October 29, 1973

Govt officials rept that violent air currents, found in wake of jumbo jetliners and known as 'wake turbulence,' have caused more than 20 smaller planes to crash; safety experts say recent proliferation of large jetliners such as Boeing 747s, DC-10s and L-1011 Tristars have increased hazards substantially; Natl Transportation Safety Bd repts 21 airplane accidents in '72, in which 11 persons were killed, may have been caused by 'wake turbulence'; incidents cited; FAA has issued regulations, which have increased minimum permissible distance between extra large and small planes from standard 3 to 5 miles during landing approaches and take-offs; safety specialists maintain distance should be greater

Chinese Premier Chou En-lai on Oct 26 displays skepticism about possibility of achieving any kind of lasting settlement between Arab countries and Israel, int

AMA on Oct 29 lashes out at drs for making excuses for not policing their profession and demands that med societies and state officials meet their responsibilities in disciplining physicians who abuse their licenses to practice med, editorial in AMA journal; aim of AMA challenge is to stimulate drs to exercise privilege of self-govt that public entrusts to profession and to avoid passage of stringent laws to curb unethical conduct; editorial comes at time when med profession is developing system of peer rev to police quality and cost of med care; also calls for discipline for incompetent med practice and abuse of powers granted by med license; AMA Judicial Council of Med Ethics sec E J Holman, who wrote editorial, comments on reluctance of med societies to take on problems relating questionable actions of their peers; acknowledges that disclosure of case of Dr M Jacobson led him to write editorial; Jacobson is Manhattan practitioner who says he has injected many patients with 'vitamin' shots that also contained amphetamines; NY County Med Soc officials have said that fear of potential suits was key reason why soc had not begun investigating Jacobson's practice until after NY Times disclosure in Dec '72; NYS Bd of Med has been holding closed hearings on Jacobson case; Dr C Steeg comments on editorial

Time (Pub) repts in Oct 29 edition that A Cox was dismissed as special Watergate prosecutor after White House challenged his determination to pursue several other sensitive avs of investigation, including '70 operation that raised $4-million for Cong and gubernatorial candidates

Pres Sadat on Oct 28 dispatches I Fahmy, Egyptian Min of Tourism and sr career diplomat, to US for talks with Pres Nixon on Middle East crisis; sources maintain main purpose of mission is to ascertain directly from US what tentative agreements may have been reached between US and USSR during recent visit of US Sec of State H A Kissinger to Moscow; Fahmy is accompanied by Dr A Erian, 1 of Egypt's foremost experts on internatl law; inclusion in Fahmy's delegation seen hinting at desire of Egyptians to discuss terminology of an eventual Middle East settlement; Fahmy meets with UN officer Gen E Siilasvuo before his departure; UN repts 1st contingent of Finnish officers in peace-keeping force has arrived at Egyptian city of Suez; repts contingent tried to reach area earlier but was delayed by Israeli roadblock; UN spokesman A Khalil says that 25 trucks driven by UN force has passed through Israeli lines into Suez and crossed east bank of canal with medical supplies, food and water for Egyptian 3d Corps; Egyptian officials and Govt-controlled newspapers charge US prevented Israeli mil defeat in Sinai by flying large quantities of mil equipment to airstrip behind Israeli lines at El Arish; Al Ahram repts Egyptian Pres A Sadat accepted UN cease-fire because of feeling that he was at war with US instead of Israel; charges US recconnaisance planes aided Israelis in their thrust onto west bank of Suez Canal; publishes transcript of news conf held in Washington by Kissinger, with particular attention to statements that 'certain Israeli territorial gains had been made after the cease-fire' and that 'conditions that produced the war of Oct 6 cannot be permitted to continue'; fate of Egyptian 3d Corps remains concern of Arab mil officials and informed citizens; Egyptian Govt spokesman charges that for 4 days Israelis refused to allow IRC to supply corps with med supplies or food; map details Israeli positions on west bank of Suez Canal and Egyptian positions on east bank

Secretariat ended his racing career yesterday with a 6½‐length victory in the Canadian International Championship at Woodbine race track, Toronto. Page 49.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28—This week will see a number of actions in the manyfaceted Watergate case. In addition to the expected naming of a new Watergate special prosecutor by Acting Attorney General Robert H. Bork, the following activities are also Scheduled:

