July 24, 1975

Mayor Beame says he met with Bernard Bergman in Aug '74 to discuss problem of vacant Danube Nursing Home on Staten Island, testimony before final hearing of Moreland Act Comm; says he had also met earlier with various sponsors of Danube while he was Controller; says Bergman had proposed that retarded patients be transferred from Willowbrook State School to Danube, which was renamed Island View; proposal was later rejected; Assembly Speaker Stanley Steingut says he arranged and attended meeting; Beame says Steingut told him then-Gov Wilson had suggested meeting; Steingut also testifies that he met with Jerry Finkelstein, former city Dem chmn and father of Assemblyman Andrew J Stein, as Stein's hearings into nursing home indus were about to begin; says Finkelstein, Steingut and George Daly, mutual friend and Dem colleague, 'commiserated' with each other over Steingut's embarrassment because hearings were going to show he had relationship with Bergman at time when he was campaigning for election as Assembly Speaker; Steingut says Bergman was embarrassed about being subpoenaed to appear before Stein Comm about the time he was scheduled to preside over natl religious conv; Sen John J Marchi, who had been referred to in earlier testimony as lawyer retained by Bergman in connection with Danube, testifies that he had been retained by Amram Kass, Bergman's son-in-law; illus of Beame, former Deputy Mayor Stanley H Lowell and Marchi (M)

Authoritative Govt sources say former Pres Richard M Nixon authorized CIA to make all-out effort in Sept '70 to keep Salvador Allende Gossens from becoming Pres of Chile; say CIA became involved in planning of 2 mil coups d'etat that included proposals to kidnap Gen Rene Schneider Chereau, which would have given Chilean mil justification for declaring martial law and assuming powers of government; 2d plot was to have supplied insurgents with 3 machine guns and tear gas grenades; sources say CIA tried later to stop carrying out of 1 plan, but that it proceeded nevertheless and Gen Schneider was killed by Chilean mil plotters in kidnapping attempt; Thomas H Karamessines, then-chief of covert operations, reptdly briefed Henry Kissinger, then-Pres Nixon's asst for natl security affairs, on Oct 13, '70 about plot to kidnap Schneider; reptdly told Kissinger that Brig Gen Roberto Viaux Marambio, who had recently retired from Chilean Army, was plotting to kidnap Gen Schneider as prelude to mil take-over; also reptdly told Pres Ford about plot but says he did not know that CIA was negotiating with another group; sources say CIA was also negotiating with group of mil officers under Gen Camilo Valenzuela, who was also planning to kidnap Gen Schneider to pave way for mil take-over; repts in NY Times last fall indicated the CIA was involved in efforts to stop Allende from assuming Pres, but these accts and subsequent Cong hearings efforts appeared to be limited to secret financing of opposition parties and labor unions; latest disclosures are 1st confirmation that Pres Nixon and CIA contemplated mil coups or violent take-over of Chilean Govt; sources confirm that new information, with copies of Cong testimony in '73 by Richard Helms, have been forwarded to Justice Dept for study on whether contradictions may constitute perjury; Sen Frank Church says Sen Select Com on Intelligence will call Kissinger to testify; Roderick Hills, counsel to Pres Ford, assails Church's announcement; Govt sources and sources within intelligence community rept that on Sept 15, '70, Pres Nixon called secret meeting with Kissinger, Helms and then Atty-Gen John Mitchell, which was unusual because it was out of normal channels of transmitting instructions to CIA, which are passed on by 40 Com; alleged kidnap-murder plot of Gen Schneider discussed; pors of Schneider Chereau and Viaux Marambio (L)

The Apollo spacecraft is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean today at 5:18 P.M., Eastern daylight time, some 320 miles west of Pearl Harbor. Page 58.

July 24: Egyptian Foreign Min Ismail Fahmy announces that Egypt, in last-minute response to appeal from UN Security Council, has decided to permit renewal of mandate of UN peace-keeping force in Sinai for 3 mos; says UN Sec Gen Waldheim will arrive July 25 for talks with Pres Sadat; says Egypt will 'drastically reassess' ways of dealing with problem of renewing UN mandate in future; says renewal decision was prompted by appeal to Sadat from Council Pres Eugenio Plaja; Egyptian official scores statement by Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin that Sinai agreement cannot be reached without face-to-face negotiations between Israel and Egyptian delegations on final details; says Israel has never before insisted on direct talks in context of negotiations for interim agreement; says that if Israel does so now it could only mean that Israelis think agreement is near at hand and they want to thwart it; Sadat rules out direct negotiations in remarks to annual cong of Arab Socialist Union; says negotiations with US on new Egyptian-Israeli disengagement agreement in Sinai are continuing but that 'no concrete results' have been reached so far; says he received latest Israeli proposals from US Amb Hermann F Eilts and gave his answer to Eilts (L)

