US State Sec Kissinger and W Ger Amb Berndt von Staden conf hurriedly, Washington, Mar 16; State Dept officials acknowledge talks deal with criticism of Eurs by Nixon and Kissinger (S)

Nixon's Criticism of Allies Stirs Bitterness in Europe

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 16&#8212;Less than three weeks from the start of the baseball season, an urgent new question was being asked today behind the scenes of spring training:

Mets Raise Some Beefs About New Cowhide Baseball

Pres and Mrs Nixon fly to Washington, DC (S)

Tax Deductions by Nixon On Gasoline Are Queried

US defeats GB in Internatl Dart Classic, NYC; illus; game described (L)

They'll Be Crying in Their Pub Beer As British Are Upset by U.S. in Darts

William A Krauss article on sidewalk cafes of Paris; illus (L)

In Paris, Everything Starts at a Cafe Table

comment on recent pol turmoil in Lisbon notes that crisis developed because of belief by Gens Antonio de Spinola and Francisco de Costa Gomes that war against black nationalists in colonies of Angola, Mozambique an Portuguese Guinea (Guinea‐Bissau) had failed

200 Portuguese Soldiers Rebel, Then Surrender

Bilateral treaties with US, embodying security assistance and mil aid on grant or credit basis, noted (S)

U.S. Global Military Role: Are Forces Big Enough?; Congress is now debating the largest‐peacetime military budget in United States history. This’ is the first article, of a series in which the military correspondent of The New York Times analyzes the United States armed forces’ resources and commitments.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 16&#8212;Jim Wiechers shot the best round of the event today, a six&#8208;under&#8208;par 66, and tied for the lead with Hubert Green after the third round of the $150,000 Greater Jacksonville open golf tournament.

Wiechers, Green Lead By 2 at 205

Article on public relations contest between Pres Nixon and HR Judiciary Com on issue of evidence being withheld by White House holds White House maneuvering seemed to have broad intention of goading com members into distrusting each other and com's investigative staff; notes Nixon's comments in Chicago; holds Nixon has raised serious question as to what he was told about hush money for Watergate break‐in defendants at Mar 21 ‘73 White House meeting, when he says he 1st learned about payments to burglars (M)

The Arabs Show Mercy, But Keep Their Weapon

V Canby comments on abundance of films with science fiction themes; illus of scenes from films (M)

Movies Are More Sci‐Fi Than Ever

The Consolidated Edison Company is seeking to grant relief to about 10,000 residential electric&#8208;heating customers by paring $63.98 off average monthly bills that have soared to $252.52. The loss to the company would be spread among its other 2.9 million customers. Page 19.

Con Ed to Shift Rates

Arab oil export embargo and its impact on US shortage revd (S)

12 OIL COUNTRIES REPORTEDLY BAR PRICE REDUCTION

The mystery of the Maryland Eastern Shore basketball team has been solved.

Hawks Win, 84‐81 —Purdue Upsets North Carolina

Pres Nixon aids in opening of Grand Ole Opry new $15‐million home, Nashville, Tenn; plays piano on occasion of wife's birthday, presents yo‐yo to Roy Acuff and lauds country tunes; Mrs Nixon, home from S Amer good‐will tour and who met Pres at airport, also present at opening; comment on performers at opening; illus (L)

Nixon Plays Piano On Wife's Birthday At Grand Ole Opry

Halliburton Co, largest service co in oil indus, stands to benefit from exploration and drilling for oil no matter who is doing it or where it is taking place; rents it equipment and manpower to customers in 94 countries; D B Drayton (E F Hutton) disagrees with other analysts who see bright future for Halliburton; contends that current stock price is too high and that there has been disproportionate amt of buying of oilfield equipment cos; Halliburton's chmn and chief exec officer John P Harbin and sr vp Thomas H Cruikshank disagree; Halliburton was able to make $176‐million common‐stock offering; faces difficulties holding on to recently‐acquired Ebasco Services, finding adequate number of skilled personnel and keeping on top of indus which is becoming increasingly competitive; is diversifying into other industries; annual repts for ‘72 and ‘73 noted; fees for various services noted; Harbin illus with equipment (L)

Oil Fields Keeping

1st comprehensive study on CUNY's open admissions policy shows 69.5% of 33,412 students who entered univ when program began in Sept ‘70 were still enrolled 4 semesters later; Higher Educ Bd pres Alfred Giardino asserts data disprove predictions that open admissions would lead to ‘revolving door’ educ system with high dropout rate; other findings show: 8 sr colls had 76% retention rate during first 2 yrs of open admissions while community colls retained 60.5%; students with hs avgs under 70 were more likely to remain in school if they entered sr coll rather than 2‐yr coll; higher a student's hs grades, more likely he would remain in coll; highest retention rate among 4‐yr colls was posted by Brooklyn Coll, with 81.7%, while Manhattan Community led 2‐yr schools with 67.3%; lowest ranking among sr colls was John Jay with 62.5%, while Queensborough had lowest retention rate among 2‐yr colls with 55.4%; John Jay and Queensborough officials comment; Lehman Coll Prof David Lavin, compiler of rept, says it is reasonable to expect lower retention rate under open admissions because more students who did poorly in hs are allowed to enter coll, chart shows retention rates at 15 CUNY branches (L)

City U. Open Admissions Held a Success

article on longrange impact of Arab oil policies on US and world econ (M)

Impact of Embargo Lingers On

A SEASON&#8208;WITHIN&#8208;A&#8208;SEASON &#8212; Tuesday, St. Marks Playhouse, 8. The Negro Er. iemble Company in four new plays by black playwrights, each running one wpek,. through April 14. This week: &#8220;Black Sunlight&#8221; by Al Davis.

