January 29, 1975

State Sec H A Kissinger, during trip to Los Angeles last wk, visited former Pres Nixon in San Clemente, Calif (S)

The stock market rally slipped into lower gear yesterday. Prices on the New York Stock Exchange opened with substantial gains and then gradually slipped back.

Pres Valery Giscard d'Estaing, in another step in direction of democraticization, orders dropping of titles of nobility from invitations to Elysee Palace; move was made when invitations were issued for Jan 27 dinner in honor of Egyptian Pres Anwar el‐Sadat; 2 exceptions to new protocol are Count of Paris and Prince Napoleon, who will continue to include their titles; apparently such titles are considered akin to official position, since each represents earlier French regime, Count representing Bourbons and Prince the Napoleonic empire; henceforth, invitations will be issued with either ‘monsieur,’ ‘madame,’ and ‘mademoiselle’; illus of Prince Napoleon before por of Emperor Napoleon; Count of Paris por (L)

US Justice Dept says it has been investigating repts of alleged price‐fixing by major sugar refiners during ’74, when sugar prices soared 400%; investigation reptdly began late in ’74, and subpoenas reptdly have been served on Amstar Corp, Sucrest Corp, Savannah Foods & Industries Inc and CPC Internatl Corp; recent increases in sugar prices discussed (M)

Agr Dept figures show that more unemployed Amers are turning to food stamp program; show that for 1st time, most food stamp recipients are coming from work force‐those who earn low salaries or who have recently lost their jobs and are collecting unemployment benefits (S)