July 21, 1976

NYS Appellate Div (Bklyn) reinstates perjury indictments obtained by former special state prosecutor Maurice Nadjari against US Customs Ct Judge Paul P Rao Sr, his son Paul Jr and lawyer Salvatore Nigrone; indictments had been dismissed on Dec 2 by late NYS Sup Ct Justice John M Murtagh on ground that undercover agents had made statements to grand jury that 'were highly prejudicial to defendants'; case revd (M)

Long Offers 2d Vote In Tax‐Aid Dispute

GAO charges FDA, pharmaceutical makers, drs and research scientists with exposing humans to unnecessary risks in testing new drugs; repts that testing procedures could result in FDA approval of new drug for public use based on 'inaccurate and unreliable data'; Cong investigating unit disclosed instances of 'alarming adverse reactions' to new drugs that went unreptd (M)

onboard instruments indicate small component of nitrogen in Martian atmosphere; discovery seen providing clues to history of Mars; hints at possibility of substantial amounts of water beneath planet's surface; Viking repts level of argon gas at 3%, far less than scientists previously believed (M)

NYS Correction Comm's Prison Unit Dir Scott Christianson, following 5 days of investigation and interrogation of inmates and guards at Attica Prison, describes conditions within facility as 'just as bad, perhaps worse' than in Sept '71, just before inmate rebellion that resulted in death of 43 persons; rept's findings outlined; Attica Supt Harold J Smith comments; illus (L)