THEATER OPENINGS

00D&#8208;HUMORED and homely, with steel&#8208;rimmed glasses setting off a permanently quizzical expression, Herbert Goldberger, at 50, &#8216;does not look like the imposing force &#8220;'you might think would be needed to jolt half a million big&#8208;shots out of the special privileges in private airline clubs they've been enjoying for 35 Years&#8212;at your and my expense. Yet, after eight years of plugging with a &#8216;hullclog tenacity that nobody suspected lie had in him, Goldberger has finally beaten the airlines. In an order issued

Thanks to One Stubborn. Man, Everyone Can Be an Airport V.I.P.

Special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski and House Judiciary Com are reptdly investigating allegations that some who contributed to Pres Nixon's re‐election campaign did so to purchase ambassadorships for themselves; some Repub fund‐raisers and possibly some contributors to be indicted shortly; White House refuses requests for documents on awarding of diplomatic posts to major campaign contributors; investigations must establish that particular donation was made specifically in return for promise of ambassadorial post, and that Pres Nixon had direct knowledge of it; Amb Shelby C Davis and former Amb Fred J Russell say they were asked to contribute to Repub Sen candidates in ‘70 by Herbert W Kalmbach, but deny there was any quid pro quo; Kalmbach has pleaded guilty to offering J Fife Symington a prestigious diplomatic post in return for $100,000 contribution to Cong candidates in ‘70; Jaworski's staff is reptdly particularly interested in case of Ruth Lewis Farkas, who made $300,000 contribution to Pres Nixon's campaign, $100,000 of which was given 2 mos after election and shortly before she was named Amb to Luxembourg; Amb Farkas explains delay was caused by her waiting for more favorable conditions in stock mkt before redeeming securities that yielded funds; 2 other large contributors to Pres Nixon's campaign, W Clement Stone and Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, expressed interest in ambassadorships, and Whitney's $200,000 gift was given after he was told he was under consideration for Amb to Spain; his money was returned when he did not get post; he denies trying to buy post, as does sculptor John H Safer, who contributed $250,000; both Safer and Farkas delivered their contributions to Maurice H Stans; former State Sec Rogers told Sen Foreign Relations Com in ‘73 that he and Pres Nixon had agreed something should be done about tradition by which wealthy campaign contributors can ‘buy’ Amb assignments; Repub campaign finance records compiled by Common Cause show Nixon's campaign received at least $881,405 from donors who already held ambassadorships and $418,367 from persons subsequently nominated for Amb posts; illus of US Embassy seal (L)

Nixon Denies Prosecutor Data on Ambassadorships

Privately financed Customs House Inst study recommends transforming US Customs House on Bowling Green, NYC, into multi‐use structure containing stores, offices, museum and restaurant at estimated cost of $25‐million; 67‐yr‐old landmark has been vacant for 5 mos; one of most important aspects of plan is interest of Museum of the American Indian, now at Broadway and 155th St, in moving into renovated Customs House; funds for study were provided by NY Landmarks Conservancy

A $25‐Million Renovation Of Custom House Studied

African oil brokers rept that Amer oil co partners in Aramco have offered 2 million tons of crude oil in Eur mkts at $8.50 a bbl, $1 to $2 below current mkt levels; underselling seen as attempt to dissuade govts of consuming countries from entering into long‐term oil contracts with producers and as effort to influence debate among OPEC members over prices to become effective after Apr 1; Standard Oil of Calif, Exxon, Texaco and Mobil deny rept (M)

U.S. OIL CONCERNS SAID 110 UNDERSELL

Time magazine reporter Alexandra Mezey article on experiences attending tennis camp; illus (L)

Tennis Camp: Learning to Face Opponents With a Steely Glint

Article on Mutual Real Estate Investment Trust (M‐REIT), publicly owned business which tries to foster racial integration in apt complexes it owns; M‐REIT purchases apts in all‐white suburban areas near larger cities, quietly welcomes blacks to fill some of vacancies, improves properties and after holding them for 4 to 8 yrs, sells at a profit; Morris Milgrim, founder of M‐REIT in ‘64, was 1 of pioneers in integrated housing; current head of M‐REIT is Charles Cohl; trust now owns 3,400 apts on 17 sites throughout US; value of properties is $40‐million and proportion of minority tenants in M‐REIT projects is about 10% to 12%; Cohl por (L)

MaREIT Makes Integration Pay

Bay Shore Stakes: Hudson County wins Bay Shore Stakes on Mar 16 at Aqueduct (M)

Hudson County. Wins

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March 17, 1974

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Nixon's Criticism of Allies Stirs Bitterness in Europe

Mets Raise Some Beefs About New Cowhide Baseball

Tax Deductions by Nixon On Gasoline Are Queried

They'll Be Crying in Their Pub Beer As British Are Upset by U.S. in Darts

In Paris, Everything Starts at a Cafe Table

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