September 16, 1973

Builders active on West Side of NYC say they have run into renting problems with larger apts and have all but given up building 2- and 3-bedroom units in favor of more rentable studio and 1-bedroom units; builders are appealing to single professional workers or couples who want to be within easy traveling time of their jobs; builders previously concentrated on larger apts because they provided greater profit return; smaller units require installation of more bathrooms and kitchens in bldg but few people can afford rent for larger apts; rents on West Side have generally been lower than those on East Side but gap appears to be narrowing; developers say reasons are growing cost of land and emphasis on smaller, more expensive units; illus

article on development of Ford Motor Co's Mustang II subcompact car, only new model in Ford's '74 line; car is designed to provide about 20 mi per gallon of gasoline; has suggested retail price of $2,895; Ford pres L A Iacocca and J A Capolongo, co's car product planning mgr, have been instrumental in Mustang's development; drawing compares '65, '73 and '74 Mustang

10 families from Wilmington, Del, are nation's 1st 'urban homesteaders,' part of an experiment in rehabilitating blighted neighborhoods; under urban homesteading, city gives qualified applicants abandoned houses either free or for nominal fee and recipient agrees to bring bldg up to housing code standards and to live in it for agreed-upon period of 3 to 5 yrs; plan, which was initiated in Wilmington, is being adopted by Baltimore and Philadelphia, with other cities in various stages of inquiry and study; after required occupancy period, owner is free to rent, sell or continue to live in house; there are no restrictions on recipient's income or his existing place of residence; advice and supervision are provided by bldg inspectors, who see that all work conforms to housing regulations

US Sen liberals plan major floor fight to delete all support for S Vietnam's police force and prison system from pending US foreign aid bill; say Nixon Adm has covered up full extent of US aid for police, who, they contend, still jail and torture pol opponents of Pres Nguyen Van Thieu Govt; Sen sources say that since early summer an intensive lobbying effort against further econ aid for police has been waged by a number of antiwar and ch groups, including the Natl Council of Chs; as many as 35 Sens show interest in deleting such support from the aid bill; some Sen listed; Sen J Abourezk says he is concerned over what he calls Adm's attempt to obfuscate the purpose of its support to the police and prisons; says Amer people should decide 'whether they want to support torture or not; criticism of police and prison situation revd

Secretariat won the $250, 000 invitation race yesterday at Belmont Park with a world‐record time of 1:45 2/5 for the mile and an eighth. Second in the newly estab lished Marlboro Cup was Rive Ridge, his Meadow Sta ble mate, 3½ lengths behind. Third was Cougar II.