April 6, 1976

US Sup Ct refuses to rev Calley's ct‐martial conviction; action closes for all practical purposes long legal aftermath of atrocity; Calley, who has been free on bail pending appeal since late ‘74, will not be returned to confinement; US Army says Calley will be ‘transferred to parole status’ and ‘released to a Fed parole officer’ as soon as legal technicalities are complete; significance of ct action assessed; My Lai massacre recalled; Calley has been living in Columbus (Ga) and supporting himself by giving coll lectures; case revd; por (M)

Students from Medger Evers Coll block traffic on East River Drive at 77th St to protest Higher Educ Bd's decision to downgrade school's curriculum; illus (S)

NJ officials confirm that core samples brought up in test drilling off NJ coast suggest presence of large oil and natural‐gas deposits in Baltimore Canyon; Ocean Production official Joel Powers says test well will now be sunk in Georges Bank off Cape Cod; Dr Glenn Paulson says bill to give state govts some say in offshore development is being weakened in Cong under threat of veto by Pres Ford; Gov Byrne says state may bar pipeline terminals and other onshore installations if further tests indicate that offshore reserves are insufficient to warrant environmental dislocation; Govs Carey (NY) and Grasso (Conn) want state role in offshore development; development has been urged by NYC Mayor Beame and AFL‐CIO official Charles Marciante; map (M)

State Dept summary of Helmut Sonnenfeldt's remarks to US ambs in Dec conf in London reveals he said that present Soviet relationship to other E Eur states is based on mil power and is unnatural and urged that US encourage ‘more natural and organic’ relationship; reveals he said this unnatural relationship is far greater danger to world peace than conflict between East and West; he said US should respond to aspirations for more autonomous existence ‘within context of strong Soviet geopolitical influence'; Sec Kissinger modification of this stand and statement as issue in Pres election campaign noted; summary, which was made available to NY Times, was distributed to ambs in form of cablegram as memo Feb 12 (M)

Hughes, Howard R