Pres Ford signs 6‐yr, $11.8‐billion mass transit bill that NYC Mayor Beame says will save city's 35c fare through '75 (M)

PRESIDENT SIGNS MASS‐TRANSIT ACT

Procedures that authorized rent increases of up to 12 per cent in rent&#8208;stabilized apartments in New York City were declared invalid in court, but the immediate impact was not known. Page 29.

City Rent Confusion

Office of Mgt and Budget Dir Roy L Ash says revised Fed budget of $302.2‐billion for fiscal '75 assumes that unemployment rate will avg 6.15% for current fiscal yr; Treas Sec William E Simon suggests that jobless rate might rise to 7% by spring '75 (S)

PRESIDENT ASKS $4.6‐BILLION CUT IN SPENDING NOW

California's Blacks Able To Capture White Votes

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26&#8212;The United Mine Workers bargaining council rejected today and then approved tonight the union officers' proposed agreement with the coal industry, opening the way for a final settlement of the national miners' strike by the middle of next week.

MINE UNION PANEL BACKS COAL PACT

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26&#8212;President Ford has told Congressional leaders that the tentative arms&#8208;control agreement that he completed with the Soviet Union Sunday would

Arms Limit Said to Include 1,200 Vehicle for MIRVs

Interstate System highway proposed by Beame Adm to replace delapidated West Side Highway south of 42d St, NYC, would run, fully enclosed, along present site of West Side piers; piers would be replaced by street‐level facilities for community use; proposal also calls for construction of container‐port facility adjacent to 30th St rr yds (M)

City Plans a Tunnel for West Side Road South of 42d Street

House Rules Com blocks, for rest of Cong session, floor consideration of omnibus securities legis intended to restructure securities mkt, end fixed brokerage commission rates and strengthen authority of SEC; votes, 8‐6, against sending measure to floor, against wishes of White House, Treas Dept, Justice Dept and SEC; vote seen as result of resentment of some on panel at being called upon to act so late in session, and of massive lobbying effort of Securities Indus Assn and NYSE, which opposes May 1 '75 effective date for competitive commission rates; SEC seen intent on enforcing that deadline despite House vote on bill (M)

House Panel Blocks a Bill To End Fixed Stock Fees

Commerce Dept repts that US oil imports in first 10 mos of '74 cost $20.1‐billion, compared with $7.8‐billion in all of '73 (S)

U.S. Shows Trade Surplus As October Exports Gain

Shell Oil Co is negotiating broad agreement with Iran that could result in major Iranian investment in Shell's gasoline stations on Eastern seaboard; negotiations have so far focused on possible joint construction of $2‐billion oil refinery in Iran and on long‐term assurances of Iranian crude oil supplies to Shell (M)

Iran Weighs Major Investment In Shell's East Coast Stations

Ex‐Atty Gen J N Mitchell on Nov 26 takes witness stand in his own defense at Watergate cover‐up trial; says he had nothing to do with decision to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash to Watergate burglars; repeats his testimony to Judge John J Sirica after jury was dismissed for the day; discussion was started by Sirica who said he did not understand why all the money was paid if there was no ‘obligation’ to men; chief prosecutor James F Neal contends prosecution evidence showed that money was ‘hush money’ and that Mitchell had, in fact, been in on decision to pay it; Mitchell denies various other allegations against him; denies giving advance approval to Watergate break‐in; acknowledges that he had recd information after break‐in linking burglars to re‐election com, specifically to Jeb S Magruder; acknowledges hearing about payments but says he decided not to ‘volunteer’ what he had heard because of his belief in Pres Nixon; says he believed Nixon knew nothing of facts behind Watergate; H R Haldeman's atty John J Wilson gives opening statement, which seeks to absolve Haldeman of any illegal activity and to shift blame, variously, to John W Dean 3d, Magruder, Gordon Strachan and Mitchell; statement does not directly blame Nixon; it is disclosed that Nixon's attys have filed motion to quash subpoena by John D Ehrlichman calling for various documents from Ehrlichman's White House files; motion says attys cannot find 1 of items Ehrlichman requested, a memo dated June 26 or 27 '72 from CIA to FBI about Watergate burglars; says 3 other items are ‘presumably privileged’ unless Ehrlichman can demonstrate compelling need for them; items described; 1st character witness presented in Mitchell's defense is Julia Carter, a former Mitchell family maid; 2d is Mark Evans, who identifies himself as Metromedia public affairs vp and acquaintance of Mitchell for some time; Mitchell's attys play part of White House tape for jury of conversation on Mar 22 '73 among Nixon, Mitchell, Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Dean; tape contains statements by Mitchell to effect that White House aides should testify before Sen Watergate com; tape could be interpreted as incriminating to Mitchell because it is essentially a discussion of how to cope with forthcoming Sen Watergate hearings without any injury to Nixon; Mitchell, in course of his testimony, directly contradicts earlier testimony at trial by Dean, Magruder and Frederick C La Rue; Neal points out that some of contradictions involve subject of payments to burglars; other contradictions noted; courtroom sketch of Mitchell (L)

