September 24, 1974

Nixon aide Ronald L Ziegler says former Pres Nixon's hospitalization has no bearing on whether he will be able to respond to ct subpoenas in Watergate‐related cases (S)

Bengali Prime Min Mujibur Rahman leaves Dacca for UN to appeal for more aid after devastating monsoon floods destroyed rice crops on more than 500,000 acres; says country has reached ‘near famine conditions’ and says he has ordered 4,300 gruel kitchens set up in hope of feeding country's 75‐million people (S)

NYC Police Dept files charges against officers John Tetro, William Lynch, Joseph Fleming, Robert Corsetti and James Conlon as result of shooting incident in which William Blake was wounded in eye by police bullet; Blake was sitting in car with 3 companions outside all‐night restaurant in Washington Hts and was shot apparently as result of mistaken identity after police recd tips of armed men in area; officers charged with failure and neglect to use utmost care in handling and safeguarding of revolvers and with violating firearms guidelines by shooting at a vehicle; face dept trial; Dist Atty Kuh says that he is conducting ‘active inquiry’ into shooting; civil rights atty Conrad Lynn says that he is preparing to file damage suit against NYC in behalf of Nathan Dennison, Reginald Braithwaithe and Robert Stokes, Blake's companions (M)

Lt James Gallagher, head of NYC Police Dept's 4th Homicide Zone, reassigned on Sept 23 after dept probe by Deputy Chief William J Averill concluded that detectives failed to recognize over‐all pattern of killings in deaths of 8 women in Park Plaza Hotel during last 18 mos; probe was ordered after Calvin Jackson reptdly told police that he had murdered 10 women in hotel; police later learned that 2 women had survived attacks and are still alive; Averill's rept says that Gallagher failed to consider tha deaths could have been committed by single killer and that there was no in‐depth investigation of hotel staff or residents; Gallagher reassigned to field internal affairs unit in Chief of Detectives office and replaced by Lt James Powers; homicide squads probe deaths if clearly result of killing, but when cause of death is unclear or seems to be from natural causes, it goes to detectives within pct investigative unit; cases of 5 women allegedly murdered by Jackson were investigated by homicide detectives; Asst Chief James T Sullivan says that structure of investigations may need changes (L)

NEWARK, Sept. 23—A migrant‐farm crew leader was charged by a Federal grand jury today with holding four Puerto Rican laborers in voluntary servitude under a rarely used post‐Civil War slavery law.