March 1, 1974

Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie names former Posts Communications Min Endalkachew Makonnen as new Premier in attempt to placate mutinous Army troops in Asmara; most of Ethiopia's armed forces rally to support of Army 2d Div, which began mutiny by demanding higher pay and several pol changes after seizing city; paratroop battalion seizes control of air force base northeast of Addis Ababa on Feb 27 and forces helicopters to drop leaflets on sts saying air force units and other troops in area will not fight against div; troops and policemen have imposed martial law and 9 PM to 6 AM curfew has been ordered by Haile Selassie, who warns that any troublemakers and rumor mongers will suffer heavy penalties; Haile Selassie also appts Lt Gen Selassie Berbe as new Army comdr and Lt Gen Abiya Abebe as new Defense Min; apptmts are recd with mixed reactions, with some regarding Premier Endalkachew as too conservative; Haile Selassie illus (L)

An enraged man sprayed the words “Kill Lies All” on Picasso's painting “Guernica” at the Museum of Modern Art yesterday. He was seized immediately and the red‐paint lettering was removed from the masterpiece, leaving no damage

NYS Atty Gen Louis J Lefkowitz announces that Justice Owen McGivern, presiding justice of Appellate Div's 1st Dept, has agreed to his request for special grand jury 'to hear charges involving alleged criminal activities in the petroleum indus'; probe reptdly will not be ltd to Lefkowitz's 2 current investigations of major oil cos; reprs of cos involved in 2 civil suits filed by Lefkowitz, involving charges of price-rigging, antitrust activity and creating fuel shortage, are expected to appear before grand jury; Lefkowitz and Asst Atty Gen Charles La Torella announced when they filed civil suit against 4 Royal Dutch Shell cos on Feb 6 that they were weighing criminal indictments; Lefkowitz appeared before Manhattan grand jury and was supported in application by Dist Atty Richard H Kuh; La Torella will handle Lefkowitz's presentation to grand jury, which will be empaneled before Justice Jawn A Sandifer in Sup Ct on March 11 (M)

NYS PSC, granting Con Ed substantial interim elec rate increase, orders ind mgt study of co, to be paid for by utility but answerable directly to PSC, in light of co's depressed financial condition despite frequent rate increases; orders utilit to revise all short-term and long-term construction programs in light of energy conservation measures taken during energy crisis; asks for preparation of productivity improvement program (S)

Jury of 8 men and 4 women is selected and sequestered on Feb 28 in Mitchell-Stans trial clearing way for issuance of major indictments in Watergate case; indictments reptdly will focus on pol sabotage, illegal election campaign contributions and influence-peddling in White House; jurors and alternate jurors listed (M)