October 2, 1973

US Repr Badillo, whose anger at losing Dem NYC mayoral primary reptdly persisted long after June, has agreed to endorse Dem candidate Controller Beame and is scheduled on Oct 2 to make announcement at joint news conf with Beame; endorsement is latest in series obtained by Beame to split city's liberal Dem community from Liberal candidate NYS Assemblyman Blumenthal; negotiations between Badillo and Beame, who are said to dislike each other, apparently have been going on for some time and were complex; process ostensibly began when some Puerto Rican politicians allied with Badillo endorsed Beame and suggested that Badillo do the same; Beame spends Oct 1 campaigning in mid-Manhattan; challenges law-and-order rhetoric of Repub opponent NYS Sen Marchi; former US Sen E J McCarthy introduces Beame as 'the next Mayor'; F G Rossetti, Manhattan Dem Chmn, voices optimism that Beame will receive support of 'crucial' black and Puerto Rican votes in Manhattan; Conservative mayoral candidate US Repr Biaggi criticizes alleged judicial effort to create quota system in Fire Dept; speaks out on other issues; Blumenthal pledges 'vigorous concerted effort' to meet health-care needs of more than 1-million city children, news conf; outlines proposals; US Sen Javits issues strong new statement of support for Marchi in wake of criticism of Marchi's law-and-order ads, Marchi hq; says that while everything about ads' rhetoric may not 'appeal' to him, 'the issue is right, the thrust is right'

Judge Sirica on Oct 1 tells 5 of original Watergate burglars, all of whom pleaded guilty at beginning of their trial in Jan and are serving provisional sentences, that he does not plan to give them maximum sentences; 5 men are E H Hunt Jr, B L Barker, E R Martinez, V R Gonzales and F Sturgis; Sirica says sentences will be based on presentencing repts, on law and on 'fairness, compassion, understanding and justice'; grants D H Segretti ltd immunity from prosectuion in testifying before special Watergate prosecutor A Cox's grand jury and before Sen Watergate com; Segretti illus

NY Mets win Natl League's Eastern Div champ on Oct 1 in Chicago; illus

16 hearing officers of new NYC Housing Ct were chosen for their $21,000-per-yr jobs from among over 300 applicants; applications were received as result of ads in NY Law Journal and were then turned over to 14-member advisory council of reprs of landlords, tenants, civic orgns, the public, the Gov and the Mayor; council pared list down to 31 persons who were then interviewed by NYS Sup Ct Justice E Thompson, who said 16 chosen had to have experience in real estate practice and 'proper judicial temperament'

J D Ehrlichman, Pres Nixon's former chief domestic adviser, testifies, before Los Angeles grand jury in transcript released Oct 1, that Pres Nixon took direct, active role in establishing and supervising White House 'plumbers' unit