Prince Charles gives maiden speech, 1st such speech by royal family in 90 yrs, from House of Lords floor (S)

Prince Charles Speaks in Lords

The Administration disclosed that it would not ask Congress to impose a weight or horsepower tax on autos or to write gasoline efficiency standards. Page 15.

New Auto Tax Barred

Labor Dept's new method of pricing petroleum products, designed to reflect actual prices of products more realistically than 'spot' sale figures quoted in trade journals, accts for 15% decline in reptd prices of 'fuel and power' segment of index and reduces entire Wholesale Price Index by 2.5 points; graph (S)

WHOLESALE COSTS SURGED IN MONTH

Com of 20 agrees on 8-point package of 'interim' arrangements to promote world financial harmony; pkg includes: approval of special new 'oil facility' in IMF to make loans to nations facing oil-related balance-of-payments difficulties and agreement to set up ministerial com in IMF and World Bank to examine transfer of real resources to developing countries, with special attention to those countries hardest hit by rising oil prices (S)

MONETARY FUND AGREES ON REFORM

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command on June 13 takes credit for Arab guerrilla attack on Israeli Kibbutz Shamir in which 3 women were murdered and 4 guerrillas were killed themselves in gun battle and says it constitutes 'our reaction to Pres Nixon's visit to the Arab world (S)

Palestinians Link Attack to the Visit by Nixon

NEWS INDEX

Nation's 1st transportation stamp program begins in West Va on June 13; person with monthly income of $35 or less can buy $8 worth of transportation each mo for $1 book of stamps; aim of 4-yr experiment is to subsidize low-income elderly and handicapped persons who do not own cars and to help keep public transit alive by increasing spending power of these people; Fed Hwy Admr Norbert T Tiemann predicts that program will be carried out in many other areas of nation if it is successful; some critics challenge experiment as 1st step toward potential huge Fed commitment; retired physician Dr Eldon D Tucker is credited with applying food stamp concept to transportation; his proposal was adopted by Gov Arch A Moore Jr and state Welfare Comr Edwin F Flowers, who enlisted support of Sen Jennings Randolph in obtaining Fed subsidies; experiment will cost $23-million; state will contribute $6-million and rest is to come from Appalachian Regional Comm, Transportation and HEW Depts and Econ Opportunity Office, which has turned over $4-million for project (M)

A Stamp Plan for Travel Is Tested in West Virginia

Brabham, John: NYC Ptl William L Walker indicted in death of coll student John Brabham while on duty Apr 9, '73; indictment, handed up 2 wks ago, was withheld to avoid influencing jury in trial of Ptl Thomas Shea for murder of Clifford Glover; Walker allegedly chased car driving with no lights in Bedford-Stuyvesant sec of Bklyn, and then ran after driver when car crashed, firing when driver appeared to point gun at him; original charges were dismissed, but case was reopened when victim's mother appealed to Civilian Complaint Rev Bd; Walker illus (M)

Policeman Indicted In Killing of Student In Central Brooklyn

Sources rept on June 14 that Sec Kissinger was not 'target' of special Watergate prosecutor's investigation of Nixon Adm's wiretapping operations; 1 source discloses that prosecutor's office had told Sen Foreign Relations Com that it had seen nothing thus far to imply any criminal liability on Kissinger's part; investigation ordered mos ago by special prosecutor Jaworski is limited to potential violations of Fed wiretapping laws, source emphasizes, and is not considering question of whether Kissinger perjured himself in his confirmation hearings before com in '73; Jaworski's interest focuses on taps on individuals who were included in operation at behest of other Adm officials, individuals whose jobs were outside area of natl security; from May, '69, to Feb, '71, 4 newsmen and 13 Govt officials were subjected to wiretaps, all authorized by Nixon but installed by FBI; Nixon has said that he approved use of wiretaps because of his concern over unauthorized leaks of sensitive information to press from Kissinger's office

WIRETAP INQUIRY IS SAID NOT TO AIM AT KISSINGER ROLE

STATE DEMOCRATS SELECT SAMUELS FOR TOP OF SLATE

REX REED IN THE SOHO WKLY NEWS. At Your Newssland. Ask For Il.&#8212;Advt.

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Tempers and radiators were boiling yesterday over the West Side Highway&#8212;or the lack of it.

