some Jews in Moscow express hope, others skepticism on compromise agreement linking US trade concessions and emigration of Soviet Jews; many commenting are at trial of Viktor G Polsky, Jewish activist barred from going to Israel, now charged with having struck girl in car accident; among those quoted are Aleksandr, Maria and Vladimir Slepak, Aleksandr Goldfarb, Aleksandr Y Lerner, Aleksandr Lunts and Andrei D Sakharov (M)

Soviet Jews Voice Hopes and Doubts On Accord Report

Repr Wilbur D Mills has been forced to campaign hard for re-election because of recent incident in which his car was stopped by police and woman companion leaped or fell into Tidal Basin, Washington, DC, and was rescued (L)

Mills Forced to Campaign Hard Following Tidal Basin Incident

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Dr Jerome A Urban, acting chief of breast section at Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases who performed mastectomy on Vice Pres-designate N A Rockefeller's wife Margaretta, says Mrs Rockefeller's recovery is nearly complete and that there is no evidence of any spread of cancer beyond malignant area removed during surgery; details results of pathological examination; says no chemotherapy, X-ray or hormone therapy is expected to be performed; Dr Edward J Beattie Jr, chief medical officer of hospital, comments; Nelson visits wife; comments; Nelson illus (L)

Mrs. Rockeleller's Doctors Find No New Cancer Cells

in exch of lrs with Sec Kissinger, details provisions of compromise under which US will provide trade benefits to USSR in return for relaxation in Soviet emigration policies; illus

U.S. REPORTS DEAL ON SOVIET TRADE AND EMIGRATION

Tape of Mar 17 '73 conversation between then-Pres Nixon and his then-counsel John W Dean 3d is played at Watergate cover-up trial; in tape, Nixon tells Dean to 'cut' Watergate scandal 'off at the pass' by putting out a story that 'basically clears the Pres'; few portions of tape were previously disclosed; tape discloses that Nixon had referred in this conversation, as he did in others that have been made public, to his confrontation more than 20 yrs ago with Alger Hiss; main purpose of meeting was to discuss ways to deal with upcoming Sen Watergate com hearings; Nixon started by suggesting that Dean write gen statement to give com chmn Sen S J Ervin Jr saying that 'no one on the White House staff is involved' in Watergate break-in; Nixon and Dean discussed possible legal vulnerabilities of various persons at White House; Nixon told Dean that he must do his best to keep the blame fixed on 7 men already arrested and prosecuted for break-in; tape of Mar 21 '73 conversation among Nixon, Dean and H R Haldeman is played; in this tape, Dean told Nixon that there is 'cancer' growing on Presidency, and Nixon authorized payment of money to original Watergate burglars; Dean, at one point in conversation, refers to Judge John J Sirica as 'peculiar animal,' and then as 'son of a bitch'; cover-up defendants noted; charges noted; Dean testifies about growing pressure by original Watergate defendants early in 73 for money and for 'assurances' that they would be taken care of and about John D Ehrlichman's, Haldeman's and J N Mitchell's awareness of these demands and efforts to meet them; says Haldeman approved delivery of more than $300,000 remaining in his secret White House cash fund to Nixon campaign official who was providing money to Watergate defendants; testifies about demand by burglar E Howard Hunt Jr on Mar 16, relayed to Dean on Mar 19, for more than $120,000; says Hunt threatened that unless he got money he would have some 'seamy' things to say about what he 'did for John Ehrlichman at the White House'; Mar 17 tape includes segment referring to difficulties that Ehrlichman might have, because of things Hunt and others had done for White House 'plumbers' unit that Ehrlichman supervised (L)

Jury Hears Tape of Nixon Bidding Dean Balk Inquiry

Port Auth says controversial plan to extend its PATH rapid transit line from Newark Internatl Airport to Plainfield, NJ, 'is being delayed'; says delay in $250-million project is due to interest of NJ Transportation Dept in alternative plan involving acquisition of NJ Central Ry; Fed Urban Mass Transportation Adm has informed auth that its application for $201-million in Fed aid is being deferred because of these developments; project is part of bistate package of transit improvements announced in Nov '72; original estimate of total cost of package was $650-million; current estimate is closer to $800-million (M)

