June 3, 1974

Article on Shah of Iran's plans to accelerate and expand soc and econ development in Iran through oil wealth so that country will be major world power; Shah's absolute control of pol power in Iran discussed; Shah illus (L)

Provides net worth statement (S)

NYC Controller Harrison J Goldin asserts that Mayor A D Beame's proposed $11.1-billion fiscal '75 expense budget will be $87-million in red; charges that budget overestimates sales-tax and offtrack-betting revenues by $28-million and under-estimates spending by $59-million; Beame spokesman does not challenge estimates but holds Goldin is not offering new ideas for revenue increases or spending cuts; $87-million gap would require variety of nuisance taxes, more staff layoffs or combination of both; NYS Controller Arthur Levitt attacks use of long-term borrowing to pay for daily operating expenses, holding practice increases costs greatly; urges city to reduce debt and that State Legis stop letting city set up authorities to build projects it then 'rents'; Citizens Budget Comm complains that decisions about programs and alternatives are made 'within the inner reaches' of city's bureaucracy; remarks that it hopes to explore, with Temporary State Charter Revision Comm for NYC, how to change budgeting process to achieve 'open budgets openly arrived at'; Estimate Bd and City Council Finance Com conduct last public hearings on expense budget; Goldin illus

Soviet press, in 1st significant comment on Pres Nixon's visit to Moscow since date was announced, stresses that meeting enjoys support of Dems as well as Repubs in Cong; commentary indicates that Russians may have embarked on new tack more favorable to Dem opposition because of reassessment of Watergate affair; shift became evident 2 wks ago when Soviet delegation left for US on visit aimed at meetings with prominent Cong leaders; press dwelt on bipartisan nature of delegation's meetings; delegation was led by Boris Ponomarev; Pravda, in commentary, repts that delegates conversations with Amers confirmed that real basis exists for developing Soviet-US relations; press expressed disappointment over defeat of Sen Fulbright in Ark Dem primary (M)

NY Times survey finds most of 221,000 daily LIRR riders more satisfied with line's service since state took over bankrupt operation in '66; notes some of recent schedule changes have backfired; Elec Railroaders Assn official Hugh Dunne says line's new Metropolitan cars are comfortable and generally arrive on time; line's 569 elec trains are equipped with total of 775 Metropolitan cars; 145 remaining diesel-powered trains have older equipment but all passenger coaches are air-conditioned; rr, using standard that declares train late if it arrives at least 7 mins overdue, asserts on-time performance has risen to 94%; among major problems remaining are badly deteriorated trackage between Babylon and Montauk and between NYC and Jamaica, Queens, and lack of information for commuters on causes of delays; operating deficit continues to increase; rr pres Walter L Schlager lists planned improvements in service and equipment; train illus (L)