October 23, 1973

P Casals, celebrated cellist and conductor, dies on Oct 22 at age of 96; por

AFL-CIO conv votes on Oct 22 to ask Pres Nixon to resign and to demand his impeachment if he does not; resolution asks Cong to hold up consideraton of Nixon's Vice Pres-designate Ford; conv delegates say they believe this is 1st time in US history that organized labor had formally demanded resignation of a Pres; AFL-CIO asserts in statement read by orgn pres Meany, 'We believe the Amer people have had enough. More than enough. We therefore call upon Richard Nixon, Pres of the US, to resign'; Sen Inouye calls for Pres Nixon's resignation, speech; says he believes Cong should 'seriously consider impeachment proceedings' if Nixon does not resign

in-depth details, discussion and chronology of plea bargaining engaged in by Justice Dept, White House and S T Agnew before Agnew resigned as Vice Pres and pleaded nolo contendere to 1 charge of income tax evasion; investigation was begun in fall '72 by R Brown, dir of local IRS intelligence unit, and US Atty G Beall and centered in suburban Baltimore County; how Agnew's name came up in investigation and how he was notified of investigation dicussed; charges against Agnew cited and his accusers noted; Agnew's public and private responses and actions cited; Pres Nixon's involvement discussed; pressures on Agnew to resign and bargain finally arrived at detailed; role of a speech by State Sec H A Kissinger on importance of timing by policy makers noted; illus of L Matz, J B Wolff, I H Hammerman 2d, Agnew, Beall and then-Atty Gen Richardson

Article on cease-fire lines in current Middle East war notes that lines reflect some territorial exchs between Egypt and Israel; Israel had broken through Egyptian lines to west bank of Suez Canal, but cease-fire was implemented before they could cut off and capture Egyptian army they were hoping to encircle; Israeli maps, prepared 2 hours before cease-fire went into effect, show that Egyptian forces still hold footholds in Sinai Peninsula, which Egypt seized during 1st days of war; indicate that one Egyptian foothold in Sinai is about 5 miles wide and 30 miles long to southern tip of Bitter Lakes; other Egyptian foothold stretches from Qantara south about 20 miles; between 2 Egyptian positions exists Israeli corridor through which Israel had been funneling men and supplies to its bridgehead on west bank; Israeli maps indicate that Israel's bridgehead on west bank had expanded to dumbell-shapcd enclave about 20 miles by 33 miles; Israeli bridgehead seems to have spread out to dominate 1/2 the dryland length of canal on western side; Israeli Maj Gen S Gazit says at mil briefing on Oct 22 that west of canal, Israelis are astride 2 major roads and 1 rr line running from Cairo to city of Suez and have reached main road to Ismailia in central sector of canal; holds that Egypt does have alternate routes to resupply and reinforce its forces on east bank, but adds that with main communication lines cut or dominated by Israel, Egyptians pose no great danger of being able to resume operations if cease-fire breaks down; Israeli sources claim that if cease-fire breaks down, Israel could resume its original objective of cutting off and capturing 5 to 7 Egyptian divs and 2 armored brigades; Israeli maps also show bridgehead reaching area on Ismailia-to-Cairo road; Egyptians retain their major psychological achievement, foothold on eastern bank of canal, and they are expected to exploit it in pol ways; Gazit, however, points out that new cease-fire lines are 'much better' for protecting short-term security of Israel than were lines at beginning of war; says that Israeli enclave is base from which Israel can pose 'very definite' offensive threat to Egypt; adds that Israelis are about 50 miles from Cairo, with no important obstacles to stop them; says, in discussing fact that Syria has not yet accepted cease-fire, that Syria might end serious operations without announcing decision; indicates that Israelis had retaken outpost on Mount Hermon, which was lost during 1st days of war; Israeli officers point out that they no longer regard Syria as serious mil threat and that it does not seem likely that important Israeli operations will take place on Syrian front

WITH THE ISRAELI FORCES IN EGYPT, Oct. 22—An Israeli soldier poked his head out of an Egyptian bunker on the western bank of the Suez Canal today and grinned. “Want some ice cream?” he asked, offering his visitor a paper cup and spoon.