September 3, 1973

Natl survey by NY Times on land use policies indicates nearly all states have moved into land regulation of some kind; notes 'quiet revolution' in Govt regulation of land and changing concept of land as commodity to land as natl resource in which all citizens have rightful interest; new 'land ethic' is already affecting millions of people--what they do with their property, where they can build, where they spend their vacations and countless other ways; it involves development of new govt mechanisms which will alter local-state-Fed relationships; survey shows that since Jan '73, legislatures of almost 20 states have passed new land use measures; 3 yrs ago Sen H Jackson introduced bill providing for Fed grants to states to develop comprehensive land use planning, now entitled Land Use Policy and Planning Assistance Act; bill was passed by Sen last June but now awaits reconciliation with somewhat differing HR proposals; Interior Sec Morton says Govt does not intend to dictate land use policies but rather to base assistance on whether state has devised mechanisms for insuring planning; illus of crowded residential areas; chart listing 1973 land use action taken by Legislatures of various states; summary of Sen's land use bill

Herman Bell, the last of five alleged members of the Black Liberation Army indicted in the murders of Police Officers Waverly Jones and Joseph Piagentini in Harlem in 1971, was arrested in New Orleans yesterday after a police stake‐out. He was held in $500,000 bail pending extradition hearings. Details on Page 21.

US colls face new era of fiscal retrenchment as they try to fight budget deficits and at same time halt relentless tuition increases, according to NY Times survey; stung by criticism over yrly tuition increases and under pressure to reverse decline in enrollment, colls are slashing expenditures in many areas; growth in number of teaching positions is being held down by not replacing faculty members who leave or retire; when there are replacements, they are usually lower-paid lecturers or instructors rather than higher-paid profs; tenure is being conferred more reluctantly and untenured faculty are having difficulty in obtaining contract renewals; non-academic activities are bearing brunt of drive, with major budget slashes slated at many colls in areas of bldgs and grounds maintenance, janitorial services, cafeteria and dormitory operations, counseling programs and extracurricular student activities; depts and schools within univs are being told that they must pay their own way and show that they can attract enough students to cover expenses; budget cuts at Ohio State, Florida State, UCLA, Queens Coll and Louisiana State noted

Comr Hart on Sept 3 warns air quality on Sept 4 and 5 may be unhealthy

police in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Sept 2 arrest man on leave from prison and charge him with causing fire at Hafnia Hotel in which 35 people, including 20 Amers, were killed on Sept 1; suspect, B W Nielsen, is charged with willful arson and ordered jailed pending further police investigation; magistrate notes that police are charging Nielsen with arson before presenting proof that arson had been involved; police rept that Nielsen had checked into hotel under alias of Jarsild 1 hr before fire broke out; he allegedly told 3 Amer survivors that fire was his fault; he later denied having made that remark; Copenhagen Munic Fire Chief says Hafnia had inadequate safety measures and was a 'firetrap'; list of dead; illus of Nielsen

heavy fighting continues all day, Sept 2, and casualties mount as Cambodian Govt forces seek unsuccessfully to break through insurgent roadblock on Rte 4, Phnom Penh's link to Cambodia's only seaport, Kompong Som, closed for the last wk; major campaign develops as both sides augment their forces in the area; insurgent fire hits 5 US-built armored vehicles; Govt forces seek to break through insurgents' roadblock at Ang Snuol; illus of woman grieving loss of husband, Cambodian soldier killed in Rte 4 battle, and of group of insurgent soldiers; map

Govt economists in gen agree with what top Nixon Adm officials are saying publicly, that present boom will be terminated by a 'soft landing' and not a recession; this means that rate of 'real' growth in econ, as measured by GNP, will drop over next yr and more to rate of about 4%; rate was at 8% at peak of boom; by contrast, an increasing number of private forecasters are now tentatively predicting a period of 1 or more qrs of no growth or even an actual decline; among them are L D Edie & Co, Mfrs Hanover Trust, Wharton School, and Harris Trust and Savings Bank; Morgan Guaranty Trust Co repts economists see 50-50 chance or moderate recession; Data Resources Inc, headed by O Eckstein, supports Govt view of 'soft landing'; Treas Dept economist H I Liebling quoted on reasons for Govt view; one Govt economist, J W Carlson of Office of Mgt and Budget, is not as optimistic; Treas Deputy Sec W E Simon sees boom possibly not cooling enough; Chmn H Stein concedes uncertainties but sees no good reason to forecast an actual recession; graph from OECD rept showing inflationary trends in US and 5 other countries

