December 13, 1973

'Mad Bomber' G Metesky is released from Creedmoor State Hosp on Dec 12 after indictments against him are dismissed; has been incarcerated for 17 yrs as insane criminal; NYS Dept of Mental Hygiene has determined he is now harmless; Metesky terrorized NYC in '40's and '50's by bombing theaters, terminals, libraries and offices; insists, int, that he has forsworn violence but reaffirms his old grudge against Con Edison stemming from May, '31, accident in which he says he was gassed, became tubercular, lost his job and was denied workmen's compensation; describes how he planned and executed his 37 bombings; says there were actually more bombs but not all went off; says he was compelled to take his case to public, wrote 900 lrs to Mayor, Police Comr and newspapers, and was rejected in his efforts to buy ad space; says he should have been allowed to stand trial; illus

Alex Webster, head coach of the New York Giants since 1969, announced his resignation yesterday, effective after Sunday's final game against the Minnesota Vikings. Details, Page 67.

Farming and food processing indus will receive 110% of fuel used in '72 for consumption during '73 winter according to fuel allocation plan outlined by energy chief W Simon on Dec 12

Cong Joint Com on Internal Revenue Taxation decides on Dec 12 to look into every aspect of Pres Nixon's tax returns for yrs of his Pres, not just 2 items Nixon asked com to review; Nixon asked com to review whether he was right in not declaring taxable capital gain on '70 sale of some land in San Clemente, Calif, and whether he made gift of his pre-Pres papers to Natl Archives before change in law in mid-'69 that ended tax advantage from such gifts; Nixon's attys have caluclated that he could owe as much as $267,000 in back Fed taxes if com decides he was wrong on both points; Repr W D Mills criticizes Pres for taking deduction for his papers in 1st place, even if it was legal; says he thinks a public official who files tax return has to be 'holier-than-thou'; illus of Mills and Sen R B Long, corn's vice-chmn

NYC and NYS officials on Dec 12 say that plan to save NYC's transit fare by borrowing money for MTA until Fed aid is approved will also include money to stabilize commuter rr fares

4 of NYS Gov Rockefeller's top state aides reptdly will remain with him to form nucleus of his '76 presidential campaign staff; include: H Morrow, J Cannon, J Persico and A Whitman; Rockefeller recently resigned post in move pol observers maintain is his 1st effort to secure '76 Repub pres nomination

NYS Assembly Speaker P B Duryea and Assembly Repub Majority Leader J E Kingston on Dec 12 are indicted by Manhattan grand jury investigating alleged Repub vote-siphoning scheme; NYS Gov Rockefeller and Lt Gov M Wilson rally to Duryea's support; sources close to investigation rept that 6 persons have been indicted on charges of having violated at least 2 sections of election law dealing with conspiracy and improper identification of campaign literature; other targets of grand jury investigation are Assemblyman A A Delli Bovi, J Threatte, Speaker's dir of communications, H A Mund Jr, his exec asst, and I L Mueller, special asst to Speaker; investigation was centered on alleged scheme for Repubs to support Liberal party candidates secretly in order to drain off votes that might otherwise go to Dems in marginal Assembly districts throughout NYS; spokesman for Duryea acknowledges indictment and says that Duryea has 'never individually or in concert with others participated in an effort to commit any violation of the election law'; H A Fisher, MTA member, will be 1 of Duryea's attys; says that Duryea will seek 'immediate disposition' of case and is 'confident of full and total exoneration'; Suffolk County Repub Chmn E M Schwenk issues statement in Duryea's defense urging charges against Duryea be processed immediately so that Duryea's innocence can be established; Asst Dist Atty K Conboy, dir of grand jury investigation, refuses to comment on rept that Duryea has been indicted; sources close to indictment rept that sealed indictments have been filed with NYS Sup Ct Justice J A Sandifer in connection with case on Dec 12; grand jury foreman R Brockway submits what is referred to in ct as 'certain papers'; Sandifer and Conboy then ask that papers be sealed until 9:30 on Dec 13; sources close to investigation rept that papers were indictments; indictment would jeopardize Duryea's pol career--not only as gubernatorial prospect but also as Speaker; 1 source repts that Duryea indictment could 'clear the decks' for Wilson's unchallenged nomination for full term as Gov in '73; even if Duryea were exonerated he would have to spend next few mos preparing to defend himself rather than attempting to corral support for challenge of Wilson; Duryea's removal as Speaker would give Wilson, as new Gov, chance to put in that post Repub who is friendly to him and his programs; 1 of key figures involved in alleged vote-siphoning scheme is H J Relkin, part-time employe of Speaker's office who formed Action Com for Liberal Party; alleged scheme 1st came to light after leaflets in name of com and Relkin began to circulate in several State Assembly dists last fall; in 13th dist (Nassau County), Assemblyman S Harwood said he had found his voting record misrepresented; Harwood lost election to M M Jonas by 251 votes out of 57,000 ballots cast; complaints by Harwood and other Dems sparked investigation by NYS Atty Gen Lefkowitz; Lefkowitz and newspapers that pursued investigation learned that Action Com's listed address was vacant lot and that Relkin actually worked as $3,882-a-yr aide in Duryea's office; other aspects of case revd

