November 7, 1975

Congressional conferees agreed to an oil‐pricing plan that would lower gasoline prices for a year but then would let them rise gradually. The measure must still be approved by the House and Senate. Page 16.

Women's movement and even women who do not support movement seen affecting family attitudes on family relocations by cos; comment by psychiatrist Dr Robert Seidenberg and sociologist Prof Stella Jones (L)

HR Intelligence Com staff dir A Searle Field, in public com hearing Nov 6, says com has obtained 'substantial information' pointing to effort within Ford Adm to distort official Amor estimates of Soviet nuclear weapons strength and deployment, apparently either to promote another SALT accord or work against one; com, after his testimony, votes to subpoena from White House documents provided by Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and other agencies since '72 relating to adherence by both signers of '72 arms limitation treaty and 2d-stage agreement reached in '74; Field says distortions relate to 'recent crisis' in exec branch, apparently referring to dismissal of Defense Sec Schlesinger and CIA Dir William E Colby and removal of Kissinger from his Natl Scurity Council post; dispute within Adm over whether USSR has violated '72 accord recalled; recent repts, denied by high Adm officials, say Kissinger became aware while in Peking of 2 sets of estimates of Soviet nuclear strength, of Amer operational nuclear strength, or both, and that this discovery contributed to removal of Schlesinger and possibly Colby (M)

Over 10,000 Moroccans cross border into Spanish Sahara to carry out King Hassan II attempt to annex territory without recourse to arms; mil sources say marchers plan to move about 6 miles into Spanish Sahara and camp for night; whether advance will continue unhindered depends on continuing diplomatic efforts and on whether Algeria will stand by idly while rival and neighbor aggrandizes Spanish Sahara; Moroccans plan to send 1/2 of 350,000 across on Nov 6 and 2d wave on Nov 7; illus; map (M)

Dist Atty Eugene Gold repts Assembly Speaker Stanley Steingut and his son Councilman Robert Steingut have been indicted on felony charges for allegedly agreeing to get hon nonpaying NYC post for Hans Rubenfeld in exch for $2,500 contribution to Robert's '73 campaign, news conf; says indictment could not be brought under bribery laws because Robert was not public official at time of incident and agreement did not influence Stanley Steingut in his role in NYS Legis; invokes rarely used NYS election law statute barring office-holder or nominee from corrupt use of position to promise job in exch for benefit; Steinguts' atty A David Benjamin scores use of law that has not been used before in this century; Steinguts plead not guilty before NYS Sup Ct Justice William T Cowin; Asst Dist Atty Stuart Klein declines comment on law's merits; both Steinguts hold they are innocent; Speaker Steingut says he plans to continue in post; Steinguts illus talking to reporters outside ct, Bklyn; Rubenfeld or 1 of his associates apparently complained to Gold early last mo because Rubenfeld made payments but never got job; Rubenfeld, as part of probe, reptdly was given recording device and sent back to Councilman Steingut to corroborate accord; Dems and Repubs in Assembly express support for Steingut (M)