August 18, 1974

NYC Mayor Beame on Aug 17 ends long controversy among local agencies by ordering Parks Admr Edwin Weisl to issue permit for construction of 3,000-ft rail spur through Forest Park, Queens, to complete proposed mass transit line from Jamaica, Queens to Kennedy Airport; target date for $369-million project, linking Penn Station and Jamaica LIRR station to airport, is '79; Weisl, who strongly opposed MTA plan to cut 45-ft-wide swath through heavily-wooded section of park, says he will comply with Beame's order; Port Auth chmn William Ronan and MTA head David Yunich laud Mayor's decision and say they will apply for 80% Fed subsidy for project; conservation groups express disappointment; Beame's remarks noted; map (L)

A record 2.871 inches of rain for an. Aug. 17 Jell on the metropolitan area in two storms yesterday. Highway flooding delayed traffic thoughout the city subways were slowed, and two IND trains were stuck the East River tunnel when water over the third rail caused a short‐circuit. Details on Rage 18.

Zaret, Leslie: Leslie Zaret, 17, murdered and sexually molested in Queens schoolyard on Aug 17; cause of death is apparently strangulation; police rept no leads and no suspects; illus (M)

White House press sec J F terHorst announces that a mysterious tip linking ex-Gov N A Rockefeller to 'dirty tricks' of '72 Pres campaign was dismissed as baseless after investigation this wk by Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski; links tip to 'extemists' seeking to discredit Rockefeller as possible Vice-Pres choice; says investigation is completely closed and will have no further bearing on Pres Ford's choice of Vice Pres; says Rockefeller is still being considered for post; Ford's counsel Philip W Buchen confirms that original tip about papers held by Watergate burglar E Howard Hunt Jr and Rockefeller had come to him from a man who called himself 'Mr Long'; says Long told him that copies of Hunt's files still exist and would link Rockefeller with '72 campaign and with ex-Atty Gen J N Mitchell; Hunt's lockboxes, kept in bank vault in unspecified city, proved empty; terHorst says any further pursuit of Hunt papers is up to Jaworski; says any allegation made about Rockefeller and Mitchell to Long 'would also appear to be without foundation'; Rockefeller's press sec Hugh Morrow comments; Rockefeller por (L)

Article on resumption of Turkish mil action on Cyprus following breakdown in Geneva peace talks discusses effects on Greek-Amer relations; notes anti-Amer demonstrations in Greece (S)