September 6, 1975

CBS sales exec dept repts that more than half dozen advertisers withdrew their commercials from Sept 5 news documentary on hunting, 'The Guns of Autumn,' after receiving calls from Natl Rifle Assn and variety of gun and hunting groups around country; says withdrawals were 'clearly a campaign to intimidate the advertiser'; when agencies canceled purchases, they told network officers that they had been spoken to by gun and hunting groups from Atlanta, Denver, Cincinnati and other cities; CBS declines to identify clients or to estimate how much advertising revenue was lost; some sources estimate that canceled advertising came to more than $100,000; some of sponsors listed; documentary was produced and written by Irv Drasnin; dealt with hunting as recreational activity and contained graphic scenes of killing of animals; Thomas Hodges, Natl Rifle Assn dir, admits that he had spoken to number of advertisers when he learned of scheduled spots in telecast; CBS News has also recd acrimonious mail from gun advocates around country since July, when 1st announcement was made that program was in production (M)

Amers among those injured in London Hilton bombing on Sept 5 include Ret Brig Gen Joseph J Capucci, Joseph L Collins, Martin Reitzen and James MacDonald (S)

mayors across US express fear of impact of NYC default on own cities; many cities exploring purchase of Munic Assistance Corp bonds to help NYC win fight for solvency and keep bottom from dropping out of munic bond mkt; US Conf of Mayors exec dir John Gunther comments; Repr Henry S Reuss proposes 7-point program to help NYC and other fiscally stricken cities; proposals include Fed loan to NYC and immediate steps by Fed Reserve to accept NYC bonds and notes now held by banks (M)

White House spokesman says Lynette Alice Fromme, who was charged with attempted assassination of Pres Ford, was not on Secret Service list of persons representing a potential threat to Pres's security; ex-Secret Service agent says computer list is composed chiefly of names of persons who had made threats against lives of Pres; testimony by Secret Service officials last Mar disclosed that 47,000 names are on list, including pol dissidents who may have made a threat against Pres and some who had not; Secret Service dir John W Warner Jr refuses comment; Secret Service guarding of Pres discussed; Vincent Bugliosi, who wrote book about Charles Manson group, with which Fromme is associated, says he repeatedly stated publicly that Fromme was potentially dangerous and had previously made threats against Pres Nixon; Alcohol Tax and Firearm Bur of Treas Dept to trace weapon with which Fromme allegedly threatened Ford; weapon described (M)