Carl Huntington wins Anchorage to Nome dog sled race on Mar 24; map (L)

1,049‐Mile Race Punishes Men and Dogs

Purdue University won its first major postseason basketball competition yesterday with an 87.81 victory over Utah in the National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden. Page 43.

Purdue Five Triumphs

4,000 members of TWU vote to strike NYC subways and buses if they do not have new contract by Apr 1; strike instructions are issued to workers after turbulent meeting in Manhattan Center; union leaders denounce William J Ronan for not having made money offer; resolution, adopted unanimously, instructs leaders to invoke ‘no‐contract, no‐work’ policy; negotiations between TWU and MTA have been under way since Feb 5; 3‐man panel apptd by Mayor Beame has been mediating dispute; mediators are NYS Mediation Bd Chmn Vincent D McDonnell, Columbia Law School Dean Michael I Sovern and former Transit Auth Chmn Joseph E O'Grady; Mayor Beame expresses hope that workers will not strike; TWU is seeking wage increases of 21.4% over 2 yrs, cost‐of‐living escalator clause, improved pensions, vacations and health benefits; TWU pres Matthew J Guinan and Local 100 pres Ellis Van Riper comment (M)

Transit Union Votes Strike If Contract Is Not Settled

Illus with wife and daughter, Gymnich, W Ger, greeting Sec Kissinger, his daughter Elizabeth and son David

KISSINGER ARRIVES IN SOVIET,HOPEFUL ON ARMS DEADLOCK

The cost of a college education, which has been causing growing anxiety among American families, will rise again next fall, making it 9.4 per cent more expensive than this year and 35.8 per cent more than it was four years ago.

College Costs Will Rise by 9.4% in Fall

NYS housing officials rept that housing construction dropped in NYC in ‘73 by 40% and in NYS by 29%; figures based on number of residential bldg permits issued; sharp decline was attributed to moratorium on Fed housing funds, rising interest rates and high construction costs; natl construction starts fell less than 15% and there is some controversy over why NYC figures show greater drop; real estate spokesmen blame drop on rent control and zoning regulations; tenants say it is just matter of high development and bldg costs

HOUSING ACTIVITY OFF 40% IN CITY

Sen Watergate com Vice Chmn Sen H H Baker Jr urges Pres Nixon to turn all ‘relevant’ tapes and documents to HR Judiciary Com, int, CBS TV program Face the Nation; says com seeks to honor ‘whatever reasonable request’ Nixon makes, such as presence of counsel in principal deliberations and investigation of com; says impeachment process should not be conducted on ‘narrow legalism’ such as whether Pres has right to withhold material; specifically recommends that Pres make available to public tape of his Mar 21 ‘73 conversation with then‐White House counsel John W Dean 3d during which possible hush money payments to Watergate burglars were allegedly discussed; disputes Nixon's assertion that 1 yr of Watergate is enough and that US is ‘wallowing’ in Watergate scandal (M)

BAKER BIDS NIXON GIVE HOUSE PANEL‘RELEVANT’ TAPES

US Repr Badillo, in break with NYC Mayor Beame, says that he will not head cabinet‐level com on ethnic tensions until Beame appts more Puerto Ricans to high positions in city govt; attacks Beame adm tone and direction, saying it is stocked with either ‘clubhouse people or civil servants’ who are unresponsive to poor; is upset by repts that Puerto Ricans aspiring to positions from home boro Bronx are cleared through Dem county Chmn Patrick J Cunningham and City Councilman Louis R Gigante; says he is also disturbed that Beame has reverted to system of Civil Service apptmts from top of list of competitive exams; Beame spokesman says that Beame has no intentions of altering apptmt procedures; Mayor's special asst Joseph Erazo, Puerto Rican, says it is premature to judge apptmts; predicts that Beame will designate 14 persons of Hispanic origin to ‘very high’ jobs in next 2 wks (M)