Edgewood Arsenal med research dir Dr Van M Sim says none of 585 soldiers tested with LSD at Edgewood prior to '67 were told drug's name or effects, July 23 news conf; says Army conducted tests to prepare for possible enemy use of LSD; experimenters had little contact with subjects except for 10% who answered questionnaires after tests and some Chem Corps officers reassigned to Edgewood; Sim repts drs treating 7 others who complained of side effects received full description of tests; Army, at request of Surgeon Gen, is attempting to locate mil participants, and has found 19 of group of 34 tested at Fort Benning; analysis of their physical and psychological exams is expected in fall; Sim says he is uncertain about conditions during testing of 900 civilians, but that soldiers were carefully guarded; former soldier tested at Edgewood says he slept in padded room and was never left alone; criticizes lack of follow-up after tests (M)

lower house of Indian Parliament on July 23 ratifies Prime Min Gandhi's declaration of state of emergency by vote of 336 to 59; upper house approved emergency on July 22; ratification means that Govt can legally keep emergency in effect indefinitely; opposition members walk out after lower-house vote; Agr Min Jagjivan Ram and opposition member Tridip Chaudhury comment; lower house ratifies const amendment that prevents ct's from adjudicating Pres proclamations of emergency; Shamim A Shamim is only member who votes against amendment; Gandhi meets with US Amb William B Saxbe (M)

Taxi and Limousine Comm, under orders from Mayor Beame, rescinds permits it issued to pol leaders and other noncomm personnel giving them parking privileges at hundreds of taxi stands around city (S)

The likelihood of a summer gasoline shortage in the nation has all but disappeared due to further gains in the output and supply of the fuel, according to weekly industry figures. Page 35.

article on busing in Penna says issue has had widespread impact on city and state; notes Penna Legislature has refused to override Gov Milton J Shapp's veto of bill that would have banned such transfers and stripped Human Relations Comm of its powers; says issue has split Governor and legis, threatened existence of comm, contributed to shake-up on local Bd of Educ, and injected itself into current campaign for mayor; notes comm created by Gov Shapp as buffer between local schools and Fed cts, is admittedly designed to lessen chances for ct-ordered busing; holds mayoral candidates Mayor Frank L Rizzo and Thomas Foglietta oppose busing, but Rizzi is reptdly raising his position as campaign issue; Charles Bower, ind candidate, indicates he will discuss busing durig his campaign (M)

article on earthquake in Pagan, Burma; notes July 8 quake caused irreparably damage to many of the great temples and shrines; says Burma is practically isolated from rest of world and will have to seek help from abroad to repair and preserve remaining shrines because its currency is worthless outside Burma; asserts news-agency repts understated damage and importance of loss, and no worldwide appeal to save Pagan has been issued; badly damaged bldgs need to be shored up to prevent collapse, and cracks in many temples containing ancient frescoes must be filled to prevent destruction through rain seepage; curator Bo Kay and archeologist A J C Bone comment; map; illus (M)

Romeo LeBlanc, Canadian Min of State for Fisheries, announces that Canada is closing Atlantic ports to Soviet Union's fishing fleet; charges USSR fishermen have exceeded internationally agreed limits on catches in waters off eastern Canada; also says that Soviet Union has failed to settle claims for damages by USSR vessels to Canadian lobster gear; says Spanish and Portuguese govts have been warned that their fishing craft have also violated fishing regulations in waters off Canada; says that if performance of their fleets does not improve immediately, Canadian ports will be closed to them also; Internatl Comm for Northwest Atlantic Fisheries estab limits on catches; Soviet Embassy official describes Canadian ban as 'unfriendly act'; says Soviet Union paid compensation for damage to Amer lobster pots by Soviet trawlers; LeBlanc, outlining Canadian case against Soviet fishing fleet, says Min of State for External Affairs, Allan J MacEachen, has expressed concern to Soviet Amb Aleksandr N Yakovlev and notes that Prime Min Elliott Trudeau is writing to Soviet Premier Aleksei N Kosygin on matter (M)

Sen, 52-42, approves Sen Robert C Byrd't amendment extending Voting Rights Act of '65 for another 7 yrs, instead of 10-yr provision approved by HR; Sen rebuffs Southern-led effort to carry out surprise request from Pres Ford to expand coverage of law to all states; Sens Edward M Kennedy and John V Tunney score Ford request, accusing him of 'playing politics' with bill (M)