June 3, 1975

Eisaku Sato, who served almost eight years as Premier of Japan and won a Nobel Peace Prize, died at 74. Page 36.

NYS Gov Corey says on June 2 that state appointees will dominate special agency, Munic Assistance Corp, proposed to take over much of NYC short-term debt, int; indicates that agency will have continuing surveillance over NYC budget operations and that creation will trigger some sort of financing arrangement to get city past June 11, when $792-million in debt comes due; Carey's special fiscal advisers, after meeting with legis leaders, Albany, meet in NYC with Mayor Beame and his budget aides on plan; 6 Repub State Sens from NYC meet with munic union leaders; illus (M)

Vice Pres Rockefeller says his CIA Comm's 5-mo investigation of CIA found incidents in which CIA violated law but no widespread pattern of illegal activity, briefing for reporters; says he doubts that either Pres Ford or public will be shocked by anything in rept; says basic thrust of rept was adopted unanimously by comm; says it will be up to Ford whether any of comm's findings are transmitted to Justice Dept for prosecution; rev of origin of comm; rev of recently published repts that Rockefeller comm obtained evidence that 2 or 3 plots to kill Cuban Premier Castro were discussed in Govt circles; Rockefeller illus (M)

US Sup Ct, 5-4, rules that Dallas building trades local cannot picket contractor to force him to do business only with union subcontractors without running risk of costly antitrust action; holds construction union opens itself to possible triple-damage lawsuit by compelling a contractor, which it is not attempting to organize, to boycott nonunion subcontractors; J N Matich, Associated Gen Contractors of Amer pres, hails decision as '1st step in assisting construction mgt to regain right to manage"; case detailed (M)

FTC moves to invalidate state laws and private agreements that prohibit druggists from advertising price of prescription drugs, action that comm says may save consumers more than $300-million yrly; staff study says comm action is necessary because complex web of state and local laws, rules of pharmaceutical assns and private pressures mean that consumers in almost every state are unable to discover price of prescription drugs before they buy them; comm chmn Lewis A Engman says 1 result of lack of ad is price differences of more than 200% for same drug found in different parts of US, speech to Amer Ad Fed; some provisions of proposed FTC rules noted