April 6, 1975

Chiang Kai-shek dies on Apr 5; will be succeeded by Vice Pres C K Yen, but real power in Govt is expected to remain in hands of Premier Chiang Ching-kuo, 65, who assumed control when his father became ill and was incapacitated nearly 3 yrs ago; 2 hrs after Chiang's death, Govt makes public his pol testament dated Mar 29 '75, calling on his supporters to recapture mainland China from Communists; details; death is not expected to have any significant impact on policies of Nationalist Chinese Govt or on pol morale of people; Chiang illus (L)

Article on declining ridership on NYC subways and buses; subway ridership has plunged to lowest level since 1918, when city had 2.5-million fewer residents; subways have lost 1 million daily riders, or more than 20%, as fare rose from 15c to current 35c in last decade; MTA and Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Auth buses have shown similar ridership decline; MTA figures show that average daily subway ridership has dropped from 5.5-million shortly after World War II to 3.7 million in fiscal '74; city has decided to continue with construction of $1.5-billion line between Central Pk and Jamaica, Queens because $207-million has already been committed; MTA Chmn David L Yunich says downward trend in ridership is continuing in '75; Yunich and his predecessor Dr William J Ronan have cited big loss in jobs in city as prime reason for declining ridership; transit deficit is projected to rise to $550-million in '76, increase of $225-million over '74; table shows decline in ridership from '64 to '74 (L)

Pres and Mrs Ford greet Pan Am World Airways jet carrying 325 Vietnamese orphans, San Francisco Internatl Airport; Ford boards plane and carries infant girl to waiting bus; officials rept 40 children who survived Apr 4 C-5A crash in Saigon are aboard Pan Am flight; airport scene described; $250,000 flight was financed by US businessman Robert Macaulay; total of 900 orphans arrive in US on Apr 5 aboard 3 flights from Saigon (M)

Scene in Saigon described in light of current Communist offensives (M)

John B Hill convicted of murder and Charles Pernasilice of attempted assault for their roles in death of prison guard William Quinn during Sept '71 inmate rebellion at Attica; Justice Gilbert H King remands defendants for sentencing on Apr 30; case revd; por of Hill (M)