November 22, 1975

NYS Regents Bd on Nov 21 adopts new rules setting minimum lengths for school days that may result in loss of state aid to NYC if rules are applied to shortened school schedule called for under recently negotiated teacher contract; rules, enacted with dissenting vote of Regent Louis Yavner, to become effective Sept '76 and will set minimum of 5 to 5 1/2 hrs for daily sessions, depending on grade level (M)

Sen Select Intelligence Com Chmn Sen F Church says he believes Sen will pass 'before Easter' legis providing for strong Cong oversight of intelligence agencies, telephone int; says his com will submit after Thanksgiving recess a bill to outlaw assassination plots; White House press sec Ron Nessen declines to commit Pres Ford to support antiassassination bill; legis would empower Cong to demand accountability from intelligence agencies and commit them to make regular repts to Cong on their activities; com is expected to offer series of specific bills dealing with problems of FBI domestic security operations, Natl Security Agency's activities and role of IRS (M)

Expected passage of $200-million tax pkg for NYC stalled in Legis on Nov 21; Ford has made pkg prerequisite for approving Fed aid for city (S)

US withdraws from UN Assembly Soc, Humanitarian and Cultural Com its resolution calling for amnesty for pol prisoners, protesting that various amendments put forward by Communist and 3d-world countries would make it a 'travesty'; Amb Daniel P Moynihan's submission speech stressing resolution importance recalled; he also denied it was linked to Assembly-approved resolution equating Zionism and racism, but 3d-world countries and others saw it as retaliatory move; resolution and Moynihan derided by Cuban Amb Ricardo Alarcon Quesada; defended by Amb Saul F Rae of Canada and by W Furs; US repr Leonard Garment, in withdrawing resolution, berates com and its members for their attitude (M)

Burglars entered an investment banker's Park Avenue apartment yesterday and escaped with personal jewelry that its owners said was worth $1.8 million, the police reported. Page 33.