January 21, 1974

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questions are raised inside EEC comm that proposed EEC fund to aid depressed areas may be blocked by French decision to float franc and drop out of EEC monetary system (S)

last article in NY Times series on New Yorkers’ perceptions about NYC discusses findings of Daniel Yankelovich Inc poll, in which residents of all 5 boros overwhelmingly rejected idea that city was ungovernable and should be broken up although residents of 4 outer boros greatly resented Manhattan's supposed domination;; chart showing boro breakdown on question of city govt (L)

Sen H Scott says he has information that would clear Pres Nixon of any wrongdoing in some aspects of Watergate scandals, int, CBS TV program Face the Nation; Scott is apparently referring to information that White House aides mentioned in making similar statements to reporters in last few wks without providing evidence to substantiate them; Scott says he has urged Pres to release evidence; information White House aides offered to some reporters was that transcripts of conversations between Nixon and ex‐White House counsel John W Dean 3d refute Dean's assertions that Pres had knowledge of Watergate cover‐up prior to last Mar 21, date Nixon said he learned of concealment; reliable sources rept office of special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski has developed evidence damaging to Pres's cause that conflicts with supposed White House transcript; sources say Jaworski has specific information on attempted White House use of CIA to stop Watergate investigation by FBI because of ‘natl security'; Sen G McGovern says there are ample grounds for impeaching Pres and that impeachment trial would clear up contentions made by Sens Scott and H Baker, TV int; says he would like to see Dem party go on record in favor of impeachment to bring matter before trial in Sen; disagrees with Vice Pres Ford that drive for impeachment is being led by liberal Dems; Scott illus (M)

Article on problems faced by Ache Indians of Paraguay in face of onslaught of white men encroaching upon their hunting grounds; Ache have been slaughtered, enslaved, left prey to epidemics of civilization, and are being force to undergo difficult assimilation into more sedentary agr society; Indian Affairs Col Tristan Infanzon contends Paraguay has no Indian problem, branding critics of Govt policy politically motivated leftists; Indian Soc of Paraguay pres Gen Cesar Bejarano scores Govt laissez‐faire policy but agrees preservation of hunting culture is impossible; anthropologists, such as Miguel Chase Sardi, want jungle area set aside for Ache expanded to about 2,300 sq miles, noting that assimilation of Indians simply means greater exploitation; Mark Munzel (The Ache Indians: Genocide in Paraguay) and other anthropologists have traced history of Ache's slaughter and enslavement from 1st Eur settlement to present; detail atrocities committed by Manuel Jesus de Pereira under Govt‐backed settlement program; James Stolz, 1 of missionaries left in charge of reservation after Pereira's ouster in ‘72, describes effort to create buffer‐zone between Ache and Paraguayan soc; illus (L)