Illus of some 102 servicemen from Saudi Arabia who arrived Dec 18 at Naval Training Center in San Diego, Calif, drilling there; 2 other groups, totaling 76 men, are now taking advanced instructions; Saudi Arabia reimburses US for men's instruction, as part of deal in which country is buying 26 US‐made escort, patrol and other vessels

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Officials at 4 NYC hosps say 72 persons recently removed from substandard nursing homes in NYC required hosp care; Bird S Color Hosp repts that 6 persons had to be rushed to intensive care unit when they arrived; 2 of 10 patients admitted to Bellevue Hosp were suffering from malnutrition, and 1 man was being treated for gangrene of legs at Belleveu, result of bed sores developed at nursing home; Coler ex‐dir Theordore D Perkins says 45 of 98 patients arriving at Coler needed immedate med attention; Goldwater Hosp skilled‐nursing facility head Dr Masayoski Itoh says 15 of 31 patients admitted at Goldwater were so sick that they had to be assigned to med wings of hosp instead of skilled‐nursing units; 10 of 212 patients at Peter Cooper Nursing Home were sent to Bellevue in last 2 mos, and 2 of 76 patients at Park Terrace Nursing Home were sent to Roosevelt Hosp; Roosevelt spokesman says record on 2 patients shows no evidence of mistreatment; Bellevue spokesman repts 2 cases of malnutrition out of 10 patients; NYC Health and Hosps Corp pres Dr John L S Holloman and Dr Lothar Wertheimer comment; Masayoski Itoh illus (L)

72 From Shut Nursing Homes Badly Ill

table shows fluctuation in Consumer Price Index for all items, food, housing, transportation, health and recreation, Jan ′75, percentage changes from Dec ′74 and Jan ′74 and point change from Dec ′74

Costs in Metropolitan Area Up Only 0.2% in January

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UN Comm on Human Rights, by vote of 21‐6, with 5 abstentions, accuses Israel of desecrating Moslem and Christian shrines; Cyprus, India Pakistan, along with Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Tunisia and Turkey

U.N. RIGHTS PANEL CENSURES ISRAEL

Labor Dept repts Consumer Price Index for Jan was at 156.1, up 0.6% over Dec, little less than 0.7% increase in Dec, and least since Apr, indicating continuing gradual slowing of consumer price level; White House press aide John W Hushen calls statistics ‘encouraging’; prices have risen 56% in 8 yrs; some abatement of consumer prices, in line with drop in Wholesale Price Index in last 3 mos, is indicated in Detroit, an area of relatively higher unemployment, where consumer prices declined by 0.4% in Jan; rise in prices continues to outpace wage increases, which have slowed in recent mos with rising unemployment; Labor Dept repts ‘real’ earnings of avg production nonsupervisory worker in Jan fell 1.2% from Dec and 4.4% from yr earlier; real spendable earnings were down 5.1% over ′74 period; graphs of Consumer Price Index for US and for NYC‐Northeastern NJ (M)

CONSUMER PRICES ROSE IN JANUARY, BUT RATE SLOWED

GM chmn Thomas A Murphy says co will reduce prices of 9 of its smaller cars by $104 to $313 by making optional some equipment that is now standard, speech preceding opening of Chicago Auto Show; action puts pressure on rest of auto indus to bring prices down for its small cars after rebate programs end; list of cars and equipment affected by announcement (M)

General Motors to Cut Small Cars' List Prices

Soviet Deputy Foreign Trade Min Vladimir S Alkhimov, in Washington news conf, says collapse of Soviet‐Amer trade agreement has raised questions in Moscow about Ford Adm's ability to hon commitments in more complicated areas; apparently alludes, among other things to strategic arms limitation; says USSR wants to be ‘friends’ with US but will not allow US to dictate Soviet internal affairs (S)

A Russian, in Washington, Questions U.S. Reliability

Fierce fighting erupts in at least 4 parts of Eritrea Prov, Feb 21, as Ethiopian fighter‐bombers, armored vehicles, artillery and troops attack villages and roads held by secessionist guerrillas; several thousand citizen soldiers, called Territorial Guardsmen, are also sent to Eritrea to guard urban areas and to free regular troops for combat; Ethiopian Govt refuses to comment on battles; knowledgeable sources contend renewed and heavy fighting is further indication that Provisional Mil Adm Council is trying to gain clear mil advantage over approximately 6,000 guerrillas of Eritrean Liberation Front rather than seek cease‐fire; heaviest fighting broke out about dawn when five armored personnel carriers rumbled into Woki Deba village; battle described; Asmara residents describe fighting as 2d largest battle since current phase of 13‐yr‐old war began (L)

