May 11, 1974

deadline for nominating W Ger presidential candidate, set for May 10, is postponed to May 14 at request of Free Dem party; postponement brings rumor that Free Dem candidate Foreign Min Walter Scheel may not run in May 15 election; his election to presidency had been considered foregone conclusion; Free Dem spokesman calls postponement technical one; Socialist leader Herbert Wehner warns that if Socialists fail to vote for Scheel, Free Dems might refuse to endorse Helmut Schmidt; action behind maneuvering is intense resentment many Socialists feel for Interior Min Hans-Dietrich Genscher, who is slated to replace Scheel; 2 Opposition Christian Dem leaders seek formal investigation of case of Susanne Sievers, former intelligence worker who is said to have been paid $160,000 by W Ger intelligence not to publish book about her alleged liaison with Willy Brandt; case revd (M)

The New York Nets won the American Basketball Association championship by beating the Utah Stars, 111100, at the Nassau Coliseum. The Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Boston Celtics, 102‐101, to tie the National Basketball Association title series. Page 21.

WHITE HOUSE MOVES TO END RUMORS NIXON WILL RESIGN; HIS SUPPORT IN G.O.P. EBBS

Alwyn Eisenhauer, Robert L Vesco's former pilot, flies Vesco's $7-million Boeing 707 to Newark, NJ, from Panama without Vesco's knowledge or consent at direction of NJ Superior Ct Judge Irwin I Kimmelman; atty John J McLaughlin, receiver for formerly Vesco-owned co, Fairfield Gen, had asked for plan to help satisfy lien against Vesco; Judge Kimmelman says he authorized pilot Eisenhauer to file $55,000 lien against Fairfield Gen for back pay he claims Vesco owes him in order to win his cooperation in bringing back plane; State Dept legal expert claims move is unprecedented; notes that US cts have no jurisdiction in another country, and removal of plane was violation of Panamanian sovereignty; McLaughlin's law partner Jay Benenson says Vesco spent $750,000 renovating plane (M)

New York City's largest bank, the First National City Bank, yesterday raised the prime rate that it charges its most creditworthy customers to 11¼ per cent, a record. Other major banks quickly fell into line. Page 39.