January 19, 1975

Joseph Kallinger and 13‐yr‐old son Michael to be charged with Jan 8 murder of nurse Maria Fasching in Leonia, NJ; suspects were arrested at Philadelphia home in connection with robbery of house in Harrisburg; Kallinger will also be charged with robbery, carnal abuse, breaking and entering and other crimes in Leonia home and house in Dumont, NJ; Bergen County, NJ, Prosecutor Joseph C Woodcock Jr says bloodstained shirt found near Leonia murder was clue that led to arrest; says line‐up will be held on Jan 23 to allow Leonia and Dumont victims to view suspects; in Harrisburg robbery, $20,000 in jewels were taken on Dec 3 from home of Helen Bogin after she and 3 other women were tied up and 1 was wounded; other incidents involving man and boy in NJ and Md recalled; Kallinger and several of his children have been linked to number of bizarre incidents recently—father was jailed for alleged child‐beating that children later said never happened, son Joseph Jr ran away from Eastern State School, returned with broken leg and facial bruises, and after release was found dead in abandoned bldg, son Michael was found dazed and wandering with head injury said to have been caused by fall, and father also found in dazed condition, unable to identify himself for wk; illus (L)

Acting NYS Health Comr Robert P Whalen says he will no longer allow nursing homes to bill Medicaid for legal fees incurred in suing the state or in defending themselves while under investigation; industry's legal bill was $1‐million yrly even before recent spate of investigations; Whalen says he will seek to recover payments already made; Asst Comr for Economics William McCann is working on method of separating legitimate legal expenses, which will continue to be paid, from legal expenses for defense, which will not; Whalen says he hopes that Moreland Act Comm on nursing homes will make recommendation on problem; another issue to be decided involves Met NY Nursing Home Assn, whose dues are also reimbursed in full by Medicaid (M)

About 5,000 Greek Cypriote youths burn wing of US Embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus (L)

Federal agents using wiretaps are investigating gambling by certain players in the National Football League, while a national debate is taking shape on the growing issue of betting in sports.

after 6 yrs of increasingly bitter controversy growing out of N Korea's capture of US intelligence ship Pueblo, Navy is preparing to open new inquiry into behavior of vessel's crew during nearly 1 yr of captivity; it is not known whether inquiry will summon retired ship's Comdr Lloyd M Bucher or former Lt Edward R Murphy, his 2d in command; investigation, to be conducted by Center for Prisoner of War Studies in San Diego, will include psychiatric and med studies of Pueblo's officers and men, who have been exchanging recriminations since their return from captivity; illus (M)

new Dem HR members reptdly will try to purge as many as 4 chmn of appropriations subcoms next wk; freshman Repr A Moffett says he will urge caucus of 291 Dems to vote to strip Repr J L Whitten of his control over subcom that sets spending levels for agr, environmental and consumer protection programs; 3 other chmn of major appropriations subcoms are Reprs O E Passman, chmn of foreign operations, R L F Sikes, chmn of mil construction, and J L Evins, chmn of public works; officials say chief argument that will be advanced against 4 subcom chmn will be their lack of party regularity on major legis; recent Cong Quarterly (pub) study shows each of next sr Dems on 4 subcoms, who would presumably succeed to chmnships, have substantially higher party loyalty ratings; they are Reprs G E Shipley on agr panel, C D Long on foreign operations, E J Patten on mil construction and E P Boland on public works; Dems to decide Jan 22 whether they will confirm Repr T S Foley as HR Agr Com chmn and Repr M Price as HR Armed Services Com chmn; at caucus, Dems are expected to pick chmn for HR Banking and Currency Com from among present com chmn Repr W Patman, Repr H S Reuss and Repr R G Stephens Jr (L)

rev of Pres Ford's State of Union Message in which he proposed new taxes on domestic crude oil and natural gas; reactions to proposals noted (M)

David Bird on malpractice ins crisis in US; drs seek laws to curb rising premiums and to limit patients' right to sue; ins cos say they need premiums of up to $45,000 to compensate for high risks and warn they may drop out of field entirely; trial lawyers say that maintaining right to trial is only sure way to keep drs responsible for their acts; major points in increasing debate about malpractice costs and liabilities cited; ins ranges in NYC, NJ and Conn cited; various drs, lawyers, ins officials comment; article cites 3 ins cos: Employers Mutual, Argonaut Ins Co and St Paul Cos; illus of surgeons at operation (L)

Civil Service Comm official Alphonse E D'Ambrose says Mayor Beame has much larger respect for Civil Service system than his predecessor John V Lindsay (S)

China's long‐deferred Natl People's Cong holds its 1st session in decade this wk and solidly endorses pol leadership of Premier Chou En‐lai; Cong, China's top legis body, approved state Const and slate of mins before its secret 5‐day meeting concluded on Jan 17 in Peking; Chou, supposedly recovering from heart ailment, is on hand to deliver basic rept on Govt's program and to be re‐elected as Premier; rostrum is dominated by huge portrait of Chmn Mao Tse‐tung, but he did not attend and there is no explanation for his absence; analysts note that elements in leadership that have appeared to be closest in recent yrs to Mao fared poorly in ministerial posts; communique from Peking repeats 2 old quotations from Mao and praises his ‘revolutionary line in foreign affairs’ but offers no indication that he has endorsed decisions Cong has taken; new governmental lineup, composed of 12 Deputy Premiers and 29 mins, is heavily weighed in favor of senior and elderly officials who have long been close to Chou; crucial post of Defense Min goes to Yeh Chien‐ying; no posts are assigned to Wang Hung‐wen, Yao Wen‐yuan and Mao's wife Chiang Ching, all key members of supposedly ‘radical’ faction of Communist party that is believed to have been behind anti‐Confucian idealogical campaign last yr; Chang Chun‐chiao is named Deputy Premier and assigned important task of presenting new Const to 2,864 delegates attending Cong; Teng Hsiao‐ping, Li Hsien‐nien and Chen Hsi‐lien are named Deputy Premier; Hua Kuo‐feng is named Deputy Premier and also Public Security Min; illus of Chou, Chang and Yeh (L)

United Press International

Standard Oil of Calif (Socal) notifies Navy that it wishes to withdraw as operator of Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve, one of 2 naval petroleum reserves for which Pres Ford wants Cong to authorize full‐scale commercial production; says it wants to use drill rigs and oil‐field personnel elsewhere and wants to avoid any new criticism of its role in Elk Hills; Navy sources say withdrawal would not affect co's ownership of about 20% of reserves; Repr John E Moss, in lr to Pres Ford, says total condemnation of Socal's Elk Hills holdings should be seriously considered; Socal has assured Govt that it would not use opening up of naval reserve to break contract governing ownership of Elk Hills; withdrawal would hinder Ford's plan for increasing production at Elk Hills; Navy calculates that production of 300,000 bbls a day, which could save US up to $1‐billion a yr, could be reached by '77, provided that new operator can be found; says recent drilling has indicated that proven reserves could be as great as 2‐billion bbls, twice present official estimate; Moss and Justice Dept's Antitrust Div want Cong to guarantee that ind refiners, as distinguished from large oil cos that control pipelines, will have equal opportunity to bid for Govt's 80% share of Elk Hills oil; Ford wants to use Elk Hills oil to help form 1.3‐billion‐bbl strategic oil reserve and to finance exploration and development of Naval Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (PET 4), whose recoverable reserves have been estimated as high as 33‐billion bbls; contest over control of PET 4 is developing between Navy and Interior Dept; history of naval petroleum reserves and Teapot Dome Scandal revd (L)