October 17, 1973

new Thai Premier Sanya Dharmasakti, Oct 16, names a largely civilian Cabinet as Bangkok returns to seminormality in wake of student protests that felled Kittikachorn Govt; evidence of violence in city described; of 28 mins and deputy mins in new Govt, only 9 are mil men; in previous Cabinet only 16 were civilians; Sukit Nimmanhaeminda is new Deputy Premier; other key members of new Govt are Foreign Min Charoonphand Israngkoon na Ayudhya, Interior Min Kamol Wannaprapha and Defense Min Dawee Chullasaphya; US Embassy spokesman says there is no question about US recognizing new Govt; emergence of Thai students as a pol force may pose problems for official US presence in Thailand; while students tend to be ideologically moderate, many of their leaders assail Thanom Govt for allowing US to maintain air bases in Thailand; student leader Sombat Thamrongthanyawong comments

Le Duc Tho and US Sec of State H A Kissinger win Nobel Peace Prize for '73 for negotiating the Vietnam cease-fire agreement; Nobel Com statement says whole world owes thanks to the 2 men for applying their 'talents and goodwill' to difficult negotiations lasting more than 3 yrs; 2 men illus

Pres Nixon advisor M R Laird on Oct 16 expresses concern over possible curtailment of Middle East oil exports

Bklyn RC Bishop Mugavero calls on 4 NYC mayoral candidates to pay attention to needs of Bklyn and Queens, not just Manhattan; in unusual open lr made public on Oct 16, he says that residents of other boros 'complain that city suffers from 'Manhattanopia'; statement reflects new campaign to get 1.6-million parishioners in Bklyn Diocese involved in pol process; diocese's Com on Civic and Pol Educ has arranged forums at which all 4 candidates are expected to address parish reprs; Rev R P Kennedy repts 'tremendous voter apathy' in diocese; Mugavero por

P Levine, top official of NYC Economic Development Adm, has resigned to join S & S Corrugated Paper Machinery Co as asst to pres for overseas operations; EDA played leading role in controversial expansion of co; spokesman for NYC Bd of Ethics says Levine should have asked bd to rule on whether his new job was violation of city's Administrative Code; Levine says he had 'no association' with co's expansion but R Schiffman, dir of Pratt Inst, which tried to provide compromise proposal, says Levine was 'one of the major proponents of the project'; Levine says he met S & S pres M Flaum several yrs ago and that he had not asked for Bd of Ethics ruling because he did not feel it was necessary