September 1, 1975

list of fare increases, taking effect Sept 1, on NYC subways and buses, SI Rapid Transit, LIRR, Penn Central, Express buses, Shoppers' Special and 'night-on-the-town' buses, and city bridges and tunnels

survey of 103 NYC met area service stations finds price spread for same brand and grade of gasoline as wide as 16-20c a gal, compared with natl price spread of 6-7c a gal; Prof Fred C Allvine says NYC spread is abnormal and links it to decline in competition; cos note local taxes and higher non-fuel costs account for part of spread; some motorists are shopping around for best prices, but others, fearful of shortages in fall and winter, are patronizing same station or same 2 or 3 stations in hopes of special treatment when stations set quotas; Allvine says station operators have never had it so good and are enjoying margins of 7-10c a gal; price spreads at Exxon, Mobil, Shell, Gulf, Amoco, Brit Petroleum, Chevron and Getty stations noted; operators comment (L)

Intensive assault on pornography and prostitution, particularly in midtown, which will coordinate business interests, community groups and police, will be started soon by NYC; plan has been given top priority with selection of Madison Sq Garden as site of '76 Dem natl conv; pimps, particularly in Times Sq area, will be special target under proposed antiloitering law now being drafted by city officials and modeled after Brit law, State Offences Act of 1959; Sidney Baumgarten, asst to Mayor and chmn of Times Sq Law Enforcement Coordinating Com, comments; drive against pornography places will take form of frequent inspections by Bldg, Fire and Health Depts, in search of violations on premises; some city officials involved in planning antipornography drive are resigned to idea that they will be criticized by some for 'harassment,' but basic conflict is expected on proposed loitering statute; antiloitering bill drafted by NYC in '74 for introduction into NYS Legis would not be introduced by any legislator from Manhattan; Baumgarten hopes bill will be introduced by Assemblyman Guy R Brewer; Ira Glasser, exec dir of NYCLU, says orgn was convinced that if antiloitering law was challenged it would be set aside; Assemblyman Richard N Gottfried favors legalized prostitution and red light dist; Gerald Schoenfeld (Shubert Orgn), Seymour Durst (Durst Orgn) and Rev Dale Hansen (St Luke's Lutheran Ch) comment; illus (L)

Sept 1: Sec Kissinger announces in Jerusalem on Sept 1 that Israel and Egypt have agreed on text of new Sinai accord; says Premier Yitzhak Rabin will submit agreement to Israeli Cabinet for formal but expected approval; document will then be initialed by Israeli official and Kissinger will fly to Alexandria, Egypt, for similar initialing ceremony; Israeli Foreign Min Yigal Allon and Defense Min Shimon Peres say they expect approval by Cabinet; Kissinger says 4 texts were concluded in last 24 hrs during talks with Egyptian Pres Sadat and Foreign Min Ismail Fahmy and Israeli leaders, including US-Israeli accord which will not be made public after initialing expected later in day; documents are: Egyptian-Israeli agreement, document providing guidelines for Israeli-Egyptian teams that will work out details in Geneva for putting accord into effect, document covering all aspects of US presence in Sinai passes and long US-Israeli memorandum of undertanding covering Egyptian assurances to Israel and US commitments to Israel (L)

Labor Sec John T Dunlop says econ needs further stimulus in form of tax cut, ABC TV program Issues and Answers; UAW pres Leanard Woodcock says econ recovery could be aborted in '76 unless there is tax reform and tax cut of at least $20-billion, NBC TV program Meet the Press; Dunlop and Woodcock illus (S)