruffled despite impending bombing halt; US Embassy, with about 200 personnel, says it will remain in operation despite warning, Aug 12, by Sihanouk that victory by his rebel forces was 'already practically achieved,' and that all foreigners should leave; over 200 foreign newsmen remain

NYS Sup Ct Justice A J Gellinoff rules on Aug 14 that NYS civil statute on obscenity is unconst, calling it over‐broad in its provisions; also holds no evidence was presented in ct permitting him to gauge contemporary standards of NYC, according to June 21 ruling of US Sup Ct; suit had been brought by NYC Corp Counsel N Redlich and Dist Atty F S Hogan to prevent showing of allegedly obscene motion pictures High Rise, Behind the Green Door, The Innocent Abroad and The Newcomers; Gellinoff also says NYS's criminal statute on obscenity exceeds permissible limits on state regulation of obscene material; defendants in case were Capri Cinema, T Kariofilis and E Karadimus; lawyer for defendants H S Kassner comments; Gellinoff por

Pres Agnew offers on Aug 15 to answer questions personally and open his records to US Atty Beall; says 'I have done nothing wrong. I have nothing to hide. And I have no desire save that justice be done speedily and efficiently,' lr which is hand‐delivered on Aug 14 to Beall; says records have been assembled and Beall and his assts may inspect them at Agnew's office at any time; stresses that by making records available he does not 'acknowledge that you or any grand jury have any right to the records of the Vice Pres'; refuses to 'acknowledge the propriety of any grand jury investigation of possible wrong‐doing on the part of the Vice Pres so long as he occupies that office'; says these are const questions; J B Wolff, a central figure in investigation, and his atty A M Weiner are seen at Beall's office; while they were meeting, 5 men believed to be from IRS are admitted to office; Wolff, pres of Greiner Environmental Systems Inc, is reptd to have appeared on 3 occasions before grand jury; Baltimore County Exec D Anderson says on Aug 14, in regular news conf, that he recd pol contributions in cash that were collected by W E Fornoff, his former admr asst, and another aide D B Sheeley, during his '66 and '70 campaigns; Anderson succeeded Agnew in '69; says that to best of his knowledge he reptd contributions involved; records of those campaigns were routinely destroyed by county clerk and election bd; denies any wrong‐doing; text of Agnew lr; illus of Agnew's attys J H Topkiss and J Best

special NYS prosecutor Maurice H Nadjari announces on Aug 14 that authorities investigating theft of large quantities of narcotics from NYC Police Dept now 'know exactly how it was done and who did it' but have not yet gathered enough evidence for arrests; indicates 'well‐staged' conspiracy included undisclosed number of police officers below rank of inspector, some of whom were still on duty; makes disclosure during announcement of indictment of Vincent C Papa, alleged key narcotics dealer, on 8 counts of 1st‐degree criminal contempt for having refused to answer questions before special Manhattan grand jury looking into police complicity in case; investigators believe $968,550 found on Papa during arrest on drug charges in Feb '72 was earmarked to purchase large quantities of heroin and cocaine held in Police Dept's vaults; investigation reptdly has uncovered closely‐knit conspiracy between number of police officers and members of organized crime; Papa illus in custody of narcotics agents in NYC

H Kamm article revs US role in Cambodia on eve of end of US bombing there at request of US Cong; says domestic US considerations dictated halt in bombing; says Cambodians are 'confounded' about why the US ends its intervention at a date that seems arbitrary and at a time of mil adversity; article discusses Cambodian efforts to maintain neutrality in Vietnam war, Prince Sihanouk's policies, his ouster by Lon Nol, Communist sanctuaries in Cambodia and incursion by US troops into Cambodia ordered by Pres Nixon; says no one in Washington believes Lon Nol Govt will survive and that Sihanouk is the one Cambodian that figures seriously in discussions in US about the future of Cambodia; Sihanouk and Lon Nol pors

Aug 15: US repr J A Scali warns Israel on Aug 14 in UN Security Council that while natl and internatl efforts to control terrorism must go forward, they must do so 'within and not outside the law'; says US deplores violation of Lebanese sovereignty that occurred on Aug 10 when Israeli aircraft intercepted Lebanese Middle East Airlines jetliner that had taken off from Beirut and forced it to land in Israel; holds 'we deplore this violation of the UN Charter and of the rule of law in internatl civil aviation'; meeting was called by Lebanon to protest interception of plane, chartered to Iraqi Airways with 82 people aboard, while on Beirut‐Baghdad flight; Israel explained on Aug 13 that purpose of interception was to capture 4 Palestinian guerrilla leaders who were scheduled to be on board, including Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine head Dr G Habash; guerrilla leaders had canceled their flight plans at last minute; intercepted plane was allowed to fly back to Beirut after inspection at Israeli mil airport; US is working with Lebanon behind the scenes to reach agreement on resolution that will have broad support; US says that it is willing to vote for condemnation of Israel for violating Lebanese airspace and for forcible diversion of aircraft; says it will veto any resolution that calls for econ sanctions against Israel; Israeli repr Y Tekoah says that only way to have internatl law and UN Charter observed in Middle East is to have Arab govts put end to campaign of terror atrocities and start bldg genuine peace in region

Natl French police seize factory Belonging to France's largest watchmaker, Lip, subsidiary of multinatl Swiss co that also owns Longines Co, from striking workers on Aug 14, who are provoking test of strength that could lead to labor turmoil throughout France; factory has been focus of a new kind of indus dispute since laid‐off workers took over factory at Besancon near Swiss border 2 mos ago; country has watched with fascination as workers went into production, licensed mgt sought to shut down plant, and 'embarrassed' Govt shuffled through legal procedures in hopes that issue would end; police action surprises Mayor J Minjoz, workers, and H Giraud, who has been charged with trying to reorganize co so plant could return to normal operation; Minjoz asserts that he had been expecting negotiations to start soon and had offered a neutral site; appears at demonstration held by crowd estimated at 10,000 and sides with workers; all munic employes, local transportation workers, and many other workers in town and elsewhere declare strike in sympathy with Lip workers; Lip case has become natl affair both because of the broad way it reflects underlying issues between traditionally ultraconservative French mgt and organized labor, and unusual way dispute evolved; Socialist party leader F Mitterrand, calling conflict 'valuable example,' asserts that it is concept of organization of work imposed by capitalist system that is at issue; next step is up to Govt, but Besancon is in determined mood and most French workers are expected to show their support if conflict continues; Industrial and Scientific Development Min J Charbonnel asserts that he will issue statement on Aug 16; illus