MITCHELL DENIES ROLE IN DECISION TO PAY BURGLARS

US Sec Kissinger begins formal talks in Peking Nov 26 with Chinese team headed by Deputy Premier Teng Hsiao‐ping, former Communist party sec gen, who was in disgrace when Kissinger 1st visited China in '71; Teng has position in talks formerly held by Premier Chou En‐lai, whom Kissinger visited in hosp Nov 25; Kissinger interprets for Chinese understanding reached in Vladivostok between Pres Ford and L I Brezhnev on limiting strategic arms; also fills them in on other aspects of talks; Amer officials say Chinese have conveyed no irritation that talks were held only 40 mi from Chinese frontier; some bantering before talks begin noted; US Asst Sec Philip C Habib starts separate talks on issues believed to include counter claims of frozen assets in 2 countries, amounting to about $198.8‐million on part of US and $76.5‐million on part of Chinese; Kissinger's son David illus toasting Min Chiao‐Kuan‐hua at Nov 25 banquet; Kissinger and Teng illus toasting (M)

KISSINGER BRIEFS CHINESE ON PACT

NYS Gov‐elect Hugh Corey, warning ‘substantial’ budget deficit faces state in fiscal '76, sends lr to Gov Wilson calling for immediate hiring freeze covering all but ‘absolutely critical positions’ as first step in continuing austerity processs; some Carey aides say budget may have to be trimmed by at least $500‐million; Carey, in lr to Wilson, says there is no way state can interrupt ‘your’ 2.5% income tax surcharge in '75; asks state agency heads to rev proposed budgets with eye toward possible cutbacks; mentions possibility of tax reform; says current budget of $9.6‐billion is ‘nominally in balance’; Carey fiscal adviser William H Donaldson meets with Wilson aide T Norman Hurd to discuss job freeze request (M)

CAREY ASKS HALT ON STATE HIRING

NEWS INDEX

Meets at 10:30 A.M. and 3 P.M. on Cambodia's seat in the United Nations.

The Proceedings In the U.N. Today

Pres Ford, in briefing of Cong leaders, says that S Korean Pres Park has become more lenient toward his pol opponents and is easing his repressive rule (S)

Rivals Begin Drive to Suceed Tanaka

Pres Valery Giscard d'Estaing, assuring nation on state of French econ, explains inflation was partly caused by 4‐fold increase in oil prices and was beyond Govt's control (S)

Giscard Reassures French on Economy; Says Growth Will Resume Next Year

analysis of IRA and its impact on GB; bombing of pub‐goers in Birmingham, Eng, Nov 21 has managed to bring fighting in N Ireland closer to home and has made its 1st real dent on country's way of ordering its life; Brit Govt will allow police to hold and question those suspected of N Ireland‐related terrorism for up to 1 wk without charges and will prohibit wearing of any item of clothing that might be taken for part of IRA uniform; bigger breach of const normality will come if, as expected, Govt assumes powers to send people back to N Ireland or keep them from coming to GB; Times of London recently came out for restoration of capital punishment; continuation of campaign of major bloodshed in GB is expected to lead to further curtailment of civil liberties and possible backlash against Irish‐born residents of GB; illus of post office workers in London sealing mailbox after 3 boxes were blown up Nov 25 (M)