Port Agency Says Jersey Plan Will Delay Extension of PATH

Israeli investing scandal involving Israel Corp deposits in financially troubled Internatl Credit Bank of Geneva unveiled by Baron Edmond de Rothschild (M)

Israeli Investing Scandal Unveiled by Rothschild

text of N A Rockefeller's lr to Sen H W Cannon and Repr P W Rodino Jr about new lRS tax assessment (M)

ROCETKER OWES $903,798 TO I.R.S FOR LAST 5 YEARS

Article on $20-million country home project, Sleepy Hollow Lake, which has been beset by troubles; spokesmen for developers, property purchasers and investing cos express confidence in project but official records show outlook is bleak; 43 contractors' liens, reflecting unpaid bills totaling over $1.6-million, have been filed against developer; negotiations are going on for paying off liens, monitored by attys for office of Sec of State of NY; 1,236 purchasers have signed contracts to buy land and are paying interest and amortization charges although they cannot build houses; Roy Graves is chmn of com set up to protect rights of property owners; history of development revd; sales began to drop off when economy took downturn and gas situation was severe; Robert Livsey, exec vp of Sleepy Hollow Lake Inc, says it will take between $3-million and $4-million to finish project and pay off debts; negotiations for keeping Sleepy Hollow afloat are centering on Diversified Mortgage Investors of Boston; spokesman for Diversified says co's intention is to reach a settlement with creditors; Graves says he believes negotiations will succeed; illus; map (L)

Troubles Beset a $20‐Million Country‐Home Project

The trend to lower shortterm interest rates in the money markets continued yesterday with a new round of reductions in the prime rate by several of the nation's leading commercial banks.

PRIME RATES CUT BY MAJOR BANKS

Article on Dili (Portuguese Timor), Portugal's most remote and 'neglected' territory which now faces independence, speculates on territory's future in wake of self-determination and independence; notes that since Apr 25 mil coup in Lisbon (Portugal), island residents have created 3 pol parties and Gov has resigned; effects independence will have on territory's econ noted; Timorese Priest Rev Martinho Lopes comments; map noting location of Dili; illus of wkly flag-lowering ceremony in Dili (L)

Portuguese Timor Ponders Uncertain Fate

Mun Se Kwang is sentenced to death on Oct 19 in Seoul on charges arising from his attempted assassination of Pres Park that resulted in death of Park's wife; sentence is subject to rev by a higher ct (S)

SOUTH KOREA DOOMS MRS. PARK'S KILLER

article discusses how Pakistani Prime Min Bhutto is strengthening his grip on nation and making it economically viable; his pol difficulties detailed; map shows location of Baluchistan and other trouble spots (L)

Bhutto Strengthening His Grip on a Troubled Pakistan

Egyptian Foreign Min Ismail Fahmy on Oct 18 returns to Cairo after 4 days of talks with Soviet leaders (S)

Egypt and Soviet Join in Demanding Palestinian State

article on Moslem celebration of Bairam, 3-day holiday marking end of Ramadan, Cairo; illus (M)

Joyous Cairo Holiday Comes With a High Price Tag

UZES, France, Oct. 18 (AP) &#8212; Twenty&#8208;seven paintings valued at $800,000 were stolen from a castle belonging to the British art critic Sir Douglas Cooper, the police reported today.

25 Picassos Are Stolen From British Art Critic

Episc Ch's House of Bishops, 97-35, endorses principle of ordination of women to priesthood despite recent controversy over 11 women whose ordination was subsequently said to be invalid, annual meeting, Oaxtepec, Mex; emphasizes 'seriousness and importance' of issue of women's ordination in hope that 'well-informed action' will be taken at next gen conv in '76; only House of Bishops can reform ch canons to allow women to become priests; Bishops John Krumm and Kilmer Myers, who supported resolution, and Bishop Stanley Atkins, who opposed it, comment (S)

Episcopal Unit Is for Ordaining Women

US State Dept says on Oct 18 that mil experts have completed survey of 'prospective' mil equipment needs of Saudi Arabia over next 10 yrs but that no commitments or deals have been made; dept spokesman Robert Anderson denies rept that Sec Kissinger developed 'secret plan' to sell Saudi Arabia billions of dollars worth of arms during next 10 yrs in return for agreement by King Faisal to bring oil prices down; says US survey of Saudi armed forces was done to decide what was needed to protect kingdom (S)

SAUDI ARMS NEEDS SURVEYED BY U.S.

