June 18, 1975

NYS Environmental Conservation Dept officer Carlton Gay, who took deer from Daniel Markowski family which had nursed animal back to health and continued to raise it, says he shot and killed deer rather than set it free in wild because it was 'only humane thing to do'; Robert L McManus, dept spokesman, says Gay deemed release in wild impractical because he felt animal would not survive: says Gay made judgment about fawn and 'humanely destroyed it'; following killing, NYS Environmental Conservation Comr Ogden R Reid issued new guidelines designed to prevent repetition of act; incident is 2d to occur in several days; Reid says official inquiry into all circumstances surrounding both incidents will be conducted (M)

Kings County grand jury on June 17 indicts Joseph Monserrat, member of NYC Educ Bd, on charges of bribery, official misconduct and conflict of interest; Dist Atty Eugene Gold, announcing indictments, says they stem from Monserrat role in getting Fed grant of $450,000 for bd to train minority students in use of audio-visual equipment and then getting bd to give $211,660 subcontract to Vidata Internatl Consortium, co for which he was paid consultant; Monserrat pleads not guilty; freed on own recognizance; Mayor Beame says that he has asked Monserrat to voluntarily suspend self; Monserrat says he will advise Mayor of decision'; denies guilt; bd pres James F Regan expresses distress over charges; Monserrat illus (M)

Pres Ford says well-intended regulations to protect environment often do more harm than good, speech, Natl Fed of Ind Business, Washington, DC (S)

People of Northern Mariana Islands vote decisively to become Amer citizens and eventually a commonwealth of US; with unofficial returns in plebiscite nearly complete, 78.5% of 4,650 voters said yes to proposed covenant to establish 'commonwealth of northern Mariana Islands in pol union with United States of Amer'; 87% of voters participated in plebiscite, which was observed by UN because islands have been administered by US since '48 as part of UN Trust territory in Pacific; when Marianas reach commonwealth status it will be 1st territorial acquisition by US since '17 plebiscite is 1st of several steps for islands to achieve commonwealth status; map (L)

White House press sec Ron Nessen says Pres Ford feels that it does not serve natl interest to make public 'unclear bits and pieces of incomplete information' on alleged assassination plots; cites information leaks; declines to confirm or deny rept that there is material pertaining to question of assassinations in '59 to '63 files of Natl Security Council; Sen E M Kennedy calls Vice Pres Rockefeller 'utterly irresponsible' for implying that Pres Kennedy might have been aware of assassination plots; recommends that all material in Rockefeller CIA comm files be made public (M)

W Eur diplomats rept 6 countries that export nuclear equipment will open secret conf in London June 18 to discuss possible means of controlling sales and developing safeguards to prevent spread of nuclear weapons; 6 are US, GB, USSR, VV Ger, France and Canada; Japan and Italy are to be 'technically' represented as countries that are on threshold of exporting equipment; meeting initiated by US, concerned about French exports to Argentina, Pakistan and S Korea and by W Ger exports to Brazil; diplomats disclose US delegation is led by George S Vest, accompanied by Charles N Van Doren; agenda discussed; Sec Kissinger and W Ger Min Hans-Dietrich Genscher discuss London conf and pending Ger-Brazilian deal (M)

Ital Communist party leader Enrico Berlinguer says his party will take 'new initiatives' on natl level, address, Communist party victory rally, Rome; declares it is 'unthinkable' to presume that Italy's problems can be solved without Communist party; statements seen as indicating that party will press strongly for permanent role in natl decision making; group of Communists stages mock funeral, carrying coffin with Christian Dem emblem; some participants carry large hammer-and-sickle sign with puppet, representing Christian Dem party sec Amintore Fanfani, dangling by his breeches from sickle; Christian Dems say privately that vast Communist gains will prompt governing party to assay chances of new alliance with Socialists; Interior Min's complete returns show Christian Dems with 35.6% of vote, Communist party with 32.4%, Socialists with 12.1%, Ital Soc Movement-Natl Right Wing with 6.9%, Soc Dem party with 5.6% and Repubs' with 3.3%; illus (L)

Upturn in housing starts, May, tends to confirm other signs that recession is at or near bottom, but gives no clue as to strength of recovery; Commerce Dept repts nation's factories operated at 75% of capacity in Mar, lowest since Dept began reptg such data in '65 (S)

June 18: Soviet sources say USSR has quietly shelved its campaign to convene new Geneva peace conf on Middle East; move appears to be indefinite postponement and its duration is likely to depend upon result of new US initiatives in region and of US reassessment of its Middle East policy; decision constitutes tacit admission of failure to bring together necessary participants in manner to assure some hope of success; some Soviet officials acknowledge that US must play significant role in any Middle East settlement, since only US has leverage on Israelis, while USSR has been beset by divisions among its Arab allies; disclosure comes on heels of marked playing down in Moscow of new Geneva conf since May Vienna meeting between Sec Kissinger and Soviet Foreign Min Gromyko; it also possibly reflects awareness that Egypt is again willing to give Kissinger's step-by-step proposals serious consideration (M)

NYS Sen Repubs move closer to offering Mayor Beame $208-million in new taxing authority many observers believe he will eventually have to settle for; offer is contingent upon Assembly passage and acceptance by Gov Carey of $197-million statewide school-aid bill Sen has passed; City Hall spokesman says Beame regards $208-million as 'totally inadequate' (M)

NYS officials and legal community informants say that NYS Sup Ct Justices David Ross and John M Murtaugh are leading contenders for 2 vacancies on NYS Sup Ct's Appellate Div for 1st Dept; say that both have been recommeded highly to Gov Carey's judicial screening panel for 1st Dept; panel is also expected to consider 2 other sitting judges for vacancies; careers of Murtaugh and Ross noted (M)

article on pol crisis in India in wake of high ct ruling banning Prime Min Gandhi from office on ground that she was guilty of corrupt election practices; Gandhi illus (L)