June 5, 1974

NY Times survey on growth of student homosexual orgns on US coll campuses; says that number of ct suits by homosexuals demanding recognition, begun 2 or 3 yrs ago, have ended in favor of homosexuals; says most homophile groups have emerged without strife to become generally accepted and often valued members of campus community; Lee Lehman, dir of Natl Gay Student Center, branch of Natl Student Assn, says there are between 200 and 250 homosexual student groups on campuses; survey notes situation on campuses at Cornell, Univ of Wisconsin, Stanford, Princeton and Penn State; says students at Univ of Kansas lost their appeal and issue has died down; Dr Preston K Munter, asst dir of Harvard Health Services, says there are fewer people in 'homosexual panic'--acute anxiety over homosexual desires or experiences (L)

At least 10,000 people and perhaps as many as 20,000 have died in northeastern Indian state of Bihar in smallpox epidemic that is described as 1 of the worst in recent yrs; 65,000 people have survived epidemic, although many are permanently blinded and scarred; WHO official Donald A Henderson says that 1 out of 4 smallpox victims dies in usual epidemic; US Center for Disease Control plans to send 26 med epidemiologists to India in '74; epidemic comes at time when WHO officials say they are nearing final stages of eliminating smallpox; officials chide India for not acting sooner to contain epidemic; map (M)

ct records show HR Judiciary Com has intensified its inquiry into 17 so-called 'natl security' wiretaps authorized by Pres Nixon beginning in '69; series of lrs filed in connection with lawsuit brought by wiretap victim Morton H Halperin discloses that com attys completed arrangements last wk for turnover of highly classified FBI wiretap documents and materials; com counsel John Doar tells newsmen that com will begin hearing evidence June 6 on 'domestic surveillance'; possible target of prosecutor's inquiry is State Sec H A Kissinger, who was Nixon's natl security adviser when wiretaps were initiated; sources who have seen some of Govt's wiretap material declare that it shows that Kissinger played far more active role in decision to begin and continue wiretapping than Kissinger has publicly acknowledged; com Chmn Repr P W Rodino Jr describes in lr to FBI Dir Clarence M Kelley scope of inquiry; lr quoted; lr suggests Nixon may have been personally involved in July '71 decision to transfer wiretap logs and files from FBI to John D Ehrlichman's office; White House confirmed last May that Nixon had authorized wiretaps for 'natl security' purposes; history of case revd; Nixon in discussion with then-White House counsel John W Dean 3d reptdly said that Kissinger had asked that taps be placed and complained that taps had not helped; Kissinger's testimony before Sen Foreign Relations Com last Sept on issue noted (L)

3-Judge Fed panel (8th Circuit) rules on June 4 that there is not sufficient evidence of health hazard resulting from Reserve Mining Co's dumping of taconite waste into Lake Superior to warrant immediate halt in operations; stays for 70 days order by US Dist Judge Miles Lord (Minneapolis) that discharges be stopped immediately and sets timetable for Reserve to submit and have approved plans for on-land disposal of waste; decision will apparently allow Reserve to continue to pollute Lake Superior from its Silver Bay, Minn, plant for up to 5 yrs; C William Verity, pres of Armco Steel which owns Reserve jointly with Republic Steel, says conversion to onland disposal will take 3 1/2 to 5 yrs and will require $100-million in state and Fed aid; EPA Admr Russell P Train has said he will oppose Reserve's request for Fed pollution control assistance; case revd (M)

The nation's railroads were told yesterday by the Interstate Commerce Commission that they could raise freight rates as much as 10 per cent. The move would cost shippers an additional $1.25‐billion in rail‐freight charges in the next 12 months. Page 57.