BELO, BERME CLASH OVER JOBS

Dr Samuel A Corson repts on use of dogs in treating schizophrenics in experiment at Ohio State Univ, Kittay Scientific Foundation conf on ‘relevance of animal psychopathological model to the human,’ NYC; says 20 dogs chosen for their friendliness and warmth were used to treat patients who did not respond to conventional therapy; says dogs offer ‘kind of love psychiatrically sick person needs'; notes 18 of 20 patients accepted the dogs and all showed improvement, in some cases leading to discharge; illus (L)

Dog Companions Found To Help Schizophrenics

units of Ugandan Army clash on Mar 23 for several hrs; it is not clear whether rebellious soldiers were attempting coup d'etat against Gen Idi Amin, who still remains in power, or whether Amin loyalists had begun massacre of tribal group in Army; Amin, in radio speech, announces that situation is ‘under control'; attributes ‘confusion’ to Brig Charles Arrube, who reptdly killed himself, and other men, rumored to be planning to murder Amin and seize Ugandan capital; says it dissidents are not happy with him they should kill him; radio speech makes clear fact that there were casualties and Amin offers condolences to ‘relatives of soldiers and other people killed'; brief pol history of Uganda; Amin por; map (L)

Amin Survives Uganda Army Clash

Article on Newfoundland discusses Fed Govt grants and benefits and Govt's assumption of half provincial budget because land is still poor and standard of living is meager; cites unemployment rate is nearly 14%, twice natl avg, and only 14,000 Newfoundlanders make living fishing because there is not much else to do; contends Newfoundland dialect is sometimes incomprehensible and mainlanders are sometimes startled at rough and tumble of Newfoundlander pol; instances of flamboyant corruption cited; notes recent efforts to welcome indus investment; map (L)

Newfoundland, Butt of Canadian Jokes, Has Lots of Aid and the Last Laugh

Capt Motti Ashkenazi, Israeli hero who commanded only position on Bar‐Lev Line at Suez Canal that resisted Egyptian onslaught during Oct Middle East war, on Mar 24 address 2,000 people gathered opposite Israeli Premier Meir's office on grievances against Govt and against political system that, many Israelis feel, has perpetuated itself and its errors, preventing change; demands that country's leaders, who he says committed errors in sizing up Arab intentions and preparing nation for Oct war, must accept responsibility and resign; Defense Min Dayan is Ashkenaz's principal target and Meir runs close 2d; meeting is also addressed by other combat soldiers who join Ashkenazi in calling for formation of movement, not new political party, that will work for renewal of political life of Israel within existing structure; Ashkenazi's demands include more dem system, making elected officials more responsible to voters than to party leaders, time limit on holding office, more even spread of econ and soc burdens required to assure Israel's security and adoption of natl const; illus of Ashkenazi (M)

An Israeli War Hero In Demand as Critic

Syrian mil spokesman say on Mar 24 that Israeli engineering unit was destroyed and number of Israeli soldiers killed or wounded during exch of artillery fire on Golan hts front (S)

Dayan's Visit to U.S. Reportedly Periled

Arab League to meet in Tunis on March 25 to overcome differences arising from recent lifting of oil embargo against US to determine joint strategy on oil issue for UN Gen Assembly session on energy and development (S)

Arab Foreign Ministers Meeting In Tunis on Wide Agenda Today

French magazine Le Point repts Arab League is anxious to buy liner France, which suffered large deficit last yr, to carry Moslem pilgrims to Mecca; Premier Pierre Messmer says Govt will shoulder ship's losses at least until end of ‘74 (S)

Magazine Says Arabs Want to Bay the France

recent diversion of travelers from central Chinese city of Wuhan suggests serious problems there, presumably of pol nature; earlier this yr, travelers reptd seeing posters in Wuhan concerning Dec incident between workers and security forces

