March 1, 1975

State Sec H A Kissinger calls killing of John Patrick Egan a ‘senseless and despicable crime’ (S)

NY Times survey of energy experts reveals grave doubts about Pres Ford's goal for increasing oil production; experts say official Govt estimates of reserves are highly optimistic; hold new discoveries will be located where exploitation will be controversial, difficult and slow; M King Hubbert (Geological Survey) and Dr Philip Abelson (Science) comment (S)

Article on mounting pol struggles within Cambodia notes that US State Dept officials are not certain who Cambodian Pres Lon Nol can negotiate with if Govt falters; experienced dept official says ‘it is not clear to me that if Lon Nol decides to surrender he would know where to send surrender offer’; '70 coup that toppled Prince Norodom Sihanouk Govt and seated Lon Nol traced; Sihanouk unswervingly has refused to negotiate with Lon Nol Govt and has offered ‘reconciliation’ with US if it drops all support for present regime; has acknowledged that he is not actual leader of insurgency, which he says is led by ‘Khmer Rouge’ Communists; says that if insurgents liberate Cambodia he will accept post as roving amb or repr outside country; reasons given; Amer officials believe that Saloth Sar is key leader of Cambodian Communists; Cambodian insurgent Govt is officially headed by Penn Nouth, who is living in exile in Peking; acting premier and insurgent forces mil head is officially Khieu Samphan; other insurgent officials include interior min Hou Youn and information min Hu Nim; estimates are that insurgent forces now number from 60,000 to 100,000 troops, with 2,000 to 3,000 N Vietnamese advisers (M)

comment on life and family of Baxter; illus (L)

Lome Convention is acclaimed by UN reprs of participating countries as landmark econ agreement between rich and poor countries and model for future internatl commodity pacts; delegates say one innovation of conv is that it provides for $450-million stabilization fund to protect 46 countries from extreme fluctuations in price of 12 basic commodities; Lome pact provisions noted (S)

Pres Ford, at meeting with Dem Cong leaders, says he opposes repeal of oil depletion allowance, but has no objection to tax-cut bill passed by HR (S)

Agr Dept repts that prices farmers pay to meet expenses remained unchanged, Jan 15-Feb 15, but were 12% above Feb 15 '74 level (S)

At least 29 persons are killed and 80 injured when subway train at Moorgate station, London, Eng, speeds past its final stop and smashes into end of tunnel; police and rescue workers predict that death toll will be higher because there were as many as 430 persons in 1st 3 cars of morning rush-hr train; say front 15 seats of 1st car were compressed into just 2 ft by impact of crash; crash is worst disaster in history of London's subway system; London Transport chief operating mgr Graeme Bruce says crash may have been caused by failure of train to brake; disregards suggestion that driver Leslie Newson was incapacitated by heart attack; says London subways have so-called ‘dead man's brake,’ device that stops train unless driver maintains pressure on throttle; London Transport and Dept of Environment will hold formal investigation to determine cause of accident; illus of some survivors (L)

NY Telephone on Feb 28 repts it will take at least '2 to 3 weeks' to restore full service on 173,000 phones that were knocked out in 300-block area south of 23d St by Feb 27 fire in co bldg on 13th St; phone co officials, including William Ellinghaus, meet with Mayor Beame and other city admrs to discuss emergency measures; announce number of plans to be implemented immediately in area, including stepped-up postal deliveries, special messengers and additional police and traffic coordinators; O'Hagan repts fire was probably caused by short-circuit in low-voltage communications cable; says there is no doubt fire was accidental; more than 1,000 employes of Bell Labs and Western Elec are at site of fire on Feb 28; illus (L)

A plan for Textron, Inc., to invest $100‐million in the debt‐burdened Lockheed Aircraft Corporation has been called off. Page 33.

President Ford announced yesterday that he would grant a “final extension” until March 31 of the deadline for Vietnam‐era draft evaders and deserters to apply for clemency. Page 14.

Illus of Cambodian boy and women injured in rocket attack near Pochentong Airport