I.R.A and Its Impact on London

King Constantine, in TV and radio address recorded in London, says that if he returns to Greece he will be figurehead monarch, devoted to ‘democratic principles’ and subject ‘in every case to will of sovereign people’; Greeks will vote on Dec 8 whether to recall Constantine to throne or establish repub; speech comes as royalists step up their pol efforts; Constantine's remarks are designed to answer frequent and serious charges that royal family has consistently meddled in politics, overruling will of majority and violating democratic principles; Constantine concedes that ‘past mistakes were made that weakened Greece's democratic life’; repeatedly vows to treat all Greeks equally and safeguard their civil nghts; most analysts expect voters to choose republic; 3 major opposition parties are opposed to Constantine and Premier Constantine Caramanlis, royalist by tradition, has refused to take public stand; his neutrality is seen as result of split within his New Dem party; Caramanlis's aides say he feels monarchy issue has bedeviled Greek politics too long and should not become subject of new partisan debate (L)

Constantine Urges Greek Voters to Back His Return

article on prominence of freelance repairmen in Communist world; throughout E Eur, repairman is euphemistically called by some variation of Ger word ‘Meister,’ implying that he is master artisan; behind his back he is also known as gouger, cheat and tyrant who, in his own way, comes to dominate his soc a little more each yr; type of repairs detailed (L)

A Freelance Repairman Is King in East Europe

ROME, Nov. 26 (AP)&#8212;About 40 persons guttered slight injuries today at Rome's Fiumicino airport while evacuating a New York&#8208;bound Trans World Airlines jumbo jet because of a short circuit in its electrical system. Most of the injuries were cuts and bruises as 142 persons on board scrambled out of the plane.

40 Hurt on Airliner in Rome

Article on changing pol climate on campus of Johann Wolfgang Goethe Univ, Frankfurt, W Ger; Frankfurt, with Berlin and Bremen, has been in forefront of soc and pol developments in state‐supported but ind univ system; student riots were factor in setback that Chancellor Schmidt's Soc Dems suffered in Hesse state election in Oct; increasing number of serious students has led to some decline in influence of ultraleftist groups in elections for student parliament; univ Pres Erhard Kantzenbach recently reacted dramatically to threat of student demonstrations over death during hunger strike of Holger Meins, who was awaiting trial as suspected terrorist; demonstration never materialized (M)

For Frankfurt Students, Struggle Is for Grades

UN Sec Gen Kurt Waldheim sends message to Ethiopian mil Govt voicing concern over recent mass executions (S)

ETHIOPIA SAYS AMAN DIED IN GUN BATTLE

GB abandons its projected high speed rail link between London and entrance to planned tunnel under English Channel; final decision on tunnel project is not expected before '76 but many experts say rising construction costs will make tunnel uneconomic by then; Environment Sec Anthony Crosland proposes that GB and France examine cheaper designs for link; says estimated cost of link is 3 times higher than it was 16 mos ago; rr system would have cost $770‐million; cost of tunnel has been estimated at $2.25‐billion (S)

Britain Drops Plan To Build Rail Link To Channel Tunnel

BONN, Nov. 26&#8212;West German policemen swept through scores of apartments and homes today to search for members and supporters of leftist terrorist organizations, one of which is suspected in the assassination of a West Berlin judge on Nov. 10.

West German Police Conduct Sweep for Radicals

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November 27, 1974

Headlines from November 27, 1974

PRESIDENT SIGNS MASS‐TRANSIT ACT

City Rent Confusion

PRESIDENT ASKS $4.6‐BILLION CUT IN SPENDING NOW

California's Blacks Able To Capture White Votes

MINE UNION PANEL BACKS COAL PACT

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