November 6, 1973

Sen P Dominick, who has been stanch supporter of Pres Nixon, calls on Pros on Nov 5 to make 'complete disclosure of all information' about Watergate investigations, speech, Denver Bar Assn; says Repub party would be well advised to follow more independent course from Nixon Adm; urges HR to establish bipartisan procedures to determine whether there are grounds to impeach Pres; urges Cong to quickly confirm Repr G Ford as Vice Pres and says special prosecutor's investigation 'should be pursued with vigor,' and should be unhindered; Sen Goldwater says Nixon should not resign and calls on him to appear before Sen Watergate com; Sen Scott and HR Speaker Albert disagree with suggestions that Nixon resign; Scott says he hopes 'forum' can be found so that all relevant information about Watergate tapes can be made available to public; says he regrets that Sen E Brooke has called for Nixon's resignation; White House press sec Ziegler says Nixon intends to see this thing out; says Nixon is not a 'quitter'; Dominick illus

Most extensive hosp strike in NYC history begins on Nov 5, forcing curtailment of med and custodial care at 48 voluntary hosps and nursing homes in met area; 30,000 members of Local 1199 of Drug and Hosp Workers Union strike in defiance of ct order; hosps respond by closing outpatient clinics, reducing admissions, limiting surgery and redeploying professional staffs to housekeeping and practical nursing duties; both strikers and employers maintain Cost of Living Council holds answer to settlement; League of Hosps and Nursing Homes, employer group for hosps, appealed in telegrams to council for immediate meeting with its dir and union reprs; council admr for pay matters D Irwin says no decision should be expected until after 12-member special advisory group meets to discuss question on Nov 30; Fed Ct Judge R L Carter, who extended last wk's temporary restraining order against strike, defers until Nov 8 any action on league's request that union be held in contempt; league pres Dr A Portelli says services at 48 hosps are 'under control'; union lawyer L Boudin, during ct appearance, challenges constitutionality of Econ Stabilization Law, declaring that prior rev of wage settlements for small and low-paying health indus is invidious discrimination; curtailed services at several hosps described; illus of picket line

UFA pres R J Vizzini postpones strike of NYC firemen from Nov 5 to 8:30 Nov 6, after contract talks between UFA and city break down on Nov 5; pledges strike despite injunction by NYS Sup Ct Justice S A Fine and ct warning that every striking fireman would be cited for contempt; talks resume and continue through night, but by early morning mediator E J Schmertz says that they have failed and that there is little hope strike can be averted; union accepts Schmertz, on urging of Justice Fine, as 1st member of 3-man 'impasse panel' and acceptance is seen as 1st step toward eventual acceptance of city's collective-bargaining procedures, which include compulsory arbitration; wage demands revd; offers reptdly made by city and Schmertz before Nov 4-5 talks broke down noted; Uniformed Fire Officers Assn D McCormack reiterates assn's refusal to act as strikebreakers and warns New Yorkers to leave city in event of UFA strike; Fire Dept's contingency plans are made more difficult by city's high rate of false alarms; Mayor Lindsay says dept is ready for strike and that there are no plans to call in Natl Guard

Newspaper Guild on Nov 5 strikes NY Daily News in contract dispute preventing publication of its Nov 6 editions; reaches tentative 2-yr agreement with NY Times several hrs after start of walkout at News; guild unit bargaining com rejects what mgt terms its 'final offer' shortly before 7 AM; pickets begin marching in front of News bldg; spokesman repts that guild had asked all employes to rept for work as scheduled but during day printers, photoengravers and electricians did not work although members of some other craft unions did carry out their regular duties; Deliverers Union pres C Levy tells picketing guildsmen that if News fails to put out full product or hires nonunion workers his union will not deliver papers; instructs his men to try to rept to delivery platforms but if path is not clear 'don't go in'; spokesman repts that News negotiators are still standing by in hope of arranging for meeting with reprs of Guild; both Fed mediator G V Byrnes and guild negotiator at Times express hope that tentative pact might set pattern for settlement at News; spokesman for W H James, News publisher, calls tentative agreement at Times 'comparable' to last offer to guild unit at News; illus of pickets

L Zygmaniak is acquitted of charges of murdering his brother on ground of temporary insanity on Nov 5; shot his brother George in hosp in June as he lay paralyzed from neck down from motorcycle accident and begged to be killed; term mercy killing was not used in defense; illus