August 14, 1974

NYC's taxi-fleet owners reach tentative 3-yr agreement with Taxi Drivers Union 4 hrs after deadline for contract termination and ask Taxi and Limousine Comm for 25% fare increase; proposed fare would be 70c for 1st 1/6th of a mi, 10c for each additional 1/6th and 10c for each 50 seconds of waiting time; Met Taxicab Trade Bd pres Joseph N Acierno and Maurice H Goetz, group's gen counsel, present details of package settlement to comm Chmn Moses L Kove; settlement was worked out with assistance of NYS Mediation Bd Chmn Vincent D McDonnell; union atty Donald F Menagh says settlement provides for reopening of contract if drivers fail to earn 10% more in 1st yr than they earned in previous yr; says inside workers would receive across-the-bd increases of $10 a wk the 1st yr, $10 the 2d and $11 the 3d; other contract provisions detailed; fleet owners' spokeman Arthur Gore comments (L)

White House announces that US Amb to Greece Henry J Tasca will be replaced, subject to Sen confirmation, by Asst Sec of Sate Jack B Kubisch; news of Tasca's replacement was widely expected; many Greeks believe that US gave too much support to mil dictatorship, and they place part of blame on Tasca; many Greek newspapers and politicians have been calling for Tasca's recall since dictatorship ceded power to civilian Govt; allegations against Tasca revd; Tasca's service in Greece assessed; career revd; Tasca and Kubisch pors (L)

Sen, 53-35, on Aug 13 rejects agreement under which Navy would have advanced payments of up to $100-million to Grumman Aerospace Corp to continue production of F-14 fighter plane; Sen William Proxmire, on whose resolution Sen rejected deal, holds such loans are inflationary, discriminatory and adds that there is no evidence that Grumman would be forced out of business if it did not get advance payment; rejection will speed up Grumman's request for final Navy payment schedule with which it can return to commercial lending sources for possible loans; no immediate adverse impact seen on Long Island econ or corp's 16,000 employes; Proxmire, Sen Jacob Javits, who voted for loan agreement, Sen Barry Goldwater, strong mil supporter who voted to reject loan, and Sen Howard W Cannon, chmn of armed services tactical air power subcom, comment (M)

Justice Dept announces that it has reached agreement settling antitrust suit against Associated Milk Producers, which reptdly attempted to bribe itself out of lawsuit by offering large contributions to former Pres Nixon's personal lawyer Herbert W Kalmbach; co-op is 1 of group of milk cooperatives that has been accused of offering Nixon campaign contributions of up to $2-million, in exch for higher Govt-decreed prices for milk; settlement imposes no penalties beyond assn's agreement not to engage in future in various alleged illegal practices; co-op, as matter of legal technicality, did not admit to any past illegal acts, which is standard feature of civil antitrust suits; earlier, documents that have been produced in ct show that former Atty Gen John N Mitchell stalled attempt of Antitrust Div to start grand jury investigation that might have resulted in criminal case against co-op; civil case that was settled was filed by former antitrust chief Richard W McLaren on Feb 1 '72; various alleged illegal actions by co-op enjoined in settlement noted; settlement will not become final for 60 days, giving Judge John W Oliver time to decide whether settlement appears to be reasonable (M)

US Sen Foreign Relations Com approves $250-million in econ aid to Israel; Ford Adm had requested $50-million in foreign aid bill (S)