City Accused of Lagging On West Side Road Job

White House counsel J Fred Buzhardt Jr suffers apparent heart attack and is rushed to Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va, where he is reptd in 'serious' but 'stabilized' condition; effect of Buzhardt's illness on Pres Nixon's defense in Watergate affair discussed; sources say Buzhardt is in charge of over-all defense of Pres although James D St Clair is Nixon's chief atty before HR impeachment inquiry and in Watergate-related ct cases; Buzhardt has also acted as custodian of all tapes and documents related to Watergate and reptdly is far more familiar with these materials than anyone else in White House; Buzhardt por (M)

Bazhardt in Hospital With Pains in Chest; Condition ‘Serious’

Lebanese Defense Ministry says on June 13 that 3 Lebanese villages on eastern slopes of Mt Hermon were struck by Israeli artillery fire; says tens of houses were damaged and farms set on fire; says they were struck by 80 shells fired by Israeli guns in occupied Syrian Golan hts; says Lebanese artillery returned fire; says Lebanese army positions intercepted Israeli mil unit that entered Lebanese territory and forced it to fall back into enermy territory; no casualties are reptd among Lebanese; incident evokes interest in Beirut in light of gun battle at Kibbutz Shamir in northern Israel during day in which 4 guerrillas and 3 Israeli women were killed; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command claimed responsibility for kibbutz raid, insisting that guerrillas came from Israel and did not cross from Lebabon; map (M)

Beirut Says Israeli Fire Damages 3 Villages

illus of Pres Nixon and Egyptian Pres Sadat waving to crowds on route from Cairo to Alexandria

NIXON SAYS SADAT WILL COME TO U.S. LATER THIS YEAR

wall posters in Peking attack Peking's Munic Revolutionary Com and Peking Communist party com for allegedly trying to rehabilitate reputations of Liu Shao-chi and Peng Chen, both of whom were ousted during Cultural Revolution of '66-69; accuse Munic Revolutionary Com of trying to keep lid on drive against Lin Piao and Confucius (S)

Posters in Peking Cite Shortcomings Of City's Leaders

former Kirov Ballet dancer Valery Panov and wife Galina Ragozina obtain Israeli visas from Dutch Embassy, but voice fear that last-minute hitch involving Mrs Larisa Ragozina could delay departure plans; Panov discloses that Soviet officials told his wife that her mother wanted some form of financial support, possibly involving ct procedure and delays; notes she charged officials with trying to force couple to stay in USSR past deadline; officials backed off; Panovs' case revd; Panov discloses that he plans to enter Israeli hosp for 2-wk checkup and rest and that Ragozina, who is pregnant, will also require some attention; estimates that it will take 4 mos of intensive training to be ready to dance again; Batsheva Dance Co in Israel has announced preparations for receiving Panovs; Panov says he expects to thank Western friends who helped them; illus (L)

Beaming Panov Quickly Obtains Visas for Israel and Austria

Pres Giovanni Leone rejects resignation of Premier Mariano Rumor and his Cabinet after 3 days of formal consultations and urges Govt to make every effort to reach accord on grave econ situation; parliamentary members say that if Rumor's Govt is able to agree on new econ austerity package Cabinet would have to seek votes of confidence in Sen and Chamber of Deputies; econ crisis detailed (M)

Italian Premier's Resignation Rejected

article on grave econ situation in Italy warns country is on verge of insolvency and faces possible bankruptcy; says cost of living is now rising by more than 20% on annual basis but that too many politicians are ignoring warnings of financial disaster (L)

The Italian ‘Slide’

Dutch Govt of Premier Joop den Uyl, under pressure from NATO allies and Dutch pol groups, pledges to make no immediate cuts in armed forces; had reptdly planned to drop number of active troops and raise number of reserves and to slow build-up of new mobile div for use in W Ger; Defense Min Henk Vredeling tells 10 Eur defense mins meeting in Brussels as informal group within NATO that cuts now under study will be carried out only in framework of general mil cuts under East-West accord (M)

Dutch, Yielding to NATO Pressures, Renounce Troop Cuts

Cambodian Cabinet meets with Pres Lon Nol June 13 in effort to find formula for new govt (S)

Cambodian Leader's Seek Way Out of Cabinet Crisis

former Israeli Defense Min Moshe Dayan on June 13 says that agreement with Egypt to disengage forces would enable Israel to embark on large-scale peacetime projects and to expand its econ and absorb new immigrants, speech at dinner of Israel Bond Orgn, NYC (S)

FRENCH AUSTERITY STIRS UP ANXIETY

Portugal and African Party for the Liberation of Portuguese Guinea and Cape Verde Islands resume talks, Algiers (S)

Portugal and the Guinea Nationalists Resume Negotiations for a Cease‐Fire

BUENOS AIRES, June 13&#8212;President Juan Domingo Per&#243;n today rejected the resignations offered by his Cabinet ministers last night in the wake of a growing economic crisis.

June 14, 1974

Headlines from June 14, 1974

Prince Charles Speaks in Lords

New Auto Tax Barred

WHOLESALE COSTS SURGED IN MONTH

MONETARY FUND AGREES ON REFORM

Palestinians Link Attack to the Visit by Nixon

Billboard 200

Band On The Run

The Sting

Sundown

Buddha And The Chocolate Box

Maria Muldaur

Historical Context for June 14, 1974