NYC Mayor Lindsay on Nov 1 reptdly will announce $4-million program to convert 8-block stretch of Fulton St in downtown Bklyn into pedestrian mall; proposed mall would extend from Adams St at Boro Hall to Flatbush Av, busiest retail shopping area in Bklyn; city plans would ban private and commercial traffic, with just enough rdwy left between greatly widened sidewalks for 2-way bus service and emergency vehicles; one of most striking features of proposed mall is canopy network over most of pedestrian areas; program would be financed through capital funds budget, which would be subject to approval of Estimate Bd and Planning Comm; Bklyn Boro Pres S Leone supports proposal; city planning official says that 2 community planning bds in area have indicated approval; Fulton St project is most ambitious of several proposed renovations of retail shopping areas that have come to light in closing mos of Lindsay adm; city officials want to avoid 'premature disclosures' and 'tactical errors' that led to defeat of Madison Av pedestrian mall plan; Dem mayoral candidate Controller Beame does not anticipate that Fulton St mall will meet with same opposition as Madison Av project; project is being handled by Lindsay's Office for Downtown Development, headed by R M Rosan, who has worked closely with D E Moore, pres of Downtown Bklyn Development Assn; Moore says his orgn favors proposal; map shows location of proposed mall

7 present and past NYC Family Ct judges and NYS judicial admr score failure of city, state and private agencies in realm of juvenile iustice; rept, entitled Juvenile Injustice, follows study by Office of Children's Services, a unit of NYS Judicial Conf's adm bd; rept denounces practices that have discriminated against most seriously disturbed, deprived and disorganized children, primarily black and Puerto Rican children; charges that services are not provided for children most in need, that children do not have equal access to care and treatment and that racism pervades child care system; asserts that NYS can no longer rely on voluntary agencies to provide residential care for disturbed children; recommends law to give state Youth Div primary responsibility to plan, develop and contract for services instead of present split jurisdictions; stronger probation staff, supportive community services, special programs in schools, halfway houses and residential facilities; rept is based on survey of 431 children brought into Family Ct on allegations of juvenile delinquency or need for supervision; ethnic and soc data detailed; committee members are NYS ct admr T F McCoy, Family Ct adm Judge F M Kelley, retired Judge J W Polier, present Judges J DiCarlo, I L Glasser, E Miller, C Quinones and P D Roache

Oct 29: Israel agrees on Oct 28 to allow Egyptian 3d Corps, encircled by Israeli forces on east bank of Suez Canal, to be resupplied with med and food by truck convoy; agreement comes after US reptdly informed Israel that USSR was threatening to rescue Egyptian force, and that such move would involve risk of war between US and USSR; Israeli Premier Meir, during int on CBS's Face the Nation TV program, expresses bitterness over diplomatic events that culminated in cease-fire and subsequent developments; says Egyptian Pres A Sadat has been defeated but has been 'handed a victory by political arrangements'; Israeli C/S Lt Gen D Elazar also charges in TV int that Israel was 'compelled to agree' to allow convoy to resupply Egyptian 3d Corps; Col N Karni, spokesman for Israeli command, says 1st elements of 100-truck convoy driven by UN personnel reached its destination on Oct 28 after inspection by Israeli forces; charges Egyptians opened fire on Israelis during passage of convoy and that Israeli units were attacked by Egyptian commando units; Lt Gen C Bar-Lev, former Israeli C/S, meets with Egyptian Brig Gen B Sherif to discuss procedures under which trucks are to be directed to entrapped Egyptian troops; additional meeting is held between Israeli and Egyptian officers to discuss application of cease-fire and terms for resupplying entrapped corps; illus of truck convoy bearing UN peacekeeping force oh outskirts of Egyptian city of Suez and of Meir

many Israelis feel that war is far from ended despite cease-fire; nation continues tense and appears generally exhausted; intense reaction expected when casualty lists are finally published; status of 360-plus Israeli soldiers listed as missing in action is also major problem

Article discusses events of Oct 28 in Cambodia as Govt forces reopen Route 4 and enemy offensive closes Route 5; notes that most foreign diplomats and mil analysts in Phnom Penh expect major enemy offensive in Dec when monsoon waters recede and enemy can move more freely; adds that Oct 28 attack demonstrates that insurgents can harass supply routes even with waters still fairly high in fields; map