Sept 3: UN Sec Gen Waldheim leaves Cairo, Egypt, for Amman, Jordan, on Sept 2 after 2 days of talks with Egyptian officials including Pres Sadat; says, when asked at Cairo airport if he is more hopeful of solution in Middle East since his talks with Israeli and Arab leaders: 'I do not think that we can expect that the solution of the problem is in view'; says it is his impression that 'there is a real desire for peace in the area'; says that peace-seeking mission of his Middle East repr Dr G V Jarring continues and that so-called Jarring memorandums still stand; Jarring, on Feb 8, '71, submitted memorandums to Egypt and Israel which asked Egypt to commit itself to sign peace agreement with Israel after settlement was reached and asked Israel for commitment to withdraw to borders that existed before '67 war; Egypt's answer was qualified yes, but Israel said that qualifications in effect made Egyptian reply negative; Israel also took position that Jarring exceeded his authority when he asked that Israel, in advance of negotiations, undertake to withdraw from all Egyptian territory; UN occupies key position in Egyptian foreign policy mainly as forum where govts express opposition to Israel's continued occupation of Arab territory; Sadat's current efforts are focused on winning financial and political support in Arab world from oil-producing countries on Persian Gulf; Sadat's recent visit to Saudi Arabia reptdly brought him heavy financial assistance as well as promise that Saudi Arabia will cut rate of its annual increase in oil production; Kuwaiti ruler Sheik Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah on Sept 1 arrives in Egypt for talks with Sadat; Sadat is also reptd to be building up resumption of diplomatic relations with Jordanian King Hussein; illus of Waldheim inspecting honor guard of UN peace-keeping force in Nicosia, Cyprus, during stopover on trip from Cairo to Amman

Indian Govt, in slap at US, has restricted number of Amer scholars admitted to country to 20 per yr and is sharply limiting number of Amer grad students permitted to enter India to take courses; Amer embassy has been informed that most students will be compelled to enroll for grad degrees, instead of being allowed to take series of courses; although admission of scholars from other Western nations has been limited, decision is clearly aimed at US, which has sent largest number of students and doctoral candidates to India; sr US embassy officials express anger at decision because they feel it indicates blatant hostility to US and because it will have broad impact on Amers studying about India; Ambassador D Moynihan says that once flourishing South Asian studies in Amer univs will atrophy and people in middle of careers are being stopped from doing further research; contrasts policy with US policy toward Indians, thousands of whom come to study in US each yr; 1 embassy official is angered at fact that India, as well as limiting number of Amer scholars permitted to visit country, is rejecting many applications on grounds that their research topics arc too sensitive; says 'grown-up countries don't treat scholars this way'; total of Indian students in US is 11,000, while US students and scholars in India number 550; 1 reason for policy may be charges of 'academic colonialism' leveled against Amers by Indian intellectuals

Algeria's 10th annual trade fair, coinciding with conf of nonaligned nations, noted; US is participating for 1st time since '64

R Eder news analysis on gap in attitude between Brit Prime Min E Heath and N Ireland; notes that GB's recent strategy in Ulster assumes that province contains large majority who want peace and compromise solution but that this majority lacks political leadership; says that Brit view is that official Unionist party and Cath Soc Dem and Labor party, which command majority of Assembly seats, should agree to work together and choose executive for province; notes that 2 parties' leaders have not met for formal discusssions because of intense pressure from extremists, both IRA and Prot groups

Israeli Govt on Sept 2 approves measures designed to prevent Israeli settlers in occupied Arab territones from hiring local Arab farm labor; measures are requested by Israeli Defense Min M Dayan, who has defended right of Arabs on west bank of Jordan River and in Gaza Strip to travel to Israel for employment; 50,000 to 60,000 Arabs, according to official figures, cross former armistice line daily to work in Israel, but actual figure is believed to be higher; Dayan says he is demanding exclusion of few hundred local Arabs from agr settlements across old armistice line for 'basic security' reasons; asks colleagues at Cabinet meeting to endorse his order directing mil govs in occupied areas to exercise their authority to control visits by civilians to new agr settlements; Premier Meir, Labor party mins and Natl Religious party back Dayan, but his motion is opposed by mins of dovish left-wing Mapam party and Ind Liberal party; Dayan advises settlers to adjust their agr programs to their manpower resources and not to hire Arab labor; agr settlements on Golan heights and in west bank will also be affected; Dayan aide says restriction approved on Sept 2 will not affect Arabs working in Israeli industries or in agr ventures established by private entrepreneurs in occupied areas