Pres Ford signs into law new version of stop-gap money bill that will allow US mil aid to Turkey to continue until Dec 10 if Turkey refrains from sending additional mil equipment or supplies to its forces on Cyprus; legislators who oppose aid to Turkey contend that measure actually contains more restrictive provisions than bill Ford vetoed on Oct 17; measure, which Pres Ford approved with 'serious reservations,' stipulates that Turkey shall observe cease-fire on Cyprus and not increase its forces on island; compromise measure was worked out by dozen members of Cong during meeting in office of Speaker of House Carl Albert; State Dept repts there was no consultation between Ford and dept on new language; HR Appropriations Com chmn George H Mahon began meeting by suggesting all refs to mil equipment and supplies be substituted with provisions on no cease-fire violations and no increase in forces; Repr Benjamin S Rosenthal offered to narrow their original language to 'implements of war'; Mahon said this would not be acceptable to Ford; was challenged by HR leader John J Rhodes, and on Albert's advice, they all agreed to call Ford, who gave his assent to compromise (M)

FORD SIGNS BILL ON AID TO TURKEY

article traces life of S Vietnamese RC priest Rev Tran Huu Thanh; Thanh is present leader of anticorruption movement against S Vietnamese Pres Nguyen Van Thieu; article notes that while he is generally thought of as 'rightist Catholic' he endorses 'Communists' promises of soc reform' and rejects their authoritarian methods (M)

Anti‐Red Priest Leads Foes of Thieu

Eur Communist parties, concluding Warsaw meeting Oct 18, agree to hold high-level conf in '75 in E Berlin; act after Soviet plan for world party aimed against China apparently falls through; W Eur party officials rept Yugoslav and Ital delegations agree to attend '75 conf only on condition it is not used by USSR as forum to attack China (S)

COMMUNISTS SET EAST BERLIN PARLEY

UN Security Council, in Oct 18 meeting, begins rev of S Africa's relationship with UN, as requested by Gen Assembly; reprs of African countries, charging racial discrimination, demand S Africa be expelled from UN; among those speaking are Tunisian Amb Rachid Driss, Somalian Min Omar Artch Ghalib and Sierra Leone Min Desmond E Fashole-Luke; S African Amb Roelf F Botha is present but makes no statement; no member nation has ever been ousted from UN; Western powers, for various geo-pol reasons, seen trying to block ouster, possibly by veto (M)

U.N. COUNCIL ACTS ON SOUTH AFRICA

Provincial official, quoted by Ethiopian News Agency, says that nearly a million persons are close to starvation and need emergency water supplies in vast arid Ogaden region of east central Ethiopia; says 96 persons have already died of thirst; agency says Degeh Bur dist is hardest hit and thousands of cattle and camels have died, depriving nomadic population of their livelihood (S)

Ethiopian Province Official Says Million Lack Water

France, in EEC Council of Mins meeting on Oct 15, presented number of proposals for closer pol ties, including lessening of veto power in EEC and direct election of Eur Parliament, but has recd little enthusiastic support; ideas of Pres Valery Giscard d'Estaing Govt presented by Min Jean Sauvagnargues; most member countries appear to want to deal with more pragmatic issues; Brit Sec James Callaghan called French working paper 'institution mongering' (M)

French Suggest Closer Ties far Europe

The Schedules of the Niue Constitution Act 1974 form the Constitution of Niue. It stipulates the make-up of the executive branch of the government, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch. The Niue Constitution Act 1974 is the supreme law of Niue; any other Niue law that is inconsistent with the Niue Constitution Act 1974 will be deemed to be invalid.

Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.

October 19, 1974

Headlines from October 19, 1974

Soviet Jews Voice Hopes and Doubts On Accord Report

Mills Forced to Campaign Hard Following Tidal Basin Incident

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Mrs. Rockeleller's Doctors Find No New Cancer Cells

U.S. REPORTS DEAL ON SOVIET TRADE AND EMIGRATION

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