Slogans in China Cite Attacks on the New Cultural Revolution

N Korea asks for talks with US on concluding peace treaty to replace current truce; N Korean Foreign Min Ho Dam reptdly tells Assembly in Pyongyang that proposal was made formally

U.S. TALKS ON PEACE NORTH KOREA SEEKS

Bihar, India, students pledge to continue their protests until state govt is toppled and legis is dissolved to provide for new elections; pledge comes after authorities move to frustrate week‐long agitation started by students; 50,000 state policemen supplemented by over 15,000 armed soldiers have foiled attempts by students to demonstrate; agitation began as protest against high cost of textbooks and coll food; became pol movement against gen food scarcities and high prices (M)

STUDENTS IN INDIA CONTINUE PROTEST

The Proceedings In the U.N. Today

Article on present strikes in Australia notes that labor disputes are common and that such action has become way of life; holds strike action is regarded as inalienable right, but worker agitation for higher pay and better working conditions is meeting with opposition; counsel for employers says that union demands could add more than $8.7‐billion to natl wage and salary bill and shows unrealistic attitude of trade‐union movement in natl wage cases; survey of Amer business opinion by Amer Chamber of Commerce in Australia concludes that indus unrest has reached critical stage

AUSTRALIA TAKES STRIKES IN STRIDE

Scientists at 5th lunar science conf, Houston, Tex, on Mar 24 rept discovery of oldest moon rock, which dates back 4.6‐billion yrs to origin of solar system, among rock fragments returned by Apollo 17 astronauts

OLDEST MOON ROCK HAS BEEN FOUND

thousands of Buddhist monks in Phnom Penh protest destruction of historical and religious landmarks in fighting in old royal capital of Phsar Oudong; carry banners saying ‘We Want Peace'; Govt task force moves to link up with remnants of town's garrison half a mile to NE of city; monks appeal to rebels to end their occupation; Cambodian exile govt broadcast from Hanoi says insurgents had killed, wounded or captured 3,700 Govt soldiers in battle for city (S)

Cambodian Monks Appeal to Rebels To Spare Old City

Iraqi Pres Ahmed Hassan al‐Bakr on Mar 24 says that his Govt intends to enforce autonomy plan for Kurdish region that Kurdish Dem party leader Gen Mustafa al‐Barzani has rejected, statement (S)

IRAQ SAYS KURD PLAN WILL BE ENFORCED

gunmen kill John Hamilton, Prot, whose brother‐in‐law Neil McCarten, Cath, was killed 8 days ago, Belfast; police say they know of no motive for latest killing; previous day, retired Brit Major Donald Farrell was killed in Omagh; Irish Repub policemen board 2 ships suspected of carrying illegal arms (S)

ULSTER GUNMEN KILL SECOND IN FAMILY

KARACHI, Pakistan, March 24 (Reuters)&#8212;The repatriation of Bangladesh nationals from Pakistan was completed today when a final group of 206 left Karachi aboard a special flight for Dacca.

Repatriation Is Completed For Bangladesh Nationals

Serge Betsen Tchoua is a former French rugby union player who played as a flanker for London Wasps and Biarritz at club level and for France internationally.

Serge Betsen, Cameroonian-French rugby player

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Lark Voorhies is an American actress. She played Lisa Turtle on the NBC sitcom Saved by the Bell (1989–1993) and was nominated for the Young Artist Award six times, winning in 1990 and 1993 for her work on the show.

March 25, 1974

Headlines from March 25, 1974

1,049‐Mile Race Punishes Men and Dogs

Purdue Five Triumphs

Transit Union Votes Strike If Contract Is Not Settled

KISSINGER ARRIVES IN SOVIET,HOPEFUL ON ARMS DEADLOCK

College Costs Will Rise by 9.4% in Fall

Billboard 200

The Way We Were

John Denver's Greatest Hits

Court And Spark

Tubular Bells

Planet Waves

Notable Births

Historical Context for March 25, 1974