21-member Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission announces it has reached 'basic agreement' on nature of the priesthood and ministry of laymen; statement in effect resolves 400-yr-old dispute between 2 traditions and is regarded as major ecumenical advance that provides theological rationale for Caths to recognize validity of Anglican priests to administer sacraments and is thus an important step toward legitimizing intercommunion, or sharing of the eucharist among Caths and Anglicans; 3,200-word document was released with approval of Pope Paul and Abp of Canterbury; Rt Rev J E Hines, presiding bishop of Episc Ch, and Rt Rev J M Allin, who will succeed him in June, hail statement as a 'major milestone in the long journey toward reconciliation of our two churches'; comm was established after Pope Paul and Abp of Canterbury met in Mar '66 and agreed to initiate 'serious dialogue' with ultimate aim of reunion; comm statement asserts differences between ministry of laymen and that of bishops, priests and deacons; says ordained ministry 'is not an extension of the common Christian priesthood but belongs to another realm of the Spirit'; moves away from strict sacramental primacy and says that nature of priesthood and episcopacy is defined equally by the 'ministry of the word and the sacraments'; with regard to defining tasks appropriate to bishops, priests and deacons, comm declines to endorse any particular practice but urges openness to future change; says apostolic succession is grounded in the 'historical continuity' of church as a whole rather than in any physical act, seen as a way of affirming Anglican-Cath ties with chs which do not have bishops; comm co-chmn were Most Rev A C Clark, Cath bishop of Elmham in Eng, and Rt Rev H R McAdoo, Anglican bishop of Ossory, Ireland; another member was Rev G Tavard, Cath theologian

Deputy Soviet Premier N K Baibakov, in presenting to Sup Soviet the Central Com's econ plan for '74, alludes to energy squeeze felt by USSR; says plan insures normal uninterrupted delivery of fuel and elec energy to natl econ and Soviet people; emphasizes need both to accelerate development of energy resources and to adopt energy-conservation measures; illus

Con Ed chmn C F Luce, arguing for $314.8-million rate increase on Dec 12, says that co paid $4.60 a bbl for heavy oil under contract and $5.34 a bbl for distillates in 1st part of '73; says that these are now quoted, when available on spot mkt, at $20 for heavy oil and $25 to $30 a bbl for distillates

Former NYC Police Chief Inspector M J Codd is named Police Comr on Dec 12 by Mayor-elect Beame to succeed D F Cawley; Codd, at news conf, says he will continue policy of using civilians to free policemen for patrol work, will use police teams in neighborhoods to counteract any unfounded or exaggerated beliefs that there is more crime than actually occurs; Beame and Lindsay praise Comrs Murphy, Cawley and Inspector Codd; PBA says that, unlike last 2 Comrs, Codd is policeman and not soc worker; Lindsay official says Codd is great street comdr and Cawley is great mgr; Codd denies that he retired out of bitterness over fact that Cawley was promoted over him by Lindsay; Codd por

GB on Dec 12 extends natl state of emergency for 2d mo as nation's rail service is crippled by slowdowns staged by 29,000 engineers and firemen in attempt to force wage concessions which Govt considers inflationary; only 78 of 375 suburban trains from southern areas run into London during morning rush hr; workers are conducting rule-book slowdown and have banned Sunday work and overtime, resulting in sharply lowered coal deliveries to power stations; rr workers have rejected offer from Brit Rys that would have raised wkly base pay from $75.90 to $85; their earnings, including overtime, would have risen from $103.50 to $117.30; Soc of Engineers and Firemen is most militant of 3 unions bargaining with Brit Rys; total wage package offered to 280,000 workers amounted to $119.6-million