ETHIOPIAN FORCES IN FIERCE CLASHES WITH GUERRILLAS

Girvin, Pauline B: Justice Dept discloses that HR Speaker C Albert's sec Pauline B Girvin and Tex atty Joe Ben Champion were indicted by Fed grand jury on charges of fraudulently representing themselves as influence peddlers; 6‐count indictment charges mail and telephone fraud; it states that defendants falsely claimed to have had influence with Albert and told clients that, in return for fees, they would use their good offices with Albert to have him arrange for dropping of criminal charges faced by clients; indictment says defendants never approached Albert on matters involved and that he neither agreed to do nor did anything for clients; Frank McCown, US Atty for Northern Dist of Tex, comments; Girvin's atty Robert McCandless says Girvin is innocent of any wrongdoing (M)

Albert Aide Indicted In Influence Scheme

Judge John J Sirica sentences John N Mitchell, H R Haldeman and John D Ehrlichman to serve 2 1/2‐to‐8 yrs in prison for their roles in Watergate cover‐up and sentences Robert C Mardian to 10 mos‐to‐3 yrs; men were convicted of conspiring to obstruct justice in original Watergate investigation; all but Mardian were also convicted of obstruction of justice and of various counts of lying under oath; Fed Parole Bd chmn Maurice H Sigler says 4 men will be eligible for parole after serving minimum sentence; Sirica does not impose fines; all 4 men plan appeals; Sirica says men can remain free on ‘personal recognizance,’ without providing money bond, pending appeal; proceeding is marked by statement by Haldeman's atty, John J Wilson, that ‘whatever Bob Haldeman did, so did Richard Nixon,’ and by atty Ira M Lowe's request on behalf of Ehrlichman that he be sentenced to help 6,000 Indians in northern New Mexico rather than be sentenced to prison; large crowd of spectators noted; Gordon Strachan, whose case was severed from others last Sept, may still be prosecuted and it is considered possible that others may subsequently be indicted; Mitchell says, ‘it could have been a hell of a lot worse. They could have sentenced me to spend the rest of my life with Martha’; courtroom sketch of men convicted in Watergate cover‐up case and their attys lining up as Sirica pronounced sentences (L)

MITCHELL, HALDEMAN, EHRLICHMAN ARE SENTENCED TO 2½ TO 8 YEARS, MARDIAN TO 10 MONTHS TO 3 YEARS

Tomislav Jantol, member of Communist watchdog com overseeing activities at Zagreb Univ, announces closing of pub Praxis; was only legal Yugoslav pub that regularly has criticized regime in last 11 yrs; Jantol says editorial bd was faced with choice of radically altering magazine's tone or closing it; Praxis was published by Croatian Philosophical Soc of Zagreb, affiliated with univ; was widely regarded as voice of Yugoslav Marxists who believe orthodox party, League of Communists, has gone astray; articles by foreign contributors, including Amer Marxist Herbert Marcuse, were often published in Croatian translation; sr Communist party official Jure Bilic explained action against Praxis in terms of need to protect soc against detrimental forces, meeting with foreign newsmen; latest issue of magazine Gradina, published in Nis, is ordered suppressed because of story by Belgrade student that was said to favor Cetniks, Yugoslav guerrillas who fought Axis Occupation during World War II but also fought Partisans led by Marshal Tito; closing of Praxis is viewed as another severe blow to free expression (M)

Yugoslavia Closes Magazine Critical of Regime

article on changes in lifestyle of Muscovites since present leadership of Leonid Brezhnev, Aleksei Kosygin and Nikolai V Podgorny was installed; pol, soc and econ changes detailed; illus (L)

Moscow Revisited: Same Faces at the Top, but Living Is Changed

Article on techniques employed by Pres Ford in seeking passage of his foreign‐aid legis notes Ford, in telephone conversation with HR Appropriations Subcom chmn Repr Otto Passman, suggested that econ aid for Israel should be increased from $50‐million requested by Adm to $300‐million (S)

Ex‐Congressman Ford Steers the Foreign‐Aid Bill

RC Ch says abortion is morally unconscionable even if it is permitted by civil law; statement, released by Italian Bishops's Conf, is direct reaction to ruling of Italy's constitutional ct that article in penal code outlawing abortion is ‘partly unconstitutional’; statement appears in Vatican L’Osservatore Romano (S)

Vatican Condemns All Abortion In Reply to Italian Court Ruling

Tass repts Soviet writer Vladimir R Maramzin, who recanted his anti‐Soviet views, has been given 5‐yr suspended sentence and apparently freed at his trial in Leningrad; he could have received maximum penalty of 7 yrs in prison plus exile to remote area of country; had pleaded guilty of anti‐Soviet activity; unusual publication of case is taken as indication that Soviet authorities want to publicize abroad Maramzin's reptd recantation; Tass contends that Maramzin was accused of ‘producing and distributing materials containing patently false allegations against Soviet state and system’; adds that he ‘smuggled materials abroad where they were used by Western propaganda organs for anti‐Soviet purposes’; says that writer had connections with Catrine Dore, teacher at Russian Language Coll in Paris and member of anti‐Soviet orgn; contends that Maramzin sent lr to French daily Le Monde before trial and strongly denounced attempts of anti‐Soviet forces to use him in their self‐seeking interests (M)

