June 8, 1974

US Dist Ct Judge George L Hart sentences former Atty Gen Richard G Kleindienst to 1 month in prison and $100 fine, then suspends sentence, for refusing to answer questions of Sen Judiciary com in Mar and Apr '72; Kleindienst had wrongly testified that no one at White House interfered with Justice Dept handling of ITT antitrust suit, when in fact he had been ordered by Pres Nixon to drop case; case revd; Kleindienst illus (M)

USSR authorities decide to let dancers Valery Panov and his wife Galina Ragozina to emigrate to Israel, according to unofficial USSR sources; sources say exit visas are available in Leningrad but had not yet been issued to Panovs, who are not in city; pressure from West reptdly was not a factor in decision to let wife accompany Panov; friends of Panovs say couple was summoned by Leningrad branch of Office of Visas; Panov reptdly is flying to Leningrad from Moscow; wife is undergoing med treatment in Vilna; case revd; illus (M)

Sec Kissinger says on June 7 that US has agreed to negotiate future US mil assistance to Israel on long-term rather than yrly basis, testimony, Sen Foreign Relations Com; sources say new program would be worked out on 5-yr basis; US officials say no details of long-term arms program have been worked out; Kissinger notes Nixon Adm is asking $350-million in grants and credits for Israel in foreign aid bill (M)

Judge John J Sirica, at request of Pres Nixon through his atty James D St Clair, lifts protective order that has kept secret for almost a mo ct papers describing Nixon as unindicted co-conspirator in Watergate cover-up; action does not lead to release of papers, which are at Sup Ct, pending Ct's hearing of battle between Nixon and prosecution over latest prosecution subpoena; US Appeals Ct, Washington, DC, rejects, 5-1, motions of several of cover-up defendants seeking to have Sirica disqualified to preside over case; Judge George E MacKinnon dissents (L)

Rockland County officials on June 7 begin pumping water from Hudson River into mile-long rr tunnel near Haverstraw, NY, in attempt to subdue acrid fire that began when part of 50-car Penn Central freight train carrying chemicals and plastics derailed on June 6; earlier efforts to subdue blaze with foam were unsuccessful; Haverstraw Mayor Anthony Bosico says once fire is out, workers will shore up ceiling and lay new track; 5 of 14 derailed cars are still in tunnel; more than 50 volunteer firemen, including Mayor Bosico, are treated for smoke inhalation and related injuries; scene described; map (M)