October 31, 1974

US, GB and France use vetoes in UN Security Council Oct 30 to block black African move to oust S Africa from UN because of its racial policies; 10 members vote for ouster, including USSR and China, which also have veto power; Austria and Costa Rica abstain; Australia, Byelorussia, Cameroon, Indonesia, Iraq, Kenya, Mauritania and Peru vote for ouster; occasion is 1st time 3 permanent members have cast vetoes on a resolution; vote is milestone for UN because never before has expulsion of member nation been formally considered; Gen Assembly had asked Council to study S Africa's 'relationship' to UN; S African Amb Roelof F Botha declines comment; statements in debate by US Amb John A Scali, French Amb Louis de Guiringaud and Brit Amb Ivor Richard quoted; all stress opposition to apartheid but see greater chance for change with S Africa in UN; also oppose setting ouster precedent; Scali, on hopeful signs of change in S Africa, cites appraisal by Zambian Pres Kennedh D Kaunda; delegates illus voting (M)

White House officials say Pres Ford, in wks between Nov 5 election and Jan 1 '75, will make over his Cabinet, replacing some but not all of Nixon appointees; say changes are almost certain in Depts of Labor, of HEW and of Transportation and Mgt and Budget Office, and that they are likely in Depts of Commerce, Agr, of Justice and of HUD; there is disagreement as to whether James R Schlesinger will be replaced as Defense Sec; State Sec H A Kissinger, Interior Sec RCB Morton and Treas Sec W E simon are considered virtually certain to stay, at least for a number of mos; aides say Ford did not move quickly to make changes because he did not have time to prepare for a transition and was inundated by duties of the office and because he chose to spend time campaigning for Repubs in Cong elections; say another reason is that Ford feels comfortable with Nixon Cabinet members; say it is also possible that Ford may want to look at field of defeated Repub officeholders after elections for possible apptmts to Cabinet or other Adm jobs; say Ford is eager to fashion Cabinet with broader pol base and to give dept heads more authority than they had under Nixon Adm (L)

Dr John C Lungren issues bulletin saying former Pres Nixon's internal bleeding has apparently stopped and his condition shows 'some improvement' after 3 blood transfusions but he remains on critical list as he receives intensive care; Nixon's press sec Ronald L Ziegler says 'we almost lost Pres Nixon,' news conf; 'shock' defined; cause of Nixon's shock discussed; treatment of Nixon's type of condition discussed; Ziegler por; illus of Mrs Nixon and her daughers, Julie Eisenhower and Patricia Cox, going to visit Nixon (L)

Fed grand jury indicts RC priest Rev John J Tirella and correction officer Lawrence Charles Giannino for playing key roles in escape of 7 major narcotics violators from Fed House of Detention, NYC, on Sept 22; indictment charges Tirella carried out of prison Styrofoam impressions of Keys needed for escape, which he later turned over to Yvonne Cruz Kee, who has also been indicted for aiding in escape of prisoners and harboring escaped convict; other defendant indentified as Nicholas Pretino and Richard Malizia son of escapee; Giannino is charged with accepting $1,000 in return for providing impressions of keys used to unlock doors through which escape was made; resigned post on Oct 11; escapees identified as John Dc Benedictus, Ernest Malizia, Pasquale Perna, Mario Anthony Perna, Enrique Barrera, Gilbert Bornsztejn, Nelson Garcia, Amado Lopez (L)

NY Times-Yankelovich survey shows surprising amt of agreement in suburbs with NYC's perennial charge that it deserves more state aid; majority of suburbanites int by telephone says state adm has not done good job in helping large cities; pluralities in Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties say NYC is being shortchange; 69% of NYC residents see need for more state aid and 54% of suburban residents agree; 1/3 of NYC residents say they would like to move to other states; upstaters and suburban residents, compared to NYC residents, are relatively satisfied with local conditions; poll finds regional stereotyping unwarranted, with 70% of upstate residents and 79% of NYC residents favoring stricter gun controls; majority of residents in Nassau and Suffolk Counties endorse proposal for off-shore drilling to deal with energy shortage; issue of restricting local beaches continues to pit city residents against suburbanites; illus; table shows opinions of people around state on NYC's financial complaints: table shows opinions on whether state govt has been helping cities over past few yrs (L)