Soviet Writer Gets Suspended Sentence After He Apologizes

Analysis of growing attacks on US Sec Kissinger by US Cong holds that Kissinger's handling of Cyprus crisis seems to confirm warnings about Kissinger's manipulations and criticism of his foreign policy priorities; contends that legislators blamed Kissinger for allowing Greek mil dictatorship to topple Abp Makarios from Cyprus Presidency; holds they excoriated Kissinger for doing so little to stop subsequent Turkish invasion of Cyprus; says that Kissinger met with legislators who had moved to cut off mil aid to Turkey as required by law and by all accts, told them that natl interest was above law; holds that legis majority voted to cut off aid to Turkey and to restrict Presidential flexibility in other foreign‐aid areas as well

Kissinger and Congress

Heathrow Airport (London): $385,000 worth of gold coins are stolen from Heathrow Airport (S)

$385,000 in Gold Coins Taken at London. Airport

Manila newspaperman Primitivo Mijares, who asserts that he was ‘chief censor’ for Philippines Pres Marcos, says at news conf in San Francisco that he is seeking asylum in US; says ‘I can no longer risk my neck for a govt that is taking care of only the econ requirements of the inlaws of the leader and his cronies’ (S)

Seeks Asylum in U.S.

Article on Ouro Preto, architectural treasurehouse of Brazil that is being threatened by progress in form of aluminum plant and destructive tourism; says Ouro Preto, which means ‘black gold’ was founded in 1698 after discovery of gold and silver and was proclaimed historical monument in July ′33; cites statement by Prof Augusto da Silva Telles that country's main problem is growth, with opening of aluminum factory at Saramenha, noting Ouro Preto's population has been growing at rate of 5% yearly; notes efforts of Jair Inacio to restore Church of Sao Francisco de Assis; UNESCO sponsors programs to preserve Ouro Preto; Jair discusses his restoration work and problems; illus of Inacio; map (M)

Progress Is Besieging a Many‐Splendored Old City in Brazil

5,000 Filipinos chanting revolutionary songs stage 1st anti‐Govt demonstration in Manila since Pres Marcos imposed martial law in Sept ′72; protest march grows out of 4‐hr religious procession organized by RC group advocating boycott of Feb 27 referendum on martial law, by which Marcos seeks public vote of confidence (S)

5,000 in Manila Join Protest March Against Rigime

US Embassy, Bangkok, says Amb William R Kintner will be reassigned to head high‐level Govt study of Amer policy interests in Pacific region (M)

New Thai Government Seated; U. S. Ambassador Is Reassigned

French Min of Justice orders Baroness Anna de Portal and her daughter, Marie‐Agnes, released from psychiatric care; both have been in clinic since police stormed their manor house, La Fumade, where family had barricaded itself with corpse of late Baron Leonce de Portal, who died in 1973; son Jean‐Louis de Portal was fatally wounded in police assault; special com will be set up to re‐examine both criminal case and civil suits surrounding incident (S)

French Justice Minister Releases 2 Portal Women

Egyptian wkly Akhbar al‐Yom repts agreement on Israel's withdrawal from Sinai passes and Abu Rudeis oilfield in return for Amer guarantees of Israel's security is ‘certain unless an unforeseen surprise occurs’; says US Sec Kissinger will return to Cairo on Mar 8 with draft text of interim accord; repts Kissinger has notified US Cong leaders and Govts in various world capitals of agreement; says agreement stipulates that US will give guarantees for Israel's security in exchange for withdrawal from Sinai, but that decision will not be referred to Cong ‘for this is the prerogative of the President of the US’: repts Pres Sadat will address Egyptians following completion of Kissinger's mission, and that there is no disagreement between Egypt and Syria on ‘the principle of realizing partial Israeli withdrawals’; State Dept officials say Cairo rept is based more on imagination than on facts; says ‘nothing is certain’ (M)

Cairo Paper Calls Sinai Withdrawal Pact ‘Certain’

S Vietnamese mil spokesman repts 5 mortar shells struck primary school 45 mi southwest of Saigon, killing at least 1 child and injuring 4 others; officials rept 5 schoolchildren were killed when Army truck hit mine in Quang Ngai Prov; 2 soldiers on truck and 1 child was injured (S)

Saigon Reports 6 Children Are Killed in 2 Incidents

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February 22, 1975

Headlines from February 22, 1975

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72 From Shut Nursing Homes Badly Ill

Costs in Metropolitan Area Up Only 0.2% in January

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U.N. RIGHTS PANEL CENSURES ISRAEL

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