April 13, 1974

residents of Israeli town of Qiryat Shemona on Apr 12 pour out their grief and anger in emotional and violent funeral for 16 of victims of Apr 11 attack by Palestinian terrorists; anger is directed at terrorists who invaded their town and at Govt, which they feel left them exposed to guerrilla attacks from across Lebanese border; Police Min Shlomo Hillel represents Govt at funeral; crowd pushes and shoves Hillel; earlier angry crowd blocked car of Maj Gen Mordechai Gur as he drove to ceremony; 2 Israeli soldiers killed in attack are buried in their home villages; witnesses describe guerrilla assault; Col David Cohen, who commanded assault against terrorists, says that their determination seemed complete; illus of mourners and of Gur (M)

Gromyko illus with Pres Nixon at White House

NJ Gov Byrne reptdly has told state Dem Legis leaders that NYS Gov Wilson has reneged on agreement to support legis repealing bond covenant preventing Port Auth of NY and NJ from undertaking mass transit projects that could lose money (M)

 

Fed Urban Mass Transportation Adm, which has invested over $57-million to build showcase rapid transit system called 'people mover' for West Va Univ at Morgantown is studying how to blow it up; critics call system a 2.2-mi monument to tech miscalculations and pol expediencies; say it is classic study of how Fed research funds are sometimes used for partisan pol objectives; Dr Robert A Hemmes, Govt's top transit researcher, has been dismissed as byproduct of debacle; system was originally designed as transit hwy for driverless, rubber-tired, 21 passenger capsules operated by computers; over 3 yrs after project began, only 5 test vehicles, instead of planned fleet of 90, are running; adm wants to turn system over to W Va Univ; univ refuses to accept it on Govt terms, contending that it is not finished; estimated cost of system in '71 was $13.4-million; cost has soared to $115-million since then; Prof Samy Elias' plan to ferry students between W Va Univ's campuses became snarled in Pres Nixon's '72 re-election campaign, effort to provide jobs for Boeing aerospace workers idled when Cong killed supersonic transport and Transportation Dept effort to make friend of Repr Harley O Staggers; Hemmes has proposed that Govt give up project and issue students elec golf carts for travel on elevated guideway; Transportation Admr Frank C Herringer and W Va Univ pres Dr James G Harlow comment; development of project revd; map